wellsince75

That’s got to be the hope , at the moment we’re not showing any obvious level above the opposition . Ideally we can step up a level and continue to beat Morton and then step up again as we progress towards spl . Still to settle into our new way of playing , establish best formation and personnel and hopefully add quality into defence .

Thats a fair assessment based on performances thus far -be interesting to see if we can step up our own game.

SODS fault it's raining. See , started already Seriously hope we play so much in the opposition half we don't bemoan our defenders and to be fair to SOD his passing is generally decent.

Patience is required. It will be interesting to see us holding our nerve when we ship goals getting caught in 18 yard box. Those goals are obvious but not in my mind any worse than booting up the park only for the opposition run straight through us and score. There's a few similarities to York who last year moved to this style of play. At the start of their season it was very similar to what we're seeing but by the end of the season the ended up scoring 2x and conceded less. They lost the play offs due to a howler in their box inbounds the final game and many fans still felt the style was wrong. I'll be delighted if we can follow in their footsteps , increasing goals scored and moving us far further up the league. There will be massive moments of embarrassment but overall should see much better football being played.

Agree . I do love us having some local lads who’ve grown up with the club . Be great to see him progress .

This is where I'm at. There's a difference of being frustrated v's downright abusive. Appreciate not in the same ballpark but was chatting to my friend who supports York City - Salford team walked off the part following racial abuse last week and the match was abandoned. Someone has since been arrested. The more the game has a hard line about behaviour the better behaved people are likely to become.

Completely agree - you'd think SOD was some form of evil who some how has convinced several managers to play him in a whole bunch of positions simply to sabotage and ensure we lose. He's a local guy who like us all has flaws and clearly gives his best. It's about time the modern game exits anyone from the crowd for being abusive .

Not hugely surprised at how things panned out . manager has been in for a few weeks Still got several players to sign . Fitness and sharpness is that of pre season - because it is preseason . several plays getting to know one another . new formation, new ways of playing . All of this takes time . Protected a few players by not risking them on that awful pitch . Think it was mcgarrys article a couple of weeks ago the spelled out the need for patience . He was spot on , it’s going to take time to settle in after this significant overhaul of players , manager, change in approach .

Was interesting to read. Very quickly brought back the memories of Mugabi pi55ing about under GA. Be great to see us having the ability to make the 10-15 yard passes and build out properly . Equally it will be hard to watch as we go through a learning curve . hopefully it will attract guys who have the technical skills to pull it off.

Im really concerned with the change of signing strategy 😉. Whatever happened to signing aging players or those with a history of injuries ? Whats going to happen to our poor physios this season ? In all seriousness , overall ticks a lot of boxes . next step please bring back Alan Campbell . Could do with a bit of steel in the middle of the team .

we've brought in McGhee and Fadinger who are both very decent quality players. If we continue to attract that calibre we'll be fine.

To be fair to both GA & SK they both added value during their time. Neither appointment is statistically poor - particularly not in comparison to likes of Kampman. Davies, Black, Malpas. Worth remembering both helped us get out trouble in their first season. both had win records of 40% over their total tenure. The article reads more as GA having a level of empathy for a fellow manager, which managers will always back one another. When he GA left he was very complimentary to the club. What I didn't like about either manager was their style of play and thought both came across as fairly arrogant, which many fans didn't care about until we went on poor runs. Anyway hopefully we can get some fresh blood in the team and give us all something to be cheerful about.

Reads like several players were offered terms. All loanees should have been returned to sender and those not playing every week who're out of contract should have been automatically released. Good point was made earlier re clearing the decks. I don't think we're being strong enough. For me we're far too accommodating to many average Joe's. Concerning that people are watching these guys every week and think we should continue to pay them. I can't help but think it's partly due to being led by a society rather than a single owner. A single owner with their own money being wasted would be less tolerant. Having triggers in contracts that keeps aging and average players on the books together with these negotiations doesn't fill me with confidence that we're a tightly run ship.

I can see where you're coming from re the 'bad feeling'. Looking at both his playing and managerial career he hasn't stayed anywhere for more than a year or two. Feel we need someone who could so 3+ years, we really need continuity to move forward. I wish him the best and hope this lasts more than a season. I'm sure we all do. In short it's completely understandable why your spider sense is tingling.

their wage bill is about 30% more than hours so he'll be doing quite well.

A man with a young family living in a different country from said family isn’t purely bad luck . there was a level of risk - had the family been moving over etc etc then fine but to expect that to work and all be hunky dory isn’t just bad luck

when Seddon signed last year it mentioned the option of an extension. Just wasn't clear who's option (the player or the club) . He's been decent in the games he's played.

Completely agree with you . It’s bonkers that we knew the squad was too large and didn’t have enough quality yet could end up with +20 of the same squad

agree with that - better going forward than he was in defence. What I really struggle with is how many players we offered further contracts to. Do the club really think he'd be part of the solution. I know there were clauses in likes of SODs contact etc but honestly we need to get our act together in this area. As a club we hand out too many contracts to players we should be moving on.

Club are dong a great job as always to keep things quiet . from the available Scottish managers Robbie Nelson feels like the most credible and a decent benchmark . In reality expect it to be someone unknown /unexpected . Suspect we’ll know by the end of this week .

I've got a level of sympathy for Clark. The season is finished, for me its a nonsense that friendlies are scheduled in June. His win record over his tenure is as decent as any manager in last xx decades. Although we have a very strong midfield and LWB the rest of the team is lacking. Keeper, centre halves, striker - slim pickings. Last night was unsurprisingly poor and aligned with last 20 games. Im not saying Clark is the forward looking answer , equally I don't see it purely as we need to change the manager. Even back in the 80s when arguably we had some of our best players we had very similar periods.

You have a better memory than me. can’t remember las scoring many at either end 😀

Mio and John fullobeens - shame it only lasted 3 games but loved them both.:)

Good point re big team and small league. Irrespective of league in the modern game lasting 10 years at any club is the exception. It suggests there's some qualities that are good to have. FWIW I agree about the fresh approach and generally speaking the club have been decent at this. I do think we need is a level of continuity and sustained period of management, hence someone akin to Healy would be solid.

Personal view is he's a very good manager, think he's been there for about a decade. I'd love us to appoint someone who can help us over a long period of time. Fair play to Dundee if they can land someone of his calibre.