Handsome_Devil Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 2 minutes ago, Swello said: With Bair, I'm getting a feeling that it might not be our problem next season. Surely he's getting to the point that an English team with more money will take a punt on him. He's clearly an improving player and could well get a lot better than he is now - and with his physique I think he'll get interest.... You can argue - not that I necessarily would mind - that if he doesn't agree a contract extension thus summer we should be looking to sell him after he bodies Messi in the Copa America. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 5 minutes ago, Swello said: With Bair, I'm getting a feeling that it might not be our problem next season. Surely he's getting to the point that an English team with more money will take a punt on him. He's clearly an improving player and could well get a lot better than he is now - and with his physique I think he'll get interest.... It's a real stick or twist from all involved. If we can get another year on his deal; absolutely stick. If he (justifiably!) sees his future elsewhere, then fine. I love him man. He comes across a fucking great guy, clearly a big part of the "group" and keeps bodying defenders up and down the country. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazylegsjoe_mfc Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Just like Spittal, getting someone with the "numbers" that Bair has to sign a contract extension is nigh on impossible. If we do manage to get a six figure fee for him in the summer, then that represents a great example of recruiting to sell and of course, would address part of the £750k gap talked about. Equally, if he wants to chance his arm at having another good season with us to get a decent bosman and a good signing on fee, then you'd definitely say the move has been mutually beneficial. Either way, I've learned my lesson in listening to St. Johnstone fans' assessment of strikers, given that strikers don't generally score much for them anyway. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Don’t want to cause a ruckus but I watched the Sportscene highlights. When we went 2-2 look I looked at the responses of the players behind the goal. Totally unemotional. I may be doing him a disservice but it looks like Sam Nicholson could not even be bothered to have any positive emotion. I am sorry but that is fuckin weird. Your teammates have come from 2-0 to 2–2 and you stand there like you are waiting for a DPD delivery. Not for me. F off…l 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 I think Theo and Davor have taken Moses under their wing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) 2 minutes ago, welldaft said: Don’t want to cause a ruckus but I watched the Sportscene highlights. When we went 2-2 look I looked at the responses of the players behind the goal. Totally unemotional. I may be doing him a disservice but it looks like Sam Nicholson could not even be bothered to have any positive emotion. I am sorry but that is fuckin weird. Your teammates have come from 2-0 to 2–2 and you stand there like you are waiting for a DPD delivery. Not for me. F off…l I think Oli Shaw clapped. ive seen that before as the players warm up in front of me in the Davie Cooper stand, little emotion whether we score or concede. Edited April 6 by ropy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome_Devil Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 2 minutes ago, crazylegsjoe_mfc said: Just like Spittal, getting someone with the "numbers" that Bair has to sign a contract extension is nigh on impossible. If we do manage to get a six figure fee for him in the summer, then that represents a great example of recruiting to sell and of course, would address part of the £750k gap talked about. Equally, if he wants to chance his arm at having another good season with us to get a decent bosman and a good signing on fee, then you'd definitely say the move has been mutually beneficial. Either way, I've learned my lesson in listening to St. Johnstone fans' assessment of strikers, given that strikers don't generally score much for them anyway. Normally you'd say definitely but he's 24 (ish?), is basically having his first decent season and is on - hinted kettlewell - peanuts as St Johnstone are effectively still paying him. He could sign for real wages and an extra year or two in case Eric is right (which let's be honest, is 50-50) - then he's effectively insured against a return to the norm but he obviously knows we won't stand in his way if he continues to progress because of the model. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 12 minutes ago, crazylegsjoe_mfc said: I've learned my lesson in listening to St. Johnstone fans' assessment of strikers, given that strikers don't generally score much for them anyway. Tbf Clark, Kimpioka, and now Sidibeh, are all relatively prolific this season in terms of goals per minute. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 13 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Tbf Clark, Kimpioka, and now Sidibeh, are all relatively prolific this season in terms of goals per minute. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vietnam91 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Spotted by someone with a keener eye than me. Subliminal messaging? Machiavellian shit? Or coincidence? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome_Devil Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 3 minutes ago, Vietnam91 said: Spotted by someone with a keener eye than me. Subliminal messaging? Machiavellian shit? Or coincidence? Blessed be the conspiracy theorists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marinello Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Casey---- what a guy!!! Was everywhere on the pitch today including up front. His run covering the whole pitch which was completed by an inch perfect tackle to stop a threatening Dundee move will last with me forever. He is also an utter bampot which just adds to his lovlieness. