bobbybingo

I sincerely hope not....

Help what?

Maybe some sort of deal could be struck. The hard-ons agree not to gleefully poke fun at the critics if their criticism rises above shite and imposter.

O'Donnell's signed for 2 years.

Yeah, they've said it'll be in the club shop soon.

Hope he signs twice.

So, which prolific goalscorer at Motherwell did pass on their vast knowledge and top class technique to Bair?

Aye, he's past it.

Who said Jon Obika had been made a coach because he's a nice guy?

Wonder if it's season long or short term.

I don't need to go first, I'm happy to let the recruitment team get on with it. You're calling them clueless, so I was interested to hear who you think they should be looking at, but you're obviously not interested in making any suggestions. Fair enough.

I'm only looking for an opinion on who you would sign, given the actual signings don't impress you. They don't have to fit into Kettlewell's system, just be part of your dream team.

Personally, I don't have a clue who we should be recruiting, so I don't have a go at those doing the job. You think they're clueless, so please enlighten us with some names they should be after.

Impressive. I read somewhere Livi are managed by Ancelotti.

Glad he's staying, be interesting to see what a good pre-season will do for him.

You'd think anybody interested in football would know that, but I suppose it's irrelevant if you're only interested in having a dig.

Why is it a new low - is Obika a shite coach?

Yeah, he sees far more than we ever will, day in, day out. If the club had extended his contract as a player I'd have expected men in white coats to get their giant butterfly nets looked out, but if we needed a coach for the forwards and the management believe Obika can do the job, it's worth a punt.

To be honest, I hadn't read Kettlewell's comments until a few minutes ago. Obviously the club had the option to extend his deal as a player and were not going to do so. None of us have any clue whether Jon Obika will be a decent coach or not, but I can't believe Kettlewell would be paying him to just hang around contributing hee haw, so he must've seen something. Yeah, this is his first go at coaching, which probably means he'll be getting paid accordingly.

You'd have to explain why a player would sign a deal with the option of an extension if the club could simply tell them to bugger off, because that sounds like a completely worthless contract to me.

The option was definitely ours, not his?

If he had the option, would he have chucked it and just walked away? Maybe his retirement came as a result of being offered the coaching position and there was never going to be a wage freed up.

It's only immaterial if he was planning to retire as a player.

By being a better coach than a player, probably, which would hardly be a first.

Bobby Russell was on the radio last week, punting his new book. Said he had the choice of MacDonald & Jardine at Hearts or McLean & Forsyth with us when Rangers wanted rid of him, and he was heading to Tynecastle before the deal fell through. Apparently, both clubs offered him the same money.