Magic Monkey

This has now gone on for so long that we're about to sack Jim Goodwin.

Christ. As it happens, I do tend to suspect he's not the best person for the Chief Exec job. I believe he'd be a better fit as a club ambassador, tbh. But still, would be interesting.

It's standard practice with those settlement agreements. It prevents people going to the papers with any old bollocks and generally makes it easier all round - just draws a nice, clean line in the sand that everyone knows can't be crossed.

They're not the team they were 29 years ago.

Still no f**king statement from the club!

Had no idea he was technically still with us from last season 😂

Folk convinced that GLS is desperate for Gus to take over, and that this has been a long con to get him into the job, are missing the very obvious point that Scott could have appointed him as manager last summer. Or again slightly later last summer. Or in late 2016. Seems weird that he'd feel the need to get him into the job via the back door when the front door has been so readily and frequently available.

That's even further from Coleraine.

He was playing (and starting) for the Danish u21s at the Euros, too - they finished 2nd in a tough group and were unlucky not to go through (just four teams from three groups qualify).

Danny Mullen looking like Elliot outta E.T. Shame Oran can't just phone home instead.

Well, yeah, there is that. I'm trying to see what deal he's on there but can't. I assume he extended by a year - maybe we could just offer them a friendly - next weekend 😂

I also feel a bit bad for Alloa here. Could you blame their chairman if he blocked GLS's number?

I knew that

I wonder if Oran's had a chat with Jeff King to recommend a lawyer 😂

That was just because they were being asked who Josh Heaton was, tbf.

I did just find this, though, from a Coleraine fan... I'm not sure our two clubs are that different 😂 (aside from ours being miles better, obvs.)

Thanks for everything. Did the job he came to do. Shame he didn't fancy trying to improve on 11th next season; shame he didn't quit the day after the playoffs, which would have given the next guy a better run at next season. Still, it looks like Mihai is coming back, so we're clearly not sitting around doing nothing while this has been going on.

I take your point completely about quotes, etc (I was a journalist in a previous life and we'd never have run anything without a quote, and offering right of reply was compulsory too) - but I think that narrative does seem to be the most plausible of everything that's come out so far. As a human being with a wife and a young son, I can completely empathise with Oran. Hell, I pretty much refuse to even work late any more as it cuts into time with my boy. Hard to underestimate the strain that being away that much would put on your family as a whole. I think what we're seeing is that Oran has reached the end of his safety net - his former school wanted a decision either way, Coleraine had kept the job open but couldn't for much longer. Do you continue breaking your balls for your football career or do you continue with the life that you were basically enjoying just fine before St Mirren started sniffing around last summer? Money and renown aren't everything. My views as a St Mirren fan may differ slightly, as follows...

Benitez commutes from Liverpool to Newcastle.

He's not the only one!

To be fair, he basically has...

There's been enough folk online demanding the BoD puts the issue of OK not being settled to bed once and for all. "Just issue a statement and give us the stability we crave," people have said. I assume the BoD also craved a bit of stability. So I also assume that getting Oran to move here was a big part of that. If he's dug his heels in, then something had to give. I personally want to keep him, but it is what it is.

It started in the Sun, so nobody believed it, but then a reputable, and normally accurate, journo said it could be true. So here we go again.

My best guess was that we're part of a cunning SFA plan to repatriate 'McRonaldo'.