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17 hours ago, party politics said:
So in my mind we did not go to Parkhead today with a raft of injuries to contend with, so no threadbare squad. Who came back from the close season in bad shape? We laid on a pre-season camp in Spain and I don't recall any talk of fitness issues.
Brown ( a very bit part player) has been replaced with a Welsh internationalist. Rooney and Van Veen were positive signings for the club, but did we conduct the correct due diligence on them both. Rooney, according to many supporters after his contract termination, was known to be a bit of a rocket off the field, so why take the risk? Van Veen only made a couple of brief appearances for us before his troubles broke into the media. Again did the club carry out their due diligence correctly?
We do we have a back up keeper, he has recently been rewarded with a new contract!
We got beat at Parkhead today, because we were nowhere need good enough, not because of a threadbare squad.
Can't argue with most of this but I do think you're going over the top re Rooney. If a club were to refuse the chance to sign a seriously good player on the merits of what he might do because he's a bit of a lad they'd be limiting their player pool quite badly. As it is, ATM, we still don't know whether the incident merited us casting him adrift. I personally think the club acted in haste.
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34 minutes ago, Saint@Johnstone said:
Heard he’s been dropped for the Celtic game right enough. Also no need for offensive remarks, we are all saints fans.
He didn't start the last match so he wasn't "dropped". And the lad is just in the door so I wouldn't read too much into the fact he didn't start the Celtic one either.
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3 hours ago, fmckinn said:
signed a short term deal, back at Fleetwood Town
Brilliant news. Saints abandoned the lad too soon. Until he is tried and convicted he deserves to be able to follow his profession.
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I think the task has been made much harder with the result v the other ersecheek. If I was being honest I would have preferred the opposite outcome and celtic going into the game 17 points ahead and perhaps in a comfort zone but it is what it is. Keep it tight for the first twenty or so but don't stay too deep and see where it takes us.
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3 hours ago, BanburyBud said:
Welcome back but slightly confused by this, unless balcombe is on his way?
personally I don’t see a great deal of difference in their ability although I don’t think balcombe is that tall for a keeper.I thought immediately that Balcombe was out the door. Given the timing, I don't believe he's been recalled. Saints must have had this preplanned unless they are totally lucky.
I do agree that the abilities are very similar but Zac is a bit taller and, maybe it's rose coloured specs, I do think he commanded his box somewhat better. Time will tell but it has to be remembered he was in the team that got us into Europe.
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11 hours ago, elvis said:
Thought we got rid of Rooney weeks ago.
My bad. Didn't read back before posting. Auld fart syndrome. Mooney, obviously.
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After their reported poor performance I'm sure Rodgers will have went through his players so I expect nothing from this one. Everything points to a third consecutive defeat. And by a hefty margin. Let's hope for the post post christmas miracle.
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1 hour ago, Saint@Johnstone said:
Just back home now, disgusted with the pathetic performance. Well beaten by a much superior team as usual at Rugby Park. The nine points won recently seem like ages ago as the team has fallen to pieces. Why did the manager play Ayunga and Mandron ? Both are useless and must be shown the door immediately. The new guy looks out of his depth too, although he’s in good company. Bitterly disappointed, like the thousand plus fans who made the fruitless journey. Never again !!
I don't think they were "much superior". Neither goalkeeper was severely worked. We had the lion's share of possession but did nothing with it. They got at least one freebie via a combination of a Smyth howler of a pass and a dithering by Gogic.. Not sure of the second penalty as I've not seen it back. The McInnes hoodoo continues.
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3 hours ago, bazil85 said:
In this window I hope we can move on Ayunga & Mandron. Sadly, Robbo is going to keep playing them as long as they are available.
Pretty much a free hit against Celtic in the next game so give Mooney a chance to show what he can do. Unless he loses a leg between now & then, he can’t do worse than Olusanya, Mandron, Ayunga, Idowu or Kiltie in that game.
Surely it isn’t doing more for his development sitting on the bench watching that sh*te get game time ahead of him.
Looks like we won't have Rooney for the next game.
Rumour has it he's on the way to Tyneside in the next couple of days.
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3 minutes ago, beyond our ken said:
Like it or not, the disruption we caused via Rooney and others may well have had a positive effect when we beat them in Paisley early in the season. I don't see that today however i have high hopes that the hangover from Sunday has worked through. If we put Sunday's defeat down to tiredness then maybe that gives us more of a chance
I believe we only drew with them. We have never beaten Killie under McInnes and we only beat Aberdeen once under his watch.
