Coventry Saint

I think we're unchanged I dunno it's been three years since our last game.

You fetishism seemed to kill this thread stone dead. Ten days since our last game, and after this it'll be 14 until the next one. The fixtures this season have been totally fucked. I'm not blaming our form on that (Narrator's voice: "He is.") but it's been so stop-start. Obviously it's our fault we didn't get past the league cup group and have therefore missed out on a couple of weekends there, but surely nobody's enjoying this.

Remember to allow time for a shower before and, ideally, afterwards.

From his comments there, Rangers looks a non-starter. I certainly hope that's the case. The boy has said since day one he wants to play in England. I very much hope a prominent Championship club take a punt on him as it will show other talented foreign players the platform that we can provide.

Ross to join Hibs and sign Morgan on loan in January, joining McGregor, Naismith and Mallan in confirming Hibs' status as the club we could be if only we could ever hold onto any talent. Honestly, just do it. You'll be nowhere near the bottom four in about two months' time.

Hearts fans, I feel this may help put our result that day into context:

Proper relegation dogfight as we move into the second quarter (ish). Two teams with very similar records; Hearts have scored twice as many goals as us but conceded more too. I still look at Hearts (and Hibs, for that matter) and assume you'll come good eventually. It's weird; you've scored as many as Killie and conceded only two more goals, but they're all the way up in 5th. We're going nowhere until we learn to score goals. I don't actually think we can nick a win here, but a repeat of the 0-0 in September is not looking unlikely. 0-0.

Being hard to beat at least gives us a platform from which to grow. It's obvious where the issues are, but we're well ahead of where we were this time last year. Only issue is the lack of a Dundee, and the assumption that the Embra clubs will do some sacking very soon and therefore improve.

Straightforward 4-5-1 for us there. That's a hard-working, tight, unambitious midfield, and I completely approve. I had been wondering if there was a case for Flynn to play the number 10 role in tougher away matches.

After signing him, we shipped 11 goals in three games to Celtic, Hibs and Rangers. Since then, only Dunfermline have put more than two past us. That's remarkable really, considering where we've been in the table.

Is this the first time Lennon and Goodwin have come face-to-face as managers? The certainly exchanged 'words' when Goodwin was still playing for us. (I thought it was an awright challenge, tbh. Firm but fair.)

There's a theory that our goal difference is only ok so far because we've yet to play you. I'd settle for a non-tanking, tbh.

I actually agree - I didn't want him at our club, but he did do an ok rescue job that first season he was in. I always felt that Murray got an easy ride, for the reasons I mentioned above, but really it doesn't stack up with the benefit of hindsight. What killed Rae off for me was that strikeforce we had - Sutton, Hardie and Shankland - and we were still shite. Though when you consider Hardie just doesn't seem to like us, and Shankland was clearly having issues of his own at that point, again, maybe it's not entirely Rae's fault. Then again, you hear the stories about training sessions being Rangers vs Non-Rangers and you realise how far he needed to get in the sea

I know of at last one person who agrees with you

I've always held the idea that we were just too big of a basket case for Ian Murray: that the club was suffering with disinterested owners, and a squad with too many 'big' players at the end of their careers. But yeah, as you said, he still made the squad worse than the sum of its parts. Plus, his travails at a club such as Airdrie who should, at the very least, be yo-yoing between the second and third tiers, indicate perhaps he's really just not got it at all.

Who presents the more real 'former player scores goal' threat? Broadfoot or Jackson? I reckon Kirk edges it by virtue of actually being likely to start.

When you put it like that, the coverage was reminiscent of the savaging that Southampton took when they foolishly replaced a good honest hard-working stalwart British manager with that complete unknown Pochettino. He couldn't even speak English, FFS.

I think it's fair enough: you've got to want what's best for your side. I was very much in favour of Sevco taking at least a point today and keeping Hearts below us for now. On the game itself, I'll certainly be looking out for the odds for Simeon Jackson to score any time. Nap, surely.

He also failed to pick up Obika for the first goal.

AKA the Danny Lennon fallacy. He really was underachieving with the squad we assembled for him, and it was time for him to go. The mistakes came afterwards.

FFS. Never fight a pissed bloke, they can't feel anything.

Imagine the scenes if Danny Mullen could score against non-Tayside teams.

f**k me sideways.

Our Twitter feed has exclusively reported chances for St Johnstone so far. Sounds grim.