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2 minutes ago, Jack Waddington said:

They're not the one who drove us into this pit of failed business ideas.

Unlike many others on here, I disagree and consider the Battery Farm not a failed idea (granted others have been questionable), but a failed bureaucratic administration who will be overturned and look foolish in due course. Sadly I also believe that if the proposal had come in from elsewhere (organisation) it may well have been approved such is the nature of politics and personalities.

Regardless of the rights and wrongs of the club and how this is approached, this is an example of the backwards nature of the council and how projects that serve their interest and vanity get prioritisation. Rejection of a battery farm proposal only will enhance the 'small minded heathens' profile that exists with respect to the Highlanders.

Net zero, green transition and therefore battery storage is coming and on that basis full expectation of Scottish Government approval is expected setting the precedent that not just this one but several will be built locally. With BS facilities being granted approval throughout Scotland, most of the justifications for rejection will be dismissed as inconsequential and others just pushed to develop startegic solutions. Wont be long before every town/city has BS facilities whether the HC like that or not.

25 minutes ago, BobbyDazzler said:

Has anyone started a go fund me page? I'm sure if Big Dunc got behind it people would gladly donate from far + wide 

Or use his contacts and profile to front a consortium or individual investor to take control

5 hours ago, buckett said:

Another of my expectations is that we'll go into administration.

Genuinely think we will be kept afloat until season ends then see whether there is investment and cost cutting options otherwise take the administration rouye and associated penalty and points deduction for next season. Admin now would certainly relegate us.

3 hours ago, Yngwie said:

Dog walking and sledging are more important than net zero, it’s official!

Should fence it off and charge folks entry to zip their sledges round mounds of dug *****

8 hours ago, IBM said:

I was just passing time while waiting for my wife at the dentist today but some of us might be needed   Here is what I have and think it's up to date if not let me know,

 

Some may disagree but other than deals for ridgers or cammy, devine, harper then its keeping the youngsters we have out on  loan. Lots of rebuilding to do

1 hour ago, Robert said:

The loans will all depart and I know we had a lot of players out of contract this summer

Think that is the plan. Going forward I suspect we will again see a large number of loans possibly from much bigger clubs who are unlikely to care whether we contribute to salaries so long as we guarantee game time. Financially that model would make sense given where we are?

Reckon it'll be a revolving door every window unfortunately

12 minutes ago, DoofersDad said:

Terry Butcher is a guest at the stadium on Saturday for the game against Ayr,

Tbf, we probably need more defenders

I'm going to keep revisiting this.

We are essentially having a crap season and been utter abject at home, yet somehow with around quarter of the season left we are only 6 points behind a morton side getting plaudits. (We have 8. Some teams 9 games to go of normal season)

All hypothetical it's possible that if we had achieved more in the Dodds tenure earlier this season we could be fighting for a promotion play off place.

Keen to see how others expectations for remainder of the season align

- score a goal at home

- beat raith and get back to normal service

- beat morton or at least derail their playoff hopes on the last game of the season. The salty tears would be great.

- Avoid relegation play-offs

You'd think a few handshakes around the lodge and all this would get resolved

Tbh they should be closing stadium road between the roundabout and along to under the bridge except for official car parking, disabled and bus access. The speed cars pass both before and after matches with pedestrians about its got to be luck nobody has been injured or worse.

1 hour ago, RiG said:

Signing more defenders will help IMO. 

One concern is not just the additional defenders but that they seem to be no help at our set pieces and haven't introduced any additional ariel threat during our limited opportunities in the opposite box. The quality of crossing doesn't help but why are we crowding the goal line rather than having runners into the 6 yard box to attack the ball?

2 hours ago, dougal said:

The attendance figure given yesterday was 2035!!!!! Ok we have been falsifying the  figures now for decades but that has to be the biggest exaggeration yet that’s just embarrassing. Lucky that’s there 1000 there going by that highlights and even that’s being kind.

For a guy who doesn't go to games you don't half come out with some absolute *****, but guess it's to be expected.

1 hour ago, STFU said:

Based on minutes played, he's probably as proficient as any of our strikers at the moment.

Low bar there. Samuels, Lodivica, sorry to say Pepple too are just miles away even at this level.

Can't wait until next week's must win, goaless draw.

Big game day. Big excitement for it.

Drab draw to match the pre game build up.

8 hours ago, old caley girl said:

Wasn't asked but a,good question. 

Lots of criticism, sniping and still conjecture posted here on the matter yet seems when the opportunity presented some stayed silent.

Makes Saturdays game now a battle between the 2 teams with the best unbeaten runs in the league

On 3/3/2024 at 8:20 PM, Robert said:

I’m away on Wednesday so won’t be able to attend. Had there been more notice of the meeting, I’d have been able to rearrange commitments to attend.

Try contact the club directly, there could be a platform for online participation?

3 hours ago, ICTPaisley said:

Playoffs are on! 

So long as we get to beat morton again last game of the season to crush their play off dream whether it's us or others that benefit.

Would rather we still had Oakley and his 8 goals this season. Quite glad to hear he may be out injured though.

18 hours ago, old caley girl said:

Obviously not rated by DF? 

Don't recall many getting much time from the last regime either tbf

23 minutes ago, Yngwie said:

If you are saying we should live within our means then you are effectively saying we should have gone part time years ago after getting relegated

Exactly this. I'm not going to repost my comments over the last few days but its clear so many fans are failing to see the financial reason for loans and turn over of players or acknowledge where a club with a gate of 2k max sits in the Scottish football hierarchy.

Stars aligned once achieving unfathomable success but the chances of that again is slim so we may yet need to go further back both on and off park to build again.

While fans being verbally abusive towards players, staff or even each other is unacceptable I disagree advocating violence to resolve it

It's clear the Jan remit was to reduce playing costs, where experienced and high earning players along with those not contributing were punted. Bring in youth from down south on loan from bigger clubs where we are unlikely to pay much if any towards wages.

Dunc may well be a scapegoat here and the signings may be more a case of what we can get rather than what we really needed.

Who and where are fans expecting quality and experience to come from when the club aren't able to spend the funds to match? We haven't missed out on quality players as its clear we were never approaching any.

As for playing the loan players, it would not be a shock if the deals and lack of contributing financially means parent clubs have made the call they need to play or it costs (more).

Thankfully QP have already demolished Arbroath tonight it seems

Oh and Sheridan scores too