TheShed wrote:

arabugsy wrote:

PatReilly wrote:

Daft folk booing the team off at ht probably did little to improve the fragile confidences of some players, some of them experiencing the moaning bastards for the first time. 
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This for me, unbelievable.
 

 
You, should have sat where I was today, the best advert for keeping woman away from football was sat right behind me. It's bad enough being a gadgie loudmouth idiot, but when u add in shit jokes and a complete lack of understanding about the laws of the game and how the game is played, not a pleasant 90 minutes listening to it.

Pointless telling us about  it, there's nothing we can do.You should have told him to shut his puss.  Two possible reasons for you not having done so: 1: You realised that having paid his money he felt entitled to behave as he did, or 2: he was bigger than you and you bottled it! 
 

Little to add to what has been said before wrt the defence (Robson gets a pass as just starting out).

What to me was worst was the lack of drive and movement first half.


Good to see Ray address that with a couple of tactical tweaks - Smith was s lot more effective in a more central role and van der Velden more effective when drifting out wide - also thought these changes allowed Flood into things more.

It'll take time for Ray to sort things out both tactically and individual performances -we're gonnae have to be patient.

Oddly feel better about things now than at full time - but we must get another striker and defender in or we'll end up drawing too many games for sure.

Goodie Conway 2 wrote:

I think there's a lot to be optimistic about for this season. Bell, VdV, Smith, Flood and Murdoch are massive upgrades on what we finished last season with.

 
Agree on these facts above but at the same time we are still pretty pathetic at yhe back and Murray is never ever good enough to be our main man.

2nd at best unless Thompson actually backs up his statement of doing all he could to repair his mess............

Because this should have been done and dusted weeks ago


Ray has been begging him daily for more money

We need 3 players in and leaving it this late isn't acceptable, weve already dropped 2 points.

What should have been done weeks ago? Some players aren't available weeks ago! Look how long it took to get smith and flood, chill out we've played 1 league, ONE

Arab_plumber wrote:

Ray has been begging him daily for more money

 
Absolute bullshit.

The budget is good and there is money left for two very good players, maybe three depending on demands.

It's hard work trying to bring in players, the issue is not funds but getting the right player who will improve our team.

So often recently we've replaced good with shite and shite with worse shite, Ray and his team are trying to change that - with excellent backing from the board.

We've just spent money paying off one of our highest earners while Ray was busy begging for more cash.

Minter.

And yet Ray himself has said the budget was zero when he came in and is still zero now......his exact words

Minter?......crack on

To be fair, im sure that was in the courier.


I do agree that theres money there though and we are playing hardball to get the right players in - no more darko boduls.

Not saying we are away to sign 10 internationals but the 2 players we all crave will come in before the window shuts. I'm pretty confident. Maybe even a 3rd player if we are lucky...

He said from the start he wont jist sign anyone and woild take a proper look st players briring them in for a look. He has binned over 10 trialists the past 4/5 weeks.