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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.

He has also been consistently one of the best midfielders in Scotland, if not THE best, for the last 10 years......

Glad Killie have gone early with Kettlewell. If Dundee could also appoint quickly it would be nice. Fair chance that our board are looking at a different set of candidates, but would be good to get the competition out the way as quick as possible.....

Moses has been great coming off the bench the last 2 games. Im not suggesting that he should he our starting striker. But he does appear to be a good iption off the bench if he was happy to fulfil that role and isnt costing us too much. That said, we still have Robinson and Stuparevic on the books, so maybe not realisitic to keep him, evein if he was amenable. Will need to see the disallowed goal again. Couldnt see too much wrong with it, bit there was a lot going on in the box so hard to tell...... Would defo keep Seddon. He is one of the better defenders we have at the club.

Hard to judge that today as the first half was so poor. Seddon possibly the pick of a bad bunch. Second half Andrews, Miller, Halliday, Sparrow and even Thompson all played well. Ultimately I went for Moses. He was far more effective than Armstrong had been, caused some absolute mayhem, scored a goal should have had at least one more. Just a throroughly entertaining performance.

Thought we were very poor first half. Very disjointed and couldnt seem to string more than 2 passes together. Much better second half after the changes. Just wish Wimmer was able to get the team selection rigjt feom the start. He could save us a lot of angst! Andrews was very good in possession and helped Halliday and Miller no end. Shame he is gonna be outwith our price range next season. Moses had a great 45 minutes causing absolute mayhem as only he can! We should really have won the game with the chances we created, but cant be too sniffy about a draw after the first half. Time for a rest and re-charge the batteries. Really looking forward to seeing what Herr Wimmer does with the squad. Plenty positive signs. If he can get the right signings in next season could be quite exciting!

I agree that selling Slattery this close season would be far from ideal. Especially as we are resigned to losing Miller. However, we are a selling club and we cant dictate when another club will come in for our best players. Its kinda stating the obvious. But the club will have a valuation for all our players where we say, ok, on you go son, and it will be weighed up against the potential value of keeping them vs the risk of injury. Personally, Id be looking at extending Slattery now to protect ourselves. He may not sign, but given we looked after him through a career threatening injury, he might. As long as there is a release clause if a bigger club comes calling. That way everyone is happy.

Great player. But, another one who is likely to have offers way above our pay grade unfortunately. He would probably walk into any SPL team outwith Celtic right now.

But that option doesnt exist online. Thats the whole problem. I shouldnt have to phone or go to the ticket office to complete what is the most obvious choice for most people!

That was precisely my point. I dont need a new cars. Im keeping the same seat, price, class etc. Just need the card updating with the new data, which is why I ticked digital. I went in on Wednesday night and the girl there confirmed that digital only refers to season tickets downloaded to your phone. You have no physical card. I dont fancy that option as I dont trust myself or my phone not to f#ck that up. I was then told to phone the club on Monday and they will be able to fix it. Im still none the wiser as to whether I need a new card or my old one gets updated. All very confusing but we will get their in the end.

Probably. I'd be ok with 3-5-2 with better wing backs. Sparrow is serviceable on the right but Wilson doesnt have the pace and Thompson continually gives the ball away. I think Stama could be the striker we need if he can stay fit. But as you say, probably alongside someone like Watt or Armstrong as opposed ro on his own. We could really do with making that work given the initial outlay on him.

Thought Seddon was excellent. As Ive said elsewhere, Id like us to get him tied up for next season. Calm, assured and hardly seems to waste a pass. Decent delivery as well. Creditible mentions for SOD, Halliday and Armstrong. POTM though was Slattery by a distance. He is integral to everything good that we do and probably the main reason Im not bricking it at Lennon Miller leaving us.

My Hometown is a great song in the right circumstances. Unfortunately, in a football stadium as the teams run out, isnt one of them! 😆😆😆 I remember we used to play the old version of "Up The 'Well". Thanks to The Banter Thiefs for revamping it and giving it new life!

Paton I would agree is probably more of an 8. But Slattery has shown he can play the 10. His goals from midfield since his return have pretty much kept us safe.