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ianw reacted to Bud the Baker in St Mirren v Motherwell 9/1/21
Well yeah I was following by a mixture of radio & online - I only watch Sportscene when we win or draw, rarely watch any of the other matches & never the OF - that's the way I roll!
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ianw reacted to terrier in Welcome Collin Quaner
Hi all- Huddersfield fan here.
Where to start with Collin, he was a big cult hero for us but hasn't played a great deal in the last 2 full seasons- had a hip injury that kept him out most of last season and our formation couldn't really accommodate him in the season before that. He's not particularly like any player I've ever seen, the closest I could get is Danny Welbeck in that they're both so ungainly and clumsy on the ball, but manage to confuse defenders enough for it to be effective.
Despite being 6 foot 3 he's not a target man at all, one of the worst headers of the ball I've seen, and while he puts himself about he's very gangly and not as strong as someone of his size should be. He can go from the sublime to ridiculous while on the ball, but his vision and use of space can be absolutely top class (although it was very overlooked by our fans). Actually topped our assists chart in our first season in the Premier League, and was surprisingly effective as a winger that year. If you play him up front though he can lead the line on his own fine as he's a very hard working player.
I'd expect him to take a while to get up to speed, and I have some reservations about whether he'll ever reach the same standard as a few years ago- in his few appearances towards the end of last season he wasn't as mobile as before. But I can guarantee he'll give his all and will be a great person to have in the dressing room, everyone here adored him- fans and teammates alike.
I hope you enjoy having him as much as we did and I'll be looking out for your results- I noticed another ex player of ours is your manager as well. Good luck for the rest of the season!
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ianw reacted to TPAFKA Jersey 2 in Next episode of Soap: St. Mirren0 v Partick Thistle
I think I’ve officially now seen enough of Erwin to reach the conclusion that he is indeed a big haddie.
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ianw reacted to santaponsasaint in List of Saint Mirren Supporters' Clubs?
Met you lads in Blackpool in the Fylde Hotel. Great week. -
ianw got a reaction from antrin in List of Saint Mirren Supporters' Clubs?
Sounds good. More likely to be up Finsbury Park way as most of us are North London based. We used to have a couple of lads in Chiswick and Hammersmith but they've headed up the road now, so F3K a bit less convenient. Also means I don't need to sit on the Tube for an hour on the way home needing a pish!
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ianw reacted to antrin in List of Saint Mirren Supporters' Clubs?
It’s harder these days, to get the Herne Bay One and the N15 Two out to play when all now have parental responsibilities...
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ianw got a reaction from Gunni Thorfason in List of Saint Mirren Supporters' Clubs?
Confirmed there is a London St Mirren Supporters' Club
Also confirmed that we have the best flag...
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ianw got a reaction from Sonny in List of Saint Mirren Supporters' Clubs?
Confirmed there is a London St Mirren Supporters' Club
Also confirmed that we have the best flag...
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ianw got a reaction from cockles1987 in List of Saint Mirren Supporters' Clubs?
Confirmed there is a London St Mirren Supporters' Club
Also confirmed that we have the best flag...
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ianw got a reaction from Kombibuddie in List of Saint Mirren Supporters' Clubs?
Confirmed there is a London St Mirren Supporters' Club
Also confirmed that we have the best flag...
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ianw got a reaction from W6er in List of Saint Mirren Supporters' Clubs?
Confirmed there is a London St Mirren Supporters' Club
Also confirmed that we have the best flag...
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ianw reacted to Isle Of Bute Saint in Brought A Neutral To The Game On Saturday
Thought of posting this on the match day thread then thought it would be better in general discussion as new threads have been far and few between especially positive threads. The neutral had never seen our stadium never mind watch the team. Prematch we had a couple of bottles of beer where I filled him in on our team. We got inside the stadium of the main stand and took our seats near the back. What a lovley wee stadium you get a fantastic view of the players being so close. He said we were best when the ball was on the ground however we lacked urgency in a go direct route way. Pointed out McGregor has been out the best part of two seasons and that right back was not his natural position. He thought McGregor did not put a foot wrong. Overall we have a decent team that lacks that we bit of urgency. A cracking we stadium with the cleanest toilets he has seen at any stadium.
