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County get a home game to start by virtue of being league champions, or so I believe.

Being pedantic, there was only 9 technically.

Why? He does this off his own back and for nothing it should be added. He doesn’t owe anyone on here anything let alone an explanation or an apology. If you can’t go without a forum for three days and expect and explanation as to why it disappeared then that’s slightly desperate.

You’re not buying Turnbull for that amount because you think he’s worth it, you’re buying the potential for how good he could be. Realistically if he was 7/8 years older you’d say a million was fair, but the lads got 4/5 years to develop and a big team will get him in their training and make him far better than Motherwell ever could. Potential is huge, it’s the same as why Jason Kerr should go for more money than he’s realistically worth, the future gain is far greater than the initial cost.

Suggests to me that there’s someone lined up who can play both right back and centrally if required.....maybe someone who’s already played both positions for saints.

I think when you look at the likes of Kelly and Devlin getting in the squad, you could say that Clark and Kerr are better and more deserving than either of them. So from that point of view it’s disappointing; however from a selfish saints point of view, it allows them both extended rest and give them a reason to up third performances and improve. Plus doesn’t draw more attention to them. So disappointing that their form hasn’t been recognised, but ultimately a good thing for saints themselves.

That one being played at Ainslie Park?

Given the lack of saints fans who go to games against the Glasgow teams it makes sense, especially from a financial point of view. Am I happy about having to relocate, no of course not, but for 3 games a season (4 max) in the league, if that extra £200k or whatever it is brings in a 15 goal a season striker and a push up the league then I’ll suffer in silence. Might actually help if all the saints fans are in the same stand as well. Im not sure itll happen as it would need to be announced prior to folk buying season tickets, then again it happened against Celtic in a game we won 2-1 a few years back and I don’t remember that being part of the season ticket pack either?

Ridiculous suggestion. Can’t even begin to imagine how unbearable you’re moaning would be having to watch Doolan not score or contribute game after game.

I mean you’ve literally got 1/4 things correct in a 4 sentence statement there. Impressive.

May be true, but why would Clark move? He’s going to go back to being a number 2 behind McGregor who’s been Rangers best player arguably this season. He’ll play for at least another few seasons.

We’ve just given O’Halloran and Wotherspoon 2 year deals not a chance they’ll be punted. Both are absolutely fine at this level, in fact an O’Halloran who finds some form (which will only come from games) is electric at times. Wotherspoon did nothing wrong on Saturday, actually looked for the ball and didn’t give it away yet you’re still criticising him, what chance does the guy have when fans are on his back even if he didn’t do anything wrong? As for the comment about Gordon being better than Kerr, that’s laughable. Ones played approaching 50 games for saints in a season and a half and is arguably our best player. The other whilst a good player, definitely isn’t being talked about for 7 figure moves. I’m also happy to have Swanson in the squad. The last few games he’s actually shown a willingness to get involved and try and do something. Bringing him on 1-0 up and defending a slim lead is never going to highlight his quality.

Why will be in trouble? These are the same players that had us 4th at one point and comfortably safe from relegation? A few better players would have us top 6 Form won’t carry over 3 months.

You’re tell me that he should have scored a 25 yard curling effort on his weaker foot? There’s no point in even arguing further if you believe that, that’s just crazy. His “free header” was also on about the penalty spot and absolutely fired at him, would of been an incredible header.

Theres a difference between losing a couple of headers to a guy with a running jump and not being solid. People critisise Tanser a lot, but for a large part of the season and again last night he’s got a winger in front of him who’s not the best at tracking back, leaving him 2 on 1 constantly. There’s only so much he can do alone.

Well that’s just nonsense isn’t it! He missed a chance to shoot and had one speculative effort saved, but other than that, he didn’t get a sniff!

Tanser was absolutely fine last night? Won tackles and headers, only time his man went past wasn’t either on the break or when they moved inside away from him.

I think it will be the smallest Dundee crowd for years to be honest. Complete apathy from both sets of fans for this and they seem resigned to their fate with McIntyre in charge. Lucky to break the 4k mark I reckon.

I think that’s definitely true. Goals against Hibs last season and the one against St Mirren show he’s instinctive. Even the volley he had, no thinking, just hit it. Would I trust him to score a one on one, almost certainly not. But to half volley a half chance in the box, yeah probably would trust him. Problem is, he’s a poacher, the rest of his game is lacking. A number of times against St Mirren he picked up the ball and took several touches before laying it off. Each time I thought of it had been Watt, he’d have span on the spot and pushed forward towards the goal and committed men. However I don’t think Kane would have missed some of the chances Watt has this season, so if we could somehow combine them, that’d be great.

It’s a lot easier to not let a striker in behind when you’re playing in the middle of the pitch. St Mirrens strikers got in with balls down the channel, anything over the top down the middle is just headed away.

Wow lots of interest for this one I see. Two teams in woeful form and have scored 4 goals in their last 8 games combined. So a high scoring game in store I suspect. I’ll be there, pretty sure the last time I watched a saints game at Livi, Nick McKoy played and we lost in extra time after a Liam Craig goal. Other notable games include Dave Mackay scoring a free kick against us at least once and Leigh Griffiths wonder volley to beat our long unbeaten streak. So potentially not a happy hunting ground apart from our success early in the season.

Tanser and Kerr are the only ones to come out of Saturday with pass marks. I really felt for Scott as time and time again he was left exposed with several men and stuck to his task well. In fact he was arguably the only player in the team to actually run and take a man on successfully. The most telling moment for me is when at 1-0 down, Shaughnessy had the ball and 20 yards clear space in front of him and he just stood still. Aberdeen didn’t close down and he was too scared to push on. Kerr on the other hand at one point went maurading into midfield forcing an Aberdeen player out of position and creating space for Craig I think who then could create going forward.

So you want us to go into next season with the strikers we’ve got signed up? So that’ll be Kane, McMillan and I think Hendry. We’d score fewer goals than we do now!

Wouldn’t have called Callachan a ball player either. He’s like a younger Davidson.

Whilst I never thought this day would come, Cagey is correct with one of his statements. Go back to the formation and tactics which were working so well, change for the sake of change wasn’t needed.