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Bit of a turnaround in last few minutes. Saints equalise and St Mirren score two to beat Aberdeen. With County losing too not such a bad day for Saints as it might have been. Well winning not so good but at least it was against an arse cheek.

Bit of a turnaround in last few minutes. Saints equalise and St Mirren score two to beat Aberdeen. With County losing too not such a bad day for Saints as it might have been. Well winning not so good but at least it was against an arse cheek.

Bit of a turnaround in last few minutes. Saints equalise and St Mirren score two to beat Aberdeen. With County losing too not such a bad day for Saints as it might have been. Well winning not so good but at least it was against an arse cheek.

Oh you ****in beauty!!!
Kimpi you gangly, beautiful B'stard greyhound!!!
 

Once Levein initially came in I was open minded. I hoped that his most recent unsuccessful spell at Hearts was as a result of him taking on too much and that his time out of the game would have made him reflect and we would get closer to version of Craig Levein when he was manager at Dundee United. Things started reasonably well and he did seem to have us more structured and organised but since the Hibs game just before Christmas we have been awful and now I have serious doubts about him.
What are we working on in training? Our lack of attacking threat is absolutely embarrassing. St Mirren were quite happy to just let us have the ball at the back today us they knew we offered nothing going forward and they just waited on us inevitably losing possession before breaking against us with pace and numbers against our cumbersome defenders. Leveins been in football for a long time and Andy Kirk has been hailed as a great coach so how neither of them can see this is beyond me. A change of formation? Perhaps look at bringing Sprangler or May on? No, it’s alright we will just bring Max on to pass the ball backwards and sideways.
Levein talked about feeling he could improve players. Who has actually improved under him? Nobody as far as I can see.
I can see why so many are scunnerred with things at the moment. Paying £300 for a season ticket and/or attending away games at an average cost of £50 per games to watch us offer nothing. The football on display is dreadful. Can anyone offer any sort of explanation as to why Gallacher was at rwb today? Never a great sign when a manager brings in his own players and a few weeks later they can’t get in the team.
The players also need to take a bit of responsibility as well. It’s simple things like giving possession away and not tracking runners. We have the opportunity to get rid of a lot of players who have simply not been up to at the end of the season, but unfortunately at this moment I have seen very little that gives my any confidence that Levein will be able to rebuild a squad that can be energetic, determined and most importantly offer much more in an attacking sense.
 

I have given Craig Levein and his sidekick the benefit of the doubt until now. It is clear to me that he / they are displaying pathological behaviours that are resulting in this squad performing far below its collective capability.
 
There is no doubt that we are bereft of any width (save for the injury prone Wright). It was obvious that this was the case from the day Levein took over but he failed to recruit to at least attempt to resolve.  Kimpioga and Sidibi may get us out of jail but without supply this is doubtful. Prioritising the signing of Connor Smith just makes no sense given the central midfield options and he is yet to show any ability to create opportunities. Sprangler now clearly behind C Smith and Kucheravyi in the pecking order - what?
There has to be an urgent change in approach or we sleepwalk into relegation.
What’s wrong with reinstating May with Clarke and playing Kimpioga wide? What’s wrong with  playing May as a number 10 with Sidibi / Clarke or Kimpioga up front.  Robinson and Gallagher clearly are unable to play as creative wing backs and the jury is out on Keltjens. The go to back three lacks pace and prone to bombscares. Move to a back four now and at least try and make use of the pace that now exists to give width, stretch defences and give forwards at least a glimmer of hope of seeing a penalty box chance.  
 
For god sake - release the shackles and try something different that gives at least a reasonable chance of picking up points. 
 
Over and out!
 
 

 
 

I'm open to that for entertainment at half time 😀😀

Great to see a forum member now part of the media team at Saints 🤣
hopefully these two tremendous reporters will see us heading in the correct direction now. Brilliant work from the club.
 

Hall was a PE teacher after he left football.
He was also a coach at Saints for a while in the late 90s early 00s.
Saints were full time when he was with them and didn't go part time until the relegation from the premier in 75/76.
As you say, they turned full time again in 90/91 after promotion.

