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Well of course? He can't leave for nothing though. So why would we negotiate down the compensation? Why not just keep him?

Harkins has signed for Dundee on a two year deal. Building a St Mirren themed retirement home up there it would seem. Great news for us. Imagine if they try to play McGowan and Harkins in the same team? Remember when we tried that? I will be astounded if we don't finish at least 10 points above them.

Ok that's not true. He will either leave for the full compensation or he will stay. He can leave for nothing in 2 years, not before then.

Armed forces day was arranged by better together? Source?

Can't take you seriously after you said it was a 'certainty we were going to get relegated' last season. Do you even take yourself seriously?

Yep about 2 seconds ahead ha. Means you know when to look up ;)

He just sound like he hates football. He's been paid a lot of money to go to Brazil and watch the World Cup, yet he makes it sound like he's been asked to clean bedpans. c**t.

They're certainly a close second.

I think they've been quieter on the England national team this time around, and no wonder, what an embarrassment they are. It's the EPL they go on about. They'll say ' What a goal by James Rodriguez - once tracked by Man United ' for example. FFS. They then said the 'big clubs' are looking at him like he's a break through star. Monaco paid 40 million for him for goodness sake, he's been one of the best players in Europe for years. Oh and he kept pronouncing his name wrong.

Agreed. Him and Andy Townsend are the worst pair known to football, I have it on mute and 5 live on.

What a ridiculous waste of money. I assume all the yes campaigners will be condemning this too.

Why can't you just admit you were wrong?

I think he was afraid he would go to The New Club and cost the club 200k approx. He did also say that we had offered him the best contract the club possibly could.

You should know better than to be relying on your memory at your age. The point I made was that it was too late to make a managerial change, and I didn't want someone coming in to take the hit for Danny. How you've managed to twist that into me wanting us relegated is beyond me.

Saying if we get relegated and I hope we get relegated are two completely different things, I'm afraid. Keep climbing down though, you're almost there.

Sadly agree with that. Kenny's the kind of elegant technical player that many Scottish fans simply do not like. Many much prefer a blood and thunder trier than someone who stays on his feet and plays football. Thankfully Kenny proved to the doubters what a good player he was toward the end of last season. If he does sign the contract we've offered, which would put him on senior pro wages and among the top earners at the club, he's certainly earned it.

Never said I 'hoped we got relegated' then. Next!

Found it yet?

Yes I will.

Quote me.

I never said that at all. Feel free to look for it.

The more I think about it the more I really want us to sign Hasselbaink. Feel he would really fit in and do a job for us next year.

And I was vindicated. This wasn't some baseless personal vendetta, I had seen Harkins play plenty over the years. I thought he would come in and be bad for our team, and he was. As for Lennon, I backed him on this forum from January and was one of few to do so. I was part of about 20 odd percent of fans polled who voted for him not be sacked immediately after a home defeat to St Johnstone. You can dig up those posts it you like.

Where did I say Harkins was mainly the route of our problems? You just made that up, didn't you? He was certainly part but it wasn't all down to him. The 3 players who were at the heart of our problems at the start of last season were Cornell, Harkins and Grainger. They were punted, performances improved. It's not difficult really. Look at the results and the line ups and you'll see the evidence for yourself. Your next post needs more emoticons.

So because I was right before he played a game no one should listen to me? Never said it was mostly down to him did I? He was a big part of it though. Once we got him and Grainger out and played the youngsters we started climbing the table. You can pinpoint the turn around in form exactly, it happened at Easter Road and I was there. Harkins played on the left and Grainger played left back. They were utterly abysmal and we lost 2-0. Grainger got sent off Harkins got subbed off. Next game was Aberdeen at home. Harkins dropped, Grainger suspended. We draw 1-1 and are unlucky not to win. We then rightly keep Harkins and Grainger out the side, and we win 4 games of the next 5. Had we persisted with those two duds I don't doubt for a second that we'd have been relegated.