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Perhaps ICT should consider a plastic pitch as a way to save money in the long run? Less maintenance, can train on it, let it out etc. I know the top flight is about to ban them, but that's not likely to be a concern for ICT any time soon.

That's insane if true, and presumably breaking a number of SPFL rules.

Fond memories of the "Davis Keillor-Dunn, has got it going on" chant, to the tune of Stacey's Mom.

A bit of a reach to describe Ross County v Aberdeen as a derby.

I've just been looking back on the post I made when Adams was appointed. He's obviously not mellowed, he's certainly wound up all the right people, but unfortunately he's also wound up all the wrong people, and it certainly is going spectacularly wrong. When he took over we were 11th and looking favourites for the play-offs. There's no denying we weren't good enough and things had to change. Adams opted to move fast and break things. In hindsight, maybe the right approach would have been to tinker lightly round the edges - but then maybe we'd still be in 11th anyway. Should he leave? I don't know enough about what's going on behind the scenes. If relationships have been irreparably damaged then he needs to go. There's no coming back from that. But if things are salvageable, then he probably needs to be given longer. He's brought in a bunch of players who will need time to settle in and in some cases (eg CBJ) will need to get match fit. It's not unreasonable to expect this team to at least become good enough to win a play-off, if not catch 10th. A new manager would have to work with the same players, so sacking Adams (or him walking away) is not necessarily a panacea.

A draw keeps Livi alive, but if they lose they're surely dead and buried. A 9 point gap between 12th and 11th is too much. Defeat isn't a disaster for County, but it would be good to continue the momentum after a decent performance on Saturday. Rein in St Johnstone and Motherwell, then see where Adams can take us.

I think we're on a bit of a hiding to nothing with our youth system, tbh. It's a great thing to have and almost something of a public service, but the odds are against it being successful (if we measure success by the number of top quality players it produces, although I appreciate that's not the only possible metric). We have a relatively small talent pool available to us and amongst of the lowest population density in Europe, so the geography is challenging. Anyone who shows real promise is likely to be tempted away by more money at bigger teams before they can make an impact - although Josh Reid should act as a cautionary tale against that. It would probably be a more effective use of money to scrap the youth system and focus on signing rough diamonds released by the Old Firm or teams down south. Get them on 2 or 3 year deals and sell them with a year left. We've historically had much more success with that sort of signing than with our own homegrown players. That's what Brentford did a few years ago, recognising they couldn't compete with the bigger London clubs. I'm not advocating that approach - I want some homegrown stars as much as the next fan, but we've got to be realistic about these things.

I'm not sure that it is. Avoid a complete drubbing and we move on to the important games that follow. Would be an idea to either keep the post-match interview completely anodyne or leave to Cowie though, because anything he says will get blown out of proportion and context.

Yeah. It's very hard to get decent players in on proper deals in January. And if we want to be sure of avoiding relegation, the evidence suggests we need players that are better than the ones he inherited.

He was eligible until he played for Shrewsbury yesterday. Seems a bit harsh to get annoyed about that.

Not good enough for a big team like Ross County. Will do well for a wee team like ICT.

I'm surprised at the reaction to Turner leaving and the extent of the negativity towards Adams at the moment. I'd have expected the most successful manager in our history to get more of the benefit of the doubt. Maybe it'll all go wrong, but if he's pissed off a few players with his comments, who cares? Those same players got us to the lofty heights of 11th in the league and the previous manager the sack. The Aberdeen performance was dire, but the Hearts game was actually quite good, so isn't evidence in itself that he's "lost the dressing room". Let's see how the rest of the month pans out, but so far I've been enjoying Adams 3.0 much more than the dirge Mackay served up.

Just a one-off for now, I'd imagine. There's restrictions on how many games can be offered domestically on PPV, and to make it worthwhile doing it needs to be for the bigger games when a decent number of away fans will also pay for it.

Good to see RCFC TV making a return for this one. £12.99.