Shouldn't laugh... (Inverness relegation thread)

[allyo]

Any truth in the rumour that they're moving Nessie to Hogganfield Loch coz it's easier to get to?

[Albert's Ghost]

Like I said - shouldn't laugh.  Behave yourselves back there.

[Dick Dastardly]

I don’t find it funny. People are going to lose their jobs. Local businesses are not going to get paid for services or goods provided. A lot of innocent people are going to be affected if they go into administration.

It is not a laughing matter.

[Very Bitter Jag]

14 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said:

I don’t find it funny. People are going to lose their jobs. Local businesses are not going to get paid for services or goods provided. A lot of innocent people are going to be affected if they go into administration.

It is not a laughing matter.

Acknowledged and agree somewhat, but I dont remember them worrying about jobs lost at us when they moaned themselves into the SPL. 

[Albert's Ghost]

22 minutes ago, Very Bitter Jag said:

Acknowledged and agree somewhat, but I dont remember them worrying about jobs lost at us when they moaned themselves into the SPL. 

moaned?  Grifted more like.

[lady-isobel-barnett]

19 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said:

I don’t find it funny. People are going to lose their jobs. Local businesses are not going to get paid for services or goods provided. A lot of innocent people are going to be affected if they go into administration.

It is not a laughing matter.

Agree entirely it's not something to be amused about. Saying that the now probably defunct training move to Kelty looked like it was also going to cost jobs. Whatever it's a sad situation. 

Incidentally ICT were relegated with a plus 1 goal difference and after accumulating 42 points. That's only 10 points below a play off promotional place. OK there's always gotta be a balance between protecting clubs from the threat of going out of business and being competitive on a sporting bases. But having a ten club second tier just exasperates things. 

We all know we shouldn't have been relegated yon co-vid season. Leagues should've been reconstructed to accommodate promotion earning clubs but without the premature relegation of other clubs. ICT I believe were one of the clubs that opposed our relegation. It's then sadly ironic they're now victims of an unaltered league structure. A nonsense league structure at that. 

[Jaggernaut]

5 hours ago, Very Bitter Jag said:

Acknowledged and agree somewhat, but I dont remember them worrying about jobs lost at us when they moaned themselves into the SPL. 

This.

[Lenziejag]

11 hours ago, lady-isobel-barnett said:

Agree entirely it's not something to be amused about. Saying that the now probably defunct training move to Kelty looked like it was also going to cost jobs. Whatever it's a sad situation. 

Incidentally ICT were relegated with a plus 1 goal difference and after accumulating 42 points. That's only 10 points below a play off promotional place. OK there's always gotta be a balance between protecting clubs from the threat of going out of business and being competitive on a sporting bases. But having a ten club second tier just exasperates things. 

We all know we shouldn't have been relegated yon co-vid season. Leagues should've been reconstructed to accommodate promotion earning clubs but without the premature relegation of other clubs. ICT I believe were one of the clubs that opposed our relegation. It's then sadly ironic they're now victims of an unaltered league structure. A nonsense league structure at that. 

Although the smaller league sizes shows that in there isn’t much between the top and bottom of the divisions(from the championship down at least), it’s the distribution of prize money that’s the real issue. The SPFL did everything they could to get ICT promoted, even changing their rules. Maybe seeing one of their pet projects in so much trouble might prompt them to begin a rethink on the distribution of money ?

[fifexile]

1 hour ago, Lenziejag said:

Although the smaller league sizes shows that in there isn’t much between the top and bottom of the divisions(from the championship down at least), it’s the distribution of prize money that’s the real issue. The SPFL did everything they could to get ICT promoted, even changing their rules. Maybe seeing one of their pet projects in so much trouble might prompt them to begin a rethink on the distribution of money ?

Sadly I expect the SPFL to do nothing other than possibly a few platitudes. Scottish football is dominated by the ugly sisters who inevitably hoover up the most money, column inches & airtime. The current 11-1 voting structure in the Premier league is geard to keeping them happy  and everyone else in the PL and below begging for crumbs at the table.

