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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.
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31 minutes ago, Soctty said:
A point on Gavin Reilly, and the long balls punted up to him. I've actually been impressed by the amount of success he gets in these situations. He has great strength for a little guy, and is pretty streetwise. The amount of times he nudges the centre back as he's jumping, or backs in and keeps the ball, is impressive. Had an off day on Saturday, but has been consistent in scoring goals and giving a good account of himself, bringing others into play and generally being a real menace to central defenders. Going into Saturday's game he had 3 goals in his previous 6 league games, so he's doing very well still.
We missed - and Reilly missed - Smith as his foil. Both work tremendously hard individually, but also link up really well. Hoping Cammy isn't out too long, but would think Reilly will be back among the goals very soon.
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.
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55 minutes ago, Soctty said:
Poor performance, but I still think we could well have ground out a win but for the red card. Having seen the video of the incident, I didn't see it as a red card, however sill he was to jump into the guy.
It's another reminder that there are no easy games, although anyone still citing the fact that Dumbarton are part time obviously didn't listen to Jack the other day on the subject. They were well organised and nullified us by sitting very deep and not giving us space. For our part, we didn't show enough movement and Stelios didn't work in midfield.
A final point, I know Sutton has been a great servant to the club over the years, with many important goals, but I don't get this clamour for him to be in the team and the criticism of Jack for not playing him more often on the rare occasion we aren't successful in front of goal. Sutton, for all his talents, is now nearly 34 and was never quick. We play with fast moving players up front, and if their momement wasn't quick or intelligent enough I don't see Sutton as being the answer. He is best used as he has been this season - off the bench in the last half hour as an alternative to the style which has seen us top of the league for most of the season.
Onward and upward - we need to show a reaction at Brechin and I am certain we will.
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
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21 minutes ago, Froggie said:
Probably the worst performance and worst game I`ve seen in a long time. Couldn't see the Stelios incident properly as I was at the other side and took my eyes off the ball but even before that, I suspected the worst as Dumbarton looked to have the measure of us from the start and deserved their victory. They are, however, not a good team to watch and would drive fans away from football. They have always been a bogey team for us, its one of those football quirks.
Main objective should still be a play off position, if unable to win the title. I think we need another forward though, as we are a bit lightweight in that department. Three points a must in the next game.
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.
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Just now, shull said:
Doesn't mean he is wrong.
The Masses are Asses.
True, but he is !
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9 minutes ago, TopCat said:
Indeed, the league position is good. We are second and I’m sure we will finish around there.
We might even win the league. United are top despite being hopeless (as their own fans will tell you). This is the worst second tier in living memory and it’s anyone’s for the taking.
Doesn’t mean days like today should just be accepted with a shrug though.
Losing at home to Dumbarton isn’t okay. Let us not slip into the lowly mindset where it is okay.
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.
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11 minutes ago, TopCat said:
You say total junk then you go on without actually refuting any of the points made.
You agree with me that we aren’t a great side then go on a rant about how we won’t go up now but will next year ? Why next year? Every team will be completely different next year, including us.
I will focus on the current season and leave you to speculate about what might happen in 18:19.
The current side will almost certainly finish in the playoffs (as we should given our budget) and then it’s about luck as much as judgment. Success?
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
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5 minutes ago, TopCat said:
Re the worst performance of the season howlers, it was bad.
But it didn’t come near the 5-0 humbling we got at Firhill or the 4-1 hounding we got at Cappielow a couple of weeks later.
They were two of the worst St Mirren performances I’ve ever seen, casting aside the limitations of this season.
Losing at home to Dumbarton? Jack Ross has made a habit of that. We lost 0-1 at home to Dumbarton in November 2016.
Everything changes but you.
I know there’s a large section of the St Mirren support who have convinced themselves we are a good side with a great young manager.
Back in the real world, we are a very average team with a young manager who’s making mistake after mistake after...
I guess we will finish top 4. Because we are less bad than 6 of the rest of the teams in our league. As we should be given our budget.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
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19 minutes ago, Bearsden buddie said:
I'm not sure what is obvious to you, however in my opinion he has been one of our best players this season, 16 goals before we even got to December, can't remember the last striker we had that was at that number so quickly.
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.
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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.
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8 minutes ago, windae cleaner said:
We say that every season
Wee Atiken has done wonders there
If he leaves they would be in serious danger of going down
The same might have been said about Ian Murray
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1 minute ago, RickMcD said:
How do you know Neymar is a moron? How much does he give to charity?The point is the fee for a footballer. £198 million is obscene and should be used for better causes.
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10 minutes ago, DougJamie said:
Lets put this into Context
£198m sign on
650 k a week tax free basic so that's $33m in his pocket.... so if they pay tax there, unlike Barca, that's at least £66m.... and that's just basic
4 year deal is £264m salary plus 198 sign on and he is 4 years older is £462m for one player
That would build 57 2021 Stadiums
Get you approx. 1540 Stevie Mallans....
And also pays Neymar £64 a second £3900 an hour and £98000 a day.................
Football will fold in 10 years...........................
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 !
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27 minutes ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said:
Have I missed something re Davis? Lot of talk like he's signed or is definitely going to sign? He hasn't though has he?
Agree was wondering from where all this Davis talk was coming from.
I'd personally not resign Davis given his injuries.
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2 minutes ago, Isle Of Bute Saint said:
I got rid of Sky sports as found I was not watching it enough added to the shocking deal Scottish football gets , however there are the odd game I do want to see for such games I go to a pub that has sky sports. BY at a tenner a month is better value so pay for that. What Scottish football gets from Sky is one of the worst deals in Europe.
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.
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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.
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8 hours ago, ScotstounSaint said:
I'm confused! Were the goals "two howlers" or two strikes to be applauded? I don't see how it can be both.
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 !
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3 minutes ago, Wilbur said:
So you ask me to justify my opinion on Joe Hart's inept performance and I give you my evidence.
Why throw Craig Gordon at me as a argument against my opinion about Joe Hart ?? Relevance ?
No, on second thoughts, please don't bother to respond.
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
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9 minutes ago, Wilbur said:
Seriously ?
Neither strike was particularly close to the frame of the goal. Hart set up the defensive wall both times and failed to cover the areas that were his responsibility. Awful goalkeeping for a supposedly world class goalkeeper.
I accept that incidents in a match can be matters of opinion but, if you think Hart is exempt for blame, your opinion is just wrong.
Yeah and Craig Gordon played well too !
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59 minutes ago, Wilbur said:
Simple really. Joe Hart f**ked up big time twice, that was the basic reason that we even managed a draw. He was our star man. The 3 Celtic players who are being hung, drawn and quartered on this thread actually played really well and are (IMO) being victimised for their single errors. But hey, why criticise the England goalie when you can fire missiles at Celtic players ??
Sometimes bias bubbles to the surface without the perpetrator realising they are guilty of it.
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 ?
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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.
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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.
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12 minutes ago, nedflanders123 said:
He is under contract so unless he resigns then he won't be going anywhere if the club refuse talks with Dundee.
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.
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8 minutes ago, djchapsticks said:
Buchanan is also on a one year contract...
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
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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 !