jagfox

Anyone know how many other players we have under the same representatives? I'm sure Harry Milne is 😬

Or is he? Same agent as Dowds...

Yup, seems to be Bannigan and Stanway and one of the ghosts 2.0 😂

Third place is ours 😂

Hopefully we can see a rabbit or two pulled out the magic hat this January.

I gave it a generous C- rating 🤣 For me it is the main reason we aren't where Raith are. They recruited better. For a variety of reasons which you stated most of on your previous post, but seem to disregard?

I said most of this in my half-time/ end of year report on page one of the thread.

They signed a solid set of players to add to the core they retained. We lost the core and replaced them with young untried players or more experienced players with dodgy injury records. Unlike the plug and play strategy McCall enjoyed when the budget he was given, allowed.

They have had an insane number of late goals but have gone off the boil lately. Even losing one to Arbroath's reserve keeper who had to play outfield as they were short of numbers. Football is non-binary apart from results and the league table. They have won more games than us but how do you know they've played better? We've played poorly in games but still won them this season. I wouldn't be too surprised if we finish above Raith come season's end but that could be pie in the sky thinking. I'm struggling to get what point you're trying to make? Why not give your half-time report card as the thread suggests? The truth is usually somewhere in the middle of opinion.

With regards to Raith, they have gone from a club making an annual loss of around £150,000 per year in front of 2000 crowds, to almost double that this season. They've signed at least three players with recent Premiership experience. They have new owners who bankrolled Kelty and are now doing the same both on and off the park. They have been able to take less chances in the transfer market, a bit like us over the previous two seasons as they had the ability to sign players outwith the budget of other Championship clubs. May be partly down to timing as they knew where they'd be playing way before us. Mostly will be done to a very healthy budget.

I did before you took the thread in a slightly different direction, mate. There are many factors to take on board. I feel taking them into account the league table is about right. The only games I think we could have taken maximum points in, but didn't were against Raith which could have put a whole different spin on our league position.

Last year's showed 4th wasn't great and we probably underperformed compared to our opposition, but we picked up in form when the new manager came in, attendances inproved and we also had some good attendances in the playoff games. Then there is off field investment as you would struggle to be anywhere near self-sufficient of crowds of 1000 and paying full-time wages without a rich benefactor.

Nobody outwith the actual clubs know their accounts for the season to date. We can only look at logic. One key indicator of income is match day attendance. The following would suggest we are performing above expectation when compared to punters coming through the gate. It also suggests Raith are over-performing with United and the Pars underperforming based on attendance and their perceived income, at the moment. Then again football isn't played on balance sheets... Again, just opinion but that is the nature of football forums.

Are these just for you @Jaggernaut or new forum-wide resolutions? 🤔🤣

More senior players you tend to pay around 50% maybe not as much, if anything for youth/ young players. Then you get the likes of Dowds where its safe to say Ayr are paying the majority if not 100% of his wages. Apparently we rejected the option to recall Anton last month.

As a season where we came into it in a state of financial distress the club has moved to make us more resilient in that sphere. That has been stabilised thanks to hard work off field and the crowds have been decent this year. On the playing side we lost 4 key players and had to go for some untried players or ones with injury issues and filled out the squad with loans. We have also extended the contracts of some of our remaining potential assets and important players. The recruitment has been hit and miss. Neilson has been good. Wasiri Williams has come onto a game. Robinson has spent most time unavailable as has McGinley. Same with Ngwenya. McInroy and Alston have shown up well at times but also been found missing at other times, even in the same game. McDonald isn't cutting the mustard and Adeloye is going that way after some decent cameos and goals. Williamson has faded out the picture too and is rumoured to be off to Hamilton. Ben Stanway has done very well in his first real tilt at first team football. Results determine where you are and the league table is a fair reflection of where we are, on the field. Way ahead and more consistent than the bottom 7 and behind the top 2. Disappointed with performances against Dundee Utd, with Friday being even worse than the 5-0 pumping. The Raith games were disappointing in that we should have won both but they have this penchant for late goals. I'm confident of at least third as not anyone rising from the mediocre mire below. I feel United will edge out to win the league from Rovers. There is a chance we could get closer to Raith as they've hit a relative wobbly period but that is a big ask. Raith may well add to their squad or at least not lose any key players. They have had large investment, increased their season tickets and average over 4000 at home games. The management need to make 2 or 3 additions in January. A defensive midfield in the Doc mould. Another winger and a central defender. Possibly another striker unless Tomi can pull up his socks in the New Year. It is still a period of transition for the club, management and the squad but we are doing pretty well, I would say. We will look to improve and build up momentum, going into the playoffs. TL;DR Half time report. Club B+ Recruitment C- Performance B Management B Overall B

HAHH HAAH AAAA HHAA Thank you, Phil. HNY ❤️💛

Apparently there's been a virus in the Pars camp and they even cancelled a day of training to stop the spread. I've read this script before. Home win 😬

It would seem there are cost cuttings/ efficiency savings going on. Was somebody in hospitality not offered a new lesser package and decided to leave, quite recently?

They profit or used to, from having hospitality services next the local crematorium. Made a big loss last season.

A nice wee away day to Forfar, Montrose, Bonnyrigg or Buckie would be the dream. Probably get Airdrie or Raith at home.