grumswall Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 2 hours ago, JaketheSnake said: Hopefully he doesn't Why's that? Hard to get a better player at this level that can do the role he does. 1 minute ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: He's fine getting up the park. give him the ball and he stalls, I don't know if it's instructions or he gets a nose bleed, either way it's frustrating to watch. We weren't creating the space for him to whip them across tonight. It's one of his poorer games in recent times but he will be absolutely shattered having just become a father on Thursday iirc. I hated him the first few games and after the Inverness shambles but he's definitely a good signing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, grumswall said: he will be absolutely shattered having just become a father on Thursday f**k off, his partner did all the work, he may be fatigued if she let go of the gas and air and he swiped a couple of snorts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Build the team around Scott Brown please Murray. Great player, can't believe he was jobbing around League 1 with Peterhead ffs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumswall Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 5 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: f**k off, his partner did all the work, he may be fatigued if she let go of the gas and air and he swiped a couple of snorts. Don't underestimate how hard it is to get that off of someone in that position! Or how good it is... 1 minute ago, CALDERON said: Build the team around Scott Brown please Murray. Great player, can't believe he was jobbing around League 1 with Peterhead ffs. 100% this. we haven't actually missed Matthews this season just due to how fucking good brown is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 1 minute ago, grumswall said: Don't underestimate how hard it is to get that off of someone in that position! Or how good it is... Trust me, I tried, It didn't go down too well suggesting she was just being selfish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumswall Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 23 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: Trust me, I tried, It didn't go down too well suggesting she was just being selfish. Aye I can't say I actually managed to get it off her either in fairness. Didn't help that her mum was in the room either 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 13 hours ago, GhostZapper said: I guess we finally know the cost to the club of ending the DG saga. The club accounts filed with companies house earlier this week detail a provision of just over £100k taken in respect to the termination of a player's employment.... Does that include the amount paid to Clyde, and the wages paid to Goodwillie while he was at the club? So much money to then cause so much grief. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, Grant228 said: Does that include the amount paid to Clyde, and the wages paid to Goodwillie while he was at the club? So much money to then cause so much grief. During lockdown everyone made impulse buys, for some it was easy to justify upgrading your power tool collection. At least that Dremel would become useful sometime, alas... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Grant228 said: Does that include the amount paid to Clyde, and the wages paid to Goodwillie while he was at the club? So much money to then cause so much grief. I doubt it. The way it’s phrased is that is the termination payment, so he likely got his wages until then and Clyde got their cash too. Edited February 25, 2023 by TxRover 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 5 hours ago, pantene proV said: Got up the park pretty well I thought, especially to pick out Easton in the box 2nd half. Best outfield player for my money. I also thought he was good last night. The progress he's made this season has been a real bonus and he's made a good few of us, including myself, look foolish. After being raging that Murray offered him a two year deal it now looks a very good piece of business. 5 hours ago, CALDERON said: Build the team around Scott Brown please Murray. Great player, can't believe he was jobbing around League 1 with Peterhead ffs. Agree with this too. A great player and great captain. The other outfield player who impressed last night was Nolan. He's really stepped up since he got back in the team and looks worth a new deal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 Agree with what folk are saying here. I don’t think the squad is far away from a challenge at the top end. If we can keep the core of the squad and add a few bits of quality here and there I think we’d have a chance. Fully understand that about half the league will be saying the same thing, however. Keeping Connolly, Spencer, Nolan, Lang and probably Dick would just about do me, although of conscious of the fact that those 5 coupled with the already contracted Millen, Gullan, Brown, Vaughan, Ethan Ross, Easton, Stanton and Matthews is basically the exact same team that just draws every single week just now, so maybe not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrush1471 Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said: Agree with what folk are saying here. I don’t think the squad is far away from a challenge at the top end. If we can keep the core of the squad and add a few bits of quality here and there I think we’d have a chance. Fully understand that about half the league will be saying the same thing, however. Keeping Connolly, Spencer, Nolan, Lang and probably Dick would just about do me, although of conscious of the fact that those 5 coupled with the already contracted Millen, Gullan, Brown, Vaughan, Ethan Ross, Easton, Stanton and Matthews is basically the exact same team that just draws every single week just now, so maybe not. A fit Ross as an option off the bench is better than anything we've been bringing on to be fair... