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Never said he did do anything wrong but we need our stongest and best players on the field every week and Eckersley is one of them. Eckersley is better player all round than Stelios and I'm sure Jack will have him back when fit. Stelios is a great example of what a squad is all about but Eckersley is the man !

I thought Magennis going into middle for last 15 really shored us up and made us much stronger side. Magennis was box to box and has a real dig in him, way better player in that role than Mcshane who although a decent player is a bit lightweight IMO. Magennis offers us much more and is wasted out wide. Mullen coming on up beside Reilly makes Reilly more effective also as it gives him someone to play off. Would like to see just a bit more from Mullen but can see he's been out for a while and needs time. Magennis for me is the next big export from St Mirren and for me he has the potential to be the best of the lot. I'd start with the same team that finished next week with Eckersely in for Stelios if fit.

I agree. Hugely impressed myself with how difficult he makes it for center backs. I get your point also about Smith and Relly's workrate etc etc but for me I think his performances have shaded. I didn't think he did much on Saturday was average against Livi at best. He was poor up at Tannadice also. Wasn't at Inverness. I just think he shaded a good bit from where he was over the first 9 or 10 league games. Hope you right though and he gets back amongst goals soon. If we can add another quality forward in transfer window I think we would have a great chance.

I'd agree with you on Sutton. On Saturday though I thought Relly to be fair to him was hugely exposed and looked dejected at the number of aimless high balls punted to him. I felt JR told far to long to react and should have went with Sutton much earlier. I would have went with Sutton from the start on Saturday than Stelios as I still think at 34 he offers much more than Stelios. I take your point though about style of play. I think they'll be a big reaction on Saturday but we need to sustain it

Couldn't agree more. Stewart is raw and has a lot of potential but I think a big disappointment for Jack Ross is that he doesn't seem to be stepping up to Championship level. I think JR would have let Sutton go if he could but thats not going to happen either. Reilly for me had a strong first quarter but has shaded quite a bit since. So yes we need to add a couple of quality players in the window, one of them definitely being a forward.

True, but he is !

Who said losing at home to Dumbarton is ok. Not one single person involved with SMFC thinks losing to Dumbarton at home is acceptable. Its not anyone's for the taking. For me there are only 3 teams in it United, Dunfermline and SMFC. Dunfermline as an outsider at that.

Its you that is ranting. I don't think we'll win the league this season as I think United will. I don't think we'll win a play off with Premiership team. If we come second this season which I think we can then I think thats success given where we were last. If your only measure of Jack Ross being a success is to win promotion this season and get into Premiership then I think your a fool. Ross has consistently improved the club and the playing squad and I think he'll build to the point where next season we will win it. You can use the fact that I talk about next season as a diversion from the nonsense your spouting. The vast majority of St Mirren fans don't think we have a great team they think we have a good team for Championship standard and have a good young manager who's record as a manager is very good and shows potential to become a top manager. Yes he makes mistakes but he's learning to. You took a punt on an opinion of Jack Ross last season which went horribly wrong and you can't back out of it gracefully. Nobody agrees with you

Total junk. Just another laughable tirade against Jack Ross trying to justify your silly thread last season. We are not a great side but we are 2nd top and challenging. Jack Ross has done a superb job at St Mirren. I don't think personally we will go up this season but I think we will next. I think Ross's judgement of players and areas of weakness has been superb and I think he'll learn a lot this season and put us up next. I used to read your comments before the Jack Ross thread last season and you came across as sensible poster but since the Jack Ross thread its been nonsense. Man up and admit you were wrong

6 league goals this season and 2 of them in one match a Livi. Its all about the league this season. Its just my opinion but he doesn't do enough for me when up front on his own. I think he is a far better player playing off another striker and I can't for the life of me understand why Ross persists with him as lone striker. Especially pumping long high balls to him all the time. and cross balls that he is never going to get near. We have been getting away with it due to the quality of Morgan.

