wellsince75

There was a long slow demise where it looked like the job got to him . From the cup semi onwards a similar decline to the previous season . personal view is he was overworked and would benefit from having balance . CEO applauded him for being in the office from 7am to 8pm - I don’t see this as a plaudit - the guy came across more and more stressed as the weeks went on . Working all hours isn’t good for anyone . wish him all the best but tired of listening to his rhetoric .

I'd be fine for Obika and Foster to go - Did Obika get a job to help cancel out his 2 year player contract. I'd also send Dawes on his merry way. Lead of recruitment who doesn't live in the same country doesn't work for me. Keep Clarkson - but that's purely based on him being a Well man.

could be - stop pumping this up in the air and keep in on the deck lads.

I'm not sold the next 10 days will shape our season. Dundee game is important but that's not long to give the new mgr time to assess the team, formations etc. Not losing the Dundee game feels important.

It's the same squad now that had us 4th in the league albeit with lack of entertainment. Long term there's probably 4-5 players I'd retain and the rest can go, 9 other SPL clubs will be saying the same. Short term can be turned around, we've proven to be good enough and with a decent manager it's not inconceivable that we'll secure another 3-4 wins this season 3 things need to happen before end of season, 1) New manager gives us something to cheer for on the park 2) sort the squad out - who stays and goes 3) sort the broader roles out eg I'd like to see majority of backroom staff who came in in last 3 years leave. (example - Dawes and Foster)

Graham Arnold. He got himself a new job in Aus - suspect he touted himself to show open to offers. https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/graham-arnold-joins-rabbitohs-as-for-2025-season

Just watched the lowlights - very poor defensively . That could the last game for several players , why anyone thinks SOD should be in central defence is beyond me. Not his fault but he’s not suited to that role. there’s several players not offering anything , Paton and Davor aren’t the long term solution but at least they’d put in a shift . new gaffer has a pretty tough gig for now - sorting the wheat from the chaff we need to change formation - even just to do something different

The CEO needs to sort both the manager and the broader senior roles within the club. A few folk have mentioned McCall being one of the last decent managers we had 10 years ago. just comparing some of the squad from then to now (on McCalls last season when the wheels came off) Lee Hollis, Steve McManus, Shaun Hutchinson, Simon Ramsden, ZFA, Stevie Hammell, Chris Cadden, Keith Lasley, Faddy, Lee Erwin, John Sutton, Lional Ainsworth. Majority would breeze into our starting 11. We're probably not that different but it was clear we had 1) better quality 2) several players who came through the youth team 3) 22/30 from the squad were Scotts now 1) quality lacking 2) Miller & Wilson from youth team 3) 10/30 are Scotts. Majority now from England. Overall I feel we've really lost our way, the model of brining in journeyman from all over has lost our identity. We were always known for being a little bit amateurish but had plenty of folk around who cared. The core of players I'd question how many really care about the club. Same for some of the senior roles. In addition to appointing a new manager we need a long hard look at our strategy and getting back to our core. I know people often joke about having Van Der Gage, Nijholt, McFadden, Craigan, Lasley etc all back but at least they gave a damn.

A back 3 that includes SOD and Blaney will always concede . Appreciate some injuries but Jesus wept - when will we ever learn

OMG - this guy gives me the fear and suspect more bonkers than Gannon. I hope this is all media speculation due to club being tight lipped.

Well done Frail . refreshing to cover all pre match questions in 5 mins vs the 15 mins that SK span out . honestly our players must feel the benefit of the same message but in 1/3 of the time . overall he’s covering himself very well , a good hard working pro . Glad we have his support and equally glad he’s not touting himself for the job

I may be dreaming - A couple of points to challenge your foregone conclusion. 1) Does Frail want the role ? It's not been obvious if he does. 2) It would have been easier to announce that by now. He may get the gig short term I'm struggling as it's not often that managers leave at the end of the season, that's more a players contract. Think it's more probable the club didn't see this coming and it takes time to run a recruitment process and get the right hire - which is a bit boring for us fans but reasonable none the less.

