sixties saintee Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Not too fussed with Goodwillie...he would have commanded a large wage and if May & Maclean continue where they left off would he be benched quite a lot? The midfield is really where we need to strengthen. Brown might fill the Dunne/Cregg role but even if he does there isn't a lot there for injuries etc. Not sure on Caddis and the other young lads surely aren't going to be getting anything more than the odd appearance and the majority of their playing time would be from the bench. Still plenty time to get something organised. Hopefully Tommy will give Caddis a chance to show the doubters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havana Saint Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 So just to recap; We pissed about getting the season tickets sorted out and probably missed out on a few extra Didn't update the website for nearly 2 weeks, despite trying to push the season tickets, We took a ridiculous amount of time to get strips sorted, despite ending up with the same sponsor and manufacturer and; We can't seem to sign players as our budget isn't sorted out. Anyone else slightly concerned? You are spot on Yellow box. After the Utopia of winning the Cup, we have been in hibernation. The Scottish Cup going around the schools has been good publicity, however our updates on the Offical site have been dreadful and we have not fully capitalised on the "feel good factor". As for strips we have been notoriously slow with that for years, there were seasons where it was not released until October. I very much look forward to the new campaign, just hope all is going well with negotiations with Tommy. GMac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex-montrosesaintee Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 I do feel that the negativity and lack of enthusiasm relates primarily to the sort of news and action that us established supporters would love to hear. I think the club have been correctly concentrating their attentions on new customers, with information and marketing approaches that seem somewhat tedious and meaningless to us. Youngsters and local families who maybe came to the cup final but have never been to McDiarmid will have remarkably little interest in new signings and budgets. Lots of pictures of kids and babies in the new Saints strip is far more appropriate. I'm not saying everything is fabulous, but the forum members are a small proportion of the 15,000 that went to the cup final. If everything Saints did was geared towards feeding WAP members with what they want, it would alienate a greater number of people in my opinion. Benito Kemble and Abernethy Saint 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete1967 Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Think a lot of saints fans are frustated at no players coming in obviously when hasselbaink, cregg , iwelumo and clancy were released naturally you would think their wages would have been used to bring in a couple of players at the least tw was keen on retaining dunne but he ended up signing for pompey on a free transfer even though we had apparantly made stevenage a bid Looks like all spare cash is being put into securing may on a longer deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Has wee Nigel signed for anyone yet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchcolm Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 I do feel that the negativity and lack of enthusiasm relates primarily to the sort of news and action that us established supporters would love to hear. I think the club have been correctly concentrating their attentions on new customers, with information and marketing approaches that seem somewhat tedious and meaningless to us. Youngsters and local families who maybe came to the cup final but have never been to McDiarmid will have remarkably little interest in new signings and budgets. Lots of pictures of kids and babies in the new Saints strip is far more appropriate. I'm not saying everything is fabulous, but the forum members are a small proportion of the 15,000 that went to the cup final. If everything Saints did was geared towards feeding WAP members with what they want, it would alienate a greater number of people in my opinion. The club cannot solely concentrate on new customers. Yes we need them but this must not be to the detriment of the team. These new customers are coming to see the Scottish Cup Champions and will expect to be entertained and watch a winning team or else they will not be back. Hence the information and marketing will have been pointless. We need to strengthen the team or at least bring it up to the standard we had at the close of last season. Others have been improving we must not get left behind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientsaint Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 perhaps a job for our resident journalist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkfish Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 I do feel that the negativity and lack of enthusiasm relates primarily to the sort of news and action that us established supporters would love to hear. I think the club have been correctly concentrating their attentions on new customers, with information and marketing approaches that seem somewhat tedious and meaningless to us. Youngsters and local families who maybe came to the cup final but have never been to McDiarmid will have remarkably little interest in new signings and budgets. Lots of pictures of kids and babies in the new Saints strip is far more appropriate. I'm not saying everything is fabulous, but the forum members are a small proportion of the 15,000 that went to the cup final. If everything Saints did was geared towards feeding WAP members with what they want, it would alienate a greater number of people in my opinion. No words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethamsaintee Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 I do feel that the negativity and lack of enthusiasm relates primarily to the sort of news and action that us established supporters would love to hear. I think the club have been correctly concentrating their attentions on new customers, with information and marketing approaches that seem somewhat tedious and meaningless to us. Youngsters and local families who maybe came to the cup final but have never been to McDiarmid will have remarkably little interest in new signings and budgets. Lots of pictures of kids and babies in the new Saints strip is far more appropriate. I'm not saying everything is fabulous, but the forum members are a small proportion of the 15,000 that went to the cup final. If everything Saints did was geared towards feeding WAP members with what they want, it would alienate a greater number of people in my opinion. That's wrong on so many levels. Of the 15000 that went to Celtic Park it's fair to assume that a good number are proper Saints fans, let's say 7000 to pluck a number, the rest we'll say were 'Saints for the day'. Of that 7000 (or any number you choose to pluck from the sky) it's very likely that they'll all have an interest in who Saints might sign and who they won't. We should NEVER put ourselves in financial trouble, but if there was ever a summer to make (for our level) a stellar signing that might just whet the appetite of some of those extra souls this was the one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havana Saint Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Quote below from Mr McInnes at Aberdeen regarding Goodwillie: "He chose us over a few other options he had in Scotland, and he's made a good decision." HAHA..........still a little bitter after 13th April Derek? Please show a little more class in your interviews sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50yrs a Saint Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Would've trusted Tommy if he'd signed Goodwillie, and would have supported him like every other player in a Saints shirt. However I can say that I've never really liked the guy and now have yet another reason to give him abuse when he visits McD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Josh McGenness still available ?. garydavidson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscotty Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 ^^^^Oh yes!! Happy in the knowledge that we can all sing You know she said no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete1967 Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Robert earnshaw still available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientsaint Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Joe Gormley from Cliftonville fc is a prolific goalscorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscotty Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Robert earnshaw still available Wouldn't be disappointed if we were to sign him. Scored at every level he has played, still have nightmares of his hattrick against Scotland. stanley saint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franco Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 I hope we only sign a striker if we know he will at least be adequate for our level. I would rather Kane played than a Fallon or Iwelumo. stanley saint, 55saint, Inchcolm and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyg Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Must confess to being a bit concerned over lack of activity. If you stand still in this game you tend to go backwards. Too late to get wee Nige back as don't think he has another deal yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lossiesaint Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 So, we lost out on Goofwillie.... I'm more than willing to let Kane show us what he's got. Nothing better than a striker who is hungry to prove himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintbear Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Gutted we never got Badwillie,NOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientsaint Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Scottish Sun today says "NO " funds being made available to Tommy Wright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBored Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 (edited) Well reading the PA this morning, Wright does not sound a happy camper. No new funds as has been mentioned above. Sounds like all the funds from the cup win etc are going into the facilities around the ground, training pitch etc. I might be reading too much into it but the last sentence on his own contract is interesting "....I want to stay, The Chairman I believe wants me to stay so I don't think there will be a problem..." the I believe bit is an interesting way of putting things. Edited July 8, 2014 by MrBored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex-montrosesaintee Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Ok. I stand corrected, this is beginning to sound quite bad. Reminds me of Steve Brown after the Motherwell game when we qualified for Europe, quickly pointing out that it was financially bad and we should hope for nothing. I really wanted to give the club the benefit if the doubt, applaud their appeasing new fans and young families, but if they can't even agree a contract with a really good manager who really wants to stay then something is far wrong. sixties saintee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerthSeany Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Are we really actually shocked about all this? This is the usual for Saints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex-montrosesaintee Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 No, not really. Mindless optimism has now gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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