RedLichtie86
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Delighted that Stranraer stayed up.
Despite the club being a long trek away for most its a great ground. Far better than the soulless plastic pitches.
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6 minutes ago, ecto said:
If Caley win, will we be the only grass pitch in L1
read somewhere earlier, Hamiltons game tomorrow will be 3rd game on grass, this season
Im sure Dumbarton have grass.
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Cant believe you missed out on Todd Lumsden.
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52 minutes ago, ExiledLichtie said:
Its not that difficult a concept to grasp. Imagine the situation, you've forgotten to take the bins out again, and that's three weeks in a row you've forgotten, the bins are all full and your wife is furious*. What do you do? You make an extra special effort, get flowers, chocolate, new signings, because you want to make it up to her, and also earn some forgiveness. And I feel that's what the club are doing to us this summer....successfully! Its not a negative take, its not a complicated concept, but does it not feel like the club are making an extra special effort? Not a criticism btw.
*Analogy may or may not be based on a true story.
You just cant help yourself can you.
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46 minutes ago, 1320Lichtie said:
I don’t understand what you mean by bribing fans with shiny things? Seems a really strange mentality to haveSigning good players and trying to do and put things on for the fans is not to bribe anybody, there is no ulterior motive here, the club are simply trying to do their best to keep the support happy and improve the football team - which is all a fan can ask of its football club - these are good things
This whole bribing us with shiny things… like what does that even mean?
He cant help himself from putting a negative spin on good things. Yet more of his boring shite
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10 minutes ago, 1320Lichtie said:
We definitely got a new kit sponsor?
But yeah looking forward to seeing them, I almost shat myself when I seen the screenshot of the maroon match day jumper with the grey shorts and thought that was our kit but thankfully not
Do whatever you like with the training gear, think the colourful one clearly targeted at bairns but please please please keep the kit pretty simple and nice - last years ones still look pretty shit even now I thought they’d grow on me but they never have
Yeah. New shirt sponsor on the way.
Thats what i took it as from the Q&A but might be way off the mark
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1 hour ago, Lex said:
For the first time since 1987 we will be indulging in a bit of continental competition this summer. We have sealed 5th spot and as the cup will be won by an ugly sister, that final European spot goes to the Super Saints.
We will enter the second qualifying round of the Europa Conference League. The first date for the diary is the draw on the 19th June, I believe we will be seeded and therefore we will be drawn against the winner of a first qualifying round tie, we will know on that date that we will be playing one of two possible teams.
The dates below show we won't officially know who we will be playing on the 25th July until the 18th July, although we might have a fair idea depending on the score of the first leg. Do we book flights and accommodation after the first leg or...? We should be the favourites to win our first tie and if we do progress it's straight onto the next round the Thursday after. If we get to the playoff round - as Hibs did last year - we will have European football six Thursdays in a row from 25th July till the 29th August. That would be... expensive, and fantastic.
There seems to be around 50 potential opponents for the first tie from most of the UEFA leagues, the ties are no longer regionalised. It could be Montenegro, it could be Malta, it could be Moldova etc. If we do progress we should have a similar type of route to Hibs did last year Their first match was against Inter Club d'Escaldes of Andorra, they lost the away leg 2-1 before winning the home leg 6-1. They then played Luzern of Switzerland, beating them 3-1 at Easter Road and drawing 2-2 over there before getting an 8-0 aggregate teaching by Villa in the playoff round. We should get a team from a diddy league like Andorra first, a team from a middling league like the Swiss league second, and if we make it by that a team from an elite league like the EPL in the playoffs.
In terms of expectations it's nice to be there and all that, but we should certainly be aiming to win that first tie. Like all Scottish teams, we are certainly capable of having a Connahs Quay Nomads/Birkirkara/Progress Niederkorn/Haf'jordur/Bohemians/Sligo Rovers/FC Vaduz etc moment and losing it, but we'd all be a bit gutted by that. The nightmare scenario is being bodied out by some Irish or Welsh team in that round and it not feeling like much more than one of these pre season tours we go on every year.
