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4 minutes ago, Cider man said:

Clarkson was about 100 years ago and Scottish football has got better since he played went to two Euroes and have more players playing in elite leagues throughout the world

I've already said think the club could afford David Watson but Lyall Cameron is available on a bosman and is also very good both will get goals from midfield and both are young enough too sell on and make a lot off money on if there successful like they should be

I don't think the money is there for Lennon Miller though but if he goes too Liverpool they'll be lots off teams in championship wanting him on loan

Clarkson was a good player. I was thinking about McInness buying half of the dross in Scotland!

You made me sit up after I watched that terrible game between the Dundee sides. You clearly have more insides than I do in the frozen north. (I have zero). 

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6 minutes ago, REDOXO said:

Clarion was a good player. I was thinking about McKinney buying half of the dross in Scotland!

McInnes couldn't shift the bloated squad that was here when he arrived as I've already explained he took Kilmarnock to Europe from Scottish Championship and is highly rated by Alex Ferguson we were just the wrong club for him

Where I live him and his wife own lots off property apparently there shity landlords 

But he has redeemed himself a bit Mowbray done same at Middlesbrough only a few made good 

My point is if your getting cheap players in on affordable managble wages even if they fail short off the division we can still sell them to league one or SPL teams and it's still clear profit 

How ever if they do make it we could have the next Lewis Ferguson or John McGinn on our hands it's all about development and them stepping up to the challenge 

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8 minutes ago, Cider man said:

McInnes couldn't shift the bloated squad that was here when he arrived as I've already explained he took Kilmarnock to Europe from Scottish Championship and is highly rated by Alex Ferguson we were just the wrong club for him

Where I live him and his wife own lots off property apparently there shity landlords 

But he has redeemed himself a bit Mowbray done same at Middlesbrough only a few made good 

My point is if your getting cheap players in on affordable managble wages even if they fail short off the division we can still sell them to league one or SPL teams and it's still clear profit 

How ever if they do make it we could have the next Lewis Ferguson or John McGinn on our hands it's all about development and them stepping up to the challenge 

I’m sure you have explained a lot but up until this week I’ve not noticed your posts. 
 

Im sure Mr McInnes has had some success in his career. 
 

Yes I I guess cheap is relative to something and wages will always be an issue. However punts were us this summer Armstrong Mayulu Yu were exactly that. It’s intriguing no one went north of the border. But I have no input into any of it and know little of what goes into player identification. Nevertheless Scotland has a storied history of producing players, perhaps you have a point about Scottish availability. 

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6 minutes ago, REDOXO said:

I’m sure you have explained a lot but up until this week I’ve not noticed your posts. 
 

Im sure Mr McInnes has had some success in his career. 
 

Yes I I guess cheap is relative to something and wages will always be an issue. However punts were us this summer Armstrong Mayulu Yu were exactly that. It’s intriguing no one went north of the border. But I have no input into any of it and know little of what goes into player identification. Nevertheless Scotland has a storied history of producing players, perhaps you have a point about Scottish availability. 

We seem to have a couple off Irish players so getting Scottish Welsh Northern Irish players in along with the English players is a good move especially with the new rules were it's hard too get Eastern European or African players to the club or Afro Caribbeans that don't have British passports 

England is a much bigger market place though completely understand that but there are good players in all the leagues 

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The boy from St Patrick’s is a sick note so far. Sykes if I remember correctly was from Oxford. The Scottish market in recent times has been ignored it seems. 
 

Time for a change perhaps as the Irish and Welsh lads probably have a better chance of cutting their teeth in Scotland. 

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1 minute ago, REDOXO said:

The boy from St Patrick’s is a sick note so far. Sykes if I remember correctly was from Oxford. The Scottish market in recent times has been ignored it seems. 
 

Time for a change perhaps as the Irish and Welsh lads probably have a better chance of cutting their teeth in Scotland. 

It's a good place too send players on loan too for game time for sure the club does that a lot not just this season and the games not that much different it's still physical and played with pace up here some different approaches too the game especially by the foreign managers some good some bad but it's certainly a place too learn 

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17 minutes ago, Cider man said:

It's a good place too send players on loan too for game time for sure the club does that a lot not just this season and the games not that much different it's still physical and played with pace up here some different approaches too the game especially by the foreign managers some good some bad but it's certainly a place too learn 

I thought SPH worked very hard with little, perhaps one decent ball. 
 

Yes I agree with your thrust if we can send kids on loan up there, there must be something up there to look at as well. 

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1 minute ago, REDOXO said:

I thought SPH worked very hard with little, perhaps one decent ball. 
 

Yes I agree with your thrust if we can send kids on loan up there, there must be something up there to look at as well. 

Cameron is there best player but Mulligan is very good too and when said would start him over McCrorie for Scotland genuinely meant it won't be long till Clarke looks at him too with Hickey out and Patterson lacking games and Johnston playing in Austria offers far more going forward anyway for me McCrorie is a better CDM but that is another story 

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1 minute ago, Cider man said:

Cameron is there best player but Mulligan is very good too and when said would start him over McCrorie for Scotland genuinely meant it won't be long till Clarke looks at him too with Hickey out and Patterson lacking games and Johnston playing in Austria offers far more going forward anyway for me McCrorie is a better CDM but that is another story 

Good stuff. You should go to bed now. It’s still early where I am. Central Scotland not so much!

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1 minute ago, REDOXO said:

Good stuff. You should go to bed now. It’s still early where I am. Central Scotland not so much!

I will just watching a bit off YouTube but was good too talk to you

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2 minutes ago, Cider man said:

I will just watching a bit off YouTube but was good too talk to you

And you fella!

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On 06/01/2025 at 15:58, PFree said:

We have a population in Bristol alone of around 800,000 (which is similar to Manchester), but we have the whole of the South West in terms of potential new supporters!?

Errr...not sure we do. And Manc is part of a wider conurbation (Bury, Oldham, etc on their doorstep) in a traditionally football mad area. 

Part of our problem is our isolation - we don't have lots of surrounding teams, IMHO that means there's not 'fight for the top'. Being best out of the Slags, Swindle, (maybe) Baadiff and Newport isn't much of a challenge. 

As for the rest of the South West, I can't see the pastie-munching hoards (!) of Devon and Cornwall dragging up the M5 / various cart tracks to watch us.