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On 06/10/2022 at 19:21, RussellV1 said:
I don’t think he can actually play for anyone else until the window opens in January
If he hasn't played a game yet and is released, can't see where the issue lies signing for another club on a free. I think players released on a free during transfer window is to make them available when clubs are .oat actively looking to recruit.
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44 minutes ago, Coventry Saint said:
Neither Saints player in the Australia squad for the NZ game. Guess we've got to assume they're on the periphery. Greive on the bench for the Kiwis.
Was going to watch while I worked but probably won't bother now.
They are playing each other twice in the matter of a few days, so I guess there will be a rotation in the squad, plus our players wouldn't have most likely arrived till possibly yesterday.
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I see Mooy and Boyle have started. I still guess it will be a rotated squad and this is possibly their strongest starting 11
Ex buddie Cameron Howieson on the bench for New Zealand along with Grieve.0 -
On 19/09/2022 at 15:32, wastecoatwilly said:
My first post on the subject was fill your stands with your own fans, we wouldn't be having this debate if you did,it's not our problem it's your's M8.
So your semantics have decided to cut our allocation to help with the problem like many other clubs i'm saying good luck with that M8.Attendance down by 300 comparing Sunday vs last season game v Celtic at home and that is with cutting their extra allocation this season of around 1300 seats.
I think you have to look at that as a major win and considering it was a 12pm Sky game too. Moving in the right direction.
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15 hours ago, Buttocks Brown said:
Something I really liked yesterday was the negligible effect the loss of both Strain and Tanser had on our play. We were forced into 3 changes in position across that back 5 with more than 20 minutes still to play:
Strain-Fraser-Gallagher-Dunne-Tanser
Fraser-Gogic-Gallagher-Dunn-Tait
The last thing you want is that kind of disruption to your defence when trying to hold onto a lead against Celtic. However, our depth of squad coupled with how well-drilled the players are meant that we could cruise to the final whistle.
Yes. Equally good players in the waiting if we lose a player through injury, suspension or tiredness as the game goes on. When Tait came on, I thought this is a great option to have on the bench at this moment in the game and he fits in perfectly and gets up and down the park.
Something I really admired about our tactics, was that we kept our shape, started with 2 upfront and really only dropped to one off the striker (Kiltie) late on, still with the intention of getting forward. Under Goodwin, we would start with a negative formation against Celtic and Rangers and hope that we see a game out late enough to change the shape late on to try and snatch a point or a win. Well done Robinson for having belief and being brave.
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On 11/09/2022 at 09:56, aldo_j said:
Was it Dietrich that tried to overhead kick it on the halfway line, missed, letting the opposition in for a 1v1?
Haddy.
Heaton wasn’t helped by the pricetag, but didn’t show the attitude of Cooke to try and improve.
Always found it strange that we signed a few players from the Vardy Academy that Stubbs was involved in prior to joining us…
....and that Darren Jackson was an agent.
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On 11/09/2022 at 01:30, glenburn bud said:
He ended up in Australia playing Pub football. Probably a level above his ability.
And bare knuckle fighting
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7 hours ago, Hendo said:
Why the pessimism? Its realistic to expect to beat Livi and Killie at home and also get something at an injury ravaged Hearts.
I guess I'm just setting myself up for it really. The weekends game was the type of opposition we shouldn't have been losing to. I grant it was an off day, though it' always the St Mirren way. We are looking much better from what I have seen so far, just need to keep the levels high and we should get something from those 3 games mentioned.
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7 hours ago, Captain Saintsible said:
If we could get a win and a draw then that would be decent. A couple of draws minimum.
Knowing us, 3-6 points max froom that round of games. Our best chance on paper is points against Killie and Livy, though thats being hopeful. Depends how we are on our day vs Hearts. We have matched them before though they have a very good pool of players.
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I think the only way we will see a free agent coming in is if we are forced through injuries to do so.
Oran Kearney had one of the best outside transfer window moves that i can remember with the addition of Adam Hammill and Anton Ferdinand. At that point i didnt really fee we needed to add, though they did add quality.0 -
38 minutes ago, glenburn bud said:
I don’t think Jack Ross has suddenly become a bad manager but he definitely started to believe in his own hype. If he hadn’t jumped ship from Saints for the poison chalice job at Sunderland then maybe serving his time at this level would have stood him in good stead for progressing a promising career at the time.
I don’t care what anyone says he gave me and many other St Mirren fans two of the best seasons of recent times. The great escape and the title winning season are up there with my best memories.
On the flip side, that opportunity at Sunderland, which pretty much made him a millionaire, may not have come up again if he got Saints relegated the following season or had us fighting relegation.
I don't grudge him on that move to Sunderland and he actually didn't do that badly there. Alex Neil in his short few months was the only manager of 4(I think) who managed to get them promotion.
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13 hours ago, Kempes said:
Signing Gogic means he is further away from a first team spot. Be sorry to see him move on, but Celtic obviously feel he’s worth a gamble for a relatively small fee.
He only signed his current contract on the basis he would get game time. This persuaded him to not sign for any other club at the time. In the last 12 montsh he hasn't had a sniff. You could say the timing of his age/development is possibly a year short of making himself a regular, though he won't be here this time next summer. This is our opportunity to add in a sell on and any other perfomance based bonuses.
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8 minutes ago, glenburn bud said:
That's a hoax account. Other sources from over a week ago linked both ourselves and Motherwell with him. Time will tell I guess...
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1 hour ago, Dirty Sanchez said:
I think Google have made a mistake here.
Messi is wearing his Bee Inspired gear. It was probably pulled from a popular article which references Coco.
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2 hours ago, AW saint said:
A fit Scott Allan is an excellent option. His range and accuracy of passing is a cut above. He would create chances no doubt about it.
