What’s worse than a crisis?
We seem to have been talking about Caley Thistle’s injury difficulties for some weeks now but the situation continues to deteriorate.
Perhaps it’s now an injury calamity or a catastrophe.
Maybe we are at the disaster level. You can decide what word is appropriate but I have never seen anything quite like it before.
Naturally, plenty people have theories about why this should be happening. Players with knocks being rushed back to training or playing, artificial pitches or just a run of real bad luck. Perhaps all of the above and more besides.
Anyway, I can’t say I turned up at the Caledonian Stadium on Saturday anticipating a wonderful afternoon of football.
I was there out of a sense of duty. Sometimes football fans just have to do that. Most supporters, whichever team they follow, will understand what I mean.
Things couldn’t be more different at Ayr United. They are in great form and all seems to be going wonderfully well for the Honest Men.
Despite my pre-match expectations I actually enjoyed the game.
Bolstered by a couple of players, who Billy Dodds confirmed afterwards shouldn’t have been playing, they competed well.
It was perhaps annoying that they couldn’t build on an early lead but they responded well to finding themselves behind late in the game
Two goals from Nathan Shaw earned a thoroughly deserved point and he is a player who has stepped up in these difficult times.
I can see him improving as the season progresses. The much talked about Dipo Akinyemi impressed me.
He is a big, powerful player but he possesses a really deft touch.
Ayr United will struggle to hold onto him. The familiar figure of Logan Chalmers caused the Inverness defence plenty of dufficulties when he came on before the break.
He is a player I rate and who could easily play at a higher level.
It’s Scottish Cup week and Saturday’s game with Stirling Albion is a potential banana skin for Inverness. It could be a really tricky tie for us.
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