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The first half was the best we’ve been against them for a while and if we had taken one of the chances  think it would have made the difference, Gogics overhead effort was great wish that would have went in would have been talking about it for years.

A true supporter. ❤️

Emergency services practicing recovering Cantwell from when he entangles himself dangerously in the goal netting when diving from outside the penalty area when someone encroached within 6 feet of him. [emoji848]

Bring it on....  3-1 Saints....End of Rodgers.... heard it here 1st 🙃

A wee true story of the time I met Dennis 
Remember running on to the park at the end of a game with pen and paper as we did back then and headed straight for Dennis, caught him just before the tunnel and asked him for his autograph, he turned round and politely said f**k Off  
About 15/20 years ago I met him again at the Arthurlie Social Club for a testimonial quiz night for the long term Arthurlie manager {can't remember his name} He came over to speak to us, so I told him what he said all those years ago, he said we must have got beat and was in a bad mood I said no I think it was a Draw
Laughing he said I'll give you now if you want ? ?  I said naw f**k Off... that's 1 each I said... was all in good fun 
RIP Dennis 🙏
 

According to a poster on P+B a pitch inspection is taking place just now 

Do we get the many back once the arrears are paid off? I think not

It’s not often I see a news story that boils my piss but here we go.
Ofgen suggesting that you pay slightly more in your utility bill to subsidise those that are struggling to pay.
People struggling to pay is bad news and these are tough times for many but why ask others to pay?
Instead why don’t the Utilities themselves, instead of paying dividends, give these people a rebate and pay lower dividends?
Are times really that tough for cash strapped utilities?
If this was France they’d already be rioting!

What a great success last night. Couldn't believe the queue and the amount of kids. Congratulations to Keith Lasley and his volunteers and the first team squad. [emoji106]
 
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After a shaky start we came onto our game. Still a lot of lumping up the park from \hemming but we had quite a few really good passages of play and, once we got the goal, we looked fairly comfortable. Hemming's save near the end was crucial as, if that had gone in, we might have had a torrid, nervous few minutes. Well deserved victory and Nahmani must have done his chances no harm. In the end, if the score had been 5-0, it certainly wouldn't have flattered us.
 

Good performance yesterday, Thought Small & Stave were brilliant considering limited game time this season.

That was a great second half performance in particular.  Ayunga and Stav were outstanding together and to be able to replace with Mandron and Ollysanya shows the depth we have now.  Let's batter Motherwell next!

So, a draw at the end of a mixed 90+ minutes.
We played some decent football without really looking like scoring in the first half.
Dykes should have scored with a header but, that apart, not much of a threat.
Their first goal was a pretty good goal, decent move and a great finish.
We came out with a wee bit more purpose in the 2nd half after a couple of substitutions and our talisman, McTominay, finished off a good move.
As has been mentioned young Patterson showed some inexperience by allowing their main man to turn inside and smash in their 2nd goal.
I've always liked Patterson but have been aware he's better going forward than an out and out defender but he'll learn.
Shankland got out deserved equaliser and has given the manager a problem in the remaining games. 
It was important not to lose another game after losing the previous games, albeit they were against top class sides.
I don't rattle on about referees much but tonight's ref was shocking as was the theatrics of the Georgians. 
Anyhow, roll on Sunday, would be nice to shut up the arrogant Norwegians again. 

I only go to away games which have an Airport nearby to accommodate my private jet .
Or I drive . 

It was a penalty, gogic going down to block left his arm up and the ball hit it, soft but it was

St.Mirren v Morton Challange Cup 2005/06 I think. 3 - 1 down in the shoot out. Few weeks later we lifted the trophy through at Airdrie

Here's the article - apologies for the formatting but the photos and adverts screw it up
Mark O’Hara: People move on for money – but success is better
St Mirren’s Mark O’Hara says squad don’t want to settle for merely breaking into Scotland’s top six   Graeme Macpherson Sunday September 24 2023, 12.01am, The Sunday Times O’Hara is committed to St Mirren until 2026 VAGELIS GEORGARIOU/ACTION PLUS/SHUTTERSTOCK Football has always offered up this absurd idea that players and managers exist in an idyllic, insulated bubble, completely unaware of what is happening outside of their own training ground or stadium, like some kind of sporting equivalent of North Korea. Mark O’Hara, mercifully, is happy to debunk such a notion. When rumours, then, began to circle recently that Hibernian were training their sights on making Stephen Robinson their next manager following the sacking of Lee Johnson, the chatter didn’t go unnoticed inside the St Mirren dressing room. It would be no exaggeration to say that Robinson has transformed the Paisley club’s fortunes over the past 18 months, leading them to a first top-six finish for almost 40 years last season and then up to second in the table last weekend.
Given the Northern Irishman has achieved all of this on a budget that is a fraction of many clubs in the division, it is little surprise that Hibs — and others — have been wondering whether he might just be able to replicate that formula for success with them. On this occasion, the Easter Road club chose to go down a different route, appointing Nick Montgomery instead, much to the St Mirren players’ relief.
    There will be other suitors soon enough, however, and O’Hara now sees it as a race against time. If St Mirren can continue on this trajectory towards regular finishes at the top end of the table, competing for trophies and European football, perhaps Robinson will not feel the need to move to quench his thirst for success.
“When the manager was quoted for the last job, everyone was a bit nervous,” the St Mirren captain admits. “There was some talk about it in the changing room. People had said there hadn’t been any approach but the boys did fear a little bit.
 
