Coventry Saint Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 57 minutes ago, djchapsticks said: No one covered themselves in glory from that starting XI last night. Stephen McGinn and Ross Stewart were the two who seemed to change things about with their presence. Didn't see the game, but doesn't sound good about Kellerman and Cooke, in particular. Then again, were they any worse than, say McShane, Flynn or Smith? Sometimes teams are just collectively rubbish and games at this time of year absolutely should be about figuring out what's needed, who fits and who doesn't. It is the flaw in the system that we've not been able to play any proper friendlies and get this shite out our system*. I saw enough promise on Friday to suggest it's not completely beyond hope. Plus, makes me wonder if we all underrate the work that Danny Mullen does. *Then again, you see what Motherwell did last night and realise that sometimes it really is straightforward to beat the smaller teams. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddie06smfc Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Plus, makes me wonder if we all underrate the work that Danny Mullen does.Most do. Think it was very evident last season just how much Mullen works up front and is a good player technically. I couldn’t believe anyone was questioning him after the Killie game, he had a very good game. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Day Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 20 hours ago, Buddist Monk said: While I agree that we won't just take McGinn's money and spunk it away, but if there is to be a marquee signing they'll need to be paid more than buttons. Speculate to accumulate! Surely much better to hire a bunch of nigerian phone scammers and hook in another Hamilton type deal - profit margin and fun factor much better 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM82 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 21 hours ago, Silvio said: Does anyone else think Mikey Johnstone has a touch of the Ryan Hardie's about him? I mean, what has he done apart from being a 'promising old firm youngster? He's looked useful in youth internationals (e.g. the goal v England in Toulon). I don't think that could honestly be said about Hardie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Coventry Saint said: *Then again, you see what Motherwell did last night and realise that sometimes it really is straightforward to beat the smaller teams. Sometimes is but we've had issues with it in the past, esp when we shake team up. Teams that sit deep, don't let us play always seem to cause us difficulties. We hell of a stuggled past East Kilbride last year at home and Brechin twice. Raith beat us fair and square too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenburn bud Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I don’t think that there is there any doubt that these games are basically pre season efforts. Having said that the early signs are not encouraging. We need at least 5 decent quality signings if we are to compete at this level. I get the feeling that there are quite a few fans who are not happy with the signing policy so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, glenburn bud said: I get the feeling that there are quite a few fans who are not happy with the signing policy so far. That's been the way for every St Mirren season for the last goodness knows how long...? If there is anything our fans love, it's a good whinge. We had folk criticising Jack last season too! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenburn bud Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 28 minutes ago, flyingscot said: That's been the way for every St Mirren season for the last goodness knows how long...? If there is anything our fans love, it's a good whinge. We had folk criticising Jack last season too! I reckon there are more than a few waiting for Stubbs to fail. The time for us to judge is when he’s assembled his squad and we’ve reached the first quarter of games. That’s when we’ll have an idea of how things will pan out for the season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demented Zebra Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 50 minutes ago, glenburn bud said: I don’t think that there is there any doubt that these games are basically pre season efforts. Having said that the early signs are not encouraging. We need at least 5 decent quality signings if we are to compete at this level. I get the feeling that there are quite a few fans who are not happy with the signing policy so far. One game played well and we get a draw win on penalties. Second game play poor draw win on penalties. Second game we made 6 changes and reports suggest another 5 players to come in we will be fine. St Mirren fans are a shaky lot simply because we are a up and down team. For me the season can't come quick enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddist Monk Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I've got no issues regarding Stubbs or his signing policy. If he signs Stokes, I most definitely will have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 The winger from Celtic was meant to sign this week I believe but has now been put back 2-3 weeks. Stubbs knows the squad is nowhere near good enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenburn bud Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 22 minutes ago, McG said: The winger from Celtic was meant to sign this week I believe but has now been put back 2-3 weeks. Stubbs knows the squad is nowhere near good enough. Filling the squad with non league players is a calculated gamble on Stubbs part. Will he be able to sign 4 or 5 decent quality players now that we’re reaching the point where the squad needs to be strengthened before the league starts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBank Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 The problem for me last night was not an overall poor display but a lack of a skill set with some players. Some guys can have an off day but you can still see they can read a game, trap and pass and work hard even if it isn't always coming off. However last night some looked totally devoid of the quality required at this level. Maybe they were nervous or rusty but improvements better be meteoric however for a couple of them I doubt that it will be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo_j Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 13 minutes ago, NorthBank said: The problem for me last night was not an overall poor display but a lack of a skill set with some players. Some guys can have an off day but you can still see they can read a game, trap and pass and work hard even if it isn't always coming off. However last night some looked totally devoid of the quality required at this level. Maybe they were nervous or rusty but improvements better be meteoric however for a couple of them I doubt that it will be. Yeah, agree with that. couple of times we showed a lack of game intelligence. At one point, one of our forward players trapped the ball and turned to his right and move the ball back in to midfield. If he’d looked up to his left, Mullen was free and would have went 1-on-1 with the keeper. The entire stadium could see it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cicero Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Stokes will score more goals than entire team when he signs and add creativity and cody cooke will hopefully be out the door before xmas ! -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambieBud Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Stokes will score more goals than entire team when he signs and add creativity and cody cooke will hopefully be out the door before xmas !Ffs Paul, Cooke has been at the club for a couple of weeks. Get a grip. Once fully fit and playing in a settled team, you can judge him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenburn bud Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 From non league English football to the Scottish Premiership is a bit of a Jump in standard, some of these guys like Cook and Kellerman will need game time and a chance to see if they are capable of adjusting. League games are where they will stand or fall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddist Monk Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Maybe Kellerman is just a bit average... Joking aside, I wouldn't be expecting Cooke and Kellerman to be up to the speed of the Premiership. I would however, expect the team in general to be up to the speed of Spartans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 We will be waiting a wee while before anymore signings I think... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Main problem I think is the new players don't look any better than the ones we no longer have. We really missed Davis and Morgan last night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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