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Not having a go at you just giving my thoughts on what you said, Point 1: GA and others have said that the squad is to big but that was a necessity due to Covid and with that - hopefully - behind us, there will be a reduction in the summer. Similarly other clubs north and south of the border will be doing the same so who knows who will become available. Point 2: A smaller squad should hopefully see an increase in wages and with the club posting a profit last season there maybe a small increase in the budget but this needs the board to show some ambition - I’m slightly optimistic on this. Our final placing will also impact our budget along with the board’s ambitions as reaching the group stages of the europa conference league is worth a couple of million if you take in prize money and gate receipts etc - hopefully the board will realise that they missed an opportunity last time and won’t make the same mistake again. Point3: We are developing youth from the academy who are still with us, ie Maguire & Cornelius, while Johnston & Devine have been out on loan and hopefully have benefited from that. Also we have been trying to bringing in youth and develop them - Shields, Teirney and Mahon to name 3. These guys will all take time to prove their worth but until his injury I thought that Barry Maguire had started showing that he could become a regular.

McCart would be an upgrade at the LB/CLB positions. Think he might be tempted down south.

David, Agree that Burrow will be in contact with him but I’m not sure about the rest of the board. as I said I’d expect a review at the end of the season - and fully expect him still to be here next - but if his answers don’t come up to scratch, I’d also expect the board to move if they don’t have confidence in him rather than wait. That’s what they’re there for.

I don’t think that at the moment Alexander’s job is either safe or under threat for next season. Surly when the season has finished, the board will sit down with Alexander and review the season. Firstly I’d imagine that there would be praise for how the season started and how he managed to get us into the top six but after that I’d like to think that he would be given a hard time making him explain what happened in the second half of the season, why our results were so poor, then what he intends to do to improve again and his vision for next season. If he impresses them with his answers he stays, if he doesn’t then he’s off.

Absolute shite second half performance topped off with Motherwell going down to ten men when Amaluzor came on.

He made his/clubs view known before the meeting but others obviously didn’t agree with that and voted for the 500. So having lost the vote he keeps his mouth shut instead of sounding like someone who can’t accept defeat and you think that’s wrong? If he’d said anything you would have no doubt been on here shouting him down for being a sore loser!

Is a wee trip abroad worth listening to those turds gloating for years to come?

Need to stop the long punts. Parks shit but we lose every long ball and they are set up to take advantage of the way we’re playing.

We will need someone who can hit the target from outside the box as I think crosses into the box will just be headed straight back out.

Will be interested to hear what folk think of the penalty shout, definitely came off his arm/hand which I thought was away from the body.

The inability to put a ball on target is what’s costing us.

Possibly the most telling part was at the end where, talking about the outcome of his move, he ends with “… I got a good environment “

Kelly

Decision making is fucking terrible

Terrible game yesterday but thankfully we’re through. Morton set up to make things difficult and they did. Had Shields decent effort not been saved it could have been a different game. Not getting the McGuire was shit stuff - thought he tried to get the ball and pass it about quite successfully yesterday. Tierney looks promising but Carroll isn’t a centre half - IMHO.

Current restrictions are a nonsense, as an example the commercial night club in Wishaw was shut through the bells but pubs were given a late license until 2am. Pubs were very busy with youngsters enjoying themselves as they would have in the nightclub minus the dancing. From what I’ve been told very little social distancing. edit: I’m on drugs that suppress my immune system but my kids (fully vaccinated) were both out that night and I wouldn’t have thought of stopping them. Personal choice I know but going to the football should be the same.

You could have went to Peggy Gordon’s Celtic bar - probably better off going to bed :)

Wouldn’t worry about anything written or quotes from him - it’s not like he’s going to say he loved his time here, was sad to leave but money talks and he’s only off to Dundee Utd for the cash. personally, I think he was happy here, enjoyed his retort with the fans and will leave with fond memories.

Getting scudded 6-1 in October probably skews the stats a bit.

Good one

Don’t get the drama some folk are having over TW’s possible move. The guys done reasonably well with us and as such has potentially landed himself a better deal elsewhere.

KVV for his two well taken goals but it was close between him Shields and Solholm

Disappointing performance but a good win. Should have finished 3-0 but Woolery’s miss, the loss of Solholm and the change of shape when Shield’s went off all contributed to the score finishing 2-1.

Needed that, great ball in from Shields and a lovely header from Van Veen.

not a great performance we seem to be second to everything. Definitely needing a second goal.