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Kirkpatrick has also signed an extension till the end of next season. Pleased with that, he's done enough this season to show he's worth keeping on.
Very happy with Murray signing as well, I know he divides opinion a bit amongst our support but I think he's a valuable player for us. He's not great on the ball but that's not why he's there. He gives us a bit of steel and allows Christ Turner to push forward more.
Not surprised by McNiff being released, wish him all the best and he should get a contract with a League 2 side no bother.
didn't realise Kirkpatrick was only on a short term deal....I had thought he was here till end of season....oh well....he is now lol
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Martin McNiff has left by mutual consent according to the OS!
pleased by both.....McNiff did really well in the lower leagues, however it was clear he is not in Ian Murray's plans, so he leaves with my best wishes. Hope he gets a club soon
also pleased with Shug signing on....was worried when I heard he was training with Hamilton, but delighted he's staying. I think he's one of those players you don't particularly notice when he's playing.....but notice more when hes not
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So, does anyone think we'll see any more comings and goings?
I would suggest:
Smith, Coleman and McKerracher to go out on loan.
Hugh Murray or another centre mid to come in.
i dont think you can go out on loan twice in the one season....so would guess Coleman and Ronald will probably be released if Murray sees no future for them. Out of the two, i would think he's more likely to keep Coleman
Smith? Kevin Smith i take it you mean? Scott Smith is the only real defensive cover we have, so dont see any way he will leave
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I agree....we surely have to see how he is....I seem to recall the total apathy surrounding Jim Lister....didn't turn out too bad
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Or read the game well enough that his pace isn't too important, like Graham.
I kind of feel that we might struggle if neither centre half had any pace....as you say Andy Graham gets away with it because he reads the game so well, but if we had another slow centre half in there, we might get caught more often
Scott Smith has played not too bad at cventre half, but surely wont do for the rest of the season
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I saw on another thread that Barry's apparently away in January.....disappointing, but having worked (and driven to) in Sheffield, its a bit of a trek, so I can understand that he's perhaps fed up with the travelling
I feel he's been pretty decent, but not perhaps as good as I thought he would be....he's very quiet on the pitch. who knows who we'll bring in to replace him though....need someone with some pace
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http://www.youthfootballscotland.co.uk/component/k2/item/7933-edusport-express-keeps-rolling-on
Match report from a game against the Edusport academy (5 Nov). Interesting team especially the Trialist (Finlay?) and Noble who both seemed to play well.
interesting to see that both Jack Ross and Ian Murray played too
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...and if Falkirk don't go up..
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I see East Fife have put up temp terracing for their home game with Rangers this afternoon taking the capacity to 5,500. With them have an almost identical set up to ours I was pretty curious to see what they'd do given that there's a possibillity we'll be playing them next season.
I'd hope we'd be looking to do something similar if we do indeed manage stay up.
I agree....especially if Hearts come down too
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how is Novo getting on for you guys? not seen a lot in the papers about how he's actually been playing. Has he still got it, or have the legs gone?
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so...how has Novo started for you guys? do you think he still has something, or is he starting to look like a last desperate throw of Moore's dice?
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Not really I don't think, unless things have changed since we were in the first division. We had loads of them one year.
Our 3rd choice goalie has just joined Queens this week on an emergency loan.
I just wondered...I know the SPFL brought in a no loans rule for the Championship, so there surely must be some kind of criteria in place for "emergency" loans, or else they would just be normal loans?
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Emergency loans of up to 98 days (I think) are still allowed.
didn't know that....cheers...are there any rules in place for emergency loans? ie you can bring in a keeper if none fit
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Injury crisis at the rock. Who can we get in on loan??
I don't think loans are allowed in the Championship, so it would need to be a signing rather than a loan
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I would be astonished if Denny Homes had any assets
they don't need to.....but presumably one of the Brabco companies would transfer the flats (if they get built) to Denny Homes?
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What happens in ten years time? If the new ground is owned outright and the land is worth a few bob do we just sell that and move again? It's fucking ridiculous. Even if we made a packet out of a move and reinvested it into the playing side, we would only be getting temporary benefit from it as we are not a big enough club to climb much further than we already have. Short term gain is a ridiculous thing to gamble a club's future on.
but surely if we gain (rather than lose) what is the problem
i also like our current ground, but if the club / board can produce a new one, with say a 4G pitch that can generate more funds for the club, then why not?
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Why bother creating a company to apply for planning permission ? Anyone can apply for planning permission so Brabco could do that themselves if they wanted to make the land more attractive. Anyway if there were a decent chance of a third party building they would probably apply themselves. Seems to me that Denny are applying because no one else is interested
as i understand it, these businessmen guys quite often set up a number of different companies and split their assets between them. this means if one part gets into trouble it doesn't drag the rest down, so Denny applying may be simply that?
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i.m not sayin graham is terrible. very slow and very lucky on sat. he does get better as season goes on. smith does need time but i need to see him winning more 50/50 challenges. i think fleming is immense too but i just wish murray would stop subbing him first
i didnt think Fleming had a particularly good game on saturday, so IMHO subbing him then was the right option
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i.m not sayin graham is terrible. very slow and very lucky on sat. he does get better as season goes on. smith does need time but i need to see him winning more 50/50 challenges. i think fleming is immense too but i just wish murray would stop subbing him first
i didnt think Fleming had a particularly good game on saturday, so IMHO subbing him then was the right option
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I thought Falkirk dominated us in the air on Sat which is a worry, no flash and his 50 yard headers now, though saying that Barry looks not bad in the air
to be fair...Falkirk were a big team...one of the centre halfs (the one with the quiff?) must have been about 6 foot 6
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i reckon prunts and megg should start next game. smith and fleming never seemed to work. no jump from smith although he did set up prunts for his goal. never been a andy graham fan but he did get much better last year. smith has to prove me wrong also
I didn't think Garry Fleming had a great game on Saturday. Im a big fan of his, but don't think we've found our best forward options yet. I think MacDougall is far better out wide, so maybe worth putting Megginson in and giving him a start?
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I wouldn't really describe Gilhaney or McDougall as fairly slow
I think what he means is neither have blistering pace. both have great skill in getting past players, but you would be surprised if either sprinted past the opposition in a 1 v 1 situation
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Can we have kevin nicoll please ?!
am pretty sure he was released by us at the end of last season
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I agree with you on his ability to deal with crosses, it's a real worry of mine. I
really hope he has competition for the jersey.
I have to say I thought he looked more suspect in the 2nd division than he did this / last season.....perhaps it was the Craig Gordon influence.....or perhaps (after In Murray came in) our defence looked bit more solid with Lithgow and Graham as commanding centre halfs?
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Sons' sorrow
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I missed that....even better news