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1 minute ago, allyo said:
Decent result. Don't see us winning the league but Rovers are shaking and I think second is definitely achievable.
The gap between us and top has come down from 12 to 8 points ….so who knows !
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In the end a point was a good result and we were looking more likely to score towards the end.
credit to the manager for making pretty brave substitutions that had a positive impact.
Our inability to deal with cross balls continues to frustrate.
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Now that’s a goal !
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Just now, Yellow & Redneck said:
Bannigan lucky to still be on the pitch. An absolute liability. Diving into tackles on a yellow card.
Yep very lucky
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We need a goalkeeper who will actually cone for balls in the six yard box !
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Just now, stillresigned said:
Me and my mouth, very soft goal to give away. Defensively poor at a corner bullied again cheap own goal!
And almost a carbon copy ffs
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Another cross another goal conceded …..so predictable
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15 minutes ago, Duke Gekantawa said:
What I don't understand is how you reconcile the view that Doolan should be kept on (which you have explicitly stated as your opinion), with the view that our present performance is "unacceptable".
Similarly I have trouble reconciling your opinion (at the time) that McCall should not have been sacked when he was, with the fact that we were 5th (I think) when this happened (which presumably is also an unacceptable position if third is unacceptable).
For what its worth, I am reasonable content with third at present, even if we were spending more than Raith. There were other mitigating factors, and we are presently in with a realistic chance of promotion.
I am not a fan of us sacking managers mid season when we are still around promotion/playoffs. In that scenario the time to review the manager is at the end of the season so you can take a balanced view.
As Doolan may get us promoted - he may even win the league - I wouldn’t dismiss him. And that is perfectly consistent with saying our current league position ( not our end of season position ) is not good enough. Due in my view to defensive weaknesses.
just because you think our league position should be better doesn’t mean you want to sack the manager just that he should be doing better.
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37 minutes ago, dl1971 said:
The truth is we don't know and it is acceptable because its ahem....reality. 99.5% of thistle fan base ( I have no evidence ) accept where we are, irrespective of the why.
Two assertions unsupported by any evidence …. You would be better to say …
‘ don’t know and I am happy in third place’
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15 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said:
Whether we can or we can't. So what ?
You have been going on and on about this for weeks. What is your point ?
Please play another record. I (and I'm sure others) am completely bored of the same thing said over and over and over without any point
Because this started with people saying Raith have more resources than us therefore being in third place is acceptable.
They don’t and therefore it isn’t.
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1 hour ago, Tom Hosie said:
Every club, cash rich or not, has a finite resource.
Every club has a different set of prioroties when it comes to player recruitment.
Every decent manager needs to think of not just the current season but also beyond when deploying whatever resource his club has placed at his disposal.
Raith signed O'Reilly as cover for injured players who are, I believe, on the way back to fitness.
They clearly rate him, or see value in him still being part of their squad for the current season, hence their wish to extend his short term contract. However, with injured players on the way back it could be that Murray doesn't wish to commit part of his playing budget for the 2024-2025 season in area that he feels is well covered when that resource could be better deployed elsewhere.
O'Reilly plays in a position that we needed strengthening in. Kris Doolan clearly thinks it is worthwhile to utilise part of his playing budget for 2024-2025 on him.
Different clubs. Different set of priorities. Not simply a case of rich v poor.
I appreciate that level of nuance is likely lost on some. Or ignored if it doesn't suit the point they are labouring.
Not to labour the point, there is no evidence raith have significantly more resources than us or that we cannot compete with them for players.
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16 minutes ago, Lenziejag said:
He joined Raith in November on a deal to January, then they want to extend that to the end of the season. Doesn’t seem like much trust there when there were a bunch of other clubs interested. I am sure you can appreciate that.
I’m basing my view on comments from Colin Cameron and ian Murray at Raith. they have a higher opinion of him than you do.
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52 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said:
I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make here. Doolan wanted him more than Murray did. Where is the story in that ?
Isn’t the story we are competing with raith for players despite what the doom merchants have been saying.
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6 minutes ago, Lenziejag said:
Nothing to do with rich club or poor club - it’s about trusting the player. Raith don’t.
