Gunni Thorfason

Funny this I remember on the hibs match discussion you wanting to bet people that st.mirren would get humped I offered you a bet in fact I went further and placed my bet,I displayed my bet on here,you said a tenner at if I remember right 4/7 for hibs,so for argument sake £15 back that was due to go to charity,I haven’t seen it yet,this forum is about st.mirren fans cracking on about all things st.mirren including going to and from the games each week,that is part of the patter,you slag them by calling them super fans,when I’m afraid to say my man any one who states he’ll give to a charity and doesn’t is the lowest of the low so why don’t you have a good hard look in the mirror at someone that shouldn’t be anywhere near st.mirren let alone miscall their fans.and when you come back with your shite just send a receipt from a charity with it. And the wife’s out tonight I’m free to slag you all night super fan.

Ain't we all!? 

I recall travelling up to Dingwall a few years back to find the game was called off for a waterlogged pitch just over half an hour before kick off. Lot of time and money wasted but it didn't matter as I m a super fan

Tough game for sure but very winnable,I shall get the 8.30 train from Thurso in at 11.30 straight in the mallard on the platform and a solid 3hr pre match pint [emoji23]purely medicinal as just back from Greece covered from head to foot in calomine lotion 🥵[emoji23][emoji23] picked up my season ticket on the way back from Glasgow airport so ready for a run if three games in a row attendance,which is good for me [emoji106][emoji106]I hope it’s a great day out for all COYS

I get back to Thurso at 10.30 at night after the game,better than Thurso to paisley leave at 5.30 in the morning and get back at 11.30 at night and I have to rely on a lift in the Celtic bus !!!

I get back to Thurso at 10.30 at night after the game,better than Thurso to paisley leave at 5.30 in the morning and get back at 11.30 at night and I have to rely on a lift in the Celtic bus !!!

Tough game for sure but very winnable,I shall get the 8.30 train from Thurso in at 11.30 straight in the mallard on the platform and a solid 3hr pre match pint [emoji23]purely medicinal as just back from Greece covered from head to foot in calomine lotion 🥵[emoji23][emoji23] picked up my season ticket on the way back from Glasgow airport so ready for a run if three games in a row attendance,which is good for me [emoji106][emoji106]I hope it’s a great day out for all COYS

Tough game for sure but very winnable,I shall get the 8.30 train from Thurso in at 11.30 straight in the mallard on the platform and a solid 3hr pre match pint [emoji23]purely medicinal as just back from Greece covered from head to foot in calomine lotion 🥵[emoji23][emoji23] picked up my season ticket on the way back from Glasgow airport so ready for a run if three games in a row attendance,which is good for me [emoji106][emoji106]I hope it’s a great day out for all COYS

Hoping that the next two or three Saturday's show positive results to back up the general improvement in play and players that we have seen this season. 

It needs to go deeper than that.
I’ve said it before on here and I say it again - I watched both my national teams go into decline in the early 2000s. While the SFA ignored the problems and basically said “nah, it’ll be fine”, Belgium feared the path they were heading towards. They sent Michel Sablon out across Europe to watch what others did, and how we could learn from it. Eventually we settled on the combination of total football of the Dutch, with the physicality of the French. Across the country we changed youth - small sided games, small pitches, only with age would you go into bigger teams and bigger pitches. The key to this was that every single player learns about having the ball in a small space, and it teaches them to act and think quickly. When you watch our national side, there’s an urgency, a pace to the game. That’s why our counter attack is deadly, and when in possession, we don’t fanny around like the Spanish, we always aim to move forward. The whole starting XI want the ball, they make themselves open. They’ve all learned from a young age about how to keep the ball, play quick, and gain confidence. You watch teams in Scotland and half of them seem to shite themselves when on the ball. In Belgium you won’t make the top level with that mentality.
From a Belgian perspective the national team is a joy to watch, with that combination of possession, attacking, and a counter attack that can be deadly. We probably appreciate it more too considering how bad we were ten-fifteen years ago. But our coaching was the reason behind the success. By all means, we hit some luck with guys like Eden Hazard and De Bruyne, but that entire side is quality and that was down to the efforts at grassroots with teaching them how to actually play football. Kids can learn so much from the small team - small pitch idea (which I assume we stole from the Dutch), you regularly receive the ball, learn about movement, passing, speed, all in one session. It’s very effective.
Scotland need to implement similar ideas. Belgian clubs got on board with it for the sake of the national side, and their own rewards have been seen - we now have one of the top ten leagues in Europe, and of course transfer fees for some of these guys are solid. Even my own club Charleroi, who I’d say are between 6th-10th best in the country - we have no problem spending over £1m on a transfer, something that doesn’t happen here outside of the bigots.

Still managed to play and score for Scotland win premier league titles play in a European final and consistently hold a place in English championship teams as well as consistent for killie last year would maybe be a good argument against being that average [emoji23][emoji23]

Obika has as many goals as you have made sensible contributions on here.
The difference is Obika has just arrived, you've been on here for ages.

I think the team is set out better than last year for sure,too many games were gone by halftime last season,I think we will be challenging in most games for the full 90 minutes ,the Livingston game was not the best but that pitch is atrocious it looked like they were playing on a waterlogged pitch the ball hardly moved,that said the forwards will have to get an eye for goal soon,albeit only four league games in,a point away this week would be ideal,knicking a point here and there away from home and solid performances in Paisley will see us more than safe this year,but I’ll settle for 10th now but think there’s more than that in this squad

Amazing that. You are usually so positive. 

Still managed to play and score for Scotland win premier league titles play in a European final and consistently hold a place in English championship teams as well as consistent for killie last year would maybe be a good argument against being that average [emoji23][emoji23]

It's in the running but, then again, so are some of mine. 
More trivia... I have a 1959 Cup Final GLass Mug. I had an embroidered handkerchief. I have a 1987 small size wall mirror. One of my sons has the Jersey Hugh Murray threw inro the crowd after his final game. 

He wasn't be he was the worst culprit in both goals I think . . .

If we accept that the club knocked back £200k for him, and that they might value him at £400-500k???
it would be calcuLated risk for the club to make him an offer with the type of wages he would get if he moved, to secure his services and get a decent payday when he gets the big job! He is only going to sign a new contract if it REALLY pays.
come January we might well be looking back rueing the decision not to take £200-250k for him.

It’s actually 21 strong plus 3 boys who’ve played in the first team this season.
 
 

Mr gstretchuk better get his £20 on and posted on the page while his bankers hibs are at 4/9 then [emoji3]I would hate his charity to lose any extra money

Cheers isn’t st.mirren the saint of fools and madmen after all [emoji3][emoji3] I expect nothing less than three points come Saturday send us charities chaps and enjoy the day in Edinburgh [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

Okay bud I’ve put a fifty on you put what you can and any fans please give a suggestion for a good cause [emoji106][emoji106]

Cheers isn’t st.mirren the saint of fools and madmen after all [emoji3][emoji3] I expect nothing less than three points come Saturday send us charities chaps and enjoy the day in Edinburgh [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

Cheers isn’t st.mirren the saint of fools and madmen after all [emoji3][emoji3] I expect nothing less than three points come Saturday send us charities chaps and enjoy the day in Edinburgh [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

Cheers isn’t st.mirren the saint of fools and madmen after all [emoji3][emoji3] I expect nothing less than three points come Saturday send us charities chaps and enjoy the day in Edinburgh [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]