avie-man
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So you have the new shed bar....and kill the shed. I know its not the old shed and never will be but in terms of modern football I don't think proportionately theres many better stands or sections. How many stands on the telly do you see in Britain where virtually everyone stands and sings? Barely a handful, and thats even when you get to top clubs.
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Oh aye and by the way, the facilities inside the north stand and the jackie husband aren't much better. Have to end up drying my hands on my trousers every other bloody week before heading to my bird shit covered seat.
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I'm sure Archie would love to be in close proximity to the fans when we're getting a pumping. Gies peace....
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chris jack is a *****. never done one bit of interesting or revealing piece of investigative journalism in his puff. darrell king mark 2.
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so the club wants to kick fans out of the "shed" but rename the aitken suite "the shed bar"?! Lol
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Whether we stay up or not this year, I really do not see how the club has the infrastructure to stay at this level long term.
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I think there is enough ability in the team, but who are the leaders or the communicators? Who are the Steven Thompson and Jim Goodwin types who take lead the dressing room and organise every one? As far as I can see, no one. I hate to say it but the likes of Sinclair come across as shitebags.
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I don't think the club can be blamed for the ugliness of the away support. Lack of action by stewards and the police is the real issue here and it's not the first time it's happened. They'd rather arrest and prosecute a young Thistle fan for singing a song, instead of lifting people who have smuggled in fireworks and smoke bombs or have come in to a football ground jaked.
If the cops love the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act so much, why didn't they arrest hundreds of Celtic fans tonight, including the ones who were at the canal with a carry oot (has drinking in public been decriminalised now, or couldn't they be bothered?).
I noticed a smashed bottle of buckfast on the south drive that looked like it had been launched by one of the sizeable group of neds, some with celtic gear strips on looking into firhill from the corner. Further up near the star and garter there was more them shouting insults from the top of the grass bank.
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For the celtic fans in the main stand and so called middle class punters in hospitality to start goading our fans in our end sums up their lack of class. Ive seen clyde, accies, ross county fans in our end. Its ALWAYS the ugly sisters who bring trouble with them.
The police and stewarding operation must have cost us a fortune tonight. Around the ground before and after the game, neds patrolling all over the place, particularly the length of the canal.
They had 2 flares in each stand i seen and sang their usual bigoted bile all game. Were the wolfetones playing in maryhill tonight?
One of the least enjoyable nights ive had as a jags fan. I can take losing matches but watching them behave as they did - and it wasnt a minority, whilst the police and the club stood back and let it happen has left a very bad taste in my mouth.
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Is it a bit sad that I'm unsurprised by this? I've been to Peterhead a few times and there is absolutely nothing redeeming about the place. The people, at least those I've come across and read about couldn't be anymore backwards or unwelcoming, the closest you'll find in Scotland to rednecks. Add to that the place, is in the middle of nowhere and theres nothing do. When they brought dictionaries to Peterhead I'd imagine the page with culture was ripped right out. Oh the weather is brutal too...
Depressing shithole.
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I think Archie has earned the right to get till the end of the season based on last year, but that doesn't mean I'm happy with what he has done, and unless things radically improve, I'd like to see a bigger name in his place. Some dreadful statistics to his name this season and its a very poor league in comparison to times gone by. Mowbray, Owen Coyle, Lomas, plenty of big names out there who have done well at this level or higher in the past. Its not a case of for me "I'd sack him but I don't know who would replace him". Plenty of candidates available.
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So what happened for the first two goals that we lost?
We had enough of a threat on the field to counteract that.
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Can the loss of the third and fourth goals today really be attributed to the appearance of Elliott and/or Craigen? Did they make any errors that led to the goals? Did they give the ball away? Fail to get in a crucial tackle? How come we lost those goals?
They chased shadows, couldn't keep the ball and offered no attacking threat at all.
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Yes, plenty of positives to take from today. We just didn't get the rub of the green. The lads will work hard in training. Its a harsh lesson. If we can take our chances. zzzzzzz......
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Even if archie keeps us up through the play-offs. I'd can him for someone with experience. Hes not learning at all, 18 points dropped from winning positions I heard them say on radio clyde. Someone with a track record at this level or down south.
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Cheers to Christie Elliott for the two goals against Airdrie, but he is hopeless and continually plays even ahead of Lawless who has contributed good stuff at times. Same for Craigen,don't rate him at all. The change in team bringing those two on for Erskine and Higginbotham was drastically poor.
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Still believe Archie deserves the season, but relegation back to the 1st division would set the club on another long period in the lower leagues. There is no chance we'd win promotion from that league next year.
League is very poor, and the home form lately simply unacceptable. The league Lambie kept us up in was one with a strong old firm, and the rest of the clubs spending decent money compared to this watered down imitation with no Rangers, Hearts broke and the majority of others living within their means.
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People need to realise that even if we finish 12th Archie wont be sacked, the club are looking at him as long term.
Its clearly not going to happen we finish 12th anyway.
If we are to ask questions it should be at the board if they cant provide funds when they have scuppered good fundraising ideas such as the dvd and TAG.
