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Not quite sure where football maniac is coming from tbh

Only those 'in the know' will actually know what the budget is like and how frugal the BoD are being. However, whether or not money is there, anyone can see the above is true. We have all had bad bosses who are negative, critical, blame people, give poor instructions, sap morale, etc... It is not a football thing, some people just aren't cut out for management in whatever walk of life. This guy is clearly one of them. I am not going to list his track record of negativity because the list would be massive and I am on my lunch break. I also don't need to. It is not a pattern of separate incidents, it is everything he does. The chancer was 9th in League One ffs, he never should have come (if he was the best candidate then we are in bigger trouble than I thought) and as DHD pointed out to me - we are tied up with him for a long time. A miserable situation unless he walks.

The shiters at the top could have got rid of Naysmith in the summer. Instead another shit season with a new manager halfway through who will inevitably need "a good pre-season with his own squad". It was inevitable Naysmith would leave at some point this season. Everyone could see it. It is not his fault he got the job. Poor Dobbie. We are an embarassment.

Gary Naysmith screaming about Rooney at 01:17. Jesus. Dobbie also looks pretty pissed off.

Does anyone know why Jesse was released from Brentford? I don't know what reputation the Brentford academy has but another one who was released from there, in his case for having a bad attitude, is Myles Hippolyte who found resurrection at LIvingston in 2015/16 and last season became a fans favourite at Falkirk. The comparison is of course meaningless however a similar result for Jesse would be cracking.

There is a thread on the Mad site about Palmerston redevelopment and how many times before it has been discussed. I don't have an account there so taking the strange step of replying here. Take a walk with me down memory lane... February 2017 - Pizza Hut http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/queen-mouth-doonhamers-food-outlet-9909037 December 2015 - £10 million fae the Crichton http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/queen-south-talks-10-million-6941547 July 2012 - a new main stand in 3-5 years http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-19011544 March 2010 - £17.4 million fae DGHP http://www.queenofthesouth-mad.co.uk/feat/ed14/174m_palmerston_masterplan__more_news_510764/index.shtml November 2009 - mibbes, if we're up there in Jan http://www.scotsman.com/sport/davie-rae-faces-palmerston-park-poser-1-767787 And so it goes on.......

Lee you were rubbish. Do you have any alternative career paths lined up?

Nah it looked more than that...

Naysmith just comes across as a thoroughly negative guy.

Word is that we are going to be signing a lad called Alan Martin from an outfit named 'Dumbarton'. Anyone heard anything?

Doesn't say much about GN's responsibility with the budget either - some of these coffee shops costa lot and we're already paying 'average pro' money, not star bucks. Still - good he's chasing youth and not a bunch of has beans.

I think it is a psychological thing for the player. If he wants to take the man on and go around the outside, being on the 'wrong' side means controlling the ball with his weaker foot up against the touchline. This adds pressure to the natural tendency anyway to use his stronger foot, and if he comes inside on his stronger foot there is a wide open field in front of him, increasing the likelihood he is going to keep running inside - eventually hitting traffic. In theory it shouldn't matter which side the wide man is on as you say, however (at least for the technically limited players in our division) it does make a difference.

No-one asked how you're spending it

I love you Rusty

I have no interest in discussing the meaning of "hard core" with you but, evidently, that is where our difference of opinion lies. Have a happy evening

No, definitely not, I am thinking over the past 10-15 years since promotion from the old Division 2 (although promotion should not affect the size of the "hard core" due to the nature of being hard core). I suppose when I first started thinking about a hard core (i.e. when we started getting fair-weather fans around 2002) I thought it was immovable and wouldn't change...

Naypraise gives "strong and honest" words after every performance. Even after Dobbie's brace at Somerset Park (including a wonder goal) he started his comments on Dobbie as saying "Aye you mibbee get frustrated with him as he does miss a lot of chances" or words to that effect - it's on the video. Then there were the comments a few weeks ago saying "There's a problem within this group of players" - a great thing to say when you have 5/6 games left with that group of players. The guy inspires zero hope in me (and I am normally very cheerful). As for the crowds, depressing that our hardcore is now 1100. I have watched the estimate of our "hardcore" drop down from 1800 to 1600 to 1400 to now 1188 on Saturday. None of the usual approaches have solved this and I think it is time something radical was tried like massively cutting the ticket price / season ticket price - not because I think it will work but because something has to happen (though cutting the ticket price could easily put the club in greater trouble so I see why it isn't being done).

Absolutely, and I was one person writing him off in January and with 3 goals in his last 4 games (or 7 in his last 5 if you are feeling generous and include the Mids semi-final) I am pleased he is now proving me wrong.

It has been pointed out that if Queens some how defeated Hibs and also won against Dumbarton we could close the gap on the team above us to 2-4 points. That would require Dundee U, Falkirk and/or Morton to get 0 or 1 point in their next couple of games which is unlikely though not impossible. We would then have a nervy last two games with an outside chance of sneaking into the play-offs. I think it is unlikely that we will get in the play-offs, however - if we do - I feel confident that Mr Dobbie would drag us up into the Premier Division, given his divine powers and his comments at the start of the season about his reason for coming back to Queens (and it would be a fitting conclusion to the most absurd season in living memory)!

Choosing not to play the best strike partnership in the league time and time again should, alone, get him the sack - there is no decision easier to get right!!

I am thinking less Indie, more Punk Rock...

I fear this is true. The problem right now is not a new one. Naywins was always a mediocre appointment and he has just failed to transform into a good manager. Second bottom of League 1 is clearly not good enough for a team with Championship play-off ambitions, so it is not his fault if he turns out no good enough at the end of the season. Even if he walks or is sacked, I have zero faith that our Board will get the 'right' man in...it just has not happened yet during their tenure*, and I feel our cracks at the play-offs have been fortunate rather than pre-determined by having the right coaching staff. * (maybe apart from McIntyre, depending which supporter you ask)

Quite right, I did 15 / 17 by error.

That's Gary Naysmith now had 15 games: 4 wins, 5 draws, 6 defeats. An average of 0.88 points per game. Played out across the season so far we would be in the relegation play-off on 24 points and the teams around us would have a game in hand. Obviously fifteen is an arbitrary number in a 10 team league and I am just picking it up because I am feeling disillusioned right now. Still not great reading (and a worse record than Skelton, although he jumped after four defeats in a row and no wins in eight, so not comparable).

Except that it has already been put off twice and the current postponement is indefinite (as you say), and there are a number of proposed exceptions into which a small and transparent corporate director like the Queens Trust could fall. It is another straw-man legalistic argument like the "formal obligation to put in money".