D.A.F.C Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) It's frustrating to think that full time looks like being more of a hindrance than a help to us. Last season we managed to turn part time players in the team of the year into failures despite upping the training. We also looked like conceding at every set play and looked clueless in attacking ones. So apart from poor training, tactics, conditioning and strength, set plays and mental toughness and not being able to attract decent professionals despite making more money than rivals full time was definitely worth it. Why can't we offer part time players better wages than Forfar or Stranraer and half the championship sides? We're certainly getting more income. Is there any real need for players doing well training part time to change? Edited June 18, 2015 by D.A.F.C -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Why can't we offer part time players better wages than Forfar or Stranraer and half the championship sides? We're certainly getting more income. Is there any real need for players doing well training part time to change? See my post above. Say your earning 25k-30k a year outside of football in a steady career, and getting 200 quid a week from one of the part-timers you mentioned. That's surely a better income than the likes of yourselves could offer? Plus a career outside of football is far more stable and lengthy, a lot of players don't want to give that up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Location probably has a lot to do with it too. Gibson and Bell, for example. Even if we offered more pw than Dumbarton or Stranraer it wouldn't be enough to make up for the travel/hassle of getting across the country every day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 It depends on the individual, but I believe full time will help attract players more often than not. For someone like Hopkirk who is still young and hungry to make a career in football giving up working in co-op to get that chance isn't a difficult. For someone who has an established secure career it's a lot more difficult. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Can we not offer the option of full time or part time? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Can we not offer the option of full time or part time? We are, tho it's not ideal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMessiah Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 There's a scary amount of diddy team fans who simply can't resist posting in this thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza81 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 There's a scary amount of diddy team fans who simply can't resist posting in this thread. Aye but to be fair it is a Pars thread so they are entitled to post about their team here. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placidcasual Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 There's a scary amount of diddy team fans who simply can't resist posting in this thread. ^^^ in denial. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Thoughts on this Ben Richards-Everton? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I think we're not winning the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulloch Gorum Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) Thoughts on this Ben Richards-Everton? Not the worst defender we've had in the last few years, but it's a close-run thing. Certainly none of our fans were sad to see the back of him. Prone to panicking when caught in possession, makes some truly spectacular mistakes - this own goal probably the pick of the bunch: Not much of an aerial presence for such a tall guy, and so one-footed that any time the ball comes onto his right he needs to turn around and set himself to play it on his left. Puts me in mind of a baby giraffe on ice at times. That said, he did have two or three very good games for us, and if he's got a solid, level-headed partner at centre half he does much better. Edited June 18, 2015 by Tulloch Gorum 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1971 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) Only played one game for us (the last game of the season against a second choice Motherwell team) and looked a diddy. Clearly thinks he's a bit of a baller but looked cumbersome and very clumsy in possession. Might do OK for a lower league club like Dunfermline though. Edited June 18, 2015 by 1971 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adundeemonkey Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Not the worst defender we've had in the last few years, but it's a close-run thing. Certainly none of our fans were sad to see the back of him. Prone to panicking when caught in possession, makes some truly spectacular mistakes - this own goal probably the pick of the bunch: Not much of an aerial presence for such a tall guy, and so one-footed that any time the ball comes onto his right he needs to turn around and set himself to play it on his left. Puts me in mind of a baby giraffe on ice at times. That said, he did have two or three very good games for us, and if he's got a solid, level-headed partner at centre half he does much better. Were all those games against us? I remember him bossing the match at East End in the second game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Hopefully we're building a deeply violent defence that will kick f**k out of other teams. Richards-Everton looks pretty tough, so he could fit in to this new philosophy pretty easily. If anything it will be funny seeing horror tackles and face kickings on a regular basis, and the sheer anger and comical fuming of other team's fans will be highly amusing, culminating in a 0-3 win at Central Park that see Talbot actually kick someone's head off, Richards-Everton cripple someone so bad that they need a leg amputated and Falkingham diving 10 times and winning a penalty that he scores. The Cowden fans would be pretty upset about the first two, but would be apoplectic with rage over the Falkingham stuff. They'd probably riot and go looting down Cowdenbeath market on a Thursday, coming home with huge packs of meat and dodgy DVDs under their arms. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_no_1 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Hopefully we're building a deeply violent defence that will kick f**k out of other teams. Richards-Everton looks pretty tough, so he could fit in to this new philosophy pretty easily. If anything it will be funny seeing horror tackles and face kickings on a regular basis, and the sheer anger and comical fuming of other team's fans will be highly amusing, culminating in a 0-3 win at Central Park that see Talbot actually kick someone's head off, Richards-Everton cripple someone so bad that they need a leg amputated and Falkingham diving 10 times and winning a penalty that he scores. The Cowden fans would be pretty upset about the first two, but would be apoplectic with rage over the Falkingham stuff. They'd probably riot and go looting down Cowdenbeath market on a Thursday, coming home with huge packs of meat and dodgy DVDs under their arms. Comedy gold 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Hopefully we're building a deeply violent defence that will kick f**k out of other teams. Richards-Everton looks pretty tough, so he could fit in to this new philosophy pretty easily. If anything it will be funny seeing horror tackles and face kickings on a regular basis, and the sheer anger and comical fuming of other team's fans will be highly amusing, culminating in a 0-3 win at Central Park that see Talbot actually kick someone's head off, Richards-Everton cripple someone so bad that they need a leg amputated and Falkingham diving 10 times and winning a penalty that he scores. The Cowden fans would be pretty upset about the first two, but would be apoplectic with rage over the Falkingham stuff. They'd probably riot and go looting down Cowdenbeath market on a Thursday, coming home with huge packs of meat and dodgy DVDs under their arms. A bit far-fetched a this point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMessiah Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Aye but to be fair it is a Pars thread so they are entitled to post about their team here. ^^^ in denial. And they come running in as always 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cresto11 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 What would the most Dunfermline could offer at the minute? £500 - £600 per week or more? So any player that can earn 20k or more from a full time job is likely to sign for a Dumbarton/Alloa who are offering decent p/t wages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Unsustainable stuff from Dumbarton. Admin beckons IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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