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R.B.B:- Adz reacted to a post in a topic: Celtic V St.Johnstone - Saturday 16th March
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Yep, I really think relegation would be disastrous for us and we could end up stuck in the lower leagues for a long, long time. Just look at what's happened to Hamilton, Partick, ICT, Dunfermline, Falkirk etc. If we went down we could easily find ourselves struggling just as much in the Championship as we have been in the Premiership. For me it's absolutely vital that we keep our place in the top flight, no matter how we do it.
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pezza70 reacted to a post in a topic: January Transfer Window
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It's a pretty similar situation to last season, really (can't remember the exact number but I think we lost something like 12 players last summer). I'd love for us to get back to the situation we were in under Tommy where we had a settled squad that only needed one or two additions to keep things fresh in each window. That's what you get when you have a long-term manager with a long-term plan, and players who are happy and want to stay. Sadly I think we're a long way from getting back to that place, if we even manage to get back there at all. Right now I don't think there's any other choice but to have another pretty big clear out. Of the players who are out of contract, I'm not sure there are any who I'd be particularly desperate to keep. I'd offer something to Drey Wright and I'd like Phillips to stay but he seems to be off elsewhere. I'm a bit on the fence about McGowan and Gordon. And youngsters like Jack Wills and Taylor Steven will hopefully be kept on. But other than that, I don't really see much argument for keeping any of the others.
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Updated first team squad status: Goalkeepers Dave Richards - 2024 - on loan from Crewe Alexandria Jack Wills - 2024 Dimitar Mitov - 2025 Ross Sinclair - 2026 Defenders/wing backs James Brown - 2024 - on loan at Raith Rovers Ryan McGowan - 2024 Liam Gordon - 2024 Andy Considine - 2024 Liam Parker - 2024 - on loan at Edinburgh City Callum Booth - 2024 - on loan at Spartans Luke Robinson - 2024 - on loan from Wigan Tony Gallacher - 2024 Olusadare Olufunwa - 2025 David Keltjens - 2025 Sam McClelland - 2025 - on loan at Dundee United Midfielders/wingers Drey Wright - 2024 Cammy McPherson - 2024 Daniel Phillips - 2024 Ali Crawford - 2024 Graham Carey - 2024 Cammy Ballantyne - 2024 - on loan at Clyde Sven Sprangler - 2025 Connor Smith - 2025 Max Kucheriavyi - 2025 Matt Smith - 2025 Alex Ferguson - 2025 - on loan at Queen of the South Attackers Diallang Jaiyesimi - 2024 - on loan from Charlton Atheltic Chris Kane - 2024 - on loan at Dunfermline Taylor Steven - 2024 - on loan at Alloa Athletic Stevie May - 2025 Nicky Clark - 2025 Benjamin Kimpioka - 2025 Adama Sidibeh - 2026
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Coltrane reacted to a post in a topic: Celtic V St.Johnstone - Saturday 16th March
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pezza70 reacted to a post in a topic: Celtic V St.Johnstone - Saturday 16th March
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I know there's always the chance of taking a hammering at Celtic Park or Ibrox no matter what we do (far, far better Saints teams have gone there and lost by more goals), but our team just feels so flat, unmotivated and poorly organised at the moment, and that's a big worry regardless of the opponent. I've no problem with us playing one up front as it can be effective if done well (we basically won two cups and qualified for Europe with one player up front - ironically a player who is still ours but apparently surplus to requirements), but what was the actual plan yesterday? Our five defenders just camped out on our own 18 yard line and invited them to come at us. Celtic just had to bide their time and wait for us to crack. On our part there was no pressing, no pressure on the ball, no one looking to have a go. Why do we never go to places like this and press them any more? Is it a fitness issue? Sidibeh did everything he could up front but honestly, what did Levein expect him to do? Outpace the Celtic defence and beat two or three men on his own? Seriously, we need to have a better plan than that. I've been saying this for years now but I really feel Stevie May would bring a lot to our midfield, especially in games like this one. He tracks back, he breaks forward, he tries to force opponents into making mistakes, he's the only guy who seems to move when we have the ball. He'd bring way more energy to our midfield than Carey (for example) does. Levein himself sounds like a defeated man in his interviews: as flat and out of ideas as the team, and way too quick to criticise the players when perhaps it's his own approach that is the real problem. I'm sorry to say that I just have absolutely no faith in him at all. Whether we stay up or not, I want a fresh approach for next season.
