Swello Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 1 hour ago, one m in Motherwell said: This is daft - how did we manage to get nearly half a million out of the Sligo fiasco? I know some folk aren't arsed about getting into Europe given that we can't really compete at that level - but half a million quid for a total trainwreck will still be multiples of what you get doing group stage LC - and even a small, realistic run and getting murdered in a playoff round would set us up for the season regardless of what else we do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 6 minutes ago, Swello said: I know some folk aren't arsed about getting into Europe given that we can't really compete at that level - but half a million quid for a total trainwreck will still be multiples of what you get doing group stage LC - and even a small, realistic run and getting murdered in a playoff round would set us up for the season regardless of what else we do. To that point, the accounts to May 31st 2021 showed the payment of £775k for the Pandemic season when we were put out by Hapoel in the third Qualifying Round of the Europa: Quote 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapowzer Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 (edited) 34 minutes ago, 'WellDel said: Two big sliding doors moments in our season for sure. Yes, we could have won either/ both of those games and banked considerably more money, but that would have led to either of our previous incumbents remaining in post longer than they did which could quite literally have been catastrophic. It's a sore yin which we will feel financially for a while yet due to missing out and their subsequent pay offs, but in terms of where we are now as Ketts' free scoring fitba gods instead of the early season relegation certainties we surely were, I'll take it. I said before, if we didn't have that cold snap in December the St Mirren game postponed due to burst pipes would have, on form, probably been a loss. As it turned out it was Ketts first and was the start of the revolution. A home defeat against a fellow diddy would have potentially not given Hammy the grace he then got till Raith as you'd have had an extra week of clamouring for his P45. The prize money should have asterisks and footnotes to show how much of it was used as Golden Handshakes to pay off the failure for the 2 respective gaffers. Edited June 4, 2023 by Kapowzer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapowzer Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Every flick, fancy and gallus bit of behaviour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 I'll miss that big sexy b*****d next season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Busta Nut said: I'll miss that big sexy b*****d next season. My only hope now is that it's just a swift exit. Last thing we need is a three month long saga about it. Get us paid. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Great shout 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapowzer Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Cigars Oot? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 2 hours ago, thisGRAEME said: My only hope now is that it's just a swift exit. Last thing we need is a three month long saga about it. Get us paid. Four league games in August gets him up to 15 in a row. Then off he pops. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 (edited) Either Malky Mackay and Jordan White were going to be gutted or Lawless was. It was win-win for me. Edited June 4, 2023 by well fan for life 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazylegsjoe_mfc Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 3 hours ago, thisGRAEME said: My only hope now is that it's just a swift exit. Last thing we need is a three month long saga about it. Get us paid. I definitely see him turning up for pre season two weeks tomorrow and reckon there's a chance that he'll play the first league cup games. I guess a lot of interested teams won't have the onus to have him there by the start of July. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Always weird when you get that slight overlap with players leaving between the season starting and the end of the window. Kipre signing for Wigan then rocking up at Easter Road the next day anyway comes to mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'WellDel Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 18 minutes ago, YassinMoutaouakil said: Always weird when you get that slight overlap with players leaving between the season starting and the end of the window. Kipre signing for Wigan then rocking up at Easter Road the next day anyway comes to mind. It's definitely weirder with players hanging about a bit and returning for pre-season when you know for a fact they'll be gone, with the 'close season' now just akin to us mere mortals having our summer hols for a fortnight rather than the longer break they used to have. In years gone by, KVV would definitely have been a fat cigar in a Vegas casino, waiting on offers kinda guy. Nowadays he'll just be on an Insta post, car-sharing with Bevis to get a Costa on his way back to runs at Dalziel Park hoping his Mr 10% is actually out there earning his corn. I doubt he'll ever kick a ball in earnest for us again though regardless, for fear of some freak injury derailing his departure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil86 Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 What's getting done to the east stand now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 I’d like to get it on the record that regardless of the topic, the silence from the club is deafening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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capt_oats Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 Posted this up in the squad list thread. Some of the contract expiries we know from *the internet* have re-signed but not announced (eg: Ewan Wilson's maw on Twitter) others have popped up on PFA Scotland 's available list (Jake Carroll, Corey O'Donnell) while David Devine has said his goodbyes on Twitter dot com. We also know that Johnston, Cornelius and Casey have been offered new contracts based on what Ketts has said in his pressers. Either way, this is where we stand at the moment - 14 of 18 contracts expire in 2024: Goalkeepers: 1. Liam Kelly (27) - 2024 13. Aston Oxborough (25) - 2024 Defenders: 2. Stephen O'Donnell (31) - 2024 4. Ricki Lamie (29) - 2024 5. Bevis Mugabi (28) - 2024 16. Paul McGinn (32) - 2024 19. Nathan McGinley (26) - 2024 20. Shane Blaney (24) - 2025 66. Calum Butcher (32) - 2024 Midfielders: 6. Barry Maguire (25) - 2024 7. Blair Spittal (27) - 2024 8. Callum Slattery (24) - 2024 26. Ross Tierney (22) - 2025 38. Lennon Miller (16) - 2025 Forwards: 9. Kevin Van Veen (32) - 2024 11. Joe Efford (26) - 2024 14. Riku Danzaki (23) - 2025 29. Connor Shields (25) - 2024 Contracts expired: Jake Carroll - released (?) Logan Dunachie Daniel Hunter Kian Spiers Jack Aitchison Matthew Connelly - re-signed Max Johnston - contract offered Ewan Wilson - re-signed Dan Casey - contract offered Dean Cornelius - contract offered Sean Goss Mikael Mandron David Devine - released Corey O'Donnell - released (?) Harry Paton Loans expired: Stuart McKinstry James Furlong Oli Crankshaw Jon Obika Contracted players released: Josh Morris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 31 minutes ago, Neil86 said: What's getting done to the east stand now? Think they had to remove more seats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blink182 Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 19 minutes ago, Busta Nut said: Think they had to remove more seats From where? Or am I missing a joke somewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 No I think they are doing something to the front of the east stand again. Seats maybe, canny mind now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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