slapamythighs Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/32240531 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whydowebother Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/32240531 Read that earlier via Twitter , seems about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Pityme Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/32240531 Never mind getting Chick 'kiss-ass' Young involved in any potential fan takeovers, we could do worse than a straight talker like this telling it as it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnus Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/32240531 Nailed it. The BoD will not like this one little bit because it's not come from the smelly fans. Quite horrendous when you see it laid out like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Good article, spot on as usual from Mr English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Pityme Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 It seems this is the same approach being mooted for a potential fan takeover, that being doing the exact same thing with the same people all over again and hoping for a different result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaside Nipper Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Hmm, well yes, easiest piece he ever wrote, he's cherry picked this site I thought it strange though he does not mention the For Sale status of the majority shareholding. Doing that maybe undermined the pointedness of his atricle. So what, he is right in that we are where we are because we are who we are, we have simply cashed in on our utter lack of investment , in planning , in forming a template, in attempting to compete with our peers. We chucked it after the League Cup win. Too many folk thought , cracked it , and sat about waiting for the bids. Still waiting..........................meanwhile we burn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise79 Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 I read it earlier too and Mr English said exactly what we were all thinking really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizard King Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 It's a terrific article - depressing but 100% accurate. We all know it, but in a way it's reassuring that an 'outsider' sees it the same as all of us. The BOD have made a monumental f**k up in running fb club and someone needs to be held accountable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 I read it earlier too and Mr English said exactly what we were all thinking really Nonsense! The man is merely a knickerwetter and a keyboard warrior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 I've a lot of time for Tom English,one of your better Sports "Journalists".He is absolutely spot on with his assessment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E=Mc2 Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Hindsight is 20/20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 bang on the button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Urquhart Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Tom English is spot on. If the board don't like it, tough. Truth hurts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappy coco Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 WTF... a journo who speaks the truth... He'll find himself out a job soon if he's not careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 FFS he hasn't told us anything that we didn't know already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhura Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 For as long as Stewart Gilmour has been there the policy has been the same right back to sacking Tom Hendie and appointing John Coughlin. They've all been duds - check where they are now if they are still in the game. Who is the last manager we have had who has achieved anything as a manager either before or after being with Saints. After nearly 20 years this is the current board's legacy - an inability to recognise a football manager. If you are reading this board members and disagree with it, then prove me wrong - get in someone who knows what he's doing before you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyg Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 FFS he hasn't told us anything that we didn't know already. Yes , but you and several others on here have been in denial for years , while most of the realistic people (referred to by SG and others as knickerwetters) have been sitting waiting for it to happen , it was only a matter of time and in the medium term , at least , there will be no way back ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 There might not be any startling revelations in the piece, but he has laid it out succinctly, and in stark terms. No option for Gilmour to attribute it to knicker wetting fans this time. This is an impartial, and measured account, and is, of course, bang on the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windae cleaner Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 For as long as Stewart Gilmour has been there the policy has been the same right back to sacking Tom Hendie and appointing John Coughlin. They've all been duds - check where they are now if they are still in the game. Who is the last manager we have had who has achieved anything as a manager either before or after being with Saints. After nearly 20 years this is the current board's legacy - an inability to recognise a football manager. If you are reading this board members and disagree with it, then prove me wrong - get in someone who knows what he's doing before you go. Gus McPherson wasn't a dud with us The BOD got lucky there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 There might not be any startling revelations in the piece, but he has laid it out succinctly, and in stark terms. No option for Gilmour to attribute it to knicker wetting fans this time. This is an impartial, and measured account, and is, of course, bang on the money. Someone said eariler it looks like Tom English read this forum. That could well be the case. In actual fact, if I sat down to write a similar piece on The Sevco - I could easily do it by re-visiting the BRALT thread on P&B to brush up on some of their big incident failings. I agree the English piece is bang on what many of us are thinking, but when he goes into detail about yer' Jake Caprices & Co... Christ, I had forgotten all about Jake Caprice, and indeed Christopher Dilo. Nah, he's been on here, Div tipped him off. Either that, or Tom English gave Div a call and said 'How's it going Your Royal Divness of Renfrewshire? Look, writing a piece on how shite St Mirren are - remind me, who were some of your shite signings again? Cheers big man, look forward to seeing you on the telly next week when Teale resigns....' Pretty sure that's how it happened. It's about time Div owned up. (Inserts smilie, well, disnae' insert smilie as on iPad, but just imagine there's one here). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaside Nipper Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Someone said eariler it looks like Tom English read this forum. That could well be the case. In actual fact, if I sat down to write a similar piece on The Sevco - I could easily do it by re-visiting the BRALT thread on P&B to brush up on some of their big incident failings. I agree the English piece is bang on what many of us are thinking, but when he goes into detail about yer' Jake Caprices & Co... Christ, I had forgotten all about Jake Caprice, and indeed Christopher Dilo. Nah, he's been on here, Div tipped him off. Either that, or Tom English gave Div a call and said 'How's it going Your Royal Divness of Renfrewshire? Look, writing a piece on how shite St Mirren are - remind me, who were some of your shite signings again? Cheers big man, look forward to seeing you on the telly next week when Teale resigns....' Pretty sure that's how it happened. It's about time Div owned up. (Inserts smilie, well, disnae' insert smilie as on iPad, but just imagine there's one here). Well it makes us newsworthy, something we very rarely ever are ............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Hindsight is 20/20 Foresight too apparently, apart from where the BoD are concerned... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Dickson Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Gus McPherson wasn't a dud with us The BOD got lucky there I'd agree with that but even McPherson had problems dealing in the transfer market with limited resources with the likes of Mo Camara and Craig Fargo on his list of flops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Someone said eariler it looks like Tom English read this forum. That could well be the case. In actual fact, if I sat down to write a similar piece on The Sevco - I could easily do it by re-visiting the BRALT thread on P&B to brush up on some of their big incident failings. I agree the English piece is bang on what many of us are thinking, but when he goes into detail about yer' Jake Caprices & Co... Christ, I had forgotten all about Jake Caprice, and indeed Christopher Dilo. Nah, he's been on here, Div tipped him off. Either that, or Tom English gave Div a call and said 'How's it going Your Royal Divness of Renfrewshire? Look, writing a piece on how shite St Mirren are - remind me, who were some of your shite signings again? Cheers big man, look forward to seeing you on the telly next week when Teale resigns....' Pretty sure that's how it happened. It's about time Div owned up. (Inserts smilie, well, disnae' insert smilie as on iPad, but just imagine there's one here). Said it before, there are actually several Saints fans amongst the BBC Scotland sports team, not to mention a certain pundit, a certain presenter and a certain trackside radio/tv reporter. The subject of our failings and our board in particular has been discussed at great length for at least this season of not far beyond that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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