Irate-Pirate Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Not sure what McCall was so excited about at the end.He has always been an odious little creature. Think we can only put it down to his 'Wee man Syndrome" kicking in again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 10 minutes ago, Julian Banjos said: There's a touch of Messi the way he shuffles about off the ball, almost dragging his heels then suddenly bursts forward when he gets the ball at his feet Genuinely exciting to watch, and can only improve as the season goes on. Unfortunately, he'll meet many more opposition players like Jamie Adams though. Hope he stays fit. I heard Stoke had scouts at the game today watching two St Mirren players. He'll have been one of them I'm sure. Messi, didn't he miss a penalty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Banjos Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 3 minutes ago, Kendo said: Messi, didn't he miss a penalty? Imposter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doonhamer Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Genuinely surprised Shankland was started up front instead of Sutton, nothing to do with the penalty, plenty of better players have missed the target from 12 yards. I just don't think Shankland contributes enough. Lewis Morgan had an inspired first half, brilliant player, but he was a bit quieter in the second. Good to see the players looking angry and reacting to the Ayr goal. We need more of this. The red was fully justified. Reminded me of Willie Young in the 1980(??) English Cup Final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windae cleaner Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 37 minutes ago, Irate-Pirate said: Not sure what McCall was so excited about at the end. He has always been an odious little creature. Think we can only put it down to his 'Wee man Syndrome" kicking in again. I don't understand fans who want abuse their own players when this wee fud was in the place today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Definitely three points dropped. So it's 4 points for a win now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Yes. Pesky Lady Luck forcing Shankland to grab the ball, forcing Mallan not to get him to telt, and forcing our captain not to step in!The reality is we weren't unlucky. We didn't win today because of Lawrence Shankland's decision to force Mallan off penalty duty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabuddies Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 10 minutes ago, TopCat said: The reality is we weren't unlucky. We didn't win today because of Lawrence Shankland's decision to force Mallan off penalty duty. As has been said before Mallan had his last one saved by the Ayr goalie. Perhaps he goes to the bottom of the list. Personally, I'd have brought Sutton on to take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 As has been said before Mallan had his last one saved by the Ayr goalie. Perhaps he goes to the bottom of the list. Personally, I'd have brought Sutton on to take it. How many in a row had he scored before that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Brought back down to earth. To many fans (and me) and players thought we only had to turn up today to win. Every game is really going to be a battle and we need players that can last the whole 90 mins. Guessing Quinn is injured again ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 1 hour ago, doonhamer said: Genuinely surprised Shankland was started up front instead of Sutton, nothing to do with the penalty, plenty of better players have missed the target from 12 yards. I just don't think Shankland contributes enough. Lewis Morgan had an inspired first half, brilliant player, but he was a bit quieter in the second. Good to see the players looking angry and reacting to the Ayr goal. We need more of this. The red was fully justified. Reminded me of Willie Young in the 1980(??) English Cup Final. Notice that Morgan was playing more centrally second half. That could have been why he was quieter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 A guy in the Main Stand waited until McCall was leaving the pitch after FT and yelled at him for "celebrating a f**king draw, ya wee fanny!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 10 minutes ago, TopCat said: How many in a row had he scored before that? Don't you know, not a real St Mirren fan IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jake Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 A guy in the Main Stand waited until McCall was leaving the pitch after FT and yelled at him for "celebrating a f**king draw, ya wee fanny!":lol: Well done Drew, good on ye [emoji23][emoji1360]He is an odious cretin from a different species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 8 out of 10 Thoroughly enjoyed the Match The second half was a belter. We are improving and the future looks great. Delighted to see the attendance over 3000. An excellent 2700 Home support and a more than decent number from Ayr. A great afternoon at the Football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLBud Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Bud, 10 man Ayr at home is about as easy as it's going to get. And we still can't win.Jack Ross has had a very fortunate run of fixtures. In his first 9 games he's had Ayr, Dunfermline and Dumbarton at home. He hasn't had to go to Easter road or tannadice. Despite this easy run, from his first 9 games he's only returned 7 points. Frankly, thats nothing short