even though I am dreading them having the post sacking bounce i think it will be 1 - 2 United 

3 - 1 United

you wonder how much might be down to agents advising players they can get the more somewhere else, along similar lines to Zander Clark last season.  Perhaps we have made some offers and they have been rejected waiting for a better offer, maybe we are waiting to see who is released at the end of the window or which players are looking to go out on loan as their club signed someone in their position.  Might still be some movement - maybe that is said more in hope than expectation

Smith seems on odd one as I doubt there will be many looking to sign an out of contract soon to be 35 year old.  However if he feels he cant keep Freeman out of the team I would question if he is someone we want to sign

kiwiarab wrote:

“However, I don’t understand some of the intensity. Sure, Tony made mistakes. We all made mistakes and, ultimately, I’m the one who runs the club. I should be taking a lot of that blame. It just didn’t work out. But it wasn’t because we didn’t try.“I don’t understand some of the animosity and, frankly, I don’t think it’s justified.”

I read this the other day and was speechless. 

That statement show he does not understand how fans of a club feel when they see it going wrong and there is a consensus on who is driving it.

I have to be honest and say i can't recall anyone suggesting a lack of effort, I do recall us saying certain people were sh!t at there job and were ruining the club - and our current position backs up the supporters sentiment on that front.

A lot of the problem is all of us knew he wasnt capable but our owner somehow didnt see that or believed that someone who decided he wanted to be a sporting director after being an agent for a few years would be the person to run the club with no oversight from anyone, who probably stopped just short of picking the team.  He no doubt bought into a theoretical model, which you have to ask why no one else had employed it if it was so successful.

The reason Ogren was less in focus was for two reasons in my opinion:
1. We all knew that he had no clue, and was taken in by the charlatan TA
2. Because of his investment he had skin in the game so needs us to be successful to regain his investment.

At the moment it feels a bit like the period when ST was just clawing back the money his dad invested in the club, keen to see this years accounts and where all of the money from sales and sell on fess has went.  I am sure it has been used to pay down the debt owed to Ogren.

Has anyone heard anything more on the Niskanen sale, has went very quiet after the initial news?

The clean sheet was key, but in reality we never really looked to troubled by them on the night - if we can continue with that we will be in a good position

Rick Dagless wrote:

Lancashire-Arab wrote:

Noticed they have called it the Heritage Kit does that mean there will be another more standard away kit still to come out?

 
No the current trend is to give kits names other than "home" or "away" these days.

That being said it would not surprise me if we get a third kit later in the season.

True, was looking at the Middlesbrough site who are supplied by Errea and they have released a first and 3rd kit with a 2nd still to be announced - thought we might be the same.
 

Stillliving wrote:

Another strange modern fascination is that both CH must have a different dominant foot.
I'm told it's a problem to play Holt & Graham together , why?
Hearty & Narey Miller & Mcliesh Durnan & Donaldson 😀 didn't used to be an issue.

You had me until the last pair!! 

Good point you make, what happens when someone goes through the middle of the defence and the are both on their weaker foot!

Arabdownsouth wrote:

CCX2 2010 wrote:

Delighted we have a goalkeeper in the squad, can't believe he can be any worse that last season's clown.

Happy we have also brought in a RCB but would like to bring in a bitb of experience to coach the young lads through. Mental that we have a 36 year old with 40 odd caps for Scotland and we are chasing him out the door, but for me Mulgrew needs to go. Attending Celtic rally's in the league run in and chucking it against RC away last season were just too much for me.

Experience CB, Another GK and two Strikers.

 
37 year old Mulgrew is on a mental wage for the level we are now at, add to that his legs have gone and also the other stuff you've mentioned and it's an absolute no brainier for me.

Also not someone I would want around our younger players as a coach

Conservatively if they were on an average of around £2k per week (I would guess the average is higher) that adds up to £1.35m and we will only be paying out max £2k for the 3 new signings so a net saving of just over £1m.

Even without transfer fees there has to be some budget for additional players in the areas we need them without losing the salary of Behich who will no doubt be away soon

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/dundee-united/4502188/dundee-united-sign-kevin-holt/

another addition to the squad, after a slow start things picking up and hopefully not finished yet!!

I know budgets are tight but can we maybe look at buying a second microphone so we can hear the questions a bit more clearly  

RogerTheAlien wrote:

Talk of Mulgrew to Dundee apparently.

Would be happy getting rid asap.

Dont think many will disagree has been poor this season.  Hope he takes some of his mates with him!!