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Comeback of the century on the cards?
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1 minute ago, santaponsasaint said:
Don't think another failed manager would be any good for us. Time for a young hungry manager like we had with Ross and Goodwin.
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Like Brown or Naismith?
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Looks like last week's performance against Motherwell could be the highlight of the season.
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It's going to be a long hard season.
3-0
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15 minutes ago, FTOF said:
As much as Erhahon seems to have improved this season, it would be great to see the name "Gogic" in there instead of his.
Why 'instead of'? I would suggest 'in addition to'.
I am amazed and disgusted at the regular negative postings on here regarding young Erhahon.
He has been our top performer so far this season by some considerable margin.
However, I do agree our midfield looks a bit powder puff without Gogic (and O'Hara).
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If there is any basis for the DR report, what will be St Mirren's likely response to Motherwell?
And if (as would be likely) it is 'help yourself' - where should we look for a new manager?
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10 minutes ago, exiledfan said:
3 points tomorrow are crucial to settle our nerves. Home form was so poor last season that we all need to see a glimmer of hope this season. We should have it in the tank to beat a deflated Motherwell.
We are normally at our most generous when playing deflated teams as past experience has shown..
A convincing win would be great but that is not the St Mirren way of doing things.
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Going against the flow and my own gut feelings, but this might be our year -
IF the players play to their full potential;
IF SR can get the best out of what's available just as we saw a marked improvement in the performance in Curtis Main at the end of last season;
IF we get the rub of the green;
IF we avoid major injury worries;
IF Jay Henderson gets the chance to show his quality on the right wing; and
IF the support get behind the team in large numbers from the start.
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Now nicely set up for the team humiliated 3-0 by Sligo to start their rehabilitation against our leaky defence on Sunday.
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Threads like this should be censored.
Apart from being nonsensical, it's hardly going to help support the players who are representing/playing for St Mirren.
This is a prime example of the evils of social media.
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Baccus makes up for his slight build with speed of thought/action, skill and aggression.
Looks a promising signing, albeit after just one game.
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19 minutes ago, waldorf34 said:
Were you at the game? It was 2-0 at half time!
Yes I was there - it's an age thing - my apologies.
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A special mention for Richard Tait - he showed surprising ball control to lay on the third goal - almost Joyan Cruyffish in execution!
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We were well worth our 3-0 lead at halftime and would probably have doubled that score in the second half if we had played our strongest 11.
Nobody can deny it has been a disappointing start to the season but other posters have pointed out the plus points from today's performance - Baccus, Ayunga, Strain, Erhahon, Offord & O'Hara + the younger players got valuable experience - especially Taylor.
Question what has Henderson got to do to get a game?
The minus side from today was our defence's continuing inability to concentrate for the full 90 minutes.
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Better performance today.
Playing with more width in defence and attack.
Baccus is making a difference and the midfield in general is more creative.
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8 minutes ago, exiledfan said:
Is that a back 5?
Maybe we're aiming high this afternoon and going for a blank sheet.
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We have 3 choices today for OAPs like myself:-
PPV @ £15
Attend @ £5
Or stay at home and watch the grass grow in the rain.
I know which one I'm going for - so I'm likely to get soaked.
However I'm going in hope more than anything else - but hope to see our strongest team in the first half and then perhaps the younger players coming on to show their worth. Maybe the likes of Reid and Henderson will stake a claim to be in the first eleven in the coming weeks.
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One of our major failings is our lack of width in both defence and attack.
90% of the time we have noone playing wide on either wing (especially on the right) and we also give the opposition far too much room to attack wide on either flank.
As a result everything goes through a crowded centre of the park when we (try to) attack and when that breaks down we are exposed because of the space we allow the opposition to counter attack.
Equally our passing is woeful - one paced and normally misdirected. Only Erhahon has the ability to pick out an early and penetrating pass.
And as for tactics - your guess is as good as mine.
Gogic would at least help to win possession in the middle of the park.
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We have missed Power and Gogic in the midfield so far this season - although Erhahon has performed well and O'Hara hasn't been a failure.
Even the likes of Arbroath and Airdrie can dominate us in midfield. We sadly lack a ball winner (amongst a few other things).
Hopefully Baucus will improve things in that department when eventually bedded in.
And there is also the return of the revitalised Curtis Main to look forward to.
However, the biggest concern at the moment is the paucity of our defence which was previously our strength under JG.
I will leave it to others (even Elvis) to come up with plus points.
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Never mind - this has to be the turning point of our season.
If not, relegation is a certainty.
This must have been the worst performance by a Saints team in living memory - no matter what age you are.
I'll leave it to Elvis to come up with some positive spin.
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5 minutes ago, faraway saint said:
Just need to hope there's a stream from Airdrie TV.
Available as PPV - good clear picture + sound - unlike the Cowdenbeath dbacle.
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1 minute ago, Warrior Saint said:
Solid game today although has zero pace.
Unlike his grampa.
Aberdeen v St Mirren 6 August 2020
in Matchday & Travel Club
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BBC pundits making the point we were the only team to lose comfortably this afternoon.
With a run like this I don't see our fortunes changing next week against Ross County.
And then it's squeaky bum time after just 3 league games.