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ianw reacted to Kemp in Merged: All The Oran Kearney Threads
Absolute nonsense. Astoundingly bad understanding of our history.
If it wasn't for Stewart Gilmour there is a very good chance Reg Brealey would have got hold of the club and there wouldn't be a St Mirren or St Mirren Park any more.
Overshadowed by picking a bad manager? Away and gie us peace.
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ianw reacted to Kemp in Hamilton vs St. Mirren 6th April 2019
Very strange to see those regarding this as a bad result. Normally if you are in a head to head against a team you are happy with a draw away and a win at home. We've got the draw, shown we are a stronger team now, and now Hamilton need to come to Paisley after the split. We are still very much in with a chance of 10th spot.
Performance wise, it was frustrating once again. Let me say I fully support Oran & Gus, anyone that claims not to see the complete turnaround in our team since the first trip to Hamilton is just being willfully ignorant (aka an attention seeking twat.) We are considerably stronger in defence, and tactically much more aware.
The frustration comes in the final third of the park. There doesn't seem to be any clear strategy to the play, there isn't a great deal of movement off the ball, there isn't any plan as to how to get in between the lines of the opposition when coming forwards. It looks like we have spent most of our time at training working on our defensive shape, and the attacking plan is "get it up there quickly and run at them".
On top of this there was a real lack of desire from the strikers to get in to the six yard box and get on the end of things. Dreyer chipped a great ball over the keeper in the final minutes that should have been a tap in for an onrushing Cody Cooke.....but we had nobody there. And then the lack of quality and composure when we do get the chances is hurting us. Jackson v Killie, Duck v Celtic, Lyons v Hamilton all through on the keeper and none of them even managed a shot on target.
Plenty of work for the training ground. Maybe time to give Allan Russell a call and see if he fancies helping his old team out for a couple of weeks? Well, it not Allan then someone like that to give a bit of freshness to the training and build the confidence of these strikers.
MotM performance from Paul McGinn yesterday, thought he was very strong in defence and going forwards. Hladky saved us again at the end, we would probably be down already if not for the big man. Popescu and Flynn tremendous in the middle of the park. Would love to see more of Popescu's Lothar Matthaus impression, other teams really struggle to stop him when he starts charging forwards. Simeon Jackson put in a great shift, some great link up play and a great ball through to Lyons which should have put us ahead in the first half.
Has been pointed out enough above but Erhanon getting hung out to dry at left wing back needs to stop. A real weak link both in defence and going forwards. Any attack down that wing broke down as Ethan didn't seem to know how far forwards he could go. Lyons & Mullen offered very little and we can't really afford such little creativity from key attacking positions.
Dreyer was fairly quiet I thought, but shows a lot more composure than the other attackers when on the ball. The penalty looked like a dive to me though, disappointing if so.
Getting that 10th spot will come down to working out an attacking system that works. Possibly Jackson - Dreyer - McAllister is worth a go from now on. Jackson can link up well with the other two, both of whom look capable of having a shot from distance.
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ianw reacted to Kombibuddie in Empowering the SMISA Membership to begin building for the future now.
result of the vote was
11 for
16 against.
Of the 27 eligible to vote. 7 were SMISA board members & including myself, there were 3 London based Saints at the AGM.
Thanks to those who supported the proposal.
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ianw reacted to BuddieinEK in Empowering the SMISA Membership to begin building for the future now.
Of the proxy votes, five were from directors of the club.
In fairness to SMISA, those five votes were not counted in this vote due to potential conflict of interest. Right thing to do IMO.
