Tom Davison 0 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Am I alone in feeling a sense of alarm at Ally brining in the Stephen Smith and possibly, Ricky Foster. Both are no more than average players and it is disappointing if our manager feels that he has no younger guys on the books who are likely to be at least approaching their level. A key quality in management is to motivate and I am not convinced that turning to Smith and Foster will do much for the confidence of some of the blokes who were hoping to progress. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 There appears to be lack of vision at times - stick with what you know. The big question is....is it down to the Managers lack of vision, or just a poor scouting network??? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbr 1,247 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 like so many other fans , I fear after everything we have went through , it will be for nought , for quite simply there is no vision no leadership nor any thought other than the old tried and trusted , for christs sake its the 2nd division we are going into. The management have targeted runs in the cups as a means of success and also of income but surely we could have been more imaginative than what is happening right now 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Rebo's Big Blue Nose 0 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 It is a wee bit alarming. It seems like we could be assembling a very large wage bill to win the 2nd division and in the mean time have learned diddly squat after all the sheite we have been through. Surely if Ally was half a manager he would be able to inspire and develope the kids that are already there 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Cooper 0 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 His signing strategy is obviously to sign as many players as he can! We need bodies out more than we need them in right now. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascender 352 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 I'm sure someone could come up with a "hilarious" flow/process chart to show how our scouting and signing policy works. Has the player played for us before, yes/no... Does the player have agent X, yes/no.... Does the player have a dodgy knee, yes/no.... If its just his signing strategy we're talking about then I think its fairly straightforward. He's looking for experienced players, who he's worked with in some capacity, who will be able to cope with Div 2 or higher and who will fit in to our current wage structure. Its not rocket science and its exactly in keeping with what I thought he'd do. Just like youth systems, you can't overhaul and expect results from a new scouting infrastructure overnight. So even if we had invested in this, it was never going to produce quick results. If Ally's only goal from the board is to get promotion next season (as I suspect it was this season past) then you can see why he's taking this approach. I guess the flip side to this is, if these guys are here to sign, then we could end up in a couple of years time with an experienced squad of players, with cover in all positions who will have played together for a couple of years by the time we hit the top division again. Then you can maybe add in a couple of more flair players and in theory are in a fairly strong position for day one against other SPL sides. The fact is, whatever idea of Barcelona-inspired attacking football we thought we might embrace, its not happened and its not likely to happen, presumably for a number of reasons and those are all for another (very long) thread. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 0 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 His signing strategy is obviously to sign as many players as he can! We need bodies out more than we need them in right now. We've got 36andcounting.... GK Neil Alexander GK Cammy Bell GK Scott Gallacher GK Alan Smith GK Liam Kelly RB Darren Cole RB Anestis Argyriou CB Dorin Goian CB Carlos Bocanegra CB EmÃlson Cribari CB Luca Gasparotto CB Ross Perry CB Kyle McAusland CB Chris Hegarty CB Sébastien Faure LB Lee Wallace LB Steven Smith CM Arnold Peralta CM Lewis Macleod CM Robbie Crawford CM Kyle Hutton CM Andy Murdoch CM Ian Black MF Dean Shiels MF Andrew Mitchell MF Danny Stoney MF David Templeton MF Fraser Aird MF Tom Walsh MF Nicky Law FW Barrie McKay FW Kal Naismith FW Lee McCulloch FW Andrew Little FW Jon Daly FW Nicky Clark 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 I share the concerns however attracting quality players to Div 2 is mission impossible so the next best option is experienced SPL level players who can get us up the leagues. Im ok with that so long as they arent on big and long contracts so when we are a top flight club again we can improve. And Im also OK with it if Ally improves the players we have. We'll wait and see on that one. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCF2008 0 Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 We've got 36andcounting.... GK Neil Alexander GK Cammy Bell GK Scott Gallacher GK Alan Smith GK Liam Kelly RB Darren Cole RB Anestis Argyriou CB Dorin Goian CB Carlos Bocanegra CB EmÃlson Cribari CB Luca Gasparotto CB Ross Perry CB Kyle McAusland CB Chris Hegarty CB Sébastien Faure LB Lee Wallace LB Steven Smith CM Arnold Peralta CM Lewis Macleod CM Robbie Crawford CM Kyle Hutton CM Andy Murdoch CM Ian Black MF Dean Shiels MF Andrew Mitchell MF Danny Stoney MF David Templeton MF Fraser Aird MF Tom Walsh MF Nicky Law FW Barrie McKay FW Kal Naismith FW Lee McCulloch FW Andrew Little FW Jon Daly FW Nicky Clark 20 of which have come through the youth setup. So there's at least something to be positive about 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper 0 Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 McCoist should be hunted before he does any further damage, Ibrox has become an eventide home and a place for those down on their uppers, £700k and no viable signing policy or strategy , we will be hearing the usual excuses of he's a novice manager he saved Ibrox when all was lost, strangely there are those who swallow such claptrap. Great players don't always make managers even half decent managers, the list of failures is a long one. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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