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nedflanders123

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  1. If a player is told he has no future at the club he has two choices, rot away with no chance of playing or go to a club who will offer him a chance to play. If Imrie is indeed offered then I would assume he would choose to go and play albeit in the first division rather than being somewhere he is not wanted and no chance of pulling th boots on. There is one other alternative and that is to put him out on loan if no deal can be struck to have him permanently move on.
  2. WTF, my post disappeared. What I said in summary was that any manipulation of the rules by the SPL would lead to the courts and further discredit to the Scottish game.
  3. Well for starters, Goncalves, Newton and Dummett were loan signings and not our players and it was always on the cards that they would leave. So that leaves 8. Samson and McGowan are out of contract and can choose another club that likely pays more money or further their career. That leaves 6. Smith was brought in as a standby only to cover for Adam when he was injured and was never going to be with us longer than this season. That is us down to 5 players. Parkin was never going to be kept on as he is no longer good enough at this level while there are alledged issues with Imrie and Guy. We are now down to 4 players. AFAIK, Imrie and Guy are still with the club so that leaves just 2 - Adam and Carey. The issues and feeling around Carey already discussed and apparently there are some issues around Adam with discipline etc. Aberdeen have just released 11 players but like us will bring new faces in during the close season. I am more interested in who is coming in rather than who is going out at this time. If it improves the team then fair enough and if not then the manager has to deal with that.
  4. I would not worry. There will be a number of good keepers looking for a club in the summer. There will be a few new names next season within the entire team. I would like to judge young Adam and hope Danny gives him a game now that the season has ended for us and we are unlikely to achieve a higher position.
  5. Got a funny feeling that if he was to leave Dimdee then Partick is a likely place for him to return to.
  6. You clearly never saw Jim Gilmour and no way was he worse than Scrimmy or Smith.
  7. Jim Gilmour - now some horrific memories particularly one - think it was against the **** - where he ushered the ball as if it was going by the post only to see it snuggle nicely in the back of the net. The worse goalie I have seen playing for us and that is something when you consider Scrimgour and Smith.
  8. Why? Adams is a goalkeeper which we need to fill and McLean is a midfielder. How do you deduce that Kenny is going down south?
  9. OK, I will bite. Yes, definately Gary Blue under a new name. Why can't you reply like an intelligent person rather than resorting to accusatory remarks. What part of my post clearly specifies that I am 'hypocratic and stupid'? If someone disagrees with you does that make them hypocratic and stupid? I simply feel that Gus is history and if you really want to judge him then defend his position of taking QOS to relegation? I have never been a critic of Gus but felt, like the board, that the time was right for change - how does that imply that I angry?. Time will judge Danny Lennon as to whether he is a better or more successful manager. What is beyond doubt is that the football under him is on the whole much better than Gus's last 2-3 seasons. Now, what part of my post implies that I am 'angry'? I, like many other fans on this forum, now find the whole Gus debate tedious. Time to move on and accept that he is not coming back. I have watched the club since 1967-68 so am able and intelligent enough to make my own judgements on managers and the club in general. At this time our manager is Danny Lennon and first and foremost you support the club no matter who is in the hot seat. He will eventually leave and we will have some bemoaning the new manager and saying how good a job Danny had done. It happens all the time.
  10. Gary Blue returns. McPherson is history, get real and move on. Btw, football under Gus was rank for years. If he was that good then he would still be manager.
  11. Best thing Karl did was to leave Waterboys. World Parties first 3 albums are essential buys and just wish the guy produced more music, Saw Mike Rosenberg aka Passenger on Sunday for the umpteenth time. Ed Sheerin stole his style while touring with him but cannot hold a candle to this guy's talent as a songwriter and musician. If you like Sheerin then listen to Mike's music (particularly Wicked Man's Rest album) and you will see exactly what I am saying about taking his style and making him a big hit whereas Mike should be the one up there. Unique voice like Tracy Chapman/Cat Steven as a hint but much better - just don't say James Blunt.
  12. Gus was sacked because the football was so dire that fans were staying away. He also bought a load of crocks too. Get over him. Time has moved on and no doubt that if your beloved Gus had managed to accrue as many points while playing some nice football you would be screaming for a contract extention. You don't like Danny but you support the team first and foremost. Your continual sniping is now bordering on greater tedium than Britains Got Talent. Give it a rest and thank f*ck the season is over but I doubt that will stop your broken record around our manager. He is going nowhere so what is the point of your constant greetin' - are you expecting our team to be challenging up there after a number of mind numbing seasons of mediocrity?
  13. Yes, same with the Raithe Interchange where you get a green light after coming off the M74 only to see that cars and lorries are clearly not understanding what the red signal means. Personally, I would put cameras in traffic lights and cut down the speed cameras. There is no doubt that bad driving, particularly at junctions where there are operational lights, causes more accidents and disruption than someone speeding at 40 in a 30 mph zone. I am not condoning speeding in built up areas but for me most of the accidents I have witnessed at main junctions are caused by those who either do not heed the traffic signals or are incompetent and simply are not fit to be out in the road with the risks they take.
  14. Now that we have no reserve league it can take any player 5 games or more to get up to match fitness or at least adapt to the speed of the game at SPL level. I think you are a bit harsh judging him when he has not had much game time. I agree that he should be given the chance to prove he can cut it at this level. A few of my friends actually rate him as the one player from Cowdenbeath with the most talent and potential. Only time will tell.
  15. Div, with something so imminent, I would have expected something official from the club to that effect. As usual, we are in the dark having expected all of this to have been resolved when the extension was asked for way back months ago. Still I am sure we will hear things in due course once it is posted on the BBC Sports site.
  16. League reconstruction on the agenda again, dear me wonder what has changed?

