stevico1

If you won what would you be buying??

When/if Butcher does go I think he will be replaced by CC simply because it will be the cheapest option, not that I am saying its a bad option.

I also would like to hear Charles's response to what Caley D stated. Both Kind of Blue and Charles were making statements that the readers off this post would have taken to be fact, then Caley D posted what I believe to be the real story. Are they prepared to state that what Caley D says is incorrect, are they prepared to put their hands up and say they got it wrong or will they take they 3rd option and say nothing.

Well, you certainly do that, but that's a great idea all the same! What about an amnesty from banning/warning orders for just one night, allowing you to say what the feck you like about anyone on here? :( :015:

I know how stupid is that a footballer kicking a ball :022: you have a point Sorry couldn't resist it

I know how stupid is that a footballer kicking a ball :022:

In the current climate most players will be happy with a bit of security and be happy to sign new contracts, its just a pity we have been terrible at that part of the business for a number of years now, Black, Cowie and Rankin to name a few.

Not strictly true, I believe Bennett has a huge influence on which players are given a contract extensions etc something that in my opinion has been handled so badly over the last few years is a major part of the reason we are where we are now.

must resist temptation ...... must resist temptation ..... cannot mention breweries ...... must resist temptation ....... cannot mention p***-ups ....... must resist temptation :(

As far as I am aware Doc is part time now, 6 hours a week or something like that

I would think that, if this were true, one person, who is currently employed by the club may take over in the interim with another being brought in to assist. Ooh the mystery deepens . I agree it will be CC that way the club don't have to pay out another salary

Very sad, however I believe very true. Those in charge of this club have bumbled from one mistake to the other over the past few years where it has got to the stage this was inevitable if not now in the very near future. I hope that if this is true and Butcher and Malpas do go within the next 2 weeks the DOF does the decent thing and walk out the front door with them, closely followed by the rest of them upstairs that have led this club into the mire.

How did Duff play today?

Talk about a thread title that is asking for trouble :023:

While I didn't expect to "bounce back up" I also didn't expect to be 12 points behind the leaders before xmas, and I fully expect us to finish at least 20 points behind the leaders by the end of the season. I think that Butchers inability to get anything close to consistency from this team must be considered a failure.

Probably would be, some might say that it has put us further behind the leaders, I would say we have no chance of winning league anyway so will take the point

Jim, do you honestly think we could replace those we have with better players if we were to let them go in Jan? Would you not like to see the likes of Hayes and Foran stay at the club?

A team for Div 2 ? Do you honestly think our board are going to stop at the 2nd Div Johnboy. I think they gave some players 1 year contracts in the hope we would bounce back, these players will be replaced with lower budget players when we don't.

My feelings exactly, in any case if we do have a new management team in place for the start of next season should they not be allowed to bring in the coaches they want

In his utopian society you'd only be paid ?3k per annum, the same as everyone else, you greedy capitalist pig. You would queue for hours with them to buy bread and potatoes with it, before returning to your state owned flat which only has water and electricity at certain times of day. You would then sit down in front of your black and white television to watch a state controlled channel telling you how wonderful everything is, followed by a documentary celebrating the glorious revolution. Every night. My wife grew up during communist times in Romania when the evil Mr Ceausescu and his equally if not more evil wife were in power, it really was tough times and something I don't even think we can imagine how bad it was.

You get pizza, Chips and Sausage Rolls at Celtic Park though. You also get close to 50,000 people there every game so it probably more cost effective to put in the equipment required to serve these items.

Good to see a lot of the queries answered and as Darren said there were/is bound to be some teething problems to begin with and hopefully these will be sorted out.

Slight flaw lads in that the odds are millions to 1 against you winning, in fact there is probably as much chance of a major shareholder suddenly finding he loves football and that the club should not be used for self gain, in fact maybe not, there is more chance with the lottery.

I think they need to be given some time to sort things out although it does sound like the prices were excessive. I wonder if over the 5 year contract whether the club have any say over what their fans are charged for product inside the stadium. What I can't get my head round was the need to give somebody that you have never done business before a 5 year contract, if that was a stipulation of theirs they should have been told to ram it. My preference if it had been possible would have been to take in 3-4 different companies over a number of weeks and see who could provide the best service and products and then award contracts.

Typical Errea sending it all the way here in a transit van Seriously though good news it appears that it will be here in time for Santa