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I see Villa have announced the signing of a young Turkish player, and Inter Milan will sign Zagreb and young Croatian star, with him undergoing a medical yesterday. I long for us to be this organised. Given our situation, we should be proactively setting up deals for players right now. We've managed to secure Cameron on a Bosman, but we could also be negotiating fees and other terms in advance. At the moment, our club seems disorganised, with no clear sense of who is coming or going. This lack of structure is incredibly frustrating. It's quite ironic, isn't it? The clubs motto is "ready" but the reality seems far from it. We seem like an unprepared mess scrambling from problem to problem.

The income we get from Europa is dwarfed by the income the other mob get, from yearly CL thrashings and making up the numbers. Domestic success is everything, Europe is a distraction. 'aye but it makes us money' - Yes money this board burned just like they did with the CL money the year we took the thrashings. I'd rather have the silverware. People frequently mention the decline in this club's standards, but one overlooked aspect is the way we've begun elevating our Europa performances as if they compensate for our domestic failures. The truth is, whether it's the Scottish Cup, the League Cup, or the League itself, unless you win, it doesn't count for much.

We wont get anywhere near any of these types of guys for years to come. Our next manager will be an SPFL level guy or a punt on an untested name like Gerrard.

Raskin and Soutter will be down to 1 year so need to be sold, Butland is a problem, we are not getting value from him as of late. Dessers and Propper will likely go, if we can get our cash back for Bajrami we take it. Ridvan, Sterling (nice new contract bro) Danilo cant get fit and stay fit. Nothing about this squad has been fixed or can be fixed in 2 years. Yes we have significantly lowered the wage bill but at what cost for future seasons? As I posted previously in this thread, there is a real danger of them getting ten this time around. We are further away now than we were before Gerrard came in.

Yeah wasn't aimed at you as such, I've seen loads of criticism for him past few weeks on social media and the likes. Not sure what people are expecting is all.

I think this is where we need to be realistic about Jefte. He was a 500k signing, 20 year old from Brazil who played half a season of first team football in Cyprus before he came here. I'd say he has exceeded expectations so far. He just hasn't been able to put it all together. But we need to get used to having guys like this in the team. Its where we are at. He is here for what he can be, not what he is now. When I see Jefte I'm thinking about pre-leg break Alan Hutton. A raw player who had pace and running power, but was naïve defensively and didn't have a cutting edge going forward. Not sure exactly at what age, when or where it kicked in with Hutton, but it seemed like almost overnight he found the final ball, killer instinct and physicality that made him from a backup right back into a £10 million EPL premiership player. He was unplayable for a good 6 months before he left. I'm hoping that's what we see with Jefte. If we don't and he doesn't improve then at worst we have had 4 years of a low wage squad player who cost 500k.

Was never a pen IMO. Terrible decision

I think Igamane would be ideal supporting a Jelavic, Cousin, Prso etc. We need a proper #9 though. I think part of our issue is there is no out ball, hasn't been since Morelos left. We cant make an aimless hoof up the park and have a forward make something from it.

We will be told the usual stuff, the board put their money in to cover costs, club running at a loss etc. That our fault too? Why cant this board take any accountability? Too many need to just go, they don't need to sell up but they need to be completely removed from any positions of influence and be completely passive. They have lost the right to decision making.

Dunno what the hipster name for it is but seems about right. Not quite a #10 but not a #9 either.

Ferry

Igamane isn’t, and never will be a #9. His inability to lead the line and stay between the posts is part of the problem.

It’s going to take a heck of a lot of good result to turn this around for Clement. As i said in the transfer thread, this isn’t a year tanking and we will be competitive again next season. We are about 3-4 years away from being competitive for the league. Unless we find some money to spend or they regress massively they will get their Terry Munro this time. This board have done an almighty load of damage to the club due to their mismanagement. Putting their hands in their pockets to cover the shortfall isn’t good enough. How about manage the club well enough so there is no shortfall.

Tav should have scored that, was a poor penalty.

Managers don’t resign anymore it’s pay to go

If he mentions anything about a new team I want him shot into the Clyde from a mons meg

There is nothing to rip up

Dreadful penalty

Manager doesn’t have a clue how to win these games.

Yep, I’d love to know what the bonuses look like for domestic competition v Europe..

Why can’t the guy with cramp get off the park 😂😂😂😂

This has disaster written all over it.

Not a vintage performance so far

Wears the same jumper on all these videos the wee hobo

The correct answer to that is the same as we paid for him. It all rests on our ability to recruit.