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Anything less than £500,000 and a sell on fee (which it will be), then we may aswell shut the academy - what is the point in producing million pound players and getting a development fee every time?

Not to be blunt but I think we will need more than 1 player to buck this trend.

He is 34 next month, last season he also had Flynn in there with him (who we all know works tirelessly and is great on the ball), make of that what you will...

Give the man a break, he was social distancing!

The way we play I think the wingers are pretty essential (i'd imagine Goodwin agrees, when was the last time we had 4 pacey wingers on the books at once?). If we are absorbing pressure, going direct and not really utilising a fullback overlap we need as a bare minimum: A - striker on the park suited to playing the battering ram and holding the ball for 90 minutes B - Options down the flanks to release pressure

De ja vu of last year. 2 extra subs per game and we still don't use them to freshen things up.

Can't see that happening. Some players are guaranteed a jersey and some are definitely not. I can't remember very often in the Jim era coming away from a game and thinking we played really well, if we win it's usually stuffy and totally unimaginative. To be sitting 5th just shows the lack of quality in the league, I suppose you can only beat what is infront of you though.

Attention. Good luck Vaclav - and thank you for your service. Most would agree you are the best goalkeeper to wear the stripes (or bright pink) in the modern era. I hope no players or agents read this forum...

Ok? I'm not sure what the point of that whole paragraph was. Who was talking about Stubbs? There were worse players under Stubbs... so Junior isn't that bad then, is he? Who said anything about time? On our budget, especially at this time (and given we haven't so far brought in another forward) Junior is obviously what we can afford for that level of player. He does a job at stretching a game late on, if nothing else. I can't tell you if you were criticising him initially or not but if you don't want to criticise Kyle, then don't? He was a big factor in us surviving under Kearney. Him and Dreyer were the sole bits of proper quality we had. It's his first pre-season injury free in many years by his own admission and he is only 21, I doubt a loan player of that age from another club would receive as much criticism (not necessarily from yourself by the way) as our own do.

For all he lacks, in the grand scheme of things we've had worse squad players than Junior (providing we get another forward in). RE: McAllister - there always has to be 1 homegrown scapegoat, doesn't there? There will be games Durmus is quiet and Kyle wins us... wingers don't play consistently, it's a tale as old as time.

I do wonder where this latest signing leaves young Erhahon? Although it looks to only be a squad player spot, personally would've liked to see Ethan get more of a run in there.

Torfason is pretty unusual to be fair

https://dunnottar.scot/st-mirren-home-1981-82/ Try that. That vendor has an incredible catalogue of retro shirts for scottish clubs. @john scott

I'd imagine we will be fine, thank goodness for giving away the extra stand against the sisters

Ideally he'd be controlling more games. I don't think our style of play has allowed any of our players to do that this year. Not the right position or game situation for him last night - forced through injury. With that in mind I think he done the leg work we needed him to, certainly not the worst i've ever seen. Our top league assister this season. 8 goal contributions in the league, Obika has 9. Not too bad IMO. I agree about McGrath - he was very effective.

Bit harsh people criticising Jakubiak and Andreu IMO. We're all guilty of frustration at times but I don't think anybody warranted it last night. Seems to be fashionable to pelter some players, before christmas it was Obika and Waters. Now the same people complaining about that at the time are rounding on the likes of Andreu and Morias. FWIW, I thought Jakubiak was great last night and had been a really good foil for Obika. Andreu came on and gave the pressing we needed as our legs had gone

Tactically spot on from Goodwin (if a little deep late on). Football played on the deck, forward at pace - as it should be. Solid no nonsense defending to accompany. Foley and Famewo were immense at the back. Wallace - class oozing out him in the middle again. No failures whatsoever in the team, but I think biggest credit goes to Obika, Waters and McGrath - all 3 have had absolute pelters at times - but all 3 really battled well tonight. We be positive and win our individual battles, we win games.

Judging by some of the posts on here you'll need to add a 'backwards in my seat facing anywhere but the pitch' option... including myself probably in all fairness

What's nearly as bad as the rhetoric Goodwin is delivering every week is the people seemingly buying into it without any question. I can handle defeat, certainly at Celtic Park - but i'm struggling to remain unconcerned by the subs and interviews. I found it quite ironic we had Tony Fitzpatrick on the field last Wednesday proclaiming once again we should be a top 4 side, meanwhile the manager sets us up to not lose every week. I really hope we buck the trend on Wednesday night

I can only speak for myself and i'm not really in full meltdown mode (yet). I don't think most of the reaction is to this result in isolation. I think it's carried over from Wednesday night in particular and also the previous 10 or so games. Hearts and Hamilton are picking up the odd win now even against the OF which isn't obviously ideal. Personally I think the writing has been on the wall for much of the season with our flaws and we are now very much teetering on the brink of a half decent league finish and disaster. Wednesday is massive.

The left side of our defence's distribution is extremely questionable at times

Don't know how to deal with Edouard's runs and as usual the midfield ain't picking up men

Hadn't actually considered this possibility. Perhaps explains Wallace given his lack of game time and Jakubiak seems to be struggling to get match sharp

We're now in March and it strikes me that Goodwin doesn't yet know his best 11 and doesn't seem to trust a high percentage of the squad. Wallace MOM midweek - dropped, Jakubiak and Obika partnership working better than previously with Andreu or Morias - dropped, Durmus probably our most creative player of late - dropped Interesting afternoon ahead

Thanks, I must've been sound asleep by that point