Passionate Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 1 hour ago, Brashy's Boots said: Now that he's away, I wonder what Ian Murray REALLY thought of the recruitment strategy and Potter's day to day involvement. In interviews he always said it worked well but somehow I didn't believe him. He had the new system thrust upon him at takeover and I always wondered if he was tolerating it, rather than endorsing it. If I was in the running for the job, as an applicant or on the BoD preferred list, I'd be giving Murray a call, although he'll almost certainly be covered by a confidentiality agreement. There are ways and means to get the info you need though, without breaching such an agreement. Murray had the same situation initially at Airdrie, when Stuart Millar came in as DOF, Millar was in charge of signings when we got Thomas Robert, Harlain Mbayo and Eoighan Stokes(sic). It wasn't really working and you could tell either Murray wasn't trusted or frustrated wannabe DOF, when Millar went, Murray went from strength to strength and got us to the playoffs final, maybe it is just coincidence though.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raith1974 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 I certainly think recruitment is a team game. Murray identifying and Potter doing the contract negotiations. Fordyce is an example, identified as leaving Airdrie, Murray wanting him and Potter getting the deal done. Your also not telling me Murray didn't want Hanlon or Stevenson. Hamilton is also a player Murray wanted prior to him going down south and that was with the old board. I don't buy into the Murray wasn't happy. Instead of looking for reasons to criticise we need to get behind the club, board and hope they get someone decent in shortly with 2 or 3 players to follow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers_Lad Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 19 minutes ago, raith1974 said: I certainly think recruitment is a team game. Murray identifying and Potter doing the contract negotiations. Fordyce is an example, identified as leaving Airdrie, Murray wanting him and Potter getting the deal done. Your also not telling me Murray didn't want Hanlon or Stevenson. Hamilton is also a player Murray wanted prior to him going down south and that was with the old board. I don't buy into the Murray wasn't happy. Instead of looking for reasons to criticise we need to get behind the club, board and hope they get someone decent in shortly with 2 or 3 players to follow. This 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers_Lad Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 12 hours ago, raith1974 said: I was always told growing up, you play to the whistle. Byrne in his eyes maybe was fouled but he handled it in the box so gave the ref an easy decision. Should he have seen red I'm not so sure. Having played the game it ain,t as straight forward as that..Its like someone saying a player shouldn,t have made that tackle knowing he was already on a booking 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brashy's Boots Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 54 minutes ago, raith1974 said: I certainly think recruitment is a team game. Murray identifying and Potter doing the contract negotiations. Fordyce is an example, identified as leaving Airdrie, Murray wanting him and Potter getting the deal done. Your also not telling me Murray didn't want Hanlon or Stevenson. Hamilton is also a player Murray wanted prior to him going down south and that was with the old board. I don't buy into the Murray wasn't happy. Instead of looking for reasons to criticise we need to get behind the club, board and hope they get someone decent in shortly with 2 or 3 players to follow. Yes, you're right. I'm not telling you he didn't want Hanlon and Stevenson. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Talking of Stevenson, based on yesterday's performance he's the best right back at the club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantene proV Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Stevenson was completely hopeless at right back. I'd rather Freeman played there, and I've never seen Freeman play yet! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Some wild takes on this thread. Raith being a bigger club than Lifield though takes the biscuit 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICMAC Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 8 hours ago, Varna Rover said: i have no doub their is some managers from the lower European leqgus that could do a decent job for us and that would jump at the chance We haven't got 3 months to wait for them to get a work permit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 12 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said: Some wild takes on this thread. Raith being a bigger club than Lifield though takes the biscuit Where's that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specky Ginger Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 23 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said: Some wild takes on this thread. Raith being a bigger club than Lifield though takes the biscuit It's not so much a case of bigger club, but as the guy who wrote the piece in the Belfast Telegraph states, Healy has an opportunity to take Rovers up into a league that is far bigger than the league Linfield play in. Not a direct comparison, but similar vein - Celtic are generally deemed to be a bigger club than Brighton, but their best player from last season wanted to move to Brighton as it gives him an opportunity to play on a much bigger stage than the Scottish Premiership. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Jack D Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 7 hours ago, Thereisalight.. said: Some wild takes on this thread. Raith being a bigger club than Lifield though takes the biscuit Talk about wild takes... Think you need to read through the thread again carefully chap. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirJimmyofNic Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Aye Linfield is a bigger club right enough an average attendance of just over 2k, playing at the national stadium, a bit like QP at Hampden with 900, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 11 hours ago, raith1974 said: I certainly think recruitment is a team game. Murray identifying and Potter doing the contract negotiations. Hmm, depends. Ask yourself why Gibson has started the last two games since Murray got punted and prior to that barely got a look in 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 9 hours ago, Thereisalight.. said: Some wild takes on this thread. Raith being a bigger club than Lifield though takes the biscuit If you're basing club size on trophies won then by rights East Fife are a far bigger club than most teams in Scotland. Yours and mine included. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Sandy Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 (edited) 12 hours ago, pantene proV said: Stevenson was completely hopeless at right back. I'd rather Freeman played there, and I've never seen Freeman play yet! so let me get this right.....you HAVE NEVER SEEN FREEMAN PLAY?.... BUT you would play him at right back ahead of Stevenson,,,,,,,,wow.. .STRANGE LOGIC FRIEND!! Edited August 26 by Wee Sandy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryBumpkin Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 9 minutes ago, Wee Sandy said: so let me get this right.....you HAVE NEVER SEEN FREEMAN PLAY?.... BUT you would play him at right back ahead of Stevenson,,,,,,,,wow.. .STRANGE LOGIC FRIEND!! Stevenson isn't a right back, so playing an actual right back there isn't strange logic at all. I'd prefer Stevenson on the left and Freeman on the right, we have no real other options with Byrne suspended. I don't quite understand your usage of capital letters or the comma. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirJimmyofNic Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Speaking of Freeman is he injured or just deemed not good enough?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Soze Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 4 minutes ago, SirJimmyofNic said: Speaking of Freeman is he injured or just deemed not good enough?? Think Potter mentioned an injury to the sole of his foot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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