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WeeBud

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  1. I've read this five or six times now but I'm sorry you've totally lost me here..........there is no question the BoD have made poor choices or decisions, good ones too, but decision making and investment are totally different things. You allude to a "pot of money" lets just call it a budget. The manager is given a budget to recruit players as he sees fit, if he makes a mess of it that lies with him.........the BoD's part in this is that they've recruited a manager who doesn't spend or make best use of his playing budget wisely. As I said earlier I believe that we should look at improving our revenue streams to provide a larger budget for the manager to work with but borrowed money has to be paid back, often with interest, and can actually eat into the budgets of the future. On current turnover, bearing in mind we don't actually make a profit or have directors/shareholders taking dividends, where does the "investment" income come from??
  2. Explain invested, in the terms you're using it, please........ As a club we should look at all available revenue streams but we should never go into debt to bolster the squad. Football is littered with teams who are in dire straits or even worse (going into administration/liquidation) chasing the dream.
  3. Or from a Bolton fans perspective......"Oh well we got relegated and we're also financially f**ked because we spent money we didn't have"
  4. i hope the manager does nothing other than pick the team that he believes has the best chance of winning both games, if that means both games being without Thommo or Goodwin then so be it!!
  5. Not disagreeing with that AT ALL ST LUCIFER......I was merely pointing out that Shull's post was a weak comparison to the point IoBS was making but don't let that get in the way of some quality shouting on a Friday.
  6. Will be a good weekend IoBS, some decent bands there.....if you like this sort of festival get yourself out to Tiree for TMF or Oban for ObanLive
  7. If I remember correctly both these games sold out so not really a valid comparison, every St Mirren supporter who wants a ticket for this game will be able to get one (although maybe not in their chosen stand)
  8. Come on Cockles my old son, we had some brain donor on here the other week suggesting boycotting our own club to starve it of cash!!
  9. I'd cut the Board a wee bit of slack here I am quite regularly in contact with a guy who , from a legal perspective, was quite involved in all the drama surrounding Rangers liquidation and all the shenanigans regarding which league they should play in (if at all) etc.... His take on things was that Doncaster and Co were absolutely playing the "doomsday" card with regards to cancellation of commercial contracts and sponsorships etc if one of the "Marquee" clubs was no longer involved. Of course none of it came to fruition and incredibly Doncaster and cronies kept their positions despite the keech they were peddling but hindsight is a wonderful thing.
  10. WeeBud

    Racism?

    ​http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33470377 Apparently Latapy left ICT of his own accord for pastures new and to become a manager in his own right........
  11. There were enough "No" voters who weren't particularly gracious in victory to have an idea that there were plenty enough muppets on either side.....
  12. In essence I would agree with that BuddieinEK however we live in a country where currently, like it or not, SNP will hold a majority. So long as that's the case another referendum will be somewhere on the agenda. Should another referendum be held, and the majority vote for independence, there will be plenty tantrum throwing by No voters saying it was undemocratic to have another democratic vote. I've never publically, not even to my better half, declared my allegiances one way or another but the amount of posturing and hypocrisy from both sides has been cringeworthy in the extreme.
  13. Rumours that he will return to his "parent" club at the end of his loan or beforehand??
  14. Let's just pretend that the game where we played against Hibs (losing four goals), against Falkirk (where we lost three) or against Livi (where he had to be removed from the game, just before half-time, in case he got himself sent off didn't happen then or are you just being subjective to suit your argument?? As I said earlier I quite like Goodwin but we lost plenty games, and badly, when he was in the team......... on that basis I'm quite happy to let the manager choose as he sees fit without feeling the need to question his previous background.
  15. I quite like Goodwin but up until his injury we had won twice in the league while drawing four times and losing seven..........since then we have won seven, drawn three and lost eight. It could be argued we've done better since Goodwin was out of the team although a lot of those games were played after the manager changed. I don't believe for a second that Goodwin not playing has anything to do with who our managers formerly played with and lets not forget he was also removed from the coaching set-up previous to any of those managers turning up.
  16. The "starve the club of cash" stuff really worries me in all honesty. As supporters we have all followed St Mirren far and wide and through thick and thin but with "owners" in charge cash has been found a loaned in times of need........what happens if the new funders (fans) aren't happy with decisions being made by the new board (SMISA), have they to throw the dummy and stop funding the club making it more and more difficult to find the "spare cash" for difficult cash-flow times. Imagine a scenario where those who choose to stop parting with cash because they don't like decisions means that not only will they not buy tickets but also stop paying their direct-debits because they no longer believe in the folk making the decisions. I was a originally a supporter of the fan ownership idea but was horrified by people throwing out accusations against fellow supporters, name calling bordering on libellous because things weren't being done they way they wanted or felt they should.......I can see the same thing happening all over again if things aren't going the way that certain people want them to. I am still a believer in fan ownership in a "utopia" type way but will take a deal of persuading to chuck my hat, Stetson or otherwise, in the ring this time around.
  17. Certainly not accurate enough but it was never a suicide pass, it was a pass to the full back to hit it long up the touchline which would be a good option in that situation
  18. IoBS, my brother lives in Tobermory and Café Fish is indeed excellent. As you have to pass through Oban to get there, and if seafood is your thing, Eeusk, The Seafood Temple and The Waterfront Seafood Restaurant are all worth a visit.
  19. I don't think the overall intention is just to have it open only on match-days and will in time be used for the other things you mention
  20. I think the rot had already started and the appointment of TC just made a bad situation a whole lot worse.
  21. I agree with most of this BtB but what I struggle was the fact we paid a fee, indeed outbid Dundee Utd, for a player who wasn't a first pick in any position. Surely the manager should have a "nailed on role" in mind for such a signing.
  22. elvis, on 24 Jan 2016 - 19:06, said: Not to be a stick in the mud, and I'm very keen to hear and consider the plans and whether to get involved when they're ready, but the wee bits quoted above is one of the concerns I'd have around "collective fan ownership". Any business needs business foundations in place, in St Mirren's case the board employ Brian Caldwell to all but run the business under their guidance and instruction. The idea of individual members, in this case Elvis, being given the floor to question individual members of staff's performances at a meeting to discuss buy-out plans and to discuss financial arrangements to fund the buy-out gives me the heebie-jeebies. It would, in my opinion, set the wrong tone for the whole process moving forward.
  23. That is utter nonsense from start to finish Stuart, if you read all the posts around about the one I quoted you were sanctimoniously allowing us to understand how you knew more than everyone else due to your position with Wishaw Wanderers with regard to cancelling fixtures and the impending "sanctions" if things weren't done properly. From the post above the referee deemed the pitch playable in the morning (frost related) and again after lunch (snow related). St Mirren never "had" the match postponed the referee decided that due to deterioration in the weather since his previous inspection the pitch was no longer playable and he (the referee) postponed the fixture.
  24. I may have paraphrased a little Stuart, you weren't talking about demands you were talking about sanctions. Stuart Dickson, on 17 Jan 2016 - 23:54, said:
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