RiG Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 About time. I was getting bored waiting for the next statement to arrive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 “There is not a scintilla of truth in this disgraceful hatchet piece published in that Glasgow newspaper today.” Clearly it’s all a central belt conspiracy against the Highlanders. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 *Googles scintilla* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Well done lads, that's comfortably the worst statement yet. Your club is getting dragged down here for absolutely no reason whatsoever. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Our board are completely out of their depth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Ross Morrison needs to spend more time looking for a new CEO rather than flicking through a thesaurus for words that he thinks will make him sound clever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Fair play. Going for the gauntlet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry94 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 2 hours ago, eez-eh said: If the season is voided (with any remaining prize money split evenly), it follows from that that Inverness didn’t finish in second place - because you’re pretty much wiping out the standings. I don’t see how it would be fair to say that nothing counts, but then - through reconstruction - start promoting teams based on where they finished in a season that you’ve just told everyone doesn’t count. Not necessarily. The alternative was that promotion/relegation would not be awarded on the ppg basis but prize money would be. You could then easily say you are enlarging the top flight or second tier by x teams based on the ppg standings. I don't think you are saying nothing counts, just that across the board, the conventional system of up/down was disproportionately harsh on some teams (i.e Hearts, Thistle, Falkirk etc) and disproportionately rewarding others (i.e. St Mirren, Raith, QotS etc). The short-term cash flow is important but this could be making an impact on teams that last many years when they still had football to play and a reasonable chance of improving their situation. I would argue that if we did just take something resembling Livi's 14 plan for the top flight and promoted accordingly down the leagues, that would have been by far the least bad plan and been far less hurtful overall. Obviously, clubs will act in their self-interest but I think it is disappointing considering that it was really a minimal sacrifice and in 2013, we actually achieved a lot more with top flight clubs significantly reducing their cash share through the leagues and introducing the play-offs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 I miss the days when people laughed at us when we released statements promising thorough investigations for someone using the club Twitter account to like porn videos. Halcyon days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Scintilla is a perfectly cromulent word. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 What makes it even worse is if ICT hadn’t issued these statements, everyone would be just sitting laughing at Hearts and Rangers. There’s absolutely no reason for it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 37 minutes ago, RiG said: *Googles scintilla* *Googles clarity* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 So if I am right it seems we were looking for: Current first placed teams in the respective divisions to be awarded titles; No relegation for the sides currently in last place in the respective divisions; The season to be declared null and void; Prize monies distributed on current league places; and Reconstruction of the league that would likely have seen us parachuted into the Premiership as the 14th team? Sign me up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Feckin youngsters. It's time scintilla made a comeback. Too many Pre-Madonna's dishing out Roberta Flack all over the shop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Caley Thistle to compete for Europe in next season’s Hundesliga 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 hour ago, The Mantis said: Feckin youngsters. It's time scintilla made a comeback. Too many Pre-Madonna's dishing out Roberta Flack all over the shop. ^^^ so macho 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 ^^^ so macho^^^ sinita is live and well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 I see by his player/profile and on Wiki that Shaun Rooney has already left Caley and joined St Johnstone?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 I've got to be honest, I think this whole thing has been really poorly handled by our board. They are completely out of their depth but there's no-one who is going to step in and take over so we are stuck with them. Releasing embarrassing statements and publicising private conversations with other chairman isn't the way to enhance your clubs reputation. When it comes down to it, what has the point of all this been? Why have we pushed so hard on this, when it was obvious early in the whole process that we were very unlikely to come out of this with what we wanted, which was either a season completion or an expanded league? You have to pick your battles in life and we have picked the wrong battle. Who knows what impact this will have on us next season, it's certainly not made our club a more attractive location for other players or managers, which we might need to think about if Robbo is given an opporutnity at a higher level. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 hour ago, ICTChris said: I've got to be honest, I think this whole thing has been really poorly handled by our board. They are completely out of their depth but there's no-one who is going to step in and take over so we are stuck with them. Releasing embarrassing statements and publicising private conversations with other chairman isn't the way to enhance your clubs reputation. When it comes down to it, what has the point of all this been? Why have we pushed so hard on this, when it was obvious early in the whole process that we were very unlikely to come out of this with what we wanted, which was either a season completion or an expanded league? You have to pick your battles in life and we have picked the wrong battle. Who knows what impact this will have on us next season, it's certainly not made our club a more attractive location for other players or managers, which we might need to think about if Robbo is given an opporutnity at a higher level. Indeed. I mean I admire Scot Gardiner for being on the minds of every Dundee fan literally every second, but he has to go. I've spoken to Ross Morrison and he seems like an alright bloke and wants what's best for the club. I've seen Gardiner at our 25th anniversary dinner and he just seemed like a complete idiot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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