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1 hour ago, Coventry Saint said:
Our starting line-up last night was fucking bleak. We've now got eight days to rescue this absolute disaster of a season.
It's going to be difficult to bring players in, as we're already finding. Striker, left back, winger. All absolutely essential.
If Kris Boyd is going on a free, I really hope we sign him. He'd be a good start.
It will always look bleak with a team containing basically 5 new players (Kellermann had played 1 minute in the league before last night, and 0 under the current manager) and going to play the champions away.
Sunday will be more of a barometer for me, against a team who are struggling for form a wee bit, and with hopefully another couple of signings in the door. I'll be keeping the faith that we can turn it around, and last night is not a game I will be using to gauge our progress, or the lack of it.
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2 minutes ago, Soctty said:
Could there be another welcome home...?
Or maybe not...
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Could there be another welcome home...?
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1 hour ago, alang1993 said:
He's played the last 5 games for the under 23s(according to the website soccerway), although 2 have been sub appearances, so I'd imagine he is fit
Yep, been involved regularly for the u23s since August.
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Patience, everyone.
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1 hour ago, Stu said:
Malec's stats on Wiki aren't much better than Brock-Madsen's. Crucially though, he is three inches taller.
For the record, that's not me saying he'll be rubbish as I hadn't heard of him until two hours ago. Just pointing it out for those getting excited about a few minutes of YouTube footage.
I'm hoping we've watched enough of him to know what he's about, and that the manager is happy with what he brings.
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On 11/16/2018 at 11:13, Demented Zebra said:
As I have written Scotty it's players that will keep us in this league. A club our size can't have enough money for a player budget given where we are going into January. You know as well as I do if we go down back room staff will shrink. To stay in this league you need to get the basics right first on the park. Anyway let's see if all these back room staff is money well spent at the end of the season I have my doubts.
So we should get rid of as many of the coaching and backroom staff as possible and just bring in more players? Someone better inform the rest of world football - they're under the impression that more coaching makes for better players and better teams, and better preparation, nutrition and diet makes for a more efficient playing staff.
Turns out all the players need to play better, be more tactically aware and be fitter is to be paid more money...
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On 11/15/2018 at 09:38, Demented Zebra said:
Oh aye Stu he is on zero hours contract with a minimum hourly rate. It will easily cover a players wage. What about Jimmy Nichol wage when he comes in ? What about Gus McPherson wage. Too many back room staff on wages for a club our size especially for one heading to the championship. So I agree with you it's hilarious. NOT.
How do you know what is too many backroom staff? At the moment we have the same amount as we did under Stubbs. Nicholl will be an extra, but again, how does anyone know what we're budgeting for? Or how long a contract we've given the backroom staff, or what getout clauses at have in the event of relegation.
Seems everyone just likes moaning based on their imagined idea of our budget. I understand people whining about our results, performances etc, but not about finances of which we have little to no knowledge.
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Love it when fans think they know what's required in terms of the number and type of coaching staff better than the club...
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3 minutes ago, Demented Zebra said:
Jungle drums beating Chris Boyd in bound January.
Heard that before the Killie game. Would be surprised.
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21 hours ago, McG said:
I thought Heaton would of turned out good mate but I hear he is struggling big time and won’t be here for much longer.
The words I got from somebody at the club is that January is going to be a huge month for us, incoming and outgoing.
We need to stay within touching distance of the pack until then.
Who doesn't love a biannual January Clearout and Survival Battle?
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54 minutes ago, Spam_Valley said:
FS lads. i come in the thread to read about St.Mirren and i keep seeing you two bangers going on and on about Josh fucking Heaton.
Have a day off eh.
The only banger is the one who can't understand simple English. Suspect I'm in the minority who would be delighted if one or more of Stubbs' signings proved a hit.
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5 hours ago, NorthBank said:
What a fanny you are! He played 2 competitive games against non professionals are looked shit. He has also played in the U21 team so has not been injured all this time. And he had a full pre-season when you stated he didn't. And you stated 'maybe he impressed me' - are you now agreeing he didn't impress and is after all shit?
I clearly stated several times that the boy may come good but so far he has been shit. You just read what you want to read. Find an adult to go over my posts again with you to gain some understanding. Else take up English as your first language.Nowhere did I state "maybe he impressed me". Clue: a statement and a question are different things.
It's a pointless conversation when you can't grasp the fundamentals of written English.
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On 10/22/2018 at 19:07, NorthBank said:
I'm glad you are not the manager if he impressed you in his two competitive games. Buy you carry on being impressed with our 6th choice centre back who cannot get near the squad at the moment.
Are you thick or just semi-literate? Nowhere in any of my posts have I said he impressed me, yet you continue plodding away in an attempt to put words in my mouth.
I'll put it in plain language so maybe you can understand. He's played two games for us, both in mid July before we'd played any preseason games, and struggled in both. He then picked up an injury, and hasn't played since. I am willing to wait until he has played a few games for us post-injury before writing the boy off as you seem so desperate to do.
Any parts of my post you're struggling with, just ask and I'll break it down some more.
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22 hours ago, btb said:
Highly rated - aren't they all?
Record fee post-Bosman & a 3 year deal - I reckon otherwise!
That's fine - we can't all agree on everything.
