liammcintosh01 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 This has the making of an interesting game. Alloa had a good win over Inverness a month ago and Inverness have only played 1 game since and haven't played at all in 3 weeks. Would like to see 1 or 2 attacking options signed for alloa by the game but I can't really see it. Hopefully we have at least a couple of players back from injury, massive 2nd half of the season. 1 each draw for me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeodhasXD Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I've already predicted this game. Snow and freezing conditions overnight. P - P Then we get the prize of trying again on a Tuesday night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liammcintosh01 Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 hour ago, LeodhasXD said: I've already predicted this game. Snow and freezing conditions overnight. P - P Then we get the prize of trying again on a Tuesday night. Do they not have undersoil heating, thought they would being with having played in the premiership for a good few years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeodhasXD Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 49 minutes ago, liammcintosh01 said: Do they not have undersoil heating, thought they would being with having played in the premiership for a good few years. Costs too much. As much as testing is only 10% of the grant money there's a host of other costs associated with this season it's better going on than undersoil heating. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 USH ruined our pitch. From 96 till 2004 when we reached the SPL I think we only had a couple of games off due to frost. The USH rule was idiotic. If they’d made it optional but with accepting a fine for postponements, that would have suited us better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB1994 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 36 minutes ago, The Mantis said: USH ruined our pitch. From 96 till 2004 when we reached the SPL I think we only had a couple of games off due to frost. The USH rule was idiotic. If they’d made it optional but with accepting a fine for postponements, that would have suited us better. Yeap, it made a complete mess of our pitch. Did we not remove the USH when we last relayed the pitch? If not removing I’m sure we did something with it to try and make improvements. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) 31 minutes ago, PB1994 said: Yeap, it made a complete mess of our pitch. Did we not remove the USH when we last relayed the pitch? If not removing I’m sure we did something with it to try and make improvements. We attempted to improve the drainage which has been garbage for years now. https://ictfc.com/pitch-improvements-underway ETA: Also found this article which talks about it a bit more but probably more interesting if you like lawnmowers, grass seed and fertiliser (who doesn't!) but it also talks about the problems caused by the USH pipes. https://www.pitchcare.com/news-media/inverness-caledonian-thistle-football-club-in-deep-water.html Quote Unfortunately for Dale, this is not the end of his problems when it comes to drainage of the pitch. The undersoil heating pipes that were laid in 2003 as a requirement by the Scottish Premier League, when the club gained promotion, have not made the situation any easier to manage. "The pipes were laid in December of that year and the pitch was like porridge, the tractor wheels were spinning when they were trying to pull the pipes in. The pipes are all up, down, left and right. They are not uniform and are meant to be down at a depth of nine inches across the whole pitch. But there are many areas where we are lucky if they are six and a half inches down. We are unable to go any lower than a depth of five inches when using a verti-drain or the Toro ProCore. Ideally, I would like to be going in a lot deeper to try and get a link from the surface to the drains below. Another problem we are having with the pipes is they are baking the heavy content of soil we have in the pitch. So, three to four inches around the pipes is like concrete, which I am unable to try and cure due to the restrictions of depths we can aerate." Edited January 20, 2021 by RiG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeodhasXD Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 58 minutes ago, RiG said: We attempted to improve the drainage which has been garbage for years now. https://ictfc.com/pitch-improvements-underway ETA: Also found this article which talks about it a bit more but probably more interesting if you like lawnmowers, grass seed and fertiliser (who doesn't!) but it also talks about the problems caused by the USH pipes. https://www.pitchcare.com/news-media/inverness-caledonian-thistle-football-club-in-deep-water.html It confirms a theory I like to stick by when I'm making business purchases. Buy cheap buy twice. Or constantly have to handicap yourself with partial solutions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weetoonlad Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Will this be on or off guys any ict fans advise 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorogood's destroyers Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Covers will be going on pitch Friday afternoon allegedly, so should be good to go. Been frosty at nights for a week or so, but not much snow left. Official Preview 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_WYNESS Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Inverness CT 2-0 Alloa Athletic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeodhasXD Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I like how the Inverness PPV doesn't take any responsibility. It's like "not my problem. Get on to Luca at the SPFL and stream AMG if it's broke." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KierenAAFC Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Pitch inspection ongoing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KierenAAFC Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Game off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 This is getting ridiculous now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeodhasXD Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 What were the odds. Meanwhile we're having an impromptu training session on a playable park. Summer football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, LeodhasXD said: I like how the Inverness PPV doesn't take any responsibility. It's like "not my problem. Get on to Luca at the SPFL and stream AMG if it's broke." I asked for a refund for our game, got the money within 24 hours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, Snafu said: Frozen pitch??? Did the undersoil heating fail or did someone forget to put the money in the meter? It’s not required in the Championship I don’t think. So it’s a cost the club won’t spend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, LeodhasXD said: I like how the Inverness PPV doesn't take any responsibility. It's like "not my problem. Get on to Luca at the SPFL and stream AMG if it's broke." TBF at least they respond to emails unlike Alloa. I'm still waiting for a response to my email sent last month about your stream cutting out during the game between our sides. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeodhasXD Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 31 minutes ago, RiG said: TBF at least they respond to emails unlike Alloa. I'm still waiting for a response to my email sent last month about your stream cutting out during the game between our sides. I don't do the emails. But I can tell you it's not something that's down to us. The only stream we've had not work was against Ayr United. Every other problem is from user connection to the CDN. Whether it's to do with device, internet, browser, plugins, I can't tell you unless I'm in your house to troubleshoot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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