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12 hours ago, smfc25 said:
I only found out about the half-season ticket after the home match on Sunday, that's when I tried. Just gave it another try just there but still no luck. If I get a chance sometime on Friday I'll pop down to the ticket office and just get one there
This sometimes happened to me when I've applied for cup games in my own seat. I found that coming back out and trying again after a little time it sorted itself.
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Given our record ,not only against Killie, but McInnes in general, I find it difficult to see anything better than a draw for us but I am just getting ready for to travel and I hope to be eating humble pie by 5.00.
I'm sure optimism will overtake me as we enjoy the craic on the bus.
COYS!!!
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2 hours ago, beyond our ken said:
You can't tie them down, I'd be surprised if even one of them extended their current deal. They have all attracted attention already and will probably see out their deals unless we sell early, which I suppose would be dependent on them getting much more game time than they currently do. It would be nice to see and enjoy them for another 1-2 years and for there to be a memorable achievement for them in saints shirts before they go.
Every other team manages to recognise their protegees potential and gets them signed early. I don't see why we can't.
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4 hours ago, northstbuddie said:
The reality is that there is very little dividing the teams in this league apart from the sectarian-driven gruesome twosome.
The January transfer dealings could determine the final placings.
Also the likes of Kenny, Penman and Mooney have to be given more game time to allow them to develop at St Miren.
It's just as important to make sure these young starlets are tied down on decent length contracts to protect the investment.
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2 hours ago, guinness said:
Dunfermline 3 Falkir k 3. Marvellous entertainment. Standard pretty poor but thougharly enjoyable. End to end stuff with a decent crowd. Really enjoyed that.
IF Falkirk do make it to the top league they will have to be far better than that to survive the rigours of the top league.
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RIGHT. now I've managed to get myself back off the ceiling..... What a way to beat either of the @rsecheeks! I have to admit, my optimism was a wee bit shattered with the way we started the second half. When they equalized I honestly thought there was only going to be one team winning it. How wrong I was. I thought, when they put up the board with six minutes they were trying to give the h**s time for a winner. It was like Aberdeen all those months ago, Saintees and Ross C all over again. Fergie time will have to be renamed! I loved the chorus of Hagi, what's the score. The wee Nyaff didn't know where to look. As for the "incidents" during the match. I thought Butland made no real attempt to play the ball and should have walked. I'm sure Hagi was already booked and should definitely have been shown a second yellow for his antics after they equalized. Boyd Munce goal? What a lay back by young Mooney and what a strike. The down side? Well I am on standby today so I can't properly celebrate tonight. Rain check till tomorrow and watch the highlights.
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Merry Christmas to all, (including Elvis and Faraway), and may we all still have a smile on our faces, (perhaps excluding Elvis), after 7.30ish tomorrow evening.
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19 hours ago, StanleySaint said:
Wonder who Shull will support?
That's easy. BOTH. 6 of his aliases for Arthurlie and the rest for the Buddies.
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23 minutes ago, StanleySaint said:
As you are well aware VAR isn't the issue it's the idiots who are employed to operate it that is. If we had decent, independent officials we wouldn't have considered VAR in the first place.
While I agree the standard of referee is shocking I don't think we have the resources to allow any referee to judge many of the contentious incidents. VAR can only be as good as the facilities allow. We don't have anywhere near enough camera angles to adjudge whether a player is a toe or a dip of the shoulder offside . The same as when there are bodies flying all over the shop in a penalty area. We either reduce the use or get rid.
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13 hours ago, shull said:
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Watching the highlights from yesterday's games and the the rangers goal was deemed onside because the Dundee player's arm was ahead of Cerney. I thought it was only the parts of the body you could score with that counted. Perhaps the rangers should complain about VAR not getting involved. Oh. Wait a minute.........
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I'm on standby on Boxing day so I hope all the operators are sevco fans and don't want to miss this. Would mean I definitely get to the game. They dominated Dundee at Ibrokes and still could have, perhaps even should have, dropped points. We are at home and, due to the fact our board stayed true to the one stand rule, it should feel like it. My only worry is that SR admitted some of the squad are carrying knocks. We really need to go into this with belief.
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Watching the highlights from today's games and the the rangers goal was deemed onside because the Dundee player's arm was ahead of Cerney. I thought it was only the parts of the body you could score with that counted. Perhaps the rangers should complain about VAR not getting involved. Oh. Wait a minute.........
St Mirren v Dundee Utd, Sat 11th Jan
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DU have done very well but, on the strength of what I've seen, they have undoubtably had the rub of the green. Including v us. IF it's true that these things even themselves out we're definitely due a win.