GMBairn

That's absolutely fucking criminal man. Think of the stadium you could have built with even just the first 6 million and how financially secure the club would have been with the rest in the bank. Not sure how much we got from Morrisons but don't think it was as much as that.

I didn't think that game was quite as easy as everyone else it seems. I thought Montrose stood off us at the start and were punished but after that I thought they were competitive and worked hard making things difficult for us. We were fairly comfortable really at 2 up though with Hogarth only really making 1 save and Montrose just trying to get set pieces goals. I think we needed an excellent performance from nesbitt to give us an effective out against their pressing and to help us dictate the play however. His performance for me tonight shows exactly why the manager loves him and why he won the players player of the year least season.

Enjoyed the interview with McGlynn. It's good to get a bit of insight into the guy that fans don't often get. Good to hear him talking positively about the club and plans for the next 2-4 years, feels like he would be happy to commit to the club as long as things are going well and they don't bullet him at some point.

Wouldn't be overly surprised to see a couple of changes given the quick turn around and a few knocks after a hard second half on Saturday. Wouldn't mind seeing Ross, Tait and maybe even shanley getting a start.

He was phenomenal, one of the best players on the ball that's ever been at the club. Obviously not really relevant to the Arfield chat as the guy must be in his 50s now so not like he might rock up at the stadium with his boots next year.

The point I am making is that you need the right type of player, not just talented players. We have a perfect example of it this season in McIvor, slated by some on here when he signed, before he even kicked a ball. Is burrell a more clinical goal scorer? Yes, that's why he's going to finish the season with the golden boot, but playing for a team 25 points behind us in the league so I'd rather have Mcivors less goals and league winners medal. The same goes for Allan, loads of guys championing him and he might be a more natural finisher as well, but does anyone believe we'd be 11 points clear if he had been leading the line all season in this formation? I'll take a less talented square peg for a square hole before a talented round peg that doesn't fit. Arfield might still be great, but is it worth bringing him in, using a huge chunk of our budget and benching Brad Spencer for a year, one of our more talented players at the peak of his career? You have to bring in players that fit your system and address your most important gaps first, that starts with an experienced keeper next season, football is no place for nostalgia transfers.

Obviously he was a player that was too good for this level but the point stands. Building a football team is about way more than just grabbing good players and putting them together it's about getting a whole unit that's better than the sum of its parts. He's not the type of player this team needs.

Very different players in a very different system and style of play. Latapy was one of those guys with great skill but let's be honest he was hardly a grafter and would slow it down, wouldn't fit with this team or style as he was what people would call a luxury player.

I genuinely wouldn't take Arfield next season, we play too fast paced dynamic football for a guy on the wrong side of 35. It's painfully obvious how far off it mcginn is this season and we won't need a player in the squad next season taking up a big wage who's unable to contribute on the park. If given the choice I would have Tait or someone like him all day.

I would like to see yeats and McCann get new deals, I think they are good enough for the championship and would be happy to see them with 2 year deals. Oliver would also be good enough as a squad player and I think shanley has something to offer as well, also wouldn't be the highest wages, so I'd give them both a year. We will need an experience keeper as that's our weakest position, I think Ross looks good and Tait if he is available probably is good enough, McGlynn will know what he can offer at that level. If Morrison does leave along with mcginn I think there would be enough money in the budget to resign all the guys we wanted from the squad and strengthen although I'd prefer if Callum stayed as well. Generally I think the first 11 we have now is strong enough to do fairly well in that league and with just a few additions will be targeting playoffs. We certainly don't need wholesale changes that would upset the balance of a team that's got great understanding and is flying in a system they know well.

He looked miles offside from behind the goal and I was hoping the highlights would have it all in shot but they don't make it look any better than at the time. Lino was well behind play as well. I think everyone just expected him to give it as there was no way he could be sure one way or the other.

Yeah was just going to say that myself. The introduction off the new graphics as well are a nice touch so well done to the guys. Looking much better today than they have for the last couple of months.

Lads did great today, 7 points from 9 from our top rivals this season. Last year were we on 1? after 3 games with Dunfermline, that's the difference. f**k the accies, f**k the ref, were going to win the league.

A fucking very enjoyable win. In spite of some of the worst refereeing of the year we demonstrated that we are a much better football team than Hamilton, again and even when they came out in the second half to just try and kick f**k out of us we stood up to that as well. Special mention to Lang for putting an end to the big tackles by doing a Claude makaelele impression and putting their man in a spin cycle on the half way line.

Aye, I'm pretty sure every team that's made us switch ends this season has just had a first half roasting. We start games fast this season so we'd probably see more goals up close if every team did it.

Agreed with this 100%, they haven't gifted us the position we are in. We've absolutely earned it, this team would be top of this division by a big margin in any of the seasons we've been down here.

A good Saturday when we aren't playing. I know the team and manager have to keep it professional but I've loved this season, the fitba has been great and it's been obvious the league is ours since we skudded Hamilton last time. It's great going to the football for first time in god knows how many years knowing your more likely to win than not.

There will be a few founding members but I can't imagine there are any formalised memberships or something like that. I suppose the positive and negative is that anyone can just rock up and be part of it.

On terms of the trouble I don't think it's got anything to do with the core of the ultra lads, they are generally a bit older than the wee fannies I've seen trying to cause bother in those videos or alloa last week, they all look about 12. The ultras also tend to stay in the stadium at the end with the team and will have all their shit to pack up, so probably weren't even outside when that happened. It's a guarantee these wee bams will come into the stadium and sit next to them but I don't think it's fair to say they are guilty by association. As others have said, get any you can identified and banned and the one or 2 you can't find either won't come or certainly won't cause trouble on their own.

Frustrating to give away a stupid goal, poor decision from nesbitt to play it into the box and then Lang not to just launch it. Other than that pretty even, neither team creating a huge number of chances but they didn't look like scoring really. Hendo and Lang (I think) missing free headers in the second half pretty much finished it. They were clearly better organised, disciplined and coached than the 3 championship teams we've played this season so think Airdrie will have to play well to beat them. If they go in front like they did tonight they will sit deep and be a nightmare to break down.

Think all of these guys are out of contact in the summer? Definitely the loanees, Mackie, mcginn and hogarth are. Can only really see hogarth and at a push Oliver being offered extensions. An experienced keeper would probably be the target in the summer.

Really good numbers after a few months, hopefully will keep growing.

I think once we get into the championship the funding coming into the club will need to be reviewed and decisions made. I would imagine most fans would like to see more investment eventually returning the academy to past glories so as long as we are financially stable in the championship that should be a goal. It's been discussed on the forum before and I can only speak for myself but once the club is on an even keel the idea is using the FSS contributions for the academy would be grand to me and others I suspect. I think that would depend the connection with the club and the youngsters coming though and there would be plenty of commitment to that. Every time one of the laddies broke into the team people would be happy to see what's been accomplished and any time one of them was sold people would be seeing their donations multiplied and I think would be happy with that.

If you're going to start a scrap with a guy the size of nade you deserve knocked out.

The rule hasn't changed, no one gives a f**k about foul throws is what has changed.