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  1. This is the crux of it. If you are brutal to watch, you better be winning most weeks. I think Scott Brown will keep us up (no small feat considering the nick of the squad) and I am looking forward to seeing what we do in the summer. Still plenty of deadwood going to be on the books next year but you only need 2/3 galvanising players to make a big difference in this league.
  2. A Wild Sheep Chase is one of my few occasional re-reads. Fantastic.
  3. I didn't think I could be tempted to the QP game but here I am. Well done to the board for a bold appointment.
  4. 4 months (17 games) is an awful lot of time to stagger on. Fans can be fickle - none more so than myself - and it has been very easy to get out the way of going to the football regularly. They must have sold enough season tickets this year to gamble that serving up the same tired old shite (with a side of corporate bullshit) at home will suffice - minimal effort required. It might work. Scrape survival, sell the new stand/head coach combo and sell more season tickets. It is plausible but it is a gamble and if it fails the owner and others responsible deserve all the opprobrium they receive.
  5. Yep, add in a Head Coach and you have the spiderman gif. The DoF attempted to explain it at the start of the season and no-one is any the wiser. Almost as if it was designed that way.
  6. No one is "shouted down" on here - love to see an example, let alone "immediately". All I have read on here to justify a "glass half full attitude" is the supposed off-field success. I assume that means the building works because I don't see much else.
  7. You can legitimately want Bullen gone and have no idea who should replace him. I am in that camp. There will be many applicants, I would roll the dice. I doubt the owner/DoF want the hassle. As long as we stay in the Championship for the opening of the new stand they will probably be happy. Is it good enough? The owner seems to be gambling that people will buy season tickets regardless of what is served up on the pitch. He may be right.
  8. Jesus wept. Not this old saw. You get rid of the current Head Coach and then pick* one from the many applicants. * Half-time draw tombola may be used.
  9. Club Apologist Bingo: Dig at own fans - Check ("you and your wee gang") Hint at being ITK - Check ("we are 5th or 6th best resourced") Allusions to the mythical Plan - Check ("try to see the bigger picture... because there is one") Not bad in a single paragraph. Only need a couple more for a full house!
  10. Fair enough. I certainly wasn't defending Bullen . Just echoing the previous comments about Bullen's poor team selections/subs/game management.
  11. Bryden showed on Tuesday night what his best contribution can be at this level - inject an element of chaos and energy up front for a short time. It rarely works but did on Tuesday and he was unlucky not to score. I didn't see the game today so can't comment on it. We all know Bullen loves repeating what he thinks worked in the last match regardless of opposition/scoreline/other factors.
  12. McAllister loved a red card against us. I don't think I ever saw him have a good game (despite his scoring record). Very enjoyable. I probably have the Falkingham gif on a hard drive somewhere but not readily to hand. In lieu of that my favourite Jamie Adams gif and favourite Ayr v Dunfermline one:
  13. All of the above. I was in the Carnegie Library about 2 pm and had no inclination to go on to Somerset. Not proud of it just hugely apathetic at the moment. Will Smith's gamble of Championship survival under Bullen work out? I suppose we will find out in time.
  14. We're stuck with Smith for good or ill. No one would be mentioning any other off-field staff if we still had a traditional manager setup - Bullen would be getting all the flak. Since the waters seem to be muddied re: who has responsibility for what with recruitment (and it's not likely to be clarified anytime soon) I'm not surprised that questions are being asked of other employees. FWIW I don't think Mathie will be going anywhere soon as he's the owner's main man.
  15. I went to Arbroath yesterday as I hadn't seem them play since Stirling away. It wasn't very good. Chalmers looked miles off it but will presumably improve, McGeady missed a couple of sitters and then was anonymous. Hard to draw any conclusion about Rose because he's so isolated most of the time. Syla and Young - I don't know - busywork but always going sideways or backwards. Plodding. The defence is guff. Plus I'll be amazed if Arbroath finish in the top half this season. Lack of the NT has kept me away from Somerset this season and I will forego Tuesday night in favour of my backgammon club. I wanted Bullen away at the start of the year and still do. We'll be stuck with others at the club for much longer I fear.
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