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5 minutes ago, East Kent Jag II said:
Brechin City will not be in the Lowland League next season - they will join the Highland League, thanks to their geographic location. They would have joined the Lowland League last year thanks to SPFL bullying. But this year, the SPFL are a spent force. Rules are rules, and its off to Brora and all points south for them .
GSUS got in just before me !!
There is talk of a midland league forming for next season with the Tayside Juniors and Tayport plus a few amateur teams.
So it is liable they will end up in there.
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On 3/2/2020 at 10:51 PM, kevin energy said:
Why if someone suggests anything or any one for that matter they suddenly get mocked or dirided, they are actually a person at the end of the keyboard
Graham has been scouted by scottish senior clubs
Hes not interested in going senior has a very good job outside football- source his current manager
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On 3/1/2020 at 4:36 PM, Fawlty Towers said:
This is the point of the year when clubs normally have to submit their accounts (usually to 31st May in the previous year) so here is what we have for the current Championship clubs (to 31st May 2019):
Alloa - £20K profit
Arbroath - £20K loss (In League One - promoted)
Ayr - Due by 31st March
Dundee - £1.8M loss (In Premiership - relegated)
Dundee Utd - £3.8M loss
Dunfermline - £700K loss
ICT - £900K loss
Morton - £75K loss
QoS - £60K profit
Partick Thistle - £50K profit
Not very pretty and makes you wonder about how long some clubs can remain full time in this division (ourselves included).
Looking at this it seems to me that 3 or 4 teams could really struggle. ICT, Dunfermline, Dundee, Morton.
United have a decent backer and the rest make small profits. The only saving grace for Scottish clubs if it drags on is most players contracts are up at the end of may.
Wider scope apart from Celtic (who have a massive surplus), Aberdeen and Hibs (with new backers), Hearts (Fans pledges) and County (who have McGregor bank rolling them) the rest may struggle if it goes on any longer than a couple of weeks.
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I agree that we need a youth set up. Just look we have brought in cash wise from Lindsay and Fitzpatrick.
Unfortunately not every player will make it to the first team, some will make it and not progress.
Realistically you have to give it 10 years to see full extent of it working or not. That way getting a lad at 10/11 should see him progress through to the 1st team by the time he is 20/21. I would think if we good get 10 players having played 100 games in the first team for us in a decade in would be deemed successful.
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Main issue for me up front. We have no central striker to hold the ball up , pressure the centre backs.
Miller isn't that man, he likes to drop off and take the ball or run on to it. Mansell/jones could play this role but I don't think either of them can cut it at this level.
Also as I was walking past the alloa fans (all 87 of them) on the way out I heard a guy sat, Cardel flatters to deceive and he is a greedy so and so. This is an issue he wants to score from all angles rather than just look up pass/cross to other players.
We are going to need 5/6 in the window I think, positives Cole & Kakay are improving and are better than anything we have. Slater is getting back fitness.
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We need an out and out striker, someone to play up top and hold the ball in.
Miller can finish but he wants to drop in for the ball and that leaves no one up top for the wingers/full backs to aim for. He is best behind a front man.
Doing that means either Gordon/Banzo/Palmer has to be dropped and we play two in there.
There must be a free agent striker about we can get in short term
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Caldwell knows his time is up. If he doesn't he is a bigger loonball that most of think he is !
Who is next ? Who knows?
It depends on the takeover if its not going through Beattie & Co need to act pretty sharpish if they want a change. If its going through Caldwell will be here to its sorted out as it becomes someone else's problem.
Miller till Xmas is a good shout but personally we need an experienced hand who has done this before , to stabilise and get a bit of confidence in the players.
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Spoke with the Ashfield manager today and already lower league SPFL clubs are sniffing around.
He thinks the lads got it make a senior player but at what level who knows
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2 hours ago, jaf said:
Think it’s related to the alleged bust up after the Morton game.
I hadnt heard of nay bust up after last week.
Reading between the lines and the fact that banzo ran to oware when he scored would suggest that the palyers Caldwell didn't sign he doesn't want or like ?
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its all about to kick off !!
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1 hour ago, jagfox said:
Hamilton’s academy certainly seems intrinsic with the running of the club.
As you suggest there is a big drop off between u18s and players reaching first team level in the Scottish game. Clubs will continue to struggle to develop their own players unless some kind of effective competition is brought in. That seems unlikely with clubs making cutbacks. Kids at that age need games but that rarely happens with the current set-ups in place.
@jlsarmyare players that age on full-time or part-time contracts?
This is the problem ay 16/17 most aren't ready for any kind of senior football but playing in a development league at 18/19 is not good either.
