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Thoroughly enjoyed watching that today, especially the second half. Hitting a bit of form just when needed

An incredible pod cast, he’s came through so much hardship yet is still so positive, comes across as a lovely guy

Both her and Demi are delighted with their pin

We did that on Tuesday

RAITH had us sussed, doubled up on Fitzy and stopped our wing play and ended our threat till we went 3-5-2. The goal a mistake by Neilson losing his man, their only other 2 attempts were 2 goalkeeper errors, coming out then stopping and getting left in no man’s land, and the poor kick out from a poor back pass. We could have sneaked a point at the end but it would only have papered over cracks. 2 center half’s out no decent keeper with 1 injured, with 1 just returned from injury Back up striker injured I honestly think he needs to start getting Stanway and MacKenzie and Diack more into the team, as currently it’s stale and lack of competition isn’t helping. Our form isn’t only abysmal it’s worrying as we may not only be 1 point from falling out the playoffs after Saturday but could also be only 8 points away from falling into the wrong playoff if results go wrong.

Far better performance today. Team fought for everything, looked solid

Send him a letter c/o HMP Barlinnie.

Sorry you’re making this up now. You have an agenda against certain board members and a big chip on your shoulder over your friend McCall getting let go last year. I’m off this thread as it’s pointless

The option is give him a bit of time, like McCall was given, even after a relegation

Jim we are trying to build up cash reserves of which we had none. We may have money but none available to spend. Cash income isn’t steady over the season it’s front end loaded (Season tickets and sponsorship) and tail end loaded (prize money). Our outgoings though are continual, and we can get unexpected hits to this via postponements due to weather etc, or game’s getting moved to Fridays to suit TV (which we get nothing extra for except less hospitality and less walk up fans especially away fans). The building of reserves builds us a safety net for the peaks and troughs of income vs expenditure.

I’m not sure where the several hundreds of thousands comes from. We got around £200k against Rangers because Ibrox was full and game was on TV. Parkhead is rarely half full for cup games against lower league opposition and game may not have been selected for TV. Yes it cost us money, but all managers make mistakes or get outfoxed by opposition managers which makes their decision the wrong one. Sacking a manager every time they made a decision would have teams changing managers fortnightly. He got it spot on against County, did we offer him a rise? We can’t go calling for his head in one cup game as decisions cost us money, where the previous cup game his decisions made us money.

That’s maybe how business worked in the Victorian age, but not in the 21st century.. Every person at every level makes mistakes except 2 categories, liars and folk who do nothing. If a culture is bred where a mistake gets you booted, then mistakes are hidden, decisions never taken and you can’t keep staff or attract staff. Plus company basically stops as no one will make that call due to it potentially being their last. The encouragement to learn from mistakes and be open about them is written into the guiding policies for most businesses within their 9001/9100 systems, HR and ethical protocols. In all the businesses I deal with I have never seen a culture of make a mistake and be fired, continually make them yes, break cardinal rules yes, but not have a culture where folk are terrified to make a decision in case it’s wrong then they are gone. And as an ex Shop Steward the movement would never had allowed that to exist either.

The Morton fans were wanting Imrie sacked before Xmas

And there lies the problem. Holt was our best defender by a country mile last season, and Neilson is this season, but Holts a better defender than Neilsen, add to that Milne isn’t the same player since his injury and Muirhead is another year older and slower. Then we have the keeper situation, not one of the 3 I’d say are first choice material, would anyone play them in front of a Cerny, a Tuffy, an Arthur or a Murdoch?

Last October into November 18 goals in 5 games 4 at Aberdeen 4 against Queens Park 4 at Ayr 3 at Raith 3 at Dundee Then 2 at Morton It still doesn’t make last 4 games any better conceding 13 goals