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On 10/19/2018 at 15:01, NorthBank said:
No pre-season? Heaton was playing with Darlington at the end of last season. He then was playing at the Vardy Academy in early summer and he signed for us on 21st June and went to La Manga for pre-season training. So he had pre-season unlike Kpekawa and Ferdinand who had no pre-season and have been picked before him.
Maybe he impressed you in his two full games for us against non professionals but he certainly did not impress me. He may come good but based on his performances so far he has a long way to go.
Maybe he impressed me? Are you unable to read my assessment above? He struggled. To base his chances going forward on two games right at the start of the season without any preseason friendlies having been played is harsh in the extreme in my opinion, but you carry on...
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43 minutes ago, NorthBank said:
You are right - he was abysmal against non League Spartans as well in a defence conceding two goals to them. I am not hanging the guy out to dry. Some fans believe he will come good and I just do not see the evidence for it but hope I am wrong. We need players who can contribute now and if Heaton was poor against two non professional teams what chance does he have against Premier League opposition? Even Kpakawa was getting a game before him. £70k is a lot of money for us to spend on someone who isn't ready for first team football. But he has a 3 year deal so we can only hope there is a quick and massive improvement. For me he has to be loaned out asap.
Seems like you're hanging him out to dry to me - you've just called him abysmal in his first two games for the club after virtually no preseason. Had Heaton not cost £75k he would possibly be in the same boat as Cooke and King, but he did, and so we will persevere with him. A loan might be best for all in the short term, to get him some games, but I'm sure the club will be more patient with him due to his cost, which is just the way things go.
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1 hour ago, NorthBank said:
Like every player at St Mirren I hope they do well. Heaton has only played one first team game against the part-time amateurs of Queens Park - maybe equivalent from the level of football he came from - and he was abysmal. You cannot use lack of fitness in that game as the opposition should be a lot less fit than us. And even Ferdinand showed skill even if he wasn't fit in his starting 60 mins for the Club. Heaton lacked so many basic skills in that game. Maybe it was just a bad day and I hope it was. However I fail to see the confidence others have that he will come good. Hope I am mistaken.
I haven't seen many post confidence that Heaton will come good. Lots of hope that he will, and fans willing to give him time. That Queens Park game that he was "abysmal" in. how many goals did we concede?
Just to clarify, Heaton also played 90 minutes against Spartans as well, and looked well off the pace - that being his first game - and slightly overawed at times. It was an under par performance in line with the team performance of that night. You might have called him abysmal in that one as well - we all have different ways of gauging performance.
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2 hours ago, glenburn bud said:
I understand it was 50 k we payed for Heaton, that being said it won’t stop him being part of the fire sale. Apparently Stubbs didn’t even see Heaton or Cooke play in a trial match at the Jamie Vardy academy. He signed them on a recommendation of recently sacked head scout Martin Christie.
The figure widely reported in the media was £75k. Heaton has been highly rated so I would hope we hold onto him and give him a chance to develop. No sense in writing off £75k so quickly, and he surely won't be on a huge salary.
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1 hour ago, Stevie88 said:
BM away back to Birmingham. Didn’t really get a proper chance but didn’t look great when he did play. No point him being here if Kearney doesn’t rate him.
He would've had ample opportunity to impress in training, and if the manager doesn't see him as being worth even a place on the sub's bench, he can't have done very much to push for a chance. Was probably quite happy to go back and collect his wages in Birmingham rather than sit it out up here.
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18 hours ago, Stu said:
Going by this, he's also going to be involved in coaching: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45593963
Kearney claiming we have a first team squad of 28?! Must be including guys like Erhahon in that.
Been on the bench for our last three league games and three of our League Cup matches so no reason he wouldn't be included. Clearly very highly rated.
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Daily meltdown time...
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12 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
Your exact words were "even with Sugar Daddy money from Brown", so I've no idea why you're now just repeating the points I've made as if they were yours all along, just acknowledge you were caught slavering absolute shite and move on.
I'm not sure why what we achieved is relevant anyway, we peaked when at least four bugger clubs had their biggest dips in decades. It won't be repeated in our lifetimes, so it's irrelevant to St Mirrens ambitions.
What you need to understand is that when this guy gets stuff wrong (a daily occurence), it's you who has misunderstood rather than he who has made an arse of himself yet again.
The fact that his whole point was based on a fallacy is irrelevant in his mind...
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1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said:
No, Kearney, by all accounts, did a very good interview in the summer, and was pipped at the post by Stubbs. However, if he had made the start that Stubbs has made, he would have probably been out the door by now, and the new man unveiled (not necessarily Stubbs). No matter who you appointed in the summer, if he had made the start Stubbs did he'd have been out.
If you give Kearney time, he'll turn things round, but it might take him a season or two. He had 7 seasons at Coleraine, which is a considerable length of time in the Irish League where instant improvements are nearly mandatory. David Jeffrey is being given time at Ballymena and I'll nearly guarantee you he will bring them success, given another season or so.
You've completely missed the point. Stubbs wasn't sacked on results alone. His "man management", his choice of coach, the destruction of the team spirit, alienation of so many of our title winning team and his relationship with the board, were all far bigger problems than the results.
Kearney has already won the fans over in a way that Stubbs didn't even attempt to do. If he can have a similar effect on the players, we'll be far better off than we were before, before we even start considering tactics or any further additions to the playing staff.
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I think you're talking bollocks, with all due respect.