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blueheaven reacted to a post in a topic: Please Sign to try help Reading fc
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Also to add to the above: Max should really have been sent out on loan this season too. Half a season playing regularly in the Championship would have done him the world of good. Instead, it feels like he's missed out an important step in his development and he's paying the price for that now.
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I think we've really fumbled our handling of the loan market this season. Having three different managers in less than a year has probably had a lot to do with that and I can only blindly hope we get it better next season. I still say that when Raith Rovers needed a right-back on loan we should have sent them Olufunwa. He could be there right now getting regular game time at a good level and then come back to us next season ready to properly challenge for a place. Instead we gave them James Brown who, in my view, should have remained here as a useful back-up option. Was Kerr Smith basically unfit the whole time he was here, was there never any real intention to play him, or did he just turn out to be a weaker player than we thought we were getting? I wonder if United fans are asking those same questions about McClelland right now, too. I also still think it was ridiculous to give Chris Kane a new contract and then immediately decide he's not wanted. I know people will suggest various reasons for us doing that but to me it all just smacks of bad planning and weird decision making.
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Signed this. Really sad to see what's happening with Reading. During their Madejski-owned high point I used to work with a guy who had a season ticket there and I went to a couple of games. They seemed like such a well run club with absolutely brilliant facilities. In the right hands it felt like they had all the ingredients to be a fixture in the Premier League for a long time to come. Hopefully not a tale of caution that will ever be of relevance to Saints, but you never know what's around the corner.
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I think there's a good chance Kimpioka and Clark will start, but if it's anything like the Livingston game Clark will essentially be playing as a midfielder. TBH I'm fine with going 4-5-1 in games like this, especially when the one up front has Kimpioka's pace. As always, it's the wide areas that are a worry for me. Presumably Carey replaces DJ and Matt Smith continues wide right, but I don't think either of those players are particularly suited to those roles.
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blueheaven reacted to a post in a topic: Scottish Cup 2014 10th anniversary dinner
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Wasn't the Freedom of Perth award for winning the Double? I just had a quick Google and couldn't find any mention of it in reference to the 2014 win. The mural that appeared in town last year honouring local athletes was brilliant and something like that to honour our cup win would have been a great move. The council commissioned this. Why didn't they commission anything for Saints?
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pezza70 reacted to a post in a topic: Scottish Cup 2014 10th anniversary dinner
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Pleased to see the club doing something to mark this occasion. As it's going to be on a Saturday in November, if we have a home game on that day I'd really like to see the 2014 team brought out onto the pitch too. To this day it pisses me off that the city of Perth itself did nothing to commemorate the day. No plaque, no statue, no piece of art, nothing renamed. Just absolutely nothing.
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St.Johnstone V Livingston - Saturday 2nd March
blueheaven replied to SaintJet's topic in Saints Chat
Funny how quickly things can change. A couple of weeks ago I'd have thought an injury to DJ would have made no difference to us whatsoever. Suddenly, with the new system we've adopted and the way he's been linking up with Kimpioka, losing him feels like a pretty big blow. -
Celtic 3 Saints 0 Goal: Idah Card: Gordon
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He had to have thigh surgery in December and was reported as being likely to be out for the rest of the season.
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Hopefully there'll be a gigantic VAR c*ck-up in the final Old Firm game of the season and it costs one of them the title. That's the best chance we have of something actually being done about this mess.
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St.Johnstone V Livingston - Saturday 2nd March
blueheaven replied to SaintJet's topic in Saints Chat
May's never been the kind of striker who's going to win headers. If you watch the YouTube video of all the goals he scored in his peak season 2013/14, I think only one of them was a header and only one of them came from a cross. We need to play to our strikers' strengths and that's never going to involve pumping high balls up to May, especially against a team like Livingston. I'm pretty pleased with the fact that we have a few different kinds of strikers at the moment and think they're all going to have an important part to play between now and the end of the season. I'd still say May is the best all-round footballer out of the four of them and for me he's the one who's most suited to playing a bit deeper. Clark is the best out-and-out goalscorer and has to be first choice, and needs to be getting into the penalty box. Kimpioka looks brilliant at running on to through balls and seems to be a really good finisher in those situations, if we can exploit that. Sidibeh seems to want to do a bit of everything and is fast, hard working and likes to try having a shot from all angles. These are the best options we've had for quite some time but they all need different types of service so we need to make sure we're giving them that.