The Queens visit August 2024

[ICTPaisley]

On 9/1/2024 at 8:56 PM, DoofersDad said:

Disappointing that the crowd was 200 down on the Montrose game as gate income will be important for the club going forward.  People will be more likely to attend if the are entertained and like what they are seeing.  It was, of course, nice to get the first league win of the season but there wasn't a great deal to get excited about.  I guess we did play with a little more attacking intent than we have been used to recently, but we regularly lost the ball by doing so.  Both Mckay and Brooks showed good movement at times but the ball never seemed to come to them, either the run wasn't spotted by the player on the ball or the ball was misplaced or intercepted.  There's work to be done on the training ground.  

Defensively we looked pretty solid although we were helped by Queen's wayward shooting.  I think they had fewer efforts on target than went out for throw ins.  On the subject of throw ins, Queen's captain, Douglas delivers a superb long throw into the box.  He was, though, ably assisted by the match officials who allowed him to take his throws a lot further up the pitch than the ball went out and to step well over the line on his delivery stride.  Fortunately our defence dealt with these throws superbly and we got a deserved clean sheet.

I actually think the attendance wasn’t too bad and judging by the rest of the league we are head and shoulders above the rest. 

[Hearach]

Heard Flynn Duffy has a punctured lung

[CELTIC1CALEY3]

There was a suggestion he took an elbow which was missed by the officials - did anyone else see this.

Feel great sympathy for him and wish him the very best in terms of recovery.

[tm4tj]

As mentioned above, Flynn has indeed suffered a serious injury as the P&J article from Paul Chalk reveals.

Caley Thistle’s Flynn Duffy suffers punctured lung and two broken ribs The summer signing faces time on the sidelines after a serious injury against Queen of the South.

Caley Thistle boss Duncan Ferguson has revealed full-back Flynn Duffy is sidelined after suffering a punctured lung and two broken ribs.

Ahead of Saturday’s home SPFL Trust Trophy third round tie against League Two opponents Stirling Albion, Inverness have seven first-team players missing due to illness or injury – with Duffy’s case being the most serious. Charlie Gilmour is most likely out for two weeks because of mild concussion, while a health issue continues to rule out striker Ethan Cairns.

[+snorbens_caleyman]

2 hours ago, tm4tj said:

Caley Thistle boss Duncan Ferguson has revealed full-back Flynn Duffy is sidelined after suffering a punctured lung and two broken ribs.

I accept that nothing more can be done about this as far as we are concerned.  But I assume that the identity of the Queens player  - not given in the article  - is in fact well known, and that future opponents and officials will be looking out for him.

And I also note that ever-reliable first sign of autumn - the ICT injury/illness crisis.