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anyone have any luck buying the parstv livestream from overseas? says on their Facebook page that its available but only audio shows up on the website?

Not supposed to be a debate on footballing merits of sacking McCall or not, but perhaps more accurately you could say that without an exceptional replacement lined up to take over immediately, and without a transfer window or funds to make squad changes, then the likelihood is that our league position at season end would be as good under McCall is it will be under Doolan or any other replacement. It might work out differently of course, but looking at it rationally I think this would be a fair analysis. Maybe the club has an excellent replacement lined up this week, but it doesn't seem like it, and such replacements generally cost money which we don't have. This should be taken in context of the rest of my post, re club stability and authority of the board to make such a decision...i.e. such a major decision shouldn't be made by this board at this time unless there are very clear justifications for it and a solid plan for how things are going to be better under a new manager

In about 10 years of being on this forum I've made something like 5 posts, but the sacking of McCall in the context of the current ownership and financial position is worthy of comment from any jags fan. I think the substance of the merits of sacking Ian McCall for his football performance is a separate discussion from the debate around how it was carried out and why it was done now, and it's important to make that distinction. My view is that the ownership and control of our club is in a state of flux. We have an interim board and are on the path to some form of fan ownership. The level of turmoil involved in changing the board should not be underestimated, nor should the task facing the new board of getting up to speed on running the club, without mentioning the potential financial challenges. In this context, we should have been seeking stability in as many areas as possible - which would have meant Ian McCall remaining as manager, at least until the end of the season. Realistically, no replacement now (whether Dools or otherwise) is going to win the league, and the likelihood is that McCall would have secured top 4. Further, we should be seriously questioning who decided the sacking and on what authority? The new board was stated as being "until the end of the season", with Duncan Smilie as "interim chair" (and not majority shareholder therefore unlikely to be able to "control" the board/club). Assuming standard procedures, the board will decide matters by majority-- and remembering also that the PTFC Trust are majority shareholder so they maintain ultimate power to do what they want. No sacking would be possible without PTFC Trust agreement - is this a decision any inexperienced directors should be making within weeks of joining the board? (Note - this is a general comment, not a specific dig at PTFC Trust directors). Many comments on this forum seem to focus on the power of the board to make all decisions (both this and previous boards). This underestimates the role of our CEO.. in most businesses it would be the CEO who would lead such major decisions, perhaps requiring ultimate sign-off from the board for major matters, but in any event the CEO would be deeply involved. Lastly, the timing immediately after the Rangers game was just weird. As was the need for a follow-up statement on Monday (if you need to issue a follow-up statement your first one probably wasn't very good). In conclusion, regardless of your footballing view on Ian McCall and the managerial team, this is an extremely strange decision in the context of the stability of the club and the questionable authority of the interim board, which should make all of us concerned. If, as has been suggested, there was some form of "termination" clause when the team dropped out of the top 4 then that might help explain things (particularly if it saves us compensation money) but the board/CEO should have made that clear in its statements. This turned into a long essay -- will return to following the board in an observational capacity.

Hi- in desperate need of a way to watch the game this evening. Had assumed ICT would be offering a stream but seems not. I am overseas (Sweden) and recently its not been possible to access BBC even through a VPN, but will try another one of those if no other options.

Great stuff. I live in Stockholm now so this is very cool to see. There are a few folk here who recall "a crazy Scottish guy with a great left foot" (aka Chic Charnley) who had a stint with Djurgården in the 90s.

another £10 added. Will be luck if I make it up for more than 1 or 2 games this season so nice to be able to chip in this way - great idea.