"The ICT Thread - The Championship Years"

[TheScarf]

2 minutes ago, approximately dave said:

Also need to mention that this season the Champions (ignoring the COVID years) have won this season's Championship with the least number of points compared to other seasons while we were in that same league.

The champions of nearly all seasons mentioned during these times were often runnning on a Premiership budget.

 

Since we were relegated I think the only team who won the league who weren’t operating on a Premiership budget was St Mirren in 2017/18. 
 

County, United, Hearts, Killie and now Dundee all definitely were. 

[TheScarf]

To show how much of a farce the fixture structure is, we’re having to play fucking friendlies during the season to keep match fitness up. 
 

Edit - Does anyone know the record for the longest time between two non-postponed competitive games in the same season is?

Edited May 16, 2023 by TheScarf

[Central Belt Caley]

1 hour ago, TheScarf said:

To show how much of a farce the fixture structure is, we’re having to play fucking friendlies during the season to keep match fitness up. 
 

Edit - Does anyone know the record for the longest time between two non-postponed competitive games in the same season is?

Falkirk had 28 days between their last league game and playing us in 2015, we’ll have 29 due to the last Championship games being on a Friday now.
 

Not sure if you’d count the break back in November for the World Cup but there was 35 days between Premiership games then. 

[D'Jaffo]

1 hour ago, TheScarf said:

To show how much of a farce the fixture structure is, we’re having to play fucking friendlies during the season to keep match fitness up. 
 

Edit - Does anyone know the record for the longest time between two non-postponed competitive games in the same season is?

Did Rangers not have this issue back in 2016? They won the league but had to wait for the playoffs and everything to finish before the cup final. Might not have been as long a wait as you guys. 
 

Also there’s no denying that Dodds isn’t manager material but when you take into account budgets and actual squads then Caley weren’t really in line for a top four finish were they? 

[Jaffa]

1 hour ago, D'Jaffo said:

Did Rangers not have this issue back in 2016? They won the league but had to wait for the playoffs and everything to finish before the cup final. Might not have been as long a wait as you guys. 
 

Also there’s no denying that Dodds isn’t manager material but when you take into account budgets and actual squads then Caley weren’t really in line for a top four finish were they? 

We had/have the 2nd best squad in the league 

Edited May 16, 2023 by Jaffa

[D'Jaffo]

4 minutes ago, Jaffa said:

We had/have the 2nd best squad in the league 

Now that’s a whoosh and a half

[Lucyintheskywithdiamonds]

8 hours ago, SandyCromarty said:

ICT Promotion Campaigns.

Season 2021-2022 FAIL

Season 2022-2023 FAIL

Season 2023-2024 FAIL if Dodds still remains manager. 

[Dunning1874]

5 hours ago, TheScarf said:

To show how much of a farce the fixture structure is, we’re having to play fucking friendlies during the season to keep match fitness up. 
 

Edit - Does anyone know the record for the longest time between two non-postponed competitive games in the same season is?

Queen of the South were 26 April for their last league game to 24 May for the Cup final in 2008. One day less than you.

[vikingTON]

10 hours ago, D'Jaffo said:

Did Rangers not have this issue back in 2016? They won the league but had to wait for the playoffs and everything to finish before the cup final. Might not have been as long a wait as you guys. 
 

Also there’s no denying that Dodds isn’t manager material but when you take into account budgets and actual squads then Caley weren’t really in line for a top four finish were they? 

I'd be surprised if Inverness didn't have one of the four largest budgets in the division. 

[TheScarf]

2 minutes ago, virginton said:

I'd be surprised if Inverness didn't have one of the four largest budgets in the division. 

Indeed, 4th at worst, behind Dundee, Thistle and QP.  So finishing 6th is definitely a failure.  Even if it was only 3 points behind 2nd.

[vikingTON]

59 minutes ago, TheScarf said:

Indeed, 4th at worst, behind Dundee, Thistle and QP.  So finishing 6th is definitely a failure.  Even if it was only 3 points behind 2nd.

I agree, but by the same token not being promoted last season through the play-offs is not a failure - or at least not one that could be pinned on the manager. A top 4 budget should get you a ticket to the play-offs but no entitlement to go on and win them.

[NorthStand10]

10 hours ago, Jaffa said:

We had/have the 2nd best squad in the league 

who’s squads the best?

[Marinello]

Anyone having difficulty with the cup final online ticket purchasing system?

[Juanjo Nostalgia]

1 hour ago, virginton said:

I agree, but by the same token not being promoted last season through the play-offs is not a failure - or at least not one that could be pinned on the manager. A top 4 budget should get you a ticket to the play-offs but no entitlement to go on and win them.

Aye, but if we didn’t shit the bed for three months in the middle of last season we would have won the league. We had the best team in the league that year, comfortably beat Killie, Partick, Arbroath, etc. over the course of the season and then chucked away points to the likes of Hamilton. It was a golden opportunity of a season wasted.

[SandyCromarty]

1 hour ago, Juanjo Nostalgia said:

Aye, but if we didn’t shit the bed for three months in the middle of last season we would have won the league. We had the best team in the league that year, comfortably beat Killie, Partick, Arbroath, etc. over the course of the season and then chucked away points to the likes of Hamilton. It was a golden opportunity of a season wasted.

That's been filed for future reference and job application as another 'injury crisis', as we are the only team that has them.

[Lucyintheskywithdiamonds]

I’ve never heard of an “Inverness Caledonian Thistke” before have you? Think someone needs to do a spellcheck

[CityDave94]

2 hours ago, NorthStand10 said:

who’s squads the best?

Dundee should have won this league by more than 10 points. We have a very good squad even regardless of injuries for 2nd or 3rd gave ourselves too much to do, dropping the ball even when we had most players back. Queen's Park as we found out were a one man team and Coyle had a far easier job and left when found out. Partick like us huffed and puffed until they binned McCall, Ayr were a good side for their budget, Morton massively improved, should not have been anywhere near the playoffs with budget but did because everyone was so inconsistent and they were good enough. Value for money certainly went with Ayr and Morton.

Best squad on looking good on paper - 1/ Dundee, 2/Inverness, 3/Partick

Reality - 1/Ayr, 2/Morton, 3/ Dundee (because they achieved their goal)

 

 

[TheScarf]

32 minutes ago, Lucyintheskywithdiamonds said:

I’ve never heard of an “Inverness Caledonian Thistke” before have you? Think someone needs to do a spellcheck

I reckon that's a typo.

[NorthStand10]

2 hours ago, SandyCromarty said:

That's been filed for future reference and job application as another 'injury crisis', as we are the only team that has them.

Surely not another inaccurate post! We didn’t have an injury crisis in Dodds’ first season and any genuine fan would know this. The winless run was a combination of bad management, losing Gardyne and the hangover from it, the January signings  taking too long to hit form, a small amount of injuries to key players and apart from our own issues Kilmarnock bringing in Lafferty, Ash Taylor and McInnes etc strengthening them greatly.

This season was an entirely different story.

Edited May 17, 2023 by NorthStand10

[sophia]

7 hours ago, NorthStand10 said:

Surely not another inaccurate post! We didn’t have an injury crisis in Dodds’ first season and any genuine fan would know this. The winless run was a combination of bad management, losing Gardyne and the hangover from it, the January signings  taking too long to hit form, a small amount of injuries to key players and apart from our own issues Kilmarnock bringing in Lafferty, Ash Taylor and McInnes etc strengthening them greatly.

This season was an entirely different story.

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