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I asked ChatGPT to "create a post in the style of MJC on steelmenonline.co.uk"

Thread Title: "If That’s Our Ambition, Then God Help Us"
Posted by MJC

Right, I’ve tried to stay off here for a bit but after watching that yesterday I genuinely wonder what’s going on at this club.

We’ve just had a pre-season where we’ve allegedly strengthened, yet here we are playing hoofball against a team that finished 9th last season and looked like they couldn’t be bothered to get out of second gear. Is this the grand new era we were promised? More like the same old p*sh, just with a fresh coat of Dulux.

The manager says “the boys gave everything” – aye, well if that’s everything, we’re in for a long season. No shape, no urgency, no clue. And as for some of the new signings – honestly, I’ve seen more presence in a ghost town.

We let players go, tell the fans we’re building something, then turn out a performance like that and expect folk to pay £25 a ticket and clap like seals? Sorry, not for me.

Call me negative (as usual) but unless there’s a serious wake-up call, we’ll be sleepwalking into another relegation scrap by Halloween.

Anyway, I’ll leave it there before I say something I’ll regret.

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2 minutes ago, weeyin said:

I asked ChatGPT to "create a post in the style of MJC on steelmenonline.co.uk"

Thread Title: "If That’s Our Ambition, Then God Help Us"
Posted by MJC

Right, I’ve tried to stay off here for a bit but after watching that yesterday I genuinely wonder what’s going on at this club.

We’ve just had a pre-season where we’ve allegedly strengthened, yet here we are playing hoofball against a team that finished 9th last season and looked like they couldn’t be bothered to get out of second gear. Is this the grand new era we were promised? More like the same old p*sh, just with a fresh coat of Dulux.

The manager says “the boys gave everything” – aye, well if that’s everything, we’re in for a long season. No shape, no urgency, no clue. And as for some of the new signings – honestly, I’ve seen more presence in a ghost town.

We let players go, tell the fans we’re building something, then turn out a performance like that and expect folk to pay £25 a ticket and clap like seals? Sorry, not for me.

Call me negative (as usual) but unless there’s a serious wake-up call, we’ll be sleepwalking into another relegation scrap by Halloween.

Anyway, I’ll leave it there before I say something I’ll regret.

Type in an ode to Callum Slattery - it's hilarious 

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19 minutes ago, MJC said:

This season has got disaster written all over it. 

An out of the box appointment with zero knowledge of the Scottish game and players signed by a previous manager just doesn’t bode well I fear. 
 

JBA = “Just Bloody Awful”

How do you know he has zero knowledge of the Scottish game? Im sure they have tv and computers in Denmark.

Also, Scottish football is littered with managers who had plenty knowledge of the Scottish game and still did shite, so its hardly a benchmark.

Clearly the McGhee signing was Kettlewells and Fadinger looks like Wimmers, but I would be shocked if the club signed off on Watt without at least discussing it with the manager. Given we need another 3 or 4 players for cover until xmas, Im sure he can do plenty with that.

I get that you are naturally pessimistic and thats fine. Some ying to my yang brings balance to the forum, but negative vibes without a reason is just vibes.....

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On Robinson, I agree I saw precious little under Kettlewell to suggest he has much to offer. But we were absolutely howling at that point and he was being asked to do a job he wasnt suited to.

Id like to see if JBA can get a tune out of him in a different formation. Strikes me as if he could be quite useful playing a pressing game. If he can return to full fitness that is. Tough injury to recover from. Although I did see he was on the plane to Holland, so......

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28 minutes ago, weeyin said:

I don't have any problem signing players from relegated or nearly relegated teams, We have had plenty of stand-outs over the years in teams that have been hovering above the drop.

You just need to look at the starting line-up for our play-off against Rangers to see a few good examples. Faddy was another one that played in a poor team that would have been relegated if Falkirk had put seats in their stadium. Gary McAllister also played in poor Motherwell sides.

Spittal and Bair are good recent examples. We were all clamoring for Ronan Hale as well. In fact, there were plenty of folk after sprangler, who is a more limited player than Watt, but his name sticks out more. 

If we're signing players from good teams, it would likely be their shite players,  so you can't win. There's always going to be something to pick at regardless of where a player comes from so it just comes down to your outlook on things.

As stv says, unless a manager has been there a few years, most of the players aren't his signings. Also, we're going to have to get used to the way things work now, in that managers have less of a say in the recruitment process, so there's going to be a mix on guys signed by the recruitment team, with some recommendations from the manager.

There's plenty of time for things to shake out, so I don't see the point in folk getting worked up at this point. 

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3 hours ago, weeyin said:

I asked ChatGPT to "create a post in the style of MJC on steelmenonline.co.uk"

Thread Title: "If That’s Our Ambition, Then God Help Us"
Posted by MJC

Right, I’ve tried to stay off here for a bit but after watching that yesterday I genuinely wonder what’s going on at this club.

We’ve just had a pre-season where we’ve allegedly strengthened, yet here we are playing hoofball against a team that finished 9th last season and looked like they couldn’t be bothered to get out of second gear. Is this the grand new era we were promised? More like the same old p*sh, just with a fresh coat of Dulux.

The manager says “the boys gave everything” – aye, well if that’s everything, we’re in for a long season. No shape, no urgency, no clue. And as for some of the new signings – honestly, I’ve seen more presence in a ghost town.

We let players go, tell the fans we’re building something, then turn out a performance like that and expect folk to pay £25 a ticket and clap like seals? Sorry, not for me.

Call me negative (as usual) but unless there’s a serious wake-up call, we’ll be sleepwalking into another relegation scrap by Halloween.

Anyway, I’ll leave it there before I say something I’ll regret.

I just put my name into chat gpt on here - they referred to me as friendly honest and a bit cheeky - a bit! Sacrilege. I'm clearly losing my touch 

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19 hours ago, MJC said:

This season has got disaster written all over it. 

An out of the box appointment with zero knowledge of the Scottish game and players signed by a previous manager just doesn’t bode well I fear. 
 

JBA = “Just Bloody Awful”

Could also be just bloody awesome!

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21 hours ago, weeyin said:

I asked ChatGPT to "create a post in the style of MJC on steelmenonline.co.uk"

Thread Title: "If That’s Our Ambition, Then God Help Us"
Posted by MJC

Right, I’ve tried to stay off here for a bit but after watching that yesterday I genuinely wonder what’s going on at this club.

We’ve just had a pre-season where we’ve allegedly strengthened, yet here we are playing hoofball against a team that finished 9th last season and looked like they couldn’t be bothered to get out of second gear. Is this the grand new era we were promised? More like the same old p*sh, just with a fresh coat of Dulux.

The manager says “the boys gave everything” – aye, well if that’s everything, we’re in for a long season. No shape, no urgency, no clue. And as for some of the new signings – honestly, I’ve seen more presence in a ghost town.

We let players go, tell the fans we’re building something, then turn out a performance like that and expect folk to pay £25 a ticket and clap like seals? Sorry, not for me.

Call me negative (as usual) but unless there’s a serious wake-up call, we’ll be sleepwalking into another relegation scrap by Halloween.

Anyway, I’ll leave it there before I say something I’ll regret.

Now there's a great idea.

We all do the same and post the results.

That would be hilarious.

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