mikeyrob73

only just seen this thread, met Bronson a good few times back in the day,lovely bloke,  such terrible sad news RIP Simon

Which part of " we are skint" you not quite understanding ? 

Proven Goalscorers cost money, which we do not have 

30 minutes ago, Alan Simpson said:

Exactly our kinda player my man cost nothing play for a few quid more than his dole him and Quinn 

Aye we can afford to wait half a season to get someone match fit 

Islam Feruz 

guy hasnt played in like 2 years 

38 minutes ago, dougal said:

Coll Donaldson is the latest County signing or will be in the next 24-48 hours once again  it reinforces that we are now the official feeder club for County

Sad days 

Dougal

Lets see how well off they are well uncle Roy eventually pulls out, its not sustainable 

think the twitter post summed it up best 

" our best years were your best years " 

Good player, such a shame 

Bobby Mann, still probably our best ever centre back and that goal against Celtic and THAT Picture 

               Calder 

Tokely Mann Dods Shinnie 

Wilson Cherry Christie Hayes 

       Wyness Stewart 

Subs Brown Meekings Ritchie  Black Robson Sheerin Teasdale 

No sign of Foran anywhere  

3 hours ago, Alan Simpson said:

I'm hoping we start with Austin leave the big fella as the late impact player gotta go on the front foot Utd are no great shakes a draw here and beat them in front of the tangerine army Friday night

Good thinking, let’s drop our top scorer for a guy who has done nothing. Any other pearls of wisdom to share just in case Robbo reads the forum ? 

2 hours ago, bdu98196 said:

To summarise

Managers fans like at ict - robbo & pele

Managers disliked - butcher & hughes

Used to be liked until getting the job now despised - foran

Can we all now move on from going over the same old ground about our management history please. Whats done is done now let's focus on where we are now and what team is needed to move forwards and provide success and stability which right now is around robbo.

Hughes should have left this club as a Legend, but his manner of departure soured it all 

Aye well done the club, but i want to know whose shoe it was?

11 minutes ago, Kingsmills said:

A player who should now be in his prime who has never been remotely close to being a prolific striker at any time in his career.

Even with our limited means, I am sure we could do better than that.

pretty sure that sums Billy McKay up the first time round 

im in 

Apologies offered all round to mods 

12 minutes ago, Kingsmills said:

Then you know what to do. Nobody is obliging you to post.

No Kingsmills, your right they aren't BUT when someone is slagging off one of our Coach's for nothing to do with his coaching ability then surely i have the right to tell him he is a tit? 

Or should we just all shut up and allow Alan to say as he likes and say nothing? 

Seems we have more board members than players at the moment. 

38 minutes ago, Eagle4Caley said:

Pretty much agree with everything you say....as far as I can see everyone wins. Gary now has a longer contract on possibly more money, we have rebalanced the squad financially, and certainly from an age point of view. Imagine if Warren had got an injury next season, he would have been in a more vulnerable position in terms of his next contract. We've lost a good man no doubt, with plenty of experience, a great servant....it was ashame he was banned for two of our finals. However certainly in our relegation season there were a few on here having a pop at him and it's probably true that he might not have been first choice next season.

It's difficult for the board to get it right, not least since social media, always outflanks you. There was obviously suggestions being made, as in 'if you fancy finding yourself a better contract elsewhere we wont stand in your way/demand a fee' but that has empowered Gary. In the end the board (any board) will never satisfy all the fans nor that it needs to....yes I get 'more transparency, openess' thing, but just what do we really expect with player contracts and transfers.

Someone else has suggested the board is a 'shambles'...really? At the end of the season people were speculating about whether we were in financial trouble or if we could avoid going part time. Yet what I see is a club that's got key players on extended/better contracts (and longer than a year!) and recruited five new players in good time (yes we lost Vigurs), leaving us with squad that has some potential and longevity and no sign of going part-time as well as organising itself off the park.

Sure people have had issues with the departures of Gary, and Ross Draper and David Raven previously, but ultimately the club makes 'business' decisions about what it can afford and fund.

best post in this whole thread 

No Millions involved in Who wants to be a Millionaire, its 1 million, the clues in the title. 

16 minutes ago, Alan Simpson said:

Use up the last of the parachute payment drapers sale last season! Or u could win the club millions by going on who wants to be a millionaire!

How do you propose to "push the boat out"  brother? where do the funds come from for this boat? 

8 minutes ago, Alan Simpson said:

You no the budget then I take it! Surely this new board didn't come in with no money

Nope i don't know the budget anymore than you do, what is plainly obvious is that we have less money than before our relegation and then a full year in The Championship, with no TV money. 

Would you be happy to see these guys come back on their previous wages and the club to under Alan? Is it win at all costs and damn the future of the club? 

1 hour ago, Alan Simpson said:

Why would replacing Bell with a Storey be a bad thing fAr better player! He's had time but look who he tried to sign Kyle Hutton ffs wouldn't have him in a lucky bag how small is the budget Tansey Lawless etc mentioned on here are far better than him

Because we CANT AFFORD Storey , same as we cant afford Tansey or Draper. Fairly simple. 

what is it with always looking backwards? Robbo has actually had time to look at players that are needed this year instead of a rush job

Oh Scotty

this was jus getting interesting

3 minutes ago, caleydawson said:

With the money warren is on, i'm not surprised he is being told to leave, even if he took a 50% pay cut he would probably still be one of our highest payed players to do what this season sit on the bench. With Donaldson and Mackay being the centre half pairing which is the best option for the team we can't afford to have warren on the bench. Can't let sentiment cloud the fact at the end of the day we are business which under a previous regime just handed out stupid money for this club and now Robbo and current board look like the bad guys for trying to cut the wages so we don't have problems in the long term. 

all of this