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Im all for football being played on grass. We used to have one of the worst grass pitches in the league and now its one of the best. So it can be done on a small budget. Like others have said, you have to prioritise. If standards are set it forces that decision on clubs, which is fine. But imho, there should also be standards for grass pitches. Ours used to be horrible during the winter months. St Johnstones was poor last year and other clubs have had dodgy grass pitches. The rules shouldnt just be applied to plastic if we are serious about improving standands......

I would imagine both they and Falkirk will look to challenge it. To be fair, I will wait until I see how the new pitches play this season before passing judgement. I agree that some of the grass pitches we played on over the last couple of seasons werent always the best. St Johnstone being the most obvious in the cup game and the following week.

On Robinson, I agree I saw precious little under Kettlewell to suggest he has much to offer. But we were absolutely howling at that point and he was being asked to do a job he wasnt suited to. Id like to see if JBA can get a tune out of him in a different formation. Strikes me as if he could be quite useful playing a pressing game. If he can return to full fitness that is. Tough injury to recover from. Although I did see he was on the plane to Holland, so......

How do you know he has zero knowledge of the Scottish game? Im sure they have tv and computers in Denmark. Also, Scottish football is littered with managers who had plenty knowledge of the Scottish game and still did shite, so its hardly a benchmark. Clearly the McGhee signing was Kettlewells and Fadinger looks like Wimmers, but I would be shocked if the club signed off on Watt without at least discussing it with the manager. Given we need another 3 or 4 players for cover until xmas, Im sure he can do plenty with that. I get that you are naturally pessimistic and thats fine. Some ying to my yang brings balance to the forum, but negative vibes without a reason is just vibes.....

This was my original post on page 2 for anyone interested......

Didnt take it as a criticism. Just couldnt be arsed typing it all out again! 😊

My original point outlines that......

For the avoidance of any doubt. I am a legacy member. But I also still pay a direct debit, so Im not arguing from a selfish perspective. Just trying to see it from both sides and find a middle ground.

Certainly not a Tory! Its just simple fairness. Not that hard to understand.

You cant do that when the rules at the point of parting with your money were that you were a member for life and kept the voting rights that come with that. That would leave the Society open to allegations of misselling. But given that the model has now been changed, a way need to be found to provide fairness to new members so that they arent disadvantaged compared to legacy members. Im sure the new Society board will have looked at the matter extensively. It does beg the question as to how much thought went into the long term financials at the time of set up and why those in charge settled on that model.

Lets not turn this into a who paid what. The whole point of the Society is to bring everyone together. Legacy members should be protected and current members should be treated fairly. There are many who fall into both categories. Im sure the current Well Society Board are reading this and aware of the feelings on both sides. I trust them to do the right thing.

Consensus is he is comfortable on the ball and likes a pass. Struggled with his fitness when he first arrived in Scotland so only found his feet towards the end of the season. Scored against us at Fir Park in the 3-2 game but I have no real recollection of that! Has certainly played a lot of first team games and is still only 25. Would appear to be the right demographic if he has the quality. Maybe our Miller replacement?

You did read the line under the one you quoted? 🙄🙄🙄

Not really sure Watt to make of this signing! (Sorry Grizzly!). Never really made any impact on me when Ive seen Saints (if he even played against us). Will need to wait and see what the Saints fans over on P&B think. Although they did say Bair was shite so......

I have it on good authority that Killie are by no means, in a position to pay more for players than we can this season. They have had to significantly tighten their belts due to the costs of their new training facility and upcoming cost of laying a new pitch.

The above has been a really useful debate. I hadnt fully considered the implications of stopping my direct debit as I was one of the original legacy members, so I would continue to have voting rights. I think a balance has to be struck somewhere between fairness to members who have contributed significantly and protecting the Society from any skullduggery. How about, all new members who contribute monthly will attain lifetime membership and voting rights once they reach the £300 legacy membership fee? That way, we move forward but are seen to do so in a fair and equitable manner.......

Good luck to him. Seemed like a decent lad.

Seems likely. I see the article said he was going on pre-season tour with his parent club. Probably makes sense for him to train with us most of the week to keep him involved and he can pick up the extra sessions and game time with EK. As 3rd choice keeper we would only need him in an emergency.

Hopefully you were commenting on the comment that was commenting on the likely response on here to my original comment! 😆😆😆

I realise there is an element of sarcasm involved here, but surely its only the cheap option if you have no plan and you take the option thats right in front of you? If you have gone to the bother of succession planning the right candidate (IF thats what has happened) then I would commend it.

Seems like a solid appointment and looks like we have followed a similar process to the managerial one to get the right candidate in. I wonder if there is a bit of succession planning there and we might be going down the old Liverpool "bootroom" route? Style, identity, promote from within.... Would certainly make things simpler as and when Jens moves on......

Nearly fell off ma chair when ah saw the photo. Thought Malpas was back! 😆😆😆

Would prefer not to see him go right now when its clear Miller will be away. But I guess we cant be too sniffy about any reasonable offer that comes in for any of our players. Quite pleased that we have a few right now that could command a fee with Slattery and Maswanhise being the other 2 obvious ones. Not the Miller millions, but as a club this is our business model and we need to roll with it. The timing would make things a little trickier for the new manager though as he tries to assemble his squad for the new season.

Undoubtedly. There is no way Alexander phones up a journo after this length of time and begs to be given column inches to get something off his chest. The journo has clearly taken the SK line and decided to try and dig some dirt. Of course GA could have said, "thats ancient history, I have nothing to say" and clearly didnt, taking the opportunity to have a go, but really? Who cares......

Thats very nice. Wouldnt be upset with that at all. Petrol blue would probably be more in keeping with our previous efforts, but not sure how historically accurate they really were. Off course the sponsor is gonna spoil it anyway, so........😆😆😆