Also worth noting that with the low turnout, the resolution had NO chance of being passed, as the SMISA board (and their partners) would obviously vote en masse to reject the resolution.
That's NOT a criticism... merely an observation! They were right to do so if that was their firm belief.
Learning from it though, if ANY member puts forward a proposal in future, the only way to have a fighting chance of having it passed is to canvass proxy votes, or better still, encourage more people to attend and participate in the discussions!
Well done Kombibuddie... You spoke well and blazed a trail in the name of democracy for grown ups! -
ianw reacted to party politics in St Mirren v the West Lothian criminals
Just back in from the pub and had a quick glance at this thread??
So rather than comment on what has been said before.. I saw a very determined Saints team that matched the horrible way that the opposition play football. We were certainly not free flowing but in our situation and with that weather could we expect anything different?
I also saw our "defensive" midfielder run 60-70 yards, in the last few minutes of the game, to get on the rebound of a tremendous run and shot by Simeon and get his reward. I have no idea how he scored as I was too busy looking for the linesman putting his flag up for offside (the St. Mirren fan in me!)
I then found myself running down steps in the main stand to pass on my regards to the Livingston manager ( the wee one not the big one).
After waiting to clap the team off the pitch, I was leaving the ground and looked across to W7 and found there was still a band of fans singing a song that I have no idea what it was.
Glad to see there are people still up for the fight and not point scoring on here!
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ianw reacted to Ayrshire Saints in St Mirren Cup Tie Prices In Comparison to Middlesbrough FC
Jump in a taxi, hand the driver £17 and ask him to stop and put you out when the money is used, bet you wouldn't even get anywhere close to ht (45 mins driving). Get real Shull and stop your constant monotonous Shite. How do you expect any club to survive charging £8, both clubs would lose money. I'm sure your £17 won't be missed seems it will be a one man boycott !
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ianw reacted to Stevie88 in Samson to Sunderland
I wish Sammy all the very best, he’s been a great servant to the club & will always be considered as a club legend.
The timing however is f**king bizarre. Never heard anything like this....You’re number 1 goalkeeper retiring out the blue leaving us in the lurch during an already shambolic season. [emoji849]
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ianw got a reaction from St.Ricky in David Nicol To Stand Down..........
A good bloke David. Intelligent and passionate about the Saints. Best of luck to him in the future.
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ianw reacted to pozbaird in Anton Ferdinand
So. Defender who has played dahn South. Reasonable pedigree. Reasonably high profile. People will have heard of him. Has been playing regularly. Seems to be fit. Would be a minor coup for St Mirren.... welcome to St Mirren Mo Camara Anton Ferdinand.
I’ll get my bunnet coat on the way out.
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ianw reacted to djchapsticks in Anton Ferdinand
Anton --> Rio-->Fergie-->Fitzy.
There you go, did it in 3.
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ianw reacted to St.Ricky in Grow a Pair
Having watched St Mirren since 1974 , I have experienced some ups and a number of downs. Cup Wins, League Titles and European Football. Narrow squeaks where we just avoided going down to the third league in Scotland. The comments on social media and the forum appear to show a club in meltdown rather than one which won their league last season and who are currently 3 points off 3rd Place in The Premiership. One too, which incidentally, made more progress this season, than last in the League Cup. The board handled the difficult situation of losing their successful manager and with that, any momentum in the transfer market. Enter Alan Stubs. Appointed as manager after a full interview process. Arguably, a more experienced manager than the one we lost. Different in style and personality, that's true. He has a 3 year contract and is in the process of building a squad. Some players appear to have difficulty in accepting the changes -.tough. That's life in football. Get on with it. Fans and supporters need to grow a pair and face up to the fact that the step up was never going to be easy. Any who thought we would have beaten Aberdeen in the League Cup or be sitting in 3rd place or higher should seriously think again. Time to grow a pair and support the board and manager and that includes the players. Will this post make me popular..... Absolutely not.