The Wyness Shuffle

The Abyss

We're staring into it so you might as well listen to it! 

The Wyness Shuffle is back and Caley Thistle are no nearer to safety. This podcast comes with a depression warning, a colourful language warning, a battery farm warning, and a lots of very unhappy football fans. But why are we unhappy? That’s what the podcast is about. That’s what we have spent two hours delving into. No stone is left unturned as we analyse the eye-watering football, the stewardship of the club, the manager’s decisions, the fan unrest, and much more.

Join Andrew Moffat, Stevie Riley, Andrew Young, Sandy Sutherland and Lee Tarling as they talk all the recent goings on and welcome special guests, George Moodie from the Supporters Trust, Ross Draper from the days when we won Scottish Cups, and some ICT fans that might even be more unhappy than us.

All that and 29 years-worth of ICT references packed into two and a bit hours of wild conjecture and mild distraction.

LINE-UP:

00.58 Disaster?

The Shufflers pick out one main reason each why this season has gone the way it has. Tactics, departures, finances, youth players, signings... 

08.48 Game by Game

Partick, Dundee United, Ayr, Airdrie (and a win at Morton) all either watched through our fingers, a drunken haze, or apoplectic anger. 'We were excellent, weren't we?'

32.23 The Manager

We focus on Duncan Ferguson. He could have come in and he could have used his coaching experience and his power of personality and he could have galvanized the club. He chose to go his own way, with his own players. And that’s on him. We discuss where he’s gone wrong and what he could have done right.  

44.32 Disaster Movies

Let’s keep it light with… Disaster Movies. Are we more Titanic, Perfect Storm or Don’t Look Up? A classic Wyness Shuffle film themed pun trope a thon.

47.46 Talk to Me: The ICT Supporters Trust

George Moodie from the Trust joins us live on the pod to discuss all the recent goings on, how the Trust plan to affect positive change within the football club and a big announcement they have coming up at their meeting on Saturday 6 April.

1.05.05 The Club: The Battery Farm

We discuss all things battery farm and where the club goes from here.

1.14.57: The Club: Back the team / Sack the board

We discuss the campaign by Section 94 to affect change within the club. What does it mean in reality and the nuances of the running of the football club.

1.23.40 The Club: Future Solutions

Each panellist picks one improvement they would make for the future of the football club.

1.29.16 Talk to Me: Ross Draper

The Scottish Cup Final winning all action midfield powerhouse joins us to talk about his current club Elgin, how Keith Bray’s getting on and his thoughts on ICT’s awful season to date.

1.50.16 League Lookahead

The boys preview the final 5 games of the league season and try and guess where some points will be coming from before getting out the calculator and and heavy dose of realism.

2.10.32 The Fans Eye View

In a new feature we get the thoughts of three Caley Thistle fans – Beth Kemp, Martin Macleod and George Macrae. If you thought we were scathing wait till you get to the end of the pod. Powerful stuff.

There's it. 

SUPERMARKET SWEEP

As opportunities for bargains in the January transfer superstore began to dwindle, compulsive shopper Duncan Ferguson raced his trolley up and down the aisles, filling it with little-known brands, exotic fruits, and a couple of more familiar items. In this reaction podcast, checkout operatives Moff, Riley, Sandy and AY run their scanners over the club’s latest purchases and performances and consider how well they leave ICT set up for the remainder of the season. Let’s shuffle!  

There's it: 

00:00:57: Welcome / Best and Worst. Moff introduces the panellists and we briefly discuss our best acquisitions and biggest losses in the transfer window.

00:04:35: Game by Game. The recent league match against Raith Rovers was one from the gourmet range; the Queen’s Park performance came off the ‘reduced to clear’ shelf. We dissect both.

00:21:24: The Transfer Window. The window has closed. Ten players have left the building, and seven have come in. But which will be bags for life, and which are compostable carriers?

00:46:30: The Club. The latest Supporters’ Trust meeting took place at the ICT Social Club before the Queen’s Park game. Sandy and AY report on a change in the SLO role and on some of the issues that were discussed. Warning: may contain battery farm.  

00:55:53: League (and Cup) Lookahead. With the Scottish Cup fifth round tie against Hibs and league matches against Partick, Arbroath and Dunfermline coming up before the end of February, we discuss where much-needed league points are most likely to come from, and whether Duncan Ferguson can add to ICT’s illustrious Scottish Cup record this season.   

01:10:47: Competition Winner Revealed. Which lucky customer has won boardroom hospitality for two at Clach’s Grant Street Park?

Yip yip! 

