Double Winning St Johnstone FC Thread

[Ranaldo Bairn]

That's tremendous stuff.

Hang your heads in shame, boo boys!

[Sortmeout]

Bit of an off-topic but you guys should be asking your club to get you a home strip similar to this Hellas Verona effort. It’s a belter.

 

 

[Sortmeout]

Why does anyone refer to a penalty shootout as a lottery? 

[Ranaldo Bairn]

Just now, Sortmeout said:

Why does anyone refer to a penalty shootout as a lottery? 

Only those who lose them do, in general.

[mizfit]

For me, the banter page highlight was the Kelty game. Not sure what was more entertaining. Pizzagate, the brave heart cosplayer losing his mind or Steve brights this is fine performance.

[PSJ.84]

55 minutes ago, Sortmeout said:

Bit of an off-topic but you guys should be asking your club to get you a home strip similar to this Hellas Verona effort. It’s a belter.

 

 

Should see the away top!

[Valentino Bolognese]

57 minutes ago, Sortmeout said:

Bit of an off-topic but you guys should be asking your club to get you a home strip similar to this Hellas Verona effort. It’s a belter.

 

 

Only tangentially related but 'A Season With Verona' is a good read. 

[PSJ.84]

1 minute ago, mizfit said:

For me, the banter page highlight was the Kelty game. Not sure what was more entertaining. Pizzagate, the brave heart cosplayer losing his mind or Steve brights this is fine performance.

Pizzagate was absolutely unbelievable. Something creepy about a grown man waiting after a record-equalling defeat against lower league opposition to take selfies with the players

[Valentino Bolognese]

1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said:

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Here we go again... I’m not sure how much of this I can take this season, and I fear it’s only going to get worse.

The football? Naw – I'm not talking about that. I meant the bullshine negativity that couldnae wait to be broadcast courtesy of those ‘loyal’ (look the word up, guys) fans, salivating at an early chance to carry on where they left off last season, sticking the boot in at every opportunity.

Yes, we lost another game, albeit by the lottery that is a penalty shoot-out. Yes, it was disappointing, and no, it wasn’t the result any of us hoped for. That’s the extent of my own negativity – I don’t want to hurl verbal abuse at anyone at the club, or demand resignations, decapitations, or witch-hunts. I’d rather look at the positives, and there were some... even for the whiners, though they appear to have missed any of that in their rush to their keyboards.

First, it was a lovely warm evening for football. Always a plus, don’t you think? No? Ah, well – can't please everyone.

We have a new pitch. It may still need a little bedding in, but it’s infinitely better than the one we played on last season. It’s flat and lush, and green all over. Something to be happy about? No? Ah, well...

Plenty of new(ish) faces to the starting line-up, and more to come on later. Gotta be happy about that. No? Hmmmm.

And lots of passing. In fact, I don’t actually recall a single ‘hoof up the park’ from Saints in the entire game. Something the nay-sayers have been crying out for, for....well, almost as long as I can remember. In fact, I even remember a couple of times at least last night where I was shouting “Hit it long!” to no avail. Contrary to popular belief, a well-hit long pass is a joy to behold, and an entirely legitimate tactic in the game (personally I find the ‘tiki taka’ game utterly boring, and have always preferred the German ‘mix and match’ model). So they’ll obviously be happy, yes? No? Aw, c’mon!

We came close to scoring on a number of occasions (yes, yes – I freely admit that isn’t quite as good as actually scoring), and dominated the game for long spells, even after the first red card. With a little luck, we could have won the game comfortably, even with ten men. We didn’t get that luck, sadly.

Nor did we play as well as we might have done, but there were encouraging signs for a first competitive game of the season (did you miss those, guys?) and thanks to that new pitch (the one that's already getting a slagging from some), we passed the ball with confidence better than I saw through most of last season, and at times there were some pretty inventive plays up front that on another day might yield a better result, as the team (like the pitch) beds in. Annan provide only one heart-stopping moment throughout the game, with an audacious opportunist breakaway that their player took almost full advantage of, but ran out of steam before the final shot, thankfully. Other than that, they never looked like scoring, and we were never in danger of actually losing in normal time, unlike they were. Yes? No? Hmmmm.

