port-ton Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 18 minutes ago, Neilly said: He can only go for talks when permission is granted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishLoon Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) Whatever has happened or is happening it's important that it's sorted out quickly for sake of the season. We were already playing catch up having to sign 2/3s of a squad as it was so the quicker we have someone 100% committed come in and sort out a competitive team the better. On a positive note I think us having signed more locally should benefit the next manager giving most of them we would of been looking at, whoever the manager was. Edited June 29, 2023 by ScottishLoon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_titz Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 No confidence in the board not to f**k the next appointment up, but f**k me there’s slim pickings surely . To get a new manager in and then for him to assess what’s already been signed & search for the remainder of a squad is an absolute disaster 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loon From Outta Toon Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Realistically what manager would be available to take a punt on? Mcinally is the main stand out, wouldn’t be my preference but probably the main name in the hat. Kevin Thomson? Ian McCall? Allan Johnston? Danny Lennon? Jim McIntyre? Peter Grant? Davie Robertson? Jamie Hamill? Gavin Price? Brian Reid? Owen Coyle? David Hopkin? John Hughes? A list of managers out of contract. A couple would be ambitious in that list & there’s a few I’d definitely want to avoid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_titz Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 56 minutes ago, Loon From Outta Toon said: Realistically what manager would be available to take a punt on? Mcinally is the main stand out, wouldn’t be my preference but probably the main name in the hat. Kevin Thomson? Ian McCall? Allan Johnston? Danny Lennon? Jim McIntyre? Peter Grant? Davie Robertson? Jamie Hamill? Gavin Price? Brian Reid? Owen Coyle? David Hopkin? John Hughes? A list of managers out of contract. A couple would be ambitious in that list & there’s a few I’d definitely want to avoid. Jesus Christ the only ones I’d want in that list are waaaaaaay out of our league 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Loon From Outta Toon said: Realistically what manager would be available to take a punt on? Mcinally is the main stand out, wouldn’t be my preference but probably the main name in the hat. Kevin Thomson? Ian McCall? Allan Johnston? Danny Lennon? Jim McIntyre? Peter Grant? Davie Robertson? Jamie Hamill? Gavin Price? Brian Reid? Owen Coyle? David Hopkin? John Hughes? A list of managers out of contract. A couple would be ambitious in that list & there’s a few I’d definitely want to avoid. You could narrow that particular list down to Gavin Price and maybe Davie Robertson if he’s even still in the country 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loon From Outta Toon Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 21 minutes ago, C_titz said: Jesus Christ the only ones I’d want in that list are waaaaaaay out of our league Thought the same with McKinnon before he got the gig to be fair, why not try to be ambitious! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Before we get into who might come in, what's the position of any players - strikers, obv, - getting signed if we're without a manager or is this the squad we have until a new manager comes in? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loon From Outta Toon Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Just now, Dan Steele said: Before we get into who might come in, what's the position of any players - strikers, obv, - getting signed if we're without a manager or is this the squad we have until a new manager comes in? I’d imagine there would be no more players signing until the new manager is in place. although I’d imagine there will be a couple of trialists on show tomorrow night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_titz Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 24 minutes ago, Loon From Outta Toon said: Thought the same with McKinnon before he got the gig to be fair, why not try to be ambitious! Money probably and lack of 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) Ok, lads had a night sleep on it. At the anger stage now, thank Ray for saving us from Highland league, but you can f**k off you rat arse c**t. Edited June 29, 2023 by SlipperyP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 19 hours ago, Loon From Outta Toon said: I think I’m in the minority here that wouldn’t want Jim Mcinally… Aye I really don't understand the McInally hype. McKinnon was a risk precisely due to the prospect of him leaving in this fashion, but there was no question that he's capable of being a very good lower league manager, despite having had one job that was a total disaster. It's absolutely questionable whether McInally is capable of being a good lower league manager: he's the biggest underachiever in Scottish football. He's had about three good seasons in his entire managerial career and even his title wins came in circumstances where failing to win them would have been a sackable offence. He'll eventually get a team promoted if he has a significant financial advantage over most of the competition but the only genuinely impressive achievement in his career was taking Peterhead into the promotion playoffs in League One, an achievement more than cancelled out by the number of times he bottled something with them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridie Vision Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Dunning1874 said: Aye I really don't understand the McInally hype. McKinnon was a risk precisely due to the prospect of him leaving in this fashion, but there was no question that he's capable of being a very good lower league manager, despite having had one job that was a total disaster. It's absolutely questionable whether McInally is capable of being a good lower league manager: he's the biggest underachiever in Scottish football. He's had about three good seasons in his entire managerial career and even his title wins came in circumstances where failing to win them would have been a sackable offence. He'll eventually get a team promoted if he has a significant financial advantage over most of the competition but the only genuinely impressive achievement in his career was taking Peterhead into the promotion playoffs in League One, an achievement more than cancelled out by the number of times he bottled something with them. I don't think it's necessarily McNally hype. It's just the most realistic option available for us, as he's someone with plenty of experience and would likely accept the offer if the Forfar board approached him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofixedability Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Dunning1874 said: Aye I really don't understand the McInally hype. McKinnon was a risk precisely due to the prospect of him leaving in this fashion, but there was no question that he's capable of being a very good lower league manager, despite having had one job that was a total disaster. It's absolutely questionable whether McInally is capable of being a good lower league manager: he's the biggest underachiever in Scottish football. He's had about three good seasons in his entire managerial career and even his title wins came in circumstances where failing to win them would have been a sackable offence. He'll eventually get a team promoted if he has a significant financial advantage over most of the competition but the only genuinely impressive achievement in his career was taking Peterhead into the promotion playoffs in League One, an achievement more than cancelled out by the number of times he bottled something with them. Understand that. And Morton fans disdain for him, but we are in a bit of a bind here, clearly moving towards a local based approach, clearly a bit hard up and losing manager literally as season is about to start. We have also just risked a couple of new manager appointments that have failed miserably and with the trapdoor looming below us this is no time for another punt. If there are other realistic options hopefully we will investigate, Weir might be better but something went wrong there beyond his accident last time while Price nearly took Elgin down despite having the best striker in the league. Also our Board will, in almost every instance, take the easy option. Of course McInally may not fancy the job at all.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Jim McInally appears to have reached the Jim Duffy part of his career where fans think he's a good experienced option before coming to the conclusion 6 months later that he's a dinosaur with a shit brand of football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BridiesHereBridiesThere Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, Loon From Outta Toon said: Stenny away will really show what kind of level we are at and if we are capable of challenging for the title 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loon From Outta Toon Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 36 minutes ago, BridiesHereBridiesThere said: Stenny away will really show what kind of level we are at and if we are capable of challenging for the title Is that not us started the past 3 campaigns away from home now? Bonnyrigg away last season annan the season before. now away to Stenny first game! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RateofKnots Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Got the fear now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSilverFox Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Loon From Outta Toon said: Is that not us started the past 3 campaigns away from home now? Bonnyrigg away last season annan the season before. now away to Stenny first game! Yeah, it’s disappointing that. I’m also disappointed that we start and end the season with away fixtures, both against sides we’ve considered bogey teams over the last couple of seasons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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