Coventry Saint

Bloody hell. Not surprising, I guess. Not even sure there's enough value in them as an insurance bet.

Ivan Sproule made his debut and scored two. I remember feeling like that's the sort of thing that never happens to us - only for Isma to do something similar the following weekend

Yeah, this. Taking a loan to do this is an inherent gamble anyway (not least because you're letting Dyer spend the money) but you certainly shouldn't be prevented from doing what you would normally in January. If a club chose to use it to go over and above what they'd normally spend, then they're utterly fucking mental. Not suggesting Killie would, btw.

Quite. Jim Goodwin is an Irishman who attracted the ire of opposition fans because of his antagonistic playing style. Weirdly, that was never sectarian.

I, for one, am stunned to see a debate about a global pandemic that has killed over 100,000 Britons and touched every corner of our society, get boiled down to Sectarianism in Scotland. Stunned.

I legit fancy you guys to win it. Not fussed on the outright markets though.

The scale of this meltdown because they've failed to win a couple of domestic trophies for the first time in fucking ages tells you everything you need to know about their sense of entitlement. Absolutely sickens me, but it's also pure box office.

Anyone seen any markets for this? Can't see it anywhere on bet365. Perhaps they're waiting till after Livi's game with Celtic.

While I take your point - that surprises can happen and form can go out the window - I'm personally not one of those who thinks you can use stuff from history as omens.

If the Saintees are going to stop responding to very obvious wind-up attempts then I honestly don't know where I stand any more.

To be fair, St Johnstone also give Celtic two of the meeting rooms usually reserved for the home team.

Christ. Not good.

Not really looking forward to this, tbh. Most awkward semi since I watched Brokeback Mountain with my dad.

He's literally responding to a tweet that says the stream was broken.

The ooft is strong with this one.

When you put it like that, though... How we feeling about McGrath in the middle alongside Ethan (or whoever)? He's absolutely got the work rate, is great at moving the ball along, works well in tight spaces... I'd be tempted to try it, tbh.

Starting midfield of Erhahon and Foley next week? Doesn't fill me with confidence. Livi are in ridiculous form.

What gets me is the mystifying formations. Maybe a 4-4-2 would have been suicidal, but at least everyone on the park would be playing in their correct positions. Erwin hasn't been great for us, but we saw signs of something last week, so he gets shunted out wide? It's absolutely fucking bonkers. I know we've joked about the tombola tactics, but I really do wonder how these line-ups are getting picked. We've got enough options across the park to have everyone in their right positions.

Bizarre.

It's fucking mental, tbf.

Thing is, with five subs, there's room to get him on the park, at least a bit. Unless he's so dramatically off the pace there's no point.

Erhahon's goal against St Johnstone was the last time we scored a goal against a team playing with eleven men that wasn't also a total gift.

Every time we deviate from 4-2-3-1 it's a fucking disaster.

What were we actually playing? I didn't see any of it.

Yup. Screaming out for Flynn now. I was saying a week ago we needed to bring in another CM, especially if Flynn's not going to get a game. I stand by that.