A good campaign would be winning that tie and then losing in the next round to a team like Luzern, no shame in that at all, that's the par performance. A great campaign would be getting past that team to the playoff round and losing to someone like Newcastle United. The dream is getting to the group stages, which would means knocking out a team from an elite league and having European football up till Christmas.
Credit cards would be maxed out all over Renfrewshire if that happened. We can but dream.
Just do Scotland proud and win both your 2nd round ties.
And dont be a complete mess in the next round.
Thats all i ask
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Wonder what our new kits will be like. And with a new sponsor.
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Inverness tonight.
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9 minutes ago, ExiledLichtie said:
Hibs there, sacking their manager they appointed in the autumn after losing a meaningless end of season dead rubber game 4-0...
Would you please quit your greetin before your salty tears raise the sea levels even more. Your constant mumping is boring beyond f**k.
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14 minutes ago, da_no_1 said:
Disgrace of a post, wishing the death of a club, due to low attendances. Attitudes like yours are one of the reasons Raith are becoming seriously unlikeable.
Raith were liked?
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Only one man for the job.
Todd Lumsden
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Good way to get fans along to see the players prior to the first pre season game of the season.
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Hopefully Hamilton prevail over ICT.
Just want to see what would happen to ICT if they go down for the potential they do a Falkirk and get stuck at L1 for years. Be some laugh.
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Looking forward to visiting you guys in the league once again.
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28 minutes ago, 1320Lichtie said:
More than likely
Anyway after the squad update and Reilly and Gallagher kicking off the summer business I’m already really looking forward to next season
Looked back to last year and when the kits etc were released and it was the 19th May - that’ll be the next thing - have heard that they’re belters although someone in club shop was saying that and they’ll be biased but a return to a white and maroon away top and a decent home kit plus another couple of decent signings will already put me in the pre season full of optimism mode
Roll on the new season - if Montrose could just stay down so we have our derby day that’ll be magic
I am looking forward to the 14 or so trialosts that our outstanding recruitment team have been looking at for months and have brought them up from down south to see if they are good enough to play for us.......... oh wait
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7 minutes ago, deadasdillinger said:
But, if I've got this right, ICT need to play Montrose, then if they win they need to play the winner of Alloa v Hamilton in the final? So they have both a semi and a final in which they can be relegated?
Yes. Has been like this for 18 years now. Do keep up.
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Just now, deadasdillinger said:
Saw the result from this and am confused. Why are Championshipn 9th playing L1 4th?
Isn't it the case that L1 4th play 3rd, winner plays 2nd, then winner of that plays Championship 9th, the same as it is to get into the Prem?
What rock have you been hiding under in or have you never bothered about how the playoffs have worked since the 2005/2006 season?
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8 minutes ago, 1320Lichtie said:
Absolutely. First of all a Montrose derby would be very much welcome and second of all Inverness or QP would be a lot stronger next year than any of the L1 teams
Dunno. ICT may say they will be ok next season but dropping down to L1 would hit them very hard financially compared to a us. Big Dunc wouldnt stay on and lots players likely to move too.
Seen time and again FT teams go down and struggle in L1. QotS, Falkirk, Dunfermline.
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Only one man for the job.
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5 minutes ago, ellichtie said:
I’m still so gutted Komolafe was shite, I thought he had cult player written all over him.
Playing in Bangladesh now. Mad.
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6 minutes ago, Tattie36 said:
Not going to comment on players that are leaving…. Or the manager (you’ll all be glad to hear) but the most promising thing for me is that we’re bringing in players who are proven at this level.
No more left-field English 8th tier punts please and thank you.
What about a player from the Icelandic league or Uzbekistan?
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Currently our starting lineup is
GK - TBC
RB - Walker
CB - Steele and ToB
LB - Hamilton
RM - Stewart
CM - Slater and Gold
LM - Dow (but we know he will drift inside to AM)
ST - Reilly and Gallagher
A decent starting XI.
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🔴🔵 The Caley v Hamilton ⛔⛔
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How ICT feel just now.