Hoosier Ranger

Whatever floats your boat. Again, nothing negative here especially with Cammy Bell's injured past and the neglect of the Academy from the McCoist days. Comes from a similar league and has size that we don't currently have with Wes.

Nothing negative in what I said...clean the spooge from your eye and read it again

Good piece of business for another keeper and keeps the war chest full for the next signing.

They struggled in the two games before us .....they had to go into extra time in both games to get 4 pts.

Hopefully that goal will open things up in the 2nd half to pick up 2-3 more goals

War chest is still full. Now time for his to show what he has to offer given his lack of play at Donnie Rovers.

We lost 9.2M last year and 8.5M this year. While some of our costs have decreased with the Director's remuneration, we seem to be (from statements from this Board) increasing costs for non-playing personnel. In addition, we expect salaries for playing personnel to rise next year so any bit of revenue/profit will help so that we don't become dependent (once again) on European money to break-even each year.

On TV, you see the electronic boards primarily.

I agree, shows a lack of maturity and understanding of the game

The club continues to operate on a loss so why not get the additional revenue.

Yes. 100% on that. The kick will be the reason this is not rescinded.

Halladay retaliated with the wee kick and then bumped him with his chest. Could see the kick being the reason for the red so I would be surprised if the red card is rescinded. Would also be surprised to not see Fyvie get a suspension for faking the headbutt.

Loans are cheaper than transfer fees and wages.

I thought it wasn't bad today either. On the second goal, he saw Holt Motion that he wanted the ball and it was delivered nicely. He calls issues in the second half with McGregor

Actuallly, that's been the rules the past few years with regards to Resolution 10.

I think Hibs will defend with 9 behind the ball and look to hit Cummings and Malonga with the long ball.

Wasn't that how we lined up against Hibs in Edinburgh in November when they won 2-1? On the attack, it ended up being a 3-5-3 with Kiernan, Wilson and Ball in the back.

Ace....that was something mentioned last week by Paul Murray and it isn't true at all. You do not have to be listed on a public exchange to do a share issue....since that is the method of selling equity in privately-held companies. Since we are not listed on any public exchanges, I would consider the club now "privately held". Weenielly...a guy with extensive experience over in the UK with these types of matters confirmed the above. Those rules are the same over here in the US and Canada as well.

I agree on the part in Bold. That being said, retail and commercial revenues are really a small part of the revenue behind season ticket sales, Player Sales and TV/Prize money from European football. It wasn't like retail and commercial revenue (actually the profits after you subtract the costs associated with those revenue streams) were going to make or break us (and still won't in the future). I suspect that playing in the lower levels of Scottish football impacted our ability to bring in the same types of revenue per event than the club was receiving when it was back in the SPL and playing Champions League football. As far as taking 8X the personnel, probably a leap to go that far. From what was stated (and from what I observed when I was over and went to the ticket office to pick up my stuff) by some, a lot of the processes in place were antiquated and probably took many folks (at a higher cost) to perform duties that at other clubs, takes fewer folks. The key is that unlike our last Board, those other clubs made the investment in technology to replace personnel and they had payback in Year 2-3 in most cases.

No..cuts had to be made because there were cuts to revenue streams (reduced ticket prices, no European money, reduced TV money and no SPL money). The cuts were long overdue given the financial situation under SDM and the over-reliance of Champions League money to pay all of the bills. Hopefully the lessons were learned and these mistakes are not repeated.

Yep...a lot of "living beyond your means" has went on at the club the last 5-7 years.

Given that we were relegated to the bottom of Scottish football, cuts had to be made to the overhead due to the decrease in revenue streams from reduced ticket prices, lack of prize money, lack of TV money, and lack of money from the SPL. If cuts weren't made to correspond to the decrease in revenue streams, I would have been more pissed. I just hope that if we start to increase the overhead costs (which is sounds like we have done that) for non-playiing personnel or staff, that we expect a return on investment from that increase in salaries......

I agree with the part in the bold but I just don't see how a holding mid can cover the flanks (where we are being countered) in a 4-3-3 tactically since that center mid also has to be involved in the attack. To me, the issue isn't so much a player issue of needing a "defensive mid" because in a 4-3-3, we don't have a spot for a defensive mid. In a 4-4-2, yes, we would have a holding mid and a attacking center mid. Instead of this being a player issue, this is a tactical issue that MW has to adjust by adapting his attack to 7 players instead of getting 8 in the attack and then facing a counter situation where there are two 1v1 matchups with our centerbacks. Either way, the outside fullbacks or the outside mids have to get back especially when the play is to the opposite side.

I get what you are saying but it seems to me that the majority of balls being played by our opponents in the counter are more diagonal versus straight down the middle. The opponents are playing to the areas where our fullbacks should be and then creating 1v1 matchups with a striker and winger against two slower CBs. Unless the holding midfielder is prepared to chase sideline to sideline, I don't see the use given where opponents are playing the ball. If you are going to drop a mid out of the attack as a holding mid, why wouldn't you just have one of our outside defenders stay back to provide that third defender? While I like Lee Wallace, I think his lack of foot speed is a problem in that he cannot get back to defend fast enough.

I will take you seriously the minute you quit taking it up the ass