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Not because of the fact that he's not actually re-signed more to do with the the fact that he didn't appear to show any loyalty by appearing not willing to negotiate. Had he said publicly that he would have liked to remain with us but wanted a longer deal/the club didn't offer him a deal or something along those lines, he would have come across in a better light. As an aside, I can't say I disliked him as a player just that he did flatter to deceive as others have said. Useful as a squad player but I wouldn't die in a ditch to secure his services for a longer term.

Very pleased indeed with the appointment of our new management team. When the vacancy was first confirmed I was a bit disheartened with the list of usual suspects who were mentioned. I always thought that JB should and would go for a dark horse with some English experience. Jim Gannon ticks all the boxes. Give the paucity of our current squad JG has a major rebuilding job on his hands but John Boyle has obviously briefed him well. He'll need time to refashion our squad and he should get it. I have to say that John Boyle and his fellow Directors have acquitted themselves well both in negotiating with Aberdeen and in finding a new management team. Thought too that John Boyle came across well in his interview. Things are picking up!

A fair summing up. Injury certainly disrupted his career with us and although he promised much never quite warranted a regular starting slot. As you say always prone to making an error or two which on some occasions proved costly. A wee bit disappointed he hasn't shown more loyalty although we don't know the details of the deal offered to him, if any. Anyway good luck to him wherever he ends up.

We need a manager who has a track record of working on a shoestring. An ex Premeirship manager may view a shoestring as being only ably to spend a maximum of £5m on a player - not our definition. Look at Walter Smith - give him a bigger budget than his rivals and he'll win you trophies. Make it a level financial playing field and he struggles. I'd love to see top managers like Ferguson, Mourinho and Wenger take charge of smaller clubs with real shoestring budgets and see if they'd swim or sink. Premiership management is a world away from managing in the SPL or indeed almost anywhere else on the planet. Its not a good yardstick to use.

They may open one, if the West Stand is full. Given the importance of the game I'd like to see at least 4,000 Well fans there.

A good appointment in my book, if its confirmed. Jim Gannon ticks all the right boxes. He has a track record, likes playing attractive football & bringing youngsters through and knows English football well. He'll have plenty of contacts down there.

Afraid not. When I bought tickets on Thursday evening they were all for the Main (West) Stand and tickets were assigned to numbered seats.

According to the Daily Express, Hearts submitted abid of £100,000 for him. At that price we'd be as well hanging onto him and let him leave for free next summer. The fact that cardiff are offering £350k for him, with one year left on his contract tells you that he more highly thought of than many of our fans would believe. All his previous managers at FP have rated him highly.

I really don't know what you're getting at Jim - I'd assumed that Flow was visiting relations in Bradford and fancied a spot of shopping at the Trafford centre.

Thanks for the info Charlie. Your quote below is a classic. "He is a controversial fellow, though. For the last 18 months or so he'd refused to speak to Sky Sports (there's a story that it was because he had a broken Sky box that they wouldn't fix)". Thats my kind of manager!

Of all the players leaving the club, Brian MacLean is the one I'm most disappointed with. We've stood by him and supported him through two bad injuries. He then comes back and pleads to be given a chance to prove himself. Mark McGhee gives him that oportunity by moving other better players out of position to accommodate him. He is then offered a new one year deal, which in the circumstances is very fair. How does he thank us? I don't think he'll be that great a loss in playing terms but he's certainly very mercenary.

How very true Weeyin. The club can try to speak to agents but some simply make themselves unavailable or just don't want to know. The club always seems to come out of this badly in some fans' eyes' but it can be very difficult to get a player to sign an extension.

Its ok Flow I picked this up on the site before I left tonight. Got there in time and collected all 16. Cheers Dave

Well there's this myth that all Hibs youngsters are great players. On a slightly, and I stress slightly, more serious note, Fletcher will be on a larger salary and a longer term deal. If Davie Clarkson is valued at say £600,000 by Bristol City then they'd double or treble that valuation if he played for an English lower league club. English clubs must read Scots messageboards and take the posts to heart - "Our game is rubbish.....".

I'm a bit surprised that nobody seems to be put out by the fact that LLanelli are charging us £5 more than their own fans. Still, maybe its no big deal.

For anyone interested, I rang the club today and was told that the ticket office will be open tomorrow evening until 7.30.

Spot on. You won't catch me laughing. It makes a lot of sense as every club knows.

Thats not how it works I'm afraid. If Cardiff bagged £5m for one of their players they'd be wringing their hands and telling us they were on their uppers/both players came from the SPL/were untried at a decent level/they would help us out by offering £500k for the pair.

Just an assumption on my part, but given the "interest" from various clubs the length and breadth of Britain, I'd say an agent was touting him around.

I don't undertand the confusion about this. I had assumed a month or two ago, from their comments, that the three players in question were all offski ...end of.

Thats a tad harsh. If someone gets mugged twice you don't blame the victim. We don't know all the facts but its premature to jump in and have pop at MFC. That said Wigan are a Premiership side and that gives them certain rights and privileges.

I know it won't affect most folk on here but its a wee bit annoying that Llanelli are charging their own fans £15 but ours £20. Shades of ICT.

Does anyone know the Ticket Office opening hours over the next week or so? Can't find it anywhere. Cheers.

A tad harsh on MFC I'd say. After the debacle of the Nancy allocation many fans would and should have known about this possibility anyway. I'd concentrate my fire on the differential ticket pricing.

Great site guys. Good luck.