theoriginalhedge Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 4 hours ago, hedgeman83 said: fair point. Just seeing other teams signing players is making me want some news The news will be positive and worth the wait. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citydiehard Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 On 30/07/2020 at 14:49, hedgeman83 said: fair point. Just seeing other teams signing players is making me want some news The local junior side have made more signings and they don’t have a start date yet 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichtie78 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Enjoy connor coupe £250 pw 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Team in Angus Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 9 hours ago, Lichtie78 said: Enjoy connor coupe £250 pw If above is true and I don't doubt that he may be joining Brechin and he may turn out to be a great signing I really hope we are not paying money like that to a player that has really proved nothing so far in his short career, but could be that the new "committee" members are dipping into their pooches to help out. Mon the City 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citydiehard Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Best Team in Angus said: If above is true and I don't doubt that he may be joining Brechin and he may turn out to be a great signing I really hope we are not paying money like that to a player that has really proved nothing so far in his short career, but could be that the new "committee" members are dipping into their pooches to help out. Mon the City Maybe a certain committee member who sold his company for millions ,gave some to Brechin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm_1982 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Enjoy connor coupe £250 pwWhy would we pay £250 p/w to someone who, as someone else has mentioned, has proven nothing to be more than a bit-part player in league 1.We offered contract extensions to a handful of players weeks and weeks ago, how it is even possible that we’ve not heard whether they have signed or gone elsewhere yet?!Yes there is still plenty of time until the season starts but we are so far behind other teams yet again. That’s been several seasons now with different managers at the helm - where does the problem lie? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 2 hours ago, gm_1982 said: Why would we pay £250 p/w to someone who, as someone else has mentioned, has proven nothing to be more than a bit-part player in league 1. We offered contract extensions to a handful of players weeks and weeks ago, how it is even possible that we’ve not heard whether they have signed or gone elsewhere yet?! Yes there is still plenty of time until the season starts but we are so far behind other teams yet again. That’s been several seasons now with different managers at the helm - where does the problem lie? Basically no 1 priority has to be to get things properly sorted on the park both fitness and ability wise. Offering contracts to players who showed a wee bit of potential last season might be a bit risky IMO, but we do need a fair squad who are willing to fight for their place. There can be no passengers . I am sure talks are ongoing with new players and as is our policy , announcements won't be made until everything has been signed and finalised. We all thought last seasons signings were good on paper but it turned out quite a few were not up for the fight. Hopefully this year we manage to secure a few with an appetite .............................for football 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm_1982 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Basically no 1 priority has to be to get things properly sorted on the park both fitness and ability wise. Offering contracts to players who showed a wee bit of potential last season might be a bit risky IMO, but we do need a fair squad who are willing to fight for their place. There can be no passengers . I am sure talks are ongoing with new players and as is our policy , announcements won't be made until everything has been signed and finalised. We all thought last seasons signings were good on paper but it turned out quite a few were not up for the fight. Hopefully this year we manage to secure a few with an appetite .............................for football [emoji6] My point is that these players have been offered new contracts weeks ago - surely at least a few of these have signed by now?If they have only agreed and haven’t signed along the dotted line yet...why not? What is Mark and Stevie doing at the moment? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 15 hours ago, gm_1982 said: My point is that these players have been offered new contracts weeks ago - surely at least a few of these have signed by now? If they have only agreed and haven’t signed along the dotted line yet...why not? What is Mark and Stevie doing at the moment? It could be that the club might be liable to pay wages from the time players sign . Just a suggestion as I don't know about football contracts but I would assume pre season training would come under paid employment. The sensible thing therefore is to hold off on contract signing as long as possible in these uncertain times. I have heard that quite a number of new players have been earmarked so fingers crossed it is just a case of getting them signed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom & Gerry Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Once they start training you got to start paying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm_1982 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 It could be that the club might be liable to pay wages from the time players sign . Just a suggestion as I don't know about football contracts but I would assume pre season training would come under paid employment. The sensible thing therefore is to hold off on contract signing as long as possible in these uncertain times. I have heard that quite a number of new players have been earmarked so fingers crossed it is just a case of getting them signed. I’m assuming we’ll start paying as soon as per-season starts, just like any other season.I’m not expecting us to have most of our squad signed up yet like a number of teams have already but some progress on that front would be good, even a few new contracts signed to give us a base to build on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamnotgarybollan Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Why would we pay £250 p/w to someone who, as someone else has mentioned, has proven nothing to be more than a bit-part player in league 1.We offered contract extensions to a handful of players weeks and weeks ago, how it is even possible that we’ve not heard whether they have signed or gone elsewhere yet?!Yes there is still plenty of time until the season starts but we are so far behind other teams yet again. That’s been several seasons now with different managers at the helm - where does the problem lie?Harsh on Connor (the wage is maybe too much but he is better than a bit part player) he is a good player but hasn’t been given a proper run of starts. There were only a few forfar fans who were happy to see him goIf he signs he will do well for you and is a very likeable player 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm_1982 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Harsh on Connor (the wage is maybe too much but he is better than a bit part player) he is a good player but hasn’t been given a proper run of starts. There were only a few forfar fans who were happy to see him goIf he signs he will do well for you and is a very likeable playerWas only going by the number of substitute appearances over the last couple of years, which would be suggestive he wouldn’t be able to demand such a healthy part time wage. I’d expect someone like Jackson to be on that kind of figure.Not doubting at all he would be a good addition - we need fit guys who are willing to work hard. Last season we had too many players with decent pedigrees but just didn’t seem to give a flying f**k. Thankfully all of them are now gone and we’ve offered deals to those who had some heart whenever they played. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie king mvp Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Good to see the six lads who were offered new contracts have all signed. Lewis McMinn, Scott Reekie, Jonathan Page, Sean McIntosh, Ross Brown and Kieran Inglis. Really pleased that Inglis in particular has signed, I think he is a cracking wee player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm_1982 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Good to see the six lads who were offered new contracts have all signed. Lewis McMinn, Scott Reekie, Jonathan Page, Sean McIntosh, Ross Brown and Kieran Inglis. Really pleased that Inglis in particular has signed, I think he is a cracking wee player.Agree with that, think Inglis is a really tidy player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewan_fife Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Agree with that, think Inglis is a really tidy player.Sure we had him and Scott Reekie on trial along with a few others, Kieran was the standout of the trialists. I was disappointed we didn’t sign him 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City_slicker1906 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 The sounds at the Glebe will never be the same again.There will be managers (both visiting and Brechin), players, referees and linesmen (even on the hedge side line) that will even miss you.RIP Bob Black 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razamanaz Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Looking forward to the Kelty game? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 2 hours ago, razamanaz said: Looking forward to the Kelty game? A chance for the football to do the talking. Shame we won't be able to witness it in person. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cauliflower-HMFC Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Rory Currie will rip Kelty apart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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