Ampersand

Robinson to come in and concede that he couldn’t really tell whether Miovski struck the ball twice or not.

We are the famous… exploding clown car of Scottish football.

It’d be heid’s gone for me. A really poor manager who’s been out of work since well before Robson was sacked.

Surely not Lennon. Surely. Surely?

If I didn’t have the fear before, it’s well and truly started now. I think we’re heading for the play-off at best. As @RandomGuy. said, no one in red seems to have grasped how much we’re in the sh*t. And when they do, they’ll panic. Grim.

Well, if we caught Dundee then I could see us catching St Mirren too, so I'd raise that ceiling to fifth. But I agree there's nothing to suggest we'll put a run together, and suspect we'll end up seventh. Hopefully I'll be proved wrong (in the direction of the ceiling, not the skirting board).

Pretty much my take on it. He's a big character in interviews and on the touchline, but he's not eccentric in his tactics. He's a pragmatist. I think he'll use the time wisely - I hope Cormack and Burrows do the same.

Miovski and Clarkson are two of the most talented non-Celtic players in the league. Robson seems incapable of getting the best out of either. He spent months playing Clarkson too deep and having the defence shell balls over his head, or insisting he drops deep to do the shelling.

Don't worry, I wasn't. We scraped through that period, only marginally less badly managed than some other clubs. It's always seemed to me that Milne underwrote things - kept us going as others have said above - without ever investing properly in the club, which is one of the reasons our stadium is now falling to bits. I don't really know enough about the financial ins and outs, though.

I'll take the hit on correcting this line this time round. It could have included a relegation. We were utter pish after all. We should have been in a three-team playoff with Falkirk and Dunfermline, but Brockville etc. etc.

Careful Drew, you'll get a reputation for being insightful.

Stephen Glass was the same. Talked up our possession stats, which were mainly a result of endless square and backwards balls with zero incisiveness past halfway.

Enough is enough. We need to stop bluffing and unleash Or Dadia.

There might be a link here. Not where the great minds in many supports congregate.

Aye, right you are. Probably Adams for Dykes then.

I'd go: Gunn Porteous McKenna Tierney Hickey Gilmour McGregor Robertson McGinn Christie Dykes With an eye to using the movement and energy of McTominay and Adams off the bench, and McLean's composure. Subs important given the heat. Can see at least a couple of different picks by Clarke, but ones I'd be equally happy with. I think we'll win, but it won't be anything approaching a stroll. 1-0 or 2-0 with a late second.

This is what worries me too. Agree that on paper Sunday is the only crap result so far, but the lack of defensive shape, one-dimensional attacking and lack of tactical flexibility is going to lead to many more results of a similar ilk. Broadly agree with @kingjoey's initial assessment of the new players too. I do think Rubezic could come good, but he's been badly overexposed so far. Needs a bit of time and stability, but the disorganisation in defence will prevent the latter.

I've always preferred the alphabetical table personally.

St Mirren fans. Bloody hell.

Bound to be cheaper than Scales, looks to be a similar build, is handsomer. Fingers crossed he can adapt pretty quickly. Scales had 1/3 of a good season for us, so I never saw him as an entirely safe bet. I agree with others that McGrath is underwhelming and not the best look for us, but I also agree that to pick a guy up on a free who isn't injury-riddled and has performed well in the league before (although not last year) is a fair enough call given how thin the squad is.

This exactly, @AJF. Burrows manages the tone of these posts really well in my opinion. He doesn't pander to the mob as some execs/media departments do, but genuinely wants to engage with supporter concerns and strengthen that connection. And it's far better than Cormack's occasionally daft tweets being the only source for this kind of update.

Agree with all of this. A 10 fold profit will surely be an outlier, but is exceptional business, which outweighs the need to manage player turnover in this instance. But we should generally be looking for a couple of seasons at least, and there should always be a succession plan in place! Squad is looking very thin other than up front. ETA: Great move for Rama, too. Big league; short hop across the water from home. Good luck to him.

He was considered a top college prospect I think, but to go from that to top-flight professional football in Scotland was far too big a jump for him, not least physically. I'm not sure 6 months and fewer than 20 games in the US second tier will cut it either, but as you say, he's clearly being talked up as an option. He's way off Ramadani's standard, but he - maybe like Milne - could well get game time in the pre-Christmas fixture load. I've got a bit more faith in Robson and Agnew than in Glass to judge what games might suit him.

My feelings exactly on MacKenzie. Works hard, committed defender, just of limited ability - Consi is an apt comparison. Unlikely to tear it up and move on for big money, but also likely to be deemed competent enough to keep around as a squad player.