Onthefringes

It’s baffling. Perfect summations by all here, it’s beyond me how club or player can be seen in a bad light.

I’m sure Mr Burrows replied to one of the groupie type posts that Macron will be partnering again next season.

That’s one of the academy graduates.

Answered your own question with your opening gambit. How badly it may affect those involved may take seasons to realise - just the nature of development football. Weight can be put on lack of opportunity. Playing experience is essential, although I’m mindful it isn't career ending if they’re not seeing as many minutes at a young age - there is a big difference in the soundbite though which for those only interested in the current form table won’t or refuse to buy into.

For the avoidance of doubt, a definite shift in player pathway isn’t rumour, guess work or panty wetting. Most departures are a natural wasteage - that’s just the nature of the business. Bang on about it often enough, it’s about finding the right balance given the amount of variables. Development though is an additional funding stream that’s not transfer fees - Rangers & Celtic offered more game time to academy graduates than we did. That’s unsustainable at ours. As much as recruitment will be pivotal, development must change also. I’m just not sure there’s the required joined up thinking. Time will tell...

Other than the obvious, expect less than 2 from those highlighted

Was working off last weeks’ list...

An interesting take but, not generally how it works. Development of players is a funding stream not just related to player sales which our management have failed upon this season.

No rumour mill about it, natural wasteage only of which I’d doubt many will have heard of. In the absence of reserve football again next season, development has to change. I’m just not sure the manager views the player pathway the club do.

‘our’ chief scout is stretching it a bit... Recruitment will be different.

Disagree on the St Johnstone match Joe. Screamed of not learning from his mistakes for me. Nothing against their achievements, he knew what we had available and set up in similar fashion as the weeks previously rather alter to be compact and harder to beat, defeat was on him.

I’d doubt that...

Droll. Very droll. When allowed obviously. As for cameras catching anybody - not a chance. Your big mate Robert Park struggles with them... vandalism & theft by fans from other teams under cover of darkness. He’s even tried using them to see three of our own in court and failed.

Behave. My son sits in the end section of the East Stand. Was a genuine question. Without opening up the development player debate, was curios as to how you came to that conclusion.

Bit of a stretch that from the interview? There is certainly a bigger picture, just not for debate on here for now. I’ve said similar about Robinson’s media output. May we’ll be in the minority, not quite buying Alexander’s soundbite thus far.

Not the case. Trained at the club throughout & lower down the pecking order than those kids who weren’t loaned.

Definitely not the same person. Drained me yesterday so reckoned I’ll take a break from offering opinion. Few acquaintances on both here & SO that can vouch reliability. For me, there’s been merit in negativity of some this season, for some it’s been incessant.

Bore off. Hardly a revelation that.

Turn it up.

Sizeable chunk of our support & Nijmegen’s were in on that as was a senior figure at the club - got the groupies (not fans) we have heads spinning at some rate. Borne from collecting two of the Nijmegen lads who’d travelled to meet friends & go to the game that weekend given the links that have been forged between the two clubs.

Not quite getting that, said my piece elsewhere. Never once claimed to be ITK, those that know will back that.

Laughable. Simply untrue and same every window when you resurface. “Enquired” for Moult yet, courted & signed Jordan White Forgotten that one? Signing the Scottish player from England was hardly a revelation - player admitted that in his post signing interview. Holding it up as some sort of virtue for your source being correct is a bit of a stretch. “Hardly a surprise?” A freelance journalist playing on a link from Preston to Hearts new recruitment staff is offering him on loan? I did read your post in relation to fitness issue - it was in contradiction your opening gambit. Timescales render it highly unlikely Scotland as being a credible destination given the window is up in less than a fortnight. Do yourself a favour, I’m certainly not anymore ITK than the next, just happen to come across information that is better & checks out with more than 1 other. It really isn’t that difficult.

Is there a Pinocchio emoji? Hardly a surprise this window? 4 to 6 weeks from fitness and that’s from the horse’s mouth. Too much doubt in the summer? It wasn’t even up for debate, again from the horse’s mouth... Anybody else seeing a recurring theme here?

Pointing towards Alexander - albeit he has other options.

Therein lies the problem. O’Hara in midfield and playing well is lost on me, almost mythical. What does he offer? Certainly hasn’t protected the back four at any point nor drive the team forward yet, an ever present.