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| Barca87 | May 30 2013, 07:52 AM Post #256 |
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Aye. Exactly. I can take Daly going, Basher? Fine, that boy can not defend in any way that I recognise. Flood would be a sickner, but if we're already saying that 16 year olds can go, lets give up. I think Thompson's running of the club is sound, and most things he has said I've agreed with or could see why he has had to say so, but selling the jerseys of young players who I guess we are expected to be ok with replacing older heads. No. What next. The ball boys can go because everyone has a price? |
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| findus | May 30 2013, 08:14 AM Post #257 |
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Jerry Kerr
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Get the tealadies and barmen up on Craigslist. The naughty sections. For rent. I'm still waiting for the, "Chaps, we're in the shitter. Administration within days." press release from Thompson. Anyway, stiff upper lips required all round I suppose... at least until we see where we are after the first quarter of the season. |
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| Naebody | May 30 2013, 09:26 AM Post #258 |
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Twat
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The Courier wrote down Thompson's sales pitch yesterday, like a secretary taking a memo. Here's the (barely edited) upshot.
I take that to mean no signings from the an equal or higher level. I'd also guess that the financial year (ending June) has no transfer fee income, so cry me a fucking river about that £100k loss. Personally, I'm fine with pinning hope on youngsters and lower-league potential rather than on journeymen and falling stars. I'm less fine with the idea that, by the start of next season, Dillon, Rankin, Gardyne and Millar may well be first picks in their positions. |
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| Hamish | May 30 2013, 09:34 AM Post #259 |
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Ian McCall
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And, much more importantly, the manager has banned toast. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4947532/We-wont-eat-toast-at-Tannadice.html |
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| Conan the Destroyer | May 30 2013, 11:36 AM Post #260 |
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I prefer it when we're pish
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What's wrong with toast? |
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| whatsthatonyourback | May 30 2013, 12:05 PM Post #261 |
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Waldo Jeffers
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I'm with him on the toast ban - so many of the bad things I eat are toast-related. Pate mostly. Unless you count the butter. Oh, OK, butter too. Nutella? Peanut butter? All on toast, hot buttery toast. Don;t get me start on the home-made jams. F*ck toast. I love you, toast. F*ck you, toast. So now that Jamanackie has turned the squad against him, my hopes are even lower than before. |
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| Naebody | May 30 2013, 12:18 PM Post #262 |
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Twat
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![]() (Also, the above sentence is nonsense. The direct object doesn't match the adjective modifier that's the determiner of the prepositional phrase. Clowns.) |
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| Morvant's Finest | May 30 2013, 12:57 PM Post #263 |
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Tommy McLean
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It's been depressing stuff recently, but after reading Kinda and Tom_Boland's rallying cries, as well as the regeneration stuff about the diet and extra training I'm actually feeling slightly upbeat.... Reasons to be cheerful: 1) We've got 2 excellent young players in the Scotland squad. And both are on relatively long contracts (for young modern footballers). 2) We've reared two of the brightest young talents in the SPL, who are just breaking into the 1st team and both are on longish contracts. So, despite ST's attempts to smoke out any silly early bids for them (and I'd stick my neck out and say neither of them will be sold soon for anything less than £1M+), you've got to think there's a decent chance they'll be in the team for a few years yet. 3) We've signed 2 important players from the best team in Div 1, who the Manager know well, so they'll be fully motivated and onboard with his training/sports science/lifestyle methods. 4) The rest of the SPL are in the same boat, with reduced wage bills all round there's no reason to think we aren't going to have a chance of being the best of the rest in 2013/14? |
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| whatsthatonyourback | May 30 2013, 01:08 PM Post #264 |
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Waldo Jeffers
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The point that everyone else is in the same boat is a good one, Morv. Who do we expect to improve next season? Aberdeen? That might be about it, with the reasonable expectation that Motherwell sans McCall will be worse and Hibs losing Griffiths will weaken them, whilst the Highland clubs will find the usual problems following a season in which they overachieved. Hearts are a slo-mo disaster, anyone mentioning Killie after Boyd has a good pre-season under his belt should be laughed at. St Mirren are miles behind us, albeit a nicely run club for whom I have a fondness. Alan Archibald may find he is less tactically adept than he needs to be in the SPL. Who does that leave? The St Johns? I predict a fight for second between us, Aberdeen and the Johnnies. Woo Hoo! Can't wait for the new season now! Or, I might change my mind in ten minutes when I think of a team of no strikers and no delivery now that Baws Dugs and Willo are away. |
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| Morvant's Finest | May 30 2013, 03:24 PM Post #265 |
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Tommy McLean
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Agree with the analysis of the other clubs, but re the above, you forgot about Watson's practically un-defendable, high looping balls delivered from just in front of the half way line.
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| Setenza | May 30 2013, 06:23 PM Post #266 |
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Knitting with only one needle
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Sounds like we've taken on board the mafia or something, which would be a lot more fun. |
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| Setenza | May 30 2013, 06:27 PM Post #267 |
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Knitting with only one needle
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I think the problem is that a well organised team of SPL regulars will do well enough. That's what St Johnsone, Hibs have, and a few others. The issue is we're not really going to have SPL regualrs, we've got potenially great young players who need time and players still trying to adapt. Add in a new manager, and it's either going to be a great success, or a real problem. I can't see us slogging it out with a consistently midtable performance. |
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| whatsthatonyourback | May 31 2013, 08:38 AM Post #268 |
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Waldo Jeffers
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Fair point. Makes the retention of Dillon, Rankin, Gunning, even Watson, seem all the more important for next season doesn't it? |
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| Setenza | May 31 2013, 10:03 AM Post #269 |
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Knitting with only one needle
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Yeah, and that's why I'd rather Douglas stayed. With our sparse squad, a flop is going to be an issue. If our new striker can't score, or our new left back (if we get one) flogs a goal a game, we're going to be in for a long season. Our youth squad might fill some gaps and offer alternative, but that's risky in itself. |
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| findus | Jun 1 2013, 12:58 PM Post #270 |
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Jerry Kerr
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After having their Russell bid of 625k turned down earlier in the week, Derby's 2nd bid of, erm, less than 700k has just been rejected.
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