Quote Originally Posted by donnydonnydukduk View Post
Got to say i spoke to dougie the assistant for over 2 hours at the end of last season and he didnt go into details but told me a couple of things

A lot has been made of the budget and i gave to say last season we were the 6th biggest budget and the target was the playoff now that ayr have been replaced with livingston and raith have been replaced by brechin u can assume we will be in a similar position this season which shows the non backing from the board

Also there are players from last season that the management team did not want but they had to be given a new contract due to stipulations in there contracts not only this certain players wages have been automatically increased due to the amount of games played last year which reduces the budget available to the management team even though they did not want the players there this term

On the subject of dobbie i know we are over realient on him however surely thats y he is on treble the wages of other players in the squad would queens be better with with 3 players of decent quality or 1 player of dobbies quality that is a question for another ocasion

What also doesnt help is when u have players who have been told they r not required and wont play again but refuse to look for a new club or even turn up to watch the games players attitude is an issue these days id certainly rather be playing week on week out rather than sitting on my couch every week

We do need some quality players to come in be it on loan or signed but the board needs to step up and play there part

Mr naismith has came in and done wat needed to be done as the squad over the last few years had became to relaxed and complacent and the majority of them had to go however as i just said now is the time for the board to step up and back the gaffer to bring in his players that he wants
Aye okay Gary.