If anyone’s sitting with the fingers poised, eager to type the words “happy clapper”, let me say I wasn’t happy at all with the one thing that I suspect prevented a fairly comfortable win last night. Dan Cleary is a good player, with a passionate and committed attitude, and I’ve enjoyed most of his contributions since he arrived at Saints. The passion took a wrong turn last night in a moment of pure madness/idiocy, call it what you will. I’m sure he doesn’t need to be told, just as I’m sure he WAS told after the game by his manager. I hope he learns from that, and becomes an even better player from it. The second red was simply unfortunate, with both players seemingly committed to the 50/50 challenge, then the Annan player ‘pulled out’ and that made his injury far worse than it would have been had he not... and also resulted in the red card for MacPherson. I have sympathy for him, but not Cleary. Had the first red card not happened, I’m pretty confident we’d all be having a very different day today.

But we’re still there – in ALL competitions, with everything to play for. And that’s the point, folks. If you’re determined to rip the team apart and sack the manager before we even kick the league off, then go ahead and fill your boots. We can have a rerun of the puerile nonsense on here that hallmarked last season’s Banter performance, where some of us suddenly gained an mysterious sense of entitlement, presumably spawned by the best season in our history, where we won twice as much as the 136 years that preceded it combined. Or we can have measured constructive criticism when needed, a few laughs at our own expense (always needed!), and get behind the team... to push them forward, not kick arses.

Make your choices.

 

Thanks @RandomGuy.for posting that up. I've not got a FB account, and that's not convincing me to change that. 

There's something admirable in being able to look at where the team is and consider it not so bad because the weather's nice. 

[PSJ.84]

Another thing to add to half-arsed list 

[DA Baracus]

So your result was ok because it was sunny, the pitch was green and you nearly scored a few times?

Excellent stuff.

[Guest Flash]

4 hours ago, Jamie_Beatson said:

Is anyone confident, at all, that we will beat QOTS on Saturday?

Aye. Me.

[Radford]

2 hours ago, Valentino Bolognese said:

Only tangentially related but 'A Season With Verona' is a good read. 

I read this about 20 years ago when I doubt I was old enough to appreciate it properly. Must find it again. 

Have you read The Miracle of Castel di Sangro?

[Radford]

2 hours ago, Valentino Bolognese said:

I've not got a FB account, and that's not convincing me to change that. 

Sorry for quoting you again but I'm in same boat. So the big question is what the hell is pizzagate? 

[mizfit]

Sorry for quoting you again but I'm in same boat. So the big question is what the hell is pizzagate? 

A member of the banter page put a post up during the meltdown basically calling people out as greeting faced c***s where he said Callum Booth offered him pizza.

What started as him getting belters over his rant lead to people focusing on the pizza and lead to a night of memes like below


Tldr: someone stole pizza off Callum Booth after Kelty.

[capt_oats]

8 minutes ago, mizfit said:

A member of the banter page put a post up during the meltdown basically calling people out as greeting faced c***s where he said Callum Booth offered him pizza.

What started as him getting belters over his rant lead to people focusing on the pizza and lead to a night of memes like below

Tldr: someone stole pizza off Callum Booth after Kelty.

I mean, in fairness, that's marginally better than it going in some QAnon type direction (which is what I was half expecting) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory

[ATLIS]

6 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:

Games: 7

Wins: 3

Draws: 3

Losses: 1

Our record under Davidson against lower league sides in the cups. No wins since Peterhead on 14th Nov 2020.

4 games since then (Dunfermline - Draw, Arbroath - Draw, Kelty - Loss, Annan - Draw).

To be fair it feels like we're close to falling to this level of banter as well, good chance it's a straight shootout between us and you for the drop/playoff. 

We've got two keepers determined to chuck the ball in the net any chance they get, one of which potentially has a problem with drink with some suggesting he's playing pished  Stryjek certainly looked like it last night and Konovalov wants out according to some. 

Esma is fat and can't last 30 minutes, Hamilton is out injured as well. Anderson carrying an injury can only handle 45 minutes too but if he's fit he'll hopefully carry us far enough if he doesn't get sold off at the last minute.

[mizfit]

I mean, in fairness, that's marginally better than it going in some QAnon type direction (which is what I was half expecting) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory

We’re a simpler, angrier people in Perth.

[For Your Pies Only]

4 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:

For those not on FB....

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Here we go again... I’m not sure how much of this I can take this season, and I fear it’s only going to get worse.

