Norgethistle Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Ok Mr Beattie. Over to you and the BoD to show us there is an increased playing budget. With the signings made in the summer, I find it hard to believe that there is no money left. And if it has gone, well it doesn't seem that the budget was increased that much unless someone has agreed ridiculously generous terms with new players. If the budgets gone we must be paying a fortune for Stevenson, we lost players last year so wages freed up increased our budget and brought few in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMac Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 I have a hunch how this one is going to play out, think the Bod are being more active than we think. I would not be surprised if there were to be some major changes in the near future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 I have a hunch how this one is going to play out, think the Bod are being more active than we think. I would not be surprised if there were to be some major changes in the near future! in what way andy mate on the pitch? Do u know something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMac Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 in what way andy mate on the pitch? Do u know something? Third Lanark, I have no insider knowledge, this is just a guess and it may well be a load of tosh. If Archie has no plan "B", that's not to say that the BoD haven't. James McFadden has been training with us for a couple of months, he is a free agent and still a pretty decent player, why is he still kicking about? Every week McFadden gets to know our players better, their personalities, strenghths and weaknesses etc. McFadden knows his playing career is coming to a close and probably would like to get into coaching / management. At the St Mirren league game Ian McCall is paraded out at half time (found that a bit odd) and gets a pretty good reaction off the support. LIB on this forum says, that McCall sees himself in the role as director of football, this would of course not work with Archie as manager, but would be a very acceptable with McFadden as player manager. Did Archie ever get that improved contract that he was supposed to be offered at the start of the summer? Did Archie really ever get a bigger budget for players? So TL, as I say it's just a guess, but I would not be in a state of shock to find out one day soon that James McFadden was our new manager with Ian McCall as the director of football. It's a funny old game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty trained Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Third Lanark, I have no insider knowledge, this is just a guess and it may well be a load of tosh. If Archie has no plan "B", that's not to say that the BoD haven't. James McFadden has been training with us for a couple of months, he is a free agent and still a pretty decent player, why is he still kicking about? Every week McFadden gets to know our players better, their personalities, strenghths and weaknesses etc. McFadden knows his playing career is coming to a close and probably would like to get into coaching / management. At the St Mirren league game Ian McCall is paraded out at half time (found that a bit odd) and gets a pretty good reaction off the support. LIB on this forum says, that McCall sees himself in the role as director of football, this would of course not work with Archie as manager, but would be a very acceptable with McFadden as player manager. Did Archie ever get that improved contract that he was supposed to be offered at the start of the summer? Did Archie really ever get a bigger budget for players? So TL, as I say it's just a guess, but I would not be in a state of shock to find out one day soon that James McFadden was our new manager with Ian McCall as the director of football. It's a funny old game. Let's try and keep the thread serious, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMac Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Let's try and keep the thread serious, please. Stranger things have happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty trained Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Stranger things have happened. No, I think that would be the strangest thing to EVER have happened at Firhill. And a lot of ridiculous things have taken place in our history! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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1 John Lambie Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 I think it's fairly certain that McCall will not be returning to Firhill in any capacity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Think if we can't afford McFadden we would perhaps give him coaching experience with the youths but there's no way the board would ever sack Archie. Think most McCall would ever get would be a scouting role at the club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMac Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Well as I say, it's just a guess and may well be right off the mark. Suppose time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falklandal1 Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 All this talk about signing McFadden is just that,talk,we either need to "put up or shut up". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 All this talk about signing McFadden is just that,talk,we either need to "put up or shut up". Uhm, well how much have you got? I could throw in a couple of hundred, how much can the rest of the thread contribute? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
read'n'yell Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 Maybe if more fans bought season tickets or turned up to the games we could sign McFadden. Got a feeling our crowds are just going to get less and less. 100 fans extra a week is 2000 to the club. 18 times a season is 36 grand! For a small amount of fans. Every person turning up really does count. If anyone ever thinks I may or may not go. Just go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 I've never liked McFadden and don't think I could handle seeing him in a Thistle shirt. That ridiculous rat's tail thing he used to have is reason enough for him never to be seen in red and yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 We could be playing Ronaldo up front now it wouldnt matter if we cant get balls to him or defend at the back 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 All this talk of McFadden...... if for some reason we signed him, he would probably turn out to be another over-the-hill dud, and then what would people have to say about Archie squandering money! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 All this talk of McFadden...... if for some reason we signed him, he would probably turn out to be another over-the-hill dud, and then what would people have to say about Archie squandering money! Unless we sign him we will never know. 'Probably' doesn't do it for me, I would rather be optimistic about it. Every signing has a risk factor. The risk factor in signing McFadden would be higher than normal but for me it's a risk worth taking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 Unless we sign him we will never know. 'Probably' doesn't do it for me, I would rather be optimistic about it. Every signing has a risk factor. The risk factor in signing McFadden would be higher than normal but for me it's a risk worth taking. The ONLY reason to sign McFadden is that you think it would improve the team so maybe put him in Stevensons place..... It's never really been explained why no one else wants him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cup Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 McFadden would be a poor signing. The defence is clearly the part of the team that needs the most work and I doubt he would contribute more than Stevenson. If Archie thinks what we need is another sand dancing winger then I despair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashman Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 (edited) Maybe if more fans bought season tickets or turned up to the games we could sign McFadden. Got a feeling our crowds are just going to get less and less. 100 fans extra a week is 2000 to the club. 18 times a season is 36 grand! For a small amount of fans. Every person turning up really does count. If anyone ever thinks I may or may not go. Just go! This is a bit of a circular arguement. Whilst I agree with the sentiment, last year I bought a season ticket and was treated to the grand total of 2 home wins. Excepting the promotion season, the team over a number of years has failed to perform in front of big crowds (Real Scottish football v Morton; Aberdeen, St Mirren and especially Motherwell just before New Year last season etc.). A good performance coupled with a win would likely have encouraged some of those fans to come back and increased the funds available for players. Last year the players also blew the opportunity of a significant sum of additional funding when we finished 10th rather than 7th after a poor result on the last day of the season. Edited September 29, 2014 by flashman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLightningUK Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 Do Hamilton still have a synthetic pitch? Just thinking that if they do, along with Kille, then would this mean McFadden would be unavailable for 4 games a season (and possible cup ties) as he cannot play on those pitches due to injury? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 Unless we sign him we will never know. Don't quite understand your logic there. If he signed for a club of similar stature to us or higher and was successful there it's fairly safe to say he'd likely have done the biz for us. If he went to Brechin and got subbed early in more games than not then we could easily draw another conclusion. Btw I'm not sure the "bums on seats" argument would apply. Might well have done for season ticket sales but attendances would only go some way to compensating cost if he was playing and playing well at that. Very few folk indeed are going to be swayed to turning up just to watch a fella come off the bench now and again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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