Eh…..they offered him a new deal and expected him to take it ffs !
they only offered turner a six month loan as well
yiu can work it out
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25 minutes ago, Duke Gekantawa said:
Turner is much better going forward than in defence. Our problem is not in attack. We already score enough, at a sufficiently fast rate, to win this league. It’s conceding that’s the problem, in my opinion largely because we lose control in midfield for long periods (I think our core defending isn’t that bad, and we have now added a new CD who should be an upgrade on Aero). I don’t think Turner would address this. Maybe McBeth might, though it’s a big ask considering the level he’s been playing at. If not, we still desperately need more steel in midfield.
Yep correct
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22 minutes ago, MarciaBlaine said:
I had a reply typed out for this, but then I remembered I'll first need to post you the receipt for my laptop and the title deeds for the house I typed it in.
Sent them recorded post so they should arrive at the Meldrew household first thing tomorrow.
Nah your just talking mince
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Just now, Third Lanark said:
Kyle Turner heavily rumoured to be joining Raith Rovers. Disappointing if we miss out
Tough given the number of midfielders we have plus maybe Thomas
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10 minutes ago, MarciaBlaine said:
Or Raith suspect he isn't quite good enough for the top flight, and are a lot more confident of getting promoted than we are.
So if I understand you correctly you believe we have given an 18 month contract to a player who isn’t good enough for the premiership you speculate that’s raiths view with no evidence (although Doolan thinks he is ) because what we don’t think we will get promoted or we will get rid of him if we get promoted or Doolan a poor judge of a player
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11 minutes ago, Lenziejag said:
They think he might be good enough to get them promoted, but not good enough if they are. Doolan on the other hand does think he is good enough if we get promoted.
Excuse number 352
poor club sign player rich club wanted but didn’t think was good enough
Hilarious
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6 minutes ago, Norgethistle said:
Not necessarily on a monthly basis it’s not.
Guaranteed a job for 17 months vs a job for 5 months
That’s apparently what swung it
Duh ….. so explain why the club you and others speculated are rolling in money didn’t offer him a 12 or 18 month deal ? They wanted to keep him and 5 clubs were apparently after him after all .
you can’t have it both ways or else we are to believe we gave no money but can sign players from our rivals who have lots of cash.
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3 hours ago, allyo said:
Maybe they could afford to have offered 18 months but only offered 6 months because they're signing Harry Maguire in the summer
That’s possible
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1 minute ago, Lenziejag said:
I knew that is what you would say. But you have no proof that our 18 month contract is worth more than Raith’s 6 month contract. It’s logical, but no proof.
Have a lie down
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Dundee unite have just posted their accounts till June 2023.
They lost £2.8m which includes £2.3M in add ons from transfers so they burned through £5m.
Total wage costs were £6.9m on turnover of £8.1m
crazy stuff.
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58 minutes ago, Lenziejag said:
One reason given by a Raith supporter was that they were only offering a deal to the end of the season.
They did , they also said they were confident he would stay and were not planning to lose any players in the window and add only two. Maybe the speculation they have lots of money is we’ll just speculation.
Club AGM
in Main Jags forum
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I have read this thread with interest and I think in governance terms it is highlighting a practical not a theoretical problem.
it seems as though the club board and TJF are now the same thing ( yes WJ I know they are not which I used seems ) which gives the impression that TJF will neither ask the tough questions ( in public at least ) nor be critical ( using that would in its correct meaning ).
I think the dangers of this are clear to see.
secondly , the agms of the club are the place where the big strategic decisions we face are NOT discussed so we need to create that space.
the issues in no particular order seem to me to be….
1 how to put in place sensible robust budgeting that if income is £2.5m then expenditure is £2.4m… doesn’t seem that hard
2 how to increase revenue… a whole range of things in here
3 how to increase the fan base … there must be a football club somewhere who has adopted a strategy of getting more fans …. Let’s steal any good ideas
4 the stadium …. What’s the vision as opposed to this weeks hood idea …. Should we staying go ? If stay what’s the plan ?
5 generating investment … who and where else can we get people to invest in the club
and I’m sure there is more !