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ShiPi

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  1. LEAGUE GAMES P W D L GF GA GD Pts Pts/g Win% Coughlin 15/16 24 10 4 10 30 26 4 34 1.42 41.67 16/17 36 10 10 16 50 65 -15 40 1.11 27.78 17/18 3 1 0 2 4 10 -6 3 1.00 33.33 63 21 14 28 84 101 -17 77 1.22 33.33 Horn 17/18 33 8 10 15 27 49 -22 34 1.03 24.24 18/19 9 2 0 7 8 21 -13 6 0.67 22.22 42 10 10 22 35 70 -35 40 0.95 23.81 Harvey 18/19 26 3 4 19 19 68 -49 13 0.50 11.54
  2. Surely no club in Scotland would make regular behind the scenes payments in brown envelopes? Or even in their players' boots?
  3. The least you should get from a Manager, staff and players is that they work hard and give 100% effort.
  4. A big blow! All the best Derek, Daniel and Mark.
  5. Position P w D L F A GD Pts 18/19 9 Harvey 27 4 4 19 24 67 -43 16 17/18 9 Horn 27 7 5 15 22 49 -27 26 16/17 7 Coughlin 27 8 7 12 38 50 -12 31 15/16 9 Coughlin 27 8 6 13 32 47 -15 30 14/15 9 Cameron 27 8 7 12 46 42 4 31
  6. It has taken Albion 26 games to get 7 points, are they likely to get more points in the remaining 10 games?
  7. Defensive midfielder Giuliano Morena has completed a loan deal to League Two side Albion Rovers until the end of the season.
  8. Osadolor signs for Albion till the end of the season. Albion Rovers Reigart Stadium Pitch Size: 110 x 72 yards? Berwick Rangers Shielfield Park Pitch Size: 110 x 70 yards?
  9. "impacted on his health" hope it is nothing serious. Good health, Robbie.
  10. If Directors are regularly at training and making adverse comments then having a Director of Football makes sense to give a layer of protection to the Manager and his staff.
  11. Yes. I tried to highlight last season that by sacking Coughlin we could be sleepwalking to non league. Because I thought Clyde, Cowden and Edinburgh would improve. Remember it was Annan that was the final nail in his coffin. I am afraid it is not just about giving your all but is your all good enough? I remember all the predictions about Robbie's network and how he would find players. I agree with the panicking, again, and expect knee jerk reactions. I still cannot believe the DoF! What is his remit?
  12. No wonder! Make decisions let someone else take the flak springs to mind. Although nearly a year ago everyone was assuring me that Robbie would be signing hidden gems with his "contacts". I thought it meant network not lenses.
  13. It is obvious that for talented young players to reach their full potential, they must get first team experience. It is about building confidence, playing at the cutting edge where results matter, dealing with highs and lows, learning from and being guided by senior players, being out of their comfort zone, developing as a person and coping with pressure. In the absence of a major cultural change from the boardroom and fans where clubs would be able to state that one measure of their success will be the number of players developed, even if it leads to relegation. Therefore there needs to be artificial mechanisms put in place to make it happen. There are options, these need to be professionally researched, possibly by an outside body. Examples of options could be: Increase the number of teams in the leagues, perhaps leading to fewer leagues with more clubs. When the Premier League was originally cut down, it was because of too many “meaningless games”. Perhaps this lack of meaningless games leads to managers being unable to blood new talent. With an extended full time top division of sixteen teams with two part time divisions of sixteen on a geographical split with play offs for promotion and relegation. Promotion to the top division only if the club goes to full time. This would allow six more teams to join e.g. “B” teams. A paired club loan partnership or draft where clubs are partnered for a season e.g. the Premier champions are paired with the team finishing lowest in the lowest tier or the team coming in to the league set up. Second in the Premier league being paired with the second lowest and so on. The premier club would loan five players to the partner club at the start of the season. This would reviewed at the end of December and the same five players could stay or they could be replaced by other loanees. The players could travel together, train full time with parent club, train one night with the receiving club, play in the receiving club games, play in development games if appropriate, play in ad hoc friendlies with parent club and the parent club could also assess all five players at the same time, if all five are performing well enough to be selected. It is important that the receiving club does not incur any financial burden. A revamped competitive reserve league with a Saturday fixture. The current loan system extended by more full time players going out on loan and for loans to be more flexible. Yes, rules would need to be amended. For example allowing more movement between the parent and loan clubs, insisting that every youth player experiences a loan term, ensuring that the loan club does not suffer financially. Restriction of players as Brexit approaches would it be possible to restrict the number of non Scots or non-assimilated Scots. There are other options, it does not need to be a stand-alone option but could be a combination. However, something needs to change. “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein
  14. It probably has been covered elsewhere but my concern would be "fairness". If the Colts cannot be promoted or relegated, what is their incentive? Would there be a consistency of selection i.e. would they always play their strongest team? Or would they use it for example balance game time across the squad, or play younger player against certain teams etc.
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