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 Just now, Chrisrush1471 said: A fit Ross as an option off the bench is better than anything we've been bringing on to be fair... Seems to have been out injured forever and was woefully out of form prior to that - probably due to playing with an injury. I’d love to see a fit and flying Ethan Ross again but I fear it won’t happen until next season, if at all. I dread to think the wage he’s on, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilted John Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I think we played really well last night, the only issue came in the final third with a number of bad decisions and woeful shots. The elephant in the room for me is that we don’t seem to be any further forward with our striking options. Isma looks miles off it, Akio is a buzz bomb but without any real quality and to top it off, I’m hearing Gullan is out for the season. I’m not sure how far away Vaughan is but our front line certainly hasn’t been strengthened like it needed to be. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specky Ginger Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 5 hours ago, Grant228 said: Does that include the amount paid to Clyde, and the wages paid to Goodwillie while he was at the club? So much money to then cause so much grief. Not that it makes good reading whichever way you spin it, but that £105,000 termination figure probably includes James Keatings as well as Goodwillie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 50 minutes ago, Jilted John said: I think we played really well last night, the only issue came in the final third with a number of bad decisions and woeful shots. The elephant in the room for me is that we don’t seem to be any further forward with our striking options. Isma looks miles off it, Akio is a buzz bomb but without any real quality and to top it off, I’m hearing Gullan is out for the season. I’m not sure how far away Vaughan is but our front line certainly hasn’t been strengthened like it needed to be. It certainly sounded from Murray's pre-match interview that Gullan was going to need to see a specialist so I'm not expecting him back soon. Vaughan doesn't sound too far away and would hope he's back in a couple of weeks at most. The problem with him is you would be foolish to think he will stay injury free for the rest of the season. Which leaves us relying on Akio and Isma more than we would like. You can see Isma has quality in his locker but he just doesn't offer the running of Gullan or Akio so we need to change our style of play a bit to get the best out of him. His woeful decision making last night didn't do him any favours either. Akio is the opposite. Plenty of running and willingness but very raw with not a lot of obvious quality. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 46 minutes ago, Specky Ginger said: Not that it makes good reading whichever way you spin it, but that £105,000 termination figure probably includes James Keatings as well as Goodwillie. It's headed up as a provision so is dealing with costs not incurred at the balance sheet date. I would've thought that Keatings would've been dealt with by then. It's painful either way, really. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 18 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said: It's headed up as a provision so is dealing with costs not incurred at the balance sheet date. I would've thought that Keatings would've been dealt with by then. It's painful either way, really. This is right. Keatings had already gone and Goodwillie's departure was in the current financial year, so it's him alone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 7 hours ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: During lockdown everyone made impulse buys, for some it was easy to justify upgrading your power tool collection. At least that Dremel would become useful sometime, alas... Was on the group chat this week, lads talking about the perfect draft machines they bought for a ton and have barely been looked at since. Raith would've been better just buying a thousand of this and having them on every second seat IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanStarko Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ro Sham Bo said: Which leaves us relying on Akio and Isma more than we would like. You can see Isma has quality in his locker but he just doesn't offer the running of Gullan or Akio so we need to change our style of play a bit to get the best out of him. His woeful decision making last night didn't do him any favours either. Akio is the opposite. Plenty of running and willingness but very raw with not a lot of obvious quality. I'm thinking, hoping, that we might do better flipping it around from last night. Start games with Isma, then bring Akio on in the second half when his running can cause problems for tired defenders. The problem with Akio, which was very evident last night, is that he seems to have zero concept of how or when to make a run and how to create space for others. Which is kinda worrying for a professional footballer, and it was it was just making it far harder for us to break down Ayr because he just seemed to be either standing beside his marker or running after the ball but only after the pass had already been made. Isma doesn't have much running in him and doesn't seem very match fit either, but he's got the knowhow to cause defenders issues and make them have to think about what he's going to do. So you have him on from the start to cause the opposition defence to have to work a bit, then bring Akio on and have him run himself into the ground for 30-35 minutes against tired defenders. Edited February 25, 2023 by SanStarko 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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