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8 hours ago, Abshok said:
Definitely 3-4. I still have the Sunday mail cut out of that game!
One of my favourite Clyde games, that season was amazing.
Ridiculous result yesterday should do wonders for their confidence. Have to follow it up with a win against Elgin next Sat though.
We've just broke our long over due away winless run so hopefully can put the long run without winning two league games in a row to bed too.
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Haven't heard from the board for ages and when you do it is to criticise the fans
I'm sure it will do wonders for our Crownpoint bid as well.
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What I can't understand is Duffys change in type of signings. When he came last season almost all the players he brought in Salkeld, Doherty, Hynes had plenty of experience and the physical build to cope with league 1 or 2.
Fast forward to the summer and we've signed almost a full squad of young lads with barely any experience. We've been told the budget is there for a promotion push but it feels like we've been transported back to the early 2010s when Duffy was last in charge. At least back then most of the signings still had some experience and there was an understanding we were paying off debt and the budget would increase after that.
Gordon Thompson might make a good director but is clearly ill suited to being chairman. I can't think of one positive decision he has made. The only glimmer of hope is CrownPoint and the potential investment but would have no confidence in either being a success under Thompson's leadership.
We've been on the same path as East Stirlingshire for a number of years now and with each passing bad decision at board level or embrassing result on the field it becomes more difficult to see us changing course.
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On 07/07/2023 at 12:11, BrigtonClyde said:
SLC raises a good point. For clarification :
The proposal submitted was by The Clyde FC Community Foundation, a charity registered as a PLC in the form of a limited liability company. As such, they are a completely separate legal entity from The Clyde Football Club CIC, with a completely different operational remit to provide sporting activities, opportunities and facilities for the wider public. Very similar in nature to Glasgow Life which is why it was the Foundation who submitted the proposal and not the football club.
The Foundation have applied for a Community Asset Transfer. There’s various forms of those, but we’ll assume it’s for full ownership. If successful, the Foundation would own all of the land within the complex, and would be charged with the running of all of those facilities. As a charity, any revenue generated by them could not legally be siphoned off to the benefit of the football club.
Effectively the only link between the two organisations is the ex directors of one set up the other and one individual is currently a director of both, but in a legal and practical operational sense, they are completely separate entities.
If the Foundation is successful, the proposal then has an accommodation built in for The Clyde Football Club CIC to have use of the existing football pitch. But presumably there would then have to be a legally binding agreement in place between the two outlining ownership of the land, responsibility of sourcing funding for and ownership of the bricks and mortar, terms of usage – whether for example the facility must be made available for wider community use, and if so would the club be permitted to earn from that under the terms agreed between the Foundation and Glasgow Life (GCC), responsibility for running costs, and also the specifics around any lease / rental agreement reached between the Foundation and club in terms of years.
This is where it’s not only relevant to the point raised by SLC, but also the underlining argument that for the club to prosper in the future, they must own their own ground. It’ll be those specific details which will indicate the likelihood of that being a possibility.
A bit worried that this arrangement sounds similar to the Greyhound Association taking over Shawfield which ultimately left to Clyde being kicked out.
The foundation and the club might be running in step just now but is there not a danger that as time and personnel change that we end up in a similar scenario as Shawfield?
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5 hours ago, maccanee said:
Anyone ordered one of the matchwinner tops? Wondering how the sizing is, most footy tops are slim fit these days but I've had a few classic Scotland tops that have been regular fit and if anything, big for their size.
I've got one on order and arriving Monday. Can let you know then what it like.
Agree with the other poster thought the sizing guide looked big for each size.
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Baffled by some of these decisions. I would have at least offered terms to Mullen, Roberts and Salkeld albeit highly unlikely the later two would have signed.
Grant and McLean can't play together even in league 2 their lack of pace will be a big issue. Can't believe we've offered terms to Cameron and Lyon as well.
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Really enjoying Andor too.
It is slow paced but the characters are so well written and the performances are largely excellent that you barely notice.
It is also doing an excellent job of showing the Empire as the truly evil organisation that its meant to be.0 -
Allan and Sula on the bench with Lyon and Cameron starting. Clearly not going to see any changes with Moore in charge.
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Both Cumbernauld and Greenfaulds train stations are a pain in the arse to get to from most parts of Cumbernauld.
Greenfaulds has no public transport and for most areas you need to get a bus up to the Town Centre then walk to Cumbernauld Station.
I've just drove through, there is plenty of parking, but have made less games this season due to the move.1 -
Poor performance from us in comparison to the other league games.
