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Why was Smith subbed in favour of Baird? The game seems to have swung after that substitution.

cracking site. I loved the statto.com site but it always seems to be down these days. This looks just as good.

Looking back at that 14/15 season, Reilly scored 13 in a QoS side that finished 5th with with 60 points and scored 58 goals. Mullen scored 10 in a Livi side that finished 8th with 27 points and scored 41 goals. So, taking into account the fact that Mullen was in a much inferior side, his goalscoring record stands in comparison with Reilly's that season. And, as I mentioned, that division included Hearts, Hibs and The Rangers. Indeed, no The Rangers player scored more than Mullen while Hearts top scorer scored only 2 more.

Where did I say that he's scored six for us?

Not sure I agree Reilly has scored 11 Championship goals this season, being a regular starter all season, until now, for the league leaders. Mullen has scored 6 despite not being with the leaders all season and being on the bench most weeks since joining Saints. Mullen scored 10 Championship goals back in season 14/15 with a Livi side that finished 3rd bottom and only avoided the play offs on goal difference. He did this in a division that contained Hearts, Hibs and The Rangers. He was a teenager at the time and wasn't the main striker. Reilly has been a good signing and I'd like to see him stay. But IMO, Mullen could turn out to be even better.

Nearest challengers in 99/00 were Dunfermline & Falkirk who brought bigger travelling supports than our nearest challengers in 05/06 who were St. Johnstone & Hamilton. And, as you mention, no Morton in 05/06. Also, we were second favs for relegation in 99/00 and had spent a number of years in the wilderness whereas we were favs in 05/06 so no surprise element to draw in the crowds. We also built up a sizeable lead in 05/06 and were never in much danger of losing it. In 99/00 it got quite close, indeed I remember Dunfermline going above us in the run in after they beat us at Love Street.

What does it matter if a goal is a 'tap in' or not? The greatest skill is being in the right place at the right time.

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My post was to the point Ya chutney ferret

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I can’t think of a single United player who would improve our side

Worth pointing out, I think, that the profit before depreciation was £325k. The net current liabilities the previous year stood at £290k, ie we were in debt of £290k. This year, the net current liabilities stand at virtually zero. The report & accounts read to me as if, excluding the transfer fees, we broke even, and the transfer fees wiped out the debt. The depreciation is against assets (ie the ground) which are valued at £9.5m. In reality, the market for second hand football grounds based in Paisley is non existent, to the assets are actually nil. The depreciation seems to be a method which is used to reduce tax liabilities.

Is there a link to the accounts anywhere? How does the deal work where transfer fees go to the old BoD? I never quite understood how that worked or even how it was possible.

My sides are splitting

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Who was it that was saying that Morgan should be on the bench?

A "summer" season would run from January to December. You'd end up with games on the opening and last days of the season getting postponed!

But in reality, they'd turn out in much lower numbers for the actual fixtures

Football fans like to say that they are fed up with 4 times a season.... but in reality..... You'd be asking, say, Hearts, to give up home fixtures against Hibs, Rangers, Celtic & Aberdeen to play Livingston, Queen of the South, Morton & Dunfermline instead. The fact is that Hearts against of those first 4 names sides is going to draw more Hearts fans out than Hearts against the latter 4. Fans say one thing but will do another in reality.

Yeah. Apart from that he was actually pretty awful.

Regular stalwart in one of the most successful Saints side for over a quarter of century, including being captain. There were far far worse defenders that played for us over the years.

mmmm Scored a few goals for us and got into double figures in the top flight. Also helped us on the way to winning the Scottish Cup. His goal at Cappielow where he sneaked behind O'Hara in anticipation of him playing it back to the keeper was genius and he persevered to score a classic winner that day also. Not the silkiest player, obviously, but he scored goals.

Of course its bizarre. These are street names which will be there for generations to come, long after the folk who voted for them are dead. Having a vote was obviously going to leave us with streets named after more modern players. Davie McCrae played a far more significant role in the history of St. Mirren than Yardley & McGarry.

Woods Wishart Baillie Denholm Reid Law McHale Dow Twaddle Irvine Gardner

Do you not think that Davie McCrae was in the hearts of the supporters of his day? Was he not a legend? As I mentioned, was a goalscorer in our 1926 Scottish Cup win over Celtic at Hampden, scored a club record 251 goals, won 2 caps for Scotland. His omission from even the short list throws the whole credibility of this method of selecting the street names into question. A vote like this was always going to be biased in favour of more recent players. There should have been a short list of 2 or 3 players from different eras and a street named after each of these eras.