superpollok

But they are not seasoned pros. One of the 5 forwards is 22 another 23. I do understand the point about 23/24 players, however football has changed a lot with 5 subs rule. 16 players per game can get on the field. That makes a lot of difference to keep players involved. And if you think we have a lot of forwards with 5, have a look at Clydebank !

Pollok now have 23/24 signed players. One is on the transfer list. We have 5 forwards of which some are attacking midfielders / wide players too. Not sure what squad list you are seeing but that squad size is no different to what we had last season under our previous manager The manager who used to run to smaller squads than that is now at Darvel, and due to holidays (especially August) injuries, suspensions we couldn’t fill our bench. in addition 6 players are 22 or younger, so I am sure there will be some of them who are aware they are signing to be part of a squad that fingers crossed has a lot more games to play this season than they did last.

Gone based on his Twitter post. Not offered a deal. Darvel / Ek / JB next??

Esplin was on about £300 from what I was told, not closer to the £400 you posted. A ridiculous sum of money for our level, and driven by getting him to sign and not got to Darvel this time last year. However the £10k-14k we got for him (depending on who you ask) you could argue has compensated some of that. We do work to a budget, what I would say, I am not sure if that budget is well spent for what we have seen on the park.

Heard a rumour about Johnstone Burgh a few weeks ago

I know nothing about who is financing JB. The only thing that is out in the public domain is that they were registered on companies house as a private limited company at the end of last year and show as having a single director who also owns or co owns another couple of businesses. I assume you are in the know of who is behind the money?

I would hope you are in a minority of one when it comes to anyone associated (fan / committee etc) with Pollok who would want to wish him good luck. And I hope Darvel draw Kilbirnie away in every cup game they have !

Just had to check it’s not 1st April.

Chris strain isn’t everyone’s cup of tea and I am sure a few Beith fans would have been unsure of his appointment. But fair play to him. Took a side that last season were 2 points above relegation, and took some hidings to league champions, and deservedly so.

I would be surprised if Newlandsfield is used for finals again due to the capacity constraints. WoS finals would in most cases get 4 figure crowds Neutral venue SJC matches I would be surprised would ever be held at Newlandsfield again following the last 18 months, even if we do re enter it at some point in the future, then the added capacity issues would rule it out too. I would guess that we have had around 4 or 5 games reach capacity this season with another few less than 100 away and thats with us having an underwhelming season - so a big cup match in a location that is easy for neutrals to attend would reach capacity easily

What length of contract did Glasgow sign when he went to Darvel? Was a player I would have loved to have seen at Newlandsfield.

At least shankland fills the goal. Decent option.

If you think a head lock is an assault then your no 9 must have attempted murder ! if the incident you are referring to was in the bottom corner in 2nd half then I doubt from the Pollok camera man angle you could have got a decent view of that. if you watch the highlights he could easily have left out the Rumbsy foul but didn’t, as very rarely he doesn’t show all incidents.

The incident in the first half is a definite red. shocking that between two officials they thought that it was a yellow and then also booked the wrong player. The Rumbsy foul equally looks a red on watching it back, from my view at the game I thought Gow was closer. However two wrongs don’t make a right, 10 men after 30 mins and it is a very different game and the second incident may not have taken place.

Sounds like someone has issue with you on twitter then. Despite what you are trying to imply I can ensure you I haven’t a clue who you are on twitter. But nice diversion from the nonsense you posted on here.

What nonsense are you spouting now?

Fishing trip? Or memory like a goldfish, to be fair possibly the later as you seemed to forget which team you support and started to turn up at Talbot

Mick Kennedy must have watched as many Pollok games this season as Darvel ! Every time they are not playing as playing on a different day he takes in Pollok game.

I think they do. You seem to want to make out that Pollok are a gang - exact word used. Meanwhile, you have a player throwing a punch, bench knows the ref got it wrong and shouting to the No 7 to not make an issue of it. Add in surrounding the ref when your player went down after a 50/50 on in the bottom corner in a tackle with Mullen. Acting like a gang ??? While I know my club are far from perfect the selecting viewing you have of your own team needs called out.

Ignoring the punch? And Talbot bench telling No 7 to not complain as knew No 9 was off?

Very selective posting here! No mention of the punch thrown around 30/40 mins by No9 already on a booking and the ref somehow books your no 7? Should have been down to 10. As for the clean going scoring opportunity, it was 45 yards from goal with defenders running back, same as the foul by your number 3 which he injured himself doing - both bookings. As for Pollok sailing close to the wind… pot kettle springs to mind ! As for the game itself, first half was poor, we set up poorly and only invited Talbot on to us. All be it keeper only had a couple of saves. Second half much better with two McCanns up top and Lyon on left. Could have went either way at 1-1.

There is no such thing as Ayrshire council Or Dumbartonshire - it was mentioned in a collective about East/West North /South councils for those areas dealing with ground capacity for teams in their council vs GCC.

Aye but I am saying what is the capacity without the restrictions? Newlandsfield capacity guidelines below… The capacity if based in an Ayrshire or Dumbartonshire council 3k The capacity if based in Glasgow City Council 900

Not that I am aware of. But others on here may be in a better place to answer that, the Clydebank thread covered in reasonable detail the challenges we have being in GCC compared to more local Ayrshire / Dumbartonshire councils who don’t have the biggest stadiums in the country in their domain and therefore standards to set for them all to abide by.

I don’t believe that has been confirmed but I suspect it will be. I think games v Talbot and Arthurlie will be all ticket as will most cup games. For the recently postponed South challenge cup game, Clydebank were given an allocation of 90 with them online tickets also made available