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28 minutes ago, st jock said:
Regarding OK saying he wants to win the league, i' d be more concerned if he didn't want to.
Reach for the stars. I wouldn't expect anything less from our manager regardless of it being realistic or not. Your drum that winning mentality into your daily routine you can achieve to the best of your abilities.
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5 minutes ago, Doakes said:
Don't understand the bitterness from some of our support towards these players. Hardly their fault. Seen one guy abusing Josh Heaton on Twitter.
Where's the need? Might turn out to be a good player under a different manager or system
Abusing any of our own players is a disgrace. They have been caught in the mix of unfortunate events and when morale is low it's hard to pick yourself up as a team.
Hopefully with a morale booster from better man management under OK, these players will thrive and play to the best of their ability and get our season on track, as I feel the players signed by Stubbs are not bad players, he's just didn't know how to deploy them as a unit.
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10 hours ago, magnus said:
Disagree Oaksoft. This looks like a scout explaining the challenges in signing players at SMFC. It's an insight that might manage expectations.
There is every chance this scout guy was hired prior to Stubbs coming in. He seems like he's based on a different country and scouts in other countries. It's possible Stubbs and co were not interested in using an overseas coach and used their own knowledge of down south and their own contacts. Jackson used to be a scout for Blackburn afterall, prior to coming to us .
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1 minute ago, Lord Pityme said:
I want to look you in the eye, and give you the opportunity to say it straight to my face. If i was inclined to say the same things to you, i would say it to your face. I wouldnt hide/deflect/try and involve others. I would have the courage of my convictions! Maybe thats the big difference between us?
I hope they are selling popcorn at the next home game
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One thing I never actually considered till now was that the compensation received for Jack and Fow from Sunderland may already have covered at least half of the 3 year deals for the trio.
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10 minutes ago, cambiebud said:
For those calling for the manager’s head.
This is a new squad, still learning each other’s names, let alone abilities. The manager is still trying to work out a system, who is best played wherever. Not an excuse but replacing him makes absolutely no sense. He must be given time for his system to work, whether fans like it or not. Did you all expect instant success?
Bringing in a replacement 4 games into a new season would be madness. What message does that give to the loanees brought in? He must be given time to get things on an even keel. This isn’t happy clappy, it is common senseI think if it wasn't for the 3 year contract there would be less hesitation here on the managers position. You could also say on the flip side on the basis of only 4 league games it would be unfair to call for his head. It took JR 3-4 months into his season to get results and a formula working, difference being he inherited all of his squad and had time to change in his first transfer window. Would the same length of time be fair to give Stubbs with the recent performances? I am unsure how long is enough time, as he has not only dismantled a winning squad(some departures plausible), though made some poor decisions on replacements, bar a few and not even looked close to being a team to compete for 90mins.
We have paid compensation for one of his coaching staff, appointed an assistant, spent significant money on a player who was not seen as ready standard to compete for a starting place and left some of the players from last season feeling they don't have a place in the team, when it's evident to see that they way be every bit worthy of a chance to play Infront of his signings.
The failure to bring in early targets, whether they were solid or not seems to have cost him in his plans of building a formula in time for the season to start.
Its a costly decision to make. 3 coaching staff on long-term deals plus the fact we paid compensation for one(no idea what that cost was). Would a new manager be able to come in and assemble the same squad and make us more capable of competing? How long will the next guy get? As much as I hate to say it, we will be waiting a very long time to see anything again like we did under JR and Fow.
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15 hours ago, W6Saint said:
James Keatings signs for Accies, (in addition to another forward from Molde) yet another player that would’ve definitely improved us.
Meanwhile, we’re messing about with loan deals for our strongest area of the park.
What on earth is our recruitment policy about?Accies paid a fee for Keating's.
The lad has barely kicked a ball and has some personal issues that have been documented online. I really don't think we have missed out here to be honest, plus he's unproven at this level.
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I don't have an issue with signing a central midfielder, as when you take the inexperienced MacPherson and Erhahon, as well as the sparingly used Mcashane into the equation, who looked surplus to requirements, we maybe did need another central player who will push others for competition.
My main concern is the failure to find another striker. We are so light in numbers up front. Did we replace Ross Stewart with Brock and not fill Reilly's void? Maybe Cammy will convert to a forward as part of a front two, though this is the biggest disappointment for me. We could improve on our defensive duties as the season goes on, though if you don't have the fire power up top you are not going to win points.