Levein has made big mistakes over the years, far too comfortable at Hearts last time out, but has some achievements to his name. Did a fantastic job at Tannadice, (arrived in October to replace club legend Brewster who won us the cup!) will not tolerate players putting the tools away when conceding a 2nd goal, shapes teams who 'enjoy defending' and will build a squad that will not be pushed around. Expect his side and any signings he makes to display a certain muscularity......exactly what Saints need right now.  He has no previous connection to the club, a good thing, more important than many fans realise. 
Good appointment, hope it works.

Just a thought that gives me some degree of concern, and that is the prospect of Levein bringing the Kirk with him, only to become our Director of Football at the conclusion of the season. Andy Kirk then takes over as Coach/Manager for next season. 
The owner of Brechin City sell his club and becomes our new owner. 
We move to Brechin! 🤣
 

He is probably the highest profile person to ever come in and manage saints.
Wishing him all the best and looking forward to prelonged stay in the top flight.
Gets my vote. Well done saints, great appointment.
 

Most engrossing 0-0 I've seen in a long time. Incredibly well disciplined and organised performance. Seriously, hats off to Macca for drilling that into a team of guys who have barely played together, and in some cases barely played at all at senior level. It feels like there's been a lot of pressure on him and a lot of things going against him but he's stayed calm and worked hard and we've got a fantastic result out of it.
He'll rightly feel vindicated in the changes he's made and I'm very happy to say I was wrong in expecting a hammering when I saw that starting line-up. Absolutely huge now that we build on this and start picking up results and scoring goals against the teams we're more closely matched to, starting with Dundee next week.

Anyone doubting what Macca is trying to do surely needs to give him the benefit of the doubt for a while. 
 
Superb shift from 1 to 11 today 

that was frankly fuking glorious!!!
.....the astonished groans and whining of celtic park last 15 minutes was the best music ive heard in ages.....
great defensive effort, keeper (5*) and some other bright spots / phillips and costelloe for me, but overall they fought as a team and second half was better than first

Nice all round performance so far, although Carey's passing accuracy at times is frustrating. 
Cammy standout for me, May looked hungry, new keeper feels solid.
Fantastic to see so many youngsters in the team.

It was confirmed by Gus MacPherson at the last Open Night that Davidson had the final say on all transfers.

I realize Theo didn't set the heather on fire but I think the true blame for the young lads situation is the person or persons who convinced saints to sign him. Also to blame are  the clowns at McD who signed him on whatever recommendation, the young lad has taken some stick so I hope he finds his soccer dream.

I’ve not lived in Perthshire for over 10 years, but anytime I am back in the city I am always impressed.
Given its size, some quality restaurants and pubs. Got some great walks and both the Inch’s are great spots for taking the kids for a walk and to the park etc. 
Like most towns, there is not a great deal in the way of shops etc, but the main plus it’s Perths location. Only 30 minutes me and you can be in Dunkeld, Pitlochry and Crieff which are all all great wee spots. Good bus and train links to all major cities as well.
There are many, many worst places to live in Scotland than Perth and surrounding areas. We are Perth! 

Surely Rudden a better option.I dont see any future for Bair at the club tbh.
Great 3 points,if we'd lost that we would have really been in the shite

Brilliant defensive performance from all. First 30 mins looked pretty grim and only a matter of time before they had one of those crosses falling to a Rangers player.
Once we got the goal (what a hit!) we looked pretty comfortable with only the odd hairy moment. 
Pity Carey has no pace, otherwise he could have had another when he was through on goal.
Special mention to Parish....we know he's not first choice and he is prone to the odd 'moment' but he played his part in getting the win.

What do I know!!!!

Agree, Ryan McGowan, James Brown and Connor McLennan in the same team when you have a squad of 25 to choose from is absolutely unbelievable!!!!!

No way we are getting anything other than a defeat with that line up

Far too much respect! It's Hibs not Real Madrid.
Go out and try win the game.
Wee prick!