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Everything posted by Kmcalpin
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I suppose we have Colin. He's always covered Aberdeen games for the BBC and many of his commentaries of our games at Pittodrie have been cringeworthy to say the least. We certainly don't get an informed and unbiased account of games there. I don't know why the BBC can't give us informed and unbiased commentaries. Its a national radio station after all. JWTL is keeping me updated via text! Enjoy your away day.
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Who wrote the article in the Sun......none other than our old friend Scott Davie.
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Put me down for £30, Brazilian. Will contact you separately. Well done again.
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Geedub asked a post or few back what was the point. I think you've just answered him/her.
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Couldn't afford to do it on my own but I'd be willing to contribute say £30.
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Any thoughts player sponsorship this season? From yesterday's programme quite a few are up for grabs.
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Yes, a very good result and a great performance especially in view of the youngsters we fielded. The team played some excellent flowing football that excited us all. Jimbo has certainly turned things around. Especially impressed with O'Brien, Hutchison, Coke and Forbes, but no real failures in the side. Craigan and Hutchison coped reasonably well with Killie's aerial threat. One thing which did impress me was that we did not concede as many needless corners and free kicks as we did last season. That in itself limited Killie's threat. Work has also been done on the training ground on set pieces. A cracking goal from Hutchison and what a an effort from Forbes when he cracked a tremenous shot off the woodwork - he obviously practises that in training. On the debit side we still need to bolster our defence. There were still too many spaces appearing at times and it was no surprise that Killie scored, although one was all they deserved. In the second half we defended too deeply or tired, and we paid the penalty for that. If the scoreline had reflected the game in general we'd have won by 5 or 6-1. We didn't quite show the killer instinct in the box. JG is right to pursue another defender and striker. Despite us playing well what is so encouraging is that he is still looking to address our weaknesses. It would seem he's a bit of a perfectionist. All in all a good day at the office.
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Ditto. I won't be able to make it for other reasons but I don't really see why MFC & local Councils are honouring Sir Matt Busby. What is his connection with MFC? I'm also underwhelmed by the prospect of playing a reserve side. If Man Utd want to honour Sir Matt Busby properly then they should send a full squad. Having said that I suppose its a marketing exercise thats too good to be missed - a chance to increase their fanbase if you will. We already have enough youngsters in Lanarkshire brainwashed into following the various Premiership giants.
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and full whack is steep for 60-64 year olds. Well got pilloried for introducing this. Not a peep on here so far about it though.
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I made this point weeks ago Weeyin and no-one knew the answer or at least didn't reply. My understanding is the the new deal is no worse than the current one.
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We need an intelligent mobile player who can play well outside the box.
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Far too early to tell yet. Jennings, Humphreys and Coke haven't yet played 2 full games and their fitness will be well behind the rest of the squad. They haven't even been matched aginst SPL opposition yet. They're also adjusting to a new team. Give them time. John Ruddy looks as if he'll be a very useful addition.
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A striker and right back are absolutely essential. From what I've seen so far, Steven Saunders isn't up to first team football just yet. Up front.... what if John Sutton/Jamie Murphy get injured/suspended? A big centre back too would be essentail in my book.
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My thoughts exactly Haggis. Was he not given the Captain's armband temporarily last seson for a game or two? At the time we were playing pretty dire and performances were flat. (by no means all down to Keith's incidentally). During that spell I recall thinking that he didn't really exhibit any leadership qualities.
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A fair summing up that I can't disagree with. It seems that JG has his own very clear ideas about the kind of team he wants and thats football as they say.
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Can't believe other folk are saying this Malky!! Astoundingly quite a few folk have been saying the same thing over the past month or so, after years of a Keith Lasley Cult. I've been saying much the same thing for years and been roundly criticised for it and on occasion given dogs abuse. Keith is a decent squad player for us but no more. He's probably due a regular start for a top first division outfit. Good luck to the guy - he's an honest hard working pro. Much the same thing happened with Brian Kerr (there the comparison ends). After a month or two a handful of us were questioning what he was actually doing and got heavily criticised for saying that. Then look what happened.
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I've absolutely no problem with any player wanting to move on and better themselves but thats not the point here. In numerous interviews he was non commital about his future (again no problem with that). But why come out and say publicly now he was always going to leave? However if he knew all along that he was going to move all he had to do was be open and say that he intended to move on at the end of his contract but until that time came he would be giving MFC 100%.
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Not impressed by his comments. So he always intended to leave but chose to tell the fans something different ie nothing? Also what advice exactly did Mark McGhee give him?
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There will be 5 of us travelling through from Fife- bought our tickets today. Thats 9 down on our number from the Llanelli game - purely down to holidays.
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That assumes that MMcG or the powers that be saw Mclean as an adequate replacement, which clearly they did not. For my part whatever he was, he was never a right back.
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Falkirk are down to their last 11/12 players. Who would Killie sell? The Hammies are £1.3 m in debt and will have to cash in on their assets shortly. Hibs are cashing in on Fletcher. St Mirren will flog Dorman. Wait until mid/late August and then you'll see some real activity - with some SPL clubs scrambling to replace players as deadline day approaches.
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We probably will do. However, a fair proportion of our close season income of circa £1.1m will be used to balance the books. Quality players also expect quality salaries. I'd guess JG will be given considerably less than half this figure to use.
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Fair comment. Despite seeing the danger posed by long throws on Thursday evening Steve Hammell conceded 2 avoidable throw ins in dangerous positions. Keith Lasley? You've pretty much hit the nail on the head. He's not a stand out in any one aspect of his game. If anything he's an excellent man marker playing in a specialist role. A decent squad player as back up. Someone once referred to him on these boards as "the Housewives' choice" and thats an accurate description. Given that I've been taken aback at the criticism he's taken since Thursday. I've seen him play worse and been given almost universal plaudits! Fans are fickle!
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No lose situation for him though. If some players do take the huff and don't perform, the fans will turn on them and not on JG. He's like a breath of fresh air though - open and honest.
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You've taken the words right off my keyboard. The faults we displayed last night have been evident for quite some time.