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Saint@Johnstone

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  1. Managed to scrape an undeserved draw against the better team. Agree with many of the previous posts but my biggest bugbear is with Ayunga, who is completely hopeless, slow, unable to control a ball, easily brushed off, and to cap it all his first goal in heaven knows how long, is in his own net. Can’t believe he wasn’t chased during the transfer window, then again who would touch him ? Next week is a must win against the bottom of the league. Vast improvement required, however. 

  2. 5 hours ago, billyg said:

    There's something far wrong when you see TNS , Larne (Andy Ryan ex Airdrie hat-trick) and HJK (Lee Erwin, 3 goals in play-off round) all qualify for the group stage !

    Saw that. Good luck to them, I assume they both had easy routes to qualify but puts our teams in a bad light. 

  3. Celtic are ruining the game here, miles ahead of everyone else, even Rangers. The amount of money they have, and continue to amass, means they could buy any player here that they might want. They can attract ten times the fans we can and even a dropped point is seen as a disaster. If we are lucky, we might beat them once in 20 attempts. Would be good if Sunday was one of them. I very much doubt it, however. 

  4. Not seen any footage of our last two defeats, although not really surprised at the outcomes. I and many others have constantly bemoaned our complete lack of firepower up front. Unless this is rectified, there is pretty much no chance of a top half finish. Just noticed our next game has been moved to a Sunday. How inconsiderate to do this. Still time before the transfer window closes to buy a goalscorer and get rid of forwards who never score. 

  5. Tremendous second half particularly, Hibs were a massive step up from Valur so we had to be good. Just one fly in the ointment, we must drop Ayunga, he contributes nothing. Very impressed by Brown and Idowu and Smyth when he came on. At last we have some big strong guys as well in Rooney, Iacovitti etc so won’t get bodied by the likes of Killie. Looking forward to Thursday. 

  6. As someone old enough to have seen all saints euro games, I’m reminded of listening to radio coverage of our away match against Hammarby ( I know, I know). Brian Gallagher scored a hat trick in Sweden and the commentary team were very impressed of course. Can’t remember who they were but one wondered “ when was the last Scot to score an away hat trick in Europe?”.  Not that common , certainly not nowadays. Came the answer from a listener, “ er, it was last night. Paul Sturrock for Dundee Utd. “. So much for our knowledgeable presenters, eh. Plus ca change. 😁 Anyway I plan to watch the Killie match on tv and listen to Saints on the wireless. No doubt fingers bitten to the quick. Hoping for a good result and got my ticket for the second leg. Coys. 

  7. On 7/20/2024 at 9:51 AM, stlucifer said:

    Lacovitti? Around four minutes and he's injured. A bit disconcerting given his track record.

    As for the game.

    A wee bit of a damp squib. Rooney looked better when he came on. T took his goal well but we're still passing the ball sideways and too slowly for my liking. I think, on the evidence of this, plus the Valur game, the Icelanders are favourites in my book.

    Bit like the Fleetwood game , we seemed slower than Carlisle and often caught in possession. Goalie didn’t impress either. Unless a vast improvement by Thursday, fear an early exit. Hoping for much better though. 🤞🤞

  8. 1 hour ago, faraway saint said:

    😂😂😂

    Due to your insufferable unpleasantness, I’ve had you on ignore for a long time. I’m sure I’m one of many who find you as someone who contributes nothing of any value. If you had been to the match yesterday- some hope- you would have seen how far short we fell. Please do the forum a favour and stay well away. And put me on ignore if my comments upset you. 

  9. Although I didn’t see other than the goals from the England game, they have 4 points from 6 , more or less through and still have the likely easiest game to play. Their fans are calling for the managers head generally,as expectations are very high. In contrast, Scotland, with one point from six, and having suffered their worst ever euro defeat, have one game left to salvage things. It’s been made clear that 4 points was the expectation for qualification. Hope they can get the win v Hungary, but it looks like , if they do, Spain lies in wait. 😬

  10. 13 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

    :lol:

    Indeed.

    It's EASY to pinpoint certain players after a performance like Friday night yet Clarke has taken us to two major competitions in the last 3 years and still some brain dead people, usually Rangers supporters, want him out.

    🤣

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