OzGers

So have the plans been shelved? Or we going another contractor? If it’s the former, I don’t recall the club coming out and confirming it? Thought this was a great idea when first mooted

I beg to differ. Everyone I recall at the time recognised how pivotal he was to us, esp in Europe. He wasn’t flashy but by god he was composed

Mcrorie perfectly fits the role we all hoped coulibaly would provide- tackling machine, physical, gets ball moving fast. I’d quite happily see him get more game time

Any ideas of other streams?

Why would a professional footballer ever be scared to play another team? What a load of bollocks this rumour is.

Before slating windass, do we know if he's screaming st linesman who overturned beatons decision?

14 yo playing under 20s? Wow they highly rated? Also, who is closest to a call up to our first team?

So is the general feeling the mulholland and co are generally improving our youth structure and players?

I think vast majority know that the board is complicit in all this. If they don't get a manager to inspire the support or back them in summer with decent funds, watch the knives come out

I appreciate you maybe happy to accept small regurgitated sound bites from our manager however, we need guidance from the board. overinvestment was promised- it hasn't been delivered to a level reasonable enough to challenge, does the board intend to increase spending or stay stagnant next season? the board confirmed the scouting network as a priority. It appears non existent bar one man and his book- is that the boards intention or are we working on creating a 1st scouting network with numerous scouts? there was significant media speculation re:puma kits, issues with selling them, potential new kit supplier- address this, if only to tell us that puma is contracted and that's that. my overriding point is the fans demand clarity and the board promised it. At present, they have been silent most of season and their soundbites have not either been met or need readjustment given current playing squad

No. transfers- I want to understand the club is actually going to provide a decent budget, how building of scouting network is going etc sponsorship- clarity on 32red, puma? investment- what's plan in light of no res 32 Rossiter- nerve comments not from MW, if fact he said the injury is private, so perhaps some clarity? Gilmour- how is negotiations going? An update is what I'm talking about not the same platitudes that have been rolled out for 6 months

Does it need to be c1872? Or could it simply be the fans group put some questions to the board I q & a format?

Whatever happened to transparency? Could the fans group not set up a sit down with Gilligan or one of the board to get some answers? They seem so reluctant to bother engaging the fans so can't we put it to them? I understand they can't talk about SD, but surely some understanding of pre-contracts, types of players we are looking at, share issue, investment update, sponsorship for next season, rossiter update, current loans and potential for extensions, billy gilmour update etc etc It's scary how little we know about the current going ons of our club despite this board spouting transparency and investment as two key reasons for being voted in We deserve to know where we are headed and if we should expect to be also rans for years to come

We need to get him to commit to a new deal, then he's worth 10mill or more if he keeps up his form. With 18months left I worry we will get buttons for him in summer if he doesn't sign

This. We forget this is largely the same Celtic team who dropped points left right and centre last season. They have recruited with relatively minimal outlay, and if we can get some decent frees and spend 4-5mill on a few key players, and lock down the likes of McKay, burt and gilmour, then we can really compete.

What's the deal with Serge? How do you go from being good enough for top flight (albeit Finland) and not even make under 20s?

I hope so. You'd think we would have Barton's wages minimum to spend and toral won't be that much surely The article does contradict as it suggests we are still in for jota

DR this morning quoting a source, suggesting MW wants 3 but thinks we can only afford 1 player this window. fucking scary if true

And off contract in 6 months?

Not sure a lot of money is actually required. we certainly need to get better with pre contracts- imagine we got jota on a free? There is a quality addition right there if we can manage to spend 5mill in summer for possible europe, we can easily get 2 quality signings plus a few pre/frees and a quality loan

It's clear for all to see, without significant investment in this squad, we run the risk of continuing to fight for second best. We have backed this club through thick and thin and deserve a club who is Scotlands no.1 not perennial runners up. this got me thinking about our title winning squad of 10/11- how does it compare to now? Firstly, we had a shagger in goals, who is better than Fod, but I don't think this is a position we are lacking in, particularly with gilks as backup. Then we had a back 4 of sasa/weir/boogie/whitts In terms of what Wallace/hodson/tav bring, I don't think there is much difference between whitts and sasa, as all were inconsistent at times either in defence or attack The massive difference here is centrally- clearly weir and boogie were head and shoulders above hill and keirnan, and for me, we need 2 quality defenders in next 6 months, with hill/keirnan/Wilson as depth Midfield is also scary when you consider we had weiss/Davis/edu/jig. McKay/windass/rossiter have the potential makings of a good midfield, but I think we are a creative and box to box type away from a title winning midfield. Again, the likes of Halliday and holt would have been nothing more than depth signings in the 10/11 team Finally, and the most glaring was our front line, with Jelavic, naisy and lafferty all playing their part. Our current strikers come no where near these 3, and the likes of garner, Miller and waggy again would have been depth signings, albeit better quality than the likes of velicka and Healy. again, it appears we are for me, 2 quality front men away from a title winning force. Scary to think that despite signing 11, we are still 6 1st teamers away from a title challenge imo

Out of interest, how is jack adamson progressing? There was hype when we signed him as Scotland under 16 captain, but it's only in recent games have I seen his name. He been injured?

Not sure anyone's picked this up, but he was an academy scout at Southhampton for 2 years prior to wolves/burnley their recruitment record is amazing at that age so fingers crossed

Certainly looks a talent, loves to run with the ball, great touch. Hope to see one or two break through over next 12 months

Keep up, we changed our name to the Fran Stella loyal last season ?