Andy_P

It's perhaps an impossible question to answer as having signed players in greater volumes and at earlier stages than your rivals may not necessarily translate to finishing above them next season. I see the obvious benefits of having players in and signed for the start of pre season of course but ultimately I don't really care if they came in on day one of the close season or the night before the first game as long as they are the right players and do the job when the season kicks off that's more important than when they signed.

Your wondering isn't without foundation. Believe Craig is John's son, or so I've been told.

I just love Las!

That was my first thought on seeing it too and with Macron supplying both I thought we'd used one of their designs from a couple of years ago. Actually though when I looked at the images of the kit I had in my minds eye it's quite different, particularly when viewed close up. But aye, could easily pass for an Edinburgh jersey. Still decent though.

The kids aren't add ons. Adults and kids tickets are in conjunction with one another. The weans get their own ticket and have done for the last eight years the scheme has been in operation. This forum should........Yes you are a bit of a broken road for the umpeenth time mistaking a couple of folk keeping an eye on an unofficial forum with the work of a football club's marketing department. And I'll repeat again what I said the last time your came away with the Mods do this, Mods do that rant. What's stopping you doing it if you feel it merits it? The floor is yours. Nobody is stopping you. And better still rather than lecturing other posters when they don't share your enthusiasm for the marketing gospel according to CMWellfan have you actually taken your ideas and suggestions to the folk at the Well Society and the club itself? Exiles Club the WS recently launched - idea from a supporter. Flexi Ticket the club launched a year or two back - idea from a supporter. So if you do forward your suggestions to the appropriate people and they find some merit in them the chances are you'll get a fair hearing with folk that are actually in a position to implement some of what you demand.

And modest with it too.... In terms of the point about free tickets and the connection between rising adult sales and free kids tickets you'll be aware that the club through the Wellevate scheme have been offering free tickets for U15's accompanying adult season ticket holders for a number of years yes?

That isn't a youthful Ancelloti is it?

If you go to the SPFL website they have a list of the fixtures for the first round of the competition with the televised games shown. There's ours and the Ayrshire derby on the Friday night before. Remember the Rangers game was shown live with a 3pm Saturday kick off last season too.

Yes, it's £10,000 per team in the Group stages if your game is televised. Not great but better than nothing. The bad news is to verify that I had to go on to the Daily Record website to read an article there. The good news however is that I'm reminded why I rarely venture on to the Daily Record website by seeing reports such as how Egil Olsen missed out on the Celtic job because of his dog. Evidently things haven't improved in Rancid Towers since my last visit.

So, Queen's Park and Edinburgh City away then. Assuming the Edinburgh game will be played at Spartans ground... http://www.spartansfc.com/ainslie-park-2/

Enough!

They should and I suspect most clubs would aim to do exactly that if all things are equal. I have a mate involved in the commercial side of things at another club and I got wee insight recently into to some of the things that can delay a launch. From supplier and delivery issues, to finding companies willing to sponsor the shirt to even directors calling a halt at the last minute because they think they can squeeze an extra couple of grand out of deal, it was an interesting discussion.

I think they would but they'd be in the North section. I'm guessing you'd be looking at Ross County, Dundee, Inverness and Falkirk as your four seeds in that part of the country. Falkirk being in the northern part of the draw (which at first thought seems odd to me) along with Dumbarton is what makes me think Stenny are the team that will be bumped north but you never know.

Personally I quite enjoyed the change to the new format. I do think with the regionalisation though it might have a limited lifespan before there will be calls for further change. Whilst Annan and Stranraer were indeed good away days first time around but if you start getting them every other year it won't be too long before playing the same teams in the group stages becomes a bit repetitive and loses its appeal. But yeah, last year wasn't bad. Sad sack as I am I've been looking at how they might divvy up the north and south teams this year. They might have to continue with the loose interpretations of what's north and south. I suspect Stenny might be vulnerable, if you want to call it that, and will get bumped north to take St Johnstone's place. Losing East Stirlingshire, Rangers and Stenny that'll give you the three spaces needed for Hearts and Hibs, who if you work on the basis that with Edinburgh City being in the south so too will they, and East Kilbride. Either way we should still nudge in as one of the four top seeds alongside Hearts, Partick and Kilmarnock. You'll then be looking at one of Hamilton, HIbs, Morton or Queen of the South and then it's three of your choice please Carol. Motherwell, Hamilton, Airdrie, Albion Rovers and East Kilbride anyone?

A lot chat on the Key Dates thread has moved towards the League Cup. What with the draw coming up seems like a good time to give it a thread of it's own and move those posts across. Onwards to Hampden......

So three Premiership play-off wins for Lanarkshire teams then? What a county.... Given the choice between them and Inverness for personal reasons I wasn't too fussed either way but for ease of getting there and the derby element definitely happier they won rather than Dundee Utd. It's becoming something of an amusing annual tradition seeing United fans all tears and snotters on the telly. And like St Mirren, Dunfermline and Hibs another stark reminder if ever one was really needed or what potentially awaits if the worst were to happen.

2nd June. Adding to the article that Brazilian has posted the SPFL have a rolling calender which gets updated regularly with key dates across the next year/eighteen months http://spfl.co.uk/key-dates/

I certainly couldn't disagree we were a much more rounded and effective team in those two seasons beyond the admin season, no question. I still believe there was some post admin momentum at play at the club that perhaps only really fizzled out the following season again (arguably after the Celtic LC Semi) but you're right in a sense that there was a difference in context in those immediate two seasons post-admin which means they can viewed in a different light albeit being very successful seasons.

That really boils down to what each individual's personal interpretation of a good season is. Don't get me wrong as you say there were some horrible horrible displays and results that should have seen us relegated. But that season was more than about just results. It was about having a club to support first and foremost. Results tend to have that bit less importance if the very survival of your team is at stake and as consequence there was unifying spirit amongst the support that hadn't been there for years before. I have to say that season will always have a special place in my heart. The Old Firm victories. The 6-1 Hearts game. Stranraer away in the Cup and the team passing through Girvan. McFadden's hat-trick against Livingston bringing the curtain down on the season. And at the end of it all by hook or by crook the club was still alive and still stayed up. Good season? Fucking right it was a good season!!

Ach just wait until this guy does his 16'17 version and we'll who'll know who's being targeted.... https://blog.pitchero.com/pitcheros-non-league-teams-of-the-season Maybe. EDIT: Actually if that is a league we are still monitoring maybe there will be one or two potential targets from this current season Team of the Year... http://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/latest-news/conference-premier-step-one/19235/adam-virgos-national-league-team-of-the-year-who-makes-his-dream-xi/

You're entitled to your opinion same as anyone else.

No, I wouldn't say I was happy with it. It reflects poorly on the poster. But then perhaps sometimes a post is better left in place I'm order that the poster may reflect on whether the tone and language used could have been a little less crass and whether they may wish to reflect and amend or retract what they've said. And if not for other forum users to consider whether this is someone they wish to interact with or just ignore.

We've already not "bent over at the first six figure offered" last January. And more often than not in the past we didn't bend over at the first six figure offered either.

Your thoughts and votes please...

Man of the Match or otherwise I did see a re-tweet of a tweet he'd posted after the game which just added to the feel good factor...