aftershocker

I did however see it quoted that the majority of councillors who voted against the development were from Clydebank....my experience of Bankie councillors is they are not the slightest bit interested in anything that happens in Dumbarton

Interestingly there's not a lot of shouts for a penalty from our players...then again perhaps because Barr is constantly being penalised in the box?

Delighted with Andy Stirling coming back...we've clearly been struggling to create chances, and if he can recreate the form that got him his move to Queens it will be brilliant. Some games last season he was unbelievable

is it the case that you're spending a large proportion of your budget on Dobbie, which is affecting the manager's options in bringing other players in?

I'd be slightly surprised if Aitken ended up at St Mirren. I would imagine after Ian Murray, they would be cautious about taking a manager with no full time or premiership experience

the person who complained about the drums????

NME is still going, but it's now free...my daughter had a job handing them out at Glasgow Central

Away to Peterhead in the Scottish Cup 4th round

it seemed from last night, that a decision has still be made on this, but will depend on which is the most financially advantageous to the club. There is a concern that if the club own the ground, they would then be liable for tax on it, so the £1 peppercorn rent is a work around it was also interesting to hear that some of the existing / former directors had also provided soft loans to keep the club solvent - that is worrying, and perhaps indicates one of the reasons they are keen to explore new revenue raising ideas

Very interesting meeting tonight I thought New guy from brabco much more open than Iain Wilson Business plan for new ground depends on them selling rest of new site for housing...they reckon though that west dunbartonshire council will refuse application, but seem confident it will be approved on appeal Whole case seems much better now I thought...costings more advanced and scheme actually seems viable I thought the fans tone was also changing and seems more positive towards the proposals General consensus also seems to be we need to spend around £250k to fix the current ground with the wall below the castle being a major problem. Didn't appear to be a plan where this money would come from

you may be right...but in that case we would be as well chucking it....a football team should be trying to win every single match....we cannot get relegated then try to avoid promotion in case its too expensive yes football is expensive...but have you looked at the costs of the alternatives recently? I went to the cinema the other night...1 1/2 hours entertainment...ticket was something like £11...then add in the drinks and popcorn....

is it just me...or does Billy Davies look like Percy from The Green Mile?

To be fair...our home crowds have routinely been between 500 and 600 ever since we've been in the championship....yesterday's attendance was only low because there were next to no away fans

Probably best in the number 10 role...strong runner with the ball, and the kind if guy who gives 110% He struggled last season with his fitness, and as a result we didn't see the best of him, and when he did play, I felt he was trying too hard Persist with him, and hopefully you'll see what he has to offer

I'm not his biggest fan, but still feel giving him a 5 yesterday is a little harsh...keepers always have to juggle coming for a ball or staying on their line...fine margins I remember the one where their centre forward got "injured"....was that not down to a poorly hit backpass?

Seems a little harsh on Scott Gallagher...didn't really have much to do yesterday

Don't try and compare the number of posts with any Ayr utd thread...There are a number of utter fuds on there who clog them up with utter drivel...check out any thread involving Ayr

I have to say I wasn't particularly impressed....I kept waiting on seeing a premiership class player...and other than occasional glimpses...he didn't do enough to me Nowhere near the quality of Stirling or Vaughan or Stanton

it is the nature of Scottish football - I would imagine there will be a few other teams in the championship reducing budgets, e.g. Dunfermline (after losing Raith). Personally I would prefer that we as a club break even each season. We don't have a rich sugar daddy so we will just continue to do what we've done for the past 5 years. I do wonder though whether or not the budget reduction is significant, given that Stevie Aitken was happy to sign up to 2 year deal - perhaps it was his best option if the Raith job wasn't going his way...we'll never probably know I don't think though that the budget reduction has any bearing on any potential stadium move. All sides seem to have acknowledged that it will only happen if its financially viable. I have no objection in principle to a move, provided the Sons Trust get the transparency and reassurances they are seeking. And by that, I would hope to see concrete proposals that the club get a share of / all the potential additional non football related income. This would actually allow us to grow the club

disappointing about Buchanan, but probably to be expected when he didn't sign up in the initial batch of players I guess its a sign of how well we did last season that our best players are moving up to bigger and full time clubs still hoping Barr signs on - him and Ben Gordon could make quite a good pairing

It could just be that Aitken wants to see his budget for next season before committing?

I would say Vaughan did pretty well...maybe 7/10 Always tried really hard...perhaps sometimes too hard...had a habit of trying to beat one extra man and losing it sometimes Scored some good and important goals though, and I'd be happy to have him back on loan next season

Sad to see Garry go, but probably inevitable given his lack of game time this season Given St Mirren offered him a contract previously, I would assume he was one of our top earners He has totally been a Dumbarton legend these last few years Slightly more surprised to see Docherty leaving It looks to me though that Aitken is staying...i can't imagine the board would sanction new contract offers if they thought a new manager was coming in

some interesting comments in that statement, ranging from the fact that we break even at the moment, to the hint of future full time football. It will be interesting to see if this is actually feasible, and how many of our players are currently in effect full time players, albeit they only train twice a week