However would he dislodge anyone currently playing?
I was thinking the same thing when I read the article this morning. A fit Scott Allan that wasn't asking for a luxurious wage would definitely be a goer for me. Whether he makes it as a starter every game or not, he undoubtedly has the quality to improve the squad.
If Dylan Reid goes in this window after the interest already shown in him, I'd be keen on a move for Allan.
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9 minutes ago, Shuggie_Murray7 said:
McGrath is a good player, but I always felt his contributions were vastly exaggerated. Had his starts not been padded with 15 penalties he wouldn't hacve had a look in with Wigan. Good signing for United though.
Ronan was a far, far better player than McGrath. If he ended up at a league rival I'd be gutted.
Accurate assessment of McGrath.
He should have been head an shoulders above everyone last season up until his move to Wigan, though he never did show enough quality in his final year.
Ronan on the other hand oozed class and you could see he was a top top player. At 24, he really needs to either be included in Wolves plans this season or seek a permanent move to a better league than ours.1 -
36 minutes ago, Shuggie_Murray7 said:
For me, we're lacking creativity in the middle of the park. The centre of our midfield is very combatitive, but I worry about our ability to create anything from there. Perhaps Baccus will prove to be that creative spark, but if he isn't then we could have a big problem.
I think it's early days to assess the new players. I know from the very first moment we seen Ronan play, you could see he was head and shoulders talent wise, though the likes of O'Hara, who I do highly rate and Baccus, who we haven't seen much of yet, could be the answer this season.
The new system could also make other players better players and make them all as equally effective going forward.0 -
5 hours ago, Ric said:
He had a loan down at Barnsley and by all accounts they were pleased with him. It was their U21 (U23?) squad though, not the first team.
COVID lockdown cut short his stay. It's maybe given him a taste for something he'd like to pursue when his contract runs down, unless we try and keep him longer.
He has to be happy though to stay and time will tell If working under Robinson is enough.0 -
1 hour ago, Stu said:
Scott Burns has always been extremely good for Saints stuff in fairness.
If Reid stays until next summer and leaves for compensation, will that take into account how many first team appearances he's made or is it purely on age and length of time at the club?
From what I have gathered, it will not be much more than what Celtic offered as a transfer fee, hence why selling him now and having the opportunity to include add ons is more profitable for us long term.
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2 minutes ago, Coventry Saint said:
I really don't see why they don't, when you consider the paltry sums involved. Also, I can't see why what Rangers offered was rejected but Celtic's barely-better offer was accepted. Are we really sitting there saying 'we won't take a penny less than £125k'? Given we now seem happy that he's staying (ie we weren't desperate for that 125k), then why didn't we just stick a 500k tag on his head and test the water that way?
I dunno, it all just seems a bit weird and inconsistent to me.
It's possible our sell on fee request (say 20% or 33%) was matched by Celtic though not by Rangers.
We also possibly see the potential of his value rising in years to come and the only way to maximise our future cut (which could be significantly higher return than £125k)is to take the hit and offer him at his market value now so that we can secure those add ons. There hasn't been a flurry of teams lining up with cash so far.
This method has worked out well long term for us with the McGinn deal.
Reid will be gone if not this summer, then next.
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13 hours ago, Buttocks Brown said:
Dylan Reid..... my fear is that there's been a wee nudge, nudge wink wink to sit tight from the other Glasgow team.
Shock horror, they become interested again when his contract expires next year. He signs for them and it's a poorer financial deal for us than if he'd gone to Celtic.
We'll have to wait and see. In the meantime, hopefully he'll have a good season for us.
Surely Rangers can afford to part with the £125k reported?
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9 minutes ago, Merkland Red said:
Doesn't make any sense to leave the kid out? At least in terms of maximising what you receive?
I'd say with his age and where he is in his development, it is a bit unfortunate for us in terms of how longs left on his contract (ideally he would have had 2 years left). It's most likely he would have been closer to the starting lineup next season, though we currently have many players in front of him. John McGinn never made it into the starting lineup until just before his 18th birthday.
If he goes this summer, we have the opportunity of asking for add-ons to the deal, including sell on fee and possibly appearances. If he leaves next summer, we get a similar fee to the £125k in development fees, without the chance to throw in some add ons.
If Ranger come back in and match what Celtic offered us, 100% he will be off this summer. Just because he knocked back Celtic, doesn't mean he wants to commit his future to us, he is holding out for another club who have already showed interest. For what it is also worth, he does not want to sign an extension to his current deal with us.1 -
50 minutes ago, glenburn bud said:
Baccus at Ralston today I’m presuming he’ll be playing catch up in terms of match fitness. Will he get mins against Airdrie and the Edinburgh team.
I'd imagine at very the very least, he will play some part on Saturday. I think the Airdrie games came a bit too early.
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4 minutes ago, pozbaird said:
I’ve seen a few gents hairdressing shops created using ‘shipping containers’. They look cool. I think there’s one at the M&S end of Braehead.
Also one at Asda Linwood and Silverburn too. Really good cost efficient use.
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26 minutes ago, Buttocks Brown said:
Aberdeen have similar but you can purchase individual matches for them: https://www.afc.co.uk/commercial/matchday-hospitality/main-stand-boxes/
Maybe we've sounded out some companies who are regularly using hospitality and they've indicated that they'd be interested in taking one of these for the whole season.
Innovative thinking to generate more cash for the club. Good stuff.
There is also probably a chance that some companies that are close to each other could split between 2-4 ways and share the cost for the season.
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The St. Mirren FC 2023/24 thread
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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What is a realistic length of time after starting a new contract, to offer a player an extension? Baccus clearly is the real deal and will go on to a bigger platform, though would 3 months into the season look too premature? You leave it to the start of/first quarter of next calendar year and he could be leading into the final year of his contract.