BanburyBud

A day of mixed emotions. Obviously disappointed with the result but delighted with another top six finish. All things considered we have deserved it over the season. where the wheels have come off slightly including the Aberdeen game where we got the late, late win, I hope we do ourselves justice after the split as it kind of fizzled out last season. well done to the manager and squad for the continued progress.

With all the excitement and mood change in the matter of a minute it is great reflecting on the fact that, at this point in the season, we are sitting on 42 points. For me this is a fantastic return. That, and the ability to keep fighting, show’s continued fantastic development as a team and a club.

Aye it’s a funny old game! Absolutely magic, magic 👏🏻👏🏻

Yet again we fail to capatilise and miss out on fourth. For me, we were by far the better team without really breaking them down. That’s probably the one area where we lack quality away from home. County offered nothing apart from our mistake. penalty decision poor, surprised that Kwon was substituted as he offered fight and creativity in midfield. Scott effort looked like someone who is devoid of confidence. as much as they have had the plaudits and been our two best players this season but, I’m sorry, Gogic and tanser had shockers tonight! all in all I take the point as we didn’t deserve to lose the game

There is no doubt that we have taken massive strides in the last couple of seasons. We do, however, seem incapable of taking the opportunities to take that next step to cement our position in the higher echelons of the league. The frustration, for me anyway, is that for all the times these opportunities have arisen it inevitably comes in a match that is winnable! Since the break wins at pittodrie, Easter road and the Dundee games were tremendous results and then today comes…… the incident with the manager at the end is a bit of a concern too

It’s hard to comprehend that first six minutes. Killed us and on a hiding to nothing from there on in. for me the red card was inevitable and says, in my view, more about olysanyas ability as a footballer and certainly no malice in it. Again, and it’s only my opinion, he is way out of his depth. I really thought, despite the ten men, we had a real confident spell of passing football until they scored the third. From there it was damage limitation. On reflection the dreadful, naive start was extremely poor from us. How maeda was not carded is beyond me! I thought Taylor played well on the ball, quite impressed with elvis and hemming was, once again, outstanding.

A fantastic result today! After Wednesday we have shown some amazing character to go and get the result and performance today. I’m sure we would all have been happy with a scrappy, backs to the wall, 1-0 win. But that today was a fantastic team performance which will give us the much needed confidence boost and belief back. well done to all and especially the travelling fans. wishing all my fellow Buddies a very Happy New Year 🍻

I agree it would be a monumental turnaround but we have to consider that after the first quarter we only lost to the bigot brothers and only failed (I think) to score against the blue half in that period. so far the second quarter has been a monumental turnaround so I guess, especially where st Mirren are involved, anything is possible.

Well, as good as it was to be able to attend this evening, I was left with the dreadful st Mirren of old. killie pressed us easily in the first half and were very well organised. they were the team we were in the first ten games of the season. what is, in my view, hard to take is lack of commitment and effort from many of our players tonight. Baccus, for example, didn’t even get his socks dirty and clearly not wanting to get injured before international duty. Our captain, for whatever reason, has lost it all positioning, ball control, passing. The boy needs a break for his own good. from the first whistle we didn’t look up for it. tansers creativity has been stifled and Gogic is wasted in defence. all in all there are no positives to take from this game and credit to the vocal away support. back to the drawing board I’m afraid and based on current form a dramatic slide down the table looks imminent. good to be home for a game though

The pendulum has certainly swung against us in the second quarter of the season. We can’t buy a goal away from home and , if I’m not mistaken, 2 of the 4 we have scored were own goals. the confidence is certainly draining at a rate of knots! It’s hard to see what the answer is and am concerned that we are heading into free fall after all the good early season work. I remember Ross County did similar the season we won the playoffs. so hopefully we can get it back together again. wishing all you good buddies a Merry Christmas 🎄

Credit to the team today after, what has been, a tough spell. Shown a lot of character to get a winning return when we could easily have started to lose confidence. Especially having lost to late goals in two of our recent away defeats. credit also to the fans who continue to turn out in numbers. well done and deserved today 👍🏻

Very sad news. A legend for the club at the most successful period in the top flight. Like Billy T and Frank Mc still relatively young. thanks for the memories and rest in peace old buddie 😔

A really fantastic result today with an exceptional goal! Tanser is certainly, for me, is most improved this season. 11 points from 5 games, 7 from 9 away is massive at this stage of the season. What I do like is that we are going under the radar to some degree, yes we are being praised but not to the degree of getting carried away. Last season, in my view, we had our worst spells were when there was speculation about the manager being linked with other clubs. We have got past the Hibs speculation and kept our focus. Although Aberdeen could be on the horizon…… A great journey so far 👏🏻👏🏻

I have to agree with you on this bud. Being of a similar age, I feel that VAR is draining everything that has fuelled football all my life. Emotion, discussion, controversy to look back on, joy of celebrating. For me it’s all gone and as for time added on…. Well 😔 Maybe I am just getting old and maybe I’m just reacting to today’s decisions but with VAR I believe football has lost so much

A very good result today, all things considered, especially after we had been pegged back. clearly showing Character when historically we’d capitulate in that situation. the highlights showed us in a positive light although we were certainly defending too high up the pitch for their first goal. But an impressive performance and turnout from the fans 👏🏻👏🏻 three goals and an away win, what’s not to like. as an aside, those pitches at killie and livi are getting worse. An absolute disgrace to professional football at this level!