buster.

I clicked on this thread having predicted R1zip would be making a return. Bonus point?

We need a lot of things but we are going to have to learn that money doesn't grow on trees.

See disclaimer I don't have a clue about front loaded quantums from warchest.

Alternative translation SL want 1M R: 1st bid 500k SL want 1M and know R under pressure to land NR R: how about 650k SL: Naw R: 750k SL: No, we know you want him and that you will end up paying price, get on with it. Disclaimer: Not ITK, just made up BS.

Fitness levels for what ? Walking Football All the mobility of a one wheeled caravan. Taxi

He hasn't been able to get much of a look in because of the injuries. You can't judge him until we see him play a few games.

Might mean a January sale discount, if Hibs are desperate. Perhaps upstairs want the money but I doubt the manager wants to lose their goalscorer (on top of Boyle injury). As a club, they are all over the place. Not unlike Aberdeen. A cautionary tale for US (style) ownership and Scottish football ?

Two thrashings in Edinburgh, sandwiched by Darvel. Quite a week 😄

More punters, Less furniture

The inevitable win but performance still lacking. A lot of enthusiasm without cohesion from individuals who were understandably rusty or not sure where others were going to be. The ballers, Tillman and Cantwell seemed more interested in effort than doing what we need them to. Tillman was excellent at winning the ball back from the opposition. Cantwell needs minutes but can't help think Lowry could be doing the same. The fiesta moves on. Hearts in Edinburgh will be an interesting test.

Rangers 3 St.Johnstone 0 Morelos

We could just meet halfway as the same applies to Morelos.

Morelos Out, Adams In Might even have been plausible 18 months ago.

Could do with Che Adams. Whipround required

It will soon be February and what will be, will be. Happy to see Kent again, but prefer that Alfredo plays his last game at Ibrox today.

Don't fret, we will win. It is about the performance and positive waves. The medicine man is a yes man. He does what he is told 😁

For a good while we operated like that, the result of which is continual loss making. Since 2015, we have continued to do so, but within a strategic plan of constructive losses. Now it has to stop. The habit / expectation is difficult for the support to shake. A kind of cold turkey follows on from the piggybank replacing warchest.

Times have changed Piggybank

Your first suggestion, trying to put pressure on club to deliver ..... provoking that type of relationship won't end well. There is no deserve about it, he must be backed and I am sure the plan is to do just that, but within our financial budget. If you can better preserve that budget now by limiting January expenditure and end up with the same player going into next season, surely it should be considered. Would Whittaker come into that bracket?

If that is the case then yes, we look for a deal now. Perhaps the manager shouldn't have talked so much about him, number of expected players in. It can't help a convincing negotiating position.

Approximately a month away from the League Cup Final, we could do with a convincing performance to go along with the inevitable win.

Equally, it could simply be to cover the customary cash flow issues that arise at this stage of a season and are exacerbated by having no post Xmas European football.

The thread has touched on financial challenges. Elsewhere, some have mentioned that the league is already gone. Whilst in an ideal world, we just pay the extra money and get the players in now (along with salaries) so the manager can settle them into team/squad asp.... surely given the world is far from ideal, the option of a Bosman, leaving more money to play with during the summer should be seriously considered.

Raising funds to front load investment for freshening up squad for a new manager over this and summer window ?? #GiveHimaChance

What that would do is make it much easier for the next billionaire from Motherwell to win over most of the support with empty promises. As you aluded to, we are lucky to have the likes of Park and Bennet and we should remember what we were saying about priorities a few years ago. It is a difficult place / situation for the board to be in and the efforts to grow the business and revenue are as comprehensive as they have ever been. That comes with or produces a feeling that a support is being squeezed until the pips shoot out, but that is where things are. Looking ahead, I don't see that as sustainable as the general economic situation shrinks. That said, it will be a problem for all teams. It is all a bit of a squeeze. Our squad mgmt. is very much that, trying to squeeze value out of quality players who we can recruit because they are damaged in some way. I said it in the summer. Honesty and Communication are required.