RicoS321

Fyvie was never the same after his injury at Alloa. He played a decent number of games for us, and I don't think anyone was disappointed with him when he left, especially as he got a very surprising punt at it down South with a decent Wigan side. They obviously had only watched the clips when he first came through and not the stuff in between under Brown. He seemed to play well any time I saw him for Cove. He talks well when on Red TV, and obviously has a lot of love for the club. Hope he has a good retirement.

I don't want our director of football having that much sway, and would rather we had an actual process in place to replace managers that doesn't prejudice the appointment. If I have someone in mind, let's say Stephen Glass as an example, I'd more than likely have already made up my mind about the current manager and either not be giving him the support he required, or even going as far as to actively sabotage his chances by only allowing the signing of three incredibly shite loanees in a transfer window, causing even further damage going forward for the inevitable replacement. It also doesn't allow for unexpected applications etc. I'm not sure that clubs with a sporting director do always have replacements lined up (often it can just be a case of good timing, or that they are a big club with a lot of sway who can go out and purchase a replacement immediately), I'm sure we could find plenty of examples of clubs that take their time and also have a sporting director (possibly even in our own league...). I see no real issue with not having a replacement ready.

It is with great regret that we announce today that there is a fifty percent chance that we're going to miss out on our number one target. We will not name names, but he was a manager who had previously had success in Norway, and recently managed in France. We are considering upping our salary offer by a multiple of three with the hope of changing his mind. Otherwise, we'll be forced to proceed with targets currently managing in the SPFL top flight, who are the least shite options that remain after two other better guys turned us down too. We would ask anyone reading this on AFC social media to keep this sensitive information on a need-to-know basis, so as not to jeopardise the prawcess.

You can have an opinion that is based on jumping to conclusions though. It did seem like you'd drawn a conclusion with your comment. One based on guesswork with sparse evidence either way. I'm not sure if it involved jumping though. Perhaps just a stride.

They could at least phone and see how we all are.

I'll jump in the freezing pool with you Anas, don't worry. After three, okay?

Did they call her English?

That seems about right. But I'd argue that the expectation of a continuous "well run" club is in itself a little unfair. There's not a club in the world that is perennially well run. It's perfectly normal and acceptable to be up and down considering the number of factors that affect a club, and the turnover of staff. We don't continuously spend enough to guarantee we'll finish above the rest, and certainly not Hearts and Hibs. We probably spend enough to ensure that we don't get relegated, which is why we never have been. A European place should be achievable every year. A European place is not guaranteed (as it is for the Huns and Tims), and a slight failure in the transfer market (say 40% success as opposed to 60%) would be enough to see us miss out. The margins aren't great and will never be. Edit: to add, there is no correlation between being well run and the time it takes to appoint a manager, either.

Has anybody asked what she thinks about the manager situation yet?

Das mountainbike?

At least his nieces and nephews can still call him the same name.

I'm guessing they'll factor the weight of Callum McGregor's tears into the decision too. Could potentially tip it.

We had a few days post snow that allowed the water levels round here to get back to normal, but aye it's been a fair deluge. It obviously wouldn't have been an issue had we had a plastic pitch...

Assume we've diverted a drain onto the pitch. Trying to remember the last call off for waterlogged pitch (just from rain, there may have been an ice-melt one from memory). This century?

Yep. Given how shite our wingers have been, I wouldn't be surprised to see a 3-5-2, with Frame and Jensen (or Lobban) wing backs, with Nisbet behind Olusanya. He'll try the quick punt front to back to try and catch them with pace on the break. Similar to what we did when Bilalovic scored against the Tims and got the good chances against the Hun.

Aye, that has formatted so badly it actually resembles our team defending a corner.

McIntyre might get the nod just for being left footed. It's a pity we couldn't have kept Polvara for another fortnight. I think we should go with a back eight.

Just beat the unbeatable hearts. That's the sort of thing that could trigger Cormack to throw the cash around.

They should be putting out a daily statement informing us that they have no further update on the manager situation.

It's more the fact that the fans will get on their back, and a certain element will decide they're shite when they're not fit yet. Ideally we'd be giving them a couple of weeks to settle. Just the way of it I guess.

Shame for the new lads like. None of them likely to be match fit, but there's a high chance that the two new centre backs and midfielders will all start. Against the Tims. Fuck sake.

Probably Haiti Edit: or Canada, who will just be subsumed into the US side.

The club only had two days to find a centre back. Prior to the Livingston game one wasn't even on the cards. Morrison is a poor signing in my opinion, because of his age and lack of experience, which should have been obvious. But we were probably still hoping to see out the next two games and get Milne back alongside Knoester. We'll probably have had backup options that the recruitment team were looking at, but it isn't always possible to make things happen in January, especially with no prior contact before the weekend and on a short term deal. I don't think a freebie is ridiculous at the moment, or an indictment of the club, just bad luck.

Ripped up his Portsmouth contract apparently. I had assumed everything was electronic these days.

Some loony already started it I heard.