steelboy

he signed his last contract before that scotland cap from april 2010

hammell got one so it can't be unbroken. our ex loan keeper luke daniels has been at west brom since 2004 and signed a new contract recently which keeps him there until 2015 but has never played a minute for the baggies. he might not even get a game at his own testimonial.

i think that is the 6th meeting i've attended but it's the first time the nuts and bolts of how the society will accquire shares and loan money to the club were clearly explained. considering all the effort that went into creating the society it's surprising that two years on from the nucleus the rules weren't fit for purpose and many engaged members totally misunderstood the model. the most pertinent question of the night was from a guy near the back who asked about a time scale for fan ownership. this response to this from the society board can best be described as flapping but derek weir admitted that it was impossible to say. this is what i believe will be the downfall of the society, the initial membership was the most enthusiastic fans contributing to try and get the society established. now you are looking for less enthusiastic people to join up and if they ask what difference their £300 or £1000 will make there is not one single tangible thing the society can tell them. it's basically give us a lump sum at the moment and we might own the club in ten years time which isn't very inspiring. as andy said above the society has the option now of buying shares or loaning money to provide capital to the club. for me the best thing for the society would be to loan the money short term and build up the funds in the society account as there is no difference between the society owning 6% or 26% in the club and giving the club the money means there is a chance they will spend it (we heard a lot about how they will try not to spend it, nothing about ring fencing protocols in place). as the board have already spent 1/3rd of the money without consulting the membership i doubt the average member will get any say in this. the other main thing that was changed was changing the rules so that members who don't pay their annual fees aren't ejected from the society. it seems to me that whether they do or don't won't have much effect on the society grand total anyway as the annual fee pays for your benefits which makes it a zero sum game. i asked about the lack of communication from the new club board members since their election and they said they will try to give members an idea of what they are doing in their roles as directors going forward. also graham barnstaple is representing the club at the euro draw in nyon which is nice for him.

i agree but i don't think he has what it takes to play right back week in week out. there may be a centrehalf in there.

erwin's build reminds me of a young lee mcculloch.

you think we're only going to sign a goalie and one outfielder? hollis, stewart hammell, hutchinson, ramsden, zfa, cummins, murray lasley, carswell, lawson, vigurs, sutton, mchugh, erwin, moore. we need another two players just to make up the match day 18 ffs!

good signing. sutton will score 15 goals next season no problem. think back to his goals in the win over celtic, the comeback at tynecastle, the cup quarter final at tannadice and the semi, he has the ability and being back at fir park will hopefully revitalize him. in his two years at hearts he had to deal with paulo sergio who didn't give him a chance and mcglynn who is an utter tool and made those comments about him in a press conference. he should be desperate to get back playing and prove a point, i expect to see a hungry player. we still need a goalie, a right back not named frazer, a right winger, another striker and probably another attacker who can play wing or up front for a bit of cover. so at least another 5 players and a replacement for hutchy if he goes.

nae luck hitler tache

we scored 3 goals with jenno in the team at pittodrie in january 10. 3 wins out of 3 up there with jenno. I can think of quite a few great attacking performances with the two them in the team: 3 nil against hearts at home twice, gubbing united in the cup quarter final replay, the two wins at tynecastle under brown when we played them off the park and 5 nil at home to st johnstone. We were a better possesion team back then compared to the counter attacking style we saw last season.

where jenno would have come in handy would be games like st mirren at home and the first two games at pittodrie. the cup game in particular i think we would see out no problem with jenno on the park.

there were plenty of duff games last season. possibly more than the 3 seasons preceding.

mcghee giving bob malcolm a second contract in the summer of 2008 was his worst move. sheridan was decent away from home but rank at fir park for some reason.

actually looking like a footballer on a couple of occasions isn't doing enough to say he contributed. if mccall had given him a 3 year deal rather than 2 i'd be calling for him to be sent cockle picking when we're down in morecambe.

he didn't look like a right back when he was played there up at dingwall his hour in centre mid was a disaster as well. the guy can do a job for us at centrehalf but doesn't have the mobility or skill to play anywhere else.

ramsden at right back is a last resort. we should be able to pick up a proper full back on the cheap.

if they are paying out £1.7m a year in player wages there has to be a few of them near 3 grand a week.

was he not doing corporate hospitality similar to stevie kirk at fir park. I hated hateley as a player but he came across well at the panel night with gannon, brown and mccart.

they'd be lucky to get a set of bibs and a bag of balls for scott vernon, he is murder.

the club are desperate to sell hutchy.

we were up in aberdeen between christmas and new year in 1997 and 1998. one of those games was the time the radio gave the aberdeen man of the match to referee.

sutton scored 17 in his final season with us which is good going when you recall that he didn't always start under brown. I'm confident we'd get 15 goals out him but we'll still need another striker with a bit of pace.

if we are going to wait on him we wiil have to put money aside in the budget that can't be spent on new players. i would rather we used all our funds to try and get the best team possible for europe.

hateley has been a very good player for us and it'll be very difficult to replace him with someone who is as good on the ball. having two fullbacks who are technically very good players has been a big part of our success recently.

i was almost greeting after that game due to that wee bald prick of a linesman