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If we’re seriously to compete at CL level we’ll need mega-investment in our playing squad. And I’ve no idea where that investment will come from

I’d be tempted to take any Football Insider says with a large pinch of salt 🧂  

1 hour ago, the gunslinger said:

If we play like yesterday every game then he will be fine. 

And play with the same high level of tempo

Both are young players who my we should be able to make a decent profit on when we sell them

The whole investigation and prosecutions were botched. The City of London police should have been involved as they’re more experienced in this sort of crime. Polis Alba out of their depth 

Did Beale take the team today or was he just visiting? 😎

4-1 was a poor reflection on the game. Should been at least 6 or 7. How can a team put in so different a performance from one week to the next?

Big step up from Bodo/Glimt ?

2 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

Talking a lot leads to contradictions and tying yourself in knots.  

 

Having a better manager will immediately result in improved performances.  It really is that simple.  

 

I think other changes are needed but that'll take longer/more thought.  

So who is the ‘better manager’ as you suggest?

5 hours ago, buster. said:

Squad had too many old and chronically injured that needed managed and liable to miss a lot of minutes.

 

Squad mgmt was awful.

It was basically set-up to fail.

 

Not hindsight.

I said it before the season began. It was obvious.

The average age of the squad is too high

I genuinely don’t see us ditching a manager whilst we’re still in touch at the top of the league & still having 2 domestic cups to play for. Also consider the fact this manager got us to a European final and got us into the CL group stages in the past few months.

Whilst I agree some of the domestic football hasn’t been great to watch I do believe the injuries we’ve had has played a big part in this along with less than successful recruitment last summer. 
The CL has proved too big a step up for us but my biggest concern is heavy defeats to the yahoos at the moment. That needs to change along with 2 or 3 signings in January who can go straight into the starting XI. A goalkeeper for starters

I thought Sands did well last night. Not sure what the fee would be for him but if we’re signing Porteous (please  don’t shoot the messenger 😵‍💫) then his opportunities in the defence may be limited & MF may be his only option.

Tillman for me disappears in games too often. He’s got a bit to go before we decide to sign him I think

Reminded me a bit tonight of our recent performances at the San giro i.e. poor first half, conceding early then turning in a half decent performance when it’s too late.

Wonder what it’ll take for kent to get dropped & yilmaz and Sakala to get a decent run of games ?

2 minutes ago, Blue Moon said:

I think we definitely need new blood in the boardroom and an injection of funds.  For me this rests on whether it is hostile or not.  After the horrific experiences of 10 years ago I am wary.  What guarantees are there that we won't be duped again?

Anyone putting money into the club will want a say on how things are run. That will undoubtedly mean place(s) on the board

Perhaps a lot of the current problems will go away as we get players  back from injury & can add one or two in January.

Hagi getting near now I believe 

39 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

That is a problem. Wonder if anyone is actually accountable.

DoF ?

On 24/10/2022 at 06:04, buster. said:

So sometime before ST renewals ?

 

Celtic should have got rid of Lennon in late October (really shoudn't have hired him in the showers, we are glad they did) but citing past achievement and loyalty they hung on until well into the following year, despite major fan protests. A month or two before ST renewals they finally pulled the plug.....No replacement until the summer.

 

I wonder how our board see things just now and how much finances are conditioning that view.

We don't have the same amount of money to throw at it as they did last summer.

They'll probably get automatic CL again and spend much more on the squad than we can. Unless we appoint an excellent manager and our recruitment is the same, then a real gap will start opening up again.

 

With that in mind, do/should the board (with an eye on the league title) look to be proactive and make the change now ? They are in a very difficult situation.

 

The problem with getting rid off GvB is, I believe, he’s contracted until June 2025..

It would cost around £7m to get rid off him including his back room staff I believe 

Playing against this calibre of team is damage limitation. We should do same as we did at anfield 5-4-1. We should have done this in all our CL group matches

1 hour ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

So what, people fall out all the time, big egos  etc etc 

So should supports groups ( one in particular) be buying his shares?

17 minutes ago, forlanssister said:

erstwhile

 

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adjective

 

former.

 

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Same, same 😎

3 minutes ago, forlanssister said:

I note it being reported elsewhere that our erstwhile Chairman threatened to put us into adminstration unless his loan was repaid, the one with tge 8% coupon iirc.

 

I'm sure he had the clubs best interests at heart though. 

You mean former chairman?

1 hour ago, Rousseau said:

He's not the "biggest cause", but certainly the recruitment has not been good enough.

 

It's still on GvB for failing to utilise the players properly.

Even with the number of players missing with injuries at moment, we should have been able to beat Livingston yesterday with the players we did have.

I just wish the manager would think about varying it now & then. Everything is too low tempo & predictable 

As expected, a poor start. In our game missed a clear first half penalty for handball

1 hour ago, buster. said:

Chasing the European dream by throwing cash you don't have at it has been done before. It doesn't end well.

 

Right now, we are struggling to find enough cash to chase the Scottish title.

 

For a generation, we've become accustomed for the club to run at a substantial loss. 

 

To be sustainable comes with the pain of operating within a budget but the comfort of knowing the club is safe.

 

 

 

I’d say we are start to get things right regards are structural model i.e. the Ajax model where we develop players and sell them on. Paterson, Bassey & Aribo all sold

For as long as we’re in the SPFL that will need to continue. 

Any outside investment will want a say in the running of the club. That could be problematic 

3 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Head from an ex-pat in Australia that we were offered the Australia International keeper in the summer but decided to keep McGregor. Maybe he has some incriminating photos of someone 😉

Matt Ryan?

43 minutes ago, forlanssister said:

Whilst Kings public utterances are certainly more consumer friendly a look under under the bonnet may result in a different conclusion.

 

Personally I'd opt a strong well known high profile person from the business or peferably political spheres. As much as it grates the Fritzl doppelganger appointing Dr Death was an extremely astute piece of business.

 

Like you I'd love an open and frank AGM but such beasts don't appear to exist anywhere nowadays.

Their astute piece of business were those before Dr Death. Those SLAB who arranged the San giro rebuild after the bunnet never raised enough from his shares issue

apologies for going off-topic