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I've had a quick look and the tickets aren't on sale yet on the online portal from what I can see. I think if you check back in a few weeks when they are, someone should be able to help out.

I believe so. But also, the above from the Club isn't a good look, either imho.

Got you, so it's in the plan from July rather than directly quoted in the email, apologies. I would caution, (similarly to @David above) timescales for these types of negotiations, investments etc. aren't always set in stone. There's potentially a lot happened since July that could impact on those timescales, I guess. A lot of which we won't have any idea about. For example, we still don't know the new Exec Board members from the WS/others etc. I'd suggest that's more important to sort out for the overall governance of the Club. That in place would give the solid base to start looking at strategic investments. Hopefully there'll be some kind of update, but not sure I'd be expecting the first strategic partner to be announced.

*Puts on pedantry hat* That email mentions an update regarding the Board co-option, not the investment: The investment bit does mention there'll be further updates but doesn't give a month/timescale.

Aye, the articles I've seen say it'll be a minority stake Bloom receives, so you'd guess it won't be any more than 25% to make sure FoH has 50.1% remaining, although like you say it might be more. The terms might be under NDA etc. until it goes to a vote? I would imagine he'll have his shit in a pile better than Barmarck did, alongside our terrifically astute Executive Board...

Only information I've seen on that is the investment figure of £10m. It's following the same strategic investment model the WS have proposed; albeit for slightly more cash than we'd be after (understandably, Hearts are a bigger team etc.) although if someone offered it... 😅

There's been a couple of mentions in the WS update e-mails about the work that's been going on; engaging the different workstreams with fans and members to shape them a bit more (like investment/growth etc.) But like @David says, this will take time - delivering a plan like this takes time and it's being done part time by the Board and the other members who are on the workstreams.

He hinted at some issues between him and the new owners on the radio at the weekend, I believe. Seems like the rest of the coaching staff are staying so might be a personality thing. Mainly that he doesn't have one.

My only question there is why drop Ox? He's not done anything spectacularly wrong to deserve it (granted, I've not seen anything from Saturday). Unless it's rotational/give Heygi a shot in the cups? I'd also prefer Davor over Halliday, but I love the wee man.

Agreed; I think the best course of action here is to get in touch with the Club directly or perhaps the Society; wonder if @Speedie85 / @Dee could help out?

It has, 6 weeks old today. It feels like 6 months and simultaneously 6 weeks and 6 days and 6 hours and 6 minutes and 6 seconds

Popping out from my hiatus to add some pedantry... It wasn't extended; it was changed to be a "rolling" contract, so it's actually protecting the Club and makes getting rid of him easier as we won't have X years cash to pay him...

To be fair to @steelboy here he makes a good point. When you look at our statistics in a bit more detail it highlights the following: We failed to score in 13 league matches last season, so more than a third of our games. 25% of our goals scored came from three matches; against Ross County home and away and Livi at home (14 of 56). That increases to 20 of 56 (35%) when you add in two 3-1 wins against Livi. Yes we were third highest scorers in the league, but looking slightly deeper into that shows it was due to a handful of games, rather than it being consistent across the season which is what you want. We were absolute dugshite going forward for long periods last year and it showed. Of the 13 times we didn't score, we lost six of them by one goal and drew one of them. So you'd (rightly, imho) argue that consistent goal scoring to the same level over the entire season would have seen a far better league position for us.

Maswanhise has a club controlled option in his contract already, so no worries there:

Saw a few folk post about it on socials recently, it looks decent! Not been myself yet.

This morning at 7am for me. And agree with other sentiments, both are excellent.

His injury history isn't good either.

It worked pretty well for me on my headset. I did anticipate a few issues relating to the call so gave it a bit longer and it settled a bit. Definitely something to be sorted for future meetings, though. Favourite bit of the unmuted masses was the guy having a go at the organisers because it wasn't ready and took a while to get started and the main PC was muted and it wasn't professional and that it's not that complicated... When he's unmuted himself and is clearly at work and chatting to a customer about it all. 😂

I think you had to let them know you were attending online in the questionnaire that came out; did you reply to it if/when you got it?

Chat on P&B is we had this guy playing for us as a trialist against Everton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawanda_Maswanhise Can't see it myself, he's a winger. 😨

I seem to remember Caldwell saying that he trusts Dawes and Kettlewell to figure out who they want and he then sorts the deals thereafter. I think it was mentioned in one of his interviews in May or June. Not entirely sure he has as much input as some would like to think he has, beyond going and executing what the other two want.

I include myself as a "partially" lapsed fan. I've been to Edinburgh City and Montrose this season, so 40% of them; I reckon I probably make it to about 30-50% of our home games and the odd away trip over a season. I had a season ticket as a boy, then stopped it when I started doing first aid cover with St Andrews at the games. When I stopped that never took up a ST again. Part of that was financial, part of that was down to not being able to attend games for personal reasons. There was a decent thread over on P&B about "Your Limits" and I said that for me, a ticket package of a run of home games with a bit of a discount would be ideal. For example, I now know that I won't be at many games over the next couple of months, as the our first baby is going to arrive any day now. But come November/December/January I'd definitely think about buying a 3-5 match package to cover games I know I can make and can have a plan around.

Aye, given Nicholson seems to be out for a longer time, we absolutely need some creativity in there. It was good to see Callachan and Sparrow on the bench at least. You'd have to expect that come September about 50% of those starting yesterday won't be in the regular XI; Wilson, Casey, Blaney, Halliday and one of Moses and Robinson. I do agree with others that Davor playing in a midfield with a back three doesn't make a lot of sense; his role in there is somewhat nullified by having the three CBs. It worked for the most part last season, but I'd argue that's because the two playing in front of him were more dynamic/able to take the ball from him and drive forward, which we simply don't have right now. Playing Miller as a 10 also isn't working; he's our most creative midfielder of those fit (obviously) but he's far, far more effective playing as a deep lying playmaker in a three, with a ball winner and a 10 in front of him.

You can't show compassion here, this is a football forum. WE. DEMAND. PERFECTION.

Aye. It also feels like having additional staff in the background watching replays, keeping an eye on live stats/information/replays to let Kettlewell focus on the game as well. They can then give him the information he's after to help better inform any decisions he wants to make.