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  3. St Mirren v Hibs, Wed 14th May

    in Matchday & Travel Club

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    16 hours ago, beyond our ken said:

    Elvis

    Stop it, we are ahead of hibs in the 3  week form table and must prevail

    Don’t you ever tire of spouting pish ?   
     

    we were ahead of them in the FOUR GAME form table & guess what ? We still are !!

    & btw , we are also ahead of them in the SIX GAME form table .

    oh & while we’re at it ,we’re also ahead In The EIGHT GAME form table .

  4. Dundee Utd v St Mirren, sat 10th May

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    2 hours ago, beyond our ken said:

    They say the table doesn't lie, I guess it is all down to whether you think "recently" is confined to the last 14 days, or not:whistle  A wee look up the league placings also tells it's own story.  

    1 Hibernian 10 7 1 2 21 9 +12 22 6 WWWDWWWLWL 2 66 Wed 14/05 19:45 St Mirren (a)
    2 Celtic 10 6 1 3 30 12 +18 19 7 LWWLWLWWDW 2 6 Wed 14/05 20:00 Aberdeen (a)
    3 St Mirren 10 5 2 3 20 17 +3 17 6 WLLDWLWDWW 2 115 Wed 14/05 19:45 Hibernian (h)

    The form table I posted related to the last 4 games over 4 weeks.    In what world is that 14 days ?  😂 

    oh & also, Hibs have won only 1 away league fixture out of their last 5.

    Will it be a difficult game ? Absolutely it will . Can we win it  ?  Absolutely we can .

  5. Dundee Utd v St Mirren, sat 10th May

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    15 hours ago, beyond our ken said:

    Had you been at the league cup game last season, they were right in our faces and we were well beaten

    You might also have seen that Hibs were really poor in some recent games against us but have been in roaring form recently , as I said when they are in our faces, which they certainly weren't in recent games

    Grow up

    Oops . 
     

     

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  6. New season strip's

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Clydebanksaint said:

    This may have been mentioned elsewhere but are there any pictures or even dates for next season strip's, I'm getting my ears chewed off by a certain youngster keen to know what they are like and when he can get them 

    I’d imagine they will unveil it at Sundays player of the year event  .

  15. St Mirren v Heart of Midlothian Scottish Cup Fifth Round 10/2/25

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    56 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

    Our pitch looks to be a bit of a mess, noticed it a few weeks ago. 

    What's changed as the surface was widely recognised as one of the best in the country? 

    Has there been a change of the people in charge? 

    Strange one. As far as I’m aware the whole pitch was re-seeded close season so very surprised it’s looking as bad as it is.  Tommy Doc is still head groundsman and we have those super-duper make yer grass grow lights at our disposal also.
    Possibly a bad batch of seeds from Dobbies  garden centre ? I hope we’ve kept the receipt. 

  18. The Race For The White House 2024

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    Posted

    30 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

    After the tragedy in the USA when a helicopter collided with an aircraft THIS was what the President of the USA had to say.

    If it wasn't so shameful it would be funny.

    I've read this three times and it's just beyond belief.........................