Yes we did - almost like we had a good signing policy back then. 😊 Mcall did really well for first couple of seasons and a good guy. i can’t see him being the long term answer .

I'm with you 100% on this. I don't see any Scottish based candidates that we should go for. There are a few decent Scottish managers in the championship/D1. Alex Neil, Gary Caldwell, Darren Ferguson, Shaun Maloney. We'd need timing to be on our side to land anyone of that type of quality. Id stay away from D2 onwards as that's the likes of GA, Adams etc - learn from our mistakes and the mistakes from others. Overall not many obvious quality candidates available.

Yes to fit with Robinsons vision you had to be wiling to play anywhere ocross the front 3 :). On a serious note we've been wasteful in recent years and wasted a lot of money. I can't ever remember a time when we signed players who don't event get a game. The guy from Japan, New Zealand, Koutrombous, Stuparevic, Tavares and that's before we reference the perm a crocks. We must have pi55ed away the money from KVV & Bair on some these non starters.

Any news on incomings. Thinkjng we need a few more strikers 🤭

Appreciate he’s had some poor games . Personal view is when he’s played in left side he’s decent , if central or right he’s not as strong . add to that he and Blaney never pair up week . overall though my thoughts are we started the year strong in defence but have now reverted to playing SOD as a central defender which for me doesn’t work

Agree that as a team we can offer a lot more . As a small example…….. we’ve lost our way defensively , early in season defensively we were strong with McGinn , Gordon and Casey. The back 3 now are SOD, Gordon and Blaney . It may sound subtle but Gordon is now left out to dry . I’m not clear what Casey has done to be dropped or why SOD is preferred to Balmer as a central defender . and that’s just in defence , wingbacks have a similar issue as does midfield . Overall we have more than enough quality to remain in top 6 but we need to get back to basics.

If only he wanted a managers job - he speaks so much sense and spots the issues .

Honestly 11 strikers now , 6 of them on loan . it just smacks of not having a clue what we’re doing . what a complete and utter waste of finances . very tough job for a new manager to come in and sort this out

No , pure hypothesis on my part . I don’t think that’s why he left . but they are second bottom of the league and if this was to continue I could see them reaching out and trying to snap him up . Given he turned our fortunes around season 1 they must be at least thinking about it .

Yes , this is the ideal type of loanee to go for , although we now have 10 strikers on our books which frankly is shocking mgt of finances. Unless we can now offload some of them , starting with the boy from hibs

He’s likely to be working out a settlement and keeping quiet . my view is his ego was taking a bit of a beating. The stats are clear , he did a very decent job point wise over his tenure but despite his best efforts and being 5th fans were vocal . he probably thought crikey if the fans aren’t with me now , what will it get like if we slump back to 9th . There’s not many jobs or sports where fans behave and can say what they do in the terraces . Can you imagine if he was a tennis player and being called out for being a f’ing clown it’s not getting worse per say but society is changing and what was previously acceptable no longer is. hes made his exit and will be back before long . Suspect his old club will snap him up

This was a very good interview . i like how he balanced the vast majority of our fans and great and accentuated the positives . Balanced the narrative well . also that the overall approach will be similar with some tweaks to players . also faced into the possession stat and was clear it’s not deliberate tactic . overall comes across as a very decent bloke who’s put in 100%

This is where my head is at and appreciate it’s not always simple as players can get injured etc. weve signed +35 players in 2 years and currently have a first team squad of over 30 players yet many of the better players are legacy players or youngsters that have come through. Im onboard with needing a ceiling but spending the budget on say 20 players vs 30 would increase what we could afford . There is a bit of me of course that’s just always annoyed that we can’t bring the likes of Campbell back to us , I do love when the quality ones come back . Once upon a time that was hammels , lasley and later in career the uncle Phil’s , faddy, pearsons etc Those days feel like a long time ago now . It irks me that we’ve lost our ability to reattract