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Despite what happened elsewhere I still view that as a good point. If we go down, it's not going to be because of hard-fought draws against Aberdeen. It's going to be because of other disastrous results from earlier in the season. We're light years ahead of where we were at the start of this season in so many ways. I'm really liking the Balodis-Mitchell-Douglas back line and you can see we've become really hard to break down. And Sprangler and Holt continue to cover every blade of grass and put everything on the line in midfield. I love watching those two play. We have great options around them too with guys like Griffith and Carey. I just feel it's that final link between midfield and attack that isn't quite working yet and I can't help but wonder if that might have been different had we managed to get Eremenko or similar in the January window. Personally I'd still like us to bring Nicky Clark back in to play in more of a front two, with Clark next to one of Sidibeh or Kirk. I just feel we're missing Clark's extra bit of experience and nous in that area at the moment. My starting team right now would be: ____________________Fisher ___________Balodis Mitchell Douglas Curtis ______Sprangler Holt ________Wright ___________________Griffith ________________Clark Sidibeh I guess our chances of staying up have probably now slipped to quite a bit below 50% and even that is perhaps being optimistic. But even if we go down I think there's a lot to look forward to. I said on here a few months ago that I thought Simo should keep his job if we go down, as long as he's shown signs introducing real improvements, and I don't think anyone could doubt that we've seen a lot of those. I'm really looking forward to seeing what Simo's going to build here over the summer, regardless of what league we're in.

It's on the corner of the east and Ormond so they would be surrounded with no way out. Would you want to be there with that vermin surrounding you.

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Our form in 2025 is top six. Not sure what more he can be expected to do, tbh.

One of my outstanding memories of that match was watching the heavily armed security squad , complete with snarling Alsations, marching stiffly past the Saints section at the end of the game. When they realised the Saints fans were applauding them, not abusing them, the whole atmosphere changed. Their faces lit up and they happily waved to the Saints fans. They were obviously not used to such a reception. A great night in so many ways!!

Don't get me wrong, I don't think we played especially well either, but what I'm impressed by at the moment is our ability to grind out results when we're not in brilliant form. Earlier in the season those games would have been defeats, and quite possibly heavy defeats. Some of our more recent performances have actually reminded me a little of what we were like under Tommy, when we had the platform of being tight at the back which allowed us to sneak a goal and get a win when it might have been unexpected or against the run of play. On Saturday we certainly weren't great, but the longer the game went on at 0-0, the more I felt our chances grew of grabbing all three points. Obviously that wasn't to be in the end, but you can see those foundations getting stronger. Possibly it's not happening quickly enough for us to be saved, but it is happening. It actually made me laugh on Saturday hearing Ian McCall on the radio still asking the same old question of whether we've made the right decision in going for a manager playing "open football" instead of someone who would have us higher up the table (as if we're actively choosing not to be higher up the table). There's a myth going around these guys that all Simo wants us to do is play pretty football, but anyone actually watching Saints can see that we've become a lot more solid and better at the back than we ever were under Levein.

I think people are just mildly irked by your tendency to blow things out of proportion on a weekly basis, just a few days after you ironically claimed that people focusing on the points gap are likely to blow things out of proportion on a weekly basis. Hibs and Dundee United are perfectly winnable games. There's only the slightest variation in quality from 3rd place downwards, hence why we were able to reduce the gap from 10 points to 3 points so quickly. The same thing can happen again, whether it lifts us closer to safety or pushes us further away. It's easy to pay attention to the points gap whilst remaining rational and avoiding a rollercoaster of emotions, regardless of what you or Radford believe. I want us to win every game and I'm disappointed when we don't, the same as always. But I remain hopeful until the hope is gone. Nobody is 'furious'.

Would be great if they made a video of this so all us supporters that live along way from Perth could enjoy this too.

Uche's almost back apparently. A few weeks away. Just in time to save us from relegation

Thats probably the most sensible post you have ever made on WAP. Great idea.

I see Griffiths has rejected a call up to international squad to get fit for relegation battle I see the Saints shop will be closed during the Celtic match. For security reasons or the fact there wont be any Saints fans there?. Either way it paints a picture.

