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Swore at the Ref

eh........so why was Ross Stewart sent off?

eh........so why was Ross Stewart sent off?

Much as I think Neil Lennon can be a bit of a fud, my money would have been on him over most managers to bring Stokes into line and get the best out of him.
That clearly didn't happen, and I don't reckon Slabber Chasbo is the man to whip him into shape.  If Stokes signs for United, it will be another signal that they are unravelling.

Did he play at Killie with JF ? It took three attempts to thrash out a deal with Crewe for Harry a year ago , hopefully we're still in the frame .

If Barca still don't want to meet the mighty Buds we could always challenge these guys mentioned in the article below from today's Times for a nice wee awayday ...

Replica Catalan village stays true to its Paisley ties

Coats, the textile firm, wanted its workers to feel at home when 300 moved to work at its Spanish factory
 
 
 
The saltire still flies from the factory building and the houses are a perfect replica of those once used by textile workers in Paisley.
Even the local football team wears shirts which bear the black and white stripes of St Mirren, while the Scottish flag vies for space on each player’s shirt.
However, even though the Catalonian village of Borgonyà is more than a thousand miles away from the Renfrewshire town on which it was based, its 300 inhabitants have faithfully preserved its Celtic roots.
Now, long after Coats, the former west of Scotland textile giant, left and sold off the houses it built for its Scottish workers in the late 19th century, Borgonyà wants to reinvent itself as a magnet for “industrial tourists”.

Eric Sibina, mayor of Sant Vicenç de Torelló, which includes the purpose-built village one hour’s drive north of Barcelona, said: “We attract Spanish tourists and school groups who come and see how the textile industry grew in this part of Spain. “What we would like to do is to attract tourists who are not just interested in sun and sand holidays but want to see some of our industrial history. There is a real appetite for that. We are about an hour from the Costa Brava, so it is not too far.”
In 1895 Coats bought the rights to use the water of the River Ter and built a factory to make sewing thread. Some 200 Scottish workers moved to this remote corner of Catalonia to work for the textile company. One road still bears the name Scotland Street.
The Borgonyà factory took advantage of the strength of the river to produce hydraulic energy. To make the workers feel at home, Coats built exact replicas of their cottages in Paisley, where the company began.
Carles García, director of the Ter Museum, which promotes educational tours to Borgonyà, said: “Some were small detached town houses with a garden at the back while others were terraced. They were very British types of homes.” There was a church, schools for both sexes, a theatre, a hairdresser, a post office, a cemetery and a nursery.
Unlike model villages constructed by other companies for their workers, Coats did not intend to impose any element of social control upon its staff. Instead the idea was to make them feel at home while they lived abroad.
The textile industry declined from the 1980s onwards and Coats began to sell off the terraced houses in 1999. Now they are much sought after by wealthy Spanish second home owners.
The local football team Club Deportivo Borgonyà, which plays in the Catalan regional third division, was formed by Coats to give workers something to do with their free time. Its shirt was an exact copy of the black and white stripes of St Mirren, the local team in Paisley. Since 2012 the team has had a saltire and the yellow and red stripes of the Catalan flag on the back of each shirt.
Joan Sadurní, club president, said: “We wanted to have some link with St Mirren for historical reasons. We have never played them but we would love to. We are all amateurs and the village only has 300 people but it would be great.”
In 2013 the village was given national heritage site protection. The story comes full circle as Coats Group, founded in 1755, and which remains the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of sewing threads and supplies — and the second largest maker of zips and fasteners — has returned to Spain.
In 2016 the multinational, which employs 19,000 people in 60 countries, purchased Gotex, a Barcelona-based company which designs and manufactures the fibres and yarns used in telecommunications, energy, oil and gas sectors.

"Big Yards" and his JQ obsession is more repetitive than the bloody sugar sugar song!  Get it a f**king rest, the boy is shite and is staying at Morton!

I think Baird is exposed when the full backs don't play well as he tries to cover for them making it look like he is poor and I don't believe he is. Having said that I agree with others that against the better teams the midfield have to track back more effectively.

Some of the mince being posted on here tonight is laughable.
We've won nothing yet folk are fretting about us being miles away from being a top 6 side. Players getting slated on the basis of a below par performance against the second best team in the country. Players who have just joined the club getting judged after minimal game time in a match that was already lost.
Dearie me

A lot of doom and gloom on here and I can understand the frustration.
For me. The first half was really quite even. The defence on both sides was poor and they capitalised  on it while we didn't. Morgan was unlucky with the lob over their keeper.
Second half was a total non event after the 4th went in. Aberdeen controlled that phase. 
What I would say was that, even though we definitely  didn't play well and Stelios had an absolute shocker, I don't think we'll need too much extra to compete in the top league should we get over the finish line.

It's cheaper yes and quite rightly so. The quality of the Hibs TV production is night and day compared to ours. I think it's great to have the St Mirren TV service, living outside of Scotland like myself means I never have to miss a home game. The service could be better and I think there are always improvements being made. We use students to run the service and as a result the quality of production at time can be hit and miss. As great an idea as it is to have the students running it they need to also keep in mind that people are paying for the service.

Completely agree on your point about having to pay for Buddievision on top of St Mirren TV. For those outside of the UK the two should come hand in hand in my opinion.

Crafty bump to pay dues to Cammy Smith. Quietly one of our most influential players. Doesn't attract the plaudits of Morgan or Reilly, but he is a f**king magic player.
Big weekend for him coming up - televised game against the side that 1) he supported as a boy and 2) deemed him surplus to requirements. 
Hope he gets it right round them.

Thought we needed a goalkeeper?

While I agree with most of your post and think Harry is a very good player you are having a laugh with your last sentence. Harry only played 8 games before injury, important games I grant you as every game was last season but I would say that McGinn was closer to a largely than HD. In fact I would say that we survived last season largely due to JR joining us and making a raft of changes and astute signings not due to any one player in a good team.
 
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Two more exits to follow before any new arrivals.
Connor O'Keefe and Darryl Duffy both heading out to lower league clubs.

McGinn man of the match today by a country mile.....an absolute masterclass from him. That's also saying something as Bairdy was terrific also and good performances from everyone else.

Rumoured to be around 15%, but nothing confirmed as far as I know.

McGinn's best game of the season.  Great to see Stelios back.
Imagine this team with Stevie Mallan in it.  If we just had that extra attacking threat from midfield we'd be looking at a league and cup double!
Glad to hear Jack is looking to make two signings.  We still have a gap to fill in the middle of the park and we need to be more clinical up front.

McGinn man of the match today by a country mile.....an absolute masterclass from him. That's also saying something as Bairdy was terrific also and good performances from everyone else.

McGinn man of the match today by a country mile.....an absolute masterclass from him. That's also saying something as Bairdy was terrific also and good performances from everyone else.

McGinn man of the match today by a country mile.....an absolute masterclass from him. That's also saying something as Bairdy was terrific also and good performances from everyone else.

McGinn man of the match today by a country mile.....an absolute masterclass from him. That's also saying something as Bairdy was terrific also and good performances from everyone else.

Sad thing is he will immediately be worth 7 figures now he's signed for that mob

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