HSS Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jim-goodwin-desperate-lead-alloa-9593890 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherwellSaint Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 wish we had jim with us as a player but hope we can get out of this and alloa can get up as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isle Of Bute Saint Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Aber, Murray , Goodwin dont need to say anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 3 hours ago, MotherwellSaint said: wish we had jim with us as a player but hope we can get out of this and alloa can get up as well Could be a one or other situation if we get to 9th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherwellSaint Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 yeah hope doesn't come to that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 A ray of light from Jim in these dark times................ Quote “If they can just maintain that Championship status for next season if a couple of the big boys go up – Hibs and Dundee United – depending on who comes down they’d have a realistic chance of winning promotion back to the top flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) If we can just stay up, Hibs and Dundee United go up, that would see the likes of ICT, Partick, Killie, Accies come down. Depending on who comes up from League One too, we won't be anywhere near challenging for promotion from the Championship next season. Falkirk and Morton might though. I said when we dropped down we were looking at between five and ten years before bouncing back to the top flight with a totally new-look side from the one dropping down. I did not forsee us being so bad as to be detached at the bottom of the Championship. Never, ever even entered my head that we would be anywhere else than treading water for years as a middle table club. I'd settle for staying up, followed by years of stability in the boardroom, in the manager's office, and as a mid-table Championship club. Nice words from Jim, but sorry, it looks a very, very long shot. Fitzy probably thinks we'll romp it if we do stay up mind you. Edited January 10, 2017 by pozbaird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevo_smfc Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 I see us a similar type of club to Falkirk in the league going forward, if we can stay up this season. Making/challenging for the playoffs, though falling at the last hurdle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 27 minutes ago, pozbaird said: If we can just stay up, Hibs and Dundee United go up, that would see the likes of ICT, Partick, Killie, Accies come down. Depending on who comes up from League One too, we won't be anywhere near challenging for promotion from the Championship next season. Falkirk and Morton might though. I said when we dropped down we were looking at between five and ten years before bouncing back to the top flight with a totally new-look side from the one dropping down. I did not forsee us being so bad as to be detached at the bottom of the Championship. Never, ever even entered my head that we would be anywhere else than treading water for years as a middle table club. I'd settle for staying up, followed by years of stability in the boardroom, in the manager's office, and as a mid-table Championship club. Nice words from Jim, but sorry, it looks a very, very long shot. Fitzy probably thinks we'll romp it if we do stay up mind you. Tom Hendrie's title winning season came completely out of the blue, MacPherson's less so but we were nowhere near favourites to win the division in most peoples mind at the start of that season - anybodies? I also didn't reckon we'd bounce back at the first attempt, few do, but in the new league setup we don't have to win the division to get promoted and in the circumstances JG mentions (no Hibs or Dundee Utd.) a play-off spot (fourth or better) should still be a realistic target and one that we should be challenging for most seasons - I'd argue fourth out of ten is pretty much mid-table. OK, it's far cry from our current position but like I said it's a ray of sunshine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Monkey Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Bud the Baker said: Tom Hendrie's title winning season came completely out of the blue, MacPherson's less so but we were nowhere near favourites to win the division in most peoples mind at the start of that season - anybodies? The Sutton/Adam signings were huge at the start of that season. As a Gus side, we were always going to be solid, but they added the craft and the goals. That has got to be the model for us now in the short term - build from the back, become a solid/stuffy side if we have to, then try to add dashes of quality where we can. On topic - Jim is a legend. I'll change my 'Top Man' when a suitable new candidate arrives in the stripes, and no sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soctty Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 If wecould scramble to safety this season, and we get have some continuity in charge of the football team, and support from the board, there is no reason why we can't compete at the right end of the table next season. You only have to look at Morton this season, a team who lost many of their good players last season but have recruited well and have a good manager, who has them organised and playing decent football. If they can do it, why can't we? There is no reason. The hard part in that scenario is what we are doing now - trying to stay up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlucifer Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Soctty said: If wecould scramble to safety this season, and we get have some continuity in charge of the football team, and support from the board, there is no reason why we can't compete at the right end of the table next season. You only have to look at Morton this season, a team who lost many of their good players last season but have recruited well and have a good manager, who has them organised and playing decent football. If they can do it, why can't we? There is no reason. The hard part in that scenario is what we are doing now - trying to stay up. The problem there, going on last Saturday's performance, I didn't see much "trying". Though I did find the whole experience thus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soctty Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 The problem there, going on last Saturday's performance, I didn't see much "trying". Though I did find the whole experience thus. Let's see if the manager can get a reaction from the team, with new players in the team this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyond our ken Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 On 10 January 2017 at 10:56 AM, Isle Of Bute Saint said: Aber, Murray , Goodwin dont need to say anymore. Sorry, not in the same breath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ged62 Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Sorry, not in the same breath Def in the same breath. Abba, nutter, Shuggie, nutter, Goody, nutter. All had balls, name a player in team recently that has? We could of done with a goody at the beginning of the season[emoji6] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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