Kemp Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 It is not pre season!!! It's the league cup. Remember the tournament we won 3 years ago in front of a full house at Hampden? Didn't feel like an insignificant tournament then.Players should have had one week off at the end of the season then started pre season training. No excuse for not being sharp enough now.Very concerning performances so far, just as many were last season. Rae needs to be told in no uncertain terms how unacceptable this is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Kemp said: It is not pre season!!! It's the league cup. Remember the tournament we won 3 years ago in front of a full house at Hampden? Didn't feel like an insignificant tournament then. Players should have had one week off at the end of the season then started pre season training. No excuse for not being sharp enough now. Very concerning performances so far, just as many were last season. Rae needs to be told in no uncertain terms how unacceptable this is. Get to yir bed, grumpy. Although, pre season should begin a week or two earlier to have the players tip top fitness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Waking up to news of a 3-0 scudding from Hamilton would make anyone grumpy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 5 hours ago, Kemp said: It is not pre season!!! It's the league cup. Remember the tournament we won 3 years ago in front of a full house at Hampden? Didn't feel like an insignificant tournament then. Players should have had one week off at the end of the season then started pre season training. No excuse for not being sharp enough now. Very concerning performances so far, just as many were last season. Rae needs to be told in no uncertain terms how unacceptable this is. He dosent need to be told its unaxcceptable did you not listen to his interview after the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Pityme Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Without one influential midfielder (Quinn) we were exposed in lacking anyone to influence play. Mallan is good pushing forward, but not good enough to control things and bring others into the game. Hutton was ineffective too, hopefully he just had a bad game yesterday. bringing on Walsh and Shankland gave us a bit more hope, but continuing to pump long balls at them just made it as predictable as it is doing that with Sutton and Clarky. Rae needs to be able to play more than one style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddie Marvelous Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Yip, I remember it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddie Marvelous Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 15 hours ago, billyg said: Yes , almost two years exactly to when the first knicker wetting thread appeared that season. We were eventually relegated yet you spent months defending the manager ? Remember ? YIP, I remember it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedflanders123 Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 7 hours ago, Kemp said: It is not pre season!!! It's the league cup. Remember the tournament we won 3 years ago in front of a full house at Hampden? Didn't feel like an insignificant tournament then. Players should have had one week off at the end of the season then started pre season training. No excuse for not being sharp enough now. Very concerning performances so far, just as many were last season. Rae needs to be told in no uncertain terms how unacceptable this is. Yes it is perhaps not acceptable but everyone seems to think we have suddenly become a team that shouldn't lose to a SPL team. We will be better this season once players are fully match fit, and new ones settle in. We have no divine right to win a game and form will fluctuate with a team of young talent, potential and seasoned pros over the course if this season. .Hamilton took their chances and we didn't. Bad day at the office and Alex will sort it out. Remember we did win our first two games against decent opposition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Did Rae not use the very word "unacceptable". I think he did, and I think he sets a reasonably hight standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) Damn! When I saw this thread, I thought it was the name of a new centre mid we'd signed. Would he have been tall enough, though...? ETA - too slow by some way Edited July 24, 2016 by Drew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 It is not pre season!!! It's the league cup. Remember the tournament we won 3 years ago in front of a full house at Hampden? Didn't feel like an insignificant tournament then.Players should have had one week off at the end of the season then started pre season training. No excuse for not being sharp enough now.Very concerning performances so far, just as many were last season. Rae needs to be told in no uncertain terms how unacceptable this is. One week off?Fortunately employment law requires a minimum amount of leave per year. Although I'm sure we can now debate whether the players are employed full time or not. :-P Sent fae ma fone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 16 hours ago, pod said: Just had one. One what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 4 minutes ago, insaintee said: One what? Neck. How many you got? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Just now, shull said: Neck. How many you got? Fanny How many you got? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 9 minutes ago, insaintee said: Fanny How many you know? Just the wan. Working in Saudi presently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Dickson Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 On 24/07/2016 at 11:30 AM, nedflanders123 said: Yes it is perhaps not acceptable but everyone seems to think we have suddenly become a team that shouldn't lose to a SPL team. We will be better this season once players are fully match fit, and new ones settle in. We have no divine right to win a game and form will fluctuate with a team of young talent, potential and seasoned pros over the course if this season. .Hamilton took their chances and we didn't. Bad day at the office and Alex will sort it out. Remember we did win our first two games against decent opposition. What chances? From what I can remember St Mirren had a Mallan shot on goal blocked by a Hamilton player and nothing else to talk about. The whole issue is that St Mirren weren't creating at all whilst defensively sloppy play and silly mistakes meant St Mirren conceded 3. I hope you've got your shite about needing time to be match fit and gelling saved. Copying