Piracy

I'm not sticking up for David Cook but what you've heard may not be accurate, just saying. How does anyone know how transfer deals are conducted?, I'd have thought that's pretty confidential compared to most club business. Mind you maybe our negotiating style is a bit like a school dinners menu when I was at school, take it or leave it! I do remember Ross McArthur being quite clear about how frustrating dealing with players agents can be. If our club has a set budget and some agents want more then maybe it's right to walk away. My own thoughts are maybe we should be more ambitious with what's available to the manager and aim just a wee bit higher in the market in key areas of the squad. But I can't see this really happening given the losses for last season and this season combined which will surely have a profound effect on what's available to the manager given they've said them aim to reel in the clubs spending. Maybe a significant actor in all of this is James McPakes judgement on players and what we offer them. The club has backed him with giving players 2 to 3 year deals rather than the 1 year deals we'd previously been dishing out. Obviously trying to create stability in an effort to build a team, and I think that's a good ethos, but, they obviously have to be of the right quality. Some players are evidently not good enough but we can maybe attribute some of that to McPakes inexperience being a younger manager. That was last season and he obviously now needs to get things right over the summer to give himself and the team a real chance of competing for the league. Like yourself I'll probably wait to see what transpires over the summer and make a judgement before committing to renewing my season ticket.

This is a difficult game. ICT were decent against Rovers last Friday, but hopeless finishing on their part. I'm going to go 2-1 Pars.

I went fishing for Salmon the other week rather go to the game. Might head out this weekend too. I'm about done with this season. Sned have a rant at a game is predictable but usually amusing 😆 Personnel changes afoot, not heard anything on that front tbh, but no surprises in football.

Yeah, the vegetarian option I forgot about. But tbh I'm not built like a vegetarian.

The food is what is is, no menu choices. We had soup, ham potatoes and veg, then chocolate sponge with ice cream. I have to say the quality was good.

We've hopefully survived the league but missed out on the play offs. Mediocre at best, disappointing at worst. James McPake deserves to take us into next season and the aim must be the play offs as a minimum. If we start poorly then it will not take long for the fans to get on the clubs back. It's an unrelenting pressure but we need to take all this up a notch.

We don't have any consistent flair or consistent opportunities in front of goal, we see it in odd games when it can click, like against Dundee United. It was really the same last season. Its becoming boring now, like yesterday's game for example 😴. I'm now thinking about not renewing my season ticket for the NW.

Everything's under control regardless of the high spends last season and this season. They're also committed to driving down costs going forward. That's been the message from the board. So, they'll be judged on their merits as far as I'm concerned. I personally won't be getting involved in any further correspondence or communication with them, think my names **** with some of them anyway after the fairly recent efforts to gain clarity on concerns. As one fellow fan asked "what's it got to do with you", the answer to that is sod all.

I've got time for James McPake, I've backed him since he came in. I believe him to be our most competent manager in an age. However, given that turgid performance yesterday I did begin to question (to myself) how good are his motivational skills? Luckily we're about at the end of the season and should be safe, but he's got a job to do preparing for a competitive league next season. He'll need to clear out a few players and make some astute signings. That will take major backing from the board and given our projected losses for this season I'm sceptical about how good that backing will be.

I mind he got sent off at Easter Road when we played Hibs in the Scottish Cup. Let's just say that he was competitive individual 😆 RIP

Dom Thomas was way too inconsistent.

We need to just go out and go at them. This game is definitely winnable.

Worst cunts

Looking good 👍. Great to see the progress.

Worlds a strange place.

Something different at least.

See you there

Game I'd going ahead bud. No requirement for a pitch inspection apparently.

I bought them too, I will again.

Fag butts.

Old Inn beckons

Yeah, it is looking horrendous.

I was at the Nazareth gig at East End few year back, the stage was on the pitch in front of the main stand. That worked well enough. It really depends on screen size, beer and food service, weather on the day etc, but the club are definitely right to try it out.