RandomGuy. Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Dont think it updates until an entire "gameweek" is done (so youre still on 5 games/11pts which is why youre missing) but you might be interested in keeping up to date with this, while your form lasts. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/scottish-premiership/saisonstarts/wettbewerb/SC1/plus/?sortierung=beste&sortField=pkt&saisonIdVon=1997&saisonIdBis=2023&spieltag=6&eingrenzung=alle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Gogic and Hemming rightly getting plaudits for their performances but yesterday I thought Marcus Fraser was superb. Quietly doing all the defensive donkey work and just going about his business very effectively. He's an unsung hero many weeks. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 3 minutes ago, Coventry Saint said: I don't think he did. He had put his whistle to his mouth but it looked like he was waiting to see how it panned out. That's exactly what he did which was the right thing just the VAR choobs that ersed up 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 2 hours ago, FTOF said: I think Richard Taylor has gone off the boil a wee bit. Richard Taylor made a terrific block against Fat Boy in the first half. Second half he made a Godfrey style run and should have had a blast a goal. He is still young and like Zach will make mistakes but I think he has improved immensely since the old guard departed in the summer. Let’s be honest. Big Dunne has had a few moments of brain farts while working under Robbo. Another clean sheet will do wonders for the confidence of all the defensive players in our squad. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 Seriously. What a save this is. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 1 minute ago, djchapsticks said: Seriously. What a save this is. It will do wonders for his confidence. That’s two games in a week where his saves have been the difference between 1 and 3 points. Sure he will no doubt make some mistakes throughout the season. But Jamie Langfield and Robbo will be able to remind him of just how good he is, I felt it unfair that many of our supporters were writing him off before the league season started based on his performances at Kilmarnock. Some Saints fans were hugely critical which was really disappointing. I don’t think Carson would have made that save yesterday. To think that we got a fee for Carson and a high earner off the wage bill is tremendous. Hopefully the club are willing to tie down some of our top talent. Would love to see Tanser, Gogic and Strain get new deals as they have been tremendous this season. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZingaliMan Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 This is a team that can win a cup and get into the top six possibly Europe. These times don't come along very often . Alex Wright / late 70's early 80's come to mind. Enjoy while it lasts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford prefect Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Obviously injuries could derail us but it's difficult not to get excited like the millennium season. You just get that feeling we're in for a really good season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 1 hour ago, djchapsticks said: Seriously. What a save this is. Not bad for a keeper who is apparently too slow to get down to low shots. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Sensible Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 3 hours ago, FTOF said: Can't see Baccus not starting. Also, the Hibs defence are a bit iffy at times. Olusanya could cause havoc in there. I wouldn’t be surprised if the team that finished yesterday starts on Weds except with Baccus starting instead of Kiltie who played the whole 90 mins 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 https://archive.ph/YtnQl Article from Sunday Times interviewing the Captain of the Hammer Throwers. Mark O’Hara: “People move on for money – but success is better” St Mirren’s Mark O’Hara says squad don’t want to settle for merely breaking into Scotland’s top six O’Hara is committed to St Mirren until 2026 Football has always offered up this absurd idea that players and managers exist in an idyllic, insulated bubble, completely unaware of what is happening outside of their own training ground or stadium, like some kind of sporting equivalent of North Korea. Mark O’Hara, mercifully, is happy to debunk such a notion. When rumours, then, began to circle recently that Hibernian were training their sights on making Stephen Robinson their next manager following the sacking of Lee Johnson, the chatter didn’t go unnoticed inside the St Mirren dressing room. It would be no exaggeration to say that Robinson has transformed the Paisley club’s fortunes over the past 18 months, leading them to a first top-six finish for almost 40 years last season and then up to second in the table last weekend. Given the Northern Irishman has achieved all of this on a budget that is a fraction of many clubs in the division, it is little surprise that Hibs — and others — have been wondering whether he might just be able to replicate that formula for success with them. On this occasion, the Easter Road club chose to go down a different route, appointing Nick Montgomery instead, much to the St Mirren players’ relief. There will be other suitors soon enough, however, and O’Hara now sees it as a race against time. If St Mirren can continue on this trajectory towards regular finishes at the top end of the table, competing for trophies and European football, perhaps Robinson will not feel the need to move to quench his thirst for success. “When the manager was quoted for the last job, everyone was a bit nervous,” the St Mirren captain admits. “There was some talk about it in the changing room. People had said there hadn’t been any approach but the boys did fear a little bit. “With the success we’ve had there’s going to come interest from clubs with bigger budgets but why can’t we achieve our goals here? If we can win trophies and break records then success comes with that. People often move on for financial reasons but being successful is better than any of that. It’s a chance to create and do something special.” ‘real belief about the squad that we can achieve big things here,’ says O’Hara, right It was a similar story for O’Hara in March this year. The former Kilmarnock, Dundee and Motherwell midfielder was only nine months into his first season with St Mirren but already felt so comfortable within his surrounds that he chose to extend his contract by an additional two years. Tied up now until 2026, the 27-year-old’s performances last season — that delivered a dozen goals, five of which came against Celtic or Rangers — earned him a clutch of Player of the Year awards and covetous glances from a number of interested parties. O’Hara was already favourable predisposed to St Mirren, coming from the neighbouring town of Barrhead, but it was the prospect of being able to fulfil his personal ambitions without having to switch clubs that persuaded him to prolong his stay. He makes no secret of the fact that he wants to conclude his career with more than just an English League Two winner’s medal with Lincoln City to his name. It makes Wednesday night’s Viaplay Cup quarter-final away to Hibs a potentially pivotal evening. “With the recruitment over the summer and the