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comeonyebairns

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  1. A large part of our problem is the only box-to-bx midfielder we have of any quality is McGrandles, who is still very inexperienced. Olly is clearly defensive mid, and everyone else - Fulton, Sibbald, Alston, Roberts, Bingham, Loy - are pretty much attacking midfielders. We've loads of people to play "in the hole" but naebody to be around them! No CM, no wingers.

    Every game I've seen this season has seen us be very narrow, with absolutely no cover for the full backs meaning that we've had to deal with loads of crosses.

    I think Holt's formation at the weekend was an attempt to address this, but it ended up with the same problem as Bingham and especially Roberts were never going to track back.

    I can't help thinking an answer is to play a back 5 with Turnbull/Kingsley and Duffie in more advanced positions. It would give us a bit of width. Something like:

    ------------------------McGovern--------------------

    -----------Flynn------Vaulks------Kingsley--------

    --Duffie--------------Olly---------------Turnbull--

    ----------McGrandles-------Alston----------------

    --------------Roberts---------Loy-------------------

    02/03 style. Like it

  2. Who knows what is going on? To me, it looks like Purvis is the new investor. Two of the three guys on the steering group are his lieutena

    nts and it seems like the TPC has been used as a cover to batter down a deal with Masterton, when in reality they're getting as good a deal as possible for their boss. They know the books inside out (Stephen Taylor said he knew the books better than Masterton) so 'due dilligence' is possibly no more than brinkmanship to take Masterton to the very edge. Purvis could then take control but offer 50% out to fans/other investors.

    Would this open up the option of administration? Investing would be easier if pesky things like staff wages and contractor bills could be swept away and it could all be blamed on Masterton.

    I'd hate to see any staff, players or contractors out of pocket but the debts are so crippling that surely any investor would find it far cheaper to pick up the remnants of a broken club than pick up the tab of £134K to HMRC, £450K to former directors, £450 trade debts, £??? unpaid wages...

    Purvis and his group are already pretty much in with the bricks at East End already and remember that Bob Purvis was going to step in when our old chief exec left back in October and he only stepped back when he found out the true state of the books. The money he could have put in then may have got him a small stake and little say, whereas that same figure could now give him control of the club.

    This might be utter balls but I really can't see anyone other than him being in charge if we are to avoid vanishing completely.

    Feel free to come back and take the piss when the local butcher, baker and candlestick maker take

    control of the club!

    shandon has it all worked out imo

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