weeyin Posted July 6, 2023 Report Share Posted July 6, 2023 Head groundsman Paul Matthew departs after eight years. I'm surprised we were able to hold on to him for so long, but after talking our sand pit and developing our playing surface year after year into the bowling green hybrid we have now, I'm sure he has been receiving some good offers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted July 6, 2023 Report Share Posted July 6, 2023 51 minutes ago, weeyin said: Head groundsman Paul Matthew departs after eight years. I'm surprised we were able to hold on to him for so long, but after talking our sand pit and developing our playing surface year after year into the bowling green hybrid we have now, I'm sure he has been receiving some good offers. Yeah inevitable that a bigger club would come in and poach him at some point. Only saving grace is that with the new hybrid pitch we don't need another miracle worker like him to keep it playable. Still a big loss though. Edit to add his assistant Alan Carlin has been promoted so still in excellent hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well Well Posted July 6, 2023 Report Share Posted July 6, 2023 2 hours ago, santheman said: Yeah inevitable that a bigger club would come in and poach him at some point. Only saving grace is that with the new hybrid pitch we don't need another miracle worker like him to keep it playable. Still a big loss though. Edit to add his assistant Alan Carlin has been promoted so still in excellent hands. He is working for a foreign company as a salesman not another club. His experience is invaluable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted July 6, 2023 Report Share Posted July 6, 2023 17 minutes ago, Well Well said: He is working for a foreign company as a salesman not another club. His experience is invaluable That's good news that another club won't benefit particularly if it was Scottish. Lovely big guy and I wish him well in his new job and hopefully he's still on the end of the phone should we need to ask advice about anything pitch related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz Posted July 6, 2023 Report Share Posted July 6, 2023 7 hours ago, Onthefringes said: Think the better offer can be easily discounted before usual suspects tell us we’re now being priced out of moves by League of Ireland outfits - Bohemians will be wanting him to bolster them mid-season. Fair enough if true but Scott Burns is generally quite accurate with his news and it hardly screams lucrative to bolster Bohemians mid-season for the short term but again that term lucrative doesn't necessarily just mean they can offer more cash or such. Obviously, we can only take it at face value but another poster suggested eariler that Casey has told the club he won't be returning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthefringes Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 6 hours ago, maz said: Fair enough if true but Scott Burns is generally quite accurate with his news and it hardly screams lucrative to bolster Bohemians mid-season for the short term but again that term lucrative doesn't necessarily just mean they can offer more cash or such. Obviously, we can only take it at face value but another poster suggested eariler that Casey has told the club he won't be returning. Which reinforces my point… Scott Burns airs what his contacts want aired giving him accuracy. Smart money was on the Casey ship having sailed some weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 Wilkinson's squad number is 99. If he doesn't score within 30mins of his debut then some of our fans will be having a Flakey!! ( Sorry folks but you must have realised a grizzly pun was imminent) 😜😜 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretzel Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 Kettlewell confirmed in an interview with the Daily Record that Sean Goss won't be returning. Least thats now put to bed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 99 is such a shite squad number.* Why not just give him 9, 12, 15, 18 etc? *And no, it doesn’t really matter what number players have on their backs, but it’s just a minor gripe of mine. Thought I should make that clear for the weeyins, Spiderpigs and any of the other forum pedants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizoxy Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 Goss was very good under SK, and wasn't as bad as made out before, albeit still bad. He found form at the right time (funny that), which probably priced him out of a return to us. I'm not losing sleep over him not returning, partly because him and Slattery can't play together, and we still have Slattery under contract. I think we will still sign another midfielder, but we need to be looking to give Miller more minutes too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 It might not have been SK's preferred midfield line-up, but the Slattery Goss thing is a bit of a myth. They started in 5 games for Kettlewell. We won 3 of them, drew at Celtic Park and only lost to Rangers. I hope all our midfield combos are that bad in the upcoming season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 Mandron signs for St Mirren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middleeastdave Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 Mandron signed for St Mirren on a 2 year contract, best of luck to him but he is no big loss in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsince75 Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 Just now, Toxteth O'Grady said: Mandron signs for St Mirren Thank god for that. Happy to see him move to our reserves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 43 minutes ago, middleeastdave said: Mandron signed for St Mirren on a 2 year contract, best of luck to him but he is no big loss in my opinion Agreed, he was as slow as a week in the jail he won't be missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 1 hour ago, MJC said: 99 is such a shite squad number.* Why not just give him 9, 12, 15, 18 etc? *And no, it doesn’t really matter what number players have on their backs, but it’s just a minor gripe of mine. Thought I should make that clear for the weeyins, Spiderpigs and any of the other forum pedants. I thought you were singing a Steps song then!! 😜😜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie73 Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 Only another 4 signings to go to we all start to get ready to enjoy our season, two CB’s, CM and pacy winger will do, Mandron to St Midden 😂😂, anyone who wanted him must be dreaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, Stevie73 said: Only another 4 signings to go to we all start to get ready to enjoy our season, two CB’s, CM and pacy winger will do, Mandron to St Midden 😂😂, anyone who wanted him must be dreaming I'd like to see a RB, LB, CB and midfielder but that's a massive ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 12 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said: I'd like to see a RB, LB, CB and midfielder but that's a massive ask. Yup, definitely need a left back. No way can we go with McGinley (sorry Nathan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 41 minutes ago, grizzlyg said: Yup, definitely need a left back. No way can we go with McGinley (sorry Nathan) Not if we're playing with a back three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 14 minutes ago, weeyin said: Not if we're playing with a back three. Agreed. McGinley would be serviceable in a back 4 as he isnt that bad a defender. But he cant cross the ball, so would be pretty useless as a wingback. Fine as a back up. But we need a Furlong type signing just to stand still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 Would love to see Furlong back, improved with each game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 5 hours ago, MJC said: 99 is such a shite squad number.* Why not just give him 9, 12, 15, 18 etc? Isn't it usually the player who chooses from the available numbers? (Outwith 1-11, which I presume the managerial staff choose.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 5 hours ago, MJC said: 99 is such a shite squad number.* Why not just give him 9, 12, 15, 18 etc? *And no, it doesn’t really matter what number players have on their backs, but it’s just a minor gripe of mine. Thought I should make that clear for the weeyins, Spiderpigs and any of the other forum pedants. Obika already chose 9. No idea about the others. Maybe he just wanted 9 really bad, so chose it twice? 😄 Seriously though, I wish we could just go back to 1 - 11 on matchday. I dont see the point of squad numbers other than to fleece the weans at the shirt printers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfc Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 I would have liked us to have brought more players in than we have but at the same time I'm actually glad to hear kettlewell say that he needs to move some out before anymore can come in,financially we can't keep adding to the squad while the likes of mugabi,shields and maguire are here,I hope those three are amongst the players that he's looking to get rid of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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