PB1994 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 25 minutes ago, Central Belt Caley said: Tbh it’s probably quite easy to be negative about the club at the minute, cup final aside, we’ve just had our lowest league finish in god knows how many years. We’re dicking about our top scorer and best player from last season because he wants an extra year on his deal. It’s July tomorrow and there’s no signs of any new kits. We’ve had no update on when the players are/came back for preseason. The club have been pretty silent since the last contract update (barring the announcements of the new signings and updated contracts). Robbie Deas got his own statement on the club website to say he was leaving, the club haven’t even acknowledged Allardice has left yet (might be because he signed for County but even a simple tweet to say he’s offski). All we’ve had from the club lately is a daily scheduled post about season tickets. You’ve also got the Sutherland situ (depending on who you believe). Don’t get me wrong I agree that people on twitter can be overly negative but I think there’s some very valid reasons to be a bit down on the club at the minute. Agree with this. The Henderson stuff is just weird though. It would have been great to get him back but 1) we could never afford the development fee and 2) as soon as a premiership club was in for him we were never going to be a choice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 19 minutes ago, PB1994 said: Agree with this. The Henderson stuff is just weird though. It would have been great to get him back but 1) we could never afford the development fee and 2) as soon as a premiership club was in for him we were never going to be a choice. He was never actually “our” player either which makes the reaction all the more baffling. He had played well in multiple televised games so was always going to be offski imo. There’s many reasons to be annoyed at the club right now but Henderson signing for them isn’t one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I think people are mainly frustrated at the stuff with Billy Mckay. He's clearly better than anyone we are going to get in his place. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 2 hours ago, RiG said: Can't disagree with any of that. The rambling update on "Look how good we are" was very odd and we're in a bizarre position where someone like Tom Walsh is out of contract and apparently serving ice cream at an Ayrshire fun fair but we have no idea if he is staying or going because the club seem to have forgotten he exists. Unfortunately it's the same old us and them as far as the club management are concerned, where we the fans are 'them' and not to be encouraged or involved in any way as 'us' know better. Sad really when you think how we once were before we skidded onto this slippery slope. Rig mentions the club has forgotten a player exists, I can see a future where the fans will forget the club exists. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Central Belt Caley said: Tbh it’s probably quite easy to be negative about the club at the minute, cup final aside, we’ve just had our lowest league finish in god knows how many years. We’re dicking about our top scorer and best player from last season because he wants an extra year on his deal. It’s July tomorrow and there’s no signs of any new kits. We’ve had no update on when the players are/came back for preseason. The club have been pretty silent since the last contract update (barring the announcements of the new signings and updated contracts). Robbie Deas got his own statement on the club website to say he was leaving, the club haven’t even acknowledged Allardice has left yet (might be because he signed for County but even a simple tweet to say he’s offski). All we’ve had from the club lately is a daily scheduled post about season tickets. You’ve also got the Sutherland situ (depending on who you believe). Don’t get me wrong I agree that people on twitter can be overly negative but I think there’s some very valid reasons to be a bit down on the club at the minute. What has surprised me over the last months is the amount of frustration and disquiet regarding the club coming through on CTO posts. This forum and this thread has always had posts of a critical nature on the club when it was felt required but CTO always seemed the more staid and supportive of the club, however as I said things have changed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I was having a look at the squad page on the official website and Deas, Allardice, Henderson, Surherland etc have all been removed. Interestingly, Tom Walsh still remains on the page, wonder if he’s been offered something and we’ve just not been told. https://ictfc.com/team/inverness-caledonian-thistle/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I think we’ve signed Lafferty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, TheScarf said: I think we’ve signed Lafferty. I seriously hope this is one big wind up, but I can see it being true 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Malkmus Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Lafferty will fall out with Dodds in October and we'll go on a 20 game winless run 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, Central Belt Caley said: I seriously hope this is one big wind up, but I can see it being true I’ve got a couple of sources who are correct 95% of the time. Same one who told me about Lafferty told me we were signing Billy McKay and Kirk Broadfoot in 2021 weeks before we did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 minute ago, TheScarf said: I’ve got a couple of sources who are correct 95% of the time. Same one who told me about Lafferty told me we were signing Billy McKay and Kirk Broadfoot in 2021 weeks before we did. I am hoping and praying the Lafferty rumour falls into the 5% 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Mr Inverness said that Mckay is staying so that's good enough for me... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Lafferty was a better player than Billy McKay until recently. I am certainly not saying he’ll do better for us and he’s clearly not a better person, but he was better. Can’t see this happening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanjo Nostalgia Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Lafferty feels very similar to Broadfoot and Gardyne signings a couple of years ago. Could go either way! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 11 minutes ago, Juanjo Nostalgia said: Lafferty feels very similar to Broadfoot and Gardyne signings a couple of years ago. Could go either way! Does Lafferty signing signal the end for Billy McKay or is there a chance you'll have both. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB1994 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, ayrunitedfw said: Does Lafferty signing signal the end for Billy McKay or is there a chance you'll have both. Don’t have a bloody clue to be honest. We need more attacking players, ie wingers, but you could go a 4-3-3 with Lafferty and Samuels outside Mckay. I’m sure Lafferty used to play on the wing a bit so maybe that is an option but at the same time if we are actually signing him I’d imagine he wants to play up front so it could quite easily be the end of Mckay, which would be a fucking shambles. I love that man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottbamby Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Dodds likes 2 up front, reckon it would be Lafferty and Mckay. In terms of ability, it’s a great signing. Unfortunately, he is also a massive fudd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB1994 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 minute ago, scottbamby said: Dodds likes 2 up front, reckon it would be Lafferty and Mckay. In terms of ability, it’s a great signing. Unfortunately, he is also a massive fudd Is it though? Don’t get me wrong he was a very good player and he is the reason why Killie won the league but he’s done f**k all for the last year. He could be finished. It’s a risk though one I would take if we kept Mckay as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowrie83 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, ayrunitedfw said: Does Lafferty signing signal the end for Billy McKay or is there a chance you'll have both. Does more than signal end of McKay would imagine it will signal end of club being FT. You are offering derisory terms and a short deal to player who is legend on both sides of bridge only to sign Lafferty on a wage of at least 10x more. If you sign him then players are going to feel heavily undervalued. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanjo Nostalgia Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, scottbamby said: Dodds likes 2 up front Is this true? My recollection is that we haven’t done it much over the last two years. When we have, it’s been with Samuels or Shaw or someone very much sitting behind Billy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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