RUSTY1111 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 McCluskey is he training with Queens ?.Ex Morton.Looks like Todd is away to Dunfermline.Would have been a good signing but think the fee has put Queens off McCluskey has been linked to Queens in the past. Perhaps he's on trial with Scott Brown (STJ).. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NM_1919 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Rather quiet on signing front 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSTY1111 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Rather quiet on signing front Appears to be. Still a bit of time right enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QosLoyal Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Rather quiet on signing front Least we didnt sign david smith. Positive move. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSTY1111 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Least we didnt sign david smith. Positive move. Who was he? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeredbook Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 (edited) Its not making me want to run and get a season ticket .The pricing for the cup games is piss poor, £16 to watch Airdrie etc !! . It is looking pretty dreary with not a lot to get excited about . Surely we could have struck a deal for Todd . Edited June 29, 2016 by weeredbook 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhat Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 It does look a bit dreary, you're right. Last season passed me by somewhat, through work commitments (which may have been a lucky escape for me, by all accounts), but I was looking forward to this season and the opportunity to get to more games. What I don't quite understand is why all the investment in the infrastructure at Queens since Billy H took over isn't being matched in the playing staff. I would have thought that a sum equal to that put into the Arena, for instance, would have made a significant difference to the squad's quality, leading to more entertaining football, a better position in the table and hight attendances, therefore more income, better players again, etc,etc. The first couple of years of BH's chairmanship seemed to be defined by much more ambition than more recently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 What I don't quite understand is why all the investment in the infrastructure at Queens since Billy H took over isn't being matched in the playing staff. I would have thought that a sum equal to that put into the Arena, for instance, would have made a significant difference to the squad's quality, leading to more entertaining football, a better position in the table I've no idea at all how the sum invested in projects like the Arena, compares with that invested directly in the playing staff. Regardless of how that breaks down though, it appears that you're suggesting that we need to spend much more money overall. What does that mean then? Are you saying that we have significant reserves of cash that we're choosing currently to simply sit on, or is it that we should go into sizeable debt? I'm intrigued. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhat Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 No, not suggesting going down the well-trodden debt path at all, I'm just saying that we've invested a lot in the off-the-field side of things, which I applaud, but not in the team, as far as I can tell. I would have thought that setting up the Arena, the new shop, even up-grading the open terrace, must have cost many thousands of pounds. BH's firm did the work, IIRC, which is effectively the same as BH putting money into the club, and that's fantastic, but the same amount put into players' wages, let's say £100,000, over a season or two, could significantly raise the quality of player we could attract and push Queens up the pecking order perhaps permanently if gates went up and interest in the club was sparked. I know it's easy to sit here and suggest that someone else should basically wave goodbye to a hundred grand so that I can watch more entertaining football, but the point of a football club just that? It's not as if our players are exactly on mega-pay, so any addition to the playing budget is proportionally quite significant, I would have thought. Maybe I'm missing something, it wouldn't be the first time.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 No, not suggesting going down the well-trodden debt path at all, I'm just saying that we've invested a lot in the off-the-field side of things, which I applaud, but not in the team, as far as I can tell. I would have thought that setting up the Arena, the new shop, even up-grading the open terrace, must have cost many thousands of pounds. BH's firm did the work, IIRC, which is effectively the same as BH putting money into the club, and that's fantastic, but the same amount put into players' wages, let's say £100,000, over a season or two, could significantly raise the quality of player we could attract and push Queens up the pecking order perhaps permanently if gates went up and interest in the club was sparked. I know it's easy to sit here and suggest that someone else should basically wave goodbye to a hundred grand so that I can watch more entertaining football, but the point of a football club just that? It's not as if our players are exactly on mega-pay, so any addition to the playing budget is proportionally quite significant, I would have thought. Maybe I'm missing something, it wouldn't be the first time.. I think the part you're missing is where does the £100K come from? What you're effectively suggesting is what David Rae tried shortly after the cup final. It didnt work then and theres nothing, really, to suggest it would work now. What other clubs have achieved this, other than Ross County, perhaps who have someone with serious money bank rolling them? The current plan, seems to be, to invest off the field to increase the non-football income which, in time, increases the footballing budget. It doesnt happen overnight though. This model has served the likes of St Johnston and Hamilton pretty well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minertaur Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 We've signed your former left back Shaun Rutherford. Thoughts? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSTY1111 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 (edited) We've signed your former left back Shaun Rutherford. Thoughts? He never really got a chance at Palmerston with few appearances. Queens signed him from Livingston. Was at Arbroath on a development loan deal for the second half of last season where he got a run of games. Edited June 30, 2016 by RUSTY1111 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie Mills Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 We've signed your former left back Shaun Rutherford. Thoughts?No idea, I can't recall if I actually witnessed him make an appearance for us or not I'm afraid! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 We've signed your former left back Shaun Rutherford. Thoughts? He played about 2 minutes for our first team, as a late sub at Ibrox. I saw him play a couple of times for the u20's but he turned out more for Livingston the year before and for Arbroath on loan than he ever did for us. You'd be better asking them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doonhamer doon south Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I think the part you're missing is where does the £100K come from? What you're effectively suggesting is what David Rae tried shortly after the cup final. It didnt work then and theres nothing, really, to suggest it would work now. What other clubs have achieved this, other than Ross County, perhaps who have someone with serious money bank rolling them? The current plan, seems to be, to invest off the field to increase the non-football income which, in time, increases the footballing budget. It doesnt happen overnight though. This model has served the likes of St Johnston and Hamilton pretty well. I agree Mr X that what the club are doing are securing the long term future of the club. That is more important in my opinion. I believe that the board are doing a decent job raising the profile of the club for example holding concerts at palmerston, that the off field running of the club is making the club look more professional and will pay for its self and add to the playing budget. With the playoff system in place the club have a much better chance of promotion but I think that this is only possible for a club like ours with a decent board, successful off field enterprises and a stable squad that doesn't stretch a budget to debt levels. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I would have thought that setting up the Arena, the new shop, even up-grading the open terrace, must have cost many thousands of pounds. BH's firm did the work, IIRC, which is effectively the same as BH putting money into the club, and that's fantastic. The work wasn't done for free, it came at a significant cost to the club! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flash Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Just a note for anybody planning a day out on the train to the Thistle game on 23 July - the train will be a bus between Dumfries and Kilmarnock. Also applies for the home game against Airdrie on 19 July, although less relevant. https://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/default/files/assets/download_ct/11941_dumfriesshire_eng_jul_16.pdf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmy_cammy Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Just a note for anybody planning a day out on the train to the Thistle game on 23 July - the train will be a bus between Dumfries and Kilmarnock. Also applies for the home game against Airdrie on 19 July, although less relevant. https://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/default/files/assets/download_ct/11941_dumfriesshire_eng_jul_16.pdf Victoria Thomson's doing no doubt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhat Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 All i'm really saying is that Queens have so many first-class elements to the club, the chairman, the Arena, the new pitch, the KGV facilities, it's just a bit odd that one of them isn't the actual team! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overthetop Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 All i'm really saying is that Queens have so many first-class elements to the club, the chairman, the Arena, the new pitch, the KGV facilities, it's just a bit odd that one of them isn't the actual team!We haven't seen the team kick a ball this season yet. Let's at least wait until the season begins before passing judgement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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