Onthefringes

Worrying. I’m not so sure 🤔 This money you speak of - are we guaranteed of being paid up front? Fees are generally paid over the course of the players contract. And again, players out before players in being misconstrued. Think the Kelly analogy is poor. Anybody is free to bid, not on the strength of a press release that some of our support aren’t understanding, every player has a price though & we’d be expecting the going rate. On Burrows - unique to that role. Halcyon days, unfortunately another fanbase now gets the benefit. We move on.

Odd? If you take the manager’s words too literally, maybe. The key point being made was we need to move players out before we bring others in which is a different thing to not having money to sign players unless we move players on. Simply, the numbers don’t stack up squad wise. Leading to your next point, moving the players out is the clearing the decks of rubbish as you put it. Nothing to suggest the board aren’t backing Kettlewell. Too many variables, the process is a slow burner - some just need to suck it up. Proactive or Reactive decisions by the board are for another debate, I’m not sure Kettlewell was bemoaning anything at all and favour it was a thinly veiled dig at previous management.

The truth will be somewhere in between. Not sure I share the amateur description given the business acumen of those involved. Although, club AGM gives heavy ‘bowling club committee’ vibes.

If he can do a white kit with a claret sash in his recovery I’d be obliged.

When any credible information is thin on the ground, this will tend to stick out. Variables on what constitutes bettering offers. St Mirren’s problem now.

Not in disagreement

We were still chasing him last week, they’ve bettered an offer.

It’s busy season in a fairly busy tourist area. Forres would get my vote. Decent rail links nowadays and the station is definitely under a mile via town centre.

Which reinforces my point… Scott Burns airs what his contacts want aired giving him accuracy. Smart money was on the Casey ship having sailed some weeks ago.

Think the better offer can be easily discounted before usual suspects tell us we’re now being priced out of moves by League of Ireland outfits - Bohemians will be wanting him to bolster them mid-season.

The finding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow like they did in January as our recruitment approach isn’t a best practise.

1 up. Ferrie

How did you recognise him?

Not seeing any real change except personnel. a 3 of McGinn, Mugabi & Campbell with Wilson (who impressed again) pushing further forward in the first half certainly. Second half much the same. I’m not seeing 4-2-3-1 with current squad - it failed spectacularly last season.

Was only taking the highlighted point in isolation, got your others. Could flip the thinking - no player should be a guaranteed starter. Think you’ll find the lad had made the decision even before Kettlewell took charge. Gametime & progress under the new manager will have made the decision tougher without doubt. The Goss ship has sailed methinks. Him & Slattery as midfield pivots doesn’t have the hallmarks of success for me, plenty of evidence last season to support. Like I said, I’ll reserve judgement to see how the manager shapes us moving forward.

Sorry, to take this part post in isolation, at least keep things factual. Career choice and a stepping stone don’t fit the narrative for some. About how we shape the squad now. Paton not being a starter is for the naive thinkers. Fair to reserve judgement.

As did a few of us. Good player at that level. Lead the line when they turned big spending Darvel over last time I seen him - do you think he’s capable of the step up?

😂 You never know. Can a wummin be a smartarse?

All on your own. Bravo

And? Be boring if everybody posted in the same style. Plenty understand the why’s and why not with no issue. Some choose to read who & what’s posted rather than what’s being said. Then you get those who are scrambling for relevance, of which there’s more than a few.

I’m glad you’ve got that off your chest. Dress it up how you like, I’m of a vintage where being referred to as ‘dude’ is just wrong & a differing viewpoint as talking ‘keech’? Deary me. Not once claimed to be ‘in the know’. Nothing regards squad budget or kit releases that isn’t available without scratching the surface. I’m not sure the link reported was a surprise given who represents the player? It’s what they’re paid to do. On credit for contributing - Alexander, Hammell & Kettlewell all gave similar opinion on the player to shareholders & the support in general. All wrong? Some come down for him in club choice? How so? Are you aware who has registered interest, offered contract(s)? Suggest you’ve answered your own question on both fronts in closing statement. Any additional salary will be a bonus.

A nonsense.

dude? keech? Honking patter. Nobody getting called out 😂 I know steelboy and we discussed offline straight after the post. Sorry if you didn’t get the memo. A touch parochial in the thinking that playing budgets in the 4th Tier are not above that of our own. Information is there to support. Dean Cornelius da? Think the biology part will count me out for that suggestion. But, batter in if it gets you likes. Only replied to the revisionism of some. Stats are there to disprove some theories.

Knew you’d be an expert on their finances 😂 Doesn’t hide the fact their playing budget exceeds that of our own by some distance.

Infinitely.