    BREAKING: Donald Trump sinks to a new low and blames "diversity" for the tragic plane crash in Washington D.C. — avoiding the truth that our Federal Aviation Administration’s leader resigned after Elon Musk pressured him to.
    Trump then got brutally fact-checked to his face...
    "Are you saying this crash was somehow caused and the result of diversity hiring? And what evidence have you seen to support these claims?" a reporter asked Trump during a press briefing.
    "It just could have been," said Trump, offering no evidence. "We have a high standard. We've had a much higher standard than anybody else and there are things where you have to go by brain power."
    The implication here is that diverse hires are somehow lacking in brain power — an assertion that is certain to please Trump's racist base.
    "You have to go by psychological quality and psychological quality is a very important element of it," he continued. "These are various very powerful tests that we put to use and they were terminated by Biden and Biden went by a standard that's the exact opposite."
    It must be pointed out that Michael Whitaker, the FAA's leader, stepped down from his role on January 20th after Elon Musk demanded that he leave.
    And Trump wasn't done there...
    "We don't even yet know the names of the sixty-seven people who were killed and you are blaming Democrats and DEI policies and air traffic control and seemingly the member of the U.S. military who was flying that Black Hawk helicopter. Don't you think you're getting ahead of the investigation right now?" asked CNN's Kaitlan Collins.
    "No, I don't think so at all," said Trump. "I don't think were the names of the people— You mean the names of the people that are on the plane? Uh, you think that's going to make a difference?"
    "Does it comfort their families to hearing you blaming DEI?" asked Collins.
    "There are a group of people that have lost their lives. If you want a list of the names we can give you that, we'll be giving that very soon," said Trump. "We're in coordination with American Airlines. We're in coordination very strongly obviously with the military but I think that's not a very smart question. I'm surprised coming from you."
    And it just kept getting worse...
    "What plan do you have? Are we going to see some fired? Are you going to fire some of those diversity hires in the federal government? What plan do you have?" asked a reporter.
    "I would say the answer is yes if we find that people aren't mentally competent," said Trump. "You see the language. The language is put out by them and if you see that— I'm not going to bore you by reading it again but these are not people that should be doing this particular job. They'd be very good for certain jobs but not people that should be doing this particular job."
    In reality, the real problem is that the FAA is understaffed. We need more air traffic controllers, not fewer. By firing hardworking individuals just because they're diverse, Trump will make it even more likely that another tragic crash occurs.
    The catastrophe of a press briefing just kept going...
    "Today, you blamed the diversity element but then told us that you weren't sure that the controllers made any mistake. You then said that perhaps the helicopter pilots were the one's who made a mistake," said a reporter.
    "Yup. It's all under investigation, " said Trump.
    "I understand that," said the reporter. "That's why I'm trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash?"
    "Because I have common sense, okay?" said Trump. "And unfortunately a lot of people don't. We want brilliant people doing this. This is a major chess game at the highest level. When you have sixty planes coming in during a short period of time and they're all coming in different directions and you're dealing with very high-level computer, uh, computer work and very complex computers..."
    "And one of the other things I'll tell you is that the systems that were built, I was going to rebuild the entire system and then we had an election that didn't turn out the way it should have," he claimed.
    The most telling part of the briefing came next, when Trump was brutally fact-checked by a reporter.
    "The cited FAA text that you read is real but the implication that this policy is new or that it stems from efforts that began under President Biden or the Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is demonstrably false, it's been on the FAA website—" said a reporter.
    "Who said that? You?" interjected the president.
    "No it's on the website, the FAA's website, it was there in 2013. It was there for the entirety of your administration too. So my question is why didn't you change the policy during your first administration?" asked the reporter.
    "I did change it. I changed the Obama policy," insisted a flustered Trump. "And we had a very good policy. And then Biden came in and he changed it and then when I came in two days, three days ago, I signed a new order bringing it to the highest level of intelligence. Okay?"
    Trump then abruptly moved on to another reporter, clearly worried that a followup question would further expose his lies.
    This is what happens when you put MAGA in control of the government. Trump and his unqualified lacks run things incompetently, disaster ensues, and then they find a scapegoat and move on to the next disaster.

    I was listening to this as I drove back up the road today . Couldn’t believe what I was hearing 🤪😡

    The man’s a f*cking moron 🤪

  22. Speculation Thread

    in The Rumour Mill

    Posted · Edited by Callum Gilhooley

    49 minutes ago, beyond our ken said:

    The last paragraph is as much about the development as it is about transfers, you know that.   

     

    Toys out the pram, he assumed he was playing against rangers and invited loads of family over from Ireland and went ballistic when he was told he wasn't playing.  Rather than have him cool his heels we let him go even though he was under contract and started a process that eventually led to Hemming (who did well, if a wee bit last minute as a signing) joining us for his first spell.  Without knowing what was said or how, i think Trevor was a better all-round keeper and was very good at keeping the defence on point, however the relationship was damaged.  

    Oh , & the Carson thing .?   There’s a bit more to that also, as many who attended the POTY bash could attest to. 
     

    ETA , he’s a f**king blue nosed arse as are many of his family . 

  23. Speculation Thread

    in The Rumour Mill

    Posted

    39 minutes ago, beyond our ken said:

    The last paragraph is as much about the development as it is about transfers, you know that.   

