waldorf34

Our third place for the early part of the season probably flattered us a tad.
We are about to find our true level and that is going to involve a tussle with Kilmarnock, Dundee, Hibs and Aberdeen for the 4th to 6th positions.
However as seasoned Buddies fans, we are more used to scraps to avoid relegation, so why should we be carping about the current situation?
Our best hope is a 6th place finish as that will not involve us in an embarrassing early exit from a European competition next season - we are far from ready to compete at that level.

I was one of them.  You're more than welcome to come back anytime if the bug hits you again. 😊

I see we have signed the Ugandan Elvis till end of season .A full back.

I was talking to a fellow  supporter who I have not seen at games lately  ,and he was saying  he watches the games via the tv system  saints have set up for home and away games. I said at least you are contributing  financially , but he said no ,he has a dongle that let's hom watch for free.
He said this is widespread  ,I cannot believe  he did not get it that he is doing the club out of money.
How many people  are doing  this?

I would like to see a ball winning midfielder coming into the team. Feel like we are getting outmuscled in midfield at times. 

Name and shame! 😜 
I’m sure there are many former players and managers who we supporters should be chasing up for stealing wages from the club!
The internet has enabled all manner of data to be stored electronically and shared globally. It's just 1’s and 0’s. 
The beautiful game of football that we all fell in love with has been changed for the worse in my opinion due to TV broadcasting and sponsorship. 
It is little wonder that people choose to watch games via the internet as the cost of travelling, purchasing a ticket plus food and drink could easily cost best part of £75 for an adult. 
The broadcasters will try their hardest to stop such things via encryption and other means but I’d say it’s unlikely to stop anyone from watching games. 
I blame these buggers…..if only they knew what they would end up creating! 😂 

 

I would guess the suggestion being that the club put on a PPV offering within the rules and guidelines of SPFL and which makes the club money, his mate is watching it and paying nothing to the club for the service. 

On the game its a much better forum today than after StJ match where a number of people were losing the run of themselves. 
Sometimes a losing run allows the manager to reassess which Robinson has done. 
Nahmani and Small really took their chance yesterday. Both look real talents, a bit surprised given their showing yesterday that the had to wait so long.
Nahmani and Ayunga worked really well together. Nahamani reminded me a bit of Dargo with his movement and Ayunga was superb especially second half.
Small looks a real prospect if he can develop and be consistent. Looks the real emotional type so needs to keep that in check too. Only issue with him on the right hand side is that he keeps trying to shift back to his left. 
Also thought Olusanya was decent when he came on. Taking a bit of a belting on here recently. Frightening pace and strength just needs to get his final ball right and improve his finishing and there is a real player in there. Not surprised Warnock rated him
 
 

I guess we should be looking to replace Strain, even if he does stay until the end of the season we would be sensible to bring someone in Jan.

Time to buckle down and give our boys our backing throughout  the game  this weekend   we have been pretty  quiet recently  ,we need to encourage our boys to get these 3 valuable  points

Time to buckle down and give our boys our backing throughout  the game  this weekend   we have been pretty  quiet recently  ,we need to encourage our boys to get these 3 valuable  points

Dont need pretty footie....just fecking win...  

Time to buckle down and give our boys our backing throughout  the game  this weekend   we have been pretty  quiet recently  ,we need to encourage our boys to get these 3 valuable  points

Time to buckle down and give our boys our backing throughout  the game  this weekend   we have been pretty  quiet recently  ,we need to encourage our boys to get these 3 valuable  points

Time to buckle down and give our boys our backing throughout  the game  this weekend   we have been pretty  quiet recently  ,we need to encourage our boys to get these 3 valuable  points

If we'd got that precious point tonight, we'd have still had the potential to take the 10 points I thought we'd need. As it is, if we can win the next two, we'll still have taken 9 points from 18. 
A win on Saturday and things will be looking a lot better. Motherwell have been shocking of late. 

The clubs in our immediate vicinity are: Hearts, Hibs, Kille, Dundee and Ross County. Dundee and County have played fewer games than us, with the former able to go above us if they win both their games in hand.
Hearts are away to Aberdeen and Celtic, which are difficult games. I think Aberdeen are in a false position and will not be there come the end of the season. (Prediction: 1 point)
Hibs are away to Livingston, so we can expect them to pick up three points there. They are then away to St. Johnstone. (Prediction: 4 points)
Kille are likely to get nothing at home to Celtic, but should collect 3 points away to Livi. (Prediction: 3 points)
Dundee are away to Rangers and then travel to Dingwall. Both tough games, though I think they will get a draw against Ross County, (Prediction: 1 point)
Ross County will hopefully leave Paisley empty handed and will face a tough game at home to Dundee. (Prediction: 1 point).
 
These two home games are really crucial for us, if we're going to resurrect our season.

Ohara is man down. 2 key breaks he either gives the ball away or slows the game down. 
 
we f**ked around at the back, concede a throw in resulting in a penalty - our own doing. 
 
sick to the back teeth fo this long ball shot show 

In January, try & clear out McMenamen, Jamieson, Grieve, Mandron, Olusanya. And bring in one or two actual strikers with their wages. 
 
Wage thieves the last month. 

Bit of a free hit against the blue, bigoted tourists on Sunday.
 
Really need to be getting back on track for this one though. Performance is almost as important as the result here imo. 

It’s always a free hit away to either side of the scum.  
I agree that we need to be getting our shit together again & pdq. 
As you say, the performance is important , to take anything from this game would be nice but we need to see a reaction from the players after a few pretty low performances recently. 

An attendance of  3,758, Well done to all the Saints fans who made the journey.

If you make a profit you pay tax ,better to make small loss and invest in players or assets 

If you make a profit you pay tax ,better to make small loss and invest in players or assets 

I would wholeheartedly agree with this rather than your earlier controversial statement, it is good that all owners of the club are contributing to the improvement in fiscal matters but your original statement to me belittles the impact of our new CEO, Lasley is making the difference, not alone but he appears to be in charge and rightly so.

For me, it’s more about the progress. We know things are too expensive & have changed our operating model to be more cost effective. Don’t think anyone expected we’d be able to fully implement that in one year, after last years results. 
 
The results show we aren’t the finished article but it’s a big step in the right direction. It’ll probably be two or three seasons of work behind the scenes before we are fully in a position to take the sort of hits that would come with a poor season. These changes are rarely (if ever) instant. 
 
Overall, these results for me say that we have been able to take a far bigger than expected step in the right direction, because we had such a strong season.