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On 6/29/2025 at 10:29 AM, HSS said:
He was back-up at Alloa last season, according to that report, so maybe he is the fall-back if big Peter cant impress before the deadline.
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On 6/29/2025 at 4:05 PM, Maboza said:
The clamour from some for big Urminsky to be given a chance as number 1 is just mental. It’s like he’s turned into a cult figure, ‘2-metre Pete’ and folk think he’s going to be amazing despite nothing to suggest it when we saw him play terribly vs Rangers a couple of years back and have seen nothing since.
He looked nowhere near it yesterday for the very little that he had to do.
If we think he’s got potential he needs to go on loan somewhere this season that he’ll play and can afford to make mistakes.
Its got be between Mullen and someone else for the jersey.
There's no clamour for him to be given the slot, only a request that we get behind him when he is called upon to serve the team
Mullen has an injury history that makes me think he MAY have arrived short of fitness & sharpness and in that situation Peter is maybe being given the responsibility of stepping up and also the chance of enough first team minutes against lower league opposition to improve & learn. It was already said (somewhere) that Peter would get the group stages to stake a claim, if he fails then I'm pretty sure that he COULD be either sent on loan or let go, but that would leave us with only one keeper, a player who has recently struggled to last a full season.
So, I don't get all this "clamour" to hive 2mP off just now, we can't afford to field an academy player or an outfielder in goals in the premiership so let's just see what the management team can do with the situation. And stop giving the guy a hard time.
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Spoiler
I wouldn't wash my feet with Madri.
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Had a great night at the Dunfermline Carnegie Hall experiencing The Vintage Explosion last night. Advancing Tinnitus means I pick & choose gigs carefully these days to preserve what's left of my hearing and this was a really good choice.
I heard about them about 3 years ago via Benny Gallagher's Facebook page and made a note that i had to get to a gig to hear them and we got tickets prompted by HSS' revue a few months ago (thanks for that) . Lots of reasons why I didn't get round to it sooner but I wish I'd ignored them. Going to get tickets to see them again soon real soon.
Willie Hitchell is one of the top 5 singers i have heard live, and i'm my 50th year of hearing live music. The way he can sing those high notes so strongly is, frankly, amazing. A lot of the crowd had probably seen them before but for my wife and I it was a first.
A little bit cut short because the Carnegie has a strict 10:30 curfew and there was a lengthy interruption when some old dear took ill and the band had to leave the stage. It must be weird for a relatively young band to play to such an old audience, at 66 I'd say I as in the middle of the age range though there were a fair few 30s and under there.
The energy, obvious enjoyment of the band and the brilliance of the performance were truly memorable, you just need to get out to see them if you get the chance.
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12 minutes ago, rabuddies said:
Based on?
That's the thing, we don't really see enough of him and we can't judge on that basis. I for one hope he really is ready and the last couple of years reliant on loanees has been part of a process to see him develop to an acceptable standard. There is a shortage of good goalies out there and developing our own is really the way to go, long term
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46 minutes ago, BanburyBud said:
With regards to the Oseni deal. I read that the fee is £60,000. I did think, and I may be wrong, we paid a six figure fee for him. Is this correct?
I read this on a local Plymouth siteIf that is true then it is pretty much break even as we reportedly paid £60k up front and have add-ons in the deal for ourselves & Gateshead.
Apparently one other young striker on our radar and P&B posters are citing a report that says Urminsky will be given the chance to prove himself as 1st choice in the league cup group games.
Would be great if he shapes up and we are spared the expense of a fee for a more seasoned keeper, will be somewhat scary if he falls short.
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it does seem that planning for that position is very reactive, it's not the first time in recent years we have been looking at second choices within a couple of weeks of the new season preliminaries.
I'd agree that Peter should either have been given a more comprehensive development plan that would have him challenging for the number one spot by now, or he should have been moved on at some point in the last 2 years.
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On 6/19/2025 at 1:32 PM, HSS said:
I remember being highly impressed with the cascading piano section on "Dignity" when they played it live on the BBC scotland show FSD very soon after it was released and before I heard the somewhat sanitised recorded version.
Left me a little disappointed in the single.
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3 hours ago, 17/03/13 said:
Just seen an interview with Foyle, he says it was easy decision to leave us & that they are a lot of things going on behind the scenes that the fans don't know about!
Thats always true at every club
A lot of recent praise for Martin comes into a new perspective now, statements like that can be indicative of splits & dissatisfaction
Remains to be seen how extensive it all is
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18 hours ago, portmahomack saint said:
Nonsense he's the best president America has ever had and that's straight from the horses mouth
The horse was drugged, bribed and forced at knife point to say that
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18 hours ago, portmahomack saint said:
The draft dodgers military parade
I heard Bony Spurs were involved, are they a c(o)untry band?
