Transfer window . . .

[JRSLEFTPEG]

No reason why we can't still target a top 4. The players we have are more than capable of it. All be it small we have a decent squad.

The problem lies with the managers new found fashion of trying not to conceed at the expense of attack.

Dobbie up front on his own, sacrilidge! Half gaming Stirling and 5 defenders, it's just strangling us.

I agree . Nothing to stop us as fourth place up for grabs but need to be braver and go for 3 points every game.

[Francis_begbie_HFC]

No reason why we can't still target a top 4. The players we have are more than capable of it. All be it small we have a decent squad.

The problem lies with the managers new found fashion of trying not to conceed at the expense of attack.

Dobbie up front on his own, sacrilidge! Half gaming Stirling and 5 defenders, it's just strangling us.

what baffles me more is during our managers interviews he talks as if we are attacking and freeflowing ,i think he has to take a close look at himself cause his interviews dont make sense to me as he is contradicting ,what im seeing is far from attacking football as can be .

[Bagapapa]

No reason why we can't still target a top 4. The players we have are more than capable of it. All be it small we have a decent squad.

The problem lies with the managers new found fashion of trying not to conceed at the expense of attack.

Dobbie up front on his own, sacrilidge! Half gaming Stirling and 5 defenders, it's just strangling us.

This!

[jardi]

"I think we need to be very careful in how we move the club forward, especially considering the state of modern football. In the last 28 years we have seen the club move forward considerably from stagnating in the part-time second division to full-time first division (now Championship) football. In that time we have won/competed in a few cups, more than a lot of teams at our level around the country I would say. Between late 90s and early 00's no one in my school even knew who Queens were.

There is a tendency in modern day football to want a short time fix to get to the upper echelons of football but we need to be careful not to blow our budget which ultimately ended up with us getting relegated a couple of years back. We need to be strategic and take gradual steps forward, making the right investments to grow the club, rather than playing catch up and copying short term approaches other clubs might take. If that means utilising the loan market much like we did 10 years ago then so be it before we are then in a position to offer more attractive contracts to players.

We honestly go round and round on this forum about this subject of it being the normal amongst the queens faithful to accept this so called mediocracy. Before we had oil money and marketers coming into football this approach is how you grew a football club, you aren't going to see continuous exponential growth which you seem to assume. We need to plateau at some point to reconsolidate, mine the experience of players like Dobbie to develop our players and then push on."

Superb post Captain Queens if not Captain Sensible!

[Auld_Chippy]

I think it's fair to say that we are getting looked on by SPL clubs as a good place to bring their youngsters on that are not quite ready for the rigours of the Premier League. As mentioned on this thread , Falkirk and Partick for example will be shelling out to try and dig themselves out of the hole's they are in. This is not viable for us so the loan system is the way we try to boost the team. Paying part of their wages and only short term, if this system is the best way of keeping us in the Championship so be it.

The "SPL" no longer exists. The top division in Scotland is the Premiership. The Premier League is the English top division, other than that a good post.

[JRSLEFTPEG]

The "SPL" no longer exists. The top division in Scotland is the Premiership. The Premier League is the English top division, other than that a good post.

Fair enough my mistake

[arrol1919]

Falkirk now sign Ian McShane on an 18 month deal

[ALBERTZ_11]

Falkirk now sign Ian McShane on an 18 month deal

Thought Queens would have tried to sign Lovejoy...

[jardi]

Quote Originally Posted by arrol1919 View Post

"Falkirk now sign Ian McShane on an 18 month deal"

"Thought Queens would have tried to sign Lovejoy..."
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That's a bugger......he would have been my target!

He will transform Falkirk's midfield and provide their front runners with some much needed ammunition.

Hey ho!........it'll be budgets, - but all the more reason for fearing those teams below us. Only 3 wins separate us from Falkirk and Partick.

[deek5trans]

Quote Originally Posted by arrol1919 View Post

"Falkirk now sign Ian McShane on an 18 month deal"

"Thought Queens would have tried to sign Lovejoy..."
~

That's a bugger......he would have been my target!

He will transform Falkirk's midfield and provide their front runners with some much needed ammunition.

Hey ho!........it'll be budgets, - but all the more reason for fearing those teams below us. Only 3 wins separate us from Falkirk and Partick.

No chance he was coming back. He wanted away from us.
Flattered to deceive anyway imo