djchapsticks

Jim did the crime, and it was a bad one in spite of what some say on here, he'll now have to take his deserved medicine. As a club however, we rely on the goodwill of other clubs in the SPFL and in turn dish it out in equal measure. We offer up our facilities most every home game to let a couple of young boys from the opposition head up into our stand with a camera and film the entire match, as we'd have allowed Dundee Utd to do so. Anytime another club now approaches us to request permission to film the entire match for 'training purposes', they should be unceremoniously told to f**k off and the sniveling, snottering shite purported by DUFC's official club YT and Twitter accounts cited as the official reason for us telling them to get tae.

Awful challenge.

Sorry to be the bearer of even worse news, but you're full of shite. If anyone has spoken to him about a pre-contract, then we're liable to take them to every single governing body, seeing as no club is allowed to approach any out of contact player until 6 months before contract runs out. Which in Scotland would mean January 1st, IIRC.

Christ. What an omnishambles of a post.

Gary Harkins. For f**k sake.

I had to look this up as I was sure in your tedium, you were wrong about us both faring better and finishing in top half. You paint it far rosier than it actually was and how I remember it. 2001-02 - 8th of ten. Saved from 9th and relegation place (Falkirk's, though later reprieved due to Airdrie/Clydebank) only by goal difference. 2002-03 - 7th of ten. 2 points from relegation and conceding 71 goals, only 1 less than relegated Alloa and 6 more than bottom Arbroath. 2003-04 - 7th of ten. 10 points from the drop, but 8 points behind the side above us. 2004-05 - 2nd of ten. A good late rally under Gus finally had us expecting. 2005-06 - 1st of ten. Well, nothing to add really. Those 3 and a bit seasons were some of the worst I've seen...including most of the 1990s.

Evidently you do, if you have made a profile specifically to come onto a message board and comment on it. And RE: your earlier comment that he deserves a stint inside because of all the other neds like him - As a serving police officer, it isn't your job to judge him. That's a judge's job. It's your job to apprehend him. And for that reason, what you think he deserves is irrelevant. He's made a mistake, a potentially disastrous one in terms of his career. By pleading guilty, he's accepted this. So should you.

I'm saying this as someone who has applied, taken fitness and aptitude tests, been interviewed and harbours an ongoing ambition to be a police officer. Also, I don't have a brother, and don't reckon wee Gowser could take my da' in a month of Sundays.

Now's the time for the club to rally behind him and offer him the help and rehabilitation he needs. Starting with offering him a 3 year contract (on an affordable wage of course). Yes, he's a f**king idiot and not for the first time. I think in the cold light of day, Paul will accept that himself and will have done since the Sunday morning in August he woke up in a police cell and not for the first time. However, he has given us as a club and a support, many, many fantastic memories and been an excellent servant. He's teetering on the edge of being classed as another talent who f**ked it all up for himself. A strong network of other players, managers and a well wishing support might just help him knuckle down and realise how f**king cushy a number he has. I for one, won't be turning on the guy. He'll still have my unwavering support as a St. Mirren player. If any 'holier than thou' types wish to take umbrage with it, well then that's tough.

To be fair, he's 22 now, so isn't really a youngster as such anymore. Had he been 19 or 20, I'd have been inclined to say he's better off staying. He has to make that step up in level to find out what sort of career he'll have, though..be it with a Championship club or Newcastle. From a selfish point of view, I want him here rest of the season and beyond. Realistically though, he's a level or two above the level we play at and in his year here, he's proven he's worthy of a bigger gig. If he stays, it would be amazing. I reckon he'll go though. And best of luck to the guy. Hopefully see him back in the stripes one day.

I'm not having a go at Danny. He has overloaded the squad with central midfielders though. Especially since we have a bit of an embarrassment of riches in the middle of the park.

I'm kind of intrigued as to how he got the nickname 'fister'.

Another pointless exercise. From what I heard the lad looked decent, but was never going to get anywhere near the first team this season due to sheer numbers we have in midfield. All the best to him.

I'd give him a deal until the end of the season. Absolutely no harm in this and low risk. He's likely to bring half a dozen or so goals to the side and decent link up play.

Good. Last thing we need is big Thommo getting pished again. He's just in the last month recovered from his hangover from the week out in March.

I'm away down with a bike pump just now......doing my bit.

Nope. It's impossible. He's probably the greatest human being who ever lived.

Keep updating lads. Sportsound has been postponed in the wake of the Clutha tragedy press conference.

Seeing her filthy mug with a Saints scarf on, blatantly muscling in on our big day for a photo opportunity, as I said at the time was the only thing I'd have changed about that day.

I won't call the guy one of our worst ever strikers based on the two starts I seem him in. His major issue seemed to be an inability to stay in the middle of the park where he was needed. I mean, he certainly wasn't as bad as Jens Paeslack, Scott McLean, Gerry Creaney, Christopher Wreh, Graham Fenton or Moussa Dagnogo. In fact, he certainly wasn't as bad as about 90% of the utter dross who I've genuinely shut out from my mind from between 2001 and 2005.

If there's something strange, In your neighbourhood, whoya gonna call? JIM GOODWIN!

Yeah. Like a wean who finds a stray dug, I have one question: Please, please can we keep him?

One of my annoyances that the song has been lost in translation down the years. The song isn't 'Paisley St. Mirren The Saints' that most fans seem to sing nowadays It's 'Paisley St. Mirren, they say, are by far the greatest team......'

I think the 68th minute is a good idea. Games without incident usually tend to have no additional time and the ref blows up at 45 on the button, also people nipping down to pie stalls, toilets etc. 68 minutes into a match, almost every bum will still be in their seat.