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  1. Callum McGregor The Captain Gold Member

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  2. Mr Shelby Administrator Administrator

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    Desmond has said publicly in the past that he hates the media and anyone questioning his decisions. He's a dictator.

    It's no surprise the club line is to go on the defensive.

    The biggest thing for me is how stupid they think we are.
     
  3. Davidstalker199

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    Get the board to * there bunch of liars
     
  4. Notorious Gold Member Gold Member

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    They’ll put out another wee story


    Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s tomorrow or Monday
     
  5. stubhoy07 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Couldn't agree more!

    Hope this galvanises us as a fan base and we call them out on this pish poor excuse of a statement.

    Forget who it was but someone compared our transfer activity to brugge recently. Sure the example they gave was that brugge sold someone for £30m+ and within days replaced them with a £20m signing. We aren't even asking for that at this stage, we just want players replaced! It isn't a big ask in any kind of way
     
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  6. The Thumb

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    :56:

    "In short, throwing money at transfers and contracts is not a sustainable route to success, as many other clubs have found to the detriment of their supporters."

    The irony is that the past two summer windows they've been forced to overpay at a late stage due to their refusal to do business earlier.. Engels, Idah, Sebastian, Trusty etc were all examples of throwing money at transfers.

    The requested fee for Breum was literally lower than what we paid for Tounekti !
     
  7. Callum McGregor The Captain Gold Member

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    It’s bullshit. See the tweet I posted. Our expenditure is nowhere close to causing issues with UEFA.
     
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  8. truedub1916

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    If everything is fine why try slip that statement out on a * Sat night at 9pm
     
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  9. Foley1888

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    6. Say they want to produce Champion League players it’s been more than a decade since we have produced one.
    7. They talk about not being able to breach FSR, we are -£52m in transfer deals over the last 3 seasons. Our wage bill is in line with revenue, we have moved on a lot of players this summer so there should be head room there.
    8. We know of at least two players being clear at the start of the summer they wanted to move. One even went for a medical and was all but signed. So the couldn’t get deals done was largely on our side in those situations.
     
  10. HTG "I have an uncle who does Yoga"

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    Just remove the financial aspect from it for a second, outside of high fees, our strategy is miles off.

    I know he's not been great for them so far, but the huns got Antman for £3 million, and I think most of us would have taken him and been happy about it. They got Gassama for £1.5 million and he had a solid season in England last year. Miovski, who I do think is very overrated, would still improve our front line and he was available for £3 million. Again, all of these are low fees.

    Aberdeen signing a LW who was excellent in the eredivisie 2 years ago and would walk into our team, that boy was clearly available for a good fee.

    Hearts signed a Brazilian midfielder who I would have been happy with, Hibs signed Mulligan who I think would be pushing to start for us currently.

    Our two first choice RW's, Yang and Forrest, wouldn't start for the huns, Aberdeen, Hibs or Hearts

    It doesn't need to be large fees, what we're asking for is some stability and accountability. I dont expect Desmond to leave anytime soon, but time is up for Mckay, Nicholson and Lawwell.
     
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    A statement that just underlines the need for change at Board level.
     
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    They think we are idiots mate. A support filled with neds and uneducated fannies.

    I'm absolutely sick of this. It's years and years if it, which has compounded our failure in Europe which they constantly seem to ignore.

    They need gone
     
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  13. HTG "I have an uncle who does Yoga"

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    "We can never compromise the financial integrity of the Club. In short, throwing money at transfers and contracts is not a sustainable route to success, as many other clubs have found to the detriment of their supporters"

    Another jab at the huns, they really think this * will work.
     
  14. Callum McGregor The Captain Gold Member

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    Also highlights the need for us to protest imo.
     
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    Thats more frustrating than nothing at all because they either know its bollocks and taking the fans for fools. Or they genuinely dont know its bollocks which is just as bad.

    All of us on here is capable is pulling that apart paragraph by paragraph so I cant be bother giving it anymore attention. But they should be embarrassed
     
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    Gotta laugh they way they say they respect the views of supporters then they deliver that * ffs.
     
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    Sitting thinking every * is out on the pish



    turns out it’s Celtic who’s been away out on the drink all day
     
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    I said the other day that I had no interest in hearing empty words from these *. I’m glad they have put the statement out however, as it just enraged the fans even more. There’s nobody buying into this pile of * they’ve come out with.
     
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    Fairly patronising statement, when the authors flushed 40mill down the toilet because they refused to address right wing for a nominal fee..

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    Basically told they've acted impeccably, could not act in other way, and we're all idiots falling for 'misinformation'. Answered zero of the questions put to them. No accountability, a slap in the face of a statement.

    What are the cash reserves for? Why do we need £100m in reserve? What sort of volatility would ever require this kind of cash reserve and why did we not need it before now?

    It's * lies. They are totally ambivalent as to the fate of this club, have zero ambition on or off the pitch, and are incompetent, lazy and insanely conservative to the point of them losing the club money through inaction.

    I * despise them. What a * cheek of a * statement.
     
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