No Need For Highland Clearances

Inverness lost to Dunfermline on Saturday which was a boost to the Pars but hit the Inverness manager Charlie Christie pretty hard. The loss meant that a top-six finish in the SPL is gone for this season and reports suggest that Christie has warned his players he may quit in the near future. The Highland club's chief executive Graeme Bennett has urged Charlie not to take defeats to heart as the club are right behind him.

Bennett said: "I have heard the same thing (Christie will quit) but I haven't spoken to Charlie directly about the situation. What I would say is that Charlie is quite an emotional guy and maybe he has made these comments to the players in the heat of the moment. He has obviously been disappointed after the defeat, but in these situations it is important not to get too low and not to go overboard when you win. Charlie, though, just seems to take the defeats a lot harder than he should. There are some aspects of the job, off the field, which Charlie has struggled to adapt to but he is doing a great job for Inverness. We are certainly fully behind Charlie, and as far as we are concerned, we are looking at him being in the job over the longer term."