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  1. Thomas Verheydt

    in The Rumour Mill

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    12 hours ago, St.Ricky said:

    Ah dear Mr Kemp. 

    Over 80 visits to South Africa got me used to hearing Afrikans, Zulu and a number of local languages, although I was never fluent. 

    What utter bollocks you lying old fraud.

    Besides, Isle of Bute Saint has been to the mainland thousands of times and still can't speak a f**king word of English.

    Dutch, Afrikaans and now Zulu. What pish you talk. Just hearing a language does not make you speak it :lol:

  7. Season 2019/2020 Predictions

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

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    What are your predictions based on Ricky?

    We need to see who the new signings we bring in are.

    With the current squad we are heading for 12th in the league. Hopefully some quality is added and we can be confident of finishing ahead of Livingston and Hamilton who I think are both going to struggle this year. I can't see anything above 10th for the year ahead though, unless we are very pleasantly surprised with some Hladky quality signings in the coming days.

  8. Speculation Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Kemp

    29 minutes ago, Magic Monkey said:

    I'd agree with all your assumptions there - except to say I don't think we're actually that overloaded in the middle at present.

    No way we can rely on Tansey being fit. Hopefully he'll get some game time this side of Xmas. I also think this is a make or break season for McPherson, but I do wonder if he'll get used as the back-up RB as well.

    I bet we're shaping up in a 4-2-3-1 for most matches, and Goodwin wants two for each position.

    That'd mean we've got McGinn/Flynn/Magennis as the first choice midfielders, and potentially the trialist if he's good enough.

    I'd also list Magennis as a possible for being one of the three behind the striker, so we'd have: Andreu & Magennis as first choice... and after that we're a bit thin. I assume that's where Djorkaeff is being considered for, but we definitely need a true wide player - potentially McAllister if there's any chance of him coming back. Even then, I'd like to see another wide player in.

    And we're still lacking two centre halves, a full back and a striker :blink:

    'Kin ell, there's lots of work to be done still.

    Indeed, I think the Djorkaeff deal is done and we seem to be looking at another one or two.

    I assume that Erhanon and MacPherson are being considered as full backs.

    A few signings are apparently going to be announced tomorrow and as you point out the crisis areas are certainly not centre midfield. Losing Popescu is a problem, neither Baird or MacKenzie can pass a ball. We have one full back good enough for this level. No wide men. One striker that is good enough in Danny Mullen. If we are only bringing in another 5 then we have got to pray for 100% success rate from these new faces.

    It's another mess of our own creation really.

     

    eta; I am aware Popescu's passing isn't the best but he did provide the option of running the ball out of defence. Looking at the current team I struggle to see how we are going to get the ball out from the back effectively. 

  9. Speculation Thread

    in The Rumour Mill

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    13 hours ago, JM1 said:

    As has been said by others before I could reply, a tidy midfielder.

     

    Kept everything simple, almost always found a man.

     

    After googling I think he's generally played in a more defensive role - a position I think we've been missing (granted we are in need of a left back, centre halves and strikers more but still).

     

    As an aside, Kellerman looked lively when he came on and I thought Cammy Macpherson did well at right back. Definitely better going forward than Paul McGinn (although PM is better defensively).

     

    I mentioned this earlier but surely some central midfielders must be on the way out if we are bringing even more in.

    Has Erhanon been played at left back in the warms up and friendlies? I think he looks a talented player but never a left back from what I've seen. I would have thought we would be developing him exactly for that defensive midfield role.

    Cammy MacPherson probably isn't considered good enough to be at the heart of the team, either is Jim Kellerman. Presumably we are not betting on a fit Greg Tansey either then.

    You would think Stephen McGinn and Ryan Flynn would be in the team usually, although perhaps not in McGinn's case.

    We also have Kyle Magennis who I assume is going to be used out wide then, although again I think he is best in central midfield.

    And Tony Andreu as well.

    Despite all that I do agree that we are need of a quality ball winning defensive midfielder, so I would assume that several of the above will be sitting on the bench or finding new clubs this year.

  10. Merged: All The Oran Kearney Threads

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Kemp

    11 hours ago, TPAFKATS said:

    It's Gordon's version of events.
    Oran will have his version.
    The real version will be somewhere in between.
     

    It seems very popular to quote this nowadays, as if it is an undeniable fact.

    In many cases, one version of events is correct and another version is a fabrication.

    Truth is not defined as some random midpoint between two versions of events.

  18. The Gordon Scott Appreciation Thread

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Slartibartfast said:


     

     


    Is it possible that "Gordon's trip to the USA is blown apart by Kearney unexpectedly deciding to leave." and, as soon as that happened, it became "the worst kept secret in Scottish football"?

    Just because you "struggle to believe" something doesn't make it false.

    How do you know OK has been gagged?

    I'm not saying that you are wrong, just wondering how you can be asserting things without actually having any real evidence, that I can see, to support your assertions.

     

     

    1 hour ago, faraway saint said:

    You can quite easily "struggle to believe" something when you look at the facts that are provided on this foolish suggestion of daily travel.

    It's an opinion based on these facts.

    Who said it was false? 

    Indeed, thanks for explaining what "struggle to believe" means Slart.....that's why I picked those words!

    I've never seen Oran say once he wanted to do that. 

    Based on all the evidence available, I believe Gordon is being economical with the truth to say the least. Again.

  25. The Gordon Scott Appreciation Thread

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Seaside Nipper said:

    Or interpreted as two baldies fighting over a comb, who really gives a shit anyway.

     

    I think plenty of St Mirren fans would care about it. And they should.

    The interview, as has been pointed out above, is full of contradictions. On the one hand it was "the worst kept secret in Scottish football" that Kearney was leaving, and on the other Gordon's trip to the USA is blown apart by Kearney unexpectedly deciding to leave. Which one is it?

    I really struggle to believe the daily commuting story too. It is utterly ridiculous to think he was planning on flying backwards and forwards and going through all the hassle of the airport every single day.

    Poor form to gag Kearney in the terms of the payoff and then come out with this in the press two weeks later too.

    I've had serious doubts about the Chairman ever since the blatant lies about spitting at the Dundee United fan. This doesn't help much it must be said.

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