santheman

The loan technically wasn't. Part of the lending criteria was that it had to be ringfenced and not to be used to cover transfer fees or players wages. There is a playing budget that covers transfer fees and wages but as with every budget it is subjective and reviewed as circumstances change throughout the season.

It was the interest free Covid recovery loan that paid for the pitch. The cost to relay the old pitch every year was close to 100k, the new one is closer to 30k so will pay for itself over 10 years or so.

No idea but I imagine criteria can perhaps change from season to season?

I'm led to believe that it is a requirement for our stadium safety certificate.

This all started over on P&B where someone took McGinns comment in his interview of there being "wolves at the door" for Van Veen literally.

O'Donnell is here for another season.

Pretty sure MJC suffers from Atiychyphobia. (That'll get you googlin)

Doesn't matter what happened in the past its irrelevant. Having watched their defence?? against Killie unless Goodwin can pull off a major miracle I can't see us not scoring against them unless we go on the park with our flip flops and sunglasses on.

That was the 2nd highlight of the entire match.

We've always had to have a whipping boy every season.

Since moving O'Donnell into the wingback position he has looked like the player he was when picked for Scotland so to describe him as horrific is just plain daft. I've never seen us play well on that pitch and silky football is just impossible so the long ball game was inevitable. You can hardly blame the midfield when the ball is continually getting fired over their heads in each direction. The only criticism I would level is that the substitutions could have been made earlier.

Might have missed it but any info anywhere as to why Ross County's penalty was overturned? Not that I care just curious.

Rumours are his arm is broken😔. Hopefully not

You should have bookmarked this.

OK if it had white shorts 😁

Would like us to go gung ho in the first 10/15mins and get an early goal but suspect we will go safety first and feel our way into the game. Fully expect County to start with a defensive formation and play White up as a lone striker and try to hit us on the break. Would like to see County stay up as its one of the better away days but not at the expense of a possible 7th place and more goals for KVV

Interesting stat from one of the many lower league organisations that are opposing the plans. Nice to see us at the top end of this league.

Oops Never post with a hangover☺️.

Surprised MJC hasn't been on yet predicting a 2 0 loss to Livi next week. Comfortable game with the exception of a 10 minute spell in the 2nd half when Killie brought their subs on and got a bit of joy down our left without really creating anything noteworthy.

In that case let's help to relegate them today.

If rumours are true the abomination of a pitch is supposed to be getting ripped up in the summer and being replaced with a proper grass one.

MJC must be some laugh at parties.

I think he should wear it anyways. Imagine the crack on here if he did.

Not me. £32 to put up with the usual gauntlet of "F*****g Orange B*****d on the way up to the game then get treated like a leper by the stewards. No thanks.

It's no wonder when most teams outside the OF have to do a major restructuring job every season. Sometimes it pays off sometimes it doesnt and when it doesn't it invariably costs the Manager his job. When it does it probably gives him a stay of execution until the following season when we go through the whole process again. What's the answer though, an increase in the size of the League means less money for the existing clubs probably meaning a poorer quality of player leading to even more pressure on the Managers. No relegation giving them the breathing space to build a team and blood more youngsters knowing the threat of relegation is removed. Would either scenario improve the product on the field leading to more exciting games or the complete opposite. Who knows?