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Aye, not sure what they're raging at. Obvs we've got the benefit of replays but it was a 100% stonewall penalty. Thought we took a while to get into the game but then were the better side, kind of from the point McGinn went off. Failing to score from several good chances then chucking a penalty away is St Mirreny as f**k though.

If we stand aside and let Robinson go, we're as good as giving up on the season. Another nine months of listening to a manager complain that he's trying his hardest with another guy's signings, etc. People seem to forget that we have been largely shite since we came back up. We've managed solid but unspectacular league positions under Goodwin but the football's been fucking dire. A few decent games - the wins over the Old Firm, 5-1 United away - have glossed over endless turgid matches with no attacking intent, and a couple of big-occasion bottle jobs. I haven't been impressed with Robinson so far. I was highly critical of his formation switches last season, and his interviews have, on occasion, been bizarre, post-truth bollocks. But he has to be given more time because going back to square one at this stage, with no guarantee that the replacement would be any better, is utterly mental. It feels weird for the first game of the season to feel so important, but it really is. The strange thing is, if Well beat us, he arguably becomes less desirable to both them and us. If we turn them over, will that make them want him more? It's almost certainly moot anyway. I really don't believe they want to bring him back.

Catpain Sensible.

Astonishing inconsistency from the ref here. Kudos to the castrato Saintees sitting near the mic who is utterly apoplectic. I hope he gets the help he needs. Quite entertaining.

Absolutely zero chance Robinson would be getting talked about by anybody if we hadn't taken him from Morecambe. The main two reasons the rumour is perpetuating are 1) because our fans are split on him. The ones who want him to stay are twitchy because we lost Goodwin to Aberdeen. Those who want him out the door are talking about it because they hope he'll go. Either way, the rumour isn't getting binned as quickly as it ought to be. And 2), the game on Sunday and media looking to add spice to an otherwise uninspiring fixture. Remove those two factors and he wouldn't even be getting a mention.

If that panned out, yer arrow's pointing in the wrong direction.

Everyone's turning their heating off now. Muttley was just ahead of his time.

Motherwell will be rolling in it after their European run so they'll be able to blow us out the water financially.

15-16 was bleaker than this by a very long way. Going into a Championship with Sevco and Hibs, Ian Murray in charge, absolutely random set of bargain basement signings.

Nobody's going to deny that the midfield is weaker on paper. I'm hoping it's sufficiently different in terms of playing style - and that we have more goals elsewhere - to make up for the loss of Ronan. I'm not for a second arguing that we won't miss Gogic and Ronan - they both walk into our team based on the current squad. But the hope is that Baccus offers so much more than Power did, especially in terms of mobility, and that Ayunga brings more goals to the front line. The concern with the squad right now is that we've been massively carried by two different midfielders over the past two seasons, McGrath and Ronan arguably papering over a LOT of cracks. Looking through the squad today and not seeing a superstar is what's making me nervous. But I genuinely believe we have better balance overall.

Nah, he'll come back and join someone like you, and do reasonably well, prompting Yer St Mirren Facebook Da, who has done nothing but hurl abuse at him, to complain that we a) let him go and b) failed to re-sign him.

Sorry, managed to miss that. I reckon there's more to come from that particular thread... There was a point in time when Morton hadn't won a trophy for 30 years. Next thing they know - boom - it was 100 years. It's very easily done and I certainly hope Motherwell don't go that way. It's probably quite a bleak existence, I'd imagine.

It was more the use of English as a pejorative that I was querying.

Thread warming up nicely already and we haven't even got onto the CVs of many of our playing/off-field staff.

They can play in whatever they can find in lost property.

As if it's the fucking X Factor.

Just checked: he follows Aberdeen (but not recently) but Aberdeen doesn't follow him.

Had Scott not tried to take the club over prior to the SMISA involvement? I feel like there was a story that Gilmour had resisted that. I may have made this up.

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Or there's 4-2-3-1 but then four of Greive/Ayunga/Brophy/Main/Offord miss out. I will say this: Baccus will be our POTY this season. I'm already convinced. Boy was everywhere and was mostly very tidy

Glad to see we've switched to a formation that suits Greg Kiltie at last...

Playing in our away strip today, apparently.

And the money that came in for Goodwin wouldn't have been spunked on Robinson.