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Maybe if he'd done that after punching Steve Jennings or elbowing Stuart Armstrong or Aidan Connolly, then he might still be at the club. Who can say?
I liked Goodwin, but far too often he made crazy decisions on the park.
I thought the time was right for him to move on to be replaced by a newer model. However, that newer model has failed to appear.

Which is idiocy of the highest order IMO.
 
 

I don't think we should be getting into the business of bailing out the manager for deficiencies in his signing policy. It would set a dangerous precedent, and detract from other areas that might benefit from investment.
Just my personal view, mind.

Mallan would get on a hell of a lot better if the keeper and back four actually gave him the ball instead of a long aimless punt up the park that immediately gets headed back meaning Mallan has to fight to gain possession when a teammate could have given him the ball in the first place.

A joke of a post.

McLean moved at the end of January, after almost 2 months playing 10 games under Teale scoring 4 goals in the process.

Clarification - The only reason the trial made a loss on the day was due to rental of the marquee and the heating hire.
If an area which is already within the stadium is used as a storage room can be converted into a bar and then used on match day and of course as a function area sounds a good idea .
To me and any business person this would be classed as sweating your asset. The only thing that remains is for this area to be used more frequently and for more uses.
The Street stuff team already use it to practice and have functions as it has a wooden floor and they do not have to rent out other halls
As stated previously the club is in its infancy and there is an opportunity for members to get involved and shape its future.
It would be good to see this energy channelled in a positive direction rather than sit back and snipe.
If everyone connected with SMFC had sat back and did that then we would still have a large area in the club called a void area / storage room
We had that for 7 years
Now let's make the club a success by getting ideas put into action and supporting the new owners with a positive productive culture .

He is talking about Stewart not Mallan, bud

For f**k sake!
Could we limit the infantile dummy spitting about the new strip to one thread?
Raith have a new CH (M'voto), who by all accounts has the turning circle of a super tanker.
We must exploit this,using the pace that we have, as they are a very well set up team.
 

There's a few on here who seem to think their the new owners.

Yes, here is you being totally non divisive.
You've only posted half a dozen times in this topic, and you've mentioned SMiSA in every single post.
I'm a SMiSA member the same as you are, but unlike you I'm quite happy to support all initiatives whether they are run by the club, SMiSA, the Fans Council, the Disabled Supporters Association, the supporters buses, the Supras, the Panda Club or anyone else for that matter.
I do thank you for leaving the thread though, it's kind of pointless repeating the same thing over and over again. We can all read.
 

I can't for the life of me understand the bickering in this thread. A proposal was put forward to have a fans bar, 200 signed up generating circa 24k per annum in membership fees.
Another proposal to buy out the club was put forward by SMISA. Once again this was very successful. 
Both ventures should be applauded and held up as excellent examples of what we as St Mirren fans can achieve. 
Although sceptical of both ventures I signed up for both of them and would love for both to succeed. Surely the way forward is for us all to work together to make things work out.
As far as I can see both have been a big success with a bigger membership take up than many thought possible. There is no room for divisions from fans in our small club especially as in 10 years the fans will own the club.
 

Yeah I get it.
SMiSA good, everyone else bad.

Who said the bar can't meet it's commitments?
These are exactly the sort of comments I'm referring to as "knicker wetting" because you have absolutely NO basis of fact for making that sort of statement.
I've already explained quite clearly why I started this thread and it had absolutely nothing to do with finance.

I'm referring to posts talking about "bailing out" the 1877 club and those then suggesting SMiSA funds could be used for that purpose.
The one thing a fixed membership fee does guarantee is fixed monthly income. If 200 members pay an average of £7.50 a month then there is £1.5K coming in whether anyone sets foot in the place or not. The club can also be rented out on any of the other many many days of the week when it is not being used so as such I don't want to paint it as some sort of white elephant, it will stand on it's own two feet just as it was supposed to do.
If the membership starts dropping off then clearly that would be a concern but I've no reason to believe there has been any change at all in membership and nor would I expect there to be since it's only been open 5 times!
My opening post here was really to try and work out how we can get more people to enjoy what is a really great facility and how the facility itself can be improved.
The 1877 club doesn't need "bailing out". It needs a wee bit of thought as to how more supporters can benefit from it. Two very different things IMHO!

I think there are two different issues here. Div's suggestion was on how the use of the bar could be expanded and the matchday experience improved.
As far as financing the club goes - my understanding was that the Fans Council and the previous BoD came to a financial agreement to fit out the bar, with members paying an initial set up fee and monthly subscriptions to pay off the cost. The club own the facility and can rent it out to other parties. I assume that any bar takings/profits are also taken by the club. So, once the fit out has been repaid, the club has an additional facility that can be used to bring in additional revenue, and it hasn't cost the club or the wider fan base a penny. Unless monthly subscriptions drop off considerably or I'm way off the mark with how it all works, I'm not sure where the suggestion of 'bail-outs', the need for SMiSA funds or the football club losing money come into it? Lower attendance on a match day simply leads to the football club taking less money in bar takings? That's the basis of what I signed up for, and the prospect of helping the club financially was one of the main reasons for doing so.       

The vast majority of the support are completely unaware that the 1877 club is being used a vehicle for a small number of individuals to get their handbags out, and wouldn't care anyway!
The bottom line is we've got a great facility now thanks to the Fans' Council. If it doesn't work in its current format then let's get it sorted it quickly and move on. The disposable income is there to do it.

There is aggression and then there is Jim.  He has done his time and think it was right for him to move on.  Think Alex considered him a big risk with his reputation plus might be one of those who allegedly was causing some disquiet in the TC and IM days.  We move on and to be honest, if Jim still had it then clubs in our division would have taken a chance on him.

Skerryvore are tremendous.Favourite line from one of their songs is "you may never hear their voice again but you,ll always see their smile"
Anyone remotely close to me will understand what that means to me.

Massive thanks to Stewart. Brian and George who saved our club and tremendous work they done getting the great facilities we have. Also keeping the club in the black the past 7 years.

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I am not expecting to see any significant or visible changes for a while. As far as I am concerned, SG & Co were (to their credit) in it for the long haul, and the GLS / SMiSA era is no short-term, quick-fix takeover. It marks the start of another, hopefully successful and stable, period in our history.
 
Take as much time as you need GLS & Co. We are looking at the next five, ten, twenty years.... not days.

Very well done to all involved

For the past 13 years we have awarded our Player of the Year trophy at the end of every season. It's an award completely voted for by the fans and it's always been very popular and we hope it's one that is coveted by the players.
Starting from this season we have decided to launch a Young Player of the Year award to go alongside this and we are this very proud to announce that this will be named in memory of Saints fan Tam McGarry who sadly passed away this summer.
The naming of the award seems fitting given that Tam's son Steven came up through the ranks of the St.Mirren Youth setup, with his crowning moment in the stripes coming in that quite unforgettable season of 99-00.
Tam was one of the biggest Saints fans you could ever hope to meet, and again this award will be voted for by the fans toward the end of the current campaign and every year after that going forward.
Speaking to Steven this morning about our idea he said, "I think that would be very nice and very fitting, and as a family would be very proud that he would have an award named after him so thanks. We also appreciate all the support from all the fans over the last few weeks we have been all taken aback with all the message pictures and stories."
So there you go, the Tam McGarry Young Player of the Year Award is here. Let's hope the young guns come up trumps and give us plenty of options this season!
COYS. #MarchingInTogether

I thought it was more to do with their chairman, saying out loud, what every sane supporter in Scotland was thinking !!

I thought it was more to do with their chairman, saying out loud, what every sane supporter in Scotland was thinking !!