Nothing to do with his sending off but Stelios is nowhere near good enough. Can't for the life of me understand the adulation he receives. Maybe as a fullback to fill in when we are short but otherwise no where near up to it. Probably a yellow today for him but can't complain about Dallas interpreting it as a red. Not good enough from Reilly either and hasn't been for a while. Obvious to me why Hearts and Dunfermline got rid. Not all his fault with the constant high balls being lumped at him. I would have started Sutton up front today as the partner for Reilly and let Reilly play off him with his pace. Let McGennis do the Smith role. Morgan had a stinker which didn't help matters. One of the worst performances under Jack Ross. Jack Ross has to question himself also over his tactics and the performance level of the team today. Did not react quick enough to what was obvious I reckon to most fans. I think United will win this league and we will be in a play off. There is no way this current team will beat any Premiership team in play off.

The same might have been said about Ian Murray

The point is the fee for a footballer. £198 million is obscene and should be used for better causes.

Meanwhile a young 22 year old girl Lucy Lintott is dying of MND where the funds attributed to research on this disease are peanuts !. Every penny of that moron Neymar's transfer fee should be put to causes like that !

Agree was wondering from where all this Davis talk was coming from. I'd personally not resign Davis given his injuries.

Thats because the 3rd best team in Scotland can't beat the 4th best team in Luxembourg !. Nobody is interested in Scottish football and don't need to pay any reasonable money for it. Only game in Scotland a tv company is remotely interested in is OF.

Can't wait for the day the bubble burts and it will ! Sky have killed football as a sport. The days of Brian Clough at Forrest and Bobby Robson at Ipswich, Norwich in Europe and 2nd in the EPL, QPR under Gerry Francis competing for the title. All gone ! Top 6-8 team now in EPL and only 2-3 really capable of winning title. Sky football in the main has now become boring and fans are switching off. Big drop in numbers last season viewing Sky.

Unbelievable how desperate everyone is to blame keepers for every single goal scored these days. Every time there is a goal scored the keeper is analysed to within an inch of his life. "the keeper's gotta do better than that", "the keeper will be disappointed with himself there", "the keeper's positioning is all wrong" etc etc etc. Every single goal. Why can't we just appreciate good goals? Next they'll be blaming Shilton for not saving Maradona's handball ! Hart never had an earthly with either goal. The minute it was over and passed the wall forget it. Griffiths was off and running the minute it left his foot !

Well you thought Craig Gordon had a good game from previous replies so I just compared that with your opinion of Joe Hart ? Simple really

Yeah and Craig Gordon played well too !

Explain to me how Joe Hart f**cked up. They were two world class free kicks from the Griffiths. his positioning was fine the free kick were total class. Griffiths is total class in those situations, can put the ball anywhere. As for Gordon well ................................ You don't seriously think Gordon played well ?

Its the worst performance I've seen from Craig Gordon. I think he's a top keeper but today he was alll over the place. Indecisive and flapping at everything. First goal at total mess and second goal rooted to his line (his biggest failing as a keeper). 45-50 yard ball into the box, a foot inside the six yard box is a keepers ball every day of the week, month, year however long you want to make it. Can't believe Hart is getting blamed for the free kicks. Two world class free kicks that no keeper would have saved. We were better side in second half and a point is well desrved, 3 would have been too. Gutted to say the least.

I'm pleased we didn't bring back O'Brian. I reckon JR didn't rate him and not difficult to see why. Can't believe a club like Man City had him on their books. Hoping the young guy Stewart really takes his chance and can establish himself with Samson a more than able backup.

He'll resign then if needs be. Personally if I was Dundee I would chase Jim McIntyre as he is proven and a huge talent as a coach also. The turnaround job he did at Ross County in the Premiership was on a par with Ross last season.

Ok good point but for me Baird at his age and stage of career should be getting more. If the club valued him highly they would get him on a minimum 2 years. He is cover for an injured or suspended McKenzie or Buchanan