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Completely changing the whole defence doesn’t help Boyes was awful

Actually my reservations on the team. Not sure we have signed a team better than last year

Valakari says Mitchell and Todd missed out for fitness reasons and Paton was suspended, rest of the changes were through choice. Absolutely ****ing crazy. Very high chance this loss knocks us out the competition.

Again looks like we are going out of another cup early. If we concentrated in winning cup games we might not need to rip off OF fans.

Tonight shows we need a couple signing above Scottish Championship level. Tonight was a chance for Steven ,Fowler and FotherIngham to take their chances and they failed.

Livingston or Stenhousemuir win in their meeting, Dundee beat Clyde, and County beat Airdrie, and thats 2 groups runners up we cannot realistically top. We'd need to win by 7 goals to do so. Dunfermline have a narrow win over St Mirren and we'd need to win by 5 to finish above that group. Thats ignoring other groups where its likely runner ups are on 9pts too and it comes down to goal difference then goals scored. Genuinely think we're going out even if we win 3-0.

Yeah, need a big win against East Fife to have even a small chance of progression. Pussing about just passing the ball about v Linlithgo & Morton when they should have known goal difference might be the difference.

Boyes at left back just doesn't do it for me.. hes not mobile enough, hes an absolute unit and doesn't move well up the line well. I know finlayson has played at RB for livi a few times but i see him the same as boyes.. even going back to last season when diabate was thrown in at RB for a few games.. What's simos fascination with putting these types of players out wide. Surely we should have had foulds and smith on from the start and trying to encourage them to get up the line!

Looking at other groups theres a decent chance we need to beat East Fife by 3 or 4 or we're out, only the best 3 runners up go through and ICT win the group if they beat Morton (who've lost all 3 games without scoring a goal).

Worst performance for a long time. Sorry to say it but we have nothing up top and why all these sideway passes then back and do the same again. We are so slow as if we do get up the field the whole defence are waiting.

Passing sideways isn't in itself a bad thing. Issue seems to be team are almost caught by surprise when it does go forward. Seems an over reliance on passing back or sideways. Forward diagonal passes are proven to be the best balance of safety vs threat to opposition. Need to mix it up more and find at least 2nd gear when urgency requires it.

What was up with Diabate and his passing?? Not once did he find his own man, absolutely awful tonight

Simo ball.Look forward to a long season.

Yup. Premiership prices for a Championship squad. But hey, at least if we do end up relegated hes not completely killed the home support which wont respond in any way like it did last season.

I worry that we can't. Passing and receiving technique look way below where they need to be, coupled with lack of movement, awareness we'll end up just giving the ball away. Lack of effort and urgency just isn't acceptable at any time at any level.

Slow lacklustre, lack of creativity got away with in the championship at times as level was poor and baled out by mcpake, too many championship level players out there, maybe league one as Inverness looked far hungrier and organised, it’s back Simo ball.

93rd minute and game ends with a sideways pass in our half, I mean what the f*ck. Game should end with ball in their half. Get on the bus, back to the astro and do some running cause no effort at all tonight. Adam's going to quickly learn he jacks the prices up we're expecting better.

That was a poor performance. No need to get too worried, but clearly still upgrades required or it could be a long season. Taylor Steven and Fotheringham are squad players. We will create very little from wide. Players will have to learn to move the ball quicker from the back if we want to have any chance of breaking teams down. There is a big jump up in quality to the Premier League and a few of the boys are going to have to learn quickly or we will be taught some harsh lessons. ICT played some nice football at points.

Pretty much this. When we got relegated we spent far too much time just passively playing at the lowest tempo possible while top flight clubs could put in minimal effort and still prevent us having a real chance. Tonight was the exact but with a completely different squad.

Well if Simo wanted to explore the hidden depths of our player pool he instead found the putrid shallows. Lets just hope it was one of those nights where everyone was off form.

Awful performance from Saints.

I don’t get Taylor Steven Probably been knocking on the managers door and just does enough and that’s all in every game I’ve ever seen him play and today was by far the worst I’ve not seen anyone busting a gut mind you Inverness deserve all the credit Some of these squad players are rank

It's not like we picked some lads off the street and threw them on. Every single one of that squad would expect minutes this season. Disjointed Apathetic Lackluster Simply not good enough for a top flight (survival) challenge.

Simo has some work to do. We can't send it long as it won't stick and can't play it out as we can't pass or receive. Not nearly enough effort off the ball and too many just waiting for something to happen. Worried we're toothless against a side just promoted to the Championship. Hopefully sickness related if not.....well a few need reminded of the expected levels every match.

Sounds like they are playing Simoball instead of Football.