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9 minutes ago, Spam_Valley said:
Is Joe injured? A bit odd that he’s been left out the team entirely.
Yes, picked up a knock midweek apparently.
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3 hours ago, Wilbur said:
Did we ever establish why you don't see so much white dog shite nowadays or whatever happened to Aztec chocolate bars ?
Oh aye, and then there's the Coconut Dug joke.
Close season was more fun back in the olden days.
How did it go again?
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1 hour ago, Lex said:
To be fair that was the first 0-0 between us and Livi since Martindale was manager. The last 0-0 between us was in 2018 in the Championship, on the day we won the league.
Yeah, a few of the games have been narrow 1-0s and things like that. Generally speaking, they are the least entertaining games.
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Martindale is fast becoming our Billy Reid of this decade.
You just know it will be 0-0 shitfest, just like the many McPherson v Reid battles.
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Last home game of the season, so I’ll be there. However, you just know it’s going to be an absolute shitter of a game.
Likely 0-0, possibly 1-0 either way to a scrappy goal.
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1 hour ago, Ric said:
Positives? He had a blinding season at Havant & Waterlooville.
Negatives? It was Havant & Waterlooville.6 goals in 36 player for league 1 in England looks like a pretty decent return for me. Certainly looks like he’ll be different to what we have.
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1 hour ago, Ric said:
I appreciate you are meaning for Erhahon, but Shankland's sojourn to Belgium has been the opposite, it's not helped him at all. If anything, it's left him looking like a one season wonder rather than a player for the future.
I was more referencing going PT at Ayr and realising his career was slipping away unless he got himself fit and firing.
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1 hour ago, Coventry Saint said:
It was notable that he came back from Barnsley a better player.
The talent is there for all to see, but so is the often lackadaisical approach. I'm not sure his style suits the pace of the game up here. Hell, if I was him and Italy was on the cards I'd be all over it.
I am convinced he thought he was getting a move in the January 2021 window - pretty sure the day that window closed he tweeted a message to the effect of 'my time will come' or something like that. I don't personally believe he's been at the races since then, though he was involved in most of our good results early on this season.
As everyone has said, a six-figure fee (pretty much what we'd be due for development anyway) and a chance to move to a bigger club is best all round here.
I draw comparisons with Shankland. You know there’s a player there, but something isn’t quite adding up to reach the end product.
A move away from us/Glasgow/Scotland could really help him.
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40 minutes ago, Stu said:
The report of the SMISA AGM mentions that Allan McManus would like us to have a youth team in the Lowland League if finances allowed.
Get that idea to f**k.
I think the overall idea is a terrible one. However, it’s it’s going ahead we might as well take a look. Not that I’d likely go watch…
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1 hour ago, djchapsticks said:
Loads of rumours on social media that Steve Davis is the 3rd player. Can't see it myself.
Think the initial rumour comes from here:
it reads more that the caller was suggesting it as an option, rather than there being a link.
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34 minutes ago, billyg said:
It tells us we need to get shot of him now and get a young ambitious manager in during the summer , with an experienced No2 . Robinson is a never-has-been and the BOD should recognise their mistake and get him in the bin !
I just can’t see us binning him at this stage of the season. It’s clearly not working, but I don’t think the board will be that bold.
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11 minutes ago, Mr. Smith said:
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” - Einstein.
True. So why the f**k you suggesting Tony as interim manager? He was terrible twice
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1 hour ago, Lex said:
Erhahon doing well in the middle, he covers a lot of ground.Are you sure?
Robinson clearly shat the bed after recent results and went defensive. Pretty pathetic performance and it’s clear he can’t get a tune out the squad or know how to change it mid game.
We are heading for the playoffs.
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3 hours ago, Hendo said:
Hands up if you are one of the fans who are part of this small group?
Never heard anything about this, you would have thought a survey of the whole fan base may have been a better way to consider this?
Yeah, really keen to hear who the group consists of. With 1.2K SMISA members, should have a decent pool.
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36 minutes ago, Lex said:
Anyone know why our new CEO/COO hasn't been appointed yet? We knew Tony was retiring in January, in an ideal world his replacement would have been announced before he left and there would have been some overlap to allow for an orderly transition. Not only did that not happen, it's now two weeks since Tony left and the club is going through a vital time both on and off the pitch with this role being vacant.
Why?
He hasn’t really left. Plus, people serve notice periods. Perhaps the chosen candidate is working theirs now.
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43 minutes ago, djchapsticks said:
I don't put too much stock in losing to Rangers. We will do so 8 times out of 10 and its always more about application and effort when it comes to us playing them.
However, Robinson is looking clueless and inept.
Several players have also without a doubt checked out and are not trying a leg for the manger or the club.
Fraser in particular shat himself out of at least 5 tackles in the first half alone.
We're in a spot of bother here to say the least.
Fraser has been murder since the turn of the year. Happily see the back of him.
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Interesting interview with Robinson just up on the website. I think they’ve realised he needed to display some positivity after the weekend.
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1 minute ago, Doonhame Buddie said:
I’d be surprised if any manager had a role in selecting a COO. In this case the Chairman has said our next COO will be less involved in the football side of the club and will be focusing on “developing the club’s infrastructure (fixing generators?) and seeking to attract more sponsorship opportunities”. Not sure what experience Keith Lasley has outside football.
