Whiskeytown wrote:Agree with almost everything except the "we'll never get into Europe" part. St Johnstone and Queen of the South have managed this, why not us? Cup success one day shouldn't be a pipe dream, or even finishing fourth this season. Unlikely now but we always knew this scenario was likely, although maybe not manager and star player in one go!
YeOldeHamiltonian wrote:Happy Clapper central on here.Many long standing Accies fans are disgusted at the lack of decent recruitment as our dream of European football died in a whimper.
Thing is,with Dundee United and Inverness weakened,it wouldn't have taken fortunes to get back fighting for third/fourth place,but the heralding of unknowns from Eastern Europe shows how they have badly misjudged the mood of the fans.If this wasn't the case we would not have had The Gettysberg Address earlier on the official site.
Once the crowds start dropping due to this penny pinching,they will realise they made a costly error not spending even one per cent on recruitment.A club with no ambition is what many are saying......are they wrong?
This feels worse for many than the dark,homeless days in the Seaside Leagues.To see fans turn from hope to anger and despair on many forums shows all is not well,despite the proclamations to the contrary.
Interesting that the Billionaire ex Hamiltonian from The Carribean is now involved across the Clyde.Stories he approached Accies but was rebuffed.Not a surprise if true.
YeOldeHamiltonian wrote:Happy Clapper central on here.Many long standing Accies fans are disgusted at the lack of decent recruitment as our dream of European football died in a whimper.
Thing is,with Dundee United and Inverness weakened,it wouldn't have taken fortunes to get back fighting for third/fourth place,but the heralding of unknowns from Eastern Europe shows how they have badly misjudged the mood of the fans.If this wasn't the case we would not have had The Gettysberg Address earlier on the official site.
Once the crowds start dropping due to this penny pinching,they will realise they made a costly error not spending even one per cent on recruitment.A club with no ambition is what many are saying......are they wrong?
This feels worse for many than the dark,homeless days in the Seaside Leagues.To see fans turn from hope to anger and despair on many forums shows all is not well,despite the proclamations to the contrary.
Interesting that the Billionaire ex Hamiltonian from The Carribean is now involved across the Clyde.Stories he approached Accies but was rebuffed.Not a surprise if true.
accies1874 wrote:January has been a disaster, not a success! Ok so we made some money this month from 22 and Neil/Frankie but what's the next step? A dome? I want to see the best players at NDP, the same as everyone else. I want young players blooded through our youth system, the same as everyone else. Why can't people accept that we can buy a player or 2 yet still stick to our "ethos"? Some people always want to complain? Well that's just not true is it?
Davie Hogg wrote:All the money does go back into the club. I'd far rather we kept improving the youth academy than waste money on transfer fees. It makes business sense. It keeps us from being a 2nd tier team.
Some fans need to get things into perspective. And it would seem most people on this board agree with the club.
Alexander the Great wrote:the money that accies have spent on players in the past was money wasted apart from one who would not sign a contract and we ended up not getting a penny in return.
YeOldeHamiltonian wrote:So basically,no ambition then.Funny,but small provincial clubs like Motherwell and St.Johnstone to name but 2 have achieved top six statuses,Cup Finals and Europe recently without spending fortunes.
I think if those on here looked at other forums and on Social Media,they will find their view is a minority view,but hey some folk want to aspire to challenge and others settle for third-never mind- second best.
Part of the reason why Accies crowds have been low since the 1960's onwards was the people in the area perceived Accies as a club with"no ambition" and who didn't want promotion.There used to be real big crowds at big games and it is only this season's team that has bucked the trend.
To see defeatist comments on this forum after the start we had and the chance of finishing the BEST ever Accies team,fills me and plenty others with sadness.Opportunity lost,probably not to be seen again.
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