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  1. Redundancies at the Academy

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

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    12 hours ago, div said:

    It seems what was said last week at the meeting was a bit muddled. All will come out in due course as the accounts to the year ended May 31st 2022 will be issued in a few months, usually December I think, so we will find out then!

    Yeah, we’re getting third/fourth hand feedback from a small group of people who attended. Plus, a group that are still pushing the f**king car boot sale agenda.

  2. Redundancies at the Academy

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    On 7/26/2022 at 8:28 PM, beyond our ken said:

    I doubt it, unless any of these supposed letters have been issued to all club employees.

    If it’s just the youth academy that’s being restructured then letters don’t need to go to all club employees. Just needs to be that department/people impacted.

    That’s certainly been the case in any business I’ve worked in.

  3. Dylan Reid

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    58 minutes ago, billyg said:

    You would if you came from a massive Rangers supporting family , which he does  , and if you're old man is all over Twitter spouting his Rangers allegiance and also bigging up his son !

    Are they connected to the Reid Foodservice mob down Ayrshire way?

  4. Special General Meeting Called

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    32 minutes ago, Hendo said:

    I think you have a point, and a lot of members don't scrutinise much what's going on. Those that attend the meetings do that, which is why I think the AGM is time for change. Those unhappy can put themselves forward or nominate others to stand for election to the Board.

    While I don't doubt that the current SMISA board went into this with good intentions, I think they are far too comfortable in their positions and have stopped engaging with members.

    That’s my general feeling.

    They are a group of supporters who, after many years of trying, managed to get fan ownership to a place. However, that doesn’t mean that group is the right group to kick us on. There may be some great fans in there, but can they make a difference to a business?

  5. Steven Naismith

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

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    Just now, Sweeper07 said:

    Aye right. I've said elsewhere Malky McKay and which McCann and it's not Neil or Fergus... your just another fellow fan who wants to have a go at a fellow fan...

    Where's your speculated list?

    nice guy... cheers   :cheers

    Who is ‘foreign guy’ and ‘guy not declared’? 
     

    I’m not speculating as I don’t know the applicants. There could be a surprise in there, or not. It looks pretty clear that we are favouring a recently retired player/new coach route and I’m ok with that. Out of the names, I think Naismith has the greatest potential.

  8. Speculation Thread

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    1 hour ago, faraway saint said:

    A wee bit of perspective, for every one of the names you mention there's thousands who turn out to be duds.

    Aye, no need to write him off but equally as daft mentioning Bayern Munich. 

    We, IMO, need hardened professionals to dig us out of the rut we're in, at this stage I'm more than unsure this guy is that player. 

    Nobody is saying he is the hardened professional or the one that’s coming in for now.

    This has been a long arranged trial. If he’d appeared in October, then everyone would be welcoming him and say it’s great we’re thinking out the box. Because it’s January, people are having a fit.

  13. Season tickets

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    11 hours ago, Maboza said:

    Worked perfectly for my single season ticket renewal. 

    Not great (nor surprising) to hear of problems for others but the real disappointment is the club’s inability the manage comms effectively or any sort of volume of inevitable issues. I thought Kibble were turning us into a professional outfit. 

    You are assuming that there’s actually an issue with the system and not users inputting info. Could be a bit of both.

  14. Speculation Thread

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    1 hour ago, Yflab said:

    I rate McGrath higher than Mallan. I haven’t seen much evidence that Stevie has improved greatly since he left us. 

    Yeah, I’m not thought bought into Malian returning. Nice footballer, but I don’t think he’s what we need.

  15. Steven Thompson

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

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    34 minutes ago, Slash said:

    I could always text the big man himself, but it would be a bit strange me asking the question - unless I said “settle a pub garden question big man!”.

    I know Thommo lived beside Barry Lavety, and I’ve always believed they both stayed in Houston. I’m sure he has told me in the past anyway. They went to Houston Primary and then onto Gryffe as I knew their Geography teacher at Gryffe very well as he lived over the fence from me in Paisley.

    If they stayed in Kilbarchan the high school they attended would have been Johnstone High. 

    All the Thommo banners wishing “Good Luck” before the 2013 League Cup were positioned in Houston.

    If anyone was a betting man, they would say I’m odds on. 😂 

    Yup - I grew up In Kilbarchan and similar ages. Given there’s two parks to play fitba, I’m pretty convinced we’d have crossed paths.

    I think there’s an interview somewhere where he talks about growing up on the same street as Basher. In fact - quick google says so.

     

     

  18. St Mirren v Motherwell SPFL Premiership 24/2/21

    in Matchday & Travel Club

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    2 hours ago, God of war said:

    Would have taken position in October but form in last 5 games is no excuse to not have secured top 6 already...team selection and substitutions still baffling and Goodwin never seems to learn from it. Erwin and McAllister last night bordering on incompetence...

    I broadly agree with the first part of this. We’ve had a perfect opportunity to secure 5th (never mind 6th!) and not taken it. Something not quite clicking for us at home this season.

    However, I’m delighted with where we are and would have taken that at the start of the season.

  19. St Mirren v Motherwell SPFL Premiership 24/2/21

    in Matchday & Travel Club

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    54 minutes ago, FTOF said:

    Motherwell have a much larger squad and have signed replacements for their long term injured.

    We're knackered. Simple as that.

    Although, I don't think the system we played tonight worked.

    Yeah, I still think Goody has a tendency at times to setup to stop the other time first rather than think about how we attack.

    Lamie is probably the worst centre back in the league, so I’d have thought Connolly’s pace would have worked a treat from the start.

  22. Hibernian v St Mirren Premiership 23/12/20

    in Matchday & Travel Club

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    5 hours ago, faraway saint said:

    The problem is Hibs would have forked out a reasonable fee, we wont. 

    Much harder to dig up a decent striker when shopping around the bargain basement. 

    Agreed. Goals cost money, and we don’t have it compared to what others can pay.

    We have to take punts, like Dennis, based on what they’ve done and hope that translates to our league. More often than not (and not just us) it fails.

    We got lucky with Tommo, while Higdon was much maligned. Apart from them, struggling to recall a ‘top’ striker. However, always wondered why we’ve never produced one? We love producing midfielders! 

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