Krokodil

From the Herald;
A GROUP of investors led by Jim Methven, the former Cowdenbeath chairman, is understood to be in talks to buy St Mirren.
Graeme Macpherson The Paisley club has been up for sale since September 2009 when a number of directors put their individual shareholdings together to create a 52% majority stake. Despite several takeover attempts in the intervening four-and-a-half years, including a protracted effort to push through a community buy-out, the group led by chairman Stewart Gilmour has been unable to move the club on. Now, though, a deal could be completed that would put St Mirren in new hands before the end of the season.
Methven was chairman of Cowdenbeath between 2008 and 2009, a period when Danny Lennon, now in charge at St Mirren, was manager of the club. There he worked with the Brewster brothers, who bought the club in 2007, with a view to selling Central Park and moving to a new custom-built facility in the town, a deal that never materialised. Methven eventually resigned citing "personal reasons".
Although buying the St Mirren directors' stake would give the prospective new owners overall control of the club, they have chosen to increase their shareholding to 75%. To facilitate that, other major shareholders - including former St Mirren directors Gordon Scott and Ken McGeoch - are thought to have agreed to sell their stakes in the club. Although this deal is said to be nearing completion, there is still competition from a rival Swiss group who have been in negotiations to buy the club since last summer.
Methven's arrival would likely improve Lennon's chances of staying at the club. The St Mirren manager is out of contract in the summer and so far there has been no offer of an extension from the current board of directors.
Methven and Lennon were said to have worked together closely at Cowdenbeath, with the then chairman watching some of his team's matches from the dug-out. Lennon moved to St Mirren in 2010 and won the League Cup last year. This season, though, St Mirren sit second bottom of the SPFL Premiership and are in danger of being relegated via the newly-introduced play-off place.
Lennon, whose side take on Celtic tomorrow, revealed in his pre-match press conference yesterday that his personal situation was secondary in his thoughts. "It's not the first thing on my mind," he said. "The thing on my mind is preparing players to make sure the club stays in the league.
"It's been the case [about takeover rumours] since I came to the club. Whether it's hampered us - I wouldn't say it has. We've had fantastic support from the board of directors. They've made no secret that they've invested a lot of their finances and emotions into the club and now they're looking for people to come in and give it that wee boost again."

Absolutely, it would be a real loss if we lost him

Just had a e-mail read out on Off The Ball containing the F word.

Make sure we keep McAusland, and give him his chance

How much longer is he going to get? I fear the worst.

Ladies/Gents
My calls for a speculation section so far have been unanswered!
I think we need a special section for the questions such as
Who should we sign?
Who would you like us to sign?
What players are currently free and looking for a club and may do a job for St Mirren?
There IS a place for speculation, we ALL like to do it and thus far this forum does not really allow us to do it without comments (from people like me) such as "thats not a rumour".
So please speculate here (and if you believe in such a section then maybe the mods will see it too) and it may make the rumour mill slighty more credible!
I shall start
Goalkeeper...I would love us to go for Jamie Langfield
Defence......Keep Will Haining
Midfield.....Marcus Niculae now that he has been released?
Striker....Leigh Griffiths?

From SMiSA.net:

Don't try to engage with him, it'll not work.
Lives in a simple world, where he is king.

I just recieved this press release from the police.
I'm only assuming he is a saints fan because of the bunnet he was was wearing, but every buddie should keep an eye open for him.
POLICE have issued an appeal for a 75-year-old Johnstone man who is missing.

Pensioner James Cassidy was last seen at 10.30am on Tuesday, February 11 in High Street, Johnstone when he was boarding a McGills bus going to Glasgow City Centre.

Inspector Gerry McBride, of Johnstone community police, said: “It is completely out of character for James to go missing and his family are extremely concerned as he hasn’t been in contact with them.

“He is described as white, 5ft 8” in height and of slim build and bald. He was wearing a black St Mirren Football Club beanie hat, a black and grey three-quarter length hooded padded jacket, blue jeans and white trainers.”

“Each day he gets the bus around the same time to travel into Glasgow city centre, where he goes for coffee then returns home.

“I would urge anyone who recognises his description, or knows of his whereabouts to contact Police Scotland on 101.”

Just on twitter he's the one were trying to sign

He's been calling people a "Count"?

OMG I tried that on Ipad as well as laptop and it works! good job we are keeping it under wraps and not letting SEAN miss out beacuse of it.

Were officially a top three town .
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-25895007
Do we get a trophy ?

ANOTHER big game.
Only 3 points between 4 teams so 3 points would be massive here.
Taking all things into consideration 3-1 us.

The club are set to announce another bit of signing news this afternoon !

To be honest, Thommo was blowing out his hin' end from early in the 2nd half at Killie, so I might have made the change even earlier than Danny did.
Just as well I ain't the manager, right enough....

I have finally extracted the digit and updated the list of "Top Man" so you can now choose the likes of Adam Campbell, Marian Kello and, erm, Alex Beckett.

http://www.jdsports.co.uk/product/diadora-sport-st-mirren-2013/14-home-shirt-pre-order/041531/?un_jtt_v_img_n=http%253A%252F%252Fjdsports.scene7.com%252Fis%252Fimage%252FJDSports%252F041531a

Again. For a second time?
When did they close it before ya torn faced old bugger?

I seen on twitter that we had a bid accepted by Hearts and it was the player who wants to wait until the summer.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171079268940?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171079269536?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

This made me laugh.

PS Great thread?

I've just read through the latest batch of complaints on the forum and thought I'd just remind you all about a few key things.
Threats of Violence
The forum is all about opinions, and we won't always agree. If another poster is annoying you then you can choose to ignore their posts using the "ignore members" option. This is available by clicking where it says "signed in as....." at the top of the forum. You will see an option of "Manage Ignored Users" there.
The same goes for guests of other clubs who come on and join in the forum. Although this is a Saints board it doesn't do much harm to have a few opposition fans drop in from time to time, and can help liven things up. By all means berate them and their team but there is no need to resort to making threats of violence.
Religious Bigotry
Religious bigotry also won't be tolerated, as per our rules and regulations which are clearly linked at the top of the forum. You don't need me to tell you there is a big focus on online religious bigotry and people even being carpeted in court and getting custodial sentences for posting certain remarks on the internet.
We are all collectively responsible for ensuring that the board stays clear of this sort of thing which has absolutely no place in Scottish society let alone football. Leave the religious stuff to the two ugly sisters up the road, we are all better than that and above it so keep it off the board please and if you do see the sort of stuff I am talking about please use the report button.
Moderation
The mod team has suffered a bit in recent months due to technical issues, changes in circumstances, lack of time. Tom, David and NSS all do an admirable job when they are online but it's fair to say I myself have not devoted as much time as I should have done to keeping the place ticking over. That will change now, I will undertake to review the complaints panel every day so if there is anything on the forum which you think is breaking the rules, please use the report button and I or one of the other mods will deal with it.
The future
There are hopefully the first green shoots of some exciting things beginning to happen on the park. Off the park we have a lot going on. At times like these the forum should be coming into it's own as the best place to discuss all things St.Mirren. This is without doubt the busiest online forum for Saints fans and it will continue to exist for a very long time to come yet but we all have to play our part in making it reflect well on the club. At times recently I am sure some of the stuff on here has been an embarassment to St.Mirren.
Please think about the above, get involved with the forum and remember that first and foremost we are ALL St.Mirren supporters.
Ta

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/business-consumer/rolls-royce-announced-200-job-3029287

This will need to be sorted out soon as it's affecting his performances