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Does he like a high intensity press and high goal shoots? 😍😍😍

My only real memory of the game was that Doogie got 2 of the softest yellows ever to get sent off before half time and feeling that the ref had been sent in to do a job after we gave them such a scare in the first game. Having watched them back, both would have been yellows these days and the second would have been debated as a straight red! How the game has changed! Still a very decent first half showing against a side full of stars. Unsurprising given our line up though. Pretty much every player would walk into our current team (with the exception of maybe Stevie Woods). Woods McCart Philliben Martin Shannon McKinnon Davies Dolan Lambert Coyne Arnott

No. Enquire as part of the negotiation if there would be a way of doing it they would be happy with like we did with Paddy Power (albeit I understand their particular type of marketing lent itself to something like that). Im not suggesting for a minute that it should be a red line for the club. But as a fan owned club, we should at least look to see if there is a way to make it work given a lot of fans would like the option. Maybe the club do ask the question and just dont broadcast it if sponsors say no?

Surely the sponsor is paying for their name in the kit worn by the first team to reach customers who are watching the team in the stadium or on tv? I get that also having everyone of us walking around with their brand on the shirt is additional exposure. But is that really a deal breaker? We could all pay extra for a shirt without a sponsor logo and that could go to the club to cover any shortfall. There has to be some way of pricing it to make it happen.

Balmer as a back up centre half on his own is fine. The fact we have signed up McGinn and SOD as well is the problem. We dont know how many games McGinn is going to be able to play, and I think we all agree (even those of us who think he isnt as bad as he is made out) that SODs appearances should start to be limited as a back up player. That leaves only Gordon as a first pick centre half with little room for manoevre. Especially if we sign Casey on again. If we want to improve the defence we really need to freshen it up. Unless a new manager and Jordan McGhee as CDM becomes some sort of magic bullet.

Whilst that is true, and THAT Rangers team wasnt the same level as some of their past teams, looking at their starting line up at Ibrox, it wasnt a team of young boys and diddies. There was as much exprerience in their line up as ours, and they were certainly being paid a lot more money than our lot. Didnt we also lose to them in the League Cup their under McCall the year before?

Looking forward to Peterhead and Stenny, but Clyde at NDP again? Hopefully the Morton game is confirmed at home as I wouldnt fancy having to win at Cappielow early season to ensure qualification!

If we had to go for a Scottish manager he wouldnt be the worst choice. Has plenty of experience and should have enough about him to keep us up. But he is dour as hell and that is kind of reflected in his teams. A kind of McInnesy type appointment. Id much rather sign up for another mystery foreign coach who wants to play high press with intensity and lots of goal shoots! 😉

Probably because I was brought up with amber or claret shorts in the 70s....

We could go with stripey shorts in a nod to the jester kit! 😆😆😆 (I am kidding!) I agree. Always preferred claret or amber shorts with our home kit. As mentioned above, Id quite like to see the away kit being the reverse of the home kit. Claret shirt, claret shorts n socks and amber hoop.....

His inability to be able to pass the ball to someone wearing a Motherwell shirt might have something to do with it. The Celtic game at home, which I think might have been his first, and the last game at Ross County, he did pretty well. But the games in between he was an absolute bombscare. Not the only one, admittedly, but Seddon is a far better player.

I dont disagree with any of that and if Casey moves on I wont be devestated. But there is always a risk with new signings. Moving Mugabi on and getting Balmer and Gordon in didnt stop us losing goals. Sometimes a known quantity you can coach to improve isnt the worst option. (I also get Casey has been here a while now and still switches off). Blaney is gone. But Id rather move Balmer on than Casey. Albeit that is a more difficult thing to do when one is under contract and the other looks like he wants to leave.

Ive heard the bus conductress is a looker! 😉

I agree that with 21 players already signed for next season we cant really afford to be signing on the remaining 6 OOC players. From those listed you could make a case for Seddon, who can cover a few positions, Casey who is a known quantity and if he doesnt sign on again we have to replace, and maybe Moses as he will be cheap and seems happy enough with cameos from the bench. But given our dearth of available talent up front, I think we will need an upgrade on him. With Robinson, Nicholson and Stuparevic all long term injuries, we still probably need 5 additional bodies all of whom need to be better than what we have to push some current players down the pecking order to become squad players. Thompson is a no for me. He is athletic enough to do well but his passing accuracy is horrendous and his positional discipline suspect. Davor and Paton are squad fillers so they kinda need to go as well so we can upgrade in midfield. I also think we still need to move on some of the contracted players. Unfortunately 3 of those Id choose are the long term injured who will be going nowhere until they have recovered.

Aye. I understand the premise. But I can show the board that I dont like said manager by witholding my season ticket money and paying at the gate as I see fit. Was just saying that having no manager in place isnt really the same thing as having one you have had enough of.....

Mmmm. If it was still Kettlewell and we had scraped back into the top flight via the play offs? I agree though, any new manager offers hope, so the prospect of not knowing who the appointment is, probably shouldnt be a factor.

I would think its more likely that the club have asked Ahmet to stay on until a replacement is found. He and Wimmer have been inseperable for some time. I would imagine he will be off to join him again in due course. Shame. Cause he seemed a really likeable guy and a good foil for the manager.

Exactly this.

Me neither. But I guess its a way around getting the player to sign a 1 year deal if they are looking for more security. I wouldnt imagine for a minute the club or SK would have thought that SOD was likely to hit the 30 game mark or whatever it was, with all the options open to us at RB/RCB, but the number of injuries we picked up ultimately meant he had to play. I think we all agree that McGinn is the better player and more reliable performer of the 2, but his injury record raises more concerns for me at offering him a new deal after SODs was activated. In an ideal world Id keep McGinn and move SODs on. But thats not how it has played out.

Its been fairly well documented that SOD had a clause in his contract that he got a years extension if he played x number of games. The suggestion was that Halliday had similar. Given Halliday played every game and SOD wasnt far behind him bar his injury, Im not sure why this is even a discussion. McGinn is a different matter. But he is a better player and club captain, so harder to argue against.

Its Faddy! 🧡❤️🧡 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CGKK7bPHn/

The FB post has 🙌 Wondered if its maybe the young keeper from Cove that was talked about?

Club just posted this cryptic message on FB. Anyone got any inside knowledge? https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16YQFTwJdd/

You dont need to hail him. You just dont need to deny that he has actually been quite good over a prolongued period of time. Its possible to not like him but accept he has been a very good player. Edit: I also dont deny he could have been an even better player if he had gone to test himself in a better league, or that you should never retire from international football. That really annoyed me. But it still doesnt lessen the quality of his performances for Celtic and Scotland in some really big games against very good opposition.

We should certainly have someone in place by then. Hopefully earlier so that they can get in and start identifying new targets asap. You would have thought that with the Wimmer situation being well known then contingencies were being put in place. June 16 is only 3 weeks away though, so maybe not.