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I should have made it clear. I was using examples such as Dundee United as not working even with £10m in investment. My point being that if they cannot guarantee success with that level of spending then we probably will not with substantially less. In fact we arguably have been a lot more successful already with the status quo as fan owned. I very much doubt United will ever be in a position to pay that money back nor will Dundee for that matter assuming they also have soft loans.

If it is even remotely close to the rumoured sum and expected share of ownership being quoted on here. Then I would not even expect the Board to bother putting it to the Well Society and wider fan base. And even if they do then I would not expect it to be voted through. Quite simply a few hundred thousand £ per annum is not going to make a material difference to the club. The Well Society and club could probably raise at least half that with renewed focus / fund raising and not hand over any ownership to anyone ! I also think that at that level it would surely draw out other interested parties. I noted some comments about the fund raising initiative and the Board involvement. Some in my humble opinion are overly harsh and critical unless those that made the comments know exactly what has been happening behind the scenes. The Board made it clear that we need outside investment if we are to continue to compete with the majority of clubs in the top flight who do benefit from substantial outside / owner investment on an ongoing basis. That I think we can all agree with. We can debate how much success or otherwise it would bring. Citing examples like Dundee Utd and more recently Queens Park where significant investment has arguably failed to yield any real success. But the fact are we will be one of the very few clubs left that are not subsidised and supported. The video was alright. Nothing great but not as bad as many are making out. It did generate interest. And if nothing else the wider football and business community know we are actively seeking investment. I still find it surprising that many clubs have that investment as I would see us a more attractive option. I am naturally biased of course. If as a result of the video the only real interest for now is Barmack and his offer is as poor as is being quoted then we will continue to be fan owned until an acceptable offer materialises if it ever does. It is as simple as that.

Felt for the Dons also. Often I have said it is less painful to lose heavily to the arsecheeks. I remember when we lost 5-1 to Rangers in a League Semi my friend said are you not gutted. I said no. We were never in the game. If we are going to lose would rather in that fashion than a late late 1-0 or penalties etc. Also love the media asking before the game why Rodger’s is so wonderful and has such a good record at Hampden. Nothing to do with the biggest budget in the league by a country mile (exc Rangers). Funnily enough this is rarely mentioned. Celtic winning cups is like shooting fish in a barrel. They literally have one team that can compete with them on an almost level playing field.

Absolute joke. CV kicks the back of his leg. No dubiety. As clear as they come. Celtic get that 100% of the time. VAR is supposed to make sure the Old Firm don’t get these dodgy decisions but yet here we are….just glad it is not my team.

Chuffed for Theo and kudos to Kettlewell. When he signed he was questioned and said he was a project and he saw something in him. Well he was right. Another tick for the gaffer. If someone had said at the start of the season we could and would get more in transfer money for Theo than we ended up getting for Van Veen. You would have been taken away to the loony bin. Any bids have yet to come to the fore, so it may not come to pass but another couple of goals post split will help as will this vote by fellow payers. And if Dons fans are expecting £5m for Miovski and we are talking £750k for Bair….something is amiss.

Something like 6 or 7 seasons in a row mid eighties is good going….but a return to the norm….

As if we did not know. If we want to improve next season we need to sort out our defence and we sure as shit need someone who can work on our set pieces as they are dire. I feel this most seasons but this more than most. Any team has a corner and I worry they will score. We get a corner and I think time to go to the toilet as I will miss nothing. As good as hair bair has been he is pretty useless at set plays. I have watched him and he rarely fallows the flight of the ball like a Joe Jordan. He kinda waits for the ball to get to him. He needs to improve that side of his game big time.

Which I don’t. I try to forget the fact he actually came back here. I assume it must have been contractual. Up there with Ross McCormack for pointless signings. But that is what happens when you don’t have a pot to piss in. In fact he may well be here next season….

So they did . Still Dundee looked fairly competent tonight and not like the team we faced for the last 15 minutes a couple of weeks back. Hope they pip St Mirren to 5th. Also Curtis Main came on. Still to score for them iirc. I assume Ketts was talking about him when he mentioned Dundee outbidding us for players. One wonders if we would have got Theo if we had managed to get Main ? Not sure which order that all happened.

Just as well Oli Shaw is absolutely feckless. Or tonight would have been a very frustrating watch / game. Dundee were pretty decent and show they probably deserve top 6.

Last time we played Aberdeen away were we not 3-0 up……and only just ended up getting a point. You are correct however and going behind 2 in every 3 games is annoying even if it means we are the best team in the entire world at gaining points from a losing position. Aberdeen being behind us shows what a crock of shit their season has been. But their inability to beat other teams does not seem to apply to us sadly. Even if the last defeat was referee assisted. Would take another draw at Pittodrie. Then hopefully 3 points over Livi and that ought to be enough to see us safe for another season.

One thing is for sure Cormack is throwing money around like Floyd Mayweather. All these Managers and subsequent pay offs. The cost to appoint Thelin and 2 x Assistant/s staff and keep on Peter Leven. I would imagine to persuade him to come they have pushed the boat out. Probably wrong but I suspect this may work out well. Christ knows if it doesn’t…..Maybe Aberdeen are just cursed..

To be fair after his 1st few appearances I think all Well fans would have agreed…. He still needs a good few chances to score a goal. And as often is the case he scores from the more difficult opportunities and misses the easier chances.

I would be even more concerned if I were a St Johnstone fan. County look a more capable team certainly in terms of scoring goals. Our GD effectively works as an extra point v teams below. I think 1 more win and 40 points would do the job. We should be capable of at least 1 win or 3 draws post split.