| Topic: Looking ahead |
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| 1. Author: Rigger Al Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 13:56 After a bad season ,The introduction of the new owners and Mr Lennon i feel we are finally going in the right direction .We have a strong manager who expects the best ,New owners happy to support the manager ,Talks of the pitch being upgraded , Actually look forward to Lennons post game honest review and dont forget the great work of John and the young team ,Happy days Reply |
| 2. Author: wee eck Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 14:28 Getting rid of players is the easy bit, especially if they are out of contract, but replacing them with better ones is trickier. Even if the owners authorise a much bigger budget where do you recruit Premiership-standard players from? I would have thought most would prefer to stay in the Premiership even if we could match their wages. You could attract some senior pros looking for a final big pay day but you don`t want a squad full of them. I guess the best market will be youngsters rejected by Premiership clubs or Championship players who have the potential to play at a higher level The other unknown is the interaction between the owner`s data analysis approach and the manager who is more accustomed to relying on professional judgment and a network of contacts. Interesting times but, as ever in football, no guarantees. Reply |
| 3. Author: Ahoy!Ahoy! Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 14:39 Tbh it’ll be easy to replace the majority of players leaving as they aren’t good enough. Think fans will be pleasantly surprised by the standard of players we will be bringing in. Reply |
| 4. Author: DunfyDave Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 14:50 Can anyone advise on what players we currently have on contract for next season please? DunfyDave Reply |
| 5. Author: wee eck Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 14:53 We`re not just expecting them to be better than those leaving but good enough to compete for the Championship. `Pleasantly surprised` sounds as if you have inside information when we don`t know for sure who the manager is! We should keep our feet on the ground for now. Reply |
| 6. Author: Ahoy!Ahoy! Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 14:56 Off the top of my head I think Mehmet, Bray (from ICT), Bene, Fisher, Breen, Ngwenya, KRH, Otoo, Todd, Connor Young and Kane, along with young ones. Mullen will be here now we’re staying up. Massive overhaul required. Reply |
| 7. Author: Ahoy!Ahoy! Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 14:57 Everyone knows Lennon is going to be announced just waiting on it being made official. Reply |
| 8. Author: wee eck Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 15:02 Thanks for the inside info. I didn`t realise Breen will still be under contract. What`s happened to him? He hasn`t been in a Pars or Annan squad for months. Reply |
| 9. Author: Andrew283 Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 15:08 wee eck, Sun 27 Apr 14:28 Don`t think we need Prem standard players. Just replacing a lot of the League 1 dross with Championship 1uality players would be a huge upgrade. Mix in the odd Prem level player like Dexlan Gallagher if he`d drop down Reply |
| 10. Author: wee eck Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 15:16 I know it`s the thing to say we have a squad of `League 1 players` but if we did we would have been cut adrift at the foot of the table with no hope a long time ago - unless all the other teams fighting relegation are also full of League 1 players of course. My feeling is that the expectation IS to compete for the title next season so a big improvement in playing standards will be expected too. Reply |
| 11. Author: GJS93 Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 15:21 better, quicker, stronger, bigger, ideally cheaper, in some cases younger....that never really changes. dont think its about spending loads either, its being smarter and better with what is available. Breen isnt under contract. 13 first team players are, 4 youth team. Mehmet, Fisher, S.Young, Benedictus, Ngwenya, Bray, Ritchie-Hosler, Otoo, Todd, A.Tod, T.Sutherland, Kane, C.Young. (Margetts, J.Tod, Beveridge, Rowe) 2 options, Mullen and McCann. Reply |
| 12. Author: JTH123 Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 15:25 I wouldn`t be so sure. Who`s to say other suitors won`t appear now that he`s back in the game. I haven`t read anything that suggests he`s tied to us if we stay up although he has made positive noises about the future with us. Reply |
| 13. Author: Indiapar1 Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 15:27 I have no doubt NL will be manager next season if he wants it. I`m sure the owners will be looking for certainty, and ensure tge work in the close season can be carried out promptly ready for the start of next season. There were 5500 supporters at the game yesterday when we bumping around the bottom of the league. It`s about the potential of the club, the potential of the players and what NL and his team think they can realistically achieve. Personally, I`d like to see Fagan Walcott back at the club. Tash has quality about him but needs players around him who can anticipate and create space. G Wardrope Reply |
| 14. Author: king lad Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 15:27 DunfyDave, Sun 27 Apr 14:50 First team players under contract (or with clause of extension): Mehmet Otoo Benedictus JCM (extension clause presumably will be activated) Sam Young Fisher Ngwenya KRH Keith Bray (once he returns from Inverness loan) Todd Tod Jr McCann (has an extension clause) Kane T Sutherland Connor Young Post Edited (Sun 27 Apr 15:28) Reply |
| 15. Author: wee eck Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 15:28 Thanks for that. Reply |
| 16. Author: neils Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 15:39 The younger players in the under contract list are all good, of the senior players, Otoo would like to see extension but it wouldn`t surprise me if he was off soon. It`s up to the manager, but apart from Comrie I don`t see much in the way of trying to keep any out of contract players, McCann maybe if N Lennon thinks he can improve him. The other players have tried , but we badly need better players , I can`t see any players out of contract getting a gig in the championship. Reply |
| 17. Author: nazpar Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 16:06 Jake Sutherland contact is up at the end of May .he was scoring goals for Cowdenbeath .it would be nice to see him get a contract nazpar Reply |
| 18. Author: cammypar 1995 Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 16:19 Id expect to see breen and fisher offloaded. Breen will get a club like annan or that level while fisher will manage to get a mid table league 1 team. c'mon the pars Reply |
| 19. Author: steaua Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 16:19 Comrie is the player I would want to keep, . Reply |
| 20. Author: wee eck Date: Sun 27th Apr 2025. 16:51 Apparently Fisher is still under contract but Breen isn`t. How do you offload someone who is under contract? Some club has to be interested and the player will be looking for terms at least equal to what we are paying him. Reply |