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Pleased to see a wee bit of progress in terms of elections to the committee. I hope it can open the door to greater discussions around structure and transparency. The days of electing people to hide away in a room without involving the wider support have to come to an end. I’ve said from the very beginning of the huge change around Queen’s Park, that we couldn’t truly grow until it took the people who already care about the club along with them. That hasn’t happened. It’s still an imperative in terms of any success we might have in the future. This can still work, but it has to feel inclusive.

Won’t make it, but the proxy is in. First time I’ve ever bothered with such a thing.

Aye. The idea that we’re getting a damage free manager is mental.

Perth Tories crying about a double cup winning manager, whilst lapping up the slop served by serial loser Levein. Up the road, lads.

Certainly a positive. A big one. However, it means nothing unless we have structure, stability, transparency and unity. The first two can’t be judged immediately, as things will need to change and then settle on the park. However, there’s no way that the latter two can be achieved without fresh new ideas. So much time and money has been wasted as a result of mismanagement. Nobody has really taken responsibility for any of it at any point. The feel good factor of a new coach cannot gloss over any of this and should change nothing. Two new faces going for the committee on Thursday and they are the only hope of forcing any sort of change of culture at the club. Business as usual otherwise, which will result in the same mistakes being made by the same people. Davidson is a start, but that’s all.

Agree, but you still jump at Man United when they come calling. Very decent money swilling around the academy levels in England, as well as what’s likely to be a decent signing on fee. Will give him a security that most would give their right arm for. A lot of these kids are talented, but it’d be easy to wander when four or five grand per week is dropping into the bank account. Hopefully keeps the heid because he definitely has a chance. Freakishly good with the ball at his feet for a sixteen year old.

Unbelievable move for McKenna. Definitely looks the real deal and hope he can keep progressing down there. People moving to Ajax and Man United and appointing a manager who won a Scottish Cup and League Cup in the same season, all whilst in a relegation battle in the Scottish Championship. One day/week/month/year of normality please.

Anyone we were going to get was either going to have some sort of damage on their CV or have no experience. Stark isn’t highly thought of at Saints and Coyle had a disaster at County before joining us. Both great Queen’s Park managers. You wonder where Davidson might have ended up if he’d walked away from Saints after that double cup win? Surely enough for a gig in the English championship at that point. Never understood why he stayed on after that. The only way was down. Happy enough and obviously wish him all the very best. Keep us up and see what the summer brings is the immediate task.

Could be completely wrong, but I reckon Haughey is smashing the “f**k it” button and properly going for it here. Why would Davidson knock back a Premiership team and decide a few months later that he really fancied a relegation scrap in the Championship? Would he really come here for League One or mid-table Championship football next season? He has a reputation to repair.

3-2 Rovers after trailing with five minutes left.

Hope he brings Stevie May with him.

Selling our best player in January has worked so well in the past.

Credit has to go to Nuijten btw. Veldman wouldn’t have taken four points from United and Dunfermline. Whilst we’re still miles from where we need to be, he’s definitely improved things and the players are playing for him. Everyone knew their job last night. Whilst I wouldn’t be giving him the job, I hope there’s still a role for him at the club. Definitely has a bit about him.

Dempster away.

Tangible feeling of elation and joy post-match. You sit for weeks/months and question what the f**k you’re doing and a spirited performance and three points hooks you back and makes you feel like you’ve just won the Champions League. Don’t care how shite Dunfermline were and how many injuries they had. It was about us tonight. C’mon the fuckin Queen’s.

Whatever combination of what ever you do here won’t matter. It’ll be effective enough. Just clip it down the side, either cut it back and slot it in, or loft it onto the head of an attacker who will score from a stationary position.

We were absolutely shite that day, so I wouldn’t say worse but I also wouldn’t say better.

Just completely exhausted by it all now tbh. 1-3.

My understanding is that someone else is informally, for the time being, involved in that side of things. Wouldn’t like to name any names or drop any hints.

It looks likely that we’ll see a reasonable amount of change at the club within the next week or so, but let’s keep in mind that that all of this is the result of complete mismanagement and any attempts at painting this as a brave new dawn should be loudly scoffed at. There has been no accountability for any of the numerous shambles that have occurred since we turned pro. If we go with business as usual, we cannot expect different outcomes. I have reservations about the structure of the club, but that’s one for the longer term. The structure is the structure and that’s what we currently have to work with. With that in mind, we obviously need fresh blood and fresh ideas when it comes to decision making. I’ll be backing Lynne and David for the committee and would urge every other member who is feeling disillusioned to do the same. If you can’t make it to the AGM, make your vote count with a proxy. The result may or may not be successful, but it’s important that a strength of feeling is shown. We can either do something or do nothing. The latter is only going to see the same things continuing to happen. It’s notable that two of the sitting members didn’t submit statements in support of their candidacies and I’m also told that there have been deals offered and rejected to one or more of the new candidates. It really is very grubby stuff and says an awful lot about how certain factions within the club view their own positions and, indeed, the voice of the membership.

An unmitigated disaster, driven by people who are all “project” and no football, forgetting that the latter is the most important part in terms of delivering on the former. With our resources, we should be having a solid season, maybe not troubling the top four, but certainly not being at risk of going down. Big over performance on the park last season, the opposite this season. A complete clusterfuck off it and everyone involved in the decision making should be embarrassed.

Unforeseen circumstances mean that I’m no longer attending. Hopeful that I miss something ridiculous happening, but just can’t see it.

There is an obvious opportunity for grovelling and begging here. He had guys who were toiling in League One flying in the Championship and gave us some unbelievable highs. We must to ask the question, even if it’s only to be laughed at.

Airdrie game killed his chances of getting the gig and it looks like he knows it. A win off the back of the United game might have put him in the frame.

Doubt it. You’ve got our number. Clip it down the sides, cut it back, score.