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Its a long week without midweek games!

Absolutely. No way the club are turning that kind of money down. Its our model after all. We take it and invest modestly in the next Maswanhise. It also takes any pressure of taking low ball offers for any of our other players. "Meet the valuation or bugger off!" This summer is going to be an entirely new experience for us as a club. One where we are not just clearing the decks to try and get rid of the deadwood, but trying to hold onto as much of this squad as we can, whilst at the same time not standing in the way of players career development. The only hope is that Jens is still the guy overseeing it and we are not looking for a new manager as well.

Very pleasing. I know we are all looking up the way, but these little milestones will let the board start planning early for next season....

Stick a linky on Peter! 😍😍😍 Although Im sure we can find it!

Pleased for the Ox. Decent keeper. Just unfortunate that he doesnt appear to be a good fit for our new system. Also gets some of his wage off the books and gives him a shop window for a permanent move.

If Celtic or Copenhagen come in for him he will be gone (paricularly the latter). But Im not so sure some of the other names banded about will tempt him. I think he only moves in a summer window to a bigger club where he thinks he can replicate the success he has had in implementing his style with us. He wont want to risk any backward steps.

It would be absolutely surreal if he stayed and turned us into the Scottish Bodo/Glimt. Not sure I would be able to cope with being that good! 😍😍😍

Maybe he realises that building something with us will get him the bigger jobs he clearly merits? I get that money talks. But if you have a longer term strategy you could build firmer foundations for a longer career.

Can I be greedy and choose option C? A good league season AND a cup win. We weren't far away this year. Circumstances conspired against us. Luck was the thing we ran out of......

The suggestion is that VAR did do its job and King was sent off for throwing his arm out at an opponent, regardless of whether he made contact or not. I dont agree with that, but if thats the rule, then I guess we just need to accept that, much as we did with Oscars red card for a slip. We could, and probably will just stay quiet about the play acting as most clubs and managers will instinctively protect their own player, and thats fine. But if, as KMcAlpin suggests, you want to try and eradicate that sort of stuff from the game, someone needs to be brave and take a stand. But you do need to be really careful and do it in a way that doesnt through your own player under the bus.

Previous managers were on 1 year rolling contracts. There has been no confirmation that Jens is the same. There was a suggestion that he had signed a 2 year deal, but no idea where that came from or how credible it is. Probably not something that can be confirmed one way or another.

I dont think we need to make an example of Slattery by dropping him or singling him out. But Jens can say in an interview that he has spoken to him and told him he doesnt like it and told him not to do it again. He could even reference Elliot Watt earlier in the season when he went down under minimal contact from an alleged head butt. Challenging other managers to speak to their players in a similar manner would shift the focus and put the spotlight on it for other clubs to deal with. You wont eradicate it. But you can make it more difficult for players to get away with if you talk about it instead of just ignoring it or accepting its part of the game.

Consider it wound!

You quoted me while talking about faux out rage. If you were just talking in general terms fair enough but why pick my comment?

I mean, we probably wont win the league, but if we cant dream about it and enjoy the trip under these circumstances, when can we?