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On 02/06/2023 at 23:08, Plantar fasciitis said:

Having seen the amount of signings Pollok are making and the amount of forwards I'm wondering if anyone has a scubby what the managers signing policy and game plan is, I think it's just sign everybody available that will come and hope for the best!  
there's going to be quite a few unhappy players midway through the season or sooner with the amount who won't get game time! 

Pollok now have 23/24 signed players. One is on the transfer list. 
 

We have 5 forwards of which some are attacking midfielders / wide players too. 
 

Not sure what squad list you are seeing but that squad size is no different to what we had last season under our previous manager

The manager who used to run to smaller squads than that is now at Darvel, and due to holidays (especially August) injuries, suspensions we couldn’t fill our bench. 
 

in addition 6 players are 22 or younger, so I am sure there will be some of them who are aware they are signing to be part of a squad that fingers crossed has a lot more games to play this season than they did last. 

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1 hour ago, superpollok said:

Pollok now have 23/24 signed players. One is on the transfer list. 
 

We have 5 forwards of which some are attacking midfielders / wide players too. 
 

Not sure what squad list you are seeing but that squad size is no different to what we had last season under our previous manager

The manager who used to run to smaller squads than that is now at Darvel, and due to holidays (especially August) injuries, suspensions we couldn’t fill our bench. 
 

in addition 6 players are 22 or younger, so I am sure there will be some of them who are aware they are signing to be part of a squad that fingers crossed has a lot more games to play this season than they did last. 

For me he's never going to keep 5 forwards happy , especially if all seasoned pros, I'm sure they will all sign thinking they will play but obviously 2 or 3 are going to be very disappointed. What that then brings is unrest in the dressing room, I know been there and seen that. Players being players will bitch and moan and bring the atmosphere and dressing room down , IMO 24 signed players is too much at this level amd just causes issues, but that is only my opinion but it is based on experience. Only time will tell if I'm right or wrong. 

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1 minute ago, Plantar fasciitis said:

For me he's never going to keep 5 forwards happy , especially if all seasoned pros, I'm sure they will all sign thinking they will play but obviously 2 or 3 are going to be very disappointed. What that then brings is unrest in the dressing room, I know been there and seen that. Players being players will bitch and moan and bring the atmosphere and dressing room down , IMO 24 signed players is too much at this level amd just causes issues, but that is only my opinion but it is based on experience. Only time will tell if I'm right or wrong. 

But they are not seasoned pros.

One of the 5 forwards is 22 another 23.

I do understand the point about 23/24 players, however football has changed a lot with 5 subs rule. 
16 players per game can get on the field. That makes a lot of difference to keep players involved.

And if you think we have a lot of forwards with 5, have a look at Clydebank ! 

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7 minutes ago, superpollok said:

But they are not seasoned pros.

One of the 5 forwards is 22 another 23.

I do understand the point about 23/24 players, however football has changed a lot with 5 subs rule. 
16 players per game can get on the field. That makes a lot of difference to keep players involved.

And if you think we have a lot of forwards with 5, have a look at Clydebank ! 

Haha yes very true and they normally play one up top! . I do appreciate what you're saying but players hate being on the bench week in week out even with the extra sub rule, as I say it's only my opinion and time will tell as the season unfolds but the league has went a bit crazy this pre season already with signings and some big big money being quoted so it's going to make for an interesting season ! Will be hard for the likes of my team and others to compete and stay up this year I fear 

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9 hours ago, BurghLoyal said:

A whopping 12 players left the Burgh today upon the expiry of their contract. Some great players, likely leaving to make way for the high calibre coming in this summer. 

Saw that. Some were already announced and very surprised to see Eachainn Miller among them as he was fantastic when he came in.

Also sorry to see Tom Cruden go too. He could score, had pace and had a wee bit of needle to his game as well.

Big Fyfe, while he hadn’t played for months was a top player who I know turned down a lot more money from other clubs, despite being rumoured to have been the best paid player at the club. Nice big guy and I hope his da’ still comes to watch us .

McBeth struggled for fitness pretty much from day one and the rest either hardly featured or didn’t do enough, although I thought Mark Donaldson showed a fair bit of promise during our wee run mid season.

I expect to see a lot of signings announced over the next week or so in the following positions: Keeper, Central Defender x 3, Winger, Striker x 2

Really pleased to see Malky McDonald re-sign. A guy who takes a lot of punishment, never hides and who’s been with us since our days in the second division 

 

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4 hours ago, Mine Man said:

Both won’t have any trouble finding new clubs. 

Gary to JB, Stuart to EK is what ive read, no idea how true it is

Got to assume its going to take some time for a whole new team to gel, their season may well be over until they are up to speed

Big risk by Maxwell, Lok fans are notoriously demanding, will they put up with a  transition season?

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