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They aren't a sponsor either - got the strips and stadium naming that should hopefully be bringing in some replacement money.

Aye, the only update that's possible to give is it's still in progress. I'm sure if any MCT members had specific concerns they'd get an answer if they mailed about them instead of moaning on Facebook about rumours.

Thought O'Halloran was a strange signing but he's actually been pretty good in some games. Lyall hasn't really done much at all since he came back.

He's been superb for us. I'd give him another season. Lots of leadership, effort and quality we won't get elsewhere.

Murray has been really up against it with injuries, suspensions, sending offs, etc so grinding out a result today is some result. Only saw bits of it but looked like a decent performance.

Don't disagree about the Dale point and I'm assuming it's almost a trial basis anyway until the Estrella deal goes through. But I would have preferred some experience either on the business side or football side. We need a bit of a shake-up and a positive influence on a board that don't have the experience of running a successful business or football club and who have made a series of mistakes over the last year or so.

My concern isn't about what if takes to run thr club. It's about an opportunity to make the club better and bring in much needed ideas and experience. The running has been poor for years so more of the same is a worry. Maybe it will work out well but I don't think it's time for a gamble.

Only thing that makes sense is it's a short term thing until the investment deal comes through and they bring in someones who's done a similar role before. Good experience for Mark and fills a gap just now. It makes no sense that we've got no one at the club with any experience of running a football club and, as far as I know, no paid staff with experience of running a business.

No harm to him, but this was a really critical appointment. We've got a club mostly run by volunteers with little or no experience of running a football club (or business) and really needed someone to come in with experience and hit the ground running. Taking this long for an appointment to essentially keep doing the same thing, which hasn't worked, and no need fresh ideas is really disappointing.

Would be better giving a youth player a game than Shaw. Garrity naturally drifted out wide but had to a lot of the times and probably put in more crosses from there than out actual left winger.

I don't think it's a completely pie in the sky - we're an old club with one of the oldest stadiums in the world so there's a lot to sell for the casual football fan. Wouldn't imagine it would totally change our fortunes but there's a big market out there. Wrexham for example have really leaned into the whole community thing and being a working class town - obviously they have millions behind them to market that through documentaries and celebrities that appeal to people outside of football but there's an opportunity to sell a story. Real Oviedo got a lot of attention from all over the world too in the not too distant past. They had some famous ex-players backing it but it's still an example of clubs looking at different routes to get publicly and it working out well for them.

I thought it was actually quite a good point - local sponsors are goodwill but showing benefits to a sponsor through data might open up the market a bit more if we can show high engagement on social media for example. A lot of what they said did sound a bit overly simplified and ambitious but it's a lot more convincing than some of the buzzwords Dalrada used that didn't have any substance behind them whatsoever.

If the Easdales wanted the club they've had plenty of chances over the years. Forcing their family members into the first team when they were just sponsors should be a huge red flag to anyone too.

I'm 50/50 with Wilson being back in midfield. He's hardly put a foot wrong in defence and adds a lot of composure on the ball and brings it out of defence well. He also wasn't at his best in the middle earlier in the season but obviously when he's on form there's not many better than him. My worry would be neither White or Owens is as good on the ball and bringing it out of defence so we'd strengthen the midfield and be OK defensively but weaken the team overall.

Forget the strips - get a friendly abroad and that's all we need.