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"My primary motivation for returning was to help ensure the club's financial viability in the Championship. I believe we've achieved that goal." Ah yes, surely the bronze statue awaits on Sinclair Street for our selfless hero upon stepping down. Except that it is, as usual, self-serving bollocks of course. Acting with the primary aim stated (leaving aside the 'viability' of a model now dependent to a larger annual benefactor that Douglas Rae, so what is meant is 'fullll-time futba') would be a potentially valid excuse for MCT directors who were also on the GMFC board. We could reject that claim on their part too, but the conflict of serving two masters at once os clear. But last time I checked, Stuart Duncan was not sitting on the GMFC board in any capacity. There was no competing source of authority - the only role that Duncan had was as a member of the MCT board. Which raises some rather unfortunate questions for our erstwhile hero: 1) With what legitimate mandate did you act against the interests of the MCT membership you were elected to represent? When did you publicly state your prioritisation of 'fullll time futba' over the interests of the majority stakeholders in GMFC for full transparency and accountability, and when did you win sufficient support for that agenda? I don't recall that being on any candidate biography. 2) With what legitimacy at all did you act after both i) resigning from the MCT board in a tantrum and ii) canvassing support for an EGM against the remainimg board membership - an EGM that was conveniently discarded 0.4 seconds after you were 'co-opted' onto the interim MCT board? So no, I don't think there'll be a bronze statue forthcoming at all. If there is one lesson that new candidates should be embracing from this farcical last 6 months, it is that MCT board members must uphold a duty of fair representation and accountability towards the membership. If we continue to have MCT directors who get elected by default and then just run their own agenda, then MCT as an organisation will join GMST (see also Duncan, Stuart) in being a failed rump entity within 10 years.

Scott Burns from the Record expects us to sign a striker " with good Scottish experience"

Don't agree with everything he says or does but at least he's put himself forward and in the spotlight over the years. Volunteering for something that people feel so passionate about is a thankless task.

Don't let the door hit your arse on the way out Stuart.

9SBC steps down from his role with MCT (again). I give it 3-6 months he'll be back.

I will trust Imries judgement on this one dont remember much about Albinson he has played a good number of games so at least has experience at the level. Considering the turn around of some players under Imrie anything is possible. Hopefully a few more in the door this week.

I'm not fussed about albinson either. Never been impressed with him although Dougie tried to get him in last season so obviously likes him. Ill trust his judgement until he has a stinker or two.

Unlikely as he’s a player/coach. Although with albinson signing, I can only imagine it’ll be him and Murdoch competing for the no1 jersey, with woods being 3rd choice and being the sub goalie if either of the other two are unavailable. I’m a bit meh with albinson, although a goalkeeper who’s played nearly 100 games at this level at a good age of 28 isn’t to be frowned upon, would much rather him play than a punt from a keeper down south, as we’ve seen in the past how going down that route can go (ie ramsbottom).

It wasn't compo for English, he was contracted so was a transfer fee with addons.

Is there a chance Woods can be moved on?

Would be happier to see Albinson in goal than Woods, but for me that only confirms that we should be starting the season with Murdoch as first choice.

Charlie Albinson set to sign. Underwhelmed tbh.

The Tele makes it sound more like Keay will be going to a bigger club than St Mirren, and if that club is paying a £50,000+ fee then they'll also be paying Keay much, much more than we could have offered. As long as there's a sell on clause, the move makes sense all round. It's always good to see young players develop and come through, but that's not something we've been able to generate transfer income out of for about 30 years.

Especially when they aren't going to pay the compensation to sign him.

Depends on whether he was going to get game time or not. If Dougie said to him that he wasn't going to be first or second choice then that could have impacted his decision although he isn't going to play first team football at St.mirren.

Of course he has to do what he thinks is best for him but we have to do that too . Of course I am not unbiased but I do think he would have been better staying with us and getting some first team football even if not as a regular starter. A two year contract with release clauses would have been a decent option for him one would have thought. It will be interesting to see how it all pans out.

I haven't attempted to shut anyone down. I've shared my views on a public forum just like everyone else does. If you don't like it maybe you shouldn't engage with these type of platforms?

Yeah. Disappointed that he's chosen to explore other avenues given we have offered a platform for him to play consistently in a league winning side, make his first team debut and get international recognition. However it's a short career and the boy has the right to make his own career choices. Being a St. Mirren fan you also couldn't blame him wanting to go there. I just hope he's being advised responsibly.

I'm surprised that the compensation figure being quoted for Keay is the same as what we received from Celtic for Isaac English, when you consider that English hadn't made a single first team appearance. Is it just that we had English involved with the academy from a younger age than Keay?

Certainly at the moment seems a real possibility since St Mirren are apparently baulking at the rumoured £50k compensation.

This could have been a really exciting season for Keay if he was able to break through and get more appearances for us. But, putting our own allegiances aside, we have to accept that a move to a club with better coaching, better training facilities, higher wages etc will almost always be preferable to someone in his situation. I’m just relieved to hear we made the offer in time and will get some compensation. I suppose there’s still a chance that the compensation puts enough clubs off that he comes back to renegotiate with us.

They have been taking that tone about everything for a long time now and either need slapped down a peg or two or cut off.

Confirmed by Morton. https://x.com/Morton_FC/status/1939647641337344437

I don't think it's particularly fair to try to shut people down for having a different point of view by calling them names and insinuating that they are being unreasonable because they've just failed to comprehend that the club are acting honourably. I don't have any knowledge that what the club are trying to do is about respecting previous employees, for example, so I can't really see where that's coming from (I certainly don't expect confidential information or all the details, though). In terms of the McAvoy issue, it seemed to me like troublemaking from the Tele, for whatever reason, without justifying why they took that tone about the situation. Deals can't be struck in football all the time, and they haven't explained why this was any different. I don't think the club needed to comment specifically on that. But in terms of PR - it's not been great recently. In this one, they've let the Millen situation fester. They don't need to comment on any specific details in order to communicate much better on the issue. One thing is clear, Imrie wants and needs an assistant as soon as possible (he's previously talked about the toll it took on him when Millen was suspended). What's not clear is anything else on the subject (e.g. why did we plan on removing Millen as soon as the season ended, but not make any plans to replace him?).