way we’ve started this season, it was a sign of intent that we’re not just settling for one season in the top six and that’s it,” he added. “There’s a real belief about the squad that we can achieve big things here. When I signed my new deal it was because I feel we can achieve something memorable here. “The fans, of course, can dream [about winning trophies and qualifying for Europe] because we as players are dreaming about that as well. You’d be lying if you said you weren’t. My dream this year would be to win a trophy. “It doesn’t seem unrealistic at the moment. We’ve got a massive game now on Wednesday. I’ve never been to Hampden as a player, having never got further than the quarter-finals. But you’ve got to dream that this will be the year, and we won’t fear anyone if we get there. “We’ve achieved good results over the last year against all of the teams still left in the competition. My goal has always been to win something in Scottish football and hopefully it’s here. I feel I’m just reaching my peak as a player and still have a lot to offer.” O’Hara is not one to shy away from articulating his ambitions. A former Scotland Under-19 and Under-21 international, the midfielder has been spoken about as someone who could yet force his way into the senior squad and it is not something he dismisses. “I’d be lying again if I said I didn’t dream of that,” he confirms. “I don’t know how close I’ve ever been but if I keep my head down and work hard then I’d hope I’d get noticed. Hopefully I’ve got a few years left to try to achieve that.” O’Hara is in the process of moving out of Barrhead, the East Renfrewshire town which made the news this week as the surprising choice of location for the first Scottish branch of the US takeaway chicken franchise Popeyes, causing traffic chaos for miles. It is another recent development, however, that has caught O’Hara’s eye, with St Mirren shirts popping up increasingly throughout the area off the back of the team’s success and the club’s willingness to promote their own fanbase ahead of serving others. “In my mum and dad’s street there are a few of the kids now out playing football and cutting about in St Mirren strips,” he reveals. “That’s a fairly new thing that has come with success but also with the club doing their bit, too. “You look at the decision to only give the Old Firm one stand when we play them. What a difference that makes as you saw last year. We’ve now got three stands of our own supporters really getting behind us in every game and you definitely notice it. “We’re hopefully inspiring a new generation of supporters. We’re seeing more younger fans at the matches because the team has been successful and that’s only going to help grow the club for years to come.” 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston_bud Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 37 minutes ago, Molotov said: It would be no exaggeration to say that Robinson has transformed the Paisley club’s fortunes over the past 18 months, leading them to a first top-six finish for almost 40 years last season and then up to second in the table last weekend. Decent article, although this hyperbole annoyed me far more than it should've. I love Robinson, he's done a terrific job and deserves all the plaudits he's getting, but transformed our fortunes is a lot of bollocks. We missed out on top six on goal difference the year before he arrived (and got to two semi finals) and were on course for top six the season he joined. Last season we made top six by goal difference. And we've had an unbelievable start this season. Far from transforming our fortunes, he's built on and improved on pretty solid foundations. We are, unquestionably, a better team and he's done a great job but we were hardly dug shite before he took the reigns. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW saint Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Robinson is the best manager we have had in years. I genuinely think he has transformed the team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston_bud Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 1 minute ago, AW saint said: Robinson is the best manager we have had in years. I genuinely think he has transformed the team. I agree with you. The article said 'transformed our fortunes'. I appreciate I'm nitpicking a bit, but it just struck me as a lazy assumption that we must've been totally shite before he took over, when in actual fact (Stubbs blip aside) we have steadily improved season on season since we binned Alex Rae. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Sensible Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 42 minutes ago, houston_bud said: Decent article, although this hyperbole annoyed me far more than it should've. I love Robinson, he's done a terrific job and deserves all the plaudits he's getting, but transformed our fortunes is a lot of bollocks. We missed out on top six on goal difference the year before he arrived (and got to two semi finals) and were on course for top six the season he joined. Last season we made top six by goal difference. And we've had an unbelievable start this season. Far from transforming our fortunes, he's built on and improved on pretty solid foundations. We are, unquestionably, a better team and he's done a great job but we were hardly dug shite before he took the reigns. League table on the day Robinson was appointed. We were also into the Scottish Cup quarter final 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medals Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Captain_Sensible said: League table on the day Robinson was appointed. We were also into the Scottish Cup quarter final Compare the fortunes of Hibs, Aberdeen, Livingston, and St. Johnstone since then. Even more so, Dundee Utd., Hamilton. Aye 29 games for 35 points for us back then.. we may hit that many after 20 games or less this season. Really hope all this Var and crap refereeeing nonsense against us falls against other teams we play a bit more often - we have had more than our share already. (Though we are not the only one) Just hope we rip Hibs apart this week to keep the trajectory rising. Isn't there any good 5 star songs to match our performances? (Not Likely) Edited September 24, 2023 by medals 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Molotov said: O’Hara is in the process of moving out of Barrhead, the East Renfrewshire town which made the news this week as the surprising choice of location for the first Scottish branch of the US takeaway chicken franchise Popeyes, causing traffic chaos for miles. That bit annoyed me the most 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Sanchez Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 3 minutes ago, Biscuits said: That bit annoyed me the most I went there the other day. If you'd put it in KFC packaging I wouldn't have noticed the difference. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Sanchez Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Billy Davies goal at Ibrox was 35 years ago today if you want to feel a bit older. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagdagh Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 19 minutes ago, Dirty Sanchez said: Billy Davies goal at Ibrox was 35 years ago today if you want to feel a bit older. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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