Kyle Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Great news Fingers crossed the nucleas of the squad will follow suit shortly - certainly seems to be a happy camp at Dumbarton. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Never in doubt... knew it all along. Seriously though I was convinced he was offski due to his stalling on the new deal. Absolutely delighted, lets hope Butcher can hang onto his job now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Also well done to the board for concluding the deal! We're quick to criticise so credit where it's due. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Murray signs two year deal! Here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 As I said in their thread on the Premiership forum, I think it isn't out of the question to suggest that Murray has bigger ambitions than to St Mirren. Fantastic bit of business by Dumbarton if he can continue on the same path. Shite news for clubs like ourselves given Dumbarton continued to look so strong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowden til i die Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 What more can Murray achieve? I think he may be making a mistake signing a two year deal. Next season the league will be much stronger and they will be aiming for 8th place. If Cowden go down 9th would be a very real possibility. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordo1872 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I knew he wouldn't let me down. Great news from the club, and lets not gloss over the importance of itbeing a TWO YEAR deal. If he goes during that spell we'll be compensated accordingly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordo1872 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 What more can Murray achieve? I think he may be making a mistake signing a two year deal. Next season the league will be much stronger and they will be aiming for 8th place. If Cowden go down 9th would be a very real possibility. Alternatively, you could look at it as a no lose position for Murray. If we are relegated next season people will point to it having been a far tougher league. If he keeps us up it'll be hailed as yet another achievement, what with it being a tougher league and all that...! Contrast that with a move to St Mirren where a top-six finish would have been an achievement, but a tough call. Anything less would have been a steop back from what Lennon achieved. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 What more can Murray achieve? I think he may be making a mistake signing a two year deal. Next season the league will be much stronger and they will be aiming for 8th place. If Cowden go down 9th would be a very real possibility. Another season of safety will see him lauded as a miracle worker. Relegation wont see his reputation shattered due to the strength of the league. If we hold onto him for a full season i'll be surprised. Although he is only 33 and still has a lot to learn, I think he knows that himself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 What more can Murray achieve? I think he may be making a mistake signing a two year deal. Next season the league will be much stronger and they will be aiming for 8th place. If Cowden go down 9th would be a very real possibility. Promotion next season then the SPL the season after that. In all seriousness though if he keeps us in the league next season with Rangers, Hearts and possibly Hibs and then we have another season like this (maybe even pushing more for the playoffs) then he will have acheived more than most and will then be ready for a bigger gig unlike some in the SPL who after winning a diddy league in one season with a full time team immediately jumps ship *Cough* Allan Johnston *Cough* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 What more can Murray achieve? I think he may be making a mistake signing a two year deal. Next season the league will be much stronger and they will be aiming for 8th place. If Cowden go down 9th would be a very real possibility. As others have said, staying up next year will be an achievement. Keeping Dumbarton in next years Championship I think would look better on his CV than doing the same with St. Mirren in the Premiership. The two year deal is protection for both club and manager. Murray's job is completely safe and even if he takes us down next year I can't see him being sacked. If he improves again then a club will come in for him and we won't be difficult to deal with in letting him move on, but by getting him on the two year deal it gives us a bit of leverage when negotiating. Well done the board, can't wait to see what squad we build this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Made my day, week, month & year that news. Cap doffed to all concerned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersons Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Great news to all concerned, pleased!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punk_dfc Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Well done to Dumbarton for wrapping that one up. Believed he was going to St Mirren, given yesterday's news. Best of luck for next season, grown quite fond of your team this year 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 What more can Murray achieve? I think he may be making a mistake signing a two year deal. Next season the league will be much stronger and they will be aiming for 8th place. If Cowden go down 9th would be a very real possibility. Will it ? Hearts replace Dundee and may be better than Dundee but that's by no means certain given the financial restraints. Anyway Dundee took twelve points off us so we can only do better against Hearts. Rangers replace Morton and that's obviously going to be harder. Having said that Morton took six points off us. So if we can take six points from our four games against Hearts and Rangers we are no worse off than this season. If Hibs win the play off we still have Hamilton/Falkirk and if Cowdenbeath beat Dunfermline we still have you lot. Even if Dunfermline win I doubt if they will be any better than you have been this season. So all this talk about it being a much harder division for us doesn't really stack up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimistic Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Thank u Ian Murray Well done the board/was a tough ask Shittin it last night Finally.......phewwww!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowden til i die Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Keeping Dumbo in the league with an 8th place finish won't raises the eyebrows the way this season has. If he takes you down then people won't be fawning all over him regardless of past achievements. To say next season's league won't be stronger is ridiculous. Hearts and Rangers will be far stronger than any team currently in the league. Add Hibs to that and that's 3 stronger teams. If Dunfermline came up it would also reduce the number of part time teams. So it absolutely does 'stack up'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Congrat's to the Sons for securing the services of (IMO) the best manager in the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 (edited) Keeping Dumbo in the league with an 8th place finish won't raises the eyebrows the way this season has. If he takes you down then people won't be fawning all over him regardless of past achievements. If there was Hearts, Rangers, Hibs and Dunfermline in the league then I think an 8th place finish would be a great achievement, it would mean finishing above at least 1 full-time team again. If he takes us down then he's got a year to try and get us back up. I do think if we get off to a good start though it's unlikely he'll see out the season with us but I said that last season so what do I know. Edited May 13, 2014 by The Moonster 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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