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Here's how the team is shaping up for the new season:

Goalkeepers
Graeme Smith

Defenders
Creag Little (signed from Queen's Park)
Andy Munro
Jonathan Tiffoney

Midfielders
Ryan Blair
Thomas Halleran
Chris Kane (signed from Edinburgh City)
Callum Tapping (signed from Forfar Athletic)

Forwards
Botti Biabi
David Hopkirk
Mark McGuigan
Tommy Muir (signed from Annan Athletic)
Greig Spence
Ryan Watters

Another defender and two or three more strikers and we should be good to go.

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9 minutes ago, Neilly said:

In fairness Hopkirk plays midfield, McGuigan will be away and Watters won't get a sniff so we are essentially rolling with three.

Can see us trying out a 4-3-3 next season. Chris Kane sitting in front of the defence, Callum Tapping and Ryan Blair doing things further forward, Botti Biabi and David Hopkirk wide forwards and Greig Spence, Tommy Muir and Mark McGuigan battling it out for the number 9 position!

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Stenhousemuir have a pretty tasty squad for the season ahead. Makes a difference to last season when noises were made about having money to spend and yet it all looked a bit Meh come August. 
 

You’ve got to expect Queen’s Park will have the best players but I think both Stenhousemuir and, if I can be objective, Stirling Albion are assembling a better quality of player than last season and will hopefully will be able to challenge at the top end. 

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For a few years we fell into the trap of waiting for a few quality players who ultimately got a better off elsewhere. As a result, we started the season with a fairly poor squad and improved as we made additions later on.

The players we have signed up are not exactly world beaters, but all solid League 2 players which is important as a shortened season gives less chance to rejig later on. Making the playoffs would be great but in this odd season, I'd take being nowhere near relegation as it felt rather nervy at points last season.

I suspect some of the teams will be awful and we'll be fine almost by default.

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1 hour ago, Vimto90 said:

Superb effort to those involved in doing it.

Can hopefully be something going forward for those further afield or on holiday etc that can't make it.

Plan is to live stream to our fans outwith the UK once the ban on streaming in the UK has been put back on. 

 

Looking forward to getting it all started

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Looking forward to the live streaming.

Will we be having multiple camera angles, Francesc Fabregas in the Observation Galley giving pre match, half time and full time analysis with maybe a few chosen fans and ex players adding their tuppence-worth. Could be in the running for a Bafta.

On a more serious note surely the season ticket holders could be socially distanced in the stand if we and other small clubs could get permission from the authorities. Clubs would have a record of the season ticket holder attending on their records for tracing purposes should there be a case of covid.

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49 minutes ago, Hard Graft said:

Looking forward to the live streaming.

Will we be having multiple camera angles, Francesc Fabregas in the Observation Galley giving pre match, half time and full time analysis with maybe a few chosen fans and ex players adding their tuppence-worth. Could be in the running for a Bafta.

On a more serious note surely the season ticket holders could be socially distanced in the stand if we and other small clubs could get permission from the authorities. Clubs would have a record of the season ticket holder attending on their records for tracing purposes should there be a case of covid.

We will have 4 cameras I think, not too sure about Craig being involved though 😂

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21 hours ago, CEMSFC said:

Plan is to live stream to our fans outwith the UK once the ban on streaming in the UK has been put back on. 

 

Looking forward to getting it all started

If fans aren't back in October, if someone in Scotland was to stumble upon a VPN, could they in theory watch the home games?

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VPN??? I think watching a VPL in stenny Asda for 5 minutes will be better than spending a year watching Scottish second division football on a smart phone or iPad. Surely if covid still around we can ban away fans and space out very very very widely in stand, terrace and behind other goals. Attend games in person but be as widely spaced as cattle ranchers living in Wyoming. If we have 2 years between real supporters at the game matches goodness knows what will come out of this

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2 hours ago, Am Featha *****h Nan Clach said:

If fans aren't back in October, if someone in Scotland was to stumble upon a VPN, could they in theory watch the home games?

If fans aren't back in, UK fans can watch without a VPN etc. Once the ban is put back on (When fans are back), then I'm not sure 

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