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      Are SMFC for or against a 10 team league?

  17. 6 games........with a depleted squad is urely not the time to panic? Big Butcher had a nightmare start in the first division then once his team gelled they went on a great run. You need to give Danny time and judge him when he has his full squad to pick from. He strikes me as the kind of guy who, if he cannot take our club forward, will more than likely walk away. I think he has a lot of potential and a club like ours should be giving him time to make his mark. We were never going to be anything other than a struggling side with the reduction in money from TV, dwindling gates and the quality of and apathy for football in Scotland in general.
  18. Brilliant post.......sensible and right from the heart mate. Wonder where Gary Blue is these days as he has been rather silent.
  19. I take your point Dave but I was simply indicating the 'now' position in that Everton are bottom of the league with only 3 points but the club know they have a good manager there and will get them out of it in due course. Danny has had 6 league games and we need to give him time to sort things out rather than screaming for his head after only half a dozen games.
  20. What are you on about? Are you implying that any manager gets no more than 6 games to change things at a football club? Imagine if Man Utd binned Fergie after 6 fames - I think it was 5 years before they won anything. Noone knows just how things will improve - or not - until the team is bedded down and we have a fit squad to choose from. I do not need blinkers my friend. I am a realist and know that having watched the buds for 43 years my expectations are with feet firmly on the ground. Knee jerk reactions like sacking a manager after 6 games would make our club not only seriously impatient/unprofessional but also the laughing stock of Scottish football. You have clearly been against Danny since day 1 or, if not, you have a strange way of showing loyalty at such an early stage of the season. No amount of moaning from you and londonbud will make the board suddenly decided to sack a 'promising' manager learning his trade at the top of Scottish football. We have no divine right to be in the top league and we have to earn that right to stay there. The BOD have seen something in Danny that you and others don't and they will stand and fall by their decision in due course. However, at least give the manager at least the first quarter before you vent you spleen.
  21. What is so difficult to understand? We are among 6 other teams who are performing just as badly as we are points wise. Do you hear Everton fans wanting Davie Moyes out yet they have only 3 points and bottom of the league? No, like their fans it is far too early to panic after only a handful of games. Get real FFS, we are a small club who are fortunate to have stayed in the SPL with the limited budget and considering we were on the brink of going out of business not that long ago. It takes time and being a fan of our beloved club means we will all have far more downs than up.
  22. And how many points are they ahead of us in the league? That is my point. The time to become really concerned is when we are adrift of those teams by a sizable margin. Until then, get behind the manager and team and do what a supporter is supposed to do - support.
  23. The bottom line is that St Mirren are dealing in the bargain basement of football - the Primark of this world. Others, many in debt, e.g. Killie, Dundee Utd and Hearts, are paying much higher wages than we can afford. The club nearly went out of existence in the first division and our board pulled a rabbit out of the hat and managed to get us onto an even keel, out of debt and providing us with a brand new stadium and training ground. How some forget those dark days and if we had been offered this position back then we would have bitten the hands off those offering to be where we are. It is time to get a reality check. We cannot compete wage wise with a lot of those clubs and players will always go where the money is. Developing our own youth set up and bring through talent is the preferred route bearing in mind the cost of establish our new training facilities. I would love to see us playing the quality of football seen between 75 and 83 but it's not going to happen overnight or maybe ever again. Any decent talent we bring through will be hard to keep as many others will be able to offer more money. However, we are where we are and the squad, minus some of our more talented players, is what we have. We need to stick with the manager and players to see how they perform over a longer period than simply the first 6 games. Remember, Hamilton had a horrendous start to last season - and this to be honest, but managed to pull things together. Have a bit of patience as shouting and ranting as the manager and players will have a detrimental effect. We all love our club but part of loving the club is to support it even when things are going belly up.
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