ian1964 10,440 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Scored a similar one for us a couple of weeks ago. Side note.... Seems unprofessional to me that the team travel to away games the day before the kick off....... When traveling back to Bermuda yesterday the team and staff (including Jim Leighton and Billy Stark) were in Glasgow airport at 9am. Would have booted Stark in the baws for being stupid enough to not include MacLeod from the start ! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTP 0 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Billy Stark. Evidence right there that Scotland, despite wanting to grow and expand our development ............. STILL maintain a "jobs for the boys" culture. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUDE 0 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 The lad needs to stay. A regular starting spot is definitely a requirement for him to stay on. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 If I ran a top division club with a history of antipathy to Rangers, I'd curry favour with the fans by offering a few hundred thousand in January for McLeod. & if he gets sold out from under us we'll know that the board are really at it! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 McCoist should take a leaf out of Lemmon's book - he should stick a £12m price tag on McLeod during a few press conferences. He will probably get mocked for his valuation, but it gets out into the real work and the more its mentioned, the closer it becomes to reality!!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancornetto 1 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Spot on Darther, their recent history of selling players for huge money is at least partly down to pure hype. We don't do that enough, McCoist doesn't play the PR game well at all preferring to play down his players in the hope of keeping hold of them. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Requires a compliant media though. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUDE 0 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I think it's a nice idea to follow Septics footsteps by drumming up business when selling players. But it would be a much better strategy in my humble opinion to try to build a club that's attractive for young talented lads so they can stay on long term. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Night Owl Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I think it's a nice idea to follow Septics footsteps by drumming up business when selling players. But it would be a much better strategy in my humble opinion to try to build a club that's attractive for young talented lads so they can stay on long term. I agree on building the club into one with a reputation for developing young lads into fine footballers, however I think we're handicapped with the league we're in. Even when we are back at the top, the top doesn't offer much of a view that stretches beyond England. This is why I don't blame youngsters upping sticks and heading for the border, just look at Snodgrass tonight for Scotland. Playing at St Mirren 4 times a year has to ware off pretty quickly I'd imagine. But we can only try and do the best with what we've got. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUDE 0 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 You're right it's also about the competition you face. That's an obstacle we have to overcome because this is not in our hands. What the club can do is explain players where they are, a team with huge tradition and loyal following. Getting that across is certainly a challenge during times like these. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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