St.Mirren V The blue bigots

[antrin]

Corner….

 

alnwick up for it.

[antrin]

But the ref got it first….

[saint in exile]

Midfield disappeared after 70 mins. And what was going on with the pitch? Players falling all over the place.

[DougJamie]

First 25 was superb... McGrath obviously a concern... overall ok performance ... on to Well and hopefully another away win.. COYS

[DougJamie]

1 minute ago, saint in exile said:

Midfield disappeared after 70 mins. And what was going on with the pitch? Players falling all over the place.

It was slippy ...water and grass tends to lean to that.. 

[Qarsaan]

Yes. But it seemed to affect Saints players more.

Still. Glad we didn't get robbed.

It was slippy ...water and grass tends to lean to that.. 

[Tommy]

Ist half we were good in spells but never in the game in the 2nd half.

Only 2 shots on target is a poor return considering how well we played in the 1st half.

Maybe having no left footed player for the 2nd half had something to do with our poor display. 

 

[st jock]

Pretty ironic to hear the Billy boys being spat out and 5 mins later the same fans applauding the red card to racism cards. The game started at such a high tempo for us and we  tired after the first 25 mins. 2 mistakes let the bigots swing the game in their favour. Obvious concerns over Ethan and Jamie. Let's hope for good news. I thought Brophy held the ball up well and will be a big player for us as the season goes on. Overall, that lot deserved their win but I'm still upbeat. W7 In cracking form again. I'm sure we will be pushing for top 6 again this season.

[faraway saint]

16 minutes ago, Slash said:

It’s 2021 and large majority of those “fitba supporters” singing about Bobby Sands and Irish terrorist organisations at a Scottish football match. Until the football authorities and police impose harsh sanctions we will never be rid of this bigotry. It’s absolutely shameful that this happens.

And one of our supporters decided to invade the pitch after our goal. Lifetime ban from fitba coming up for him.

Was it Pricky? 

[saint in exile]

18 minutes ago, Slash said:

It’s 2021 and large majority of those “fitba supporters” singing about Bobby Sands and Irish terrorist organisations at a Scottish football match. Until the football authorities and police impose harsh sanctions we will never be rid of this bigotry. It’s absolutely shameful that this happens.

And the irony is that they moan about "discrimination" against their players. Wise up, guys, abuse is abuse, whether based on race, colour, gender or religion.

[saint in exile]

1 hour ago, DougJamie said:

It was slippy ...water and grass tends to lean to that.. 

I've seen plenty of games on wet days, and in frost and snow, but I've never seen players slide and fall so much.

[northstbuddie]

We had belief for the first half hour or so and then the Scottish syndrome kicked in - ie. 'who are we to be taking the game to the bigots?'

More or less every other country in Europe seem to be able to compete successfully with them for the whole match instead of 'sitting in and keeping our shape'.

Neither of the bigot sisters are as good as the biased Scottish press make them out to be. How adopting a defensive formation is seen as a sensible ploy against ordinary opposition beats me. We are only handing the initiative to them time after time.

For years it has been the same failing for our international team although there are now signs that that is starting to change.

Give me 'offensive' as against 'defensive' every time and not just for the first half hour or so.

And that does not necessarily mean going gung ho and leaving ourselves wide open at the back - most other European countries manage to find the right balance.

Edited October 24, 2021 by northstbuddie

[mattman]

Decent performance, 2 minutes of madness cost us, disappointing all the graffiti around the stadium, is giving them an extra stand really worth all the hassle ?

[bigjerseybuddie]

Goal up and we shat the bed. Passing went from brazilesque to racecoursesque. Just read the bbc report on the game and states ronan’s shot “swerved in the wind”😂. We will finish pretty high up this league if we just believe at bit more in ourselves and get rid of the provincial club mentality. Rangers were there for the taking.

[faraway saint]

3 minutes ago, mattman said:

Decent performance, 2 minutes of madness cost us, disappointing all the graffiti around the stadium, is giving them an extra stand really worth all the hassle ?

Explain? 

[pondsman]

Fine effort but need to keep it going for longer than 25 minutes. Then we went into our shell and they stepped it up a gear. Were holding out well until 2 mistakes gave them the lead. We were not in it second half.

No real damage to our goal difference. Most concerning thing was injuries to Erhahon and McGrath - especially McGrath - in the week when we have to play Wednesday and Saturday.

 

Edited October 24, 2021 by pondsman

[munoz]

Excellent 1st 25 minutes but then took our eye of the ball. 

Conor Ronan was our man of the match.

 

[faraway saint]

11 minutes ago, Slash said:

Some Union Bears borrowed paint from the face painter and covered some walls with graffiti.

FFS, are there no police about? 

PS Was it Pricky? 

Edited October 24, 2021 by faraway saint

[Rascal]

1 hour ago, DougJamie said:

First 25 was superb... McGrath obviously a concern... overall ok performance ... on to Well and hopefully another away win.. COYS

Agree and a great strike to go in front. Pressure from Rangers led to their two goals as we sat back. After half time each team cancelled each other out.  On to Motherwell on Wednesday. Past games there have been tough but enjoyable. Win there and we would go above Motherwell in the league so all to play for. 

[Cookie Monster]

Was it Pricky? [emoji38]

Was it at the game, don't know if it mentioned it. [emoji848]

[W6er]

From where I was sitting, the incident that led to Rangers' penalty looked outside the box. 

We created very little, but that was an absolute beauty of a goal, though I haven't seen it since. Goal of the season?! 

[faraway saint]

It seems Mr attentions seeking Needham has realised he's made a feck up......................

[faraway saint]

Too little too late, unnecessarily dragged the club into something it didn't need....................

[faraway saint]

9 minutes ago, W6er said:

From where I was sitting, the incident that led to Rangers' penalty looked outside the box. 

We created very little, but that was an absolute beauty of a goal, though I haven't seen it since. Goal of the season?! 

From where I was sitting it was a stonewaller. 

If you take the massive trouble of looking back through this thread you can see the goal as many times as you like. 

Edited October 24, 2021 by faraway saint

[mattman]

24 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

FFS, are there no police about? 

PS Was it Pricky? 

Think it was a during the night effort. That’s their thing, I much prefer sleeping 😂