WINDOW PAIN

With Caley Thistle sitting just three points off the foot of the Championship, Stevie, Sandy and AY joint host Moff to record the first Wyness Shuffle podcast of 2024. As usual we discuss recent performances and touch on developments at the club, as well as offering up two exclusive interviews, but the big focus is on the January transfer window. How many new players can we realistically see coming in? Are there any gems out there for Big Dunc to unearth? Can Alex Samuel be everything that Cillian Sheridan wasn’t? And is it possible to replace David Wotherspoon and Sean Welsh? All this and more coming up as we go through the window. Let’s shuffle!  

00:00:58: Welcome / Hopes for 2024. Moff introduces the panellists and we reveal our hopes for ICT in 2024

00:04:25: Game by Game. The panel discusses the Scottish Cup tie against Broomhill (00:04:40) and the recent league matches against Dundee United (00:13:20), Ayr (00:21:06), Airdrieonians (00:27:02) and Greenock Morton (00:28:30).

00:29:55: The Rest of the Season. How many more points might ICT need to survive in the Championship? We do the maths.

00:37:21: The Transfer Window. More in hope than expectation, we identify the areas of the park that should be the priorities for new signings and throw some names into the hat, then discuss the release of Sean Welsh and say goodbye to other departing players.

00:52:33: Talk to Me: David Wotherspoon. Has any other player made such a big impact in such a short time with ICT? Stevie cracks open the Kleenex for an emotional conversation with Dundee United’s latest signing and gets his thoughts on Duncan Ferguson and playing for Caley Thistle, then the panellists discuss the interview.

01:19:20: Fantasy Window: With James ‘son of Jamie’ Carragher joining ICT at the start of the window, we consider which other relatives of famous players we would like to tempt to the Highlands. 

01:23:48: Talk to Me: Alex Chisholm (Clachnacuddin FC Chairman): Links between Caley Thistle and Inverness’s sole remaining Highland League representative are strong. Moff sat down with the chairman of the Merkinch club to hear about his ambitions for Clach, his efforts to engage with the local community, and his belief in the importance of football to Inverness.  

01:51:41: The Club. Intrepid reporter Sandy gives us a round-up of the issues we can expect to hear discussed at the Supporters’ Trust meeting on Feb 3^rd.

01:56:45: League Lookahead. We look at the forthcoming league fixtures against Raith Rovers, Queen’s Park, Partick and Arbroath.

02:06:14: Competition Time. Moff reveals details of our latest fantastic competition prize and how you can win it.

Catching Blue Whales: A Christmas Shuffle

Oh come all ye faithful to the Annual Inverness Caledonian Thistle Festive Fan Podcast Extravaganza!

Two and a half hours of festive fun as the not-so-Wise Men that are Andrew Moffat, Stevie Riley, Sandy Sutherland, Lee Tarling, actual journalist Paul Chalk and ex ICT superstar Liam Keogh gather around the table for a feast of ICT football fun.

What’s on the Christmas menu you ask?

01:00 Welcome to the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

The boys say hello and Merry Caley Christmas! 

02:25 We recap 2023 in the style of the 12 Days of Christmas

Discounted David Carson bucket hats and another Scottish Cup Final, what a year! 

08:20 Game By Festive Game

A busy Xmas period sees us with 6 matches over the month of December, but what game jingles our bells and what match gives us the chills? We review the return to poor form and losses to Arbroath, Morton and Raith and the win at Hampden v Queens Park

36:02 Talk Tinsel to Me

It’s the return of housewive's favourite Robbie Deas. The Killie centre-half talks Christmas dinner, demolishing Celtic strikers and generally being an all round top man. Then we talk about Gary Bollan and his XL Bully.

56:35 Feliz Navidad! It’s the ICTinsel XI

We pick out the all-time festive line-up. Anyone for a Cameron Christmas Hamper?

1:00:58 Talk Tinsel to Me 2

He’s a bigger fan of Big Dunc than any of us! Evertonian and ICT Scottish Cup Winning legend Greg Tansey returns to talk getting 100 autographs of the Big Man, life after football and how Ferguson might be adapting to Scottish football. We then talk transfer windows and Everton loanees.

1:29:01 Gifts for Gaffers

It’s the long-awaited return of our Xmas feature in which we pick out Christmas presents for each of the championships dodgy patter merchants that are the Cinch Championship’s 10 managers. A nice moisturiser for Dougie Imrie?

1:36:00 Talk Tinsel to Me 3: Billy Dodds!

A special Talk Tinsel to me as we preview an interview we’re going to put out in its entirety in January. He hasn’t talked to the media so far. We don’t know exactly what went on but Billy Dodds is back to say his goodbyes

2:03:19 Festive League Lookahead

We preview the Xmas Eve Eve game at Partick, the visit of Morton and long cold consecutive trips to Airdrie and Ayr.  

2:11:21 Santa’s Sack

It is bulging with your questions. We do our best to answer them.

