...and how can we fix it?
EDIT: forgot to add a ;) to option 8...
i personally think it's the board that are the root of the problem - they've allowed us to list into a false sense of grandeur without ensuring that the team on the park was being bolstered enough to make progress. i honestly think the club needs a radically different approach from an executive level - a board that ONLY wants results. hell, i'd take some mad russian millionaire if it meant escaping this purgatory.
View Poll Results: from where does the problem stem?
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the players
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the manager
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the board
10 12.50% -
the board through to the manager
5 6.25% -
the board through to the players
22 27.50% -
the manager through to the players
1 1.25% -
the players and the board (the manager's not been here long)
16 20.00% -
colin nish
6 7.50%
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30-01-2011 02:04 PM #1
from where does the problem stem?
Last edited by AgentDaleCooper; 30-01-2011 at 02:10 PM.
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30-01-2011 02:38 PM #2
Read the article re RP in today's Sunday Mail - don't think it's too far off the mark.
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30-01-2011 02:43 PM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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30-01-2011 02:44 PM #5
I went for board through to the players because I think there is enough blame to go around. I don't think there necessarily has to be ONE scapegoat.
The board could release some more funds (assuming they haven't).
The manager has to accept some of the blame too even though he hasn't been here that long.
The players could perform better.
But overall the whole team has a problem.
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30-01-2011 02:45 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
do you have a link?
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30-01-2011 02:58 PM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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30-01-2011 03:11 PM #8
The board, £1.6 million for O'Connor, Derek Riordan £150,000, £2 million for Thomson, Sproule £500,000,Whitikerr £2 million, Murphy £1.5 million, Shiels £50,000, Fletcher £4.2 million, Jones £600,000 roughly, Stokes £1.2 million. Those players brought us £13.8 million in investment (only 2 cost us any money to buy). I agree that the training ground was neccessary but the new stand wasn't. Instead of improving the look of the stadia why did we not improve the quality of player on the pitch. We know John collins left cause he couldn't get the cash for players. The board is holding the money back when we really need it the most. Sack The Board.
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30-01-2011 03:15 PM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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30-01-2011 03:34 PM #10
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Sack the board.
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30-01-2011 03:46 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Who would you replace the board with? Do you know some names of people who are ready to buy out the other owners and invest money year in year out. The only guy who seems to be capable of bankrolling a club is Mr Romanov (I believe that's what the forelock tugging Yams call him).
Even he is a bit suspect though as he hasn't really achieved that much more than us over the years he has been here. Most significantly, he hasn't challenged the OF at all.
So I am at a bit of a loss to identify anyone that could do a better job than the current board. I wish there was someone as things are far from perfect, but I think it would be foolish to sack one board without having a replacement in place.
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30-01-2011 04:57 PM #13
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I went for the board through to players. When I say Board I really mean Petrie, I have had a strong feeling that the team morale, discipline and togethernes have not been the same since the famous meeting players and Petrie, and departure of Collins. The opinion is one thing the answer is another. I some times think the managers since Collins have suffered as a result of Petries bad decision to meet the players. It would take a management genius let alone one who has to also know about football to correct this mess. As far as Petrie, he has had his day, he done well, but like all things good or otherwise they have a shelf life and he has reached his.
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30-01-2011 05:15 PM #14
It is too late to save this season but for the future we need full time Chief Scout/player spotter, call him what you like, to identify suitable players for the team.
The farce of Yogi getting his old pals from Falkirk and Collins and Mixu bringing in substandard cast-offs on Agents recommendations has to end.
One less bean-counter in the office and somebody who can spot and evaluate a professional footballer is a dire necessity.
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30-01-2011 05:19 PM #15
Right through from to bottom but what irks me most is the continuing strategy of selling any diamonds we have (more often for a good price in fairness) then thinking we can replace them with lumps of coal that will turn into diamonds.
You might unearth the occassional one but not a whole teams worth. This applies to managerial appointments as well as players.Last edited by Baader; 30-01-2011 at 05:31 PM.
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