northstbuddie

Every football supporter experiences a day like today from time to time. The question is - will we do a 'Southampton' and pull ourselves together after a proverbial thumping? The signs are however that we will have an uphill struggle this season due to an overly negative tactical approach and a dearth of creative midfielders to propel a forward momentum as against just 'keeping our shape' in a defensive sense. Scottish football in general is blighted with negative tactics and has been paying for this for many years - thus the dearth of quality forwards currently at our disposal.

I'm afraid it is the players who have to 'man up' - not the supporters.

At least the players haven't shamed the old black & white stripes.

Oops!

With just over 5 minutes to play this would be a wonderful result if we kept it down to 5 at full time.

The players have already proven a point - they're not good enough.

Take up croquet.

Is it too soon to start planning for next season in the Championship?

This debacle has brought the forum to life.

Calculators out.

Over defensive/defeatist attitude against a team who are not good enough to compete in Europe.

0-1 already Never mind, so long as we keep our shape. Power red carded - our shape will have to be adjusted.

And don't forget Uncle Tom Cobley and all.

But good enough for St Mirren?

same old .....

Aaron Mooy is another quality player who springs to mind who did not quite fit in for whatever reason at Love Street.

Gus always did have an eye for (St Mirren) quality players. However, Mahrez himself still seems a bit miffed that he was kept hanging on for a response from St Mirren. If only ............

I know it has been mentioned on here before, but how did we let Riyad Mahrez slip through our fingers in 2009? Especially when you see how he has performed in the two UEFA semi final legs against PSG when there were umpteen world stars on view between the two teams. You can now hear from the man himself how he missed the chance of a lifetime - https://www.sportbible.com/football/news-reactions-transfers-weird-the-story-of-riyad-mahrezs-failed-trial-at-scottish-side-st-mirren-20210505

Might be a useful option to have when our dinky little stadium is packed out at the end of Covid restrictions and the Buddies are regularly sitting in the top four as TF has promised.

Correction - we started and finished with no strikers.

Is there anyone on here who believes we should have finished above St Johnstone on merit over the season so far?

It's easy to be negative after a result like this - even if it was so predictable. However, there is so much to be thankful for and hopeful about the future. There's not a lot wrong with our defence and midfield and we have some of the best young prospects in the country. JG has made huge improvements since he took over but we have been handicapped this season by injuries to players who could have improved our goal scoring potential. And for once - we are not facing the prospect of relegation - at least not just yet.

We started off without a striker - in fact we have played most of the season without a striker.

Because it was so obvious to most people that we are a bit behind St Johnstone quality wise at this moment in time. It was almost inevitable let alone predictable.

We have played the season without a forward line.