Don't know the Saints team but they were defeated 4-1 by 4 Allan Forrest goals in a bounce game yesterday.

https://youtu.be/0PobvgvtqIY?si=3I-hXB65RgZe368u

Realistically we are just clinging to the cliff edge. Our position is as a result of losing far too many points due to inept defending, especially just after we score, failing to see games out. We have lacked creativity from midfield for a few seasons and this fails to create the chances we need with our level of striker. Kirk, I think has been overplayed and is struggling. Coming on from the bench may be a benefit to him. Every team bar Saints has gone on a run so we have to be on one from now. Every game we need to look for three points. The good half needs to become a full game. Others have had a go at the bigger teams and earned something so why can't we? Plan B, once the drop is confirmed, we play our fringe players like Steven to see what they can offer.

No problem with thinking that previous seasons don’t carry much relevance but it then doesn’t make sense for you to have referenced results against these sides earlier in the season when for example we started some of these games with Rae/Sinclair in goal, Kyle Cameron and Jack Sanders at the back plus Essel and Nielson in midfield. It feels like you only place importance on stats that back up your own opinion. We’re in a difficult situation like we have been for much of the season, agree ideally you would have liked a few more points from the run of games mentioned but the team looks to have improved defensively during that run and we have a couple of weeks to work on the attacking side now. It’s not going to be easy but it never was after the festive period and the opportunity is still there to go get a couple of big results before the split - we look more well placed to get those results now than we have done at any other stage of the season in my opinion. It might not happen but I’ve certainly got belief that it can.

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Good to see Callan Hamill and Brodie Dair get game time in Scotland under 17s 2-0 win over Romania yesterday.

It’s unbelievable. The collection is great so well displayed. The emotion it brings both happy and sad is unreal. Well done all involved.

Been ,seen , done it .

The saints shop should open temporarily in Geoffrey broon stand . that would be braw .

Braw memories

I think their next game is against Dundee, so hopefully that doesn't happen.

Is providing a reason why that isn’t necessarily the case seeming furious? Aberdeen at home is a hard game and Hibs and Utd away will also be hard games but I don’t see that much difference in our chances of winning any of them. If you place any relevance on what has happened previously, I suspect (without looking into it) we have more recently won away at Easter Road and Tannadice than against Aberdeen at home. They are all pretty close to each other in the league table so I don’t see much difference in the fixtures in terms of possibility of winning.

Of course we need to find wins and pick up points, I'm not disputing that. All I'm saying is that in the context of a whole season I don't see a point against Aberdeen as a bad result. In fact, it's probably a point from a game that we would have lost earlier in the season. I don't think we ever looked like winning on Saturday but at least we're now looking solid at the back and preventing these teams from scoring against us. Sadly it's starting to look like we're not improving significantly enough or quickly enough to save ourselves, but I'm not sure there's much else that can be done. I think Simo's doing as much as he can do, and as quickly as he can do it. I look back at our collapses at Kilmarnock and at home to Dundee, our stoppage time defeat against St Mirren and other poor results from earlier in the season and see those as the ones that will ultimately have done the damage if we go down. I don't think I'll look back and see a 0-0 against Aberdeen in that same light.

It seems to have been the way of it this season, any gain we make is replicated or beaten by those above. That old saying of when you are at the bottom and it just isn't going your way:

Think we just need to concentrate on a game at a time and get wins. It will take a miracle win against Celtic to change the mathematics and logic of our chances of staying up. Damn shame we left it so late to turn into a decent team

Pit it on Perth auld bairns

I suppose we have to take Simo's attitude to this. No matter what happens, nothing changes. Our defence gives me confidence we can now keep teams out, the opposite of the start of the season, which is the reason why we're in this position. We had Sanders, Cameron and Rae, all with at least one big mistake each game in them. We seemed to have stopped that. Hopefully, it'll be in time. We could do with the strikers to tap into a bit of form. As Cleveland said above, as much as he might annoy you, Murray, or a player like him, would make such a difference to our team right now. We should maybe use Clark more as a late sub, and stick him in front of the opposition keeper. He's the closest we have to a natural goalscorer. Get to the split within touching distance and we have a chance. Then we really have to be at our best each game. Today's result though, leaves you feeling a bit like we need snookers. Oh well, when the going gets tough...

Very, very difficult. However, we must keep trying.

Simon Murray has to be one of the ugliest players ever to don a football shirt..... that said I'd have him on our team in a second. Thats us fuked......

Over 10% of Perth come to our games, you get less than 5 % 🤷🏻‍♂️, we’ve won national trophies this century 🤷🏻‍♂️

Anything is possible, if Kirk wants to go...let him

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