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Tannoy.

Weird that Ferguson seems to realise that we've got next to no attacking threat and haven't for the best part of a year and has, erm, done nothing about it.

I wonder if hospitality is somewhat old fashioned to a lot of the support many of whom will prefer going to the pub in town before a game to watch whatever football match is on then head out to TCS. It just doesn't seem like it's something that interests a lot of people any more. That said, there is potentially still a fair amount of apathy towards / burnt bridges with the club for a lot of fans after the mess of the last few months / couple of years. Whilst many would normally want to do their bit to help support the club after how so many fans have been treated they will be thinking twice about digging into their pockets even with the likes of Gardiner gone.

He mentions terrible pitches every single week. It's tedious and seems to be nothing more than some kind of justification for his failures as a manager. If it's not an excuse he needs to belt up about it because we are in a league full of astro pitches. As @ymip mentions, had he not taken us down then we would have avoided these surfaces that he dislikes so much. Only losing games by 1 goal is hardly some kind of badge of honour. For most of those games we were utterly bang average and posed almost no threat to the other side for the majority of those games. We lost so many games by a single goal precisely because that was all that was needed to beat us. And that was down to Ferguson and his ultra cautious style of football. It seems we are still seeing that this season and it's very much to our detriment.

Blaming the pitch again I see. Change the record "Big Dunc".

Did the ICT Concert Company get dissolved and consequently absolve itself of pay suppliers all those months ago? Can't see how Gardiner gets money back from that when all those contractors and suppliers got hee haw (if what I've said is correct and there is a good chance it isn't).

Black kits are sexy IMO. I approve.

£3,000 for that jobbie is a disgrace. If we managed to find the money from somewhere to offer him that ludicrous salary it makes you wonder why it wasn't invested in the squad and literally anyone else brought in. We'd have had as much of a chance as staying up as we did throwing that stupid money at Big Dunce.

https://archive.is/Q4XNe Another pretty bleak financial picture.

Genuinely wouldn't surprise me if "Big Dunc" knew nothing of the Kelty pitch despite our plans to train there. Given that we never told players about this move I wouldn't be surprised if Ferguson also wasn't told or, if he was aware, he didn't know anything about the facilities he was just happy to be a bit closer to home. Saturday wasn't as bad as I thought but I've not been subjected to the same torture as many on here. There was some nice passing in parts but it never led anywhere save for one good chance in second half which was skied over from close range. Pretty standard for us under this manager. His attitude was summed up when we were making a sub and the player, I can't remember who it was, came running off to let his replacement on as they clearly wanted the win. Ferguson told him to slow down and take his time coming off The mentality of this guy is mind boggling. He'd rather stay safe and take a draw than take a chance and go for it. As expected the following day he was bigging up taking a point away to the league leaders. After the final whistle, as the away support waited by the changing rooms to be allowed to leave the stadium, Ferguson spotted us, turned and sarcastically clapped his hands while saying "Well done lads(!)". He doesn't want to be here so won't he just go?

Ferguson Jnr looks like he's been forced into football by his Dad despite knowing himself he isn't very good at it.

You're going to love Brora...

The P & J piece is interesting but it's not much of a surprise really. A lot of that stuff was uncovered by fans within a couple of hours of this LinkedIn clown appearing from nowhere. Still, it shows what a shambles Gardiner has made of things that he was wowed by such an obvious fraud. Speaks volumes of his tenure at the club and, as mentioned in another post, leaves what's left of his reputation in ruins.

It would appear to be the case that, although Morrison was Chairman, Gardiner ran the club in his absence. What he (Gardiner) did during this time only he will know but given the mess that Savage has uncovered it will certainly give rise to theories that he wasn't, how shall I put this diplomatically, focused on doing what was best for the club.

As I said on Twitter I really enjoyed reading that. It's going to be so, so strange heading to an ICT away match and not seeing / hearing Johndo

What has Savage found that the board didn't know about? Was financial information being kept from them?

Ferguson is a large part of the reason we are in this mess. From his dull as dishwater style of football, his awful signings, allowing better players to leave, freezing out others who were miles better than the dross he continued to select, seeing us relegated to his cannot be bothered to be here attitude and so on. He deserves to be emptied and sent off down the road so he can promote his Everton book without wasting our time.

I am staggered that we agreed to give someone £20,000 to borrow Alex Samuel for a few months.

Yeah fair point that the fans saw through his mince quickly. Same definitely couldn't be said for many at the club and some of the local press who were quick to let him spout nothings about his plans without any pushback.

This guy is an absolute fantasist. How has it taken so long for folk to see through him?

Stunned to see the obvious fraud is in fact an obvious fraud.

Yeah I was expecting some absolute howler for the penalty decision but it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Maybe a little soft but it looks like Devine has a fistful of the Annan players shirt as they fall to the ground.

Another Ferguson masterclass. Our worst ever manager without a doubt. Just f'ck off you useless pudding.