2:21:18: A Question of Christmas

It wouldn’t be Christmas without a quiz. Sandy manages to make a very confusing but entertaining one about advent calendars, numbers and stuff.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, ONE AND ALL, FROM ALL AT THE WYNESS SHUFFLE!

THANKS FOR LISTENING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND SEE YOU IN 2024!

Keep on Trucking

Keep On Trucking!

After seven long weeks in the garage, the Wyness Shuffle 18-wheeler is on the road again. Join Moff, Stevie, Sandy, AY and our latest squad addition Lee Tarling as we fuel up with some Big Dunc energy, deliver packages of analysis on all the recent games, re-visit the John Robertson eras, carry out a drive-by in Dingwall, charge our battery at Ross Morrison’s storage facility and set the satnav for a successful journey through December. Let’s shuffle!  

00:00:50: Welcome. Moff introduces the panellists and we discuss our recent highlights on and off the field.

00:10:02: Game by Game. After a general discussion of Duncan Ferguson’s impact on the team, we analyse the Scottish Cup tie against Cowdenbeath (00:16:15) and the recent league matches against Dunfermline (00:27:42), Ayr (00:33:55) and Dundee United (00:38:05).

00:42:45: Robbo – a Retrospective. The club’s sporting director and two-time manager departed the club in October. We discuss how successful he was in his various career roles and his legacy at ICT.

00:53:58: Head to Head. Derek Adams and Roy McGregor. Two individuals who epitomise all that is reprehensible about Ross County. But who is the bigger villain? Is it possible to have a sliding scale of evil? Sandy and AY argue for the respective de-merits of red-faced Derek and Uncle Roy.

00:59:14: The Club. We discuss the latest developments in the battery storage facility application, which Ross Morrison claims is key to protecting the club’s future.

01:08:53: League Lookahead. We round off the podcast by looking at the forthcoming league fixtures against Raith Rovers (01:09:30), Queen’s Park (01:12:02), Greenock Morton (01:13:59) and Arbroath (01:15:23).

There's it! 

THE FERGUSON EFFECT

We have a new manager, and we have a win! 

Join actual real journalist Paul Chalk, regulars Andrew Young & Sandy Sutherland, debutant Ross Mcdonald, and Andrew Moffat as we discuss the appointment and the win at Arbroath. 

It's Fergie Time, we talk Big Dunc, Duncan Disorderly, Duncan Ferguson and the first league win of the season. That’s it. He is back in Scottish football and he is at ICTFC.

We talk about: 

Initial thoughts when he was announced

Arbroath 2-3 ICT

His background

Short term and long term

Media interest

Manager not Head Coach

Supporters Trust meeting

& League Lookahead

 

All that and 29 years-worth of ICT references packed into an hour of wild conjecture and mild distraction.

Enjoy. 

 

Traumatic Nappy Change

A snap reaction pod to the news that ICTFC have dispensed with the services of Manager Billy Dodds and assistant Barry Wilson. 

A full house of Andrew Moffat, Sandy Sutherland, Stevie Riley, Andrew Young, Andrew Sutherland actually do pack everything into one hour of chat for a change. And Suv returns with a baby in the background, hence the pod title. 

We discuss Billy Dodds' departure, what went wrong, and what's going on with the football club in general.

Plus the big question, who do we turn to next, and why is this the biggest crossroads and decision that the club has ever faced? 

Note there was not a lot of planning for this pod but a hell of a lot of opinions.

The first 30 mins deals with the fallout. The second 30 looks at the future.  

Let's Shuffle.

Always look on the Brayight side of life

Welcome to the first of our new 'Mini Shuffles!'

The pod that we don't want to do but we have to do! But it's only 58 minutes long! 

Join Andrew Moffat, Stevie Riley and Sandy Sutherland as they take you through all the match reaction to the opening day defeat to Queens Park and the 1-0 loss to Ayr United.

We preview the upcoming trip to Airdrie and the home game v Dunfermline. 

Talk about what is needed to turn around the season. 

And analysis of the club in general. 

Hardly a joke in sight. 

Just hard hitting analytical analysis of the sad start to the season.

Let's Shuffle. 

Mission Possible?: A Season Preview

MISSION POSSIBLE? 

The first assignment of season 2023-24 season has arrived. Our objective is to recap our cup final memories, get the early word in on the new signings, take an in-depth scan of the opposition and new kits and pick some possible additions for the ICT XI. There’s also a sit-down with the gaffer and a new arrival. Unlike the movies, and hopefully our season, this podcast will not self-destruct in 5 seconds.

 

2:10: Moff gets a quick round of how the team’s summer has been with a mix of rest and recuperation to up routing to pastures new for some. If anyone is interested in buying in North Ayrshire drop AY a message, he’ll do you a good deal.

