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I'm back from it. Decent atmosphere, Ravenhill, once you find it buried in the houses, is a cracking ground (apart from the roof not covering the standing areas). I'd love for Saints ground to be like that- standing all round at the front, seating at the back.
No issues at all between the fans and the Ulster fans were great despite their whining last week, happy to chat in town and out and about. Couldn't work out what side the Ulster fans were supporting some seemed to prefer Munster as they were Irish and seemed quiet when Glasgow scored, but others were just enjoying the game and some backing Glasgow. I don't know enough about Ulster fans to know if that is political element!
Not sure what to make of Belfast though. It's a decent enough place to visit but you can sense that some areas still have a bit of tension as you walk though. It's kind of like a small Glasgow, but it seems a bit behind the curve in some areas development compared with say the mainland cities or Dublin. I mean the buses on Saturday night finish at 10:30pm! Perhaps it is due to the political issue in the last 30 years, but they need to keep pushing on to improve. Still enjoyed it and the people were great.
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I see there are odds available for the next Raith manager, but not for Saints as far as I can see.
Do the bookies think it's a done deal? A shoe-in for GT? And the "search" is just an attempt to get the support onside?
I think Gary Teale being asked to re-apply makes the 'next manager' market difficult as the next manager could be the same one!
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Was an opportunity for the Club to have a clean break and make the West Stand unreseved seating, or have a section for reserved seats and charge a bit more for the privilege. Unreserved seating would improve the atmosphere IMO.
ST? Think I'll wait and see...
Playing well and winning games would improve the atmosphere!
Think the prices are fine. Gate prices are going to be £18-20 quid anyway (maybe £23 if we want to fleece the new club) in the Championship- that's what Falkirk and others charge.
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Completely wishful thinking unfortunately.
I can't emphasise enough that the manager of the football club next season MUST have a proven track record of nurturing young players. The importance of the Academy to the club cannot be under estimated.
Last night the u20s beat a strong Celtic side, and we finished the game with 5 players on the pitch who were under 17 !
There is some fantastic talent there, and the key to our future success is going to be ensuring that these players progress into the first team.
My overwhelming (and underwhelming) feeling is that Billy Stark will get the job, but I can wish for someone as ambitious as big Mixu !
The main problem this year I feel is not backing up the kids with an experienced core in the team. Really missing a Steven Thomson, a Shuggy etc.
Stark is so uninspiring and I didn't feel he did a great job with the U21s.
I know he's mainly hated by our support but I'm beginning to think Billy Reid would be worth a go.
A bit of a bellend by all accounts, but I'm not wanting to be his pal, I'm wanting him to kick some ass and get us winning games.
Perhaps harshly I'm not entirely convinced he didn't get lucky at Hamilton with the talent coming through at the right time.
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He's had some poor games but has become a total scapegoat. Against Kilmarnock, early doors, he had a bad pass at one point and shortly afterwards tried to beat a defender but got tackled. Some of our 'fans' after barely 15 mins are all over him with the "get him off" patter!
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What even is the average price of a Championship season ticket?
Depends. £215-£350 odd quid.
I'd suggest we'd fall in line with Falkirk and be around the £270-£280 mark.
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The tackle at Firhill did him. Was a shocker too.
He's a good player, injury prone yes, but a very decent midfielder.
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Typical on the day we finally sign a centre half motherwell go and sign Scott Mcdonald. Piss.
If we'd signed him people would have said 'another striker who's washed up and doesn't score. 6 goals in his last 60 appearances etc....
In any case they have Sutton who is a handful, play him right, he'll score. Is there problem not the same as ours in keeping the ball out at the back?
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Finally, surely Mike Ashley and Sevco are just trying to goad the SFA in to action here? How much clearer does it need to be that the guy who owns the stadium, training ground and has half his Newcastle youth team playing in Glasgow is the owner of the club?
The other aspect I'm slightly confused in is why Mike Ashley is being investigated for potentially owning Newcastle and Rangers, when Hearts have done this before with Romanov owning Kaunas and loaning many players into Hearts?
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Very disappointing. Can't get it to add up. It's a total steal from Aberdeen.