Edited June 6, 2024 by fifexile

[Lenziejag]

33 minutes ago, fifexile said:

Sadly I expect the SPFL to do nothing other than possibly a few platitudes. Scottish football is dominated by the ugly sisters who inevitably hoover up the most money, column inches & airtime. The current 11-1 voting structure in the Premier league is geard to keeping them happy  and everyone else in the PL and below begging for crumbs at the table.

It’s Aberdeen, Hibs etc that are keeping it that way, as they expect to get their 4 games a season vs them. Inevitability at least one of them misses out every season. They had the power and bottled it.

[ChiThistle]

ICT hitting the big “undo” button this week.

[sabbath]

My mate has lost his job, but to be fair, he was a stone wall h*n supporter just like many on this site....Boom Boom...

[Albert's Ghost]

Fake jags heading down the plughole.  Oh dear, how sad.

[Stephen1876]

I’ve always found Caley fans to be a good bunch, especially when you visit for an away game where you are generally made very welcome (and the same is true for County). I hope they come through the other side of this. 

[Albert's Ghost]

I remember them laughing at us when we were parped out of the top tier, thanks to a sudden and mysterious rule-change about stadium criteria.  They had their fun.

[Jaggernaut]

I heard that at one point (maybe before Ross County became a "force") ICT basically hoovered up every young lad in the Highlands who looked like a good prospect, but insisted that those who signed up would not engage in ANY other competitive sport (even for their school) : no tennis, basketball, shinty, badminton, athletics, cycling.... zilch.

Karma.

[fenski]

That's probably quite a common rule for a professional sports club to have.

[Dick Dastardly]

1 hour ago, fenski said:

That's probably quite a common rule for a professional sports club to have.

This.

My nephew was a keeper at the Man Utd academy. As an 11 year old he was axed because he was invited to a game at Ronaldo’s house with his son.

[elevenone]

9 hours ago, Albert's Ghost said:

I remember them laughing at us when we were parped out of the top tier, thanks to a sudden and mysterious rule-change about stadium criteria.  They had their fun.

yup karma is a bitch

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2004/jun/22/newsstory.sport3

[Duke Gekantawa]

59 minutes ago, elevenone said:

yup karma is a bitch

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2004/jun/22/newsstory.sport3

Hughes said the club might appeal but no decision will be made until a board meeting and discussions with the two managers Gerry Britton and Derek Whyte.

He added: "The football will probably be better in the First Division."

It really wasn't

[Duke Gekantawa]

1 hour ago, elevenone said:

yup karma is a bitch

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2004/jun/22/newsstory.sport3

To be fair, I don't really blame ICT for this. They simply hoped to be allowed up. Ultimately, it was the decision of the other 11 SPL clubs not to apply the rules fairly

[Jaggernaut]

26 minutes ago, Duke Gekantawa said:

To be fair, I don't really blame ICT for this. They simply hoped to be allowed up. Ultimately, it was the decision of the other 11 SPL clubs not to apply the rules fairly

ICT are even more to blame that the Edinburgh hoors; they knew the rule, and wanted the rule changed explicitly for them.

[Albert's Ghost]

And what dirty deals were done to get the rules changed so abruptly and conveniently?

[Duke Gekantawa]

1 hour ago, Jaggernaut said:

ICT are even more to blame that the Edinburgh hoors; they knew the rule, and wanted the rule changed explicitly for them.

Indeed, but I really don't blame them for that. Anyone can want and ask for a rule change in their favour. It is up to those who set the rules to play fair and say no.

[lady-isobel-barnett]

50 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said:

ICT are even more to blame that the Edinburgh hoors; they knew the rule, and wanted the rule changed explicitly for them.

A side note. Allowing Milne at Aberdeen to have a vote, when his club was set to gain a very substantial sum from ground sharing, was a disgrace.

I'm more indifferent to ICT than enjoying their demise. Besides good people, some not even connected to the club, will suffer.

My biggest gripe is back twenty odd years ago there was an opportunity to change the league structure and hee haw happened. Ten years later with the then Rangers losing their vote there was an even greater opportunity to change things. Wind forward to five year ago and covid when there was a moral duty to increase the leagues (even if only temporarily). Again zilch happens. I guess my gripe is more with the SPL/SPFL/SFA than any particular club. But of course the clubs or more correctly the owners of the clubs play a big part in allowing these jokers to continually mismanage football.