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Just to throw a slight spanner in the works here, one of Alloas new signings is Kurtis Roberts from us and we announced him in our released list.

Seen that James Morrisons joined the coaching team aswell.

I thought the threads would just get moved over but see it's still stuck in the L1 forum

Taking inspiration from David's post on the last page, I believe this is our updated list. 22/23 - Dunfermline, Falkirk, Airdrie, Alloa, QOS, FC Edinburgh, Montrose, Kelty Hearts, Peterhead, Hibernian, Bonnyrigg Rose, Morton, Falkirk, Dumbarton, Elgin, Hamilton, East Fife, Annan. 21/22 - Cove Rangers, Queens Park, Stranraer, Kilmarnock. 20/21 - Partick Thistle, Ayr, Forfar, St Johnstone. 19/20 - Raith Rovers, Arbroath, Inverness CT, Stirling, Celtic. 18/19 - Motherwell. 17/18 - Stenhousemuir. 15/16 - Livingston. 14/15 - Spartans, Rangers. 08/09 - Dundee, Ross County. 07/08 - Dundee Utd. 05/06 - St Mirren. 99/00 - Hearts. 91/92 - Aberdeen. Last season saw a first meeting since 00/01 with Hibernian and Spartans slot in at 14/15 after dumping us out the Scottish Cup that year.

Main thing that puts me off a save like that is the inaccuracies once promotions/relegations occur. Camelon and Syngenta in the Highland League for example. I know nothing can be done about it but just an irk. See there's a couple of 23/24 databases out already so might give one of them a go if the changes are up to date enough. Suppose if there's only a few minor things then I can update them myself.

Yep I was hoping we could keep hold of him but if a player has ambitions to go back full time then we have no chance of keeping them. Falkirk would be a decent move for him, wonder if he'll go in as first choice or backup to someone else.

Apparently he thought this when taking over us this time round too, although with some of the figures I've heard going about he's not wrong! With today officially being the final day of players contracts (who are out of contract this year) I'm thinking/hoping there will movement of some sort this week.

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Roberts is away to Alloa, probably been agreed for a while now. Regardless of whether his performances were below par or not, at least he still made himself available for the play off games unlike that charlatan Cunningham.

If you think Duffys recruitment is bad you shouldve seen Lennons!

Aye let's offer new deals to 4 of the defenders from a team that conceded about 100 goals throughout the season. That's a cracking idea. Happy to give Duthie a chance to get fit through pre season if he signs as he was superb at QOS on the opening day before his injury. Scullion also improved a lot through the season and would be content enough to keep as a squad player. Surprised at Cameron although he topped our assists chart which probably isn't saying much considering the 2 players behind him left in January.

Yeah this part threw me a bit too with what context he was meaning. At least "almost completely new squad" is music to the ear that the majority of these utter jobbers will be jettisoned.

The part about the gap being smaller is something I've thought about since we lost to Clydebank in the cup. No denying that was a terrible result but maybe not as big a surprise as some folk (including me) made out. That sums Lennon up in a nutshell considering some of the garbage strikers he did sign.

Ray Grant could be out well into next season which is I never mentioned him when I said I'd only keep Roberts, Mullen and Salkeld. Even from they 3 it looks like only Mullen we'll have a slight chance of keeping. I do like Grant but are we wanting to use a wage up on someone who could only play part of the season and might even take months to get back up to speed again? I thought Scullion was our only player who tried to make things happen tonight even if his final ball was frustrating at times. Had the beating of his man on a number of occasions and has a bit of aggression about him that our other inexperienced players don't have. I suppose it's always handy to have a player who's capable of the former as they've been few and far between so I would maybe offer him something.

What a fitting way to get relegated giving away 2 absolute gifts. Just not enough urgency in our play tonight even after taking the lead. Mullen's been 1 shining light of a dire season but he was in no mans land for the equaliser which ultimately put things to bed for sure. That was disappointing for someone that's looked confident coming for crosses to misjudge one at the most important of times. In saying that, there's not much point dwelling on one single moment as we have been sleep walking to relegation for months (arguably years).

But in the unlikely event we come straight back up then you're back to square one with a team of players who already weren't good enough in L1. Mullen, Roberts and Salkeld are the only players in this squad I'd be very keen to keep and if we go down there's likely no chance any of them will stay.

If we went down I'd probably get used to it and look forward to some changes of scenery but of course I want to stay up. With ambitious clubs down the pyramid then relegation would just be a step closer to the trap door and playing B and uni teams. If we stay up then next season would also be our first back in League 1 without Lennons poor recruitment so maybe whoevers in the dugout can get that right or at least better to give ourselves more of a chance but it's Clyde so that's probably a pipe dream.

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It's clear as daylight

Extra time unless something's changed for this season. Ties in last years play offs went to extra time. Brechin-Spartans did go straight to penalties because they felt it was unfair playing an extra half an hour at the team with home advantages ground or something along they lines. Seemed strange to me.

That was the first I've seen of Mullen and I was very impressed with him. I don't think Parry deserved anywhere near some of the stick he got but Mullen does look like an upgrade and obviously has age on his side. It looks like there's been a vast improvement in Liam Scullion too. Full back still remains an area of concern for me though. Have East Fife shortened their pitch since it went to astro? The far touchline looked closer in than it used to when I was last there in the 2014 play off.

Felt so bad for McGhee that day. He was distraught. It should never have came down to his kick either as, IIRC, both our strikers missed theirs.

Way overestimated QOS and underestimated Edinburgh (as I think most did)

East Fife website says there will be a stream on Tuesday. Assume we'll do one for the return leg. I know a bit about Dumbarton and Annan this year but in all honesty don't have a clue what to expect up against East Fife apart from Jonathan Page and/or Alan Trouten will play a blinder. To be fair we've had much worse centre halves than Page, he was just even slower than our current crop which is saying something! At least we're going into these games in a bit of form as relegation looked inevitable a few weeks back.