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  1. Agree on Fowler as cost cut although can’t understand why we are handing out contracts to young lads coming through our youth system (2 more signed last week) If we are not going to give them an opportunity. Don't bother giving them false hope and abandon the youth set-up completely. Nothing more soul destroying or depressing than letting them believe that they have a future with the Club. You can’t say that no one is breaking through as there are no opportunities for them by the last few Managers despite reassurances to the contrary. Personally I thing there is potential at the Club and Craig Clark et al are an asset that we have but they won’t hang around if their young protégés don’t get to develop further. McInnes is joining the previous Managers who also failed to showcase young talent in the first team. Look at Motherwell and Hamilton for example who progress their best youth into the first team not just for a cameo five minute spell either. Any good young prospect will look at this before joining out youth set up and a lot will find the lack of opportunities off putting.
  2. Agreed these loanees have to perform they are allegedly better than the clutch of our own young players who have been banished on loan. Can’t believe that they are all worse than the ones that came in. Feel they would have had more heart about playing for the jersey than some of the current duds that are floating about. What’s the point of having a youth policy and signing these boys up on contracts and not giving them an opportunity to develop. If the worse scenario happens and we miss out on promotion the attitude will have to change dramatically. Can understand if they have been tried and failed but when they have not even had an opportunity it seems that we are only giving game time to help develop young players from other clubs.
  3. I would go with the latter a hard nut skilled in the dark arts. We are far too soft in the centre and a Scott Brown type who can drive the team forward and put the fear into the under-performers. An organiser to martial the team through a game. These guys are few and far between and regrettably we lack that passionate figure in our squad. Should have been the first spot DM filled surprising since his Aberdeen team were well versed in skullduggery!!
  4. Wonder how many woke up this morning and actually thought we let ourselves and the fans down badly…. Not many I reckon as they jump into their Range Rovers, Mercs etc..
  5. All very well signing the McInnes management dream team but still something missing and the magic ingredient seems to be passion for playing in the stripes and wanting to play at a higher level next season. As an example never a Dougie Imrie fan but hats off to him for the way he has started to turn Morton around over the 6 or so games he’s been in charge. Always had a bit of bite about him. He’s probably on a fraction of what we’re paying DM and co. How can other lesser light managers get maximum effort and commitment from their players who are on a lot less money than our guys yet we get nothing from the best paid players in the league. Serious questions have to be asked as to why pumping thousands into the Club gives minimal reward. There seems to be no progress being made which is completely disheartening and I personally don’t see any light at the end of the tunnel. We are going nowhere with the current management team and playing squad and their apparent lack of tactical sense and motivation.
  6. Sat back and thought about what’s lacking as on paper we have the strongest pool of players in the league by a distance. However we don’t play on paper and what we lack is heart, grit and commitment which Arbroath had in spades. Lafferty last season was geeing everyone along in our quest to remain in the top division. I felt that watching him last night he has lost his mojo and whilst his service was not great he seemed reluctant to be overly involved or perhaps his fitness is not what it was. Expected Stokes and Taylor to fire the rest of the guys up but it did not happen. Leaders are lacking and don’t know how DM gets the response he needs. The jury is out until after the Ayr game but they will be buoyed up by our lack lustre performance and if they do the unthinkable then we have a real problem…. Our heads go down far too easily and the Ayr game is when all our guys need to step up big time and wear the jersey with pride and passion.
  7. Maybe want to hang on to him as every defender in the League will take delight in booting big Laff up and down the park. Convinced the injury he got before the play offs last season was the main reason he didn’t perform against Dundee…
  8. Perhaps they see someone in our current player pool they wish to swop, eg the young lad McArthur perhaps?
  9. As a matter of interest how much of a development fee do you get should he move on within contract and is it higher if he make appearances in the first team?
  10. Agreed commentator is giving an unbiased view which is good to here.
  11. If you’re paying for Griffiths your buying trouble. Much better spending the cash on Cosgrove who will definitely be a asset and not get involved with the nonsense Griffiths gets up to verging on the criminal at times….
  12. Agree in principle that he appears the best candidate but would not use the term ‘stand out’ at this point as we’ve been there before. I’m a bit bemused that he has thrown his hat in the ring at all and he will hopefully be announced sooner rather than later. I’m like you @skygod I think this is just a stop in his journey to wherever he wants to go but if he does the job in getting us automatic promotion then that’s what it’s all about. Again recruitment is vital and it has to happen quickly. We don’t have a good track record in that either and I hope he has names in the frame and the budget to back it up. He’s a shrewd cookie and has probably realised that he will have his work cut out to get a better return from the current squad. Many will go over the next few months and he may be able improve a few of them. Maybe some of the youths will be allowed to make an impact but that could prove a bit chancey as the rebuild has to be almost instantaneous. I am hopeful that the Board have got it right this time whether by luck or good judgement.
  13. Great if true…. Overnight those two would add something to the team pace and bite…Lafferty would be the icing on the cake.
  14. Docherty is at Forfar currently…does that fit the Forfar theory?
  15. Has he worked with any of the prospective candidates, Naismith for example?
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