3:45: Cup Final memories - The guys look back on the thrills and spills of Cup final day and reflect on their best moments on a day that the team put up a real fight against Celtic.

7:33: Goodbyes – We get farewells out of the way early on with a fair few to get through. Wishing all of them the best for the future (apart from Allardice, maybe).

20:08: Hellos – We welcome the new recruits at TCS and the chaps give a quick rundown of what they think so far of the new faces and the renewal of our record-breaking hitman.

32:50: Player interview - Stevie chats with new signing Adam Brooks who shares what drew him north, his domestic and European experiences at Celtic, hopes for the season and who’s head chef in the house.

43:15: Free Agents -The Pod team tasked with hunting around the free agent market to see if there’s any gems out there, ranging from affordable to ancient. Anyone taking your fancy?

55:52: Opposition club by club - a look at the rest of the league, getting the scoop from opposition fans on who’s done the best business and who they fancy to finish where.

1:29:49: New Kits - Back in stripes for home but Stevie thinks we might be short a musical instrument and a piece of neckwear from completing the away look.

1:33:45: Game by game - A quick breakdown of the pre-season and league cup matches to date. A mix of great goals, emerging young stars, but a cure needed for dismal defending…

1:45:38: Manager interview - Stevie gets a bit of time with Billy Dodds discussing the upcoming season. What’s been done differently compared to last summer in terms of prep and what lies ahead.

2:05:54: League Lookahead – A look at the first few fixtures of the season starting with Queens Park, also features games against the two new kids on the block and the big question. Will Raith find a win against us?

2:15:08: Competition time – Scottish footy mag Nutmeg are offering a year’s free subscription to a lucky winner. The question being what was the first away ground Sandy visited as an ICT fan?

2:16:58: Predictions – To round it off the guys go around predicting where Caley Thistle finish in the league (done by obligation).

Enjoy! 

Back to the Future: The Scottish Cup Final Shuffle

Back to the Future: the Scottish Cup Final Shuffle

Join AY, Stevie, Sandy, and Moff as they make their way through a massive marathon podcast for the Scottish Cup Final, packed with more than one point twenty one gigawatts of time travelling Celtic pumping Scottish Cup Caley Thistle stuff!

Everything you wanted or needed to know about the 2023 Scottish Cup Final, the line-ups, the opposition, momentous wins over Celtic throughout the ages, musical numbers, ballistic headlines, and appearances from the highland heroes hall of fame that is Ross Tokely, Stuart Golabek, James Vincent, Dennis Wyness, and Sean Welsh, plus Natasha Meikle from A Celtic State of Mind.

2.30 Talk to me about: AY chats about the occasion, Sandy tells us why we do have a chance, and Stevie gives us the lowdown on the pre match party.

6.11 The Game: We look back on the high of the semi-final win v Falkirk and the low of the loss to Ayr on the last day of the league season.

15.11 Quick Quiz: Time for a quick quiz.

17.37 Back to the Future Part 1: Former Caley Thistle captain Stuart Golabek makes his pod debut and talks about the win over Celtic in 2000, plus his thoughts on the current squad and our chances in the Cup Final.

33.48 The Club: Contracts, finances and the future.

42.02 Back to the Future Part 2: Pod regular and ICT icon Ross Tokely talks about the 3-2 win over Celtic in 2011, Neil Lennon’s red face and breaking Celtic bones.

58.58 Highland Fling on the Ferry: Stevie outlines the plans for the party on the Clyde.

1.05.36 Back to the Future Part 3: The man, the myth, the legend, Dennis Wyness chats to Stevie about the 1-0 win over Celtic in 2003

1.19.44 Natasha Meikle from a Celtic State of Mind podcast: We caught up with Natasha who gave us the info on Celtic, what to expect from this team and what exactly are our chances. Hint: she didn’t say they were good.

1.35.00 Super Caley Go Hypersonic: We went Ballistic in 2000 but we need to go Hypersonic this time. We take a deep dive into this Celtic team and where the weaknesses, if any, might be.

1.45.05 Big Joe Hart Mistakes: there has been a lot, we put the best to the most appropriate music.

1.46.42 The daunting prospect of Celtic: we get really worried.  

1.52.33 The 2015 Scottish Cup Final with James Vincent: Vinnie returns to talk about 2015, that goal, and our chances vs Celtic

2.06.40 Sean Welsh: The skipper joins us 'in the studio’ to get a grilling from all the boys and talk about the cup final preparations  

2.23.11 The Big Scottish Cup Final Debate

2.36.03 Top of the Pops: Sandy Sutherland’s Cup Final tune is revealed!

Take care of yourself and each other and bye for now!