of a disgrace. To compound this, he's only got 1 point from 3 home games against the teams immediately above us. That's the kind of results that will relegate us. Mate, if you can't see the positives from the last few games then you're either being a stubborn fanny or football maybe isn't your game.What a difference from earlier this season. We played with energy and tempo and, even at 1-0 down, I always thought we'd get something from that game today.I'm sure you'll bookmark all your references to Ross not being good enough so if the worst happens you can come on and gloat but, to be honest, we need fans of your type like a hole in the head right now. 7 points from 9 is a turning point for us and with the same grit and endeavour we'll be off the bottom before long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, Drew said: He was as poor today as he was good last week. Sutton was off the pace last week. I think it was an entirely reasonable decision not to start with Sutton. Frustrating game. We had plenty of chances, but lack an incisive, instinctive finisher. Also, too many poor final balls. That needs work. Bloody Dumbarton with their coupon busting results.... I had no problem with Shankland starting this week either. I thought he did pretty well last week while Sutton has been anonymous for a few games and while he has managed to score in the league this season, he hadn't done so since September. However, Shankland was poor today and I wouldn't have let him take the penalty, even if he was meant to. Not hitting the target is criminal - fair enough if Fleming had tipped it round but that was poor, as was the abuse he got from the usual f**kwits in the main stand afterwards. Would probably have taken a draw after that I was fairly certain we'd concede soon after. I suppose the good thing today is we did manage to get something out of it after the shoot ourself in the foot moment, unlike previous games (Dumbarton at home springs to mind). Shit set of results all round. 3 hours ago, Drew said: I thought it was very harsh. So did I. Was very surprised to see a red, booking would have been fair enough. Wonder if the ref took into consideration the cynical nature of the challenge? Could argue they should have had Cairney sent off for the penalty for preventing a clear goalscoring opportunity. McCall claimed afterwards it was fair enough and he'd walked over to their fans to ask if it should have been a corner or a goal kick. I'm assuming that's the one that was the most blatant goal kick you'll ever see yet the ref gave a corner, but he's hardly asking the most impartial set of people. Would have been superb if we'd continued our trolling of him with another late goal. Edited December 17, 2016 by Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam M Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 If you had said three weeks ago we would have picked up 7 out of 9 points then I would have bitten your hand off. As expected Ayr sat back trying to hit us on the break with us having most of the ball. I felt we needed either Sutton to give us someone to aim for, or Hardie to get the ball in behind. I thought Shanklands done ok (apart from the penalty) but he's not someone you can play up front himself. Had we scored the penalty we would have went on to win. Sadly we lost our concentration after that until Ayr stuck one in. To be fair our heads didn't drop, we got stuck in and managed to get a point. Sadly the results around us didn't go our way, but we can only focus on our own results and hope things go in our favour elsewhere. But it's nice to look forward to the next game again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 I actually thought to myself as Shankland trotted off as he was hooked after his latest disgrace in the stripes... Jeez. It must be a while since we had a striker who went 18 league appearances without a goal. I wonder who the last Saints striker to reach that shocking record was. Then I realised.... by f**k the answer is right there. The last Saints striker to go 18 league appearances without a goal is replacing the latest one to. David Clarkson for Lawrence Shankland.It's little wonder we are cut off at the bottom of the second tier with those two charlatans getting so many minutes up top. Let's hope they're both punted far away, where they belong, come the first of January.Shocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DLBud Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 So, we should pay Clarkson off then, reducing the little funds that Ross will have to improve the team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 So, we should pay Clarkson off then, reducing the little funds that Ross will have to improve the team? If we pay him off for less than his contract is worth, we will increase the funds available to Ross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Sanchez Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 On the red card. The tackle from behind was outlawed in football just prior to the 1998 World Cup. It's not a new one. See Craig Burley's red card in that tournament, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jake Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Oi, get orf my grass ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastlandssaint Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Mismanaged 8 team, in his non career, but came on to the pitch after a 1-1 Draw. Time to chuck it wee man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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