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Every season I feel Gillespie goes through a spell of form where you're convinced his time at this level is up, and then he turns it around and becomes an important part of the squad again. Happy to see all 3 sign up. I think without that injury in February, Wilson would have been gone, so I'm delighted to see him remain with the club, and Crawford's set pieces in particular were a huge part of our game in the second half of last season.

Terrific news x3.

Tele reporting that Ian Wilson, Ali Crawford and Grant Gillespie have all agreed 1 year deals.

Yeah, that's very welcome. Overdue, to be fair, but welcome. Hopefully it can be part of the club working more meaningfully with MCT in the future. And I think credit is due to Brian Bonar for pushing this in the Dalrada deal.

I know many were asking about how to change their MCT contributions, but they've come out with an email to members today trying to do just that. Simple as that, upped it from a tenner to 20 quid.

Is the someone representing one of our players in the (board)room with us now?

It’s pretty decent. I first used it a couple of years ago to buy a ticket for a game away at Hamilton. Someone representing one of our players at the time had invited me and my dad along, but turned out there were only two complimentary tickets left at the desk. So I downloaded the app, registered and had my ticket bought within the five minutes or so I was in the queue for the turnstile.

I just renewed my season ticket and I have to say that the Fanbase app is wonderfully easy to operate. The fact you can buy season tickets, match tickets and hospitality all in under two minutes is a massive improvement from previously.

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Most insurers will have preferred contractors that they will assign to repair the work to their standards. If we decide to get a 4th party to complete the work, then insurers may not pay out as we've deviated from their due process. Insurance companies will always look at ways to not pay out on claims so we'd need to very careful how we approach and manage everyone's expectations for the correct outcome.

Thought he was going to Kilmarnock.

While not at the level of Cappielow I've handled submitting and seeing to completion (insurance back-and-forth, getting the check from the insurer, getting the repairs done, figuring out what to do with the small excess amount we had left over) a claim for a business that suffered pretty severe roof damage. Leaving aside the obvious legal differences between Texas and Scotland: Sure, all else being equal (own the property, no planning permission stuff etc.) you can fix anything you want whenever you want. It wouldn't ruin our claim necessarily. Presumably (and this is a presumption) the insurer has already been out to have a look and has got the evidence they need. If that's the case it doesn't matter if we start repairing it now. But if the club is still waiting on the insurer to decide on a payout, they may decide - and I'd agree with them if they did - it's far too risky to start repairs now. We do have a bit of cash in the bank but we need to be prudent with it, and the most prudent thing right now is to wait for insurance to run its course. That's what I picked up as well, it's "will the money we get from the insurer allow us to do more than simply patch up the roof here?" If that's the case it's all the more reason to wait - no point in getting someone up there to just patch it up, then finding out there's scope to do more work and having to go through it again. The only thing I find strange is how slowly the insurer is moving, but I've never made a roof claim in Scotland so maybe it's not a fair basis for comparison.

My impression from what was said at the meeting was that we were perhaps trying to get slightly more work done than the storm damaged area and were waiting for the insurance company to let us know exactly how much of the work would be covered (maybe trying to replace adjacent older elements along with the damaged roof or something like that). I don't know, it was difficult to make out exactly what was said.

No argument. Like I said, just asking a question.

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As long as the delay is while we show the insurers more photos of the camera gantry Sky hung from the roof in 1999 to try to convince the insurers it was still in place, that it also blew away and that they should pay for a new one.

Lots of storm damage happened several months ago and hasn't been fixed yet. Your argument that GMFC should just decide what to do and who cares what the insurance provider says is unsound, not least when the same organisation has just had its FIFA correspondence being autofiled in the bin for a year.

You really don't.

I don't actually know if the club are fully aware how much the pay out will be and how much the work will cost. Excuse me if incorrect, at the Morton Club I am sure a comment was made that the club were going to see if there was any excess money from insurance pay out that could be used elsewhere. Came across that we don't know what the figures are, at this time.

Can’t we fix the roof (I presume we all agree it has to be fixed) while waiting on insurance money? Not and expert and not having a tantrum, just a genuine question. Do we have such poor cash flow, even with Dalrada cash now agreed? I thought there was still a small surplus in the bank despite our “manageable loss”? If we go ahead with the works before payout does that ruin our claim? As someone else said, it did happen several months ago.

You wonder what the budget for his new outfit will be. They have Declan McManus as their main man over there but you have to wonder if any of the out of contract players will be touted by him? Wilson, Mullen or maybe even Lyall if the money is enough. Can't say he will be missed. The times I had any, minimal, interactions with him during my visits to hospitality, he came across as, poor, cars salesman who was full of his own importance. No idea what minerals he brought to Cappielow but I would say the club is now in a worse place than it was when he rolled in to the club.

Concentrating on ancient historic minerals. Potential contract offer for Broadfoot?

They’re a sixth tier club now though, not a fifth tier one. Admittedly, there’s likely to be a lot of promotion places available next year as the Lowland League looks to be expanding to two regional leagues, but the West of Scotland Premier Division should be ultra competitive next season, and I wouldn’t have fancied them to claim one of those places. On the point of someone else taking their place, who? The only club who met the West’s criteria to hoping in the Fourth Division (tenth tier) was East Kilbride YM, who were elected. St. Patrick’s from Dumbarton were rumoured to be interested but were apparently nowhere near prepared to apply. Anyone else, if they wanted to relocate would likely have to commit to paying the remainder of the rent for Dumbarton’s ground which I think had three years to run. There’s also probably a good reason that that stupid idea to rebrand Albion Rovers didn’t come to fruition. It’s hardly going to stop the hoards of buses leaving Coatbridge on a Saturday, and St. Roch’s have got the diddy-Celtic market sewn up. Best looking at their demise as the end of an episode that will prove a sad footnote in the history of Scottish football and moving on.

You do.