Chubbychops

McPake really does need to change with his failing set-up. Not bringing in experience is biting us on the arse too. Every man and their dug could see we needed a replacement for Bene but naw. We sign another couple of 20 year olds. The decision making at our club has been embarrassing for over a decade.

Our owners are killing the club with over doing it with only signing young players. Complete re-think required by the folk making decisions. It a fukin disgrace how bad the decision making is at East End.

Can't belive we have not changed our style of play. Just playing into Morton's hands time and time again. Fair play Morton though. Absolutely handing our arses to us. Think this could end 4-5 nil

Really is men against boys. Morton bully our stupidly young back line. The obsession of having to sign young players is killing us. No leadership, nobody on the park with the nous to calm things down. Udderless garbage. Fukin embarrassing.

Apparently out for between 4-6 weeks.

Cheers for taking the time on that explaination. Didn't have a scooby about the accounting for construction costs. Would've thought the purchase of the land would've been within that period.

Xavier Benjamin makes his debut. Hopefully as good as Fisher.

What the hell has happened to him now? This is a fukn joke.

There's making loses due to buying ready made players out of our financial means, which is unacceptable. Like we did in the past. Then there is making loses due to building an academy, getting rid of useless managers and putting a competent management team in place and getting good young prospects in the door on long term deals with fees paid and getting paid qualified people running our club day to day. The loses we're about to announce are loses that were factored in by the board when they arrived. Maybe not having to pay off uselesss managers but fees paid on young players, who have turned out to be really good signings and may well be sold for much bigger fees. Then the costs of building the training ground will be in the accounts too as they will want to off cost that money for tax purposes. 850k the first phase is costing. The loses are not being covered by bank debt this time. It will be covered by money generated by the club and the back hipper of our owners(hopefully not soft loans). These loses will subside once the infrastucture is in place and we start making money off our investments in the future. We just have to go through a bit of financial pain at the beginning. All current expenses that have been incurred are for the greater good of the clubs future.

Love how they lost the L and turned a 7 upside down.

Pie in the Sky. Half year progress results? Since when have football clubs announced that? It actually makes me more suspicious about them.

Well your nickname ''The Ton'' is the laziest, most unimaginative, pishy nickname in Scottish football.

Going to struggle to keep Otoo in the summer I think.

Yeah, I first went to East End as an 8 year old in 1985, so super Johnny Watson was one of my earliest favourite players. It took me a couple years to fully appreciate and understand what the football was all about so late 80's was when I really got into it. I rember Mark Smith being a favourite of mine for a while(probably due to the Rangers goal), Craig Robertson, Grant Tierney, Westie, Steve Morrison, Ian McCall, Norrie and Kozma a bit later were all standouts for me when we were on the up. I remember when we sold Ian McCall to Rangers, Leishman famously said that we sold an Ace to buy 3 kings. Who were the 3 Kings?

Not quite that old but yeah, from what I hear Alec Edwards was on a different level to anything we've had since his time. Widely seen as the best player never to be capped by Scotland.

My Pars heroes date back further than Joe Cardle tbh, so not fussed about this nostalgic nonsense coming to fruition. I would rather be brought Ross Jack in on the cheap. There is very little appetite from the board/owners to be signing anbody over the age of 23 I think. This kind of deal, no matter how cheap is really not up their street.

If true it must show the club can't be struggling that bad financially to turn down a 6 figure sum.

Aye. If he's nearly as good as Hammy in the back three I'll take it. Means Hammy is more likely to play midfield too.

1.75 meters in height is very small for a CB. Maybe the next Cannavaro?

It's February 1st today to be fair.

https://dafc.co.uk/xavier-benjamin-joins-dunfermline/ He's a right back apparently.

GIF Pen oot

If anything we will get a defender in. But I don't think we'll see anybody coming in today. Cardle and McPake can be done outside the window. Loans as well.

Aye, good shout. Forgot about that. Not sure you will hear much though.

Honestly doesn't bother me the Dundee thing. They generally have better quality players than us these days and the manager knows their abilities and personalities.