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4 minutes ago, WeeBud said:
Only guessing Drew but I think Jones was brought in with an view on playing as a defensive midfielder....due to injuries and keechness he is having to play centre half and we then needed another defensive midfielder, just speculation on my part though!!
From what i believe Edwards is versatile too in terms of sitting in a defensive and attacking role from midfield. I really hope we push the boat out for a striker now. Please!
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35 minutes ago, St.Ricky said:
Expect movement outward bound from our current midfielders
I've got a feeling McShane may possibly be on that list. Not sure if hes injured or not, though not featured much under Stubbs. Cammy MacPherson or Erhahon also may find themselves loaned out.
We are in an unfortunate position that probably 3 of our injured players would most likely have moved on if they were fit during this window, so that is 3 places filled.
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39 minutes ago, St.Ricky said:
I think stats for that game showed that Celtic had over 20 shots at goal and a huge retention ratio but fair play to Hamilton in their set up.
Yeah, i think sometimes its about how you set yourself up against the bigger teams and hit them on the counter or at a set-piece. We have competed okay in some of these games in the past, though its mostly how you take your small amount of opportunities and set yourself up hard to beat. The 4-0 8 years ago we won v Celtic was a one-off, or certainly one we won't see for some time.
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12 minutes ago, pozbaird said:
I don’t think his fate has been decided. Certainly, my feeling would be that in his head, GLS must have a scenario which would be a trigger for another Greenhill Road bagging, but that may be something like not winning another game between now and Christmas, or something along those lines.
I was merely saying that while the next two games are indeed tough - Hearts away and Celtic, it IS fair to judge him and indeed his team after these games, because many, many games in this league are just as tough. We might as well not judge him on three quarters of the games we’ll face? When does it get fair to judge? Accies, Livvy, a currently poor Dundee? Is that it?
I would say if we are left so open to a tanking, like the Aberdeen game, even against the next two teams, it's still fair to judge a teams performance. With all respect to Hamilton, they lost 1-0 to Celtic the other week. Celtic in many people's eyes should have strolled the game.
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11 hours ago, Smfc500 said:
Yeah I heard but it’s needs to be put in the team and it’s a shame the club don’t take advantage of the money after all they don’t get that kind of money all the time
Just as well your not in charge of finances. Agree a small small part of it should be used though I'd rather work with cash that's available and use any further funds in January.
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I don't doubt the players Stubbs signed are good players, I have the impression though that there may have been several players he banked on that he could sign have not materialised and his system was possibly built around them.
I know a new manager when he comes in, wants to stamp his own authority and brand of football, though surely for a team that won the league last season, you need to look back and see your best players strengths under Jack Ross' team and how they contributed to such a successful campaign.
I think we still have to take into consideration we are only 3 league games and one of those was against a team you most likely don'tbfully expect 3 points from. This week will be interesting if there is any budget left to bring in others.
I don't think it does anymore any good speculating that the dressing room has been lost. When Jack came in it looked like a lost cause and the players weren't winning.
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Wish he had started from the back and knew how to defend in the league cup final back in 2010
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From our opening fixtures i predicted around 4 points from the first 3 games. We are only three games into the league season, we have to remind ourselves that. I will however find it hard to watch if we put in another performance like today. There was absolute no positives from today bar a couple of players who ran all day and tried to make things happen. It was not a team, it was individuals with no game plan.
I hope Stubbs has signings up his sleeve prior to the window closing.
Also have to agree though about comparison with JR. Jack Ross was given plenty of time to turn things around. Yes, he inherited a squad and made changes. Stubbs needs time to do the same to get a winning formula together.
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On 8/22/2018 at 11:28 AM, Soctty said:
He wasn't my preferred choice - I had a long argument against appointing him with someone on Twitter a few days before he got the job, but once he was appointed, he became our manager. For our club to do well, he had to do well. He has to be given a fair crack of the whip, and he hasn't remotely been given that. You onlu have to look at certain posters' signature on here to see that the knives have been out for him since his first interview after being appointed.
Deals have taken longer to get done than expected - is that Stubbs' fault? Eckersley and Mackenzie are injury prone and are both injured, yet Stubbs has got it in the neck constantly from people on the forum, on social media and the like, lambasting him for being too stubborn to play them. Will any of these clowns apoligise for their ill-conceived rants? Not a chance, mud sticks, and now the illusion is that he has torn the championship winning team apart when he's done nothing of the sort. He told Mack and Eck they could find a new club because they're injury prone and he couldn't guarantee them a regular game. Reilly took an age to sign a contract so Stubbs took back control and removed it from the table.
