caleyboy

Unless this is commercially sensitive (which I doubt, why on earth does the club not keep the fans updated. This deafening silence creates unnecessary critical comment! Are we changing suppler? Are we staying with Errea? Are we getting new home and away shirts or are we just changing the away top. Not difficult or sensitive questions!

Its got to come from Italy before it can be released. This appears to be a problem with the deal we're contracted to at the moment. We are dependent on when Errea provide the merchandise and I assume the deal we have reflects in the delivery time. So we are staying with Errea then?

If we want to play with the best in the country we need to maximise income on every commercial angle. Yes it seems unfair on fans but wages have to be met etc etc so I,m not against a new home and away shirt each year as it's a personal choice if you want to buy.

This is only my personal opinion but I have always said that the whole structure of youth programmes is totally wrong. First of all, it seems to be all about grant money from whatever source but to qualify you need teams participating at various levels. That means you need "x" number of players to make up a squad. Unfortunately this will include young boys who will NEVER make the grade but they are made to think they will because they are part of a professional club's setup. Sore on the boy when he is told he is not going to make the next level. Charlie and his team of coaches are no doubt doing a good job with what they have to work with but surely the time has come to concentrate on quality and potential . That would probably mean that we would have fewer teams competing and receive less money from grants etc but so what, our costs would also reduce. There are kids out there with potential so the sooner they get our undivided attention the better and we will see the benefit - eventually!

A really good guy who will be fondly remembered.

More money and a better chance of regular first team football - no brainer for the boy!

Same style as home strip for me but red replacing blue and black replacing red.

oh no. That really is old Jeggie territory

The club needs to get Yogi and RL signed up on extended contracts asap. Yogi's worth in particular must be sky high at the moment and I'm sure his agent will be marketing his CV whilst he is in the limelight. We really need to keep the best of the out of contract players and replace those Yogi is prepared to lose but money has to be made available for players now so that our wonderful manager is not stifled in his "rebuild" process.

If we lose both our strikers we have a problem for our first European tie.What a pity vital members of this brilliant squad are moving on.

There won' t be any. And to be fair, I respect them for that. They turned-their-back on the merger and have stuck to their guns. The last game they would be going to is the cup final!! It's the same with Thistle. Have spoken to 5 or 6 'refusniks' about the cup final - but not one ounce of regret or even interest..... Probably impossible to understand for younger fans, but that's the reality! Sorry but you are wrong. I am going so there will be at least 1

Well done Yogi I hope all your doubters are now eating that horrible pie and post their congrats to you.

Hopefully, that should be our usual financial losses covered for this year then. Maybe Yogi will get a wee bit more money to secure or strengthen the squad for next season.

What's with the 'they' ? Surely we are we..... Some people need to get a life..........they......we.... what the fek does it matter, we all know what he means! If Klink signs we now have good striking options which allows Yogi to change the style when needed. Exciting time!

Debt is Debt no matter how you look at it. You need sufficient income to service any debt and if your crowds start subsiding you could have a major problem!

Maybe international players in the sense that they ply their trade in a country different from birth ... Anything more than that is stretching it a bit in the case of Prince and non-existent as far as I can see for Vucanovic ... But I take your point about our existing squad maybe not all having startling career stats. Appreciate we have a budget to operate in but given we are an established top 6 team, can we not start to dip our toe in slightly more ambitious waters? Without being overly simplistic, if we have the smallest squad but comparable attendances with 3 or 4 other SPL teams, are we being slightly over-cautious? That website I referred to is well worth a browse btw ... Astonishing source of up-to-date data even to refer to if nothing else ... Foolhardy to dismiss so readily IMHO. Your point lacks logic. Existing budget only allows for small squad...if we are to pay more, then we would need to shrink squad further to be able to afford it. If there's a bit of spare cash, then it's use needs to be viewed going forward. You can't base long term spending by way of increased wages on one off, non guaranteed, cash injections...how do you cover the wages next season without it? We're not awash with cash and being "over cautious" is better than being overdrawn with debt/costs we can't sustain...that would be foolhardy! Think you should change your Avatar. Maybe appropriate in your past life but nowadays you seem to roll over, believe everything your told and then defend it with your all.

Yogi, you are probably the best thing ever to happen to this club! IMO we are playing a style of football I didn't think was possible on the budgets you are restricted to. You have players playing football they didn't think they were capable of so well done to them for adapting to your style. Wonderful.

That's more like it. Brilliant news. Now lets get Watkins, Raven and Ross tied up asap. Well done Yogi!

you just best me to it Charles

The problem with clarity here is that all transfer plans depend on the other side - will the other club release a player, will wage demands be within our budget, will the player want to up sticks to come to the centre of our universe, etc. Cut a little slack to the manager and the chairman - make your judgements after the next month when we know if there has been an adverse effect on results. You make a lot of sense johnh. For whatever reason, I don't blame our manager for this situation and I think you are right in saying that we should wait and see how we cope over the next 4 weeks. I do however expect all our out of contract players that Yogi wants to keep signed up on new contracts during this period. That would appease this particular native.

I may be completely off track here but I personally believe Yogi is as honest as the day is long - a quality not too familiar in football circles. If he feels he can go with what he's got then that's fine but let's not feed us "as usual we have contingency plans in place" - that just builds up our hopes and let's us down with a thud!

Proctor - interesting - are you Craig Brewster by any chance?

It's because we are all hurting badly Bughtmaster! Again we seem to be caught with our drawers down with Aberdeen taking the proverbial and Wigan with a reasonably late offer. Again, Yogi has to work within pretty strict guidelines and he probably doesn't bully Cameron the way Butcher did. Personally I find it difficult to "slate" Yogi as he is probably the best manager / coach we have had at this club but he needs top line help in the transfer markets when needed. Something I don't think he gets at the moment!

Unfortunately this club needs a minimum of £200k per year to maybe wash it's face so this was probably a godsend to the board.

Yogi can only identify players he wants. If he does that he is doing his job. Getting those players should be left to someone with the authority to spend the clubs money and put the deal to bed.