Haggischomper Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 I think Nicky is looking through the Seville telescope from the wrong end... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Craig Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Someones bitter Michael Thompson MTH0MP5ON Michael Thompson @ @N7KOLAW7 very expensive watching your every game in a Millers shirt. Enjoy the cold weather & the bench next year #backwardstep 15 hours ago in reply to ↑ Nick (Niko) Law @N7KOLAW7 Nick (Niko) Law @MTH0MP5ON ill think about that when im challenging for europe and playing infront of 60,00 at celtic mate! realbackwards step #clown Here's the initial tweet that started that. Someone is awfy bitter C_Harkness - Just lost all respect for @N7KOLAW7 ... Hope he falls flat on his face in Shitland! Either that or snaps his fucking leg! What a knob man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdalli10 Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 not really ins and outs but couldn't be bothered starting a new thread. seen this on the sunday mail and im sure i read somewhere that in the season gannon was here we used 17 youth team players so surely if this goes through we'd rake in the cash? good idea anyway imo SFA to reward clubs that play Scotland kids with new payment system THE SFA are set to introduce a radical new £10million plan by telling clubs: We'll PAY you to play our kids. Chief Executive Stewart Regan admits he has copied the idea from cricket, where it transformed the county game. Under the scheme, clubs will be given cash rewards for the appearance of Scottish Under-21s in their starting line-ups. Regan and national boss Craig Levein will present it and other measures as part of their performance strategy to the newly-formed Professional Game board. After Dutchman Mark Wotte was appointed Scotland's new Performance Director Regan is desperate to ram through a raft of ideas to put the national game back on track. The former Yorkshire cricket supremo revealed: "We're investing a lot of money in performance, we have more than £10m ringfenced over the next five years and money will flow down to clubs for putting in place initiatives supporting what we're trying to do. "There's a principle of performance-related payments which we brought in from my experience in cricket. "They do it very well - you reward the behaviours which help deliver your strategy. "So if clubs play Under-21 lads in the first team starting XI regularly - homegrown talent eligible for Scotland - they'll be rewarded. "If they're good enough they should be playing regular football. Look at Charlie Adam. He was in and out of the Rangers team but has thrived at Blackpool playing every week against the best." Regan admits the scheme will be costly but insists the rewards he saw in his time at Headingley convinced him it could work. He revealed: "There's a draft paper. At the AGM we put in place a Professional Game Board and they'll consider whether to roll the proposal out. It's a big investment but it has to be enough of an incentive. "Cricket changed as a result of payments coming down from the governing body. "Whereas clubs were buying in Kolpak players from overseas - cricket's equivalent of Bosman - who weren't eligible to play for England, suddenly all the academy players were getting a chance in the first XI." Levein is a fan of the idea and said: "We're not telling clubs you HAVE to play certain players. We're saying if you play them we'll reward you because you'll be helping us develop players for the national team." Meanwhile, Regan admits he's lobbying the government to help with the grassroots strands of their Scotland United strategy. Feeding more fit and able kids into the system is a crucial part of the process and he wants schools more involved. He said: "We want to try to have more physical activity in schools, not just football but multi-sport to encourage handeye co-ordination and fitness. "I was with the government on Wednesday asking them to support what we're doing." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StipeIsGod Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Interesting, but I expect that somehow we wouldn't get tonnes of money. Celtic and Rangers would only allow that through if it was performance/success based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickle Pickle Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 (edited) Kevin McDonald on a free......??? I wid!! http://en.wikipedia....aller_born_1988) Edited June 26, 2011 by Tickle Pickle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggischomper Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Typical old firm. Celtic offered Dundee 75 grand for him. Dundee sell him down south for half a mill. OFGTF. WANKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadywellToi Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Kevin McDonald on a free......??? I wid!! http://en.wikipedia....aller_born_1988) His career appears to be doing a "Gow", while many a player have been written off and came to FP and reignited things, I'd only go for him for cover. With respect to the SFA thing, its certainly encouraging, good to see there is the first hint of some initiatives to generally improve the game. I suppose the only issue I can see is that hole between full U-21 internationals and everyone else, then another up to 24-25ish when the regular matches is really important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StipeIsGod Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 I wouldn't thank you for McDonald. Excellent at the time, don't get me wrong, but is now a busted flush (unfortunately) and a backwards step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhitepele Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Right which one of you has been on that transfer rumour site,ive seen a few crackers on there but this one must top them all.Chris Humphrey to Aston Villa for wait for it ........................................................