Bold Rover Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 11 minutes ago, Aloysius Snuffleupagus said: Indeed, but only because the club had failed to give him indication that he'd be kept on after January. Embarrassing PR again from Rovers. Also a bit surprised that the new manager wouldn't consider giving Scott a go for next year. Is he any worse than the myriad of Tier 3 juniors that we're signing? Trouten apart, McLaughlin was the only Kerr signing who would have made 5/10 for last season. It remains to be seen if we've recruited a better left back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda8 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 9 hours ago, drs said: He couldn't get Lanark out of the bottom league, he was let go by Wishaw - not exactly sure how he has been effective over the last decade or so. Heard rumours of player revolt caused the parting at Wishaw. this appointment still seems unbelievable, people in the junior game are still stunned at this, especially given the names linked. Did nobody want the job and he was last man standing ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankhamen Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 On 10 June 2018 at 22:28, Yoda8 said: Heard rumours of player revolt caused the parting at Wishaw. this appointment still seems unbelievable, people in the junior game are still stunned at this, especially given the names linked. Did nobody want the job and he was last man standing ? He wasn't the only Junior manager to throw his hat in the ring. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda8 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Tutankhamen said: He wasn't the only Junior manager to throw his hat in the ring. What other junior managers went for it. surely they weren’t operating at a lower level than Wishaw 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pastmaster Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 Didn`t Wishaw get to the semi finals of the Junior Cup ?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an86 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Gus signed McLaughlin for QOS. We have no players. We’ll be crying out for experience. Would sign. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLClyde Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Scott McLaughlin was terrible for us 2 years ago when we nearly finished bottom, admittedly in a terrible team. Couldnt believe Albion signed 3 of that team in McLaughlin, Higgins and perry. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
++Ammo - Airdrie++ Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Scott McLaughlin was terrible for us 2 years ago when we nearly finished bottom, admittedly in a terrible team. Couldnt believe Albion signed 3 of that team in McLaughlin, Higgins and perry. I always liked McLaughlin for Airdrie. His attitude and commitment (Imo) couldn't be questioned and always put a shift in. Obviously a few years older now but I still reckon he could do a job in L2, especially for a QP, Edinburgh or similar.Failing that, I can see him heading to a BSC Glasgow or an East Stirling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_the_rover Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Heard rumours of player revolt caused the parting at Wishaw. this appointment still seems unbelievable, people in the junior game are still stunned at this, especially given the names linked. Did nobody want the job and he was last man standing ? Wasn't rumours was reported in the papers the players wernt happy with training and spat the dummy went to the club comitee Sent from my SM-G960F using Pie and Bovril mobile app 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydee Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Wasn't rumours was reported in the papers the players wernt happy with training and spat the dummy went to the club comitee Sent from my SM-G960F using Pie and Bovril mobile app Can’t see there being the same issues at The Rovers though, most guys at this level should be looking after themselves away from training allowing the manager to work on shape, tactics etc. At the junior level sometimes the only training guys do is the 2 sessions a week (if they even make both) so training has to involve a lot of fitness work which most players don’t like. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Vic Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 17 hours ago, Aloysius Snuffleupagus said: Indeed, but only because the club had failed to give him indication that he'd be kept on after January. Embarrassing PR again from Rovers. Also a bit surprised that the new manager wouldn't consider giving Scott a go for next year. Is he any worse than the myriad of Tier 3 juniors that we're signing? PR has never been Rovers strong point but we just seem to stagger from one disaster to another of late. Of course the current manager should have contacted McLaughlin to tell him he wasn't in his plans- could have been dealt with so easily. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Vic Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 28 minutes ago, Chris_the_rover said: Wasn't rumours was reported in the papers the players wernt happy with training and spat the dummy went to the club comitee Sent from my SM-G960F using Pie and Bovril mobile app Any indication of what the complaint was for? Training was too hard, too easy, too complicated, too shite? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
++Ammo - Airdrie++ Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Apparently one of the sessions a week (for 3 weeks) was building the managers new rockery in his garden. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pastmaster Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 Humping rocks - good for abs and upper body strength......lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pastmaster Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 From Albion Rovers FC website 11th June 201811th June 2018 rovers The club would like to issue the following statement. All player and coach contracts expired at end of season 2017/18. As soon as our new manager was appointed, the club secretary made contact with all players via their internal mobile training App to invite them to meet and have discussions with the new manager. There were also discussions between individual players on the clubs’ future plans. Some players attended the meeting with the new manager, some made different arrangements with John while others declined the invitation and a few didn’t respond. We at that point presumed those not contacting the club did not wish to be involved with ARFC next season. Scott McLaughlin has now spoken to the club and we intend to move on and look forward to next season. We have spoken to the PFA and they are more than happy that we did everything reasonable to contact all the players. We at Albion Rovers pride ourselves on being an open, community minded club and wish Scott all the best for his future and thank him for his time at Albion Rovers FC. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pastmaster Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 Further to the above - the story regarding Scott McLaughlin was first broken by the Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser Mark Pirie who did not contact Rovers for their side of the story. Subsequently to the paper appearing with the article the Rovers tried to get in touch with Pirie but he never returned their calls.....hey ho...never let the truth get in the way of a good story...eh Mark 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda8 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 1 hour ago, The Pastmaster said: Further to the above - the story regarding Scott McLaughlin was first broken by the Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser Mark Pirie who did not contact Rovers for their side of the story. Subsequently to the paper appearing with the article the Rovers tried to get in touch with Pirie but he never returned their calls.....hey ho...never let the truth get in the way of a good story...eh Mark What about the story is untrue? They didn’t even have McLaughlin phone number? Dont let your love for the club blind you or you’ll end up like Rangers fans. the club have behaved poorly, putting a message in a “internal mobile group” ,think that’s a WhatsApp group chat to the rest of the world, surely the new manager or staff should have went out their way to call boys personally. Its not like they’re busy conducting multi million pound deals across continents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda8 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 7 hours ago, Chris_the_rover said: Wasn't rumours was reported in the papers the players wernt happy with training and spat the dummy went to the club comitee Sent from my SM-G960F using Pie and Bovril mobile app That’s what I heard also. The baw will be sare was what one junior fan said about playing style. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pastmaster Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 `Its not like they’re busy conducting multi million pound deals across continents.` Nah....just fighting off the vultures of RBS......................... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Oracle Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 From Albion Rovers FC website11th June 201811th June 2018 rovers The club would like to issue the following statement. All player and coach contracts expired at end of season 2017/18. As soon as our new manager was appointed, the club secretary made contact with all players via their internal mobile training App to invite them to meet and have discussions with the new manager. There were also discussions between individual players on the clubs’ future plans. Some players attended the meeting with the new manager, some made different arrangements with John while others declined the invitation and a few didn’t respond. We at that point presumed those not contacting the club did not wish to be involved with ARFC next season. Scott McLaughlin has now spoken to the club and we intend to move on and look forward to next season. We have spoken to the PFA and they are more than happy that we did everything reasonable to contact all the players. We at Albion Rovers pride ourselves on being an open, community minded club and wish Scott all the best for his future and thank him for his time at Albion Rovers FC. What an embarrassing word salad of a statement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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