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Post by scottgkc16 on Jun 1, 2024 15:33:16 GMT
So which players have been retained and whose been released I've just seen that stephen o'neill has signed for East Stirlingshire , guess Albion rovers will be leaving it until last minute again
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Post by sam on Jun 1, 2024 18:49:13 GMT
So which players have been retained and whose been released I've just seen that stephen o'neill has signed for East Stirlingshire , guess Albion rovers will be leaving it until last minute again I doubt he’s any great loss as he didn’t set the heather on fire in his time with us.. just hope any replacements we get are a step up from who aren’t getting kept on
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Post by arfcdm on Jun 1, 2024 19:08:56 GMT
So which players have been retained and whose been released I've just seen that stephen o'neill has signed for East Stirlingshire , guess Albion rovers will be leaving it until last minute again No one will shed a tear over Stephen O'neill. Will be polite and say he was far from the best. As usual however social media is starting show other teams get players signed up early. Be prepared for us hoovering up the unwanted players at the last minute.
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Post by scottgkc16 on Jun 1, 2024 19:18:39 GMT
I couldn't really care who stephen O'Neil had signed for he was I know he was very poor, my point is who has actually been retained and who had been released as per usual the club have been completely mute or are they waiting until the manager comes back from his holidays again a week before the season starts exactly the same as like last season, clubs in lower leagues have been more open than Albion Rovers it's as secretive as the masons regarding who's coming in and who's left , they're aren't even any rumours of what is going on this should have been organised midway through the season when we knew the club had no chance of promotion this is why the club will finish either same position or lower because of blatant lack of organisation and it's so frustrating, I can imagine it being even worse for the die hard fans who have been here with the club for numerous years. There are west and East of Scotland sides with more transparency
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Post by bucky on Jun 2, 2024 9:45:15 GMT
Rovers have never been an early pre-season signing club apart from the time we had loads of dosh after the Scottish cup run 2013-14. James Ward whose contract was extended made most of the signings by late May/early June only to get promptly sacked and replaced by Darren Young.
I think the club will be feeling it this pre-season. No league cup cash. Parachute payment halved. I think some fans are in for a rude awakening.
If it’s reliable gossip you want. Chris Rafferty is your man lol. Apparently we have offered terms yo three Cumbernauld Colts players.
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Post by scottgkc16 on Jun 2, 2024 13:19:44 GMT
Rovers have never been an early pre-season signing club apart from the time we had loads of dosh after the Scottish cup run 2013-14. James Ward whose contract was extended made most of the signings by late May/early June only to get promptly sacked and replaced by Darren Young. I think the club will be feeling it this pre-season. No league cup cash. Parachute payment halved. I think some fans are in for a rude awakening. If it’s reliable gossip you want. Chris Rafferty is your man lol. Apparently we have offered terms yo three Cumbernauld Colts players. It's not necessary reliable gossip it's the fact we don't know anything has every player from last season been retained have bar the ones we were told had new contracts been released who knows 🤷♂️
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Post by chris on Jun 2, 2024 14:12:08 GMT
I'm totally confused as to why some are moaning here,
We have players already on new contracts, we also have another 2 from the squad who were offered deals, with the manager openly saying it would be a shock if one didn't sign
All the contracts for players only ran out yesterday ...
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Post by chris on Jun 2, 2024 14:13:34 GMT
Rovers have never been an early pre-season signing club apart from the time we had loads of dosh after the Scottish cup run 2013-14. James Ward whose contract was extended made most of the signings by late May/early June only to get promptly sacked and replaced by Darren Young. I think the club will be feeling it this pre-season. No league cup cash. Parachute payment halved. I think some fans are in for a rude awakening. If it’s reliable gossip you want. Chris Rafferty is your man lol. Apparently we have offered terms yo three Cumbernauld Colts players. Pretty sure 3 was the magic number lol,
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2024 16:53:53 GMT
Don't understand the worry either. Contracts from last season only up as of yesterday. We've already got Ross, Alex, Adam, Barry, Josh and Bright signed up. Decent spine with some experience needed. Sandy has said many times that recruitment has been underway for months and by the sounds of it we have an idea of who we want, and that we're after experience but that we are probably a hard sell. I'm sure we'll have a strong chance with Dom too, Niyah will rightfully look elsewhere first. We saw last season that Sandy & George can use the loan market - but that simply won't happen until the last few days on the bigger lower league window, just like it always does as we are at the mercy of the bigger clubs... but people will still moan!