Im surprised Killies Manager is not under more pressure, the only reason they have the likes of Boyd is because despite being £9 million in debt they are throwing money at players. If anything Derek Adams should be under the most pressure the only reason Ross County are going to be saved is because they really are throwing vast amounts of money to get players in. In both these cases its not Adams or Johnsons ability to keep them up but that both these clubs are spending ridiculous amounts to survive - which for whatever reason we simply cant compete with
If the long term ambition of the club is signing St. Mirren scrubs and failing to stay up in a league as weak as it ever has been, and you could almost say the same for the league below with Dumbarton in a play off spot, then they can shove it. Theres nothing worth buying into.
Plenty of time for the management team, the players and the board to change that though...
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Today is the first time I've began to seriously question the manager's capability.
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Not acceptable at all. Really wondering if Archie has the ability to effectively change the tactics. No vocal leaders or motivators in the team. No idea who was "captain" today but nobody speaks or makes an effort to organise the team on the park. Fell to bits at the end, nobody was moving and we were just kicking the ball anywhere.
Squad just isn't good enough either. Conrad is hopelessly out his depth at this level.Christie I'm not even sure would start for some first division teams. Conrad wasn't even under a lot of pressure today and just looked so nervy and cumbersome with loose balls or any time the ball was in the air. Not sure with Mair yet, but is St. Mirren rejects basically all we can afford? Thats why we've spent years doing nothing in the lower leagues, no ambition at all.
Gallacher done well right enough.
Not acceptable Archie. No home wins in a really poor league. No Rangers, Hearts a mess, a terrible Killie team etc....
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Tidser was one of Morton's best players last season but his move is not why they are struggling this season. They also lost Bachriou (one of the league's best players), McDonald (top scorer) and Hardie (did have some great games and scored). Also there have clearly been behind the scenes issues at Cappielow this season.
You say we will never be established in the top flight as we can't compete with similar clubs. I don't agree. We have potentially a larger support along with initiatives such as free U-16, we are managing and reducing our debt, we have the Weir set-up and we have a young management and team. I am not saying we are perfect or the finished article but it is silly to say we will never be established in the top flight again.
Also, when did Archie say he wanted Tidser? Apologies if I missed his press statements naming Tidser as a target but, as far as I am aware, it was just a rumour. So why is this causing such panic?!
Edited to add... County finished 5th last season which meant they got a relatively large cash sum for final league position. This may explain or partly explain the cash flying around Dingwall just now.
Bachirou is still there, Hardie is flopping a division below, McDonald is doing okay granted, and the behind the scenes stuff only exists because the team is struggling, they spent a lot of money in the summer again and during the early months on Novo and Reid, like they often do.
Thistle don't even run hospitality every match, well they didn't last season, or the season before. Ross County have executive boxes and corporate suites running the length of two stands full nigh on every game. They have one other team to compete with in terms of local businesses wanting to advertise and entertain their clients and employees, we have an unbelievable amount of other clubs on our doorstep in comparison never mind the Old Firm. They have a wealthy owner with a lot of property hes willing to let his football team's players live in for next to nothing.
Its sort of correlates why St. Johnstone do fine despite their crowds, a demand for corporate and hospitality facilities with little competition in that area.
Where are we training this year? Jumping on the back of the minibus everyday still to find an empty patch of grass?
Kilmarnock might be ladden with debt but they have a matchday sports bar and a hotel that bring in a decent amount of money outside of the gate receipts.
The club needs to be run more like a business, gone are the days you could rely on having a decent number of fans paying on the day. Just look at English football too. If it was all down to who has the best attendances Wigan would never have survived in the Premiership for as long as they did, Fulham would be long gone and Leeds United would still be in Europe every year.
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Ross County players get virtually rent free accomodation living in property owned by the chairman.
Tidser is a very good player, only have to look at how crap Morton are doing without him in a piss poor league with 3 part-time teams.
This is why we'll never establish in this league again. We can't compete with bottom feeders like Ross County, even though potentially we have a much bigger support. Their infrastructure is exceptionally better. Better training facilities, bring in a fortune in hospitality on a matchday before you even get to the chairman. They have a director of football, says it all about the difference really between the clubs.
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makes me think where is the progress getting tonked off a team like that. so mentally weak. first goal was so amateur. gabriel didn't have his worst game but still looks crap. bannigan has been shit for too long. still scratching my head at the muirhead for bannigan sub at that point in the game. bunnet esque. could really do with a thompson type player. a proper clinical striker. Need probably one or two players with a track record in the window or we're risking going back to the diddy leagues and 2000 crowds against livingston etc. no more kids on loan or unproven guys at this level.
referee was abysmal too. wee fat useless prick.
Aitken Suite - Fair Play To The Club
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Outside the Bing this place has been one of my biggest gripes about the club. Just presented an awful image. Crap beer, crap experience, no sky tv, old tvs showing midsomer murders and bargain hunt, just feels like a big room of nothing. If anything it presented a bad picture of the club imo. I like the local pubs around the ground but especially pre-match these changes would convince me to use it again for the first time in a long while. Well done to the club for identifying the potential it has and the dire experience it has been for years.