£3.5m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadywellToi Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Lets have a guess ........ Officer Dibble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StipeIsGod Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Officer Diggle, you mean? He comes out with some spectacular bullshit, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadywellToi Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Officer Diggle, you mean? He comes out with some spectacular bullshit, I was referring to the usual culprit concerning all things Humphreyesque. Steve, I distance myself from this comment above, feel free to unleash both barrels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StipeIsGod Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 I also know what you meant, I just thought I was due a retaliatory first dig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggischomper Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Could be true. We all know how Mr Eck likes to throw money at average players after all.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 I wouldn't thank you for McDonald. Excellent at the time, don't get me wrong, but is now a busted flush (unfortunately) and a backwards step. I'd say you're being a bit unfair there. The guy made a mistake at Burnley and was probably rightly frozen out because of it. If he comes back north, I'd certainly expect him to do a very good turn for someone. Seems a bit off to write someone off entirely at 22, given how promising they've been up to now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StipeIsGod Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 I was being entirely unfair. I got my Kevin McDonalds mixed up. I thought 'ours' had went down south, flopped, and was up here playing for Hibs a wee while back, before disappearing again (to Alloa, but I assumed down south). Different guy, no connection to us. So you're totally right. As for our ex-player McDonald, I don't know what he's been up to in all honesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siebsbarmyarmy Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Kevin McDonald our ex player I'm sure plays for Bellshill Jnrs now. Does anyone know if we have started training yet. I'm getting the impression we are a week or two behind almost every other club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Diggle Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Officer Diggle, you mean? He comes out with some spectacular bullshit, Well fuck me gently! This coming from a man user name is 'Stipe is God' I'm absolutely cut to the bone man, cut to the bone Fuck Nugget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Does anyone know if we have started training yet. I'm getting the impression we are a week or two behind almost every other club. Chris Humphrey tweeted the other day that training starts tomorrow for us. I think we've probably needed the rest more than others due to starting the season earlier and finishing the season later than the other teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuwell Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Not sure how true this is but heard we talking to Omar Daley who has been released by Bradford. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Daley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StipeIsGod Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 I'm sure he was a target earlier in the year as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuwell Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Yet another winger. If we sign them all we'll be playing with about 6 wingers - that will confuse the guys in the east stand who like abusing the winger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daver Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 I'd say you're being a bit unfair there. The guy made a mistake at Burnley and was probably rightly frozen out because of it. If he comes back north, I'd certainly expect him to do a very good turn for someone. Seems a bit off to write someone off entirely at 22, given how promising they've been up to now. Excuse my ignorance but what did he do at Burnley? He was certainly a good player for Dundee and is still young enough to be worked with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Excuse my ignorance but what did he do at Burnley? He was certainly a good player for Dundee and is still young enough to be worked with. They were getting horsed by Man City, he got subbed off at half time so him and his family decided to go down the pub instead of stick around for the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Not sure how true this is but heard we talking to Omar Daley who has been released by Bradford. http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Omar_Daley Have we actually really been interested in this guy or is it another of these Dindeleuxesque links that will never ever go away? Read lots of "interested in", "linked with" or "talking to" lines but is really the case or someone has passed on the first rumour to someone who has passed on the rumour, who has posted it on here and so on and so on.... But is there any substance to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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