Montrose were on top from the start of the game. We struggled to string a couple of passes together and Montrose closed us down very quickly.
We had a shot straight at the keeper which was only chance in the first half. Montrose scored when McAllister got a free header in the box.
We got ourselves back in the game when Gomis broke forward with the ball from a Montrose corner. He played it through to Allan who had a free shot on goal after the Montrose defender fell on his arse. Allan hit it low into the corner giving the keeper no chance
We then shot ourselves in the foot with Waddel getting a free header from a corner to score a few mins after the equaliser.
Not many chances after that for either side. We had a corner that everyone missed that got cleared off the line and the ball fell to Grant a few yards out right at the end but he volleyed it over the bar.
Thought Gomis, Lyon and McLean played well for us. The forwards had little service and couldn't hold it up, far too many high balls which were easy for Montrose.
Parry's distribution was awful, Peter Grant had a poor game and Hendji was all over the place postionally.
The subs we made were a bit bizarre with Lyon ending up at left back for 10/15 mins and Sula at right. Rodden then came on to play left back and Lyon moved back to right and Sula put up front.
Despite not playing great we were still in it right to the end. We are having no luck with left back/wing back that's 5 different players we've tried there.
Hopefully we can get some of the injured players back for next week.0 -
That was so frustrating.
Two up and coasting then concede two poor goals in the space of a minute. Second half miss a penalty and get a player sent off [emoji2961]
Encouraging to see us great so many chances and we are much better to watch than last seasons team. We are really weak at full back though.0 -
That's a fantastic result! Well done to Lennon and the team. Can't remember the last time we won so convincingly away from home. Hopefully a sign of things to come [emoji106]
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Cumbernauld fans that I've spoken to, a couple have chucked it, another few will still go every week and the majority are in the middle and will still try and go as often as they can.
We need to get a new permanent ground in Glasgow sorted really quickly as I can't see us picking up many if any new fans while at Hamilton to replace any that do stop going.0 -
We were a complete shambles at the start of last season but Lennon drilled the team into a hard to beat side. Hopefully he can do similar with this side.
However we do look extremely weak at full back and a midfield paring of Grant and Gomis won't work. Don't think Splaine has signed anywhere else as a him and Grant in midfield would work well.2 -
These cup games are pretty much pre-season friendlies so not going to read to much into it but in saying that there really wasn't any positives to take away from the match.
Hibs waltzed through our midfield and defence at will and some of the goals we lost were very poor.
Struggling to give anyone pass marks and there is a real lack of height in the team outwith the two centre halves.0 -
I'm sure that was one of the questions in the owners Q&A and that Goodwillie's wages weren't financed externally to avoid the exact scenario you describe.This is all assuming that DGW's wages came out of the general playing budget pot. There are plenty of past stories of individuals picking up the tab for select players in order to ever be able to afford them. in fact was it not a classic example of the John Brownera that when he left, the "guaranteed" funding for a number of players suddenly got withdrawn, leaving us in a financial hole?
So, assuming DGW was funded outside of the budget or that he was subsidised over and above his equal share of the budget, then you need to look at the supporting cast from last year to give you a realistic idea of what we can afford this year if the budget is the same. Also factor in that whatever we received for the DGW transfer, a chunk of that went back to Raith due to the ill conceived load deal that saw us pay 4 or 5 month part salary for 0 appearances.
Can understand why we've brought the two young guys in with no trialists being allowed in the Cup. You got to think that should have been looked at as it was pretty obvious that with the season starting so early most clubs would be struggling.
Would like to think we still have a chunk of the playing budget left. Goodwillie and Mitchell would surely have been two of the highest plus we have the transfer fee for both.1 -
Would take Cuddihy back too. Yes there are better players out there but they are unlikely to sign for Clyde given our budget.I think he has done his time at Clyde and their are better players out there. He was injured a lot of last season. Time for the club to move on.
Cuddihy, Livingstone and Splaine can all cut it at league 1 and losing all 3 in addition to all the other signings we need to make just makes Lennons job that bit tougher.0 -
Pretty much of the same opinion with the flashback and last fight both excellent but little to recommend it other than that.Watched it all now.
The Obi Wan and Vader stuff was top notch. Held the whole season together imo. Really wanted to love the show but left feeling it was a missed opportunity.
Wasn't a big fan of the writing, some jarring plot holes and really terribly written conveniences. Some crap CGI and some really poor directing overall. The whole season was a big generic escort mission peppered with some great acting chops from McGregor and Christiansen and some nice light sabre fights. I thought it would open out to something better after the first few episodes.
