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No Nathan McGinley in the ******* squad. Good mind to just give this game a miss.

Probably the best option.

Best if game goes ahead. Still be more away fans tomorrow than would attend a Tuesday night game. Plus we'd lose out on hospitality income. Only way match might be postponed if Polis strongly advise no coach travel.

I thought I dreamt that 😃

FFS! Even Craig Levein wouldn't be that defensive.

Hard to call that a report. Doesn't include the teams. And did the "reporter" leave at half time?

....and if that' ever happened what's the betting that one member would fall out with himself/herself? 😀

There's bound to be a few but can't think of any. Worth minding the amount of times on Jags forums and in pub talk we've lamented not having a big fella upfront. Big Brian certainly an exception to a rule. Successes like Grady, Buchanan, Roberts, Dools etc all been lightweights. Can only come up with a few "nearly" ones like John Gemmell.

That's basically my point re Dowds being a kinda Graham Lite. Opposition defences see off Big Brian after 65-70 mins. On comes Anton and the defences don't have to change. Bring on say a lighter, speedier, direct running type of forward that's a different matter.

It's made this someone happy, it's made this someone smile.

Perhaps not the best of times to be suggesting that. 😀

Loans out to same division can come back to bite you. Especially in such small leagues where a team down the bottom beating one near the top is hardly newsworthy. Think tho' Dowds going to Ayr is just so logical. Anton wouldn't want to go to a lower division. Last time down at Somerset Pk it was fairly obvious that Ayr needed a big fella to partner their lad upfront. And if he stayed at Firhill it would take two injuries, perhaps even three, for him to get a start. I suppose it would be a real back biter if his goals help Ayr to finish above us in the league. We'd possibly have lost any savings from his move to prize money. A risk worth taking I feel. Have said before that Anton was too similar a player to Graham in style but not in quality. Maybe the potential is there and he was impressive for Arbroath. But we were never likely to find out if a place on the bench was the best the lad could hope for.

Mentioned it to find out. I'm clueless but there's a few on here know about this sort of thing.

I see Cameron Cooper has signed for Oxford United.

Realise I'm not quoting you, WJ. For the avoidance of doubt it might have been better then not to have the "Board Update" and the "Strategic Investment" announcement within hours of each other. Firstly a cynic may think the "absolutely nothing to do" a case of they would say that. Secondly and more to the point (in my mind at least) it was very poor PR. The announcements come across both as an expedited Bad News/Good News exercise and at the same time diluting the positivity of the second announcement, from both the Club's and investor's point of view. The very need for a rushed out clarification third announcement supports the notion of poor PR. Fully realise that both the removal of chairman and investment may well be a matter of urgency but surely holding back the second announcement a day or so would've come across a lot better.

Could maybe make an exception for any such flag being flown anywhere up the A9 yesterday.

I've done hee-haw, apart from listening to some Charlie Mingus and constantly refreshing web pages for 90 minutes. Always the same when I'm not at the match. Should hate it even more as I'd bought a ticket online for today. The score and what little reports I've heard from Inverness have however consoled me.

Looks like only one change from last week. Williams for Diack.

Was going to post something along the same lines. From my experience directors are often on a Board primarily for their skillset. Getting the right balance of individual abilities is a hard enough task. Getting a Board of directors with the necessary skillsets AND who'll all get along with each other, extremely unlikely. I'm generalising but It's easy to play the tin-pot card when there's a fall out. Perhaps tho' the real tin-pot boards are the ones where everyone gets along with each other swimmingly but lack the necessary skills to succeed.

I agree but see a major flaw in your post.

That's me ******* around trying to get a Scotrail refund. Plus I've already bought my match ticket.

Well that's why I phrased it "should be pleased". Looking from any outside investors point of view I suppose they're bound to (or wise to) want some control of their investment. The proof of the pudding is of course what "certain decisions" they hold a veto on. Off the top of my head I can think of a good few "certain decisions" that would've no or very minimal affect to concern us. I would presume for instance they wouldn't want further investment from a company with rival intent. As sure as likely they won't want to see their investment used to the extent we run down our reserves to an alarming extent.. Guess all this will largely remain conjecture on our part as confidentiality will no doubt play a big part in all this.

I've read the TJF e mail and this new investment appears both satisfactory and most welcome. In any case my idea of fan ownership has always been along the lines of the "German model", so I should be pleased to see minority investment.

Forecast is for a cold wet day up in Inverness. So nothing new there then. Enjoyable trip spoiled only by the out of town ground itself. Agree no need to change starting line up with the exception of McMillan. Heard he has a strain that could be aggravated by an early return. Thus I wouldn't be surprised if he plays he's either subbed early or comes on from the bench. A lot riding on McInroy. Can he plug that gap in defensive midfield? Signs were positive on that front against the Pars when he won a good few first and second balls. Certainly feel getting both McInroy and Robinson on the park together could be crucial.