CammyF

So we're guessing why he backed out? A holding statement would be best - we eventually did it with Ibrox redevelopment and it immediately took the pressure of the board. A generic statement with no names has a very low risk of putting a candidate off or I the spotlight, in fact it would be impossible for the candidates to be identified unless the board leaked it.

McCausland sent home from NI squad with a foot injury. Another added to the list.......

So why did Gilligan update us previously? How would "progress is going well in our pursuit to fill the 4 critical roles within the club. We are interviewing suitable candidates and hope to have an announcement soon.", harm the recruitment process? As for taking time, how long have these roles been open and what would be a suitable time frame for filling them? You do know that once these roles have been filled it takes pressure of the board? You'd think they would have this as number one priority, which is what we were told it would be once we were back at Ibrox. When was that again? Last week?

Really, wow. As for the board, they told us what they were doing. They offered the job to the bloke from St Mirren, he (thankfully) turned us down (hopefully you'll be able to accept this since you denied it for long enough). So once he rejected us, for some reason, we had to start the entire hiring process again. To do that we were looking at hiring a specialised recruitment company. That's obviously taking ages to happen as since Gilligan told us all of the above. Maybe the next time he talks to his paying customers, he might give us a long awaited update. Now that was for Bisgrove's replacement, we've not be told about the other 3. Maybe you right though, they'll on it and there's nothing to worry about.

SDM can be blamed for a lot of things, but he can't be blamed for the current boards continued gross mismanagement. Once we accept that the current board continues to spend more than we earn we'll see where the problem lies. As well as the money they and King have loaned us, they've squandered CL money, EL money, £50M in transfer fees (Patterson, Bassey, Aribo, Sakala and Kamara), year on year recored ST sales / income, over inflated Euopean tickets and substantial merchandise / retail growth. As well as financial mismanagement, we have ; NEH - overbudget, under utilised. Copland Upgrade - not completed on time, had to rent Hampden and a public ridiculing. Vacant Roles - still unable (or unwilling) to fill 4 critically important roles within the club. Recruitment - aligned to the above, continued recruitment of the wrong people. Now, if you believe the board don't need "hounded" regarding all of the above and it's somehow SDM and the fans fault, then there is little hope for us. As it stands, as long as the bowling club committee are in charge (i.e making the day to day decisions), we are heading for oblivion.

you've misquoted me again something you appear to excel at. I said it was the easiest alternative. Do you believe finding people with the experience and skill set of running a football club is difficult? Maybe we should ask our neighbours how they've managed it.

Employ people with the relevant experience and skills to run a football club properly. I'll ask again, you do realise those you want to be "left alone" are the same people who got us into this mess? Why should they be trusted to get us out of it?

Exactly this - when are we going to realise its that simple? That's the easiest alternative. The board got us into this mess - no one else. They continue to stumble from one crisis to the next, making incorrect decisions (good intentions or not) at every turn. Employ and hand over running of the club to people who are experienced in running football clubs. They need hounded until these people are in place and operating the.club. How much longer are we expected to wait?

You do realise it's the board's fault we are in this mess? So we sit back and watch the club go to the wall (cause that's where we are heading) for a second time? Aye, that's they way forward.

Nothing I can do - the voice we have is pay up and shut up or stop paying up. Given I've already paid for my ST and EL tickets the don't pay option isn't on the table until next season. However, sitting back and accepting a decade of gross mismanagement hasn't gone well has it? So we're all for sitting back and hoping against all hope that the board who've squandered for decades suddenly get it right.

When David Holmes was in charge.

I think it goes beyond how the team are performing. The board, no matter how many millions they have put in, have squandered it, as well as the millions we've put into the club. They have to held accountable for this as well as the growing list of terrible recruitment decisions. But, yeah, the fans should wind their necks in. Pay up, sit down and shut up - it's like SDM is back in town.

They deserved to be hounded out - how much money have they squandered, how many incorrect appointments have they made? Best in class right enough. The fans should be expectant and they have been patient for over a decade. Fans cant be blamed for the finacial mess we find ourselves in or for the poor product on the pitch.

It does give that impression. We are in a sorry state with no signs of improvement. Incompetence doesn't even begin to describe it / them.

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Yeah, true but during the transfer window, I don't believe any of us would have thought Motherwell would be our direct rivals. Hindsight and all that.......

The time has passed, but I'd have offered them circa £2.5M in the summer but with us paying his wages and loaned him back to Motherwell for the season. Don't know if they'd have gone for it, but it would have been worth exploring.

You're assuming Motherwell will want Rice (who walked out on them to come to Rangers) and Devine who couldn't hold down a regular position when he was on loan there.

Aye, I'm sure Motherwell will go for this. They want over £4M for Miller, that's less than we paid for Diomande and Cortes. "Trading' Rice and Devine will take about £100,000 off their asking price.

We all want to break the habit, but breaking the habit doesn't mean we can't compete. We play in the SPL and have been unable to challenge for 14 years (give or take). That's the habit I want to break and that doesn't mean or take untold millions. Beat the rest of the SPL regularly and taking momentum into the OF games, winning 50% should see us neck-to-neck in a title race. To make that happen our players need a system that they can play in and trust, be fit (mentally and physically), be prepared to fight every second of every game. That all comes down to coaching and is as far as I am aware, free of charge. This acceptance that we need millions that isn't there to challenge is a fallacy. We need the right people in place and we'll be 90% of the way there. We have accepted that we can't challenge and excuse this as we've been told "it's a rebuild" - how long are we going to accept this? Another 5 years (that'll be 2 decades in total)? Or do we reset our mindset and realise it doesn't take a lot to challenge in Scotland - be managed correctly on and off the pitch, it's really that simple. EDIT - we do realise that Celtic pay their players less in wages and pick up better players than us on lesser fees?

Nope, you've misunderstood again....

He should be, but he won't. With no structure in place to scout / identify his replacement it's pointless sacking him. Also, far too many have bought into this "rebuild" nonsense as an excuse for poor football, poor fitness, being 3rd in a 2 horse race and that it'll take time to challenge domestically. As I said previously, we're getting exactly what we deserve as we are accepting and excusing mediocrity right through the club.

In my opinion, Kelly was signed to replace Butland but for some reason, we didn't receive the bids we thought were incoming. Cortes is still unkown, he's hardly featured due to injury so the jury is still out. Jefte only featured as Ridvan was injured, otherwise Ridvan was our starting left back (in fact the experts in our support had Jefte written off in pre-season). I can't agree with Diomamde, he hasn't cemented a starring place, he's only playing as our number 10 is playing wide left and our other number 10 is injured. As you say, we are only in November but we've not seen Ridvan, Danilo, Cortes or Matondo who would all be starters (Clement started Danilo over Dessers). Kasanwirjo is starting to feature but isn't a regular starter. He looks far more comfortable at CB than he does at RB. I think Clement has signed 11 players, that's an entire team so you can't say there is a "lack of players".

We draw 2-2 with Motherwell yesterday in a bounce game with Curtis and Propper scoring. For those who'll instantly jump in and say this is evidence that Curtis should get an opportunity in the 1st team, it's worth noting that PC has given competitive minutes to 1 player under 20 since he took over. Thats less than any of our previous 3 managers.

Oh you've misunderstood again, I wasn't laughing at Lawrence and Dessers.