nah man, i don't think you're talking complete shite at all. me and my brother were speaking about this yesterday post game - seemed the right time to talk about the future of the rovers.
next season, i can't see us making a serious title challenge - tade will more than likely be gone, mcgurn could be on his way, and im not sure what is happening with davo? is he still linked to dundee united or was that just pish?
my guess at players leaving the club would include...
tade
mcgurn
weir
ferry
k mcbride
either to pastures new (ie tade, mcgurn), released due to being out of favour with mcglynn (a la ferry), or not being good enough at this level (ie weir, which saddens me because i've always liked him, even though he hasn't scored for about 2 years.) dont think we could afford to sign kevin mcbride for next season but then again i'm not at all clued up on what finances mcglynn will have to play with for next season.
i'm pretty confident that we've got one or two players to step up and start to take over in the defence - dougie hill would ideally replace grant murray for me, sparky and laurie are only 32 and 31 ( i think..) so they probably still have two or three decent seasons left in them at CB, maybe more. not sure what the crack is with wilson, as he's not really been the same player since he came back from injury, probably a confidence thing. hopefully he can turn it around for next season, as he's easily one of our best attacking players when he plays well. have to add i'm a fan of willie dyer at LB, should be first choice in that position IMO.
as for up front, i really hope we have johnny baird for next season, he's been terrific. with tade probably going, we'll need to look at someone to come in to replace him. who would that be? gary wales getting signed and finally given a chance? damien casalinuovo? kevin smith? latter two look like they're improbable for the first division next season - club will need to cut back because of the poorer gates we'll get next season due to the ammies coming down to replace the pars and fake plastic club fc coming up.
one thing it definitely is is uncertain, but i still think we'll have the sqaud to not have to worry too much about being in danger of getting relegated!