Why do you think Holt leaving would make any difference? Feels like this has Martindale's fingerprints on it.
Really, really grim stuff today. St. Mirren just having to work hard to get three points for the second time this season. We fully deserved that deflection against us.
My feelings on where we stand at the moment:
Positives
We have enough good players to get out of this.
Negatives
We have too many clowns in the team currently being picked. The quicker Bartley and Brown are out the team, the better. Particularly the former who has been absolutely fucking shite this season.
We are seriously dodgy at the back. This is despite only one player leaving (Lamie, who wasn't even playing), compared to our defence from last season. This leads me to believe that the new players that have replaced last season's defence need dumped, where possible. I would line up with something like McMillan at right-back, Guthrie and Fitzwater or Ambrose in the middle and ATS at left-back. This formula worked. Why both McMillan and ATS have not had a sniff is beyond me.
We look out of ideas going forward. For me, this lies with JET not working in our system. I'm not even sure we can adapt our system to suit him as he does not work hard enough. If he isn't scoring goals, it is not worth it. Tiffoney or Poplatnik have to come in next game.
We are not working anywhere near hard enough. Last season we had players chasing down opponents and hunting in packs. Today, St. Mirren did that against us really well. I am not sure how to fix this.
The Ayr game gives us a chance to experiment, even if we go out of the cup in doing so. It is essential we stumble across a team that looks closer to last season's, as soon as possible.
Stryjek
McMillan Fitzwater Guthrie ATS
Sibbald Lawson
Robinson Pittman Forrest
Tiffoney