I have never before called for manager to be replaced and wasn't at today's match so can't comment specifically on it. However, in my opinion results and performances in ther past couple of months have led me to the view that we need a new manager for next season otherwise our place in the top league could well be in peril.

Like most others, I was prepared to give Brewster the benifit of the doubt when he returned despite his abysmal record in trying to manage a Dundee United team much better resoursed than ICT could ever hope to be. However apart from the run of victories which handed him the "curse" of manager of the month for December, results and performances have ben amongst the worst they've been since we joined the SPL.

He doesn't just make mistakes but repeats the same mistakes time and time again and appears to have no concept of well timed tactical substitutions or any other means of turning games round from losing positions. His man management skills also seem to be a problem which appear to have resulted in John Rankin, who otherwise appeared to be settled at the club to become unsettled due to ill judged and premature remarks made in public by Brewster long before he had had a proper opportunity to assess his squad.

I know that the manager is not soley responsible for the team's current ills but frankly I have seen nothing to indicate that Brewster either possesses or is capable of learning the skills either as a tactitian or a motivator which this club needs even to sustain it's current position far less to make any progress into the top six of the league.

Brewster acted very honourably when Dundee United first approached ICT for his services and his conduct then clearly endeared him to the board. He was rewarded for that honourable conduct by being given a second chance at ICT but has not done anything, in my opinion, to demonstate that he is a competent, far less a good, manager nor that he's likely to become one.

There's no panic this season because of the Gretna situation but whe relegation issue next season is likely to be much more competitive with Hamilton, Dundee or St Johnstone all capable of holding their own.

In the past I've been of the view that Brewster should be given until the end of the season to prove himself or otherwise. Franky, however, I can't see any signs of progress oir potential progress and reluctantly now believe that we would be better getting a new manager in before the end of the season so that he can assess the squad and make decisions ahead of next season.

After some reflection I think it is premature to judge Brewsters actions at this point. It could be that he has some new players lined up in the summer and is clearing the decks. Whether binning Wilson, Rankin, and (hopefully not!) Wyness was the right or the wrong decision will depend upon who he replaces them with. We will have to reserve judgement.

This is the worst blunder any Inverness manager has EVER made. Shocking and awful.

Wow, what a differece 24 hours makes.

He's quoted in today's Courier as saying : "I was unhappy with Dennis's performance against Falkirk, and felt that the situation regarding his contract had dragged on for too long and that it was time to call a halt to it.."

That just doesn't make any sense in the context of what we've heard about contracts over the last few weeks.

Brewster practically announced that Dennis was signing a two-year deal and Dennis himself was under the impression that everything was agreed. Also, Dennis was ready to sign the contract before Russell was so why wasn't his contract withdrawn?

Exactly !!!!!

(allegedly) .... The contract was agreed, only the formalities of signing it had to take place, the date was set for signing, the date was the day before the Falkirk game, someone from the club was not able to attend (for whatever reason) even though Denzil was .... then the contract is withdrawn 3 days later.

If the saga had "dragged on", maybe the club should have turned up to sign it on the agreed date !!!  What part of the club not turning up on Friday is Denzil's fault ? Why does he have to pay for someone else's failings ? Was he that bad on Saturday that a contract all parties had agreed to had to be withdrawn ? Its all a crock of s*** !!!

Regardless of which camp you fall into with regards to contracts for certain players, the club, and its manager are a f***ing laughing stock with those who support other teams, and a source of grave concern for those of us who support ICT. This is not the way to manage people or to treat people and anyone at the club who thinks it is should resign now

You lot have lost the plot, GET A REALITY CHECK :symbol_exclaim01:

Ralph why are all your posts in response to anything said about the manager.....Craig Brewster please stand up hey??

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/footbal...86908-20357963/

Again, not great with licky things, but I do like the bit in this article regarding the fans website!  At least the Record pointed it out to him.

The Sun's article on the matter also mentions fans websites.

According to Dennis...... it's unlikely he'll feature tomorrow and possibly played his last game for us!

According to CB.......he wants Dennis to prove himself over the remainder of the season and then maybe talk contracts !

Two totally different stories, I think I know which one I believe !!! :024:

Brewster's actions sound like some kind of get- off- the -hook story.

It looks as if he is saying that because Dennis had a poor game the day after he was supposed to sign his contract that gave Brewster the reason or right to suspend the deal. To put it crudely that is a load of absolute baloney.

1. One poor game does not entitle the player to be treated this way unless , as I think was the case, you were looking for an excuse to walk away from the deal. No player is perfect.

