RicoS321

Obviously I couldn't give a fuck about the English pish, but agree with this. You can see how well McInnes is doing with the recruitment largely taken away from him. The problem is that if every other club has a team of analysts doing the recruitment then they're likely to see a better return over time - probably. You're also not going to get a good manager who'll want to spend days trawling data too. There's a ceiling to it, and we reached that with McInnes, who was spread far too thin with us. The sporting director is just the guy that pins together the recruitment, the sports science, youth team and the manager. He makes sure that the high level goals are being met and everything is staying in balance. Clearly what happened in the summer should never happen under a competent sporting director. He'd have questioned the recruitment of too many similar players, the lack of athletic midfielder, as well as insisting on space for youth. He holds all departments to account.

I wonder if the Killie board were looking at their pitch thinking "we could probably get another couple of years out of that"?

Not so sure. Those two will have been on at least seven figure sums at the BBC, given the quality of their output, and won't be a cheap, desperate, hire by any means.

Does that mean Maloney won't be coming to us? Bonus.

Remember that een. Brian O'Neill wasn't a very good footballer.

I suspect that is because almondvale is a nightmare in any rain or snow, whereas Ibrox (pitch wise anyway) will almost always be able to get a game on. I don't think the authorities give a fuck about fans either way. Or the clubs, really. The Dons fans were expected to travel to Falkirk and will be expected to do so to any other midden.

Is it snowing in weegieland like? If nae, I'd rather they just got it out the way. Will be really interesting to see how Leven lines up for it. As someone who was here the entire time, it'll be intriguing to get a glimpse into how much he really believed in Thelin's project.

They're not actually stopping any drugs though, just blowing up fishing boats for a laugh.

Aye, so it's not that he didn't know about the signings, just that he didn't speak to them during the recruitment process.

The problem here is that the whole thing has been put in quotes. It is not unusual for Pressley to refer to himself in the third person, so it wouldn't surprise me if he said the first part about the travelling support.

I don't think Yengi was a terrible signing. In that I can see what some might have thought we were getting. A unit who is reasonably mobile and might be able to cause defences problems in a Josh Magennis type fashion. Ideal for a third striker to bring on when needing a bit of luck. Unfortunately he looked terrified of being on a football pitch. Obviously, if he was signed as a starter and on large wages, then that's a big problem. He should have been punted on loan immediately, as his confidence - if he ever had any - was obliterated the moment he set foot on the pitch.

His brother Farley S Rusk was a massive Dandy.

That's the wrong way round. The real money behind Trump knows that without access to fossil fuels (of the right type) then the US is fucked (as is every other country as we'll see). That they can also offer the deportations as a sop to their base. At least they're giving up the pretence of it being about drugs.

Failed Hibs manager Maloney would be up there with Warnock. I doubt it would happen.

Fairly certain the St Gallen coach won't be coming here, even though we are Scottish cup champions of Scotland.

Not yet, I think is what he meant. Might fancy it now.

The worst thing about sacking Thelin is that we have to go through the whole "it'll be a fresh start" shite again. The whole point in Cormack's strategy was succession planning and transition, which has been shown on numerous occasions to be bollocks. It shouldn't require a new manager in the door to make a call on the existing squad, they've generally made their beds. Hopefully Leven will be in post for a couple of weeks and can aid us in getting shot of at least five or six. It's important that we don't miss windows and keep things moving in terms of getting players in and moving them out. The new manager will have the shite he's dealt anyway, and if we can make that squad lighter then all the better.

"But we were shite when he signed us"

He's a massive Dandy. Fucking loves us. Look at the way he let us beat Dundee this season. That's not a coincidence.

Got to be Pressley for me.

It's because of the snow. Naebidy in the office. Edit: although it would be hilarious if it's just a fuck up by the weegie press

Aouchiche is basically Ramadani. The difference between him and Clarkson is purely work rate, where Aouchiche is excellent. He's very good at intercepting and getting to second balls because of his work rate. If the club were happy to shell out £1.5M in the knowledge that they'd never get more than that for him, then fair enough. With such a high price tag though, it just doesn't seem like a particularly good loan deal at all. We've filled a gap for a season, I guess, but we then need to go out and find a guy who will do the mileage again, and I suspect that they might be hard to come by as it will be something the English clubs look for. Robson's setup of Clarkson in behind Aouchiche and Shinnie would be really fruitful in this league in my opinion. Shinnie wouldn't manage it every week though and so we'd have to change style for half our games!

Jesus. Must have been terrifying.

I wouldn't keep Palaversa, he's been terrible since joining (cup final aside). I'd keep Polvara for his utility. Agreed on the others. Milanovic is quick, but not over ten yards, which is why he's setup as inverted. Looks to me like he'd be far more of a threat centrally, but needs a loan move, as he presently isn't any better than Ryan Duncan was. I don't think he's suited to ten minutes here and there. Personally, I'd do as deep a purge as we can. Look to get around seven or eight out the door (I'd include Clarkson as it's fairly clear he doesn't want to be here, even if it means we miss out on his obvious talent). I think any manager would want to go even further than that in the summer, so might as well make a big dent in it now. Ambrose Yengi Karlsson Molloy Gyamfi (probably) Clarkson Nilsen Palaversa Milanovic (loan) Sokler Besuijen On the assumption that one or two won't be shifted.

TLDR: @Radiored hisnae tae be the next manager