     

    Toys out the pram, he assumed he was playing against rangers and invited loads of family over from Ireland and went ballistic when he was told he wasn't playing.  Rather than have him cool his heels we let him go even though he was under contract and started a process that eventually led to Hemming (who did well, if a wee bit last minute as a signing) joining us for his first spell.  Without knowing what was said or how, i think Trevor was a better all-round keeper and was very good at keeping the defence on point, however the relationship was damaged.  

    You started this discussion about three players who went to tayside plus James Bolton , that was YOUR post and that’s the post I replied to - none of these players have anything to do with development  - I stuck with YOUR original point & now you want to divert because your posts have proven to be absolute bilge .

    Oh , & then you introduced Gogic & Taylor to the discussion ………. Psst , no development  (costs) there either 😂

    You've made a James hunt of yourself here , if i was you I’d simply let it go .   🙄
     

     

  24. Speculation Thread

    in The Rumour Mill

    Posted · Edited by Callum Gilhooley

    22 minutes ago, beyond our ken said:

    I wouldn't include Groyan Strain in that, i know he was out of contract.  He has recurrent injury issues and I would have been happy for the club to not offer to extend his contact .  I think he is not the 90 minute box-to-box RWB we tried to play him as.

    I wasn't aware there was a fee for Gallagher, I would have preferred to keep him and was surprised the club gave him his requested move, gutted even.  Shaughnessy has his faults but he is better and more adaptable than the likes of Iacovitti, there were hints of a fall-out between the player and coaches.  Carson made an arse of himself, I know.  Possibly the kind of player you can never keep happy. 

    Bolton signed a contract and knew what he was getting into, he proved really solid for us once he got in the side and I was disappointed he was allowed to leave.

    One thing seems to stand out, the club seems to accommodate players wishes once we have spent money on their acquisition and/or development.  With the exception of Taylor and maybe Gogic who overlapped some of these guys in their time here, we have replaced them with less capable players.  

    1 .Declan Gallagher . A player is unsettled and wishes to move nearer to home - would you rather we keep an unhappy player & risk unsettling the dressing room ?    He was out of contract when we signed him & we got a fee when we SOLD him to Utd. 
    2. Joe Shaughnessy was offered a new deal with saints and chose not to accept it,  I know this for fact as he told me himself when I met him shortly after he joined Dundee. He just fancied a change of scene . He too was a free agent and didn’t cost us a penny to sign. He gave us 3 good seasons and moved on to pastures new . 
    3. James Bolton . He joined us as a free agent - we SOLD him a year later . My understanding is that he wanted a gig nearer to his family . 5 hours to paisley or less than two hours to Fleetwood 🤷‍♂️.   Like Gallagher , he wanted to go , would you rather keep an unhappy player ?  

    4 . Your last paragraph ??   So which of these players did we spend money to acquire ?    ( I’ll save you the bother - NONE . We made money which could then be reinvested In the team. ) 

  25. Speculation Thread

    in The Rumour Mill

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, beyond our ken said:

    It's not just prospects.  While we have unearthed very good pros in the last few years, several have either complained about family ties or stuff outside football in order to get released.  2 very good defenders and a very good goalie have ended up on Tayside and James Bolton is back in the north of England.  All were contracted for longer periods and were simply released, yet we pay a fee for players who spend more time in treatment than on the team sheet and they generally just see out their contracts (or in some cases have them extended with no prior evidence of a return) without making the expected contribution.  Our signing failure rate is high and there are a few ex players in the premiership we really could do with just now.

    If you mean Trevor Carson is the very good goalie we released , you are aware there were extenuating circumstances behind that move that forced the clubs hand ? He wasn’t simply released .

    if one of the 2 good defenders is Ryan Strain - he was simply out of contract and exercised his right to move. He wasn’t released . Players are allowed to do that and we can’t stop them. 

    If the other defender is Declan Gallagher - he wasn’t released , he was sold and moved back to his home city at his request .

    Now , if I’ve got this wrong and these are not the players you’re alluding to - I apologise . Maybe if that’s the case you might have been better naming these players for the avoidance of doubt .

     

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