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I think thats the minimum allocation as required by UEFA.
Hopefully the club can negotiate enough to fulfill demand.
I see the club are advertising dates TBC.
Does who beats who decide the seeding? It all seems a bit mental having the draw before tge games are played, if it doesnt benefit by way of planning & preparation.
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Quite like to get Helsinki.
Never been to Finland. Think it would be a cool trip.
Looks like we will have the choice of a winnable tie with poor away allocation.
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A harder tie with better away allocation.
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29 minutes ago, wellup83 said:
Demolish and rebuild the POD with something along the lines of the main stand at Tynecastle. It won't even have to be as tall as the existing and can also remain at the same length avoiding the need to purchase neighbouring properties. Imagine a beautiful glass facade with a nice hospitality lounge within, decorated with fresh tribute to our beloved number 10.
We could build the end bit in glass to avoid blocking out the light!
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I think there are pro's & cons to both scenarios.
My only pre-requisite is, that whatever option is chosen, we do it well and end up with something we can be proud of, that generates the club money rather than take it out.
My gut feeling is though, that working with multi-agency partners over at Ravenscraig might not be as straightforward as we would like it to be.
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27 minutes ago, wellsince75 said:
Thanks - seems like the majority of experienced players are struggling but wasn't sure if some weren't playing as leaving.
All feels a bit discombobulated at the moment.
Aye.
Comms from the club havent been great during pre-season.
Of course some things need to be kept under wraps, like transfer negotiations etc, but simple things like who is fit and who isnt should be fairly straightforward.
Also with the World Cup and everything else going on, media focus is elsewhere.
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56 minutes ago, wellsince75 said:
Where is AP ?
I know many people don’t want him back etc but given he is back - why wasn’t he in the squad the other night ?
Has a calf strain apparently.
Likely to be out another week at least.
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59 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:
I just wonder how the "upgrading" to seating in the POD fits in with our long term stadium plans. Its been quite some time now since the Directors announced that they had commissioned, and received, a consultants' report on the pros and cons of moving to a new stadium. No doubt they have now digested and considered the contents.
Clearly the current replacement of seats is a sticking plaster job, unfortunately literally, as well as metaphorically. From early fan feedback it seems to have been mishandled in term of comfort and practicalities. I just wonder why this wasn't carried out a wee bit earlier? From online comments, it seems that our home capacity is being cut to around 7,500, if my understanding is correct. In saying that, I don't know if we can use the South Stand for home fans. If our crowd is limited then it could cost us some income over 1, hopefully 2 or more Euro games. Well into 5 figures in total. Presumably the project will be completed by our first home league game against Falkirk?
Looking at the big picture, I do wonder if the POD will be replaced, as opposed to relocating to a new stadium. If so, the current seating "upgrade" looks like a budget, but still expensive, emergency measure to keep the POD on life support.
A wee bit more transparency on this issue would have been welcome a month or two ago. Maybe when our European spot, and seating implications were confirmed? Better late than never though.
I agree.
I dont think fans need a lot of information. But something along the lines of "the club have received these reports and it will take some time to digest the information contained. Meanwhile we will embark on a process to replace the seats in the POD to ensure we can continue to use it for UCL games. The work is scheduled for.....and is due for completion by......"
Silence just allows fans to fill the blanks for themselves.
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1 hour ago, texanwellfan said:
2M in the bank and we already have his replacement in Priestman
Not sure he is a direct replacement, but we have seen Oscar and Fadinger play very well together at the base of the midfield, so it is at least a known quantity.
We probably still need a back up in there for injuries and suspensions, but that could well be one of our academy players as there certainly seems to be a huge emphasis on youth development coming through the clubs communications this season, whether it be talking about the manager or just the squad in general.
Id still like a Watt replacement though as last season all 3 got plenty minutes.
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58 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:
Arguably, the most interesting aspect of tonight's bounce game, apart from the new players, are the starting and finishing line ups. They should give us an insight into our new manager's thinking and the health of our squad.
Agreed.
Result not that important tonight.
Performance related to availability and fitness of players will be far more illuminating.
Hopefully we dont get a doing and some of the new signings are available to bolster what might be a threabare squad.
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Its hard not to think that there is more at play here when the punishments applied are clearly excessive.
Neither the club nor Elliot Watt have questioned the integrity of the match officials, well maybe the club inferred it with the photo of Beaton & McGregor, but its not the most blatant example Ive seen/heard.
Of course, we will take it more personally as its our club that is invovled, but it appears most fans of most other clubs agree, if the views expressed on P&B are anything to go by.
Again, I will await the punishment of McInnes with interest.
