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Very cheery indeed! I'm getting mines posted out, as I'm not sure what time I'll be able to get though yet.

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All of these guys who have left, or are soon to leave, must have been near the top of our wage structure. Therefore we cant keep them here when it's time for a pay rise, as the structure is there for a reason. Offering Clarkson another 3 years at a little bit more than he's getting already isn't going to work when clubs in the English lower leagues can offer a whole lot more than that. Selling Clarky and Quinn right now is the best we can do, as their value is on'y going to drop as we get closer to January and they can sign on somewhere for nowt. The bright side here is that the new manager will have a clean slate to work with, and wont be inheriting large contracts for players he might not like. We are also in a good posiiton should a new TV deal not materialise, as our liabilities are at a minimum right now.

Exactly, we'll recover. In my time I've seen us lose MacKinnon, Lambert and Burns (big deal to me at the time) as our first Bosmans, then we offloaded McMillan and McCulloch for a bargain price, then ditched our entire squad and still managed to survive (cheers Falkirk ) Then Pearo and McFadden go and somehow we still managed to do well, Foran and Hammell next, and then even the hapless Malpas signed us a gem in McCormack, and we sold him, and Porter, and we're still here. So we'll recover from the loss of Clarky, Quinn, Hughes and Smith, although some of the boo boys wont!! Roll on the next wave of guys we'll sell in a couple of years time. We football fans love transfer activity and speculation, if we kept the same squad year on year it would be hella boring.

I think we can rule out anyone who is currently employed as I really dont see us being able to pay compensation for a manager. Also, us being in Europe isn't going to entice someone away from a championship gig where they'll be getting paid a lot more than we can afford, and will actually have a transfer budget!

He wont be missed. Other managers have got us into Europe and led us to mid-table obscurity in the past, and I'm sure that others will in the future. McGhee has left at a good time, as his stock would probably have fallen after next season due to the loss of some key players and his inability to sign anyone else. We played some exciting football in the first year, but McCormack (nice signing Mr Backpass) and Hughes can take a share of the plaudits there. Porter was also a plus, but the main reason the latter two came to the club was the money offered by our chairman. Mark McGhee was defniitely a good manager, and he showed the benefits of bringning in someone with experience to the job, but he's not the messiah, and I will take a couple of extra losses next year if it means we'll have a less hoorish manager.

I'd buy Aberdeen and sack Mark McGhee.

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You cant miss with a few shite players who try hard/play for the badge. They're always popular, and there must be a few available. There's nothing like winning a ball that you just lost to get the Fir Park faithful going! Sol Campbell is still the best suggestion so far.

I think he meant that Derby had to increase their own bid, not beat Cardiff's, as it wouldn't be much use starting a bidding war if Porter already turned down one of the teams. It's possible their bid could be less.

A club that can pay £275k for Keith Lasley is most likely in a position to pay him a tad more than we can. As such, any chance of him turning down a pay rise because he has man love for us fans?

I'll be sad to see him go, but this whole deal has been an excellent piece of business. First of all we get him for nothing (cheers Oldham) then he scores a bucketload of goals for us, get's his move to a higher level, and we get £400k. Not bad at all! We could be seeing Rosscoe and Ports in the Premiership next year, and who knows, maybe even skippy.

I'm sure that any money recovered from this was promised to the creditors.