Best way would be to have an u-18 league (regional based/financial based) to allow these kids game time and to develop with the best ones fed into reserve football and then the 1st team. I understand the financial and for all but 5/6 clubs this would be impossible to fund.
Why not use the performance schools the SFA have set up and have regional development squads to allow them to play against each other and then move the better ones on to clubs at 18. That way the clubs don't have the cost of coaching a team , the best guys play with the best and they can implement some sort of national method play similar to Belgium did 15 years ago.
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8 minutes ago, a f kincaid said:
I think, as others have suggested, Caldwell's comments about a squad of 16 players meant he would expect to start pre-season training with 16 and add a few more before the window closes.
That's what I took it to mean, have the basis of a squad for the end of June when we start back and look to add as we go when the players are out of contract at the end of June.
I envisage something like 20/21 players plus the younger guys when the season starts.
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12 minutes ago, Firhillista said:
In the modern game, you have eleven players starting the game and seven on the bench, so a first team squad of eighteen is the minimum you need, I think, although a couple of youth players could provide some cover, I suppose. I think this also explains the lack of enthusiasm for a reserve league from a lot of clubs - with eighteen of your first team squad involved on a match day, by the time you take injuries and suspensions into account, who's going to be available for the reserves?
Agree to properly run a reserve team, never mind be competitive, you would need about 35 players on the books from 16 years old upwards. 18 1st team squad plus the same for the reserves to cover injuries/suspension
This isn't practical for all bar about 4/5 clubs in Scotland. I think we will end up somewhere around 19/20 1st teamers with the rest being younger guys.
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6 hours ago, West of Scotland said:
I thought what he said was reasonable and straightforward. The days of Lambie's "Jist gie's a f**kin' shift" are long gone and aren't coming back.
100% this , what is expected from a manger now is very different from Managers in the past.
Too many fans think running about a lot = a decent player
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I would assume we still have an under 17/18 league and that's where most of the younger guys will play.
The better ones I think would transition to the wider first team squad /on loan to develop.
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5 minutes ago, dl1971 said:
Who knows. Right now I want st mirren down. They along with Dundee are in freefall. Much like us last year. Hate to say it but Dundee United up probably improves our chances. So who will be challenging next year? Ayr likely to be weakened as Shankland and a few others away. Inverness probably a strong contender. Morton and Dunfermline. Doubt it. QOS if they survive? Dobbie one year older. Don't see it. Alloa? No chance barring a miracle. In my opinion a great chance next year.
Morton cutting the budget hence he manager walking out
Arbroath/alloa part time- will Goodwin be there
Ayr- losing at least 5 players
Dunfermline/ICT much like ourselves
Dundee- bit like us this year depends on £££££ from the americans
QOS or another part time team up from div 2
Dundee United will have to shift some players if they stay down
St Mirren likewise if they come down.
Its going to be just a s competitive as this season
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Anyone else miss the stats watch thread?
Hopefully see an end of season update
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Hopefully no repeat of the 3/4 players on the bench come the start of the fredbet cup in july.
We have a full month more this season to sort out what needs to be done.
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Not been a GC fan since the off but I think he deserve a chance next season.
The form since Christmas has been decent (odd blip aside) we stayed in the league and to be honest at Christmas that was looking unlikely and very unlikely last month.
We wont have big bucks to spend but we wont be the smallest budget either. Realistically play offs for me next season.
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Good bit of business to be fair.
He should start ahead of Bell next season.
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Storey limped off last week with what looked like a thigh injury.
4 goals in 70 odd games shows that he shouldn't be retained.
I make it we have 11 signed players for next season- So some work to do either tying down some of the out of contract guys or getting new ones in.
SNEDDON
Bell
Penrice
McGinty
Saunders
Oware
Slater
Bannigan
Harkins
Fitzpatirck
Calum Wilson
With the leagues over bar the play offs most players will know if they are wanted or not at their current clubs by the end of the week. So hopefully some quick news like January.
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16 minutes ago, Garscube Road End said:
I'm sure Sneddon signed an extension this season.
Signed till next season
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12 hours ago, partickthedog said:
I presume that you want to put Davie McParland in somewhere near the top?
Sandy Clark is both worst and third worst simultaneously.
Never saw a McParland team so omitted him for this reason.
Clark was that bad he deserves two mentions!! The second one is Collins
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Im my time (which is 40 years)
Lambie
Auld
McCALL/Archibald
McNamara- apart from they way he left
Bryce - who was done over by save the jags
Campbell
Briton/Whyte
Cormack
Caldwell
Lamont
rooney
Macleod
McVeigh
Clark
Johnstone
Clark
So Caldwell could be classed as best of the worst ?
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Was thinking after yesterdays Bannigan must be up there with the most booked Thistle players of all time.
Is there any stats on this ?