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The type of person who is good at being a Commercial Manager in a football club is generally different to that of a Chief Exec (or General Manager). The Commercial Manager needs to have a bit of flair (in a commercial sense) and have excellent communication skills as they are 'customer facing'. The Chief Execs role is to implent policy from the Board and in the terms of the football club minimise outgoings to deliver the Business Plan. In a traditional business the Cheif Exec is effectively there to maximise profit for the Shareholder - in a football club it is a slightly different situation for obvious reasons. Ultimately CaleyD is correct in that it is a return versus outlay arguement. Commercial Manager - Takes in more than he costs Chief Exec - 'Saves' more than he costs Some people can combine the two, however this is not the case in the majority of situations.

In which case the players should have been severly diciplined. You mean the fans jumped on the bandwagon without making their own minds up? I don't recall much in the way of capitulation leading to us all clammering for his sacking. My recollection is of a lomg running debate over several months where strong views on both sides were aired. Towards the end of November it however became apparent that he had lost the dressing room and lost his way. It is extremely easy to say that Brewster would have kept us up - you will never be proven wrong. I think however I like most will sleep easily with the knowledge that he would probably have managed to get us relegated by the middle of March.

I think you will find it was the players that "turned on him" and decided to stop playing for him :clapping03: The majority of fans (I am excluding ones who never wanted him back in the first place) simply saw what was happening and reacted rationally as a result.

I know that this may place me in the minority, however I would be happy paying a bit more (?20 or ?30) for the season ticket if this allows us to have a few more better players. Every little helps (I'll probably be sued by a well known supermarket chain now!)

Barrowman is not on ?2k per week. The deal was a stepped wage structure, which I understand averages out at ?1.4k over 3 seasons (he was on a fair bit less this season), and was on similar to other senior players (Grantie, etc). I do not know what provisions are as a result of the drop - if there are none I suspect he may be moved on! He needs to be given a fair crack at the whip before we decide whether he is good or bad. We buy a penalty box player and hardly ever get the ball in there at the moment!

But was it any good?

Our major shareholder has already selected where he wishes the new stadium to be built!

The most significant suggestion I would make is to try and get closer to the fans. At most (English) Premier League and a few of the SPL grounds the announcer is actually out on the pitch (or in front of the main stand) and gets involved with the half time entertainment, etc. I appreciate that this requires somebody to be doing the 'controls and buttons' however the impact from walking around in front of the fans with a clipboard is actually quite significant.

After Kerr and Rooney's performances today I suspect that they may not feature

Lets see. 1. One of our most consistent players. 2. We look out of balance and weaker when he is not playing. 3. Probably one of the first players to be on the team sheet. Yep, we should punt him Right. Which of our players will we slag off next!

What, its not wholly CB? Why haven't you mentioned this before!!! :thumb04:

I think that time may have blurred just how grim the football was in our first season. In general Sergei response to losing the first goals was to remove a striker and put on another defender! He had lost the players completely and this was shown during one of the home games late in the season (I think it may have been Cowdenbeath in March?) when the players effectively decided before the game what tactics they were going to use and pretty much ignored everything they were told by the management (I know this due to one of the players working at the time with my father in law). I suspect the changed performance and this clear statement from the players pretty much sealed his fate in many ways. I don't think anyone could harbour a grudge against such a pleasant man as SB, but in the end everyone was glad that he moved on.

I would also wish Mr Sutherland to confirm whether he was speaking on his own behalf or on behalf of the club in making an apparent undignified personal attack on the representative of the Trust for simply attempting, in conjunction with the other elected and appointed office bearers of the Trust, to seek the views of the supporters. This surely is what the Trust is there to do? If he was speaking on behalf of the club, perhaps the board would like to advise why a person appearing neither to be a Director, Empoyee or Agent of the club was speaking on their behalf? A shareholder major or other surely has no such entitlement to speak for or on behalf of the club. I would however wish these questions and many others to be held off until the summer when hopefully we may have managed to drag ourselves out of the mess that we have been forced into by the apparent lack of action by the Board.

If Hearts were to enter administration, the Administrators are duty bound only to protect the rights of the Creditors (i.e. maximise the return) and they would be able to effectively tear up the PCA with limited repercussions.

Whilst I have no problem with the subject, is now really the right time to be talking about this and suggesting yet more protests. Perhaps some people are more interested in fostering grievance rather than getting behind the team? The time for this conversation is in three months time irrespective of whether we stay up or not!

The evidence appears to point to the fact that they do. It has been clear since late Nov/early Dec that his tenure has come as far as it can. Here we are mid January looking in an even worse position than we were then. They seem to be the only ones who do not see the writing on the wall and are happy for us to be relegated.

Unfortunately in too many games he runs around with no real end product. We need to add some quality to the effort. He still has a tendancy not to track his man back as well.

It was mentioned on BBC Radio Scotland on Saturday that Falkirk are believed to be in significant financial problems. No real details were given in relation to the level of debt or otherwise.

We heard you were piling on the pounds but surely you don't need a table this size yet for your pies?

I suppose the odd thing is that we have had more home grown players come through over the past 12 months than at any other time in the clubs history (e.g. Wood, Vigurs, Duff) coinciding with an influx of foreign players. I would suggest that this shows that it is incredibly hard to transfer in Scottish players from other clubs due to various reasons (one of which is geography). I know from personal experience that it is easier to convince people from outwith Scotland to move up here (including people from south of the border).

I would be quite happy to lose a player that only performs once every five games and never at home. After looking a good prospect he has disappointed this season apart from a couple of games. Not consistent enough by far (even before we went on this bad run).

Official Site Sounds like both have signed till end of season and we are also attempting to sign Latvian defender.

MacDonald (Teuchy) who taught History in the 1980s also lived at the top end just past Trafford Avenue. SMEE may recall the precise house?

Thats fine then. Brewster will play him either in goal or as a lone Striker

Was he marking him? I thought from the highlights that he was simply standing next to him to keep the wind off him!!