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6 minutes ago, 10menwent2mow said:

This is starting to get very reminiscent of Hibs relegation under Butcher. If we lose to St Johnstone in midweek we are in serious serious trouble. 

If you lose to the St Johnstone team I saw today, you will indeed be in soapy bubble. St Johnstone are usually a tough nut for St Mirren to crack. They never offered anything today. 

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8 minutes ago, 10menwent2mow said:

This is starting to get very reminiscent of Hibs relegation under Butcher. If we lose to St Johnstone in midweek we are in serious serious trouble. 

There's absolutely no chance Miovski doesnt score against us, and we dont come from behind to win.

Youll be safe thanks to the ineptitude of others as much as anything, and i suspect after you play us youll believe that more than you do now.

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I have only seen the Sportscene highlights so can't comment on today with too much authority, but have seen enough this season to know what this group of players is about now.

I do have some sympathy for Warnock at the moment, to be honest; I think in just about any other situation, especially if this was a long-term appointment, it would be classified as too early to make any meaningful judgements on him (even in the reactionary age of social media), but naturally our fans are going to jump straight on him when things are continuing to go badly. He is clearly a good manager, his CV and pure longevity are testament to that, but the dynamics here are a bit different to what he inherited at Huddersfield, who were cut adrift at the bottom with arguably the worst squad in the league and could approach every game as underdogs. They were probably more his 'type' of squad, too; with literally one or two exceptions, we are soft as shite and would apologise to our bully for getting our head flushed down the toilet.

I have zero sympathy for Cormack, though. What an absolute mess he has presided over since McInnes left. Glass to Goodwin to Robson to Warnock is an illustration that he is flapping around in the dark with no idea what direction he wants to take this club in (on the field, at least), and no real courage in his convictions either. And, like when Goodwin left and Robson filled the vacuum, he hasn't done the hard work despite having time to do so, so is desperately left looking for a short-term option to save his skin again. I'm not saying he is a bad person, but my word what a dreadful job he has done and is continuing to do. 

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11 minutes ago, DrewDon said:

I have only seen the Sportscene highlights so can't comment on today with too much authority, but have seen enough this season to know what this group of players is about now.

I do have some sympathy for Warnock at the moment, to be honest; I think in just about any other situation, especially if this was a long-term appointment, it would be classified as too early to make any meaningful judgements on him (even in the reactionary age of social media), but naturally our fans are going to jump straight on him when things are continuing to go badly. He is clearly a good manager, his CV and pure longevity are testament to that, but the dynamics here are a bit different to what he inherited at Huddersfield, who were cut adrift at the bottom with arguably the worst squad in the league and could approach every game as underdogs. They were probably more his 'type' of squad, too; with literally one or two exceptions, we are soft as shite and would apologise to our bully for getting our head flushed down the toilet.

I have zero sympathy for Cormack, though. What an absolute mess he has presided over since McInnes left. Glass to Goodwin to Robson to Warnock is an illustration that he is flapping around in the dark with no idea what direction he wants to take this club in (on the field, at least), and no real courage in his convictions either. And, like when Goodwin left and Robson filled the vacuum, he hasn't done the hard work despite having time to do so, so is desperately left looking for a short-term option to save his skin again. I'm not saying he is a bad person, but my word what a dreadful job he has done and is continuing to do. 

Yip.

Can't knock the investment Dave has brought to the club, but his football decisions have been mostly crap.

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Calm the f**k down lads. Yes, you might be fucking chronic but you're not going down with a striker like Miovski to bail you out. 9th to 7th mid table mediocrity and build for next season.

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39 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said:

Calm the f**k down lads. Yes, you might be fucking chronic but you're not going down with a striker like Miovski to bail you out. 9th to 7th mid table mediocrity and build for next season.

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Whats the general consensus on Warnock so far?

Ive always found him a bit of a gobshite whose longevity has somehow convinced a large section of football supporters that hes any good.

Probably a good laugh in the pub and as an after dinner speaker. Never saw him as an actual good football manager though.

An Aldi Harry Redknapp. An English John Hughes.

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11 hours ago, 10menwent2mow said:

This is starting to get very reminiscent of Hibs relegation under Butcher. If we lose to St Johnstone in midweek we are in serious serious trouble. 

I dont think its remotely the same. We had a truly awful squad, lots of players who were obviously looking to get out at the end of the season, Kevin Thomson in the squad and dropped from January by a management team where one (Butcher) was clueless, and the other (Malpas) was a bully.

Remember that this was the time we introduced a young Jason Cummings, and he scored to give us a "comfy" lead in the first leg at Hamilton. We had no senior players stepping up and taking responsibility.

Aberdeen have at least got some decent players, and a manager who will at the very least be able to work out a plan to cobble together some draws and wins to limp over the line.

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9 hours ago, Ludo*1 said:

Calm the f**k down lads. Yes, you might be fucking chronic but you're not going down with a striker like Miovski to bail you out. 9th to 7th mid table mediocrity and build for next season.

This where the problem lies. Miovski will be off in the summer. No doubt a few too. I have no faith in the board rebuilding a decent team that will challenge for Europe when in space of a year they can’t even source an permanent manager to the club 

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15 minutes ago, Moorie said:

This where the problem lies. Miovski will be off in the summer. No doubt a few too. I have no faith in the board rebuilding a decent team that will challenge for Europe when in space of a year they can’t even source an permanent manager to the club 

I think there’s a decent foundation in the recruitment side, it needs to evolve though. We can forget we’re only a couple of years into the new model. We have to hope we’ve learned some of the lessons of the past few windows. 

I would question mainly the recruitment mix I.e. the balance between ‘project players’ and relatively known quantities. I think too often of late we’re seeing project players be relied on in key areas of the pitch which becomes a massive gamble, particularly defensively. 

Secondly, I’d be keen to know how final decisions are made on players. Guys like Richardson and morris, I can see from watching them how they might show up well statistically and come up as targets when you run things like dribbles completed, pace, athleticism, areas of the pitch they take up.

But you don’t need to watch them for long to know they are at best very raw and not ready to be relied on. Richardson in particular was signed at the time to be first choice right back, with mccrorie to be in midfield with ramadani. This pretty quickly got ruined by the fact Richardson was pish. We’re then chasing our tails and changing shape to try and resolve this. 

That’s just one example but there are a few where lack of diligence (it would appear) has put us in trouble. 

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9 hours ago, Jacky1990 said:

Whats the general consensus on Warnock so far?

Ive always found him a bit of a gobshite whose longevity has somehow convinced a large section of football supporters that hes any good.

Probably a good laugh in the pub and as an after dinner speaker. Never saw him as an actual good football manager though.

An Aldi Harry Redknapp. An English John Hughes.

He has eight promotions in English football, and the sort of job he did just a year ago at Huddersfield is remarkable; producing a genuine miracle to keep a seemingly doomed team in the Championship with a bit to spare. That doesn't mean he will necessarily do well with us, of course, but you can't really doubt the substance of Warnock's career, even if the style will sometimes rub people up the wrong way. 

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The thing I find strange about Warnock, who I thought was a decent short term appointment, is that he has a big reputation for his man management. He certainly hasn’t shown that in his interviews since joining. He’s slated the players in almost every interview.

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