Bullyweeno1 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 3 hours ago, JIMMY CHOO said: I think you make some great points but the best we can hope for is not to get relegated and how poor is that.DL has cleared out a lot of the dead wood but does he have the money to improve on the squad he had last season.I think not.I was at the Q&A and he has a relegation budget. Yeah we are going to struggle this year I think. Overall the league is stronger with the additions of QOS, Dunfermline, Kelty and Edinburgh City Then you have Montrose and Airdrie who will both be strong if they retain their squad Also think Falkirk will be a lot better with McGlynn in charge. That just leaves us, Alloa and Peterhead. Think will between those three and Edinburgh City for the bottom 2 places. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMMY CHOO Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 7 hours ago, Bullyweeno1 said: Yeah we are going to struggle this year I think. Overall the league is stronger with the additions of QOS, Dunfermline, Kelty and Edinburgh City Then you have Montrose and Airdrie who will both be strong if they retain their squad Also think Falkirk will be a lot better with McGlynn in charge. That just leaves us, Alloa and Peterhead. Think will between those three and Edinburgh City for the bottom 2 places. It is going to be a tough season and these next signings will be crucial. Lets be honest the squad needed major surgery. Some of our best players were out injured for much of last season and the squad had no depth. Hopefully DL will get the recruitment right. This will be a challenge just to stay in the league next season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocelot1877 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 13 hours ago, JIMMY CHOO said: Lots of good points but even the juniors and the lowland league pay their players more than Clyde.How feked up is that If you look at the Lowland League/ West of Scotland clubs in some cases they are bankrolled by external people like Darvel. Then you have teams like Pollok, Talbot etc who carry a support similar to what Clyde had in League 2 and maybe more than other league 2 teams. Talbot, Pollok etc make the most of cups and budget to be competitive and push in the league, these teams also own their own grounds and are very well ran off the park. Ultimately I wouldn’t say it’s surprising that they can offer good wages but I’d be surprised if their top end earners were earning the same as Clydes top earners, but those teams are also more attractive because they are competitive and players would rather be winning and going for silverware and making decent money. Being involved at the wrong end of the table and battling for points in front of an angry support isn’t attractive for some players. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMMY CHOO Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 2 hours ago, Ocelot1877 said: If you look at the Lowland League/ West of Scotland clubs in some cases they are bankrolled by external people like Darvel. Then you have teams like Pollok, Talbot etc who carry a support similar to what Clyde had in League 2 and maybe more than other league 2 teams. Talbot, Pollok etc make the most of cups and budget to be competitive and push in the league, these teams also own their own grounds and are very well ran off the park. Ultimately I wouldn’t say it’s surprising that they can offer good wages but I’d be surprised if their top end earners were earning the same as Clydes top earners, but those teams are also more attractive because they are competitive and players would rather be winning and going for silverware and making decent money. Being involved at the wrong end of the table and battling for points in front of an angry support isn’t attractive for some players. I think you have touched on the point of owning your own stadium and at Clyde it will never happen unfortunately as they don't have the finances .The club live from hand to mouth and the players leaving to play in lower leagues for more money is a lack of ambition on the players part. Ready to start a new season and the realisation its going to be tough with the level of competition we will be up against is soul destroying but i hope DL signs some good players to allow us to compete. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob731 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 I fear that the job this year will be even out with Danny’s capabilities. We’ll be favourites for relegation let’s be under no illusion. I really fear the worst this season due to some of the teams in the league this year. Absolutely fascinating though how this league is going to play out . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Carrigan Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Yeah, it’s going to be another season where we have to hope at least one team has an absolute nuke. Depending on the next few bits of recruitment, we’ll be (correctly imho) favourites to finish rock bottom, so we really need to be pulling something out the bag. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLClyde Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Depends who signs who but I’m struggling to see how Edinburgh city won’t be favourites to go straight back down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignoramus Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 (edited) I’m not so sure about that. I’d agree that that EC and Peterhead will be the obvious targets to finish above to try and stay up but Peterhead have always had the wool over us in the key games and I think EC will be well backed and are in a good geographic area for players. Edited May 24 by Ignoramus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Phillips Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Looks to be an exciting group.Hibs and Bonnyrigg away please 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullyweehutch Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Group draw 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macclyde+ Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 35 minutes ago, Jack Phillips said: Looks to be an exciting group. Hibs and Bonnyrigg away please Do we split the gate in this Cup too ? If so would want the Dons away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullyweehutch Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Do we split the gate in this Cup too ? If so would want the Dons away. Dons are in Group A 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only one David Marsh Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Just now, bullyweehutch said: Dons are in Group A Greenock Mordons? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullyweehutch Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Greenock Mordons?Hibernidons 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adolfo Rios Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Donnyrigg Rose 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Phillips Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Do we split the gate in this Cup too ? If so would want the Dons away. Unfortunately we are Clyde mate. So we are in group D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLClyde Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Willie Muir, Peter Grant, Stuart Morrison, Darren Lyon, Bob McHugh, Jai Quitongo, Will Baynham, Grant Gillespie, and Michael Doyle. Few in that list released from Queens Park I’d take. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Phillips Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Maybe Ray could persuade his brother into joining us. Bob McHugh would be a fantastic signing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_bully_wee Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 There's not a single one of those I wouldn't take. Doubt we will end up with any of them, mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullyWeeStonehouse Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Really struggling to see how we will be relegation favourites over Edinburgh City. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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