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So is the guess at the moment that you're not actually clearing out everyone, that was just Hughes having a meltdown before he flounced off in the huff, and that decision will be left for the new manager when Darren Young is probably announced on Tuesday? Or are you actually in such a financial mess the board have genuinely had to get rid of every single player?

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It's not just getting the important decisions right we also need the right people making them.

If we're sacking staff and players and have to tighten our belt then it needs to be at all levels of the "business".

If it is mcglynn we know what we're getting and so does he next season won't be pretty a few good away days but no decent crowds to count on 

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I've heard its a cushy wee number he has travelling the country and into Europe scouting. Someone his age it's a cracking job.

 

Imagine it's well payed and has job security too. He'd be mad to go and I don't really want him. We all know exactly what we'd get with McGlynn, been there.

 

FWIW I think it will be Young and (presumably) Stark and that would be my preference. Young was at the game yesterday.

 

Could be we've been consulting with McGlynn. It's known who did the manager interviews last year and not a single 'football person' was involved. How can you successfully interview for a job you've never done?

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2 hours ago, Beastie Russell said:

Colin Cameron or Danny Lennon as next boss, as directors try to rally fans behind ex player.

 

Maybe they could do a job for us, but that scenario would be too similar (for my liking) to the Dalziel appointment following the Anelka debacle. 

This has been worse than Anelka, at least he was an unknown quantity (albeit the odds of him working out were slim to none) but the outcomes of the club's poor appointments, dealings and signing policies have been terrible, as predicted by everyone in Scottish football. I say everyone, but really I mean fans not old boys media cronies of Locke etc.

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I'd take McGlynn back in a heart beat. Been there and done it before, and knows how to get the most out of a limited squad on a limited budget. He does have a great job travelling Europe as a Celtic scout, I met him at Charles de Gaulle a few years ago when he was on his way back from Italy doing just that. He's a football man who would find it hard to say no to getting back in to management, especially with us given his affiliation with the club.

I didn't feel comfortable saying it on here whilst he was still in the managers position, but I'd heard from various sources that the players detested Hughes and his management skills. The fact that he didn't even turn up to the POTY night, coupled with the players giving their POTY to Bobby Barr, who Hughes effectively exiled from the first team, says it all.

As for the players I'd want to keep, Cuthbert, Benedictus, Barr, Matthews, Callachan, Vaughan, Court and, although he's been quite poor of late, Bobby Barr, who I think would comfortably be the best player in League 1. Eight seems a high number of bodies I'd want to keep from a side who have been so rancid all season, but there's a very good spine there, especially a league down. The rest can go.

We need to appoint a manager within a few weeks, whoever that is, or risk losing out on potential targets. Clubs have already started announcing signings for next season, we need to act quickly and get someone in and give them the time they need to build a squad capable of coming back straight away.

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2 minutes ago, McGuigan1978 said:

Young's done a cracking job at Albion Rovers. Winning League Two and keeping them in League One for a third straight season has to be viewed as a success.

 

He'd keep Rovers in League One for a third straight season.

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Certainly doubt we'd keep Bobby Barr with McGlynn. McGlynn was famous for only really signing players with the 'right' attitude. It's not just Hughes that doesn't see eye to eye with the guy.

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I'd take McGlynn back in a heart beat. Been there and done it before, and knows how to get the most out of a limited squad on a limited budget. He does have a great job travelling Europe as a Celtic scout, I met him at Charles de Gaulle a few years ago when he was on his way back from Italy doing just that. He's a football man who would find it hard to say no to getting back in to management, especially with us given his affiliation with the club.

I didn't feel comfortable saying it on here whilst he was still in the managers position, but I'd heard from various sources that the players detested Hughes and his management skills. The fact that he didn't even turn up to the POTY night, coupled with the players giving their POTY to Bobby Barr, who Hughes effectively exiled from the first team, says it all.

As for the players I'd want to keep, Cuthbert, Benedictus, Barr, Matthews, Callachan, Vaughan, Court and, although he's been quite poor of late, Bobby Barr, who I think would comfortably be the best player in League 1. Eight seems a high number of bodies I'd want to keep from a side who have been so rancid all season, but there's a very good spine there, especially a league down. The rest can go.

We need to appoint a manager within a few weeks, whoever that is, or risk losing out on potential targets. Clubs have already started announcing signings for next season, we need to act quickly and get someone in and give them the time they need to build a squad capable of coming back straight away.


Correct to the above. It's a good spine to the club. Ryan Stevenson and other youngsters blended in alongside is,my preferred option. I'd love to see Coustrain return and IMO if this is not the way it happens then really what is the point of a development squad. Add that to Easton as the manager.
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Raiths current predicament is very similar to our relegation season a few years back. Team in disarray,  fans totally scunnered and a hopeless manager. Looking back it was an astute decision to appoint Duffy although many of us didn't agree with it. He knew the lower leagues well and has brought the team, fans and club together again. Like us your next managerial appointment is going to be massive. 

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