Skyline Drifter Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 (edited) 1 hour ago, Super Staggie said: While I totally agree Skyline, you must admit even by Gardiner standards this really is a humdinger the local seething is going to ruin the club, Christ even the sponsors are talking about withdrawing support. Never mind the actual fans who will not now renew season tickets I have to concede that the depth of reaction to this has surprised me. I imagine its probably also surprised the people at ICT too and right now they are likely wondering whether its going to die down or whether an embarrassing climbdown would be the lesser evil. Much may depend on what their contractual commitment to Kelty is. Using Kelty was a bit of a bizarre choice anyway. I think there's much sense in the ICT plan if they are going to be paying low end full time wages. Its likely the only way they think they can do so and remain competitive but a training venue in or around Perth would make far more sense. Perhaps there"s nothing suitable available. Ultimately Inverness is bigger than Dumfries (at least 150% of the size) and its a good hour further away from the new training base than ours is. Both of which make it a far bigger move than ours was. Its hard to see where ICT go from here. I imagine they either ride out the storm and hope everyone calms down or they back down and either accept the inevitability of fielding a full time side that wont compete or go part time instead. With of course the added cost of whatever contract cancellation charge there is in the Kelty deal......... Edited May 26 by Skyline Drifter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdu98196 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 50 minutes ago, Wacky said: When are you fans going to start making a noise about this? The streets outside the ground are filled with the angry rustling of werthers wrappers and firmly tapped walking sticks......well they would be, but the stadium is so far away from the bus station for most to bother 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdu98196 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 59 minutes ago, Fraz said: Club to be delighted to announce a Bronze statue of Scot Gardiner outside the main stand. Surely it'd be brass especially the neck area? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdu98196 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 I'm expecting the club to carry on through this in blissful ignorance of public feeling with and impact on ST sales being initially apportioned to relegation. They will hope that while objections exist the summer recruitment of central belt superstars will woo fans back if not a positive start to league Cup and league will have many returning though fear of FOMO and generally seeing a winning team. Genuinely don't expect to see the club hierarchy take note until small crowds are the norm but even then I doubt it'll register this season much as narcissits are rife at the club. Maybe if we have an unsuccessful L1 campaign where its costing more money and fail to get promotion they may think 'its not going well'. No change will come unless forced and that involves directorial changes which look unlikely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Staggie Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 7 minutes ago, bdu98196 said: Surely it'd be brass especially the neck area? More front than Brighton? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufc Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Surely any saving from moving to the central belt will be lost when they still have to pay a premium for players to get them to sign for them as one kf the worst FT teams in the country? Plus the players will still need to travel to Inverness every second week so will a lot of travelling. It just seems a very bizarre model to us, especially because kelty are now in the same league so you are also funding a potential rival. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bod Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 6 minutes ago, Aufc said: Surely any saving from moving to the central belt will be lost when they still have to pay a premium for players to get them to sign for them as one kf the worst FT teams in the country? Plus the players will still need to travel to Inverness every second week so will a lot of travelling. It just seems a very bizarre model to us, especially because kelty are now in the same league so you are also funding a potential rival. That is the weird thing! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 2 hours ago, Wacky said: When are you fans going to start making a noise about this? The protests will start with not buying the season tickets, but getting out on the street and making noise so that newspapers and television stations start publicising your plight and displeasure with the board is surely the next step? On protests, over on CTO a new poster called DRAKE has posted and he 100% vehemently defends the move and says that we all should be behind it. Have a look. The wording and phrasing of the post suggests conman DRAKE is near the top table. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 700 so far have signed the petition. Possibly 700 ST,s ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackie The Staggie Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 3 hours ago, ICTChris said: I wonder what this week will bring. Dreading the ‘Club News’ graphic popping up. "Inverness Caledonian Thistle announce that Duncan Ferguson has now left the club. The appointment of Derek Adams will take over immediately" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 See this ST meeting on Tuesday, it’ll only be worthwhile if director Scott Young is there again. He needs to be told in person what people think of this Kelty shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Staggie Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 2 hours ago, Mackie The Staggie said: "Inverness Caledonian Thistle announce that Duncan Ferguson has now left the club. The appointment of Derek Adams will take over immediately" Make it so!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 (edited) 1 hour ago, TheScarf said: See this ST meeting on Tuesday, it’ll only be worthwhile if director Scott Young is there again. He needs to be told in person what people think of this Kelty shite. Season ticket renewal time will be interesting. There's not been a peep from the club about that. They've not even confirmed officially what's happening with Ferguson but we're being left to infer it from other statements. Edited May 26 by RiG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB1994 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 3 minutes ago, RiG said: Season ticket renewal time will be interesting. There's not been a peep from the club about that. They've not even confirmed officially what's happening with Ferguson but we're being left to infer it from other statements. I suppose he does have two years on his contract so if he is continuing they don’t really need to make an announcement about that but it would be nice to know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Stiles Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 I take it Gardner end up with Kelty as he couldn't get to use Murray Park.* *Or whatever it's called now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 15 hours ago, Chubbychops said: We're going to have some fun with you next season..... low bearing fruit. I think you mean low hanging fruit but never mind. Ignore Balde, his schtick is largely done so by most of us. Similar to a Rammit or North West among yourselves. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdu98196 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 (edited) 4 hours ago, Mackie The Staggie said: "Inverness Caledonian Thistle announce that Duncan Ferguson has now left the club. The appointment of Derek Adams will take over immediately" Crazy RC fans see of all ex-managers that Adams is more of a 'banter' appointment crossing the bridge than a misogynistic, homophobic racist Edited May 26 by bdu98196 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 8 minutes ago, bdu98196 said: Crazy RC fans see of all ex-managers that Adams is more of a 'banter' appointment crossing the bridge than a misogynistic, homophobic racist Most of us want Adams in a job for a laugh. Malky can just do one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Macleod Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 5 hours ago, Aufc said: It just seems a very bizarre model to us, especially because kelty are now in the same league so you are also funding a potential rival. Scot Gardiner is so narcissistic & arrogant he would never have thought we'd be in the same league as Kelty when they were discussing this. His idol Big Dunc was supposed to keep us up. Ross Morrison would've just gobbled it all up like a fish. It's one of the main reasons this nonsense is happening the board & the management team can't hold themselves accountable for this mess. It's the Highlands fault cause we can't attract players up here, it's the Highland councils fault cause they refused the battery farm, It's our home fans fault for not backing the team enough, It's Billy Dodds fault cause Dunc got 41 points & Dodds only got 1 in 5 games, It's the plastic pitches fault, It's Arbroath fault for "downing tools", Its the referees fault cause a couple of decisions didn't go our way. It's everyone else's fault but the board's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri RCFC Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Have the pride of Fife billboards gone up yet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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