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5 minutes ago, Big Fifer said:

If you let 3 players go on £50 a week, then bring in 6 players on 5 times that, moving players on is an infinitesimally small part of "the reason".

Nobody here has signed because they love East Fife or Darren Young. But lets just be honest about what Kelty are doing here.

It's not a dig. We've done it.  It's how we won the league in 2008. Wullie Gray came in and started spunking money around, using us as a wee side project for whatever beef he had with the Rovers at the time. We absolutely scooshed the league by about 20 points. Would we have done that without his cash? No. Would the players be there without being paid fat stacks more at East Fife than they were elsewhere? No. Why were they at East Fife? Money, pure and simple.

And that is exactly why these players are all going to Kelty. 

 

Exactly. If you're getting offered £300 a week at East Fife or Forfar and £500 a week at Kelty, most players are obviously going to take the higher offer (these are illustrative figures, don't go mental saying this or that team don't offer that amount please).

In the vast majority of cases, it doesn't matter one wee bit who the manager is in that scenario, could be Barry Ferguson, could be Peter Sutcliffe.

Barry Ferguson has never spent a single season as manager where he hasn't had the highest (or maybe second highest at a push) budget in the league he's in. It's laughable that the lure of playing under a manager who's never achieved anything despite significant financial advantages is significant at all.

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18 minutes ago, gogsy said:

Nobody says that's the whole reason ya nugget , its just part of the reason . As for the last part how many players sign for the love of East Fife and the blessed privilege of working under Darren Young :lol:

I don't imagine that's the primary reason why any players sign for East Fife. Might be a tie breaker in the scenario where players get similar offers from more than one club.

But to compare Darren Young's managerial career to Barry Ferguson's, let's remind ourselves ofthe season where they both made their managerial debuts... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014–15_Scottish_League_Two.

Barry Ferguson's overspending, under-achieving Clyde side finish 5 places and 24 points behind Darren Young's championship-winning Albion Rovers side.

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https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/sport/football/ryan-wallace-and-danny-denholm-first-to-arrive-at-east-fife-1-4926305

 

"Title winners Danny Denholm and Ryan Wallace will be aiming to make it a double with East Fife when the new season starts.

Both players, who lifted the League One championship with Arbroath, have agreed to play in the black and gold next year.

Manager Darren Young knows them well, particularly Wallace who played under him at Albion Rovers.

The striker scored 35 goals in 54 appearances during his first run at the club between February 2011 and May 2012.

The Bayview boss said: “He always seemed to score against us and I know what he’ll bring, so will the fans from his previous spell.

“He’s a quality striker.”

Denholm previously played for Livingston in between two spells at Forfar Athletic.

“Danny is a very good winger and can be one of the best in the league,” added Young.

“He can also play through the middle for us.

“Both are really good characters for the dressing room and, as well as that, are good professionals to have at the club.

“I’m delighted to get them.”

Young is still keen to add further to his squad and has been speaking to players since the end of the campaign.

A goalkeeper is next on the shopping list with the boss hopeful of adding someone to challenge Brett Long in the coming days.

Mark Docherty is still mulling over his options while Chris Higgins, who joined the club on loan from Ayr towards the end of last season, has been offered a deal by the Methil club.

One player who won’t be returning to Fife next season, though, is influential defender Daryll Meggatt who has accepted an offer elsewhere for work reasons.

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Just out of interest, why did we decide to all of a sudden make Sparky a central midfielder and Pat a left back this season? I feel like that question has never really been asked. :lol:

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https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/sport/football/ryan-wallace-and-danny-denholm-first-to-arrive-at-east-fife-1-4926305
 
"Title winners Danny Denholm and Ryan Wallace will be aiming to make it a double with East Fife when the new season starts.
Both players, who lifted the League One championship with Arbroath, have agreed to play in the black and gold next year.
Manager Darren Young knows them well, particularly Wallace who played under him at Albion Rovers.
The striker scored 35 goals in 54 appearances during his first run at the club between February 2011 and May 2012.
The Bayview boss said: “He always seemed to score against us and I know what he’ll bring, so will the fans from his previous spell.
“He’s a quality striker.”
Denholm previously played for Livingston in between two spells at Forfar Athletic.
“Danny is a very good winger and can be one of the best in the league,” added Young.
“He can also play through the middle for us.
“Both are really good characters for the dressing room and, as well as that, are good professionals to have at the club.
“I’m delighted to get them.”
Young is still keen to add further to his squad and has been speaking to players since the end of the campaign.
A goalkeeper is next on the shopping list with the boss hopeful of adding someone to challenge Brett Long in the coming days.
Mark Docherty is still mulling over his options while Chris Higgins, who joined the club on loan from Ayr towards the end of last season, has been offered a deal by the Methil club.
One player who won’t be returning to Fife next season, though, is influential defender Daryll Meggatt who has accepted an offer elsewhere for work reasons.


Falkirk are winning the league next season and whoever loses the play off final 2nd. Play offs will have to be the aim surely
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Falkirk are winning the league next season and whoever loses the play off final 2nd. Play offs will have to be the aim surely

You say that.... but raith surely can’t keep up with their current spend and look at what you achieved this year. Probably anyone’s game. Remember raith didn’t even come second this season [emoji102]
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1 hour ago, sirscottyoung said:


You say that.... but raith surely can’t keep up with their current spend and look at what you achieved this year. Probably anyone’s game. Remember raith didn’t even come second this season emoji102.png

And we still finished well above you!

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Falkirk are winning the league next season and whoever loses the play off final 2nd. Play offs will have to be the aim surely
Realistically, I would agree on the Falkirk point, but they are another club who piled all the eggs in one basket, then closed down the chicken farm. Now they have to buy their eggs!
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Realistically, I would agree on the Falkirk point, but they are another club who piled all the eggs in one basket, then closed down the chicken farm. Now they have to buy their eggs!

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16 hours ago, 1320Lichtie said:

 


Falkirk are winning the league next season and whoever loses the play off final 2nd. Play offs will have to be the aim surely

 

Will be interesting to see who/how Falkirk recruit, and their level of squad depth. Keep a few of the 'bigger' names on decent wages and you are maybe struggling to balance the books and the squad, but you hit the league with enough quality that in all probability you go back up.  An injury to a couple of the high earners and all of a sudden you are in trouble, Raith have effectively shown that over the last couple of seasons.

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