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    Stranraer 2024-25

    in Scottish League 2 General Chatter

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    1 minute ago, Neilly said:

    I think there has to be a bit of realism with Stranraer.

    They will have the smallest budget in the league next season for starters. Secondly, they were absolutely ravaged by injuries last season more than most - I truly believe they would have been nowhere near bottom with better luck in that department.

    I mean it's scant consolation when you do finish bottom but they are easily the best team that's ever finished bottom of the SPFL IMHO. Not a honking side like we have seen in recent years with Berwick, Shire, Cowden etc.

    Do you try and keep that unity together with those offered deals or start from scratch with no gaurentee of getting better quality with such poor money on offer?

    I think they have done the sensible thing and even then they are going to lose their better players. Personally I hope we are in for Dylan Forrest - a player I really like who would bolster our squad. Matty Grant and James Dolan will also be on the radar of league one clubs.

    Injuries didn't help, but we also had a bunch of youngsters heavily involved who should find a bit more consistency as they develop. Most of those we really want to keep would require a development fee to go elsewhere.

    Including loans, nine players have gone. I would imagine at least a couple of those we want to keep will also move on. That creates quite a bit of space for new signings. I would hope we can take what's there and add some quality, experience and physicality.

    Some of those offered contracts will be (at the very least) inexpensive squad players, and ones the manager knows and understands.

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    East Kilbride v Stranraer

    in Scottish League 2 General Chatter

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    1 hour ago, Skyline Drifter said:

    Disappointed no camera footage of the antics of the EK bench at the equaliser though. A manager jumping on a stand wall to do GIRUY's at the crowd isnt something I've seen before. Or maybe it was considered 'politic' to edit that out? 

    I was tracking the player celebration close up otherwise it would have made the cut 😭

    On Lorraine: "Kelly was born on 30 November 1959 and lived in the Gorbals area of Glasgow until she was two. She spent the first few years of her life in Glasgow before the family moved to East Kilbride where she attended Claremont High School"

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    East Kilbride v Stranraer

    in Scottish League 2 General Chatter

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    5 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said:

     

    They announced an attendance just after half time but the Stranraer tannoy's worse than ours and I couldn't make out a word the guy said. I had a team line and listened to him read out the teams and it sounded like they'd named two entirely different elevens to what I had! It ended in a 1 if that helps?

    I'd say EK had about 350 - 400 there maybe.

    Main Stand which holds 1,500 was pretty full. Must have been well over 1,000 in there. And another 500 or so in the home terrace. I'd have assumed it was over 2,000. Anyone know?

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    East Kilbride v Stranraer

    in Scottish League 2 General Chatter

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    36 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

    That's a shame when you have all the other ingredients ready to go, best highlights package I've seen for a while. Don't suppose the phone signal's strong enough to use a hotspot?

    Nope, and from past experience crowd numbers can affect the mobile coverage considerably as well. It needs to be stable enough to be confident it can support an HD stream for two hours without dropping, and anyone who's had connection issues when streaming a game will tell you it's not a nice experience! Hoping we'll sort a decent fibre connection if we're streaming games next season.

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    Stranraer 2023-24

    in Scottish League 2 General Chatter

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    25 minutes ago, Am Featha *****h Nan Clach said:

    Sorry to interject on the misery fest.

    Are the trains to Stranraer still screwed up? Scotrail/Trainline suggests for a journey on 4th May from Glasgow to Stranraer, you have to change at Prestick, short train to Ayr then a replacement bus to Stranraer. Is that right?

    That's right unfortunately. Not exactly helpful.

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