2. A deal is a fecking deal Brewster--and if you break it on a spurious excuse then you are not a man to be trusted and your word is not worth much. It's not like the world is heavily  populated with people of great character but that does not give you the excuse to act in this way and you are the one under the spotlight, nobody else, in this situation.In a public Management position such as yours if you don't keep your word you can do yourself a lot of harm. People can forgive  a man for not having the ability to Manage but dishonouring an Agreement is a different matter, especiually a petty reason.

And a deal does not have to be in writing to be a deal. This is very poor form Mr Brewster.No wonder Dennis is disillusioned.I don't blame him for wanting to get out as soon as possible.

3. Now you have publicly demonstrated that your word is not to be trusted how do you expect to have the faith and trust of the other players?

To be blunt, it may not happen tomorrow, but I feel that your days at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium are now numbered. You are done and dusted and frankly I am sad about it because I am all for giving a guy a fair shake.

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It's not just one poor game.

unfort dennis has done very little this season to get a new contract has been well below par, but i think the club should have said from the start your contract will be sorted near the end of the season rather then give false promises .but also dennis did stall over signing some weeks ago so it isnt all brewaters fault either  :023: :023: :023:

Remember Pele put him on the transfer list not long after he arrived which had an effect on his on field performances. He is now married with children so has a lot more responsibility. Let's see what happens to to his motivation? :024:

id like to see john robertson return if brew did go! :023:

Me too and he has the best record of any ICT manager.

Robbo wouldn't be a bad option....

But isn't it time we broke the mould of re-appointing all those who moved on to "better things"...?

Robbo wouldn't be a bad option....

But isn't it time we broke the mould of re-appointing all those who moved on to "better things"...?

yes

if, and that's a big if, we we were going to appoint another manager Billy Reid would get my vote

Robbo wouldn't be a bad option....

But isn't it time we broke the mould of re-appointing all those who moved on to "better things"...?

yes

if, and that's a big if, we we were going to appoint another manager Billy Reid would get my vote

If we don't get 3 points today it won't be so much a big "if"....

It will be more like a big "when"

when it is then

I'd prefer we do something now so a new manager can have his team sorted for next season

it's not rocket science, whoever we get in needs to spend all the cash available on a nippy striker... i.e. Offiong

Harry your spot on with that post...

Sack Brewster ASAP!

Get new manager in ASAP!

Then let him assess the squad, budget, players we need to take in and players we need to sell ie RUSSELL DUNCAN!

when it is then

NOW is when.... I hope there will be an announcement later tonight.....

yep announcement tonite would actually bring something good to today.

Fingers crossed JB. Lets hope the Board have grown a set of ball between them. They broke the mould by breaking the wage structure with Niculae, lets hope they the continue to break new gorund and SACK the embarrasment we have a for a manager

There is a first for everything!!

Tonight or in th next few days, ICT SHOULD be sacking a manager for the first ever time.

Get Brewster tae feck.

Pele took us to the top of division 1 and flying, we are on the verge of the bottom of the SPL and freefalling. We are no better than when he left -  lets get him back to carry on where he left off! And get us playing football again!

I always worried about Brewster's ability to actually build a team, and it seems I am being proved right unfortunately. I haven't made it to a game this season so I can't comment on specific performances, but Brewster was shocking at Yinited and it seems more and more likely that he got lucky during his first spell here.

He took us over when we had a settled squad and more than enough ability to finish where we did, so didn't have a lot to do really. I'm not saying he was rubbish as he obviously made tweaks and small changes such as the fitness etc. However, the foundation was there and no major changes were required. He seemed to play himself far too much at times and seemed a bit selfish as the tactics appeared to be "thump the ball to Brew" in certain games, the worst being a trip to Motherwell i recall. Brew up on his own, everyone thumping the ball up to him, which the Motherwell defence dealt with comfortably.

He then left us to join Dundee United, and actually had to build a team as Yinited were hopeless at the time, yet he was clueless and actually made them worse! He had to go there and buy players to replace the dross that they had at the time, which he managed to do by buying more dross, such as Proctor and Steven Robb. His amazing record of about 3 wins in 30-odd games or whatever it was showed that whilst good at coaching a good team, he clearly had no eye for a player and could not buy a decent player.

This amazing record led to him getting the sack, and the fact that Levein has largely the same squad barring a few additions shows that Brewster has no tactical or motivational nous either, and Levein doesn't have Robson to bail him out either! So this appeared to be a record so good that ICT brought him back when Christie resigned, and barring a decent run towards the end of last year, we've been useless. Added to the fact of his reported treatment of players such as Rankin and Wyness (I don't know the stories well enough to comment properly), it all adds up to the fact that I think he should go.

So it's over to the ICT Board now, we've never been in the position of having to sack a manager before and they've got a decent record of doing what's necessary (barring Brew's reappointment), so it's time they stood up and did the right thing.