the snudge Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 5 hours ago, Jan Vojáček said: Funnily enough victim of his own success is a line that plays a big role in that article. I genuinely think he's one of the best managers we've had in terms of recruitment. His first signing was Pat Walker - and what a masterstroke that proved! He had a superb eye for a player when you look at his signings; Prunts, Aggy, Kevin Nicol, Alan Lithgow, Jamie Ewings, Craig Dargo, Jim Lister, Chris Turner, Andy Graham and Garry of course. He was also the manager who brought through the likes of Nicky Devlin and Tony Wallace, he played McNiff regularly for the first time and got Jon McShane firing in a way nobody really has since. He also had no fear playing 16-year-old (or was he 17 by that point, I forget?) Ryan Finnie in the playoff final. Who looked like a future Scotland star at the time. Even one of his biggest flops is now a Premiership regular - Jordan White. He was probably out of his depth in the Championship. But he left a major legacy at DFC - and he wasn't scared to give young players a chance which, given we were in a relegation battle when he came in, was commendable. What's he doing now out of curiosity? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Just now, the snudge said: What's he doing now out of curiosity? Happily retired and was playing golf all day when I called him! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 1 hour ago, the snudge said: What's he doing now out of curiosity? Reinvented himself as Adam Alanson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Walked past QPR’s ground today and there was quite a lot of people queueing up for season tickets. Can’t imagine there’s anything more than tumbleweed down at the rock. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, FifeSons said: Walked past QPR’s ground today and there was quite a lot of people queueing up for season tickets. Can’t imagine there’s anything more than tumbleweed down at the rock. Not this week anyway. Closed yesterday for the bank holiday (that was postponed til the end of the week), closed tomorrow for staff training and closed Friday for the Jubilee. We don't make it easy for folk to turn up and give us money do we? Should be open as often as possible, including at least 2 midweek evenings per month, during the summer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 4 minutes ago, BallochSonsFan said: Not this week anyway. Closed yesterday for the bank holiday (that was postponed til the end of the week), closed tomorrow for staff training and closed Friday for the Jubilee. We don't make it easy for folk to turn up and give us money do we? Should be open as often as possible, including at least 2 midweek evenings per month, during the summer. It's just as well I read this, there was a supplier from Lanarkshire due thro tomorrow to deliver 150th merchandise - I'll need to alert him and rearrange a date in November. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thommo90 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Anyone know how ST sales are going? Has anyone bought one who originally said they wouldn't? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'mon_the_Sons Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 26 minutes ago, Thommo90 said: Anyone know how ST sales are going? Has anyone bought one who originally said they wouldn't? No idea how sales are going except I haven’t renewed mine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: It's just as well I read this, there was a supplier from Lanarkshire due thro tomorrow to deliver 150th merchandise - I'll need to alert him and rearrange a date in November. They've changed the previous story. It's now "open, but staff training will be taking place". Originally it was closed for staff training. Facebook post announcing it as closed on wednesday is still up: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 It’s also pretty poor, though not surprising, that they haven’t acknowledged supporter emails expressing concern. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 3 hours ago, BallochSonsFan said: They've changed the previous story. It's now "open, but staff training will be taking place". Originally it was closed for staff training. Facebook post announcing it as closed on wednesday is still up: Thanks, but I've already put the guy off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWL Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Thommo90 said: Anyone know how ST sales are going? Has anyone bought one who originally said they wouldn't? I've not done so yet but will probably concede and just get one eventually. Won't be doing usual shirt sponsorship etc. Edited May 31, 2022 by PWL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the snudge Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 No response from the club from my email. They can't be that skint if they're willing to chuck money away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 No response from the club from my email. They can't be that skint if they're willing to chuck money away. The club's financial year ends today according to companies house so we might find out soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, the snudge said: No response from the club from my email. They can't be that skint if they're willing to chuck money away. Maybe the staff are getting Outlook training. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 (edited) Didn’t someone say a while ago that the woman who deals with the emails (or at least used to) , the general manager, I think, is really good pals with Farrell and actually had a big say in his appointment? Apologies if I've misremembered that. Its pretty poor from the club, though, not to even bother with a cursory "sorry to hear that, we hope to see you back soon". Its not like we have a particularly big fan base. Edited May 31, 2022 by FifeSons 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWL Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 7 hours ago, FifeSons said: Didn’t someone say a while ago that the woman who deals with the emails (or at least used to) , the general manager, I think, is really good pals with Farrell and actually had a big say in his appointment? Apologies if I've misremembered that. To be fair, I don't think any of us criticised the appointment at the time. And we were all delighted at the pre season signings in stark contrast to the previous last minute Duffy exit trial squad fillers. And the decent start to the season had me looking forward to mid table mediocrity/sneaking a play off spot. Alas..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 1 hour ago, PWL said: To be fair, I don't think any of us criticised the appointment at the time. And we were all delighted at the pre season signings in stark contrast to the previous last minute Duffy exit trial squad fillers. And the decent start to the season had me looking forward to mid table mediocrity/sneaking a play off spot. Alas..... Don't disagree with any of that. However I do question how staff at the club currently view his performance. There's nobody really there with football knowledge to question how he's doing and all you've got then is staff members saying he's brilliant because he's a good guy to work with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrobell Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Just seen the commercial catalogue demoted a league but prices have risen at times between 50 to 100 per cent 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, PWL said: To be fair, I don't think any of us criticised the appointment at the time. And we were all delighted at the pre season signings in stark contrast to the previous last minute Duffy exit trial squad fillers. And the decent start to the season had me looking forward to mid table mediocrity/sneaking a play off spot. Alas..... I criticised the appointment on here. I was happy enough with the signings, though. I still think he should’ve been able to get a lot more out of them. If he could organise a defence, we might have stayed up. Edited June 1, 2022 by FifeSons 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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