Our next three league games

[parcbara]

Lack of ambition comes from the man at the top who said it doesn't matter what division we're in - shocking statement from someone without a football brain.

I come from the angle of reality and, as a humble fan, as long as this lack of ambition is prevalent at the club I've no choice but to accept it. I'm resigned to the prevailing mediocrity now.

The man who made that statement is a major problem for us. What happened to the McCowan money, and the Celtic European money? I suspect that he has forced Docherty's hand with penny pinching. Too late now. I would imagine that he feels that it is easier to run a championship club.

[islaydarkblue]

Pretty much, but the worst bit is that I honestly didn't expect anything other than a defeat today.

I also did not expect a win today as we rarely defeat Aberdeen at home.

[islaydarkblue]

Very strange game, first 25 we were the better team, then lose a poor poor goal, 2nd half could have turned messy if we didn?t get one back quickly, in saying that, we just needed a wee break in front of goal in last 30, how Holden never slipped in Murray on the break.

But bottom line is the January recruits aren?t good enough, one is now 3rd choice left back, one isn?t ready, and another couldnt even get on the bench

How he hasn?t signed another midfielder and a striker beggars belief.

Tiffoney was like playing a man down

I think that Tim Keyes has stopped bankrolling Dundee Football Club hence the reason that Luke McCowan was sold just before the 2024 Summer transfer window shut plus since then we have sold a young centre half and a young goalkeeper neither of whom have played a game for the first team and should have been our stars for the future.
Amazingly there are still posters on the Dark Blues Forum who think that John Nelms is bankrolling Dundee Football Club.
Normally the directors of a professional football club make funds available for the manager to sign players during the January transfer window but that does not appear to have happened with the Dundee Football Club board of directors.

[islaydarkblue]

More than likely but whilst there's a chance I'll take a chance at glory.

Seriously sick of the lack of ambition at our club.

8th to 10th for next century. 😞

You might remember when James McPake was appointed manager in June 2019 Nelms stating that it did not matter which league we were playing in.
Nelms probably gets the same lavish salary whether we are playing in the Premier League or Championship.
In my opinion Nelms needs to forget about his fantasy new football stadium at Campy Nou and concentrating on running Dundee Football Club to the best of his ability which includes having meaningful discussions with all groups of Dundee FC supporters, not just the DSA.

[islaydarkblue]

The man who made that statement is a major problem for us. What happened to the McCowan money, and the Celtic European money? I suspect that he has forced Docherty's hand with penny pinching. Too late now. I would imagine that he feels that it is easier to run a championship club.

Dundee Football Club made a loss of ?2.8 million when they were last in playing in the Championship in the 2022/23 season.
Their wages and salaries were 106% of their total income for the year ending 31st May 2023.

[islaydarkblue]

If we win our next three league games against
Ross County (A)
Motherwell (A)
St Johnstone (A)
we should be well on our way to securing our Premier League status for next season.
Conversely if we lose them all then we will be in big trouble and facing the possibility of finishing in the Play Off position at the end of this season as we will be a minimum of 5 points behind Ross County after these three games.
It is also possible that we could finish in the 12th position at the end of this season and be relegated as St Johnstone would only be a minimum of 3 points behind us if we lose the next 3 league games.
What do other posters think.

I made a slight typo.
The St Johnstone game is at home.
Sorry for the error.

[BCram]

I think that Tim Keyes has stopped bankrolling Dundee Football Club hence the reason that Luke McCowan was sold just before the 2024 Summer transfer window shut plus since then we have sold a young centre half and a young goalkeeper neither of whom have played a game for the first team and should have been our stars for the future.
Amazingly there are still posters on the Dark Blues Forum who think that John Nelms is bankrolling Dundee Football Club.
Normally the directors of a professional football club make funds available for the manager to sign players during the January transfer window but that does not appear to have happened with the Dundee Football Club board of directors.

Think the situation is that the losses are supported by the owners.

[islaydarkblue]

Think the situation is that the losses are supported by the owners.

Up to now the losses have been supported by the majority owner Tim Keyes but if he has stopped absorbing these annual losses then players will continue to be sold with the first team being filled with loans from other clubs.
I would not be surprised to see Luke Graham being sold in the 2025 Summer transfer window.

[Deeranged]

You might remember when James McPake was appointed manager in June 2019 Nelms stating that it did not matter which league we were playing in.
Nelms probably gets the same lavish salary whether we are playing in the Premier League or Championship.
In my opinion Nelms needs to forget about his fantasy new football stadium at Campy Nou and concentrating on running Dundee Football Club to the best of his ability which includes having meaningful discussions with all groups of Dundee FC supporters, not just the DSA.

I think John Nelms is running Dundee FC to the best of his ability.

It's his lack of ability to effectively run a football club that's the problem.

[GB72]

The money we received for the two young 16 year olds wasn?t much, maybe add ons are inserted, but it?s not a huge figure, again selling LG won?t bring in any amount of serous money, he?s about 14th choice centre half at dens just now, the signings in January have been appalling, to bring in two young players from Mexico (one couldn?t get on bench yesterday) on a relegation battle, and not bring in experienced players is baffling, Murray is knackered every game at 60-70 minutes?..

We sign a left back in January, the first choice left back goes off with cramp, we then replace him withi a defensive midfielder and put the more creative midfielder to left back?..

Docherty does make some really strange in play decisions.