KingfaetheSooth

Not really sure, mate. FCUM are part-time, have had some problems and I believe their budget is much reduced. I’d be suprised if he’s on much more than say £500 per week.

Bob Harris signs for FC United of Manchester. Still only 31 and could possibly do a job at a higher level. Scored some cracking goals for Queens. http://www.fc-utd.co.uk/story.php?story_id=8258

Disagree. Even if there's has been no progress, it would be good to update the wider fanbase on things like major infrastructure projects every so often. You can never communicate enough. Even saying there has been no progress due to the economic climate. No doubt it will be raised at the Club's AGM. Any idea when the AGM is likely to be? Skyline? I thought the regular Board update from Mark Blount was a step in the right direction, but seems a while since the last one.

Has there been any progress on the club’s ‘World of Sport’ idea that was worked up a couple of years back? Has it been shelved or parked? Failing that, any news on a new stand in place of the old stand? Seems a while since we had a Board update from Messr. Blount Jr. on the club’s website. Does that still happen?

Ordered the centenary shirt earlier this week, arrived this morning. First class service, thanks to the club and all involved. The Centenary shirt is excellent, a great idea, very well executed. Only took me thirty minutes to find my name.

Anyone know, how far down the road, Dobbie has got with his coaching badges? I assume he's well short of Level 5 (UEFA Pro)? Skyline?

Agree with all of that. It would be interesting to see how Queens fared against the likes of Sutton or Bo's. Sutton have been on the rise in recent years with their manager putting in significant wads of cash to the playing budget. A game against them would be a decent challenge, though they were arguably a stronger team a season or two back, so Queens would be strong favourites IMO. At this stage of the competition, getting through to the next round is all that counts as it would be good to win the competition in the centenary season.

Queens away to either Sutton or Bohemians in the next round please, assuming that East Fife are put to the sword. Connah's Quay or Coleraine would also be a decent away trip. Now watch Queens get beat by the Fifers or draw Motherwell or St Mirren under-21's in the next round.

Is there a free to watch interview or audio with Jobbie McCall following the humping by Queen of the South? Asking for a friend.

Do Scottish clubs require International clearance when registering new/loan players from abroad with the SFA? If so, imagine that this can be a bit time consuming and laborious to arrange, especially with smaller foreign associations. Is there any difference to signing the young lad from Vancouver Whitecaps due to his Scottish father and background? Bugbear of mine, after AFC Wimbledon have twice fallen foul of the rules with the English FA having been deducted points for the above.

The former I think. Egg-ly. His parents own a fish and chip shop in South London. Down to earth lad who will work hard to make it. Proud of his Albanian roots as his under-21 caps show. Potential to improve massively from what I’ve heard. Rated by the staff at AFCW, hence the new contract and loan.

Interesting signing. Wimbledon have high hopes for Kaja but he’s not going to get enough game time in L1 this coming season. He’s a strong lad with pace who needs to improve his decision making and confidence. He’ll always give 100% and is a player who shows the determination to go a long way in the game. Good luck to him.

At this rate, Dobbie will have second top goal scorer of all time wrapped up by the end of September. Legend.

My mistake, I actually follow the club IG account, as well. No posts since 28th April. I agree that a PR/communication/call it whatever you like strategy is much bigger than just social media. That's why I was suggesting that as a first step, one of the existing Directors should be tasked with improving things. I know we've gone round these houses before, but needs to encompass things like CRM, ticketing, marketing etc. etc. As ever, the cry will be no money available, but that doesn't mean that things can't be looked at and potentially improved.

Might be possible to improve things without spending money though. Simple things like making sure (as discussed above), whenever and wherever a signing takes place, a photo is taken (on a phone if necessary) and appears on social media and the OS. Start a club Instagram account. Queens must be one of the few full-time clubs that doesn't have an account. Make one of the Directors responsible for developing a communications and social media strategy. Mark Blount maybe? I only pick him as he's the only person that ever seems to communicate digitally with the fans. Lots of companies might be interested in having their name linked with the clubs social media feed as an example. Even if they might not pay cash, it could be offered as a lesser prize during the shirt draw. Also, how about inviting local businesses to games with a couple of free tickets in the Directors Box for each home game to give them a flavour of the club and provide networking opportunities. A Queen of the South business club, if you like. Sometimes in business, you have to speculate to accumulate and take risks to grow the business/club. At the moment, it appear from the outside, that Queens is run by bean counters and business people who are rightly ultra cautious with money, but lacking any creativity or knowledge on how to grow the club by trying new things. I'm not beating up those in charge for the sake of it, who seem to be good people with the club's interest at heart, but suggesting there could and should be improvements and new thinking occasionally.