BishopBrennan

I suppose you could argue that King could have replaced Crawford in the '10' role after his form dipped, but I still think King will have benefited more from spending the season playing regularly for Clyde than he would have been starting 5 games and making 10 sub appearances for us this season.

Player of the Year - I'd have Iain Wilson in 1st place, Ryan Mullen in 2nd place and probably Oakley in 3rd place. Wilson's improved our midfield massively, Mullen has established himself as a good Championship goalkeeper with tremendous distribution, and Oakley has been irreplaceable. 8 goals in 22 league appearances whilst playing as a target man is a very good return as well. Goal of the Season - George Oakley's winner at Tannadice. An absolute screamer. Best Signing - Lewis Strapp. If we didn't sign Strapp, I think we'd currently be in 9th place instead of Inverness. He is better at every facet of the game than Waters IMO. For all we haven't scored a huge amount of goals from his long throws, the panic they cause in opposition defences is always amusing. Worst Signing - Tyler French. The Dundee fans had us thinking we'd signed the next Cafu, but to say he hasn't really found his feet at Championship level is generous. Most Significant Goal - George Oakley's winner at Arbroath. A great turn and finish that not only broke that horrible winless run against Arbroath but also sparked our unbeaten run to life. A real turning point in the season. Best Game - Dundee United 2-3 Morton. Peak 'Big Bad Physical Morton'. Worst Game - Morton 1-4 Partick, Morton 0-3 Arbroath or Airdrie 3-1 Morton.

Fucking rancid.

Quitongo would be one of the first out the door if it was up to me. He has attributes very few at this level possess, but even when he is fully fit he's woefully inconsistent. Wilson and Oakley both have bad injury records, but the difference with those guys is if they're playing twenty games in a season rather than forty, they're going to give a solid contribution in 90% of those matches. Quitongo doesn't have that. Add in his technical deficiencies, lack of game intelligence and poor decision making in the final third and it's an easy decision for me. He's simply a luxury we can't afford.

Here is the state of play for next season: Contracted for next season - Mullen, Murdoch, Baird, Wilson, O'Boy, King, Bearne, Davies. Contract expiring - MacDonald, Strapp, O'Connor, Waters, Blues, Muirhead, Quitongo, Crawford, Broadfoot, McGrattan, Garrity, Power, Gillespie, Oakley. Loans expiring - French MacDonald - Release Strapp - Keep O'Connor - Keep Waters - Release Blues - Keep Muirhead - Keep* Quitongo - Release Crawford - Keep* Broadfoot - Release McGrattan - Release Garrity - Keep Power - Keep* Gillespie - Release Oakley - Keep * I'd be looking for upgrades on these players but I wouldn't be against any of them staying in the correct circumstances. Crawford has really struggled for a large part of the season, Muirhead has blown hot and cold but still has plenty of goals to his name and Power is now at a point where you could argue whether his negative contributions outweigh what he brings to the team.

Imrie was entirely correct IMO. Having two positive passages of play after 10/15 minutes of being under the cosh doesn't mean we should suddenly start trying to force a winner. Given how poor we were in midfield, and the large gap between the midfield and defence for the majority of the match, settling for a point was the correct approach at that point.

It absolutely should not be the chairman deciding that. We're one of (if not the) lowest paying full time clubs in the country. The idea of completing ruling out recruiting older players dropping down from a higher level is absurd.

The majority of them were in Amsterdam for the Scotland game.

Inverclyde Sport Centre in Largs.

Fair fucks to whoever let off the fireworks in the car park at full time. Outstanding work.

Excellent news. I don't think it's a coincidence that our performances and results improved as he gained match sharpness.

I'd be fully in favour of trying to get MacDonald off the books and bringing in a player on a lesser wage to deputise for Mullen for the rest of the season. I'd imagine MacDonald is quite a high earner so if we can use it to benefit us in other positions I'd be all for it.

Even for this dank corner of the internet's standards, this thread is grim.

I'd love to see Iain Wilson signing beyond his loan spell. I'm hoping that come February 1st we're sticking a pre-contact in front of him. He's been excellent in the last couple of months.

Aye, that's a cracking result. Arbroath's form is dreadful at the moment. Terrible wee shame.