Kmcalpin

I've been away on holiday for the past 10 days and so haven't been at the last 2 games. Not surprised in the least that Hammell and Johnson were left out yesterday given the plastic pitch. What formation did we field yesterday - did Robinson play alongside Moult or between him and the rest of the midfield? I can understand why we fielded 3 central midfielders but just looking at the line up and, based on the little I know about Grimshaw, it was obvious that there was no creativity there with the exception of Ainsworth. With 2 defensive central midfielders and another who I can't yet pigeonhole for well documented reasons where was the creative spark? First and foremost we need to field 11 players who can compete off the ball and we just don't seem to have them.

Give him a run in his natural position as a striker first and see what he can do there.

I'd like to see Watt start at RB, with Thomas also starting. Midfield is a bit of a black box - if we start with Lasley, Grimshaw and Taylor there then we might might be ok defensively but we'd be unable to attack up the middle of the park and the lone striker would be very isolated indeed.

No gritted teeth Colin!

Credit where its due Andy, Keith Lasley has been a good servant to the club and a first class ambassador off the field. He's always given 100% and thats all you can ask of a player. Good luck to him. He deserves some reward at the end of his career.

Clearly a number of us have questions about the Society's position in relation to the club and Les Hutchison. Some questions/answers may be new and some may be buried away in old emails or press releases. Whatever, I think it would be to the Society's benefit to explain the situation and to answer questions. Why does my question matter? I wanted to gauge whether those who had questions were already members and consequently, in theory at least, should know more and but had concerns which could influence their future attitude towards the Society OR whether they were non members who might join if the answers satisfied them OR were non members who would simply not join end of.

Ah those were the days! Out of interest how many of the choir still sing and chant at games these days?

Yes

Just out of interest is everyone who is asking these questions members of the Society?

You're ignoring the fact that people change as they grow older. I doubt very much if the current Well Bois will still be singing and beating drums when they're in their 60s and 70s. I don't know many older fans who dislike noise (barring abuse) or atmosphere. The older fans, who as you put it, sit in silence have been going to Fir Park for decades - will the younger generation be doing that in 2055?

Knowing the way these things work probably payable over 4 years in 12 instalments!!!

So when Pearo is fit who will start with Keith Lasley? If we started with Las & Grimshaw it would be a very defensive central midfield indeed. I too am unsure about Taylor's probable role.

Ok I'll say what a few others are thinking. I reckon he's being brought in as cover or short term replacement for Keith Lasley. Given that he's a defensive player who would partner him in the middle in an attacking role other than Pearo?

An interesting and somewhat different take on things. Time will tell. Overall I'm happy with the signing but just because a player comes from Manchester United (or any other big English premiership club) doesn't automatically mean they'll be a success. We've seen this before with the likes of Stephen Cosgrove and John Hendry.

Good post. For me too, its never been a case of "Whats in it for me?" or "Will I get value for money?". I accept however that there's a range of views and so be it. Folk can choose to join or not join. What I don't understand though is the view that "We'll just need to find our level". What if that level is liquidation and oblivion? Should we be fatalistic and just accept that that would be the natural way of things and football will evolve. I too can't just sit back and watch what happens in a detached way - a bit like watching a natural history documentary where the cameraman films predator V prey without interfering. All that said, I haven't been overly impressed with the way the Society has conducted affairs. When was the last fundraising event for example and when is the next one? |You would think that given our financial targets events would play an important part.

Happy with tonight's news. He comes with a good pedigree and will, hopefully, provide some much needed steel in the midfield.

Diving?

Where is the evidence for this? Have you canvassed the season ticket holders to find out their views? ST holders who are not members have not joined for a variety of reasons. Yes, there are some who have no confidence in the Society granted; there are also some who would join but can't afford it; and believe it or not there are those who just haven't got round to it. Its always presumptious to speak on behalf of a large group if you haven't determined their views beforehand. Like it or not the Society has already saved the club from going into administration. That doesn't mean to say that its perfect it clearly isn't.

Would there be any objections from local residents if Vodaphone applied for planning permission to erect a new mobile phone mast in your neighbourhood?

It'll cost her for the privilege though. No doubt an add on extra to an existing account.

Hopefully we'll hear some news on new signings later on today. Maybe English clubs will be slightly easier to deal with as their 1800 hrs deadline approaches - no doubt the usual brinkmanship.

From bits and pieces of information I suspect our Under 20s are on something like £300 - £500 per week. First team squad £1,000 - £2,000. In terms of the total wage bill, you need to add on 9% to cover employers' costs (pension & NI). So, a player earning £100,000 per year cost his club about £109,000 annually.

In a word, Yes. Now I don't know if there's any truth in the rumour that he's being paid £2.5k per week but if that is correct its pretty astounding. Thats the kind of wage a player can expect at Pittodrie, Tynecastle or perhaps Tannadice. Wages have also reportedly come down, on average this season. I've suspected for a wee while now that Ross County are paying at least some of their players fairly high wages. They are also forking out transfer fees. For a club of their size that isn't sustainable - I know they're being bankrolled by Roy MacGregor. However its unlikely that he's simply donating cash to the club with no strings attached. I'd like to see their annual accounts for the past year or so.

It was the right decision, although most probably not a deliberate foul. Your defender is about to clear the ball and swings his leg to hack it away. Moult nips in unexpectedly and your lad whacks the back of his leg instead and not the ball, bringing him down. Watch the way Moult falls to the deck - not a dive. In some ways similar to Louis Laing's red card last season for denying an opponent a goalscoring opportunity. Laing stumbled and fell and in doing so accidentally brought down an attacker. There was a lot of debate about that at the time on here but the rules say that if you bring an opponent down, accidentally or not its a foul. Had Moult been running the other way ie towards goal the chances are your defender would have been red carded. I personally don't agree with that rule but there it is.