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I can't really add too much to this which I think covers it very well. It is easy to lose support but it takes time to rebuild it and we are really just at the start of our rebuilding process. We have the ambition and the means now we just need a slice of good fortune. I do think this year could be our year. There is a very interesting book called "The Roar of the Crowd" which is worth reading to see how football (and crowds) have changed over the last century. Probably only available second hand now though. And before I forget - FTK.

I hope we don't just go up there and park the caravan.

In terms of detail, it told us nothing. But I thought the tone and general message were very confident - if they don't bring in a few good signings pretty quickly they are going to look quite foolish.

Exactly, it's unclear what the financial situation at St Johnstone will be and I'd much rather have a championship where we know that we could realistically compete with all of the other teams. (Obviously there is a massive caveat there about how our own summer recruitment goes).

I have renewed my season ticket and did not see it at all. I would have gone for it but didn't even know it was an option!

I agree that we didn't trouble their keeper much but I actually thought we did very well when we had 11 players on the park. Up until the sending off, the BBC stats showed that Dundee Utd had only had a single shot on target. For me, today showed the difference that Brown has made in terms of the team shape and tactics. Under Bullen we had massive space in our midfield that Dundee Utd would have exploited ruthlessly but today they really struggled to break us down. I would have to see the red card incident again to be sure but at the time I could see why the referee sent him off. I know that Partick will want momentum going into the play-offs but I hope that their players will be holding back a bit to avoid injury at this stage of the season.

I think a good summer in terms of recruitment would to a large extent the concerns that people have expressed. It was pretty depressing last summer to see targets we had gone after end up at other clubs in the same division. It is also very clear to neutrals that we have a general lack of quality throughout the squad - when we were missing any of Murphy, Chalmers or Dowds it was never good to watch. Budget doesn't solve these things magically (look at Falkirk for the last few years or Aberdeen now) but I don't think Smith will have succeeded in the business side of the rebuilding of the club until we have a squad that is on paper in the top three in the division. At that point whether we achieve the aim of getting promotion will depend on the manager, coaches and players since he will have done his bit.

Does anyone know how much revenue we can expect to make from the new hospitality and how much that would mean in terms of net income for the club? I don't really have a feel for how significant the revenue will be.

Yes, I agree. I think it is easy to be a bit cynical but in the context of our club this is a Big Deal. Looking at it now we might dismiss it but looking back people will appreciate it was an important development. I don't know if anything similar was issued at the time floodlights were installed in the early 1970s but if there had been I don't think anyone today who still had it would be thinking "that was a waste of time why did we produce a coin and why did I buy it".

Well, one of the hallmarks of a successful team is that they play with a consistent starting eleven every week...

I am not surprised about Chalmers, he was obviously injured when he came off on Saturday. The only optimistic thing I can say is that this is the first time this season those eleven are starting so at least we get to see something new....

I thought he had taken a knock to his ankle just before he came off? He certainly didn't have much success today, but neither did Murphy. I agree with those who have commented that Willoughby looks hopeless - I don't imagine he will get much more game time. Would bite your hand off for a draw on Tuesday evening.

I think you're right. Last week I thought we were very fortunate that Airdrie gifted us two goals and although the finishing was excellent for all three we were definitely riding our luck. I don't really have an expectation of us getting anything today.

Yes I really can't see why anyone would have an issue with this. There is nothing snide in his comments, and it just shows Bullen as a decent person who genuinely cared about the young players who worked for him. It is not uncommon in other areas of work for people to congratulate former colleagues on promotions or new jobs (typically on LinkedIn) so I don't see this as strange behaviour in any way.

I don't actually know why Courts left Dundee Utd? He hadn't done badly as far as I can see. Then it was a short spell in Hungary where again it didn't seem like he did badly in what was a pretty short spell.