Walking Down The Halbeath Road

[HoBNob]

Getting told remotely isn't a massive issue, especially if it saves a player travelling a good distance. However if you are doing it remotely it needs to be via a phonecall at the very least surely? 

[Stellaboz]

2 minutes ago, DA Baracus said:

 

One person spouting pish on a forum is not a credible source. 

 

Sadly this is forgotten all too often. 

[CallumPar]

10 minutes ago, The Toun Clock said:

Rumours circulating on dotnet and which ended up in various group chats is that Dan Pybus was told we’re not taking the option of another year via text. I’m sure we had that issue when we let 16 go once the pandemic began, we want to attract good players to the club but it sounds like we’re a bit of a shite bunch to deal with. Again, all just rumours at the moment but I wouldn’t be surprised. Could we not have been a bit more professional and spoke to these guys face to face or is a text message making you jobless okay because it’s football?

All the ‘in the know’ guys were reporting that the players all had meetings at the club a couple of weeks ago. Now they’re reporting that the players haven’t had any face-to-face contact. Sorry, but the stories aren’t adding up.

I don’t know what’s true, but if they were only told by text, it’s quite poor. It seems more likely this was the club’s way of providing written confirmation that the contract wasn’t being renewed, but I could be totally wrong.

[Moleman]

Looks like they were all forewarned in meetings at the end of the season and have had written (Text, Email, doesn't matter) confirmation yesterday. A far cry from just a text telling them to piss off - which a number of them deserved to be fair

[CallumPar]

15 minutes ago, Grant228 said:

Getting told remotely isn't a massive issue, especially if it saves a player travelling a good distance. However if you are doing it remotely it needs to be via a phonecall at the very least surely? 

With Pybus, didn’t he have an extra year option? Maybe in those situations there needs to be some sort of written confirmation that we are/aren’t taking that option up? Again, this is just speculation, but seems logical to me. Can’t understand why the written confirmation is a text, but it seems to be how things are done in football.

[Shandon Par]

A written apology from Peter, Yogi, The board and the players to all the fans is probably more in order. 

[da_no_1]

Blatantly copied from .nut - seems like a bit of a non-story to be fair.

"I believe it is kind of the norm in football. Doesn’t make it right or wrong, but it’s not just us that do this. Also don’t think what’s being reported here is quite the full story. All players out of contract were called into one-to-one meetings 2 weeks ago and were told it was unlikely they would get new deals, as we were going to get rid of Hughes and weren’t even sure we’d have a new manager in to make any decisions on players before their contract was up. At this point, a lot of people with ‘sources’ on here were reporting Hughes was away.

I believe they sent confirmations by text yesterday. Which, although not ideal, is fairly standard as a lot of players are on holiday at this time and there have been complaints in the past when players have been asked to come in when they’re supposed to be off - particularly just to be told their contract isn’t being renewed. Can’t win, can you?

Its not really comparable to a redundancy. It’s the end of someone’s contract. They’ve been free to talk to other clubs for around 6 months, were told 2 weeks ago it was unlikely to be renewed and people like written confirmation of things these days.

As I say, in an ideal world, everyone would probably have received a more professional message - phone call, meeting etc. But we are far from the only club that operate like this. I also believe that some players were told that if they don’t have a club by pre-season, they can come along and try to win a contract from the new manager. This was also mentioned in the meetings."

[DA Baracus]

Why can't a text message be professional?

Anyway, far, far too much credence is being given to a random person claiming to 'know' shit.

We should be focusing on the fact that it looks like a clear out has begun, and hopefully many, many more are to follow.

[smpar]

It’s promising that players like Pybus are being punted. As he was seen as one of the ‘better’ players last season, hopefully this means it’s the start of the clear-out we’ve been dreaming of.

[Shandon Par]

McPake said he’d spent Sat-Mon watching footage 

[Raith Against The Machine]

25 minutes ago, Shandön Par said:

McPake said he’d spent Sat-Mon watching footage 

Do you think it had the ParsTV commentary on it? He might need a welfare check. 

[HoBNob]

29 minutes ago, Shandön Par said:

McPake said he’d spent Sat-Mon watching footage 

Where did he say that matey? 

[Ludo*1]

Just now, Grant228 said:

Where did he say that matey? 

In the YT video interview your club posted. 

[Raith_Raver]

2 hours ago, Shandön Par said:

McPake said he’d spent Sat-Mon watching footage 

By McPake's footballing insights he'd be impressed..

[Shandon Par]

2 hours ago, Against The Machine said:

Do you think it had the ParsTV commentary on it? He might need a welfare check. 

Exactly. Poor lad now signed off on the sick for the next 18 months.

[DAFC.]

McPake will have done his homework on this squad before the weekend as well. He's also came up against these players a fair few times. It is naive to suggest he needs all summer to assess these guys and who he wants in the squad. Work will be well under way. I'd be shocked if any the players out of contract were given terms. Hopefully try and move on some of the dead wood as well, especially Joe Fucking Chalmers, the haddie he is. 

[DAFC.]

Our best player of the past few years patching us to sign for Queen's Park, eh? Bit of a minter that one. 

[Chubbychops]

Number one aim is get Chalmers out. 

Terrified he gets hurt in a challenge. Never seen such a shite bag of a player. He doesn't defend and he doesn't attack. Wee short passes is the limit. Just one of those players you really wish they weren't at your club. I know exactly why the Ayr fans were celebrating when thick Yogi paid a fee for him.

His standout moment of his time here is his OG against QOS.

Edited May 27, 2022 by Chubbychops

[Brashy's Boots]

Our best player of the past few years patching us to sign for Queen's Park, eh? Bit of a minter that one. 

Not sure how signing for a club in the league above is a minter tbh.

[DAFC.]

5 minutes ago, Brashy's Boots said:

13 minutes ago, DAFC. said:

Our best player of the past few years patching us to sign for Queen's Park, eh? Bit of a minter that one. 

Not sure how signing for a club in the league above is a minter tbh.

More the fact we have had this guy, and should have been challenging at the top of the league (that's his calibre, anyway), and we've actually ended up relegated and losing him to Queen's Park (who can probably afford higher wages now) It is a complete minter.