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My main gripe was with way he left the club and threw support under club with his contradictory stories. Anyway he done us a favour as if he hadn't quit we might not have ended up with JBA via Wimmer. JBA is just an absolute legend

Similarly - as an online fan - whenever I watch games at Livi, I don't understand why they leave their main (?) stand almost completely empty. I looks really crap for the TV cameras, why not at least pretend to the world that they've got a decent crowd in by moving a section over there?

We've already secured our tickets for Saturday in Block N, but it does my head in when clubs, like Livingston, confine fans to strict sections in their stadia, despite there being plenty of space. Just checked again, and it seems that, so far, they're splitting our support up into 2 quite separate blocks, P & Q and M & N, separated by an empty block, O, in the middle. Why?

Just for context, Bodø Glimt are allegedly after £7m for Kasper Høgh - 25 y.o., good goal-scoring record in Norway and in the Champions League - so I think that Maswanhise is below that valuation. If we can get roughly the same fee as we received for Miller, I think that would be acceptable

In general first team games only but the women may play on it once or twice at chosen moments.

Out of curiosity, how often is the pitch played on? Is it only first team games or are other games played on it?

Aww give the kettle a hug grizzly we know you want to 🥰

So he got 1 right out of how many other costly failures. As said limited coach who got lucky.

Aye Bair is 100% on Kettlewell afaik. Our recruitment team didn't exactly "identify" him given he'd literally played against us the season previously. Everybody in Scotland was aware of him, it was just Kettlewell who saw a player in him.

As soon as SK signed Bair, he gave a press conference saying he was his "project" because he thought he saw potential in him and could coach him in to being a productive striker. People might not like Kettlewell, but it doesn't mean 100% of what he did was wrong. He was spot on with Bair and did make him productive and turned a nice profit for the club when he was moved on. I wouldn't want him back as a manager, but he did have some successes and we don't need to rewrite history to pretend he didn't. As others have said, recruitment is a collaboration at our level. From the data analysts to the manager and coaches, from the agents to the Chairman and CEO. Even the other players and club staff can help.

I dont like SK, but that's pretty revisionist. The manager deserves as much credit for developing a player that is a success under him, just as he has to take his share of the blame of someone os shite. Maswanhise played most of the season under SK/Wimmer, and scored 5 or 6 goals. Naturally he has gotten better, with a full season of top level football under his belt, a better manager, and better players around him. However, he was hardly an undiscovered diamond when JBA turned up. Bair wasn't ignored by SK, he was behind Biereth (understandably) and no-one was arguing with him being a backup. The fact that he went on the run he did should be kudos for rhe manager, it was him that gave Bair the chance and set things up to get the best out of him. SK also said that he saw something in Bair that he thought he could use when he signed him, and he has a track record with Ross Stewart and KVV. Johnny K was a bad one, he got injured and SK gave up on him. It has been said a few times by the various folk at the club that recruitment is a collaborative effort, and it should be. I'm sure managers have pitched folk (Fadinger, Just for example), and I'm sure the recruitment team have brought a few to the manager, but I'd be very surprised if they didn't have veto power should they not want someone.

Should he get credit? Our recruitment department signed Bair, who was deemed not good enough by our manager until he had no option to play him as all our other strikers were injured. Bair hit purple patch and got his move. JT was offered to us by his agent and on recommendations from our own players was signed up. He again was hardly used. Jens and our current coaches have improved him not Kettlewell. Also the fact he refused to play Johnny and had little communication with McGhee apparantly, you wonder how much they and alot of our signings are club dictated. Kettlewell will claim credit of course. But i dont hear him owning up to the mess he left us and Killie in. He is a limited coach who got lucky.

He definitely deserves credit for Bair and Maswanhise, I will give him that. However that's all he's getting 🤪🤪

Last season was probably 6-7M but Miller was most of that. Only other players we could of got money for was probably Slattery and Sparrow purley of the fact they'd both scored 6/7 goals from WB or Cm

What was the squad worth last season ? A tiny fraction of that Its our manager that has turned it into a multi million pound squad if your valuations are correct or even in the ball park all credit goes to him , i would think. His leadership , man management and style are fantastic But who was it that scouted and signed TJ in the first place , Kettlewell the shite manager with a thin skin who’s brand of football is awful. But thats two nobody strikers he signed, Bair and TJ they have turned into million pound plus players for us. Shite manager who put us in trouble but looks like he made us a good profit from both of them. He did sign shite ones as well . Just saying. Bet Grizlyg is still raging tho.

I agree Just is our best player and would be the most difficult to replace. I feel as good as Maswanhise is we can get a similar sort of player to replace him (with a bit less effectivness). Just however is so complete for our level said a few times if the boy could shoot he'd be playing in Europe's top 5 leagues.

Maswanhise as a striker will command bigger fee but for me Just is a class above. If he performs well at World cup his value could increase big time

Undersoil heating boiler problem apparently.

Cheers percy thrower 🤣🤣

I think realistically the squad we have now could fetch fees of around 10M combined with the 5M from Lennon that sets the club up for a very long time. Maswanhise - 4-5M Just - 2-3M Watt - 2-3M Longelo - 1-2M Fadinger - 1-2 M Said - 1M To have 6 assets who could fetch those sorts of fees at one time is outstanding from the recruitment team. I'm resigned to losing Maswanhise in the summer but hopefully we can keep the rest for at least another season or 2.

Unless they can go back in time and change the weather, it might be a challenge.

Someone needs to do some groundwork on that pitch

Glad he's recovered from his injury. I imagine he can get up to speed quicker with their system that he would have been able to do with ours.

Eseosa Sule on loan to Partick.

I really hope we keep them for next season. What a great group of players as a team and individually. Been a while since we have had so many talented players in the team at the same time. We had a few years there where we struggled to have even 1 player who could pass or control a ball amd now look at us !!!