A win on Saturday would help give back some positivity, but it seems to me it will take a lot for some of our fans to go back on their initial assessment of Stubbs.
I'm glad their injuries have finally been confirmed to all the doubters. As much as both are fans favourites including mines, their current fitness status justifies the decision pre-season to move them both on.
Reilly's contract withdrawal for me was also a correct decision. The contract was either good enough or he was holding out for another move. I know his Mrs was expecting their first child around the time, though the length of time the offer was on the table was more than enough to come to a decision, even through his agent.
Alfie Jones and Lee Hodson have been evident of how difficult it is to seal a deal for a player in this window of the required ability. Hodsons name was linked away back at teh start of July and Alfie has already confirmed his deal had been in the works for weeks before signing. Players change their minds, clubs change their minds and sometimes cost outweighs both.
The window closes next week and we still have time to get another couple in. Deadline day always throws a few surprises. John Sutton and Charlie Adam 2005 anyone?
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1 hour ago, Soctty said:
I'm still shocked that Stubbs wouldn't play Eck while injured to strengthen the defence, or throw a struggling Mackenzie straight in for his experience. After all, Mackenzie on one leg is better than Baird, Kpekawa et al...
Some people on here really do talk endless amounts of shite, all in the name of undermining the manager because they didn't get Guti or Kluivert in to lead us...
This. I get that feeling too, that because he wasn't most folks preferred choice, taking every opportunity to shoot him down. You can see that some deals are taking longer to materialise. The Hodson and Jones deals seemed to be in the works for some time. I expect the next week or so to be a busy time for us in the remainder of the window.
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14 hours ago, Wendy Saintss said:
Probably wasn’t happy when he realised that David Martindale was actually running the show!
Wonder if David Hopkin will return or if Martindale will give up the pretence and just appoint himself as manager?They will struggle to appoint someone outwith who is willing to not being able to appoint his own coaching staff. Was very surprised Miller took the job without at least one backroom member of staff, someone he trusts in the game, like a former team mate. I see Yogi has came out and had a go at Livy for the way they have went about things.
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No-one knows the full ins and outs of why he has left Livingston. He left Rangers on bad terms so it doesn't do his reputation any favours. I'd rather not take the risk.
No thanks.
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6 minutes ago, Sonny said:
Good news. A future star ....
St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce that Ethan Erhahon has signed a three-year contract extension with the club.
The 17 year-old made his Saints debut last season against Raith Rovers in the IRN-BRU Cup at just 16 years-old.
St Mirren Chief Executive, Tony Fitzpatrick said: "Everyone knows the importance our club places on youth and we are delighted to have Ethan signed up on a long-term deal.
"In recent times we've seen the likes of John McGinn, Kenny McLean, Stevie Mallan, Lewis Morgan and so on get big moves and capped for Scotland. We've also seen Kyle Magennis make himself a fixture in the first team as has Jack Baird.
"Ethan has been in and around the first team and it's great to have him signed up."
Mods please delete or merge my created thread, we have a duplication of topic.
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Happy to read today that we have tied down another one of our stars of the future Ethan on a long-term contract.
https://www.stmirren.com/news/club/all-news/2093-delight-for-saints-as-ethan-erhahon-agrees-new-deal
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Been training with Livingston for a few weeks apparently. I'd imagine they would have offered a contract by now if he was fit enough and of premier league standard. Still. looks like they don't have to fend off any competition at the moment.
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38 minutes ago, wabuddy said:
Reported fee 2.1 M
ttps://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/john-mcginn-aston-villa-celtic-15005260
I think this paper bought into people online speculating that Villa only offered 100k more. Fake news.
Anton Ferdinand
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The lad only a couple of years ago went for a fee of £500k to Barnsley. He has been brought up at a decent level and hasn't played any lower than League 1 in England. I have seen parts of his game which is fairly good, then other parts that he either needs improvement on, or he has just been affected by the last management team in place.
The other lads who have had little game time need a clean slate also, even the non league players who were classed as not good enough by a minority because of the level they were playing at.
I am excited about what OK can bring to this team and breathe the positive effect back in, that was left behind by JR and Fow.