I wonder if we were faced with losing him in the summer said that if he re-signed and someone came along offering the compensation value we'd not stand in his way. We then got McLean for an extra 6 months.
Feel for Teale, he's got a hard job now.
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He's right to apologise as Arquin was daft, the goals were onside. He should point out the penalty we should have had though.
The only people to blame are ourselves too, if we score the McGinn and McLean free headers it is was easy street.
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I just heard the opposite, Canal to go, but Bull and Abbey in the 'safe' version of MacLay Inns.
Is that not pretty much what I said?
Reported that LT Pub Management now run the Canal Station, Clockwork and Dram. Not sure who owns them right enough.
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Bull Inn/Abbey Hotel/Canal Station owners. McLay Inns enters admin....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-30965223
Not good news. Canal Station I think was only managed by them along with some others and has been moved on to a new management group.
The Bull and Three Judges will be run by the administrators although you'd fancy they'd be secured.
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In rugby what they do is the fixture list has games on weekend of 23/24/25 January. Once the TV companies have decided they firm up the fixtures to the exact date and time. I think they have just done the fixtures up to end of April.
It makes planning away trips a bit more difficult as you have to take a punt and book or wait and risk price rises, especially as most away trips involve a flight. However it avoids the football scenario of a Sat 3pm fixture being switched a month and a bit before.
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Sorry, my phone died on Monday so I've only just seen this, Weir would have been called up anyway so even if fit we'd still have the same problem.
I had something at the back of my mind and did a quick check, Connor Braid is a Canadian stand off/centre/full back on loan to London Scots on condition that he comes back for the 6 Nations so looks like they thought about it way back at the start of the season.
http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/glasgow-warriors/player/connor-braid
Don't know where (or even if) he's been playing for London Scottish, though, I'll have a look tomorrow
They've occasionally given players back when not going to be starting in the matchday squad. Braid has been playing, seems to have been doing well but is not the kicker for LS.
Maitland has joined London Irish next season. His stats are strong but he's not really kicked on this year from what you see. A must that DTH is signed up now. Losing Matawalu, Maitland and DTH would be a right blow.
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sorry west ham not going to pay £2 million for a player with 6 months left on contract .
they made offer then realized this and thats why they have not backed it up
now hamilton trying to push it but bet he signs precontract and they get buttons
£2m seems a heck of a lot.
If you wait till the summer £250K would likely be his value really given training compensation rules?
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The same thing binned in the past because people had enough of it apparently- too many fixtures, same old clubs.
The league cup has a poorer attendance, but should be a first half of the season tournament finished by November or December. The Scottish Cup should be moved back to January to May.
Plus no doubt the groups will be like they were in the old days and you can't even them up so someone ends up unhappy at being too far away.
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I'm sure I read somewhere that that's how they arrived at the figure!
Murrayfield would be shite, it's far too big. Tbh I'd rather they used even Ibrox than Murrayfield, at least it's in Glasgow.
They could probably buy Ibrox!
I was at the RDS for the final last year. It's a bit like Scotstoun and has 2 large uncovered temporary stands as the two end ones are removed for other events. They weren't numbered seats in there and looked packed- Glasgow fans were mainly allocated the modern grandstand anyway.
I'd love a home final at Rugby Park, sadly don't see it this year. We have to go away to Leinster and Munster and will have a squad hit by 6 nations withdrawals. Who is our 10 if Finn Russell is with Scotland and Duncan Weir is injured...
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Unlikely, though, should've had the bonus point in the bag yesterday.
Killed us last season too, we actually won more league games than Leinster but the lack of BP's meant they overtook us and had home advantage in the final. Having said that, I can't imagine where they'd play the final anyway, even if they did bring it here. Rugby Park just makes it so that would be my pick - there's an artificial pitch at Scotstoun so they could use that for prep.
Yep totally correct. Silly mistakes cost the BP. Not getting any points when they were down to 14 in the first half and we were on the line was criminal.
Murrayfield is the listed alternate ground I believe, but for a final I agree that Rugby Park, Kilmarnock will be used, hence the trial run via Tonga. Funny how the Pro12 regs are just big enough to cover the RDS!
