Clyde01

Watching Everton to avoid depression is a bold choice.

The signings this summer have been erratic at best. Peter Grant looked dodgy last season before we shipped him out, now he’s back on a 2 YEAR deal and looking dodgy as ever. The new RB has me longing for the return of Ross Lyon as he’s prime Cafu in comparison. Forbes at least has some experience but flies in the face of McLeans ‘fittest team in the league’ vision. We are told by the board we have a budget to compete for promotion yet are plucking guys from Glasgow Uni, Rossvale and various academies. Then we’ve got Cuddihy and Conor Scullion who both appear to be injured after 2 games, hopefully nothing serious. The whole thing is a disjointed shambles and then you’ve McLean trying to make something out of it with Duffy hanging over his shoulder. What a club!

Another signing it’s impossible to be excited with. Rennie still the only forward with any kind of meaningful experience. A worrying lack of know how and leadership throughout the whole team. Why has it taken us this long to sign him if he scored in pre-season, that’s not a great sign either.

Jon Craig was rank rotten last night too, the whole defence is a shambles and with Livi beating Cove 5-0 last night I dread to think what Saturday will bring.

Playing a team of similar standard and that was an abysmal failure tonight. The full backs were absolutely dreadful and the RB in particular was honking, the only time he kicked something in the right direction was the water bottles when he took a strop at being hooked. There is nothing in that team to be positive about moving forward into the league, it ranges from clueless to shambolic throughout the side. Parry has the agility of a fridge/freezer, full backs are amateur standard, Peter grant is done, Cuddihy injured again, imposters and ringers all over the shop. Brutal. As for Duffy he’s been on the bench interfering in all 3 games so far. Heard him shouting ‘what are you doing Ewan’ at Cameron at one point. Something I’ve wondered every time I see that c**t playing.

Licensing obviously beneficial in the long run but raising the bar being pushed through by a group led by a league 2 chairman who has previously pleaded for relegation to be removed doesn’t sit right. Particularly when we have clubs as high as the championship just now on an entry level license who wouldn’t currently meet the criteria.

Looks like the tightening of licensing criteria could make it harder for teams to get promoted to the SPFL and may even mean there is no play-off at all. A decision that I find disgusting btw, despite our precarious position and the potential benefit to us.

Looking back at the Paul Kelly cup photo and trying to figure out if it’s him. If he’s the lad the played up front at number 10 he looked not bad. Good physical size and at 18 you’d think plenty of potential to develop.

We are not allowed to play any trialists as far as I know, expect a few to sign tonight or tomorrow.

As if this preseason couldn’t be anymore shambolic we’ve actually managed to outdo ourselves.

4/1 for Clyde. I’m no expert but I think that means if you put £20 on us you will win f**k all.

Surely we could at the very least tweet the result with minimum info. Every other club in the country seems to be tweeting about their pre-season, meanwhile our is under a veil of secrecy. But at least you can also hear nothing on Threads whilst buying a bandana for your dug.

Any ideas why we seem to be going so out of our way to keep fans in the dark? Broomhill even poked fun at this in their tweet.

It does make you wonder if there is any aspect of running the club that we are not making a complete James Hunt of, I’m struggling to think of many.

The lack of communication and info from the club is as bad this summer as it’s ever been. We’ve been relegated and we are offering absolutely nothing to engage with or encourage fans. They are just hoping people will renew from blind loyalty. As many have mentioned there is very little to get excited about.

There was no sign of him at the st rochs game which was slightly worrying. Didn’t even see him in the stand with some of the others who were not fit/in the squad. Maybe still on holiday or something but hopefully we are not punting him, purely because we have nobody else right now.

The number 10 we had upfront against st rochs looked not bad, would def be worth a punt in comparison to a Robert jones or olly McDonald type signing. Decent sized lad instead of the usual midgets we play up top and looked to have something about him. The number 8 in centre mid was a big guy too and scored a beauty, again could be worth a shot. Obviously based on one game against dubious opposition but we definitely need some more bodies in. ETA: the striker I’m talking about was NOT layne/Lyon, he wore number 9.

They must surely be a lot lower than Broadwood seeing as we were repeatedly told the costs there had us unable to compete with teams that had a social club.

Stirling Uni or Livingston B in the challenge cup Box office.

Ah must have missed that, thanks. If our bid is successful they might change their outlook.

Is there any reason that we both couldn’t use it? Plenty of teams sharing these days, it’s much less of an issue with Astro surfaces. A joint venture with us as primary tenant would make a lot of sense.

Came off at half time, didn’t do much of note up till then. Was a good player for us, that’s a few years ago now mind.

Yeah, no 10 scored a header from a corner and no 8 scored a beauty.

Leighfield Cuddihy No2?? Sula P Grant Cameron Scullion No8?? No3?? No10?? Issac Layne No3 could be carswell dont recognise 2, 8, 10. Back 3 with Cameron at lwb not looking great. weve just gone 1-0 up no10 scored.

Why would we have him as a trialist if we have no intention of signing him?