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So, you having "heard" this, you will naturally be going along, gatecrashing perhaps? and getting us all the good goss, yes?
Oh, and say Happy Birthday to Patrick from us all, won't you. 
I'll put this out there, while I can still ride on the excitement of us having something that they don't
For argument's sake, if we said you had a (n entirely hypothetical) situation where you had two clubs
a) One of the biggest and wealthiest clubs in a league, which potentially brings with it some prestige in the local market, but performs as a middling club, with little success domestically, no international participation for half a decade and which is relatively new to the thought of having an actual pathway for youth development, in part because they can throw money at expensive, experienced players
and
b) One of the smallest clubs in a league, which brings little prestige in the local market, but consistently has performed better than most, if not all, of the other clubs in the league, has played Champions League football for the last four seasons. A club which also has an established pathway for youth development as well as a successful history of the same, while it also has a smaller budget which forces it to play more of those locally developed players at it's highest levels.
In this hypothetical, you might be a young'un just starting his career. Having just faced the disappointment of not being able to get a Visa to the UK, playing football, currently. You return to your native country and try to work out what happens next. On top of everything else, the coach of club b, has engaged you before you left for the UK and offered guidance and support irrespective of your potential connection to the club.
Now, you are - hypothetically - contacted by this coach as well as the coach of club a, who promises a biggish pay-day, your metier taken into consideration with the potential for you maybe getting a game or two in the youth league this season, as well as the coach of club b, offering a smaller countract, with a relatively high likelihood of first team football.
Which team would You, Hypothetically, pick?
If you pick 'b' - go to page 240, if you pick 'a' go to h...
Obviously this is hypothetical and I haven't got a clue whether Arnie even looked at this kid, I'm just pointing out that we probably shouldn't sell ourselves too short, when it comes to the attractiveness to new players... Sometimes there could be an advantage to being the small, successful firm
This entire hypothetical is purely hypothetical. Any resemblance to real people, alive or dead is entirely intentional.
I don't know anything about agent motives either but Rogic is a good case in point, he should be getting playing time. Moving to a top club in any league is going to make it hard to break into the first team and apart from Celtic and Rangers the Scottish league is not much above the HAL imo. A mid level club in the Eredivise or 2.Bundesliga would have been a much better move. He would be more likely to get playing time and the football style would suit him better.
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haha
there was talk on the previous page of this thread about Pandurevic signing with CCM as a foregone conclusion. But the club announcement today is "post news". Nevertheless it's good news.
I reckon Vernes is safe.
I was under the impression that we were likely to sign him - though I read that Arnie was also after him - and it's only just now confirmed we got our man.haha