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5 minutes ago, bazil85 said:
I just struggle
Well said!
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16 minutes ago, bazil85 said:
Seems to me like you’re just trying for an argument. The court ruled in favour of the Kibble directors. AW lost. He can just thank his lucky stars he isn’t (even more so) out of pocket.
I’m also not saying everyone with a concern needs to be anti Kibble. But AW is, some notable posters on here are. It’s disingenuous to claim otherwise.
The arguments this was a bad SMISA decision on bringing the Kibble in have evaporated. People are welcome to their concerns from the fallout of this but imo, it’s a massive stretch for anyone using it as an argument that we got the Kibble share vote wrong.
The club are hammering it right now & like it or not that’s down to a collective. Kibble can’t be excluded from that.
God help us all!
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On 5/2/2025 at 12:46 PM, beyond our ken said:
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21 hours ago, waldorf34 said:
I see an irish club have been kicked out of the conference cup ,does that give us a chance of taking their place ?
SpoilerMaybe Irish clubs ahead of us in that race, I think.
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13 minutes ago, bazil85 said:
I’m actually struggling to understand what the AW supporters are standing by. This is my high level take of what’s happened.
AW makes false statements about the Kibble.
Kibble takes him to court for defamation with financial support from the charity. Seemingly because they agreed with the premise of the legal case to protect their directors & their name.Kibble win the case but under the law, it wasn’t deemed damages were appropriate.
Kibble now need to deal with legal costs & an investigation logged into the use of funds. I don’t see any integrity issues here at all, it does just seem like they’re protecting their names from confirmed false statements against them.
What is AW celebrating here. His false statements taking money out of a charity? It being shown in a court of law he was wrong? (Even if it is from a position of ignorance)
What false statements were made against Kibble?
Which legal action did they launch?
Decree Absolvitor-look it up!
It's completely disingenuous of you to make this about Kibble for everyone who has a concern, are you saying that to be interested in this you are automatically anti-kibble?
I don't know Wardrop, i know some people that I trust who say he is a blowhard and i don't support him. I support SMFC, the football team and admit that at times i have supported the team while feeling a fair bit of antipathy towards the board and some board members.
I don't understand the need to try and split the fans on the basis of whether you are concerned about some aspects of club business or are not.
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8 minutes ago, bazil85 said:
Thought I would nip in to see how much this dead horse was being flogged… My summary, an awful lot by very few people. It’s actually refreshing to see most do have the view of getting this in the bin.
As per other posts, it’s time to lay this one to rest and move on. (The matter not the discussion, crack on of course)
The ‘Kibble out’ brigade have struggled as initial teething problems were quickly ironed out & we seen a steady as she goes improvement under the new ownership model. It’s now ridiculous straw clutching even for them.
Was that too many idioms?
Anyway, Kibble are going nowhere and those that backed the new owner model at the time have been completely vindicated. People like @animal were wrong.
No, just cliche-ridden
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On 6/9/2025 at 6:23 PM, stlucifer said:
I've not followed much of this as I can't be arsed but, from the decree posted, I would ask, if the extra land Kibble alluded to was not the SMFC plot then, where was it?
I am honestly just curious.
Well they did originally cite the SMFC owned land and Kibble were reported in the judgement as saying that they would have sold their saints shares if they got what they wanted and it is alluded that the thing they want was the land. Saints still own it and it's maybe a pity that the proposed development at J29 was refused planning permission as Saints might have been sitting on a tasty wee ransom strip there.
Euro Garages (I think) are going ahead with a service area on a much reduced project there that doesn't impact club land.
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24 minutes ago, animal said:
And this ......
Promised to consult then attempted to implement the plan without the consultation?
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2 hours ago, CraigyBoy said:
I think Robbo will have targets in mind - Hemming was better than Balcombe but wasn't our biggest end of season loss
I believe we can get a better keeper for next season
He had improved since his first stint in Paisley and i think if we are really only looking at free-agents and loanees then we might get another Balcombe, but another Hemming may be beyond our financial reach.
Maybe we should have offered Urminsky in Part exchange?????
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57 minutes ago, guinness said:
- Apologies if I missed it but has there been any news on the pitch for next season? Reseeded or new surface? Just wondered as it was fairly poor last season. I did not notice the usual photos of a dug up pitch that we normally see.
It actually looked pretty good for the last couple of home games but there was a parasite infestation so maybe they need to completely dig it up and re turf
Goalkeeper dilemma?
in General St. Mirren Discussion
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So never really under consideration, I guess