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The way I see this is that the players are definitely going to need to get us out of this but I question the wisdom of telling some they’re not needed. How can you possibly even consider this when your chasing a top six spot. It’s absolutely terrible timing. The worry now is that we have players who have downed tools and I’m now genuinely fearing we end up in the playoffs. This has the whiff of Terry Butcher at Hibernian . Really surprised at how the manager has played this since he came in because it’s been very poor and what was a club sitting sixth and in tremendous form upon his arrival now looks totally rudderlesss
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9 minutes ago, faraway saint said:
Got to hand it to you, if there's a negative to be found you will post about it.
How many have we played, won, drawn and lost, that would give the bigger picture.
Haha negative. Your one to talk. By the way I’ve really enjoyed some of the away games and actually supporting / being there . But three home wins isn’t great and there’s no denying that. Needs to get better if we are to break into top half sometime .
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It’s pretty poor. Last season 4 wins at home in league whilst this season we sit at 3. It’s been many draws granted but still it really has to get better . It’s not good enough
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Just now, norrie82 said:
What’s not worth the bother. What I’m saying is the board say it’s down to money but if I can pay a few quid extra on my season ticket and get the kids in then I’m all for it
Old firm games too. Why should we hand over half our park to them
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51 minutes ago, BuddieinEK said:
So incentives reap benefits despite you saying it's not worth the bother?
Hypocrit!
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What’s not worth the bother. What I’m saying is the board say it’s down to money but if I can pay a few quid extra on my season ticket and get the kids in then I’m all for it
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4 minutes ago, Rascal said:
Can I just say that it was a pleasure to see so many young people in the family stand.
That’s how it should be every game. Pricing was good and fans came out. I’m happy to pay extra on my season ticket if it means we can do more of what we did today. There’s no reason for our own fans being shunted anymore. Cash is important but I’m sure everyone would agree it was great today
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Meanwhile the mighty Livi seem set for a third top six in a row. Something not right here if we simply can’t progress when others are.
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I am a member but had to leave the meeting early - can anyone tell me what was said about the potential cash flow concerns ?
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On 2/26/2022 at 2:57 PM, BuddieinEK said:
Listening to the reports from Pitoddrie.
Sir Alex Ferguson in attendance. Capacity crowd.
Statue to their best manager being unveiled.
What a great occasion.
Question.
WHY can't it be us?
Yes... I know.
We sacked him.
He took us to an industrial tribunal.
He lost his case.
He severed all ties and was bitter towards us
But...
Most fans who lived through his short tenure still consider him our best ever manager and themselves blessed.
Saints say they are "fan owned" now.
Sir Alex is a fans favourite.
When we left Love Street, my friend Michael wrote to Sir Alex who not only replied, but agreed to an interview for our book "Love Street, The Final Chapter".
One of my contributions to the book was an interview with my hero and childhood Roy of the Rovers, Tony Fitzpatrick.
The book was about Love Street so much of what Tony said was edited out. A lot of that was adulation of Sir Alex Ferguson, whom Fitzy regarded as years ahead of his time in creating a community club.
I wrote to Sir Alex and sent him a copy of the unedited interview. I wanted him to know how much his influence at Saints lived on.
To my astonishment, two weeks later, I received a reply on Man Utd headed paper.
A two page personal response, written between two very important European ties.
That is the measure of the man! In the eyes of many Saints fans, he is truly a legend. Hero. God.
So... As a fan owned club, can we apologise for how things ended. Thank him for bringing us back from the dead. Praise him for giving birth to the best footballing team I have ever supported.
Most of all... Offer the olive branch and mark his place in our history whilst he can attend.
A posthumous tribute is the alternative. How bitter sweet, ironic and hypocritical would that be?
Let's honour Sir Alex now!
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Absolutely. Is he even in our hall of fame?
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42 minutes ago, JJ McG said:
Heard Gus was on a decent wage when we had the setanta tv deal, a few of the players in that team were on decent cash as well.
Yes that was about the time I heard it. Gus was on more than 2.5 k
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11 hours ago, djchapsticks said:
£2.5k p/w sounds about right for highest paid manager at the club.
Realistically, who will we ever have paid more to? You could say at a push Stubbs but then we were freshly promoted at that point and not at all established so it's highly unlikely.
We’ve paid a manager well before and from what I was told it was more than 2.5k pw
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8 hours ago, dumbarton_bud said:
Don't know why but I had it in my head that we were paying Jack Ross about £150k around the time he was being linked with Dundee/Ipswich, when promotion was basically a certainty and we could speculate a little.
That said, the £2.5k a week figure makes a lot more sense when you put it in that context.
We were paying Gus a lot of money back in 2009/10
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8 minutes ago, magnus said:
With Ross ruling himself out I am warming to the idea of going with an upcoming coach. I like what I hear about Naismith and I believe Brown is more than a pantomime villain.
Both would need tremendous support with player budgets recruitment and contracts etc. So the question for me is, are we as Club, geared up to provide that support?
We woukd need to appoint a good CEO - Tony is retiring and before him we had the exceptional Brian Caldwell. We would need a CEO of this calibre to help a young coach succeed.
As an aside, I am impressed every time I hear Andy Webster speak. I think he is a smart guy and I wonder if there is a role for him as assistant to CEO in a new setup.
We are likely safe this year from relegation so we can take our time to get this right and put a modern structure in place.
I thought this type of strategic stuff is where the Kibble would be able to help.
How about let’s chase top four ? Let’s try to get to hampden ? We need to act quick and any temporary measure is no use . Just look at Man united. Let’s go for someone who knows the game and has experience
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1 minute ago, JJ McG said:
Finished 3rd and got to 2 cup finals with hibs, he was hardly shite.
He’s the outstanding candidate
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Experience will be important at this stage . We can do really well this season and I fear a rookie might struggle initially
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I’d just like someone who’s been a manager before to guide us thro this. I’m not convinced letting these guys go from schoolboy football coaching to premier league. I’m aware Naismith is a Scotland coach but he’s hardly picking the tactics never mind the team
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Jack Ross is a long shot .
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Unbelievable. I am simply lost for words
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3 minutes ago, magnus said:
Which St Mirren minded Director would ever think this is a good idea?
A Celtic minded director however …
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Really annoyed Mcinnes went to Kilmarnock. Always quite liked him
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Mackay seems happy and won’t leave
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Honestly some people grasping at straws here with crazy ideas about who’s next. It’ll be underwhelming as we won’t pay the cash simple
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Nowhere near that at present
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3 minutes ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said:
Yeah I’m a bit underwhelmed by that signing too.
Why are we doing this. He was not good enough 19/20
After Split Fixtures
in General St. Mirren Discussion
Posted · Edited by norrie82
The season has been a poor one overall. After Jim looked to have a run going when he left it’s all fell away. It’s galling seeing Ross C come from relegation certainties to top six whilst we do our usual shit . Piss poor and I’m not sure we will ever crack it .