Yeah, I think a few people are getting confused between CEO and Director of Football roles. It’s pretty clear from the chairman’s comments that they are looking for someone to be less involved in the football/contract/scouting side and more involved in driving the commercial aspects.
Not saying that couldn’t be Lasley, and I wouldn’t be shocked to see a name we know from within football.
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8 hours ago, gordon.kennedy said:
SMISA agreed to pay for him. No doubt it will be Tonys fault if we get relegated.
Tony identified him, he said so himself. To bring SMISA into is just nonsensical as it was the board that agreed to pay for him.
As many have said, our form has been so up and down all season. People are perhaps a bit more misty eyed about Goody given we were on a great run of form, but it wouldn’t have been the case in December.
The biggest concern for me is amount of goals we are conceding and the way we are conceding them. He’s trying to be far too open when we just need to grind some performances out and get us over the line. I’m also concerned by what he’s saying in the press - we all want a manager that’s open and honest but he’s going a bit too far.
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2 minutes ago, Torfason said:
I was annoyed when we lost Goodwin but we were in a decent place and in great form so I thought it world be fine as we were bringing in an experienced manager.
Who knew Father Ted and Father Dougal could feck it up so badly.
This is beyond Hibsing it.
Problem is that he’s now trying to play ‘his way’ but it just doesn’t suit the players in the squad. If you want to have attacking fullbacks then Tait and Fraser aren’t the answer.
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6 hours ago, Thenorthernlight said:
So his pace extricates him from situations his frequently abysmal decision making get him into?
Sounds great.
And not an upgrade on what we have.
Arguably our third best centre back. As other said, his pace is the main asset and the fact he’s left footed.
Loves a diagonal out the park.
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1 hour ago, djchapsticks said:
The calls for Robinson to go are quote frankly fucking ridiculous and stupid.
But then large sections of our fan base are ridiculous and stupid.
That being said, he won't get too many opportunities to get away with performances like the second half on Saturday. It was beyond awful. Every single person in the ground could see the momentum shift at half time and I dont think many could quite believe it took so long for him to react in any way to it. Then when he did react it was plainly wrong.
Curtis Main, not to make a scapegoat but Main is just wrong. Wrong guy, wrong club, wrong time. Many of us knew from the off that this a signing that was simply not going to work and it's been painful to be proven so overwhelmingly right. He's lazy, lumbering, slow, not interested and not good enough. The fact that Robinson appears to favour him over the far more impactful Grieve is pretty astounding and probably is buying into some supporters worries that he's making some awful decisions right at the start of his tenure.
I counted 3 or 4 corners in the second half on Saturday where we collected the ball, Alnwick ran to front of the box to try and get a ball out to the man up the park only to realise that we'd gone with 11 men back each time. One of my pet hates, especially when chasing a goal or under pressure. It's not always about getting a man out there to hoof it to and get them in on goal, it's about releasing the pressure, keep the ball high up the park and give teammates incentive to break with you and in turn opposition players incentive to track back. Keeping a man up, at worst, is the outball that effectively breaks up a set piece attack.
11 men behind the ball always just invites a second or third ball back in. It's completely fucking infuriating to see.
Despite all this, we do need to see where it's going and how we progress. I hate the idea of being trigger happy. Stubbs was a toxic presence on the club almost instantly and had to be cut out. Robinson doesn't strike me as such. Quite likeable actually. So he needs to get the chance to put his own spin on it. He'll definitely get all of 2022 to do so unless something completely disastrous happens.
I agree with the majority of the post. However, you mentioned it and a few others have too - is he really favouring Main over Greive?
Could be wrong, but the last four games Greive has been on the pitch before Main. I know Main started against Celtic, but not sure if some statto knows knows minutes played between the two since Robinson arrived?
He still made a c**t of it on Saturday, either way!
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2 minutes ago, jimmy boo said:1 hour ago, pozbaird said:Usual amateur hour shit as a tribute to Fitzy results in silence and grainy images of Sir Alex Ferguson on our unfit-for-purpose scoreboard. There was nothing surer than it being a fcuk-up. Nothing… apart from us going one up then shitting our pants again that is.
Never heard anywhere there was going to be anything happening...what was the plan? Overheard someone at half time saying they couldn't hear anything but I had no idea what they were on about.
Saw stuff before the game saying Tony didn’t want a fuss. Believe something is happening tonight.
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2 hours ago, sergie's no1 fan said:
Can see why folk wanted Jones subbed instead of Kiltie but in the last couple of games Kiltie hasn't been as influential as he has been.
Get McCarthy back in beside gorgeous Joe.
Hopefully Tansers injury isn't too bad but he was one of the small number of players that benefited from the back 3, meaning he could push further up the pitch. He's not a great defender and has lost the freedom to get forward as much as a left back.
Brophy looks right on it though, tidy finish. Exactly what we need for the run in, and Ronan, wow. Nobody can say anything that will do that goal justice. One of the best I've ever seen from a StMirren player. The technique and connection, offer, it was out of this world.
Agreed. Don’t get the love that Dunne gets - last home game someone behind me called him a ‘Rolls Royce’…
Still think McCarthy is our best centre half, but can’t see him getting much game time. Suspect Tanser will be out for a couple of weeks, so expect Tait to be shifted out there.
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I’m not so sure Gogic would go to Aberdeen. Young family, settled in the central belt, etc.
There’s a difference between staying in Scotland and moving to Aberdeen…