“With the success we’ve had there’s going to come interest from clubs with bigger budgets but why can’t we achieve our goals here? If we can win trophies and break records then success comes with that. People often move on for financial reasons but being successful is better than any of that. It’s a chance to create and do something special.”
‘real belief about the squad that we can achieve big things here,’ says O’Hara, right VAGELIS GEORGARIOU/ACTION PLUS/SHUTTERSTOCK It was a similar story for O’Hara in March this year. The former Kilmarnock, Dundee and Motherwell midfielder was only nine months into his first season with St Mirren but already felt so comfortable within his surrounds that he chose to extend his contract by an additional two years.
Tied up now until 2026, the 27-year-old’s performances last season — that delivered a dozen goals, five of which came against Celtic or Rangers — earned him a clutch of Player of the Year awards and covetous glances from a number of interested parties.
O’Hara was already favourable predisposed to St Mirren, coming from the neighbouring town of Barrhead, but it was the prospect of being able to fulfil his personal ambitions without having to switch clubs that persuaded him to prolong his stay.
He makes no secret of the fact that he wants to conclude his career with more than just an English League Two winner’s medal with Lincoln City to his name. It makes Wednesday night’s Viaplay Cup quarter-final away to Hibs a potentially pivotal evening.
“With the recruitment over the summer and the way we’ve started this season, it was a sign of intent that we’re not just settling for one season in the top six and that’s it,” he added. “There’s a real belief about the squad that we can achieve big things here. When I signed my new deal it was because I feel we can achieve something memorable here.
“The fans, of course, can dream [about winning trophies and qualifying for Europe] because we as players are dreaming about that as well. You’d be lying if you said you weren’t. My dream this year would be to win a trophy.
“It doesn’t seem unrealistic at the moment. We’ve got a massive game now on Wednesday. I’ve never been to Hampden as a player, having never got further than the quarter-finals. But you’ve got to dream that this will be the year, and we won’t fear anyone if we get there.
“We’ve achieved good results over the last year against all of the teams still left in the competition. My goal has always been to win something in Scottish football and hopefully it’s here. I feel I’m just reaching my peak as a player and still have a lot to offer.”
O’Hara is not one to shy away from articulating his ambitions. A former Scotland Under-19 and Under-21 international, the midfielder has been spoken about as someone who could yet force his way into the senior squad and it is not something he dismisses.
“I’d be lying again if I said I didn’t dream of that,” he confirms. “I don’t know how close I’ve ever been but if I keep my head down and work hard then I’d hope I’d get noticed. Hopefully I’ve got a few years left to try to achieve that.”
O’Hara is in the process of moving out of Barrhead, the East Renfrewshire town which made the news this week as the surprising choice of location for the first Scottish branch of the US takeaway chicken franchise Popeyes, causing traffic chaos for miles.
It is another recent development, however, that has caught O’Hara’s eye, with St Mirren shirts popping up increasingly throughout the area off the back of the team’s success and the club’s willingness to promote their own fanbase ahead of serving others.
“In my mum and dad’s street there are a few of the kids now out playing football and cutting about in St Mirren strips,” he reveals. “That’s a fairly new thing that has come with success but also with the club doing their bit, too.
“You look at the decision to only give the Old Firm one stand when we play them. What a difference that makes as you saw last year. We’ve now got three stands of our own supporters really getting behind us in every game and you definitely notice it.
“We’re hopefully inspiring a new generation of supporters. We’re seeing more younger fans at the matches because the team has been successful and that’s only going to help grow the club for years to come.”

What a great performance today - Naismith not willing to give any credit to us in his interview. If we had dropped points again because of VAR, it would have been more daylight robbery.

For me I can accept the first chopped off goal - Gogic was a bit reckless. The second one was a goal all day long - no contact for the 'foul'. Thanks to Scotland's Poundland VAR we don't get a good view of the 'line' so I guess we have to accept the decision for the third but looked onside to me.

Anyways - still one of only two unbeaten sides in the top flight - so it's all going fantastically at the moment [emoji106]

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Gogic was like 3 players today
central defender and sweeper in front of and behind the defence
and he looked like he could have done another 99 minutes at 5 pm
Just class

St.Mirren v Morton Challange Cup 2005/06 I think. 3 - 1 down in the shoot out. Few weeks later we lifted the trophy through at Airdrie

Naw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah...Southgate on ten times Clarkes Salary.... he is also most successful manager since Ramsey...tough gig... as its hopefully never again coming home...Arrogant race

That's the second time in a week or two I have seen this. Unless I'm misinterpreting the sentiment, in which case please accept my apology, it's pretty awful that there's such animosity on here that folk are wanting a square go. Can we all not just try to get along, or at least use the ignore function? 
I'm 6' tall, reasonably fit and have trained in boxing and martial arts for several years and there's no way I would even consider meeting someone from an internet forum for a straightener. Firstly, even assuming you did know the other poster's capability, you don't know they would be coming alone or what they might be carrying. Then, even if you 'win' and batter the other individual you may face criminal charges and  all that comes with it (loss of job, etc). It's not like there isn't a written (internet) record of evidence. For what, because some guy's insulted you on here? Really? That is a playground mentality. Violence should always be a last resort, reserved for defence of oneself, loved ones or protecting the weak and vulnerable. We're all adults here.  
Think about this, gentleman.