Franc Ergs

Good article in the Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jun/16/partick-thistle-the-biggest-victims-of-scottish-footballs-vote-farce

32 Red is still on the playing shirts and Unibet on the training gear.

I've genuinely got no idea how Doncaster earns his money.

He leaves the clubs to make all the decisions, and the only decisions he makes are ones that involve dishing out punishment to our club.

2 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

I watch some highlights from their (Partizan Belgrade) matches and he has something about him - very unpredictable and clumsy but when it comes off, it's quite good.

 

I suspect he didn't fit in at Ibrox, for whatever reason and the LCSF against Aberdeen was the end of his career here.  

Ted McMinn in a nutshell.

Griffiths in 3rd place  ?.

Another season , more 'signing the next big thing', lots of potential etc ,. it's all way too familiar to me

Bassey looks a decent signing lets just hope he's more 'The greatest performance of my life' ,than 'I who have nothing'.

We  have the best support in the world , and our B team would be better supported than most , if not all clubs in a league one set up.

1 hour ago, ChelseaBoy said:

Terrible, why is this clown still head of SPFL, he isn't good at communicating and by the looks of that deal he hasn't got much business acumen. 

You're being a bit harsh on clowns there.

Lawwell has praised it, .. all is good in the world then .

1 hour ago, Dave M609 said:

Here's one I noticed earlier as a back up left back, Chris Brunt has just left WBA, good experienced international player, I haven't seen him for a couple of years but surely he could be a good option as a back up if we need to fill the lb position

It's definitely a position that we struggled to fill when Barisic was unavailable.

4 hours ago, alexscottislegend said:

None of these things seemed to worry the 9iar squad though - and I'm sure we had to contend with dodgy refereeing decisions etc. then. We had also players like Stuart McCall who we don't quite have the equivalent of now. I don't think Keltic have better players than us man for man - but they definitely are more consistent. Anyone know - do we have an actual sports psychologist on the staff? Used to pooh-pooh them but I think their input is sorely needed now.

The 9IAR squad were all winners, and had a confidence in their own ability.

We need a new captain ,but i really don't see a natural one at all in the current squad.

The SPFL held a "positive discussion" on Monday with philanthropist James Anderson over his "extremely generous" offer of financial support.

Chief executive Neil Doncaster and chairman Murdoch MacLennan had talks with the businessman, whose proposal is intended to help all 42 clubs.

Hearts owner Ann Budge told BBC Scotland on Saturday she had spoken to people keen to donate millions.

Doncaster hopes to progress Anderson's offer "as swiftly as possible".
He added: "The offer from James is an extremely generous one and we have committed to work together to quickly iron out the details and develop a concrete proposal which could make a significant difference to our 42 clubs."

Anderson has reportedly said his proposed cash support is not dependent on league reconstruction and "not contingent".

The Edinburgh-based investor has previously made similar donations to the arts world.

Budge was critical of the SPFL's initial response after she approached them about the offer of cash backing from business people amid the Covid-19 crisis.

The Hearts owner claimed she was asked to "put a paper in and they will discuss it next week".

The Tynecastle club themselves have been the recipients of donations, with £8.75m gifted to them since 2017, according to their most recent accounts.

Hearts' proposal for temporary league reconstruction - which would reverse the Tynecastle outfit's top-flight relegation - is to be discussed at a meeting of Premiership clubs on Monday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52881608

Gifting millions to Doncaster, what could possibly go wrong ?

On 30/05/2020 at 13:18, RANGERRAB said:

The sooner Doncaster & Maxwell are removed from their positions the better. That’s why I want hearts to take the SPFL to court 

Doncaster can't fart without Rod Mackenzie's say so, and we already know his history, so i'd have him on that list too.

On 31/05/2020 at 09:53, der Berliner said:

NewsNow Rangers brings up this ...

 

 

 

Lyle Taylor at TM

 

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/05/30/rangers-reportedly-want-an-international-striker-who-rates-joe-aribo-highly/

Watched a recent interview he did, and would seem his desire is to play in the EPL .

Hearts chief Ann Budge has said that "philanthropists" have been in touch to offer financial help to other Scottish clubs.

Budge told BBC Sportsound that wealthy individuals or groups have offered no-strings-attached help worth millions of pounds.

This would be to help ensure lower league clubs survived the Scottish football shutdown enforced by COVID-19.

However the Hearts owner expressed frustration at the SPFL after being asked to put the information in writing and they'll discuss it next week, despite this being a time of emergency.

She told the BBC: "I have taken to the SPFL an amazing philanthropic gesture from some of the people that I know, to help lower division clubs cope with the challenges that they are being confronted with. I've taken that to them, and now I'm being asked to put it down in writing, and tell them exactly what's on offer.

"It's a nonsense, it's not quick enough. They are not decisive enough – 'being a member's organisation you'll have to put forward what you're suggesting'. I'm offering them money, not my money. A fund to help people.

"They are philanthropists. They are people who can see what's happening. I know them. They know me because of Hearts, but that's irrelevant in this situation. What they are saying is 'we would like to help Scottish football' and I can't even get that moving."

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/sport/football/philanthropists-been-touch-hearts-owner-18336272

On 28/05/2020 at 18:43, Scott7 said:

A very good idea. Could it happen? Doubt if County would want it unless they played in Dingwall and I can’t see caley going there.

 

They could play in tartan shirts. I think an Inverness welfare/school team did that long ago. Hilton? 

Dingwall's a one horse town, and even the horse wants to leave ,so surely it'd have to be in Inverness.

Tartan shirts ? you could definitely be their marketing guy ?.

17 minutes ago, Gribz said:

The complete opposite mate. Obviously an agenda at play. The elephant in the room is the Scottish Cup - why has that not been cancelled?

Relegation is still an issue as well. They have to stick by it if they have called the league.

 

Think it's because the Scottish cup is an sfa thing and not a spfl thing.

If things don't go to plan and Hearts win it ,that would cause another shitstorm with the  Europa league place.

38 minutes ago, compo said:

I was thinking that if some clubs were to fold do you think their fans would switch their allegiance to another club , say Ross County and Inverness were to fold could you see their fans travelling to Aberdeen to watch the football,.

An ICT and County merger into Highland FC would make more sense ,and keep top flight football in that area.

Great job again @Rousseau ?.

Clicked the link for Rayhaan Tulloch, and there is a list of comparable players on the right.

Jizz Hornkamp and Adil Titi are two that appeared ,and could be worth signing purely for the comedy value ?.

Do the votes have to be in by 5pm today ?

1 hour ago, Bill said:

Leaving the merits of Castore aside, I'm still basking in the relief of having got rid of Ashley, which I didn't see coming. 

You don't get rid of Ashley, he gets rid of you.

7 hours ago, Crimson Dynamo said:

Flanagan not a great player but played in position was always solid backup in my opinion. Never hid in games and ran himself into the ground.

 

 

I think right back was his more favoured position, but he was never really going to be challenging Tav for that spot.