caleyboy

1 minute ago, tm4tj said:

Really. 

depends on the date his contract terminates. 

I accept the stats and I hope he has made the right choice of club (including ICT). However, I think their manager will need to convince him that his work rate will need to improve for him to hold down a regular place. Good luck .

35 minutes ago, Stirling Observer said:

So why did Hughes need replaced? He was angling for an out. I'm not suggesting Foran was the correct appointment but he was the cheap option after Yogi's bloated budget being frittered away.

He didn't need replaced. What he needed was people above him who knew what they were doing.

If if if if. Well sorry to say it but Saturday just shows we are a good bit off premier league standards so even if we get to the final I'm not at all hopeful of a result. Sincerely hope I'm wrong. 

We have been trading on a sticky financial wicket (with the odd exception) for most of our history. The demands for success on the park have dictated our basic infrastructure, or should I say lack of it. I have heard that some wealthy individuals have pumped in some serious lump sums over the years just to keep us afloat but unless they have a serious agenda how long will this continue? If we don't go up this year I can only see a vastly reduced budget along with whatever that brings.

4 hours ago, Tree said:

Our demise started on Yogi’s watch!

so you are blaming yogi for our financial situation. Bizarre!!!!!!!

4 hours ago, Tree said:

Eh? Some of our best financial results have happened when Yogi was here.

 The change from modest basic plus good bonuses changed on his watch and under public pressure from him following the cup win.

clearly this was exacerbated during the Foran season however a reasonably tight ship changed with his arrival 

I really don't understand what you are trying to say.

our financial demise started a long time before Yogi got here.

On 4/8/2019 at 3:28 PM, old caley girl said:

Agree with all of this. Hospitality is a luxury buy and to attract the non corporate guest it needs to look value for money. I hate these 1905 kick offs too as such a rush even at home. 

Agree OCG but hospitality is unfortunately not designed to attract punters like us.

13 minutes ago, ictchris said:

As much as I'd love to beat Hearts, I don't think we will.  We have a pretty decent first XI but take a couple of players out of it and we are pretty thin.  Hearts are an uninspiring team but they are solid, they will be properly organised and I think they'll probably be able to hurt us with Izpeazu especially.  Also, going forward I'm not sure we have enough to hurt Hearts.

Basically, if Hearts play as they usually do I'd expect them to win.  For us to win we'll need season-best performance from quite a few of our players, we'll need guys coming into the back four to have outstanding games, we'll need our attackers to play better than they have against anyone this season.  It's a tall order.

a tall order yes but it's the Cup so anything can happen

it would have been a miracle if we won this league with everything taken into consideration

1 hour ago, DoofersDad said:

 Some have questioned whether a club of our size actually needs a CEO.  My answer to that is that it all depends on whether the club wants to grow and compete at the top level of Scottish football or whether we are content to be an average 2nd tier side with more chance of going down than up.  The separation of the day to day management of the club from the strategic oversight of the Board is an important one.  It allows those doing the day to day work to be properly accountable to the Board in a way which is not possible if Chairman and other directors are taking the responsibility for managing their own strategy.  That works fine for a small, part time enterprise but not for a business where there is work going on on a number of fronts.  

I feel pretty positive about this appointment.  Scot Gardiner brings a wealth of high level football experience to the club and, to me, his appointment demonstrates some considerable ambition on behalf of the Board.  Not only does he have high level relevant experience to do the job and help other staff in doing theirs, but that experience should be invaluable to the Board in providing advice and information which will help the Board in formulating the strategic aims of the club.

Of course, Mr Gardiner's appointment will not come cheap and we are a club in a difficult financial position.  There will, therefore be an expectation that his contribution to the club pays his way and makes a positive contribution to the club's balance sheet.  Hopefully ,as a football man, he can earn the trust and respect of those associated with the club in a way in which the previous CEO unfortunately could not.   If he can, then this may well be a pivotal moment in the club's development.  As we celebrate a successful first 25 years of the club, I sense the club is developing a more business like approach to the business of football.  Of course we want to spend more money on the footballing side of things, but without a solid business structure embedded in the community the club simply won't generate the resource to do that.

... the successful 25 years you are quoting DD relate ONLY to FOOTBALL and not to infrastructure, business model or finances.

"expectation that his contribution to the club pays his way and makes a positive contribution to the club's balance sheet." Yes this is essential and must be monitored closely and regularly 

He must also evaluate everyones jobs to see if they are absolutey necessary because financially we can't carry passengers. 

My views on this topic are very similar to Kingsmills but I sincerely hope our selection process was robust and our new CEO succeeds where others have failed. Good luck (I think you will need evry bit of it).

27 minutes ago, Kingsmills said:

It's what we are paying players these days.

£700 per week plus bonuses sounds pretty good to me.

great 3 points no matter how we got there.

1 hour ago, RiG said:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/league-cup-final-inverness-star-3248507
 

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/aberdeen-fc/from-champion-street-to-brink-of-historic-cup-win/

Totally off topic but I knew my mind wasn't playing tricks on me!

well done righope it didn't take you too long to prove this old fart wrong.

2 hours ago, RiG said:

He was never at Aberdeen before us. He played for Kincroth or some other Aberdeen boys club before he signed for us at the age of 17 (maybe 18).

Aye you're pribably right but I'm pretty sure Aberdeen let him go at some time whilst in their youth programme.

1 hour ago, FrontRow said:

Was reading this article this morning and wondered what people make of this idea - the role of the sports director and adoption of a club philosophy. I’ve been watching Highland rugby clubs success over the years and their structure and philosophy ie developing young players, totally amateur (no pay), respect for everyone at the club, and most importantly having fun, seems to be working well. 

https://trainingground.guru/articles/stuart-webber-climb-of-the-canaries

lots of good stuff here but absolutely everything depends on having an understanding very wealthy owner - which we unfortunately don't have.

9 hours ago, ICTPAISLEY said:

Not quite sure Graeme was always ours. Did we not pinch him from someone else at an early age? 

think he was 17 when he came to us from the sheep

they were as bad tonight as they were against us. what does that say about all the other teams in this league. the lack of real quality makes the division difficult to get out of.

3 hours ago, Kingsmills said:

Because it's an opportunity to offer sympathy and good wishes for the future.

my post was 28th Feb when nobody could get any info. Unfortunately these things happen and he won't be the last young player seeking a new life. good luck to him.

this topic really doesn't deserve almost 100 posts

I am happy to support the Trust as long as it remembers how important the 10% voting right is to protect our roots.

Good guy. Happy retirement.

4 hours ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

How many Board members are posting on here now ?

Good question IHE.