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Gogic not trained all week, Kiltie and Scott also doubtful for tomorrow.

And one of those on target was the piss poor penalty.

In other news..... The main forum has reported a 675% drop in posts and a 94% drop in threads in 2024..... it must be noted that the sin bin section has shown the reverse trend with posts up a staggering 1673% ..... and threads up a mindboggling 3189% . ... no enquiry necessary obviously 😴😴😴😴😴

Well there was a reason.... 🤡

Absolutely fantastic performance - when we chip in with goals from other areas  it helps considerably
Always looked a threat going forward and defensively looked very secure 
Every game is big - but huge huge game against Dundee in the context of securing a top 6 berth 👌👌  

He should have scored !

Great display. Every single player looked up for it today. Moved the ball well and played some really nice stuff. Well deserved 👍

Superb result.... other results perfect

Could easily have been 5.     Kiltie has been fantastic. Again.

Could easily have been 5.     Kiltie has been fantastic. Again.

Kwon had 2 chances, one he blazed over the bar and the other that Butland saved at the post.

Created some good chances in the first half but as is the norm, didn't take them. Gogic and Kiltie did not deserve to be on the losing team today. 3 mins added time, if the score is 1-1 at that stage there is no way it would have been 3 mins.

Form table shows (for the last ten games) 7 points out of 30 and 5 goals scored.  So a lot of room for improvement all over the pitch.

Created some good chances in the first half but as is the norm, didn't take them. Gogic and Kiltie did not deserve to be on the losing team today. 3 mins added time, if the score is 1-1 at that stage there is no way it would have been 3 mins.

The lack of youth players getting a chance in the first team is concerning and it's pretty much been the case since Robinson came in. Whether that's because he doesn't rate them or they aren't ready/good enough I'll leave for others to debate because I know very little about the situation in the academy (not that lack of knowledge usually stops people having arguments online). Does anyone who knows about our youth teams know who is likely to be the next to come through? It is a bit of a surprise we found ourselves with no one to put in midfield on Tuesday, or have been playing guys out of position at right wing back rather than giving a young guy a shot. I'm guessing the guys we have in those positions either aren't deemed ready or are out on loan.
You'd have to imagine Reid and whoever we lost to Burnley (apologise, forgot his name) would have been involved by now if they had hung around. It's probably the first time we've been victims of losing kids who have barely kicked a ball for the first team because a bigger club is happy to spend relatively little in the hope they come good. There's not really much else we could have done with them. Henderson would maybe have been a bit more involved had he stayed and I'd have liked us to keep him and let someone like Olusanya go if we could find a taker, even if he has improved, but he obviously wanted more regular first team football, which he wasn't going to get with our system - and seemingly hasn't at County because of injury.
I think some of the kids got some game time in the League Cup. Since then, we've rarely been in a position to chuck the young guys on for some experience late on without any pressure to do something because most of our league games have been tight. I did find it odd we didn't put Jamieson on against St Johnstone (and we made a number of subs at 3-0), however he then got brought on against Hibs and has had some game time since then. Apart from him, I don't think we've had that many young players on the bench - I think Lennon was on it for one league game and away on loan shortly after.
It's a shame as since we sold Erhahon - and Robinson deserves a lot of credit for his progression, even though he was well established in the first team when he arrived - we haven't really had one of our youth products getting regular first team games and I can't remember the last time we have been in that position for as long as this. We had a great run of midfielders and you can draw a pretty much unbroken line from Erhahon back as far as you care to go - I'd traced it back to McLean, then remembered Stephen McGinn - and he broke through at pretty much the same time we sold Lappin (with Shuggy there the whole time!). And that's not forgetting guys in other positions who did well for us like Naismith, McAusland, Baird and Kelly, who were all good players even if they didn't get big moves.
Hopefully Taylor will get his shot, either this season or next. Going by his comments on the Open Goal podcast, Robinson really rates him - however given he joked he'd have liked to loan him to Barcelona for experience due to his style of play I don't think he would have been the answer on Tuesday night!

Fantastic 3 points. Well done.

Not long in but what an enjoyable day. Thought Gogic and Taylor were superb. Must admit when we .missed the penalty I was concerned but we recovered really well. Got up and down the road with no problems. All sorts of warnings but no problems. Weather seems to have been worse here. Bloody freezing though. Best away day for a while.

A fantastic result today! After Wednesday we have shown some amazing character to go and get the result and performance today. 
I’m sure we would all have been happy with a scrappy, backs to the wall, 1-0 win. But that today was a fantastic team performance which will give us the much needed confidence boost and belief back. 
well done to all and especially the travelling fans. 
wishing all my fellow Buddies a very Happy New Year 🍻

O’Hara off penalties immediately. One is excusable, that was an embarrassing effort. 

You’re advocating dropping Tanser who has arguably been our player of the season so far??

Agreed. Anywhere he fancies.

Agreed. Anywhere he fancies.

St Mirren 0-1 Kilmarnock. 
 
damn only stat that matters 

It’s definitely the final ball supplier for me. It’s not like our strikers were missing sitters. We’re just not creating any clear cut chances.