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Probably several reasons, the main one being we have little money so are waiting on loans which will depend on parent clubs conducting business or we need to play 'the game' of holding fast for released or experienced pro's who didnt get the offers they expected so will reluctantly come to us as last resort - Wortherspoon for example.

Panos would fix him up

I'm no SG or RM fan (far from it and would happily see them put under heavy pressure and challenging questioning), however the difficulty given the lack of communication and transparency is that we don't know what the expectations or objectives are within the club as a whole or for individuals. Therefore while we all look in thinking its a 'sh1t show' there may be a case that SG is meeting the boards expectations and they are happy with his performance and contributions with the issues around fan engagement & communication not actually being considered important to anyone.

Will be no different to Shinnie when he played against Aberdeen after signing a PCA and plenty others from our past. If we are paying his wages this week and he is fit, then I'm hoping Dunc will expect him to be professional and play - we cant afford to pay our best talent to sit out games especially given the dearth of quality we have.

Maybe you wont have long to wait and we will find out on Friday night when Dundee Hibernian visit?

Whys it a con? The seats are sold, they can't be resold so whether empty on the day or not its still a ticket sale and that person is entitled to turn up or otherwise.

Top 4 is optimistic but as ever its a tight league so a good run and decent signings we are probably around a similar level to everyone excluding DUtd, PT and RR. From an entertainment perspective beating Morton last game of the regular season in a winner takes all shoot out for 4th would be pleasing before getting back to winning ways against Raith in the play-off semi would be hilarious. Especially as fans from both teams seem intent on gloating about how impressive they are this season.......suppose if you're starved of success for generations a few wins in the lower leagues is a bight beacon.

George Oakley perhaps.........oh hang on

https://caleythistleonline.com/topic/33053-new-ceo-appointed/#comment-510095

Negative parking the bus tactics like we saw from Morton in Inverness on Sat and head to Airdrie to play the same disciplined way for a point. Not pretty but if thats what this league is becoming with the away teams all looking for a draw lets follow suit - afterall a point is better than a defeat as shown by most (not all teams in this league) drawing almost 1/3 of their games so far this season.

I heard in the pub that if the league table was done based on peak height of the coaching team we would have moved from the foot of the table to the top.

Start of this years Hampden journey and good chance to divert attention from the 'tiresome' battery farm chat through giving these butchers, bakers and candlestick makers the level of skudding expected by an elite team with rich pedigree in this competition. Full strength home team to score plenty goals and build confidence please

Reads like a statement that would have benefited being written by solicitors and technical experts in the field. Positive though that our board are at least willing to try new ideas.

Exactly. Great chance for some players to bang in goals (which this season have been lacking) and build confidence.

I have faith in SG to envoke project 'sportswashing' to get the community onside and push this through..........

Maintaining the gap to DUtd which at this stage is all we can do to match them and try to better week on week. Dunc has clearly changed to whole mentality and atmosphere at the club. Let's maintain form til January and see what he can do with a backed transfer window.

#ballers In it for the long game overtaking these Saudi backed oil money clubs I hope bringing the world's best to the Highlands

Overcome with the levels of excitement for this one!!! Tight affair, expect us to struggle to score as usual, so low scoring either 1-0, or 1-1. Hoping for all 3 points though to keep up the momentum.

Just turn up and be nice and pleasant and respectful towards him. Pretty sure that would shock him tbh

Not at all, but I do admit it's slightly tongue cheek. However there is definitely improvement both in terms of general mood and results. It's clear we are weak in certain areas but the early recruitment shows Dunc is being backed and its more proactive than we have been used to recently. We probably are better in terms of squad than where we sit and should be somewhere around the top half or play off position 4th to 6th. But if we can start to find goals then the stats show defensively we are capable therefore why not consider there can be a push this season. Given its only the first round played for us and we have the new manager finding a statement result tomorrow followed by results over the next round of games might have some teams looking over their shoulders. Alternatively it's a false dawn and we are delaying the slide to join Falkirk in seaside league obscurity.

'Free hit'? Should be aiming a bit higher than that. Clearly its an early season title decider - cant afford DUtd 22points ahead, a win though and its only 16 points with 2 games in hand!!!

It's not complacency, it's showing realistic expectations from our full time team on a home game against part timers in non-leauge football. Too many fans perhaps have now become resigned to the idea that we aren't good fuelled by the downward trend including the Doddsball years. Throughout our club history at almost any other period a cup draw of this nature fans would 'expect' while still being aware there's a job to be done on the day and look at this as a direct route to the next round.

So much negativity and caution. This should be an straight forward game, playing part time non-league players. If we cant win at home even with our limited quality full time squad then they should take their coats and walk out the door with shame. This is as good an entry round draw as we could hope for and as such expectations should be high that it'll start a decent cup run and gain some much needed cash for squad investment.

Only 5 point off the play offs with a game in hand. Wave bye to some dross in Jan hopefully and dunc to continue with his changes and it'll show how much Dodds held us back