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€2m is a decent fee I guess.
Be interested to see what the "signing bonus" is? Never heard of that before.
Hopefully we now have more players incoming.
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McInnes ban should be longer than Watts (albeit I wholeheartedly disagree with Watts punishment.)
His language was stronger, he inferred foul play, even if he didnt say it implicitly, and it was in reference to a game neither he nor his team were involved in.
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17 minutes ago, Stuwell2 said:
JWFC, totally agree mate.
weeyin, normally I’d agree with you also but even by their lazy/low journalism standards, for them to pick the low figure - one that I’ve not seen mentioned - for a player who is widely regarded to have been one of the best midfielders in the league last season is strange.
Maybe the source likes succulent lamb and his benefactor has a vested interest in keeping the price down! 😍😍😍
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13 minutes ago, Stuwell2 said:
Guy at work says the scum is reporting that we’ve knock back a bid of £1m for Watt. We’ve been hearing that we’ve knocked back bids of £1.7m for him so where do they get their low figure?
Can we now expect them and other Scottish media outlets and pundits to be saying that one of the arse cheeks has offered £1.5m and we should take it?Scottish newspapers generally have no clue what we are up to these days. Its quite refreshing, even if it is a little frustrating waiting on any real news about our ins & outs......
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13 hours ago, wellfan said:
I wasn’t thinking like this a week or two ago, but the negativity has started to creep in because of the lack of signings, the pre-season starting XIs, and reports of yet more injuries adding to our ever-increasing list of crocks and duds.
If we go out of the UCL to HB without so much as a whimper, I’d say it’s game over for AJ before the league season has even started. It might not be entirely his fault, but the buck will stop with him. A defeat like that would be terminal, just as it was for Alexander after Sligo.
That said, a busy week in the transfer market, both in and out, could quickly change the mood. The concern is that, even if it does, it’ll still leave little time for AJ to get his preferred XI ready for next Thursday.
We had nearly 2 years of Alexanderball before Sligo, so I dont think quite the same thing. But would be a horrendous start nonetheless.....
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I would hope that unless negotiations for any of our better players are at a significantly advanced stage, then all of them should be playing v HB (unless injured).
I get that we are a selling club, and I get that we cant stand in the way of players progressing their careers, we literally sell ourselves as the vehicle for that, but deals can fall through and the club has a duty to the fans first and foremost.
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25 minutes ago, MelvinBragg said:
Doesn't matter whether you think they're any good or not, they're still taking home a wage so the original point that we need to free up wages before bringing in replacements remains true...
It does.
But do we write off the opportunity to make money from Europe simply because our squad is a little bulky in certain positions right now?
Spending a little to accumulate more has served us well recently.
The group stages might be a long shot but our signing strategy shouldnt ignore it.
Especially if we see some players moving on eventually.....
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10 minutes ago, AllyMax said:
It was obvious he was only out to fleece the club...
The Shear audacity of it! 😍😍😍
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20 minutes ago, MJC said:
It is very unlikely that we will see anywhere near the same levels of performance both by the extremely attractive football we played when at our best last season and how we finish in the table. And to be fair that is absolutely fine and reasonable to not expect a repeat because that was always going to be very difficult to repeat. If, for example, we finished bottom six after a pretty mediocre campaign but nowhere near relegation then we could probably look at that as a positive, certainly if that is what was being offered to us right now. It doesn’t work like that of course.
The key thing which will determine how our season goes will hinge on who we are able to bring in between now and the end of August and at this point we still have time to get our squad sorted.
So why predict doom & gloom?
You admit there is a possibility we might not f#ck up the re-build?
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On the bright side, if all our good players do get sold, Alfred has a blank slate and a shitload of dough to build his own team....
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47 minutes ago, Big Stall said:
Quite a few sports the best coaches have never been elite players.
Hoping our new manager is one of them! 😍😍😍
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If I kn-ewe I was gonna get this kinda response I woulda started a chaat about Roasted Cheese!
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Two years on from Barmack and his Wild Sheep, how do we feel fan ownership is going?
That Old Chestnut - Do We Move Or Do We Stay
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Dont think we need to owe anyone or answer to anyone (other than the bank) if we move to Ravenscraig. But we will need the co-operation of the local authority and other partner agencies if we are building new.
Clearly a new purpose built stadium to see us into the future would be beneficial for all sorts of reasons, but it doesnt necessarily mean it is going to happen.
One of the biggest obstructions is that local authoritues dont have any money for redevelopment of town centres and with the hit to the high street after Covid, Im not sure a new shopping/leisure development is even feasible anymore.
It might be that remaining at Fir Park is the only feasible option right now.