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Post by fergie on Jun 2, 2024 17:34:22 GMT
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Post by eunan1882 on Jun 4, 2024 15:39:21 GMT
Are the club ever going to announce the departures from last season? It’s the 4th June, complete radio silence, clubs around us are signing players
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Post by scottgkc16 on Jun 5, 2024 10:13:15 GMT
Are the club ever going to announce the departures from last season? It’s the 4th June, complete radio silence, clubs around us are signing players Probably not the club seems to be mute but you've got people moaning because the likes of us are questioning why the silence on who's stayed who's gone are anyone remotely close to being signed saying the likes of its pre seasons take a day aff etc on the unofficial page on Facebook. Teams round about us have already signed players some who have actually signed quality players and who have we signed now no one by the the radio silence. We haven't even announced a new kitman yet which should be jaz who Knows the club inside out. We will be struggling this season and halfway through the new season I'm going to be saying to the majority I told you so yet Again. You want players in for the beginning of pre season not half way through so the group is ready for the season starting not bringing in players in dribs and drabs as the season is pretty much beginning who haven't done pre season with the group and this makes a massive difference. Why only a certain few fans can see this I don't know and if your not worried about the lack of communication from the club you really should be because we are in deep trouble of another season like last. We are going to be another Berwick rangers ,Cowdenbeath etc but to be fair they are actually signing players already and announcing them just like the majority of lowland league sides as I've said in an earlier post you get more transparency from clubs in the East and West why is this 🤷♂️
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Post by eunan1882 on Jun 5, 2024 10:31:02 GMT
Are the club ever going to announce the departures from last season? It’s the 4th June, complete radio silence, clubs around us are signing players Probably not the club seems to be mute but you've got people moaning because the likes of us are questioning why the silence on who's stayed who's gone are anyone remotely close to being signed saying the likes of its pre seasons take a day aff etc on the unofficial page on Facebook. Teams round about us have already signed players some who have actually signed quality players and who have we signed now no one by the the radio silence. We haven't even announced a new kitman yet which should be jaz who Knows the club inside out. We will be struggling this season and halfway through the new season I'm going to be saying to the majority I told you so yet Again. You want players in for the beginning of pre season not half way through so the group is ready for the season starting not bringing in players in dribs and drabs as the season is pretty much beginning who haven't done pre season with the group and this makes a massive difference. Why only a certain few fans can see this I don't know and if your not worried about the lack of communication from the club you really should be because we are in deep trouble of another season like last. We are going to be another Berwick rangers ,Cowdenbeath etc but to be fair they are actually signing players already and announcing them just like the majority of lowland league sides as I've said in an earlier post you get more transparency from clubs in the East and West why is this 🤷♂️ totally agree, another shite season awaits and to think some people thought we were making a title charge lol
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Post by bucky on Jun 5, 2024 12:10:58 GMT
Are the club ever going to announce the departures from last season? It’s the 4th June, complete radio silence, clubs around us are signing players Probably not the club seems to be mute but you've got people moaning because the likes of us are questioning why the silence on who's stayed who's gone are anyone remotely close to being signed saying the likes of its pre seasons take a day aff etc on the unofficial page on Facebook. Teams round about us have already signed players some who have actually signed quality players and who have we signed now no one by the the radio silence. We haven't even announced a new kitman yet which should be jaz who Knows the club inside out. We will be struggling this season and halfway through the new season I'm going to be saying to the majority I told you so yet Again. You want players in for the beginning of pre season not half way through so the group is ready for the season starting not bringing in players in dribs and drabs as the season is pretty much beginning who haven't done pre season with the group and this makes a massive difference. Why only a certain few fans can see this I don't know and if your not worried about the lack of communication from the club you really should be because we are in deep trouble of another season like last. We are going to be another Berwick rangers ,Cowdenbeath etc but to be fair they are actually signing players already and announcing them just like the majority of lowland league sides as I've said in an earlier post you get more transparency from clubs in the East and West why is this 🤷♂️ I’m not sure Berwick Rangers is a great example. Had their squad set up well before pre-season with some high wage players last year, by September they announced a fire sale of players as the club was spending a staggering 95% of its turnover on wages. Now Cowdenbeath is an interesting watch this year, first year without a parachute payment new manager and already new signings to be fair that would have been part and parcel of him getting the job. To my knowledge pre-season hasn’t started and pre-season training hasn’t been announced. Maybe the manager/coach/players are on (shock horror) holiday.
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Post by tommysermanni on Jun 5, 2024 12:27:28 GMT
It is true there is plenty of time to go before the new season starts but it's equally true to say many other Clubs are announcing new signings and contract extensions to existing staff.
Historically we always seem to be very slow off the blocks with this.
I fully expect us to be rummaging around in the Home Bargains reject stock of players with 1 week to go before kick off.
I would expect the manager to have been in contact with several prospective signings who are taking their time to see if any better offers come in before agreeing to sign with Rovers.
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