and pasting it will certainly be easier than having to type it out every week. But I'll ask you now, at what point in the season do you expect a professional footballer to be fit enough - if it isn't for the first competitive match of the season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munoz Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 3 hours ago, Stuart Dickson said: What chances? From what I can remember St Mirren had a Mallan shot on goal blocked by a Hamilton player and nothing else to talk about. The whole issue is that St Mirren weren't creating at all whilst defensively sloppy play and silly mistakes meant St Mirren conceded 3. I hope you've got your shite about needing time to be match fit and gelling saved. Copying and pasting it will certainly be easier than having to type it out every week. But I'll ask you now, at what point in the season do you expect a professional footballer to be fit enough - if it isn't for the first competitive match of the season? We had plenty of chances - some good , some half . Selective memory I think . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 On 24/07/2016 at 1:56 PM, shull said: Just the wan. Working in Saudi presently. How dare you tell the truth about smokie. Reportit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedflanders123 Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 4 hours ago, Stuart Dickson said: What chances? From what I can remember St Mirren had a Mallan shot on goal blocked by a Hamilton player and nothing else to talk about. The whole issue is that St Mirren weren't creating at all whilst defensively sloppy play and silly mistakes meant St Mirren conceded 3. I hope you've got your shite about needing time to be match fit and gelling saved. Copying and pasting it will certainly be easier than having to type it out every week. But I'll ask you now, at what point in the season do you expect a professional footballer to be fit enough - if it isn't for the first competitive match of the season? If you can't see the need for match practice etc then you are clueless. Celtic lost to a bunch of part timers as did Falkirk and Killie lost at home to Morton. I would wager both teams will not be fully match fit and will improve and Celtic win the league. As I said it was a bad day at the office and to start knickerwetting before July is out is laughable. Like others you forget we won our first 2 competitive games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Dickson Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 44 minutes ago, nedflanders123 said: If you can't see the need for match practice etc then you are clueless. Celtic lost to a bunch of part timers as did Falkirk and Killie lost at home to Morton. I would wager both teams will not be fully match fit and will improve and Celtic win the league. As I said it was a bad day at the office and to start knickerwetting before July is out is laughable. Like others you forget we won our first 2 competitive games. No - I was at the Livingston game and I know only too well that the result papered over some very apparent cracks. The lack of movement throughout the side is blatantly obvious. If you haven't noticed that yet you are clearly clueless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Dickson Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, munoz said: We had plenty of chances - some good , some half . Selective memory I think . I honestly can't think of them Munoz. There was an opening in the first half that St Mirren created for Mallen and he scooped it well over the bar but other than that and Mallans deflected shot in the second half I cant think of anything that would constitute as a good chance - and in neither of those instances was their keeper forced to make a save. I get that if you can't be optimistic about the season this early on you may never be optimistic, but the two matches I've seen so far St Mirren have been piss poor with very few players getting pass marks in either match. I certainly can't see how some on here seem to think St Mirren have a good squad on paper either. The reality is that it's a paper thin squad with plenty of experience amongst a number of journeymen players in the squad, but there is very little quality with only Irvine, Clarkson and Morgan showing up well in either match. Edited July 25, 2016 by Stuart Dickson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) I am not a big fan of this "takes a few weeks to get to speed" stuff. Why are these players not mentally and physically up to speed on day one? Its their only job FFS. Can you imagine Andy Murray taking 6 weeks to get to speed at Wimbledon? At the Aussie open he plays one tournament after 6 or 7 weeks out, usually does well in it and then straight into the Open. You dont see him struggle to hit form at any stage other than very rarely. In a recent interview he talked about the risk of using the first set as a way of settling in. He aims to treat the first game like the last. That way he can win the first set before his opponent has woken up. That is why he is a winner. Too many Scottish players perform shite at this stage of the season because they know that culturally they are expected to do so. Rae is talking about our players cowering out of tackles in a competitive game. WTF????? Its a bad mentality from players who should be embarassed to call themselves professional. Edited July 25, 2016 by oaksoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Andy Murray took weeks to get 'up to speed' when he returned to playing.Sent fae ma fone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, tony soprano said: Andy Murray took weeks to get 'up to speed' when he returned to playing. Sent fae ma fone Andy Murray very rarely takes any time at all to get back to being one of the best in the world regardless of when he returns. In 2016 alone he has won 46 singles matches and lost just 6. Over his entire professional career he is at an average win rate of 78% of all matches he takes part in. He has been sustaining or bettering that ratio every single year since 2007 with only his first two years as a pro understandably bringing those numbers down. If Saints did that we would be sitting on 84 points or thereabouts. Edited July 26, 2016 by oaksoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosferatu Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 6 hours ago, tony soprano said: Andy Murray took weeks to get 'up to speed' when he returned to playing. Sent fae ma fone aye, returning from injury professional footballers should be able to keep themselves fit over a close season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.