redandwhite1874 wrote:Accies4ever wrote:Not asking for unrealistic goals within the club, and I for one don't see why we shouldn't set our aim of staying in the SPL and growing into an established SPL club.
If clubs like Inverness, St Mirren, St Johnstone and Partick can do it, so can we.
We have done very well of late, but that doesn't mean that every decision that the board makes is a correct one.
I truly believe that the decisions of late have been made more in the quest to get as much money into the club (no matter how well intentioned) over the general health of the team.
Examples of this was cashing in on 22, when really there wasn't a need to get rid of him now. He had a season plus left on his contract. The lack of activity during the window when we had a chance to strengthen. The Canning appointment (for me) is also indicative of this. Losing Alex was a big loss, but to somehow think that replacing him with an inexperienced management team in Scotland's top tier was the answer, was naive to say the least.
Back to the subject at hand, one of the reasons why I set the top 6 as a watermark, is not so much for this season, but more an indicator for next.
If the new set up can't gather a few points to achieve a top 6 finish, when there's relatively less pressure on them, how are they going to be next season, when it looks like we'll be amongst the bottom 6 and striving to keep away from relegation.
If they can't manage the former, they'll struggle with the latter.
I assume the term 'cashing in' in getting over £1m for player we got for free and who did brilliant things for us is meant to be a criticism of the club. Not sure if you are suggesting that any of the clubs you would wish to emulate would not have sold in those outrageously profitable circumstances (for both parties)? ICT for example?
But you can look at it and be critical; but as long as you realise that you are being critical of the whole ethos of the club; the approach which has been really successful in general and recently in particular the 'come here, be successful and move on if the price is right' ethos has worked. If you want to ditch it what do you want to replace it with?
Listen to me redandwhite1874, I'm not on here to trade insults with other posters, but you seem hell-bent on twisting other peoples' comments to to suit your point of view.
You can assume whatever you want, but the dictionary's definition of "cashing in" is
to use an opportunity to make a profit or gain an advantage. When did I ever say that the whole ethos of the club is in question.
Anyway, the ethos of the club is about youth development (doesn't apply to 22) and improvement of the player/staff. Does that mean just because an offer came in, we have to sell? If that was the case Ziggy would have been off-loaded to Greece in the summer or Poland a few weeks ago. Everything black or white with you.
I'm perfectly entitled to criticise when I don't agree with things. It's called a democracy. That doesn't mean you throw out the baby with the bathwater.
To answer your question (which you never manage to do), what I'm talking about is we didn't have to sell 22 at this point in time. We had no need financially or team wise to force our hand on that transaction. My opinion (and that's all it is), is the club acted more than hastily to get rid of our top player. We could have waited it out, maybe until the summer. Perhaps his market value would have less than £1m, who knows, but surely Accies are about more than just getting money in. Maybe a delay on selling 22 would have helped your beloved Canning in his present predicament.
Maybe rather than twisting people's word, accusing them of contradiction or being downright patronising, you could answer a question now and again, rather avoiding it by posing a counter question. Maybe you could take a second to think about what people are saying, rather than trying to be smart and putting words in people's mouths. Get off your high horse.
If you have some inside information of how things are happening at the club, share them. Otherwise you're speaking out of speculation, just the same as the rest of us.
All opinions count.