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I think too much is being read into the rolling contract. Whether he was on that or a 2 year deal, Cameron has always said he wouldn’t stand in his way. It’s lower league Scottish football so it’s never going to be more than a 5 figure sum of compo. Very much doubt the figure we’ll get would change had he been on a “proper” contract.
At the same time though, he’s Partick’s first choice (one of their other choices in Lennon isn’t interested) and they’re clearly desperate so we should at least be looking at a decent five figure sum.0 -
The club may have been happy to employ him on a rolling contract on the off chance that he was sacked, in which case it would have been cheaper to pay him off than if he was on a long-term contract.
He would have been given this season regardless of we started poorly anyway so not really any reason for him to not at least have a one year contract.0 -
We may have had no say in the matter. Completely dependent on their contracts.
I get that but allowing them to be on poor contracts is part of the problem. As mentioned previously, if McCall is as thankful to us for giving him a chance as he has claimed then surely he would be perfectly happy on a contract that would allow us a decent compensation package.0 -
Still no announcement on the PTFC website, so there is still some work to be done I think. [The compensation package still has to be agreed]
I noticed on the Ayr forum pages someone is expecting a figure of around £100,000.00!!!
Negotiating with a desperate team should make things easier..... we’ll probably f**k it up and get a pittance though.1 -
If we've got a £100k for McCall I'd be amazed, more like £10k.
If we let our manager and assistant manager go for as little as 10K to an utterly desperate Partick Thistle it’s an utter shambles tbh.0 -
So, at the moment - slightly bitter but I’ll get over it.
If he starts plundering our side in January it’ll be full on heads gone mode....
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Let’s be honest, I doubt there are many Ayr fans who won’t find Partick getting relegated entertaining now...
As I said earlier, leaves us incredibly depleted in terms of both players and coaching staff. One of our fourteen fit players acting as assistant manager too.1 -
Ayrshire Post now saying he is away, pending compensation etc.
I know it’s dependent on contract but I would hope we are playing hard ball with compensation, Partick are a desperate shambles at the moment.0 -
If he goes with Scally we’re going to be utterly decimated for next week.
We’re going to have three players on the bench and one single member of coaching staff.
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Why in football, just because someone is an older player are they touted as the next manager.
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I’m not sure if you think this winds us up after we pumped you last week.....
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That line that he’s trotted out over the years is the only thing that makes me think he’ll stay.
Provided we don’t go down, he’s untouchable at Ayr and won’t be sacked. That won’t be the case at Partick.
If we went down, I think he would still be given the chance to get us back up.0 -
If Celtic, Aberdeen and Rangers have any sense they'll be immediately recalling their loan players if McCall leaves. Who knows how a new manager would handle them.
Why would they possibly recall their loan players to play in the sham of a reserve league.0 -
If he leaves, I would at least hope he ensures we are paid something in terms of compensation, even if he is on a rolling contract.
The other side to that would be leaving
for nothing and signing half our side on pre contracts in January.1 -
Think Doolan will be third choice when Moore is back tbh.
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Michael Moffat is such an underrated player in this division, one of the smartest players about and technically brilliant. Was gutted when he left us.
Genuinely no idea why some Dunfermline fans weren’t bothered to see him go - and Johnston either by the looks of it at the time.
The guy is magnificent.4 -
Sam Roscoe!!! Absolutely fucking dominated Shankland along with Muirhead. Aggrieved, dominant - just generally excellent!
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That's my point perfectly summed up.
It's a Naismith who's more or less finished and currently playing for a mid table SPL side and a Russell who's plying his trade in a complete mickey mouse league full of has beens, never beens and college kids.
Both are still far better players than Shankland.
If Johnny Russell is playing in a Mickey Mouse league then what is Shankland playing in, bearing in mind he’s never played anywhere higher.
Shankland should have taken the chance to move to a higher level, until he does he shouldn’t be in a squad.
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Hazard has more caps than the scotland backline on monday night altogether,
Cooper might well be a good centre half for the level he's at, but at his age he's woefully short of the required experience against better players to be able to step up and look decent in games like monday night,
Odonnell has 11 caps and he's 27, Scotland have struggled for a right back for years, where was he, what makes him good enough now when he wasnt good enough years gone by when scotland managers were using anya as a right back, he'll never be experienced enough at a high enough level to be the standard scotland need (wether he's good enough ability wise is another debate)
The scotland squad apart from a few is full of players who havent played at a high enough level against the likes of hazard etc to simply be thrown in at the latter stages of their careers and expected to perform
Does Anya still play with Derby and ever get a game?!
I would 100% play him over O’Donnell.0 -
I've been ridiculed for this up and down the forums, however when you look at the talent available in forward positions to Scotland (the likes of Naismith & Russell), there really is a serious argument for giving Shankland a call up.
Rest assured, that had he ended up at one of the bigot twins in the summer then he'd have been the first name on the team sheet..............
Both Naismith and Russell are miles ahead of Shankland. At the moment Shankland can only dream of playing anywhere near the level they have.0 -
Will Snodgrass and Christie work back the way with the Belgian wing backs? Forrest was a no brainer tonight for that reason alone, never mind being one of our quicker, more creative and in form players.
As well as him and Fraser being able to get in behind the wing backs with their pace as it’s one of very few ways for us to exploit them.1 -
Surely we want a bit of pace in the side for counter attacks - where is Fraser and who will be out wide!
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Course they shouldn’t. It’s a perfectly reasonable familial attachment. Is a player better than currently available?
I guess the argument is that Matt Phillips or whoever wasn’t raised by his grandparents, as far as we know. But to me, it doesn’t make any difference. The familial tie is still there.
Yeah - that would be the argument and I guess it’s impossible to distinguish between the two, I think the rule is fine the way it is as it covers situations like this.
Tbf both those scenarios would not be affected by the topic of this thread... Hutchison's father was Scottish - miner who moved coalfields IIRC - while kids growing up here would pass the 'schooling test'.
Yeah I get that - was why I added in the bit about being born in England and staying in England with Scottish grandparents.0 -
More and more kids are being brought up be their grandparents - should they really be excluded?!
Born in England, move to Scotland to be brought up by their Grandparents. Or even living in England with Scottish grandparents.
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He’ll undoubtedly want Harvie, McCowan and Forrest. Wouldn’t be surprised about Moffat or if he tried to get Kelly and Doohan in January either (assuming loan deals need formally extended)