Ding Dang Doo Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 We get it, mate. I don't think some do 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverarover Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 The board backed him when he wanted to sign his sex offender pal, even though they knew it would cause problems. I can't imagine most managers getting that degree of support from a board.Sex offender pal, away and pish, go back to trolling your own team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith Against The Machine Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 I'd take Alan Temple's word as gospel. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offshore Rover Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Talks still on going tonight https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/3254363/raith-rovers-fighting-to-keep-john-mcglynn-amid-falkirk-swoop-for-starks-park-boss 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverarover Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Honestly the standard of debate on here sometimes is just superb. Intellectual as always. So let me reply.Based on his performances since January I wouldn't have him back in next season. Bar the Hamilton match I don't believe he carried anywhere near enough influence in any game and for his position that's something he needs to be doing. The argument of him being a Scotland (under 21) international is flawed in many respects. How many players have played at that level and done absolutely nothing else in their career and we've had several of them on loan with us in the past. Varian is an under 21 for Ireland but I bet you don't think we should have him back.Williamson may turn out to be a really good player but based on what I've seen this season with his performances for us I do not think that we should bring him back next season. I think that's a fair argument and I've given a reasonable reply to you as to why. Did McGlynn actualky play him for any time in his best position. Maybe the Hamilton on game last week was him actually getting to play as he desired. Low and behold he can actually play a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers_Lad Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 43 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: It’s amusing to see the McGlynn haters out in force again. They’ll have been biding their time since he returned. Every cloud has a silver lining. Equally amusing to see some that were calling for his head along with the BoD over DG signing now wanting him to stay 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 McGlynn to stay with McPake added to the backroom staff is surely the dream scenario for all of us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverarover Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Brian Rice will be in the mix. He has extended his contract 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 The Courier article was also written by Darren Johnstone, who wrote the one posted on here earlier. To be negotiating into the evening on a Bank Holiday Monday to try and stop the manager leaving for a club in the league below is nothing short of humiliating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith Against The Machine Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Just now, Michael W said: The Courier article was also written by Darren Johnstone, who wrote the one posted on here earlier. To be negotiating into the evening on a Bank Holiday Monday to try and stop the manager leaving for a club in the league below is nothing short of humiliating. I was thinking similar. Given what's gone before, if the new chairman fails to persuade the manager not to leave for a team in League One (given he clearly wants McGlynn to stay), is his position already untenable? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverarover Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Hey! Where's Gary Caldwell?More importantly Where's Stuart Baxter [emoji23][emoji23] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 1 minute ago, Michael W said: The Courier article was also written by Darren Johnstone, who wrote the one posted on here earlier. To be negotiating into the evening on a Bank Holiday Monday to try and stop the manager leaving for a club in the league below is nothing short of humiliating. Just another example of the shortcomings of this board unfortunately. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 I can see MacDonald sitting there thrashing out a new improved remuneration package that includes new lighting for every room in McGlynn's house. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverarover Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 He’s moving on now because of it though. He's moved for the realisation of a good opportunity of a decent building process at a club with far more fans and scope for improvement. That and he was fired under a bus by a fuckw#t chairman. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ding Dang Doo Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 I was thinking similar. Given what's gone before, if the new chairman fails to persuade the manager not to leave for a team in League One (given he clearly wants McGlynn to stay), is his position already untenable? But he's not really the chairman. Sim might not be it on paper but he's still the one in charge. Whatever your thoughts on McGlynn are, the fact it's come down to this is an absolute shambles. It also will suggest that the club have zero plans for in place for any replacement. If the board wanted him to stay then why not offer a contract ages ago. Another example of sheer incompetence by a group on individuals who quite clearly don't have a bloody clue what they are doing.There's been no mention of Paul Smith yet and nothing to suggest he will go as well. However if he did then surely that would make our Chief Executive's position untenable as well given there is no way she wouldn't have known what was happening. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nairney Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Seems like either a) The Rovers board / Sim decided that results from January onwards didn’t warrant a new deal and they wouldn’t be offering one. Which some would argue is a fair decision. However, if they failed to communicate that to McGlynn, players and fans, in a timely manner, then they are incompetent idiots who shouldn’t be running a bath never mind a football club. or b) The Rovers board / Sim decided that they’d be happy to offer McGlynn a new deal. Which some would argue is a fair decision. However, if they took the attitude that he’s a Rovers man and should be eternally grateful, for whatever they eventually deign to offer him, then they are incompetent idiots who shouldn’t be running a bath never mind a football club 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverarover Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Oaft, what a day. Just catching up on this. Not a done deal yet but looking very likely. Based on the 2nd half of our season, McGlynn is taking a big risk moving to Falkirk. His signings are not always great and I would imagine that if he doesn't get off to a good start he will not get the same time from the Falkirk fans as he got here to build his squad. Yes we have played some nice football and he has moved the club on from the Barry Smith era but we have just shitfested our way to 3 wins in 20 games playing some really shite stuff. We also made the worst 2 signings in Scottish football history this season in Goodwillie and Keatings. I would be reluctant for us to offer a big wage increase and a 3 year deal to him so if Falkirk are then fair fucks. The fact that no club higher than us is interested speaks volumes. Falkirk taking a risk here too, we had a five year plan for premier league football too and we are nowhere near it. They key now is how we replace. McPake would be a disaster, he isn't what we are looking for. I think it needs to be a relatively new manager with good Rovers connections/ history. Someone with an affinity with the fans. Prime candidate in my head would be someone like Laurie Ellis or Danny Lennon. Maybe doesn't create a huge amount of excitement but would much prefer this to some fucking jobber that has been around the houses with no Rovers connection at all. Never a dull moment doon the old san starko. To those suggestions, no and eh no. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith Against The Machine Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Falkirk are a total basket case. That's not a dig or a wind up, it's an empirical fact. They've gone through multiple managers and backroom staff at a rate of knots and seemingly decent players turn up at the Falkirk Stadium and turn to shit. And that's before we take into account the fact that they're in the division below us, one that's going to be full of very competitive teams next year. Now let's also think about how, birthday caird pish aside, John McGlynn is clearly minded towards the Rovers. We know that because he left a decent gig at Celtic to come back last time. With all of that in mind, if he chooses to leave the Rovers to go to Falkirk, just what does that say about the absolute nick that the club must be in? When John McGlynn, a man who has fixed the plumbing at Stark's Park before, is walking away because he thinks the situation is too disfunctional, the whole thing really might well be fucked. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specky Ginger Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 15 minutes ago, Michael W said: The Courier article was also written by Darren Johnstone, who wrote the one posted on here earlier. To be negotiating into the evening on a Bank Holiday Monday to try and stop the manager leaving for a club in the league below is nothing short of humiliating. Was it not the May Bank Holiday Monday that our previous CEO was spotted lording it up, on a freebie, in among all the Dundee United directors at a game, days before they swooped for McKinnon? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 14 minutes ago, Against The Machine said: I was thinking similar. Given what's gone before, if the new chairman fails to persuade the manager not to leave for a team in League One (given he clearly wants McGlynn to stay), is his position already untenable? A great start to the new era, isn't it? A month in and already there's an almighty cock up. It's their own fault for leaving it too late - If they were serious about keeping McGlynn, they ought to have been having these talks months ago. Unless they genuinely thought there was no way he'd go anywhere else, which really backs up everything we think about the board. It just strengthens my view that we have to start getting some of them out, they're hopeless. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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