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Need to go to Bath and win with a try bonus point. Even easier.....
That would make things easier but still ways they can get through on 4 points.
Montpellier beating Toulouse would help but that seems unlikely.
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Glasgow Warriors win 21-10 against a French team whose name I can't spell
Montpellier.
Should have been 5 point win.
Need to go to Bath and win next week. Easy
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In response to an earlier point about our first concern being 'they're foreign' and that tarring us with a bigoted 'Sevco brush'. No it doesn't. Absolutely 100% no.
My first concern is.... 'they're foreign'. Aye, because of Romanov at Hearts, Massone at Livvy, Stefano at Dundee, Anelka at Raith... could even mention Vincent Tan at Cardiff who did not seem to care much about the history and fabric (literally!) of that club, changing their traditional kit to something deemed a lucky colour in Asia? What about the Venkys at Blackburn. The first Americans at Liverpool were not popular, neither were the Glazers at Man Utd.
The major success stories seem to be Abramovich at Chelsea and Mansoor at City - but we are talking genuine off the radar wealth and massive glamour clubs in one of the world's top leagues here, not a relegation threatened small club in a relatively minor European league, with no recent history of threatening European qualification or, well, pretty much anything bar bobbing along quietly with March 17 2013 popping up after 26 years.
Let's say a consortium of Billy Davies, Ally McCoist and Graeme Souness announced they were buying St Mirren. I would get it, would understand it - they are football men, the obvious Rangers connection between them would not worry me. I could GET it.
I do not get at all why an Argentinian consortium would be any good for St Mirren. No more than I would understand it should I learn that a handful of Scottish lawyers and businessmen were buying a club in, oh, let's say Mexico.
If I were a fan of a Mexican 'St Mirren', playing to 3,000 every week and always in the shadow of the big Mexico City clubs, and heard a bunch of Scotsmen were buying us, guarantee you, 'WTF!' would be my reaction there too.
In regard to the consortium doing what's right - for St Mirren. I believed that five years ago. I said they have earned the right to be trusted, but five years down the line, with their The Rangers reaction fresh in my mind, and the silence and stupor surrounding the last three to four years of their tenure, and the ultimate failure of the long drawn out 10000hours discussions - my faith has been seriously diluted.
Worrying times if this deal is true. IMHO.
I was going to write a detailed post, but this has it nailed and sums up my thoughts nicely.
The only thing in the back of my mind is that we are likely to go down which would further hurt a sale. Is there an element of cutting losses and moving on involved here?
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You are right fella, just giving the guys the chance to put their side across.
Whole situation is a right mess. In the background of all this we have a team that is heading at full speed into the Championship, that is really all I am concerned about at this precise moment in time.
I'm resigned to relegation at the moment.
The takeover issues are a side show. Kinda feel for Gary Teale in all this to be honest.
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Foreign owners. Well that's always worked well in Scottish football
Despite that I have huge concerns with any new owners no matter if they are from Paisley or not. I'd want them to answer these Qs- Why Saints? What you want to achieve? What if it goes up a certain creek? And how on earth are you going to get £1.5m back when our board has spent years trying to sell it and it looks like we could be relegated? Obviously the history with foreign ownership is poor so I have concerns these guys are the Angelo Massone, Claude Anelka et al. Dundee did this 'foreign stars and sell them on' and bar Speroni and Caniggia who sold for about £1.5m couldn't shift many others despite them being decent. It ended in tears with admins and £13m of debt. Dundee United are however having a field day with a youth system bringing through kids like Gould, Goodwillie, Russell, Robertson etc.
Whilst we've been crying out for a change in the boardroom, I hope this is the right move. I hope due diligence has been done and I hope it isn't just the board being tired at the situation and bailing as the stuff people are posting about Chile etc. isn't all positive.
We suffered badly in the 90s when our debt caught up with us and endless clubs spent too much. They worked hard to get us out of a huge mess and deserve credit for that. When the rest of Scottish football is hitting the straight and narrow now would be annoying for us to go the other way.
Would You Like To Stand At St Mirren Park
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I would love to have a standing terrace. Far prefer it to seating.