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The way I heard it was “as a management team and staff” with staff probably being the management committee, but then I could be wrong. Like I said earlier, there are other clubs also in the same predicament with international clearance for some players which makes me think it’s more the respective FA’s that are taking the piss. Either way fingers crossed we get something through by tomorrow otherwise we’ll be struggling to field 11 again or we’ll be forced into making a panic signing.

Well evidently not as they were both signed over 30 days ago. Unless in which case they never lodged for clearance until well after the signings. No idea how it works tbh

He says in the interview that it was something the club couldn’t affect. I noticed quite a few clubs were still awaiting international clearance coming through for their players also, including Falkirk for a signing from Croatia (like Luke Watt). Sounds to be like the respective foreign FA’s are digging their heels to me.

Yes it’s a brand new squad and there’s a lot of young guys in there but there’s a plenty of quality there too. A few guys that could definitely do a job at a higher level, particularly Hill, McLaughlin and McCord. We should be aiming for the playoffs.

Hands aff, an accomplished display from him today.

It’s not a case of failing to have a squad signed up, we’ve 17 signed players! Two of those in McLaughlin and Watt are STILL awaiting international clearance from Australia and Croatia despite signing over a month ago. This is outwith the clubs hands. Add in a suspension, 2 injuries and a player on holiday and you have the predicament we had today.

If Watt and McLaughlin were available today it wouldn’t really have been an issue. Absolutely ridiculous that international clearance isn’t through yet. They both signed what must have been over a month ago.

They are probably injured.

Scott Reekie, defender, signs for Brechin. Last at Falkirk

What kind of player is Ross Brown guys? Signed for Brechin.

Well we haven’t learnt a lot from these pre-season friendlies. After a couple of tough seasons and starting a squad from scratch it might have been a better idea to have a few winnable games as opposed to chasing a few quid. Confidence may well be knocked out these guys before a ball is even kicked, but time will tell.

He’s just a wind up merchant, and a poor one at that. Most just ignore him.

Don’t think we are going to learn too much from the friendlies. All about getting the fitness up and making a few quid off sizeable away supports. Hopefully like the Dundee game we can keep it respectable. We’ll have a real gauge of where we are at against the likes of Forfar and Montrose in the Betfred and even then it’ll take these players a while to gel with still another 6/7 to come in surely.

Valentine played as a trialist for Brechin on Saturday. Thought he looked very lightweight. Still a young lad though.

Probably because Boca Juniors are in the Argentinian top flight. What a bizarre comment.

Referred to as ‘Sauchie Juniors’ on their official website, facebook and twitter so most folk would be none the wiser tbh...

From Alloa advertiser. So was he or wasn’t he top scorer for Sauchie?

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What’s the thoughts on Lewis McMinn? Played as a trialist for Brechin against Dundee yesterday and other than a couple of nervy moments early on and perhaps should have done better with the goal, he made some excellent saves. If he was offered a contract I’d fully expect him to be no 2 to O’Neil.

Agree with that. McCord showed glimpses of quality with a few neat passes and McLaughlin looked our best player and that was out of position too. The big striker no 9 was huge and looked like he’d be a handful with more fitness and against weaker opposition.

Fucking beautiful.

They’ve jacked the ludicrous welcome back offer and replaced it with a more suitable refer a friend offer. https://www.brechincity.com/bcfc/p/n/2151 Common sense prevails in the end

I agree with something like this.

I noticed they’ve re-advertised the current committee vacancy so it would appear we are struggling to fill that let alone potentially replacing those further up. I hope all those commenting above will be making their thoughts known at the AGM. I don’t live locally so will be unable to make it.

I agree but if they were able to offer the reduced price to everyone they’d have done so surely. Prob been better offering it out at £180 to everyone or something like that.