Jilted John
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5 minutes ago, Beastie Russell said:
Wasn’t it the CEO’s role to manage contracts
Let’s not start on that CEO… another of Sim’s mistakes.
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3 minutes ago, RRFC_Liam said:
Aye true he’d be on one of those daft McGlynn contracts that is a shambles and get unwarranted pay rises
I still find it remarkable that Sim managed to pass the blame of contract clauses onto Mcglynn. The same John Sim that’s a global head of an international accountancy firm.
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Did anyone DM the guy in the know about the GK? Who is it?
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58 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said:
I'm not sure he's better either, but he's different and that's what we need. More variety.
I think you’re right with this. They maybe aren’t ‘better’ on paper but it’s something different. For one reason or another Gullan, Ross and dare I say it even Vaughan haven’t been able to give us what we hoped they would. We pinned our hopes on them and it hasn’t worked. Bringing in other options means all the chips aren’t going on the same numbers any more.
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3 minutes ago, Broken Algorithms said:
Given Fulton was linked to clubs down south I don't think he'd sign for us.
Yeah but I heard his conservatory windows were letting in drafts
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Rumour has it that Callum Smith from Airdrie has signed this morning. Strange one if true…
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Why do folk think Ferguson and Thomson? Both left after disagreements with the Kelty board I’m sure.
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3 minutes ago, keyser_soze said:
This is all speculation from a small bookie who probably have a few hundred quid liability if he gets the job, it was their tweet that started all this, brings the knicker wetters out in force.
FWIW I'd rather he stays but Dundee would have to pay a fee if he does leave.
It was confirmed by Matt Elder, formerly of this parish, in the Scotsman too. He’s fairly reliable so wouldn’t completely discount its credibility.
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I was on the fence with Murray, I was disappointed with how our season panned out but think he deserved another bite at it. Losing him at this stage is a blow to our preparations… negated slightly by our new ‘structure’ where hopefully the show goes on with Potter planning things so that the cogs don’t completely stop turning.
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10 minutes ago, Been going too long said:
Surely hear today or tomorrow about who is staying and going? If players want to leave no worries but we need to put rovers first not them
Possibly but I think contracts expire at the end of next week. I know Spencer has until then to decide whether he wants to trigger an extension. The likelihood is that we will wait until the deals have expired before announcing it.
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Murray got Airdrie to the playoff final and was only beaten by a team on the up and one that came a whisker away from winning the championship the following season.
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3 minutes ago, TxRover said:
Would not take Tumilty over Millen.
I would… in a heart beat!
Given Millen's consistency and lack of injuries, there’s no way a new right back will be on our shopping list though.
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4 minutes ago, R.R.FC said:
It’s from here unfortunately mate!
Gutted! Had just smashed up the wee man’s piggy bank as well
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This is doing the rounds on the group chats tonight. Not sure if it’s 100% but if it is, it’s an absolute belter!
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I think we will Runaway with the league now
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8 hours ago, expatowner said:
Sim still owns 49% of the football club and 100% of the ground.
I’m not sure if I’ve got this wrong but didn’t the new consortium buy out 51% of the shares? So say that Sim then owns 49% of the club would mean that he owned 100% of all shares beforehand which can’t be right. His remaining shareholding in the club won’t be much.
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3 minutes ago, roverthemoon said:
Except that’s not how it works. The supporters director is there to represent ordinary fans not just those wealthy or privileged enough to find themselves on the board. We had a fans rep in the past even though we had diehard Rovers like Turnbull Hutton, Mario Caria etc in the boardroom.
Sim sidelined and undermined the position. If the new owners were genuine about getting back to being a ‘community club’ then I’d have thought putting the democratically elected supporters director in the board would be a logical first step.
I don’t disagree with any of that however I always found it a bit pointless when the elected board member chose to sit in the directors box at games rather than with the ordinary unprivileged fans they were supposed to be representing. You don’t gauge fan opinion unless you’re in with them.
K107 mentioned that there would be a ‘sub’ board, or something to that effect, that would house the fans rep along with others.
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There was a massive need for a fan presence on the board at the time of reclaim the rovers. The Glasgow mob were so far removed from the fans of the club that it became a huge issue.
We currently have Kilgour, Smart and Macdonald on the board, all three are life long fans and live locally. I don’t see the elected rep as being as much of a necessity any more.
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14 minutes ago, CALDERON said:
He hardly played under Smith, but the times he did he was miles above anything Barjonas showed.
Did he really? Hendry played 4 games in league 1, two of them from the bench I’m sure whereas Barjonas played in the championship and scored two goals. His contribution was more than Hendry’s initial contribution.
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I’m a bit surprised at the negativity towards Barjonas too. I remember when Regan Hendry first came in under Smith. He hardly kicked a ball and was less than impressive. Fast forward to the following season when he came back and he was outstanding!
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Murray will be here next season, even if we lose the next two. The last thing we need now is even more upheaval.
Id be happy to part ways with Spencer, he was a pivotal player alongside Hendry but hasn’t really kicked on this season. Maybe Brown being a defensive midfielder hasn’t helped his game.
Connolly is another that’s hardly broken a sweat in the last couple of months. I wonder if he’s decided it’s time to move on? He’s gone from one of our most pivotal players to being pretty much anonymous.
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3 hours ago, Scary Bear said:
The majority on here believe we’ll magically find better players every season. It’s a wonder we’re not in the Scottish Premiership by now, instead of slipping down the League placings.
I don’t have a problem with that. While our goal is to reach the premier league, there’s nothing wrong with getting rid of players who aren’t good enough to get you there. The problem comes when the players we bring in are worse than the ones they replace.
If the noises coming out of the club were that championship survival was our aim then Bene would have been more that fine for that. That’s on the club not the fans.
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2 hours ago, foreverarover said:
What all this "he's earned his money from elsewhere" what the fcuk does that actually mean??
What it tends to mean is that the person writing it tends to be jealous of the local businessman’s success so rather than putting it down to hard work, they try to smear them with some nonsense to make themselves feel better.
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18 minutes ago, Michael W said:
* Heavy sigh*
One of the big problems remains, then.
I’ve been told the original deal was for both the club and the stadium. Sim and Mackenzie’s valuations were poles apart so the deal fell through. They came back to the table, agreed to buy the club now and continue to discuss the stadium with a view to buying that eventually too.
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The New Raith Rovers Thread
in Scottish Championship General Chatter
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It’ll be really interesting to see how the commercial/sponsorship side of things grow over the next season or two. We are pretty top heavy when it comes to behind the scenes staff just now. If this is going to work then they will need to bring in a hell of a lot of money compared to what was coming in under Sim’s stewardship if we are going to pay these staffing costs as well as avoiding the 120k per season losses we used to incur.