smpar Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Scarf picture announced. McPake confirmed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 2 year deal. Nice to see his mention of ambition without having to use the phrase “back to where we belong.” Bonus points for that. Interesting to see Cook describing this year in League One as a ‘reset moment for the club.’ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 "ThIs Is a PrEmieRshIp CluB" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnyPar Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 No mention of staff. Do we think Shields will still be in the dugout? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParsJake Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Not just a massive club, but a "prestigious club". I am on board already. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toun Clock Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 I hope Shields is pointed more towards the academy, similar to what he was doing in America. Let McPake bring in his own staff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Looks like his record of giving youth players a chance is what swung it for the board. What youth players do we actually have though? Is the academy ready to be producing players yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Any word on if Dave Mackay is following him? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbychops Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Looks like his record of giving youth players a chance is what swung it for the board. What youth players do we actually have though? Is the academy ready to be producing players yet? I think we basically have what was the Fife Elite players. Don't know what standard of player came across but we're not starting from scratch. All for giving them a chance if they show potential but not getting shoe horned in for the sake of it. Our board are always banging on about youth but we are terrible at producing any good ones. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 23 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Looks like his record of giving youth players a chance is what swung it for the board. What youth players do we actually have though? Is the academy ready to be producing players yet? What youth players did he actually bring through at Dundee? They had a young centre mid when they were in the Championship, he ended up barely playing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 That's the manager sorted then - now let's have confirmation that most of the gutless shitebag players have been shown the door. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 What youth players did he actually bring through at Dundee? They had a young centre mid when they were in the Championship, he ended up barely playing? Max Anderson one that springs to mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 If we could get a Gerry McCabe type assistant, it might work out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 17 minutes ago, Grant228 said: What youth players did he actually bring through at Dundee? They had a young centre mid when they were in the Championship, he ended up barely playing? They had that Finlay Robertson lad, although don't think he's been playing much for them this season past. 9 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: If we could get a Gerry McCabe type assistant, it might work out. I think McCabe actually was McPake's assistant at one point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallumPar Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 36 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: If we could get a Gerry McCabe type assistant, it might work out. I think we definitely need an experienced assistant/coach. For me, this was Crawford’s main downfall, he brought in his mates rather than an experienced guy like Jimmy Nicholl to point him in the right direction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Rob1885 said: "ThIs Is a PrEmieRshIp CluB" Oh dear! He obviously thinks you were promoted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 5 hours ago, DA Baracus said: Looks like his record of giving youth players a chance is what swung it for the board. What youth players do we actually have though? Is the academy ready to be producing players yet? I think ever single player who was at FEFA has joined us so should be a few in there, one day it would be nice to see Miller Fenton who is probably the youngest most fringe player that has actually been mentioned by name. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 5 hours ago, Grant228 said: What youth players did he actually bring through at Dundee? They had a young centre mid when they were in the Championship, he ended up barely playing? Harrison Sharp, Josh Mulligan, Finlay Robertson, Lyall Cameron, Max Anderson & Sam Fisher have all played first team games and look like they could be in or around our first team next season. All of them come from McPake's time as head of our youth. Few of them look like they could have cracking careers. Robertson is the one you mention. He looked very promising but has fell behind two of our other CM youths in Anderson & Mulligan. 5 hours ago, DA Baracus said: They had that Finlay Robertson lad, although don't think he's been playing much for them this season past. I think McCabe actually was McPake's assistant at one point. McCabe was Hartley's assistant and was punted by McCann. McPake's assistants were Jimmy Nicholl & Dave Mackay. Nicholl was just there as a 'name' really though - McPake punted him as the pandemic started. Dave Mackay is his proper assistant. He'll also bring in his brother-in-law Martin Harty as a coach no doubt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Bringing through youth is great and all, but it absolutely must be with the aim of making the first team better. We could produce the next generation of a world 11 but If it doesn’t result in better results on a Saturday then it’s pointless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 (edited) Martin Harty sounds like a rip off BMMMH. Edited May 25, 2022 by Stellaboz 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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