RiG Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 I do agree that we can't keep giving out contracts to guys who are injured more often than not but given our location and the wages we offer signing guys with a chequered injury history is the bargain basement we often need to dip into. At least Doran and Welsh have been available to play more often than someone like Toshney. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 I'd rather we offered slightly less wages to two players who aren't going to be sat in the stand most of the season. It doesn't even have to be that much less. Doran and Welsh will be on good wages. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 Genuinely curious as to how much someone like Doran would be on (relative to the rest of the squad), especially after so many injuries etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB1994 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 (edited) I don’t think Doran will be on as much as people imagine. It won’t be buttons but I reckon it would be an average wage for the championship. He’s very settled up here, won’t be short of cash from previous contracts plus his partners family are pretty well off. I’d like to think we offered him something where we know full well he could get more money elsewhere but if he doesn’t want to uproot the family he will take it but if he wants to earn more then off you go. All pure guesswork on my part so I could be well off. Also wouldn’t be surprised if Gardiner has given him wages to still be the highest paid player. Edited October 22, 2023 by PB1994 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 19 minutes ago, PB1994 said: I don’t think Doran will be on as much as people imagine. It won’t be buttons but I reckon it would be an average wage for the championship. He’s very settled up here, won’t be short of cash from previous contracts plus his partners family are pretty well off. I’d like to think we offered him something where we know full well he could get more money elsewhere but if he doesn’t want to uproot the family he will take it but if he wants to earn more then off you go. All pure guesswork on my part so I could be well off. Also wouldn’t be surprised if Gardiner has given him wages to still be the highest paid player. Aye I know his Mrs has a salon/barbers in Aviemore as my exes pal used to work for her so they must be doing alright. I’d imagine he’s on a decent enough wage that Brora* haven’t tempted him quite full time football. *Other loaded highland league clubs are available 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB1994 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 1 minute ago, Central Belt Caley said: Aye I know his Mrs has a salon/barbers in Aviemore as my exes pal used to work for her so they must be doing alright. I’d imagine he’s on a decent enough wage that Brora* haven’t tempted him quite full time football. *Other loaded highland league clubs are available Her father owns the only taxi company down there too so he will have made a mint from that. That is a good point about the highland league though. Maybe he still thinks he’s better than that. I don’t really know what would be classed as a good wage for the championship? 1k a week maybe? If he’s on any more than £600/£700 then he should be gone, if those figures are about right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 11 hours ago, TheScarf said: I'd rather we offered slightly less wages to two players who aren't going to be sat in the stand most of the season. It doesn't even have to be that much less. Doran and Welsh will be on good wages. Welsh maybe but I can't imagine Doran will be on much these days. A few hundred maybe? I guess you can argue that's still too much given how little we seem to see of him these days. I was very surprised when he was given a new contract. I suspect as soon as Welsh can find someone down in the central belt willing to offer him a decent deal he'll be off as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, RiG said: Welsh maybe but I can't imagine Doran will be on much these days. A few hundred maybe? I guess you can argue that's still too much given how little we seem to see of him these days. I was very surprised when he was given a new contract. I suspect as soon as Welsh can find someone down in the central belt willing to offer him a decent deal he'll be off as well. Welsh screams Spartans or Edinburgh City, given he's a gadgie. As for Doran, as @Central Belt Caley says, you'd have to imagine his next club is Brora or Elgin. We'll always be shopping in the bargain basement as long as we're in the Championship, and I know we can only attract 2 categories of player; sicknotes and young lads from England who don't have wives/families so don't mind upping sticks for a few years. Ironically, a lot of them settle here and get married/start families (Draper, McKay, Doran, Tremarco, Carson off the top of my head, I'm certain there's more that I can't think of.) That however, doesn't mean we need to keep offering 2 of our 3 sicknotes (the other being MacGregor) new deals all the time. Losses, and they are losses, need to be cut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 JFC I forgot about Roddy MacGregor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDog Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 Difference between Doran and Welsh for me is Welsh is still a top player. Maybe with this latest injury and his age, that could change 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBeastie Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 On 20/10/2023 at 12:40, Central Belt Caley said: Surprised CTO is still going tbh, looks to have very little users. Had a wee look for some stats on how many minutes Doran’s actually played and found the below It’s from https://fbref.com/en/players/edb7a79f/Aaron-Doran so not sure how accurate it is. We’ve barely managed much use out of him and he doesn’t contribute much either. Unless he’s on buttons (he won’t be) he should’ve been out the door a while ago. I think this is league games (I could be wrong) but it's certainly a lot more games than I thought he had played in the last two seasons gone. Although as has been mentioned his overall influence in games does seem to be a lot less. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Been told JET is away and won't be offered a deal and Ferguson is keen to work with Lodovica and improve him, so I am firmly #FergusonOut imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffa Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, TheScarf said: Been told JET is away and won't be offered a deal and Ferguson is keen to work with Lodovica and improve him, so I am firmly #FergusonOut imo. First the North of Scotland cup semi final defeat and now this Edited October 25, 2023 by Jaffa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBeastie Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 8 hours ago, TheScarf said: Been told JET is away and won't be offered a deal and Ferguson is keen to work with Lodovica and improve him, so I am firmly #FergusonOut imo. If he was good enough I'm sure he'd have a club already. I've faith in the manager on this decision. F**k 'im! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 If there's one thing that Ferguson should be able to do it's coach a targetman striker. Sadly I feel Lodovica may be even beyond help here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 1 minute ago, ICTChris said: If there's one thing that Ferguson should be able to do it's coach a targetman striker. Sadly I feel Lodovica may be even beyond help here. Yeah he's absolutely bum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ott Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Cillian Sheridan anyone? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 8 hours ago, Ott said: Cillian Sheridan anyone? You'd be netter off signing Tommy Sheridan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 15 hours ago, Ott said: Cillian Sheridan anyone? My word! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Steve Clark wae a mullet 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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