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliphas Pettigrew Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 1 hour ago, Doctor Manhattan said: Close, but no cigar... Better than that now 13 goals, I believe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazylegsjoe_mfc Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said: Tbf Clark, Kimpioka, and now Sidibeh, are all relatively prolific this season in terms of goals per minute. I'm sure you gauged my tongue being in my cheek, but rightly or wrongly I associate St. Johnstone with having strikers like Chris Kane, Michael O'Halloran and Stevie May (the second time) not scoring very often. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 We win from 2-0 down in the 79th minute and it secures Top Six for St Mirren. I hate this team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezz Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 5 hours ago, capt_oats said: Bald 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crazylegsjoe_mfc Posted April 7 Popular Post Share Posted April 7 I can't believe we've got another week where we are talking about Kettlewell's future, when we've won There's a post on the match thread talking about playing Conor Wilkinson centre mid against Ross County in December. Personally, I wouldn't have been gutted or surprised, had we parted ways with Kettlewell after that game. But he's turned it around and it's becoming more than tedious harping back on about it. It honestly feels a bit like reacting to Theo Bair's goal yesterday by saying "aye, but he only scored 1 in 18 games earlier in the season". Comparisons with Alexander are miles off it. When we relied on Ricki Jamie's last minute goal to get top six against Livi, we were clearly on the descent. We finished the calendar year 2021 on game 20 and we did the same this year. In the 12 games leading us to where we are now (one game from the split) 2021/22: P12 W1 D5 L6 2023/24: P12 W4 D5 L3 Under Alexander, we were clear in 4th at New Year, this season we were in relegation bother at Christmas. Going for top six on the last day when you've not been in the top six since October or whenever we were last there is a lot different to going for top six on the last day when you've not been out it all season. I also think it's unfair to compare a season where we've had to cut our cloth quite considerably, to one where we were chucking transfer fees about and had the much publicised massive staffing costs. This team quite obviously has its faults. The goalkeeper and central defence situation does need to be sorted out. We can all theorise on here about which back three / five should play, but the fact yet another new combination was tried yesterday tells me that we are just trying to amble along until the end of the season before addressing the situation in the summer and to be quite honest, 10 points from our last 15, in spite of this is quite the return. Also, looking at the first goal back from yesterday - for me it's clear that both Halliday and Blaney make individual errors. I don't think it's rational to look at that and go "sack the manager". For the second goal, there's no defending Kelly really. But again, we are just trying to navigate another six games with him in goals. He clearly won't be here next season. I doubt Oxborough will either. I imagine he's already made this fairly clear to Oxborough, so it would probably be a weird conversation to tell him he was now chucking him in. This post will no doubt make me look like a Kettlewell apologist / fanboy, but I'm really not. He has his flaws and has driven me up the wall several times this season. We are conceding soft goals far too often, but in return we are playing some decent football, scoring lots of goals and showing great character to dig out results in lots of games. That's more to be positive than negative about for me. Things aren't perfect, they never will be and this notion that the grass is greener is one of fantasy at times. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 8 hours ago, crazylegsjoe_mfc said: I'm sure you gauged my tongue being in my cheek, but rightly or wrongly I associate St. Johnstone with having strikers like Chris Kane, Michael O'Halloran and Stevie May (the second time) not scoring very often. Stevie May wasn't actually that bad until this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Not that it's a particularly relevant timeframe for you, buts the league since we sacked MacLean is an interesting table to see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil86 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 15 hours ago, Busta Nut said: There is a lot of apologist stuff goin on for him cos we've managed to scrape a lot of draws. In reality we're baws. Terrible to watch. He sticks with his weird 5-2-3 formation regardless of who's in the team or what changes he makes. The defence has been stinking all season and there's been zero attempt to rectify that. (I mean the centre, not the 18 WBs we signed). We go behind a lot, often against teams we could have beaten. I could not agree more re the lack of rectifying the centre of Defence. I thought that should have been priority number one in January, Regardless of how many centre backs we had signed. I do disagree with us being terrible to watch though. Don't get me wrong I wouldn't say we are good to watch, cause that implies consistently good, and whilst we have been a very tough watch at times, I think middle to front we can be very easy on the eye. I think the goal of the season reel in may will be a corker. Anyway, my piece on Kettlewell, Job seems done this season. If he can sort out the defence, which I probably trust him with on the basis he has made more good signings than bad (I think) then excellent. We as a club need the stability given everyone over his head doesn't have a clue what's going on right now. The Bair, Moses Davor trio is something I've bought into for next season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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