Qui Gon was wasted imo, could have been done better however it was brilliant to see him.
Really didn't like Reva, I didn't buy the character. You don't sneak up behind Vader, ignite your lightsaber, lift it up and try swinging at him and expect him to not have a clue whats going on. I thought her storyline was an interesting idea poorly executed.
I'd take a season 2 if Ewan is up for it. But where do you go from absolutely fucking up Darth Vader? Maybe Qui Gon helping Obi Wan to find Master Yoda? Or trying to find the remaining Jedi?
And no more escort missions please.
The plot is wafer thin with two episodes of Obi Wan rescuing Leia and even one of them is a poorly executed version from Jedi Fallen Order. I was hoping it would focus on Obi Wan coming to terms with what happened to Anakin and there would be flashbacks in every episode but it never committed to this.
The Reva character just doesn't ring true she wants to get revenge on Vader for killing her friends by working with him and killing and torturing innocent people and Jedis. Again it's just poorly executed and I wouldnt be surprised if she was only in it so they can now give her a spin off show and keep pumping out content for Disney+.
It has some of the most ridiculous Star Wars scenes ever the Leia chase scenes and hiding under a trench coat. Characters make dumb decisions just to drive the plot forward such as Vader leaving Reva alive, Bail recording an unencrypted message to Obi Wan telling everyone where Luke is and the fake Jedi just happens to drop it for Reva to find.
And being stabbed through the gut with a lightsaber is now equivalent to a paper cut.1 -
Much better episode this week. It is what I was hoping we would get from the Obi Wan show.
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The Goodwillie situation didn't help things but the council was never going to renew the lease anyway.Clyde only moved because they messed up over Goodwillie.
Is that not new??
Yeah it's new and they've rightly been ridiculed for it.1 -
We wouldn't be purposely making ourself homeless if it had worked out.Clyde were there for nearly 28 years, so I’m not sure you can say it didn’t work out?
I have no dog in this fight, but is trying something new that bad, it’s not as if Scottish football is awash with cash?
What new stuff is being tried? B teams and a club being an advertisement for a podcast?0 -
It didn't exactly work out for Clyde playing at Broadwood.Do you need to represent anywhere to play football? Clyde played at Broadwood for years, doesn’t make them any less of a team? I just don’t understand the animosity towards certain clubs, especially when it is based on geographical location.
A club needs an identity or a purpose otherwise what is the point? The vast majority of clubs represent their local community or town and draw most of their fan base from there.
The fact that both Braves and Open Goal have went through multiple iterations already shows nobody really knows what to do with these clubs.
Broomhill are basically now a promotional tool for a podcast. I think a football club should be more than that especially at tier 5.
If they weren't so high up the pyramid then they would be getting much less ridicule. They also voted in favour of proposals that go against the grain of the majority of other clubs and leagues on the B teams while still keeping the trap door largely shut at the bottom of the league which have done them no favours.2 -
I really didn't think they could top the Leia chase scene but fair fucks to them they've managed it in episode 4.
The episodes are just so poorly shot and nonsensical that it completely over shadows any decent parts of the show.0 -
Rogue One and the Mandalorian have both been decent from Disney but largely feel the same as you.I made my peace with the fact that Star Wars, Empire and Jedi are the only films in the 'Star Wars Universe' I actually like a long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away) but ever the optimist I gave Obi Wan a go and...nah, it's just not for me.
I thought episode 3 was awful, not seen 4 yet.
Obi Wan has to be led the entire episode. I just don't see how you get from this useless coward back to the version we see in a New Hope in 3 episodes.
The episode is so poorly edited as well. From the stormtroopers mentioning its a long way to their destination to jumping off the vehicle two seconds later.
Obi Wan killing 4 or 5 stormtroopers easily just to immediately give up when confronted with the same number just to move the plot forward.
The escape tunnel is only showing as a linear path yet Reva somehow gets ahead of Leia and doesn't bump into the Imperial working as a spy.
Darth Vader putting out the flames first time but incapable of doing it a second time and instead watches a droid walking in slowmo pick up Obi Wan [emoji23]3
Clyde Season 23/24
in Scottish League 2 General Chatter
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We were 4 points behind at the end of January and now find ourselves 5 points behind despite winning 3 out of the last 4 games. We will probably need to pick up around 12-15 points from the last quarter which seems a tall order.
As much as Elgin are second bottom just now would think Bonnyrigg are the ones to catch too. Elgin are at home against Bonnyrigg on Saturday so something has to give there.
Our next 3 games should decided it Forfar, Bonnyrigg then Stranraer. We definitely need to win the last two.