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No chance Falkirk are bigger than us. Similar sized club and support. But our history in the top flight and European football edges it in our favour. No way McGlynn moves here though. He is onto a sure thing at Falkirk. We cant pay him significantly more to risk that. Neither should we. Stick to the plan! 🧡❤️🧡

True. But I would have thought a heavily edited audio would be apparent given the circumstances. Regardless. Lets hear it and we can decide for ourselves......

Precisely my point. If its not made available, we should be asking why not. I dont really want to dwell on this but you can still demand transparency without the expectation of it, and highlight the lack of it when it occurs. Might end up with a sign on our backs again right enough.....

Maybe not. But in the interests of transparency we should still hear it. Even if all it does is annoy us all summer. Keeps the boiler stoked for next season and the first shitty decision that comes our way.

Id love to hear the comms. But I suspect we wont, or it would probably have been released by now.

It certainly seems that the board were well aware that Jens was away long before it happened, so I would agree a 3 week process from that point seems reasonable, albeit potential candidates may still be in employment up until the end of the month. Would certainly expect an announcement early June so we can get some the recruitment signed off before the players come back on June 19th. Be nice to know and be able to relax before I bugger off to the World Cup!

I would imagine we will have a good look at him in pre season and if he isnt ready then a year at Ayr United wouldnt be a surprise choice. Hopefully he is good to go though and can fill one of the midfield berths.

Unfortunately, I dont see Just being available for the initial European games, even if we havent sold him. He is going to the World Cup and will need a break after that for a couple weeks at least, which brings you pretty much right up to the date of the first game. He is a fit guy and probably wont have lost that much fitness in a short period of time, but Im sure we would want to ease him back into training before he plays a competitve game. Hope Im wrong, as he is absolutely essential to what we do.

Absolutely this ^^^

Aye, but we dont have to like it! 😜😜😜 Hopefully that wont happen though. I dont want any of our guys staying in Scotland when they move on. Im sure they would be much happier in England or abroad! 😜😜😜

I think the club know exactly what type of manager we are looking for and although we wont be able to replicate Jens, the qualities should look a lot like him. Forward thinking coach who likes expansive possession based football, can demonstrate a track record of being able to coach his ideas but also has the appropriate personal qualities to make it happen. The last part is almost as important as the rest. We need someone with a bit of stature, but who also has the emotional intelligence to motivate and manage players and "gets the club". Given all of that, Id expect it will be another young-ish and ambitious coach. If they happen to be Scandinavian, mores the better!

They pay double what anyone outside our league pays. Dems da rools! 😜😜😜

I agree. Maswanhise will be off and Id expect maybe one more, possibly Just if he has a good World Cup, or maybe Watt. But Kyrk was quite clear in his podcast interview that, although we wont stand in players way when it comes to development, we will manage squad turnover strategically and incrementally. The bulk of the squad will still be here come August, and I expect us to strengthen our weak areas, namely centre half, left back and up front.

Gutted to see Jens go. He has left us with some great memories and brought the whole club and community back together. I dont ever remember a time when there was such a feelgood factor around Fir Park, short of the 91 Cup win. Im actually feeling quite optomistic for what lies ahead. Its all been tied up very quickly and efficiently and you would fancy the board are well on the way to identifying who comes next. Id expect the new manager to be in by the time the players come back on the 18th June, and Id anticipate that we will have done a fair bit of business transfer wise by then as well so we have the bulk of the squad in for pre-season and in advanc of the Conference League Qualifiers. As I said earlier. The King is dead. Long live The King! 🧡❤️🧡

Thats more like it! I feel relaxed again! 😍😍😍