Richie

Ffs 2. Worrying

Oh dear.

Vigurs seemed to have a fair limp on him when he was going to/from his seat in the main stand

Also, have to say some of the songs the bois were singing were inspired. I was sitting fnarring alot of the game. The Wealdstone Raider stuff and the Ainsworth/Lion sleeps tonight stuff was genius. Liking twist and shout as well. Sure I have heard that somewhere else recently. Possibly Hamburg? Edit: It was West Ham when I was at Upton Park.

We were very comfortable in possession, Same old problem of penetration and final ball though. He wasnt afraid to change it and made sensible subs. Only shot on targat was goal I think, but we largely controlled 2nd half, which was to be expected. Obviously way to early to judge Baraclough, but made sensible subs/alterations and seemed to have some organisation.

3 pts, thats all that matters. Decent goal. Ball retention was good, if very frustating at 0-0. Josh Law played well again. Baraclough not afraid to switch it and make subs it would seem.

Feeling a bit more positive. Away for a pint then off to game, then for a few in Paisley with a mate. In stupid football parlance, I think this may be a case of whoever scores most...

Was fairly confident about this game and I like Baraclough's positivity and outlook, but I now have the absolute fear about this game. May change my mind again before KO though. Could do with flying out of the traps, not sure if we can though.

Sportsound just had a fairly lengthy interview with Les Hutchinson there. Sounds promising.

Right... get the songs oot Bois!

Gary Stevens (of Tottenham fame) was his no2 at Sligo.

Quite liked that interview tbh. Good start.

Was literally just typing this. The guy would appear to have a good knowledge of players in the lower leagues, which Gannon fully utilised. Wasnt at the interview so dont know about his footballing philosophy etc. We have a recent record of revitalising Managers' careers - Lets hope its the same here. Fully behind the guy and good luck to him. Not bothered in the slightest if I have heard of him before and tbh probably prefer that over a vanity appointment. Everyone has to start somewhere.

The press will name everyone imaginable as favourite, so they can then say "as we revealed' when the manager is announced. I remember when Brown got the job, the record/sun ran with Iain McCall to be named in 24hrs He wasnt even interviewed.

Unless Im reading it incorrectly, I think Hutchinson is holding the shares and the Well Society have 5yrs to accumulate funds?

Yeah, betting suspended on Paddy Power now.

Yeah, Lawson was v good and we seemed to lose a bit in midfield when he went off. 2nd half we shat it though and sat off them.

Working today. Its an IT project though so may have a window of a few hours while scripts going in etc hopefully get to game and back. I far prefer cup games tbh.

Did Killie not have calderwood for a few months in order to keep them up a few years ago?

Yep and Le Guen and Deila . Becoming an athlete appears to be largely frowned upon, although McGhee had us fairly fit. "They dont understand our culture" etc. Its the culture which is holding us back.

He does appear to have a decent cv to be fair, but Im not sure I could take it seriously. The aforementioned incident where he assaulted O'Neil's elbow is one of the standout memories of Fir Park when I was young, (Alongside the Scottish Cup, Katowice, a Richard Gough (I think) OG and the Liverpool centenary game. Anyway...

Perversely, looking forward to Friday alot more now. The last few days have added a bit of excitement. No idea which way the game will go, although I would have feared a pumping this time last week.

Peter Grant, with Colin O'Neil as assistant.

This is what Im struggling with. Why are we sitting with a negative position (to all intents and purposes)? I can only come up with: Misc overheads - the pitch upgrade was a while ago though - not aware of other large remedial work etc? Player salaries - Finishing 2nd is, at the end of the day, negated, if we are spending over the odds finishing there in the first place, then not taking advantage of it (progressing in Europe/cups and banking cash). Seems to have been a very short-term view of things being taken. The Well Society, for all its merits, was never really a viable long-term option in terms of running the club. We simply dont have the fanbase to support it ad-infinitum. I thought it was about having cash reserves to be called on, if need be, in the future (over and above the day-to-day balance sheet management), which is a non-starter if we were in a loss-making position at the outset. Was the Well Society actually just about funding a short-term working capital gap?

How much have we been paying out in wages if we have had: SC Final + 3rd 2nd 2nd Plus the odd European game Plus (small) tranfer fees (Ojamaa, Anier, Murphy) But still facing a 1m accumulated shortfall? And thats after successive budget cuts? Am I missing something?