Anonymous Spider

Fresh start for everyone, I'd hope? This is the first senior football in his career and we've been largely gash. New manager in who gets a bit of confidence back in the squad and I'm sure he can make an impact. Only concern would be if we start playing hoof-ball, then Bayern might pull the plug.

This could suit our set-up quite well to be fair.

Somewhere north of ambivalent on Davidson, but maybe what this group needs is someone to toughen them up and get them organised. Not an old school dinosaur and not an untried old firm tabloid nightmare waiting to happy… so yes looks decent. Militant oranje-ball just not realistic in this league so happy to see a bit of pragmatism creep in. DoF appointment will be interesting and maybe more of an indication on the long-term model.

Seeing some suggestion that Dempster is away for health reasons - obviously wish her well and maybe that’s been a factor over the last while. Not convinced the Haughey-Dempster-DoF-committee axis has worked all that well. This is as good an opportunity as we might have for a while to influence things for the better.

I actually had a dig in my original post but deleted it… But now you mention it… Honestly - that interview: hang it in the Louvre.

Massively pleased for Ruari tonight. Great threat , well taken goal and a man of the match interview. Great stuff.

Is it possible she left a year ago and nobody noticed?

Nuijten seems like a good egg but it would be criminal to give him the job just now. I think there’s a load of promise in this side but they are crying out for a bit of experience. Maybe it could work with the right DoF in, and a few older heads - but even then it would seem like a ooge gamble. Was pleased to see us go to a back 3, though. That defo seems like it will get the best out of a bunch of these players. Any chat on McPherson? He feels a very good fit at wing-back.

Just me or does anyone else think Nuijten just sounds broken in the pre-match vid.

Is the current set-up working - or is it hindering the inspired sporting stewardship of our highly paid CEO?

That was pish. Same bang-average sideways shite in the first half but we happened to get a pen. They stepped it up half a notch in the second half and there was only ever going to be one winner. Pish. Screaming lack of leadership in all aspects of the club. The committee etc. rightly get grief but they’re not the hide and seek champions of the southside on a CEO wage. No DoF. PE teacher as a manager and zero communication on what happens next. Shambles.

Florida Park. Good boozer. Disnae have Sky/BT (or whatever the f**k it’s called now).

Tempted to stop you there at “well run club” but I largely agree. The kicker for us is that we’re shopping for a new DoF as well as a manager. So far ‘the project’ is looking naive at best, criminally negligent at worst - so are we changing strategy? Does the new DoF need to be in place before we appoint a manager? f**k only knows.

I’d say they should start with a sensible announcement to the fans within a week and maybe outline if this is, indeed, the plan. It wasn’t a huge surprise that the director of football left either. So yes, I expect serious progress by now.

Will be interesting to see if we change formation at all. One of the stranger things this season has been the fact we’ve been shite for months but stuck to 4-3-3. Felt like some of Beuker’s militant nonsense, instead of e.g. maybe going back 5 to try and stiffen the defence.

Or we could get the steak pie guy to write them.

I guess you're right... excellent work by saying games instead of game - it adds that layer of intrigue that we've got to know and love.

11th Jan

Jesus suffering f**k, how can they announce the AGM and make no mention of the manager / DoF...?

5 house points for use of vituperative…

I’ve gone through the classic stages of QP comms blackout here - huff and an eye-roll > exasperated sigh > disbelief > quiet seethe > pass-agg tweeting… and am now creeping up on absolutely fucking raging. This is a totally disgusting way for any club to treat their supporters.

we don't know

I know his stock has gone down since pieing Kelty, but Kevin Thompson feels like a pretty good fit for me. He's got the lower league angle and experience with the Rangers youths. Loads hangs on the DoF though - someone with a bit of knowledge on Scottish football needed, rather than one of the wacky-dutch-brigade..

Quiz question - when was the last time we heard from Dempster on anything?