nedflanders123

FFS, it is 6 games we have played and from where I am looking on the league table only the old firm are streets ahead. Hamilton have been getting plaudits but are 1 point ahead of us while Hibs are in freefall if you believe the press. Btw, this ICT beat Dundee Utd 4-0 away but i never heard people scrambling for Peter Houston to be sacked. It is far too early to talk about sackings when there are 90 points to play for. Judge DL when he has a full squad to choose from. Some players are adapting to life in a higher league while DL has had to play some out of position or play a specific formation due to 4 key players missing; Barron, Dargo, Higdon and Thompson - all would likely be first choice picks. I have watched the team since 1967 and have seen worse sides. However, to call for Gus to be brought back is a joke when many stopped coming for the negative shite that was displayed week in week out. DL needs time and backing and will learn from his mistakes like many other better managers have done. I have seen some knickerwetting in my time but this takes the biscuit and we are not even out of September yet. I am confident that we will improve this season once we have those key players back and others adjust to the pace of the SPL. I have not seen anything special from Fakes or ICT to think that they are miles better than us. If we are not good enough to stay up this season then we will regroup and come back stronger. The difference being that we will not be in debt and we will still have a club. I would think a number of clubs - Dundee being one - would like to be in our position at this time despite our poor results.

I see there is a quote from him in today's Daily *** regarding wanting a meeting with Gus to discuss his contract. Could be a short meeting if and when it takes place. Sorry BM but I think your wage would be better spent on someone who can actually score regularly. I am sure he is a nice guy but he is not the answer if we want to progress in the SPL.

I know there is a different thread for the transfer window but just seen that Steve Tosh has been released by Gretna as part of a wage cutting exercise. Wonder if he could do a job up front and take some of the pressure off Sutton?

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing Opeth - Ghost Reveries Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel Riverside - Second Life Syndrome Dark Suns - Existence ps Arctic Monkeys are simply another over-hyped and shit band. Heard their album and it is rank - done by 1,000,000 other wannabee bands around Central Scotland and not as good.

Buddy, I remember a certain player who came from a diddy club who became a Saints legend. Step forward Mark Yardley who came from Cowdenbeath and many thought he could not do a job at 1st div level. Stay true to the belief that the club are going forward and we should judge the new guys once they settle in. If JS does the job I want you to come on this forum and eat humble pie and if he does not then I will be the first to admit you were right.

I think Buddygreat is St Sid in disguise and trying to wind us all up.

Buddy great for the first time I am going to say "you are talking shit" I have 3 Rangers fans in here who are pissed off that Adams has been allowed to go to us as they rave about just how good he is. They have been saying "he should be given a game as he is a true talent" Why don't you just - for the first time - let the players come in and prove or disprove what you say? Feckin negative crap is pissing me off and no wonder players have a hard time settling when we are snapping at them before a ball is kicked. Just for the record, give me 2 names that you think could and should have been brought in? None of the stupid remarks like Owen or whatever. I think both signing are exciting and JS has proved he can put the ball in the net. For the Record, there are a lot of major problems at Millwall affecting a lot of players and you do not become a bad player overnight. JS will score the goals for us.

I find it interesting that some feel that Jeffries will be given the hump at Killie. This is a team that have just beat Aberdeen away and then humped Motherwell 4-1. So, on what grounds would Killie sack their manager? Tosh as usual. McPherson is going nowhere and in any case he has not yet proven his own credentials as a manager and certainly nowhere near good enough at this moment to manage or be considered for an SPL club.

Agree BG, Millen would be an ideal sweeper, particularly at his age when is clearly going to feel the pace played out of position. Like last season, I will wait until the first 9 games are played to make my own opionion of how well I think the team will do. My only concern is that we have good players but playing them out of position and with tactics that appear to us as not working and yet the manager is clearly seeing something else. Yet, when the need to change is evident, he appears unable to change things. I hope I am wrong.

I hope you are right Div. I still think we should have resolved our midfield and striker issues when we lost virtually our whole midfield from last season and 2 strikers - Russell and Mixu. The squad is not strong enough in those two areas to challenge and be consistent. The tactics with the long ball if totally baffling to me as it did not work last season yet Gus persisted with it and again, it won't work unless you have a clear ball winner in the box and someone clever enough to take on the knock downs - ala Yards and Basher/McGarry. These guys have never been replaced although I think Keano is a good buy but he needs service.

So midfield and striking still not resolved. Today was shambolic and clearly there has to be questions about what the feck Gus and Andy have been doing during the close season. This performance smacked of the Coughlan days when noone seemed to know what was expected of them and players being played way out of position. I think Gus is being found out tactically - he got away with it last season - so it will be interesting to see how he shapes the team over the next few weeks. It will have to happen or we may find ourselves scrapping around the middle of the table rather than near the top. I have seen this whole issue over and over again at LS and Gus need to have a settled team that play together rather than all the changes he made from last week's team.

Nice to see someone keep their word - well done mate and it is a shame we won't play you should your lot get up - as we'll be in the SPL.