Al B

Not sure how true it is, but I'd heard his plans revolve around a career change back home and he's not continuing in football.

Goddammit man! You can't make jokes in a St Mirren thread! HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING ALL THESE YEARS!?

Look, we were with him for nearly 5 years...it was nice while it lasted and we had some really good times together. But you have to just accept that we moved on and now we've got a better one. We genuinely hope he's managed to find happiness...why can't you just do the same? Enjoy your new partner and your own good times instead on focusing on who he's been with in the past. Don't feel so intimidated....he looks really happy with you guys! You're great together

So essentially, 2-0 up by our defenders defending, and our attackers attacking. It'll never catch on!!

Noses aren't going to break themselves!

Oh don't get me wrong, my post wasn't meant as a "give us credit - it was our defending that stopped you scoring" type-thing (we're not St Mirren fans), and obviously I can't really comment too much on your games against other sides, I just thought that 3 or 4 of your chances yesterday 99 times out of 100 would be resulting in the keeper picking the ball out the net. As I say though, fully appreciate there's a huge difference in me watching Hearts for 90 minutes, and you guys watching Hearts every few days.

I fully understand the frustrations of you guys as a support, but I feel like the Hearts fans in general are being a touch harsh on their attack. For some reason our players seem to be channeling some sort of "the ball is not getting past me" thing from some where, but if you'd been facing the usual - stand with your hands behind your back then turn your back on the shot - thing that most defenders seem to do these days, a few of your efforts yesterday are going straight in.

I was saying during the game yesterday that what we have in our favour at the moment, is defenders who absolutely love defending, and a bunch of players who seem to detest even the idea of losing. Chuck in a few players who are genuinely talented footballers into that mix, and that's a fantastic base to build on. Much has (rightly) been said about what a talent Lennon Miller is but in addition to his talent, watching a boy who's just turned 17 desparate to chuck his head/face/body/whatever he can in to make blocks was unreal. I mean, I doubt any of us are under any illusions and fully aware we'll have a point in the season where we can't buy a win, but a good start to the season is absolutely crucial in this league whatever your goals are. Also to add - I'm just gona say it....I really like big Theo! All going well he's obviously not in my starting 11, but he did what he was asked to do, very well yesterday and there were more than a few lovely little lay off's and examples of him moving passages of play on quickly and effectively.

It hasn't already been said, mainly because that's not how it was.

Are you getting me mixed up with someone else? I can't think of ever having commented on another poster, let alone in that way. If you'd mentioned Aaron Chapman, and I said something like "aaargh dont mention that name, leave it buried in the past"...would you think I was being sanctimonious, when it's just a lightheated, throwaway joke about the memory of Aaron Chapman being traumatic?

Not this time as you gave us a reduced allocation. I think the first time in my life that I haven't been able to get tickets for a Motherwell game.

Please don't do that. The worst patter in the history of online forums deserved to die a slow death many years ago.

I can't take anyone seriously who starts by saying "if you're relying on guys like Butcher and Spittal" in a negative way. Blair Spittal has been an absolutely superb player for Motherwell, one of the best signings we've made in recent years. If we had a team full of "guys like Spittal", we'd be talking passports, not playoffs.

Add me into the "I don't know anything about Oli Shaw" club.

Here it is here (should start at the right bit), the wee legend that he is.

That all depends on your view of Oldco. Top 2 teams got a Champions League spot, we got one, that's enough for me. (biased obvs).

Don't get me wrong I really liked and still like Robbo, but that's just not true. Under him we finished 9th, 7th, 8th, 3rd, then we were 11th when he resigned. The 5 finishes before that were 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 11th () and 5th. Since then we've had a 5th, 7th, and currently joint top (I know, I know, we're only 3 games in but it won't last long so let me enjoy nice things)

No he didn't.

Yeah that's pretty common. I think the one drawback of 'practicing' regularly is you subconsciously start trying too hard, even if you don't realise it. The main way it manifests for me in a similar way, is when I'm in the studio I can play through a part to the point where I'm not even thinking about it or paying attention, then as soon as I hit 'record' I couldn't get through it in a one-er if you paid me. If you're trying to learn something new and you're alllllllmost there but you just can't quite get it. Stop. Pick up your guitar the next morning and I guarantee you'll nail it almost straight away.

We'd be able to appreciate stuff like that a lot more if we binned this obsession with filming everything at 874 x zoom. There's a reason no c**t sits in the front row at the cinema unless they have to. General rule - if you film a player making a pass, and you can't see the other player receiving it without moving the camera, you're zoomed in too far.

No, you've got the right guy and the right scenario....just the wrong reading of it. Edit to add - there was a very very small window of a few weeks where he looked half decent, the original "redemption arc" and you may have dipped in during this period, but it was extremely short-lived.

He's not "being allowed to leave"...he's an absolute liability who's been here about 2 years longer than anyone wanted him to be.

I've been hearing this story on the radio, and it was only when I read your post and googled the name that I realised that's who it was. An absolute tragedy and thoughts are with all who knew him. Guys like that are the ones clubs like ours are built on.

At least we had the decency to leave the facepainting industry thriving, give us credit for sparing them at least.

Yeah every so often I revisit that Acid Bath album...it's really good!