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Mearns Saint

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  1. Perhaps this has been posted already. However, going from the clubs statement on letting Mclean go today for the rumoured £275k, why were we fed this p#sh when they rejected the £150k Fleetwood bid saying it falls way below the clubs valuation of the player? I'm sure they never meant at that point he was only worth £125k more! What the f#ck is going on at our club?

    A St Mirren spokesman said: "Further to media reports at the weekend we can confirm we have rejected an offer for Kenny McLean from Fleetwood Town as the offer does not come close to the club's valuation of the player."

  2. Was Saturdays performance not maybe partly down to the fact the players rallied round after Thompson got sent off? Responding to feelings of injustice maybe. Not saying Teale hasn't made some positive changes, certainly better than Craig would have done in a similar situation, though I do wonder how the 90mins may have panned out with 11 players on the park. I wasn't at the game so can only speculate, but how were we playing before Thompson got sent off or was it too early in the game?

  3. Gary Withey is his name - he just gives me the boak!!

    Is this not the cretin that was interested in buying our club and met with Gilmour? hmmmm.......

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17528646

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    Four men have been detained by police following an investigation into the sale of Rangers Football Club in 2011.

    Gary Withey, David Grier, Paul Clark and David Whitehouse were held during early morning raids in England.

    Mr Clark, Mr Whitehouse and Mr Grier worked for Duff and Phelps, the firm appointed as Rangers' administrators.

    Mr Withey worked for law firm Collier Bristow, which represented Craig Whyte before he bought Rangers from Sir David Murray for £1 in 2011.

    All four men were held during early morning raids at addresses across the UK in an operation which involved officers from Police Scotland, Surrey Police, Cheshire Police and Thames Valley Police.

    Police Scotland have been investigating the sale of Rangers from Sir David Murray to Craig Whyte for over a year.

    'Ongoing investigation'

    A spokesman for Police Scotland said: "Four men have been detained as a result of the ongoing investigation into the alleged fraudulent acquisition of Rangers Football Club.

    "Around 6am on Friday, Police Scotland officers, assisted by officers from Thames Valley Police, Cheshire Police and Surrey Police, attended a number of addresses in England and detained four men."

    The development is the latest twist in a three-year saga involving Rangers.

    Mr Whyte bought Rangers from Sir David Murray for £1 in May 2011 and gave an undertaking to settle its £18m Lloyds Bank debt.

    _78985736_78985734.jpgCraig Whyte (right) bought Rangers from Sir David Murray in 2011

    It later emerged he paid the debt by selling three years of season tickets to finance firm Ticketus for £25m.

    Rangers entered administration on 14 February 2012, while under Mr Whyte's control, over non-payment of tax totalling about £14m.

    Mr Clark and Mr Whitehouse from Duff and Phelps were appointed as joint administrators.

    HMRC subsequently rejected a creditors agreement to allow Rangers to exit administration.

    The resulted in Charles Green's consortium taking control and Rangers being accepted to play in the Scottish Third Division.

    The administration of Rangers resulted in Mr Whyte's deal with Ticketus being declared void. The finance firm successfully sued him for £18m over the failed deal.

    Mr Whyte was later banned from being a company director for the maximum period of 15 years after a judge heard his conduct in dealing with Rangers was "shocking and reprehensible".

  4. First time I've seen 90mins from us this season. First half we were absolutely clueless, one of the worst performances I've seen from us. After they scored we were chasing shadows until we brought on Ball.

    Looked a freekick on Marwood do their first goal.

    Ball completely changed the game second half, after he scored we were all over Thistle, great desire shown to get a win.

    Delighted overall to get the win though there are a few tweaks needed in the team:

    1 Marwood isn't a lone striker. Only Ball can play this role.

    2 Wylde was honking once again and I think if rather see, Kelly or even Plummer moved in there

    3 Goodwin and Cheesy or Tess need to play centre half. Plummer very good footballer but not a centre half

    4 although he wasn't great last night is have Teale starting every week. Need his experience on the pitch

  5. No, I don't think Butcher, Coyle, or an Ian Murray type, or a guy from England or abroad would get the same reaction after four results. Very clear why not. Tommy Craig is far from the 'new guy'. The guy who would need to start by learning the names of our players, would need to get acquainted with St Mirren from top to bottom. Danny Lennon's time was clearly up, yet the BoD appointed his assistant, who had been here for three years, who frankly has a shocking record as a No1, and who could, should, maybe, have been let go with Danny. Tommy has started by spitting the dummy in a radio interview having been asked a relevant question, has overseen four league games without as much as a goal, three of them at home, and seems to think we are well covered in all positions, and the rumours of factions and dressing room unrest involving some players persists. Maybe a Terry Butcher or Ian Murray would have come in and 'kicked some arses'. Maybe looked at the squad in the cold light of day without prejudice towards any existing squad members, and again, 'kicked arse' by strengthening in the areas we patently need strengthening in.

    Every appointment is a gamble, but Tommy is getting short shift in some quarters because he already had three years under his belt at SMFC. Maybe a totally brand new guy coming in is just what our club needed instead of a completely un-imaginative, if not cheap, option.

    Don't get me wrong, TC wasn't my first choice either but he's here now. I still think he will turn it around. Ask me again though after the Killie game

  6. First goal against Killie and we'll win. I respect your opinion Pozbaird and you may well be right but getting a new manager in isn't going to change the fixture list. He's got 2 weeks to get everything sorted mentally with the players and try to get some confidence back. I wonder if Butcher or Coyle were brought in over the summer whether theyd be given the same reaction after 4 similar results. I am quite surprised at the response of some of our usually level headed posters.

  7. I don't think Tommy is going anywhere soon. Having had two days to reflect upon Saturday's result, I don't think we have a bad squad. It's clear to me that the main problem at the moment is confidence. I reckon if we get the first goal against Killie in the next game we'll go on to hammer them. I think Ball is right in that we are going to go out and destroy someone soon. When all the tension disappears we'll be hungry for goals.

    Bring on the abuse, but I genuinely believe that once we get that first goal we'll be fine but we need to get it soon. The longer the drought goes on though I fear for us but it's still early days.

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