The football? Naw – I'm not talking about that. I meant the bullshine negativity that couldnae wait to be broadcast courtesy of those ‘loyal’ (look the word up, guys) fans, salivating at an early chance to carry on where they left off last season, sticking the boot in at every opportunity.

Yes, we lost another game, albeit by the lottery that is a penalty shoot-out. Yes, it was disappointing, and no, it wasn’t the result any of us hoped for. That’s the extent of my own negativity – I don’t want to hurl verbal abuse at anyone at the club, or demand resignations, decapitations, or witch-hunts. I’d rather look at the positives, and there were some... even for the whiners, though they appear to have missed any of that in their rush to their keyboards.

First, it was a lovely warm evening for football. Always a plus, don’t you think? No? Ah, well – can't please everyone.

We have a new pitch. It may still need a little bedding in, but it’s infinitely better than the one we played on last season. It’s flat and lush, and green all over. Something to be happy about? No? Ah, well...

Plenty of new(ish) faces to the starting line-up, and more to come on later. Gotta be happy about that. No? Hmmmm.

And lots of passing. In fact, I don’t actually recall a single ‘hoof up the park’ from Saints in the entire game. Something the nay-sayers have been crying out for, for....well, almost as long as I can remember. In fact, I even remember a couple of times at least last night where I was shouting “Hit it long!” to no avail. Contrary to popular belief, a well-hit long pass is a joy to behold, and an entirely legitimate tactic in the game (personally I find the ‘tiki taka’ game utterly boring, and have always preferred the German ‘mix and match’ model). So they’ll obviously be happy, yes? No? Aw, c’mon!

We came close to scoring on a number of occasions (yes, yes – I freely admit that isn’t quite as good as actually scoring), and dominated the game for long spells, even after the first red card. With a little luck, we could have won the game comfortably, even with ten men. We didn’t get that luck, sadly.

Nor did we play as well as we might have done, but there were encouraging signs for a first competitive game of the season (did you miss those, guys?) and thanks to that new pitch (the one that's already getting a slagging from some), we passed the ball with confidence better than I saw through most of last season, and at times there were some pretty inventive plays up front that on another day might yield a better result, as the team (like the pitch) beds in. Annan provide only one heart-stopping moment throughout the game, with an audacious opportunist breakaway that their player took almost full advantage of, but ran out of steam before the final shot, thankfully. Other than that, they never looked like scoring, and we were never in danger of actually losing in normal time, unlike they were. Yes? No? Hmmmm.

If anyone’s sitting with the fingers poised, eager to type the words “happy clapper”, let me say I wasn’t happy at all with the one thing that I suspect prevented a fairly comfortable win last night. Dan Cleary is a good player, with a passionate and committed attitude, and I’ve enjoyed most of his contributions since he arrived at Saints. The passion took a wrong turn last night in a moment of pure madness/idiocy, call it what you will. I’m sure he doesn’t need to be told, just as I’m sure he WAS told after the game by his manager. I hope he learns from that, and becomes an even better player from it. The second red was simply unfortunate, with both players seemingly committed to the 50/50 challenge, then the Annan player ‘pulled out’ and that made his injury far worse than it would have been had he not... and also resulted in the red card for MacPherson. I have sympathy for him, but not Cleary. Had the first red card not happened, I’m pretty confident we’d all be having a very different day today.

But we’re still there – in ALL competitions, with everything to play for. And that’s the point, folks. If you’re determined to rip the team apart and sack the manager before we even kick the league off, then go ahead and fill your boots. We can have a rerun of the puerile nonsense on here that hallmarked last season’s Banter performance, where some of us suddenly gained an mysterious sense of entitlement, presumably spawned by the best season in our history, where we won twice as much as the 136 years that preceded it combined. Or we can have measured constructive criticism when needed, a few laughs at our own expense (always needed!), and get behind the team... to push them forward, not kick arses.

Make your choices.

 

Particularly enjoyed the part where he blames the Annan player for getting injured. How dare he avoid trying to hurt a fellow player!

[PSJ.84]

1 hour ago, mizfit said:

A member of the banter page put a post up during the meltdown basically calling people out as greeting faced c***s where he said Callum Booth offered him pizza.

What started as him getting belters over his rant lead to people focusing on the pizza and lead to a night of memes like below


Tldr: someone stole pizza off Callum Booth after Kelty.