ryanayr1987 Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, UpInTheAyr said: He mentioned McGeady and that he'll talk about him later and then never did. they are def going to try and weather this storm, a big part of that being about the newness of the squad and them gelling together. That’s only part 1 part 2 coming soon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 The main aspect about recruitment is players not being signed that suit what we actually need, and that wasn’t remotely answered. I’m terrified if we don’t get a striker in tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibuya Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Sports scientists, technical directors, video analysts, weekly roundtables with everybody yet we cant work out that McGinty, Reading and McAllister can't beat the press. Geez peace man. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 1 minute ago, ryanayr1987 said: That’s only part 1 part 2 coming soon Thought that would have been covered in the recruitment part though. Not sure what part two will be about now since they are grouping them into categories. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Shibuya said: Sports scientists, technical directors, video analysts, weekly roundtables with everybody yet we cant work out that McGinty, Reading and McAllister can't beat the press. Geez peace man. But Reading and McCalister looked good against Alloa! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 1 minute ago, itzdrk said: But Reading and McCalister looked good against Alloa! That’s ok they will do well in league one next season 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, UpInTheAyr said: Thought that would have been covered in the recruitment part though. Not sure what part two will be about now since they are grouping them into categories. Guess there’s maybe a question specifically about mcgeady in another section?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFC19100 Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Don’t understand why part 2 isn’t uploaded at the same time? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibuya Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 (edited) Another thing, he talks a lot about keeping consistency within the squad, which I totally understand. However, is there any point banging that drum when the kind consistency you're referring to takes the shape of multi-year contract extensions for McKenzie, McGinty, Ashford, Hewitt etc? I think I am being fair when I say that 3/4 of those guys wouldn't get another club in the division trying to sign them. McGinty is probably the only one who can play at this level but nobody's banging on the door trying to buy him. I suppose I should add that re-upping Albinson was a good bit of business. Edited September 10, 2023 by Shibuya 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryMc93 Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Interview probably had more openness than I expected. Realistically he can't throw the manager or individuals under a bus when the squad is already low on confidence but he made some attempt to answer most things so it'll come down to whether or not people agree or at least accept the answers given from Mathie's POV. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rb123 Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 1 hour ago, D'Jaffo said: Can’t be fucked watching. Someone give me a run down when they get the chance. We made approaches/offers to multiple experienced Scottish players but they went elsewhere due to money, he said that basically all the experience Scottish players that have signed for Dundee United and Raith this summer we enquired for at least if not made offers too Weren't expecting as big a turnover of players this summer and knew we were never going to get 1 signing to replace Dipo so tried to get players such as McGeady and Murphy who would help spread the goal amount over multiple people Were looking at fullbacks at beginning of season but seem to decide to stick with them after having decent summer, couldn't review it at end of window due to using all remaining funds on new midfield. Pendlebury left due to home sickness Was asked about singing another striker but never answered it Bullen ain't going anywhere anytime soon as Mathie says a knee jerk reaction sacking isn't going to miraculously turn results around in his belief Discussions have took place about a training ground at potentially old depot site behind Railway end but don't think that location will happen as Smith mentioned in summer it's owned by foreign company. Mathie says other sites are currently being scoped out Working with Ayrshire College about doing a mural for the wall on Somerset Road May be a slight chance of having North terrace open towards end of season but pretty unlikely due to council red tape with safety certificates etc There's other infrastructure projects in the pipeline that they hope to have news to announce on in the short term future 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Sounds like there is some interest in the land behind the railway end but don’t want to comment any further at this time. who is it that owns that again? Kirkland? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share Posted September 10, 2023 Just now, ryanayr1987 said: Sounds like there is some interest in the land behind the railway end but don’t want to comment any further at this time. who is it that owns that again? Kirkland? German company who have placed a huge valuation on it. Kirkland had the car park once upon a time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonGuy7991 Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 13 minutes ago, Shibuya said: Another thing, he talks a lot about keeping consistency within the squad, which I totally understand. However, is there any point banging that drum when the kind consistency you're referring to takes the shape of multi-year contract extensions for McKenzie, McGinty, Ashford, Hewitt etc? I think I am being fair when I say that 3/4 of those guys wouldn't get another club in the division trying to sign them. McGinty is probably the only one who can play at this level but nobody's banging on the door trying to buy him. I suppose I should add that re-upping Albinson was a good bit of business. McGinty had a very good offer to leave Scotland last January and leveraged it to stay and get a better deal here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Odd that he completely ignored the striker question both times it was asked. Don't see the harm in saying either no it's not a position we are looking at or it is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibuya Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, AnonGuy7991 said: McGinty had a very good offer to leave Scotland last January and leveraged it to stay and get a better deal here. Fair enough. He's done us there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 On the recruitment, he said they weren’t expecting as big a turnaround. He then said McAdams and Mullen had signalled early they were leaving and Dipo wanted to leave. We chose to free several players and moved on O’Conner, Ashford and JML after that. So we sold/freed loads of players but didn’t expect such a turnaround… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Realistically he can't (and shouldn't) come out and criticise anyone the club still employs, so this sort of thing is only ever going to get to a certain point. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibuya Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Iain said: Realistically he can't (and shouldn't) come out and criticise anyone the club still employs, so this sort of thing is only ever going to get to a certain point. Absolutely. You only ever see it with headcase owners like Romanov. I still think we need a much improved performance on Friday to ease us through this period. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Terrace Gazza Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Jesus that was a hard listen. The man should be a politician he is very good at waffling on without giving a straight answer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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