andrew

19 hours ago, garydavidson said:

Any idea what the average age of the squad is these days? Tommy battled to get it down but I am fairly sure CD undid that quite quickly. 

Tommy did a good job of getting the average age down before he left.

2 hours ago, Pat McGroin said:

To be fair Random, I was also told (and I mentioned on here about it very early) that Macca and Eetu had had a massive bust up in training. I believe Dave is right on both points. I heard the same info. 
 

Hendry was loaned out on both occasions because clubs came in offering to pay full whack for him and he wasn’t getting games. I was told the Chairman had basically said “well, you have enough already”

If you believe that the Browns will ever fully step back, you’re easily led!! 
 

I’m sure Geoff even still has a fair old input when he wants to.  

It’s called micromanaging or penny pinching (not good things). SB may have stepped back from that level of oversight, but even that’s hard to step away from for those who have become accustomed to it.

Whatever has been going on it has found its ultimate expression on the pitch, and that’s where the biggest let down of all has been. It’s almost criminal what we’ve witnessed this season, regardless of where it stemmed from.

1 hour ago, HOODLUM65 said:

Macca.

Anyone else think it was odd that Macca says CD trusts the back room team and, in the same sentence, they’re never off the phone.

Kilmarnock not been great all season but tonight, so far, they’re playing with some things we don’t have - intent, purpose and goals.

2 hours ago, Cagey said:

Can we shitfest two nil nils and get through on penalties ?.

That’ll be CD’s plan should we make it that far.

8 hours ago, SaintJet said:

Back tothe game. I wonder how we might approach this?

There will be temptation on CD to line up with a 3 5 1 1,  ( Crawford or May playing just behind Hendry ) maybe bring back Brown into the line up and maybe Muzz help stifle Rangers going forward. It really is a double edged sword for us because if we take a free hit and line up looking to take the game to them we could end up getting a real hiding and the one bit of comfort we have is a better goal difference than Dundee. We have a pretty big sdquad so I can see changes but I honestly just don't know what way we will go. I think we all agree having Zander back would be a huge bonus.

We will defend. We don’t do attack.

9 hours ago, saintgscot said:

I still say it’s to big a pay off to get rid of him. Also Would like him to have a chance at championship if we go down 

Aye, we could try to defend our way out of that league as well as this one

Went for the first Stevie May as I figured he’s better than the second Stevie May, and was probably meant to be Hendry

10 minutes ago, Tranmere Saintee said:

With the amount of money they have lashed out they should be able to compete in the SPL.

This is no Gretna. Kelty are sustainable. It’s not all about money. How many of their squad do we recognise or have even heard of?

We weren’t losing games by much, but latterly we were. The defence can’t cope with constant pressure due to a poor midfield and attack unable to hold the ball. All it took was one at the back to lose form or to start to make mistakes under the increased pressure. Not easily fixed without decent recruitment in the right areas and perhaps a change of style. All the stats and graphs make grim viewing. CD says we will be better. We shall see.

7 hours ago, mainstand said:

I don't think it is a coincidence that the improvement in Zanders stats has come at a period when there has become question marks about the defence in front of him. During the period that he was conceding the higher percentage of shots, defenders were blocking everything that moved in front of him and closing down space so when they did get through on zander it was wither a pretty good shot or it was a move that got through our back line.  

Mainstand suffering from confirmation bias? Won’t accept he was horrendous in 2020. Especially won’t accept that occasionally Random is right. We were calling him clownshoes game after game, epitomised by the goal he conceded at home to Motherwell. The turnaround hasn’t proved us wrong, simply that he went from so bad to the kind of performance that won us the match at Tananarive.

My issue is the lack of transparency in and the withholding of government data. How many in hospital and icu solely because of covid? How many of those are vaccinated/unvaccinated? Selecting two health boards and publishing their data may be a politically motivated attempt to keep us guessing and keep us divided. Without accurate and true national figures answering my two questions I am unable to assess whether restrictions are proportionate or disproportionate. None of us can. As ever, the politicians are playing politics. I don’t trust them. And they’ve shut me out of football too.

2 hours ago, Cagey said:

Morton bottom of league with 2 wins get a 5_0 win against Dunfermline with a new manager.

We should try that against Hearts. We could beat them 5-0. Away. Easy.

3 hours ago, sixties saintee said:

Nae mention by Davidson aw the piss poor defending by McCart that led tae the first goal, and May which but fir a deflection would have been another goal.

Or the same player being turned inside out for the second goal.

28 minutes ago, dave mc said:

Also tried a stepover  when he could’ve played easy ball to Rooney again 

How many times has the golden boy wasted possession, failed to challenge, etc. This is poor from CD.

4 hours ago, The Real Saints said:

Thank goodness Callum made it public that Eetu lost the ball. It was a private matter before then and nobody knew about it.

I only wish he had also pointed out who was nowhere to be seen as Morelos scored. Can’t figure out who it was.

4 hours ago, SaintJet said:

Callum sounds like TW did when we weren't getting any results and at the bottom of the league - it's only natural.

Don’t recall TW singling out a player like this.

County lose to Celtic by more than we do to Rangers then we’re off the bottom 

No point looking at last season’s table. I don’t buy this slow starters and bottom by Xmas idea either. All that matters is where we are now, and it isn’t looking good. To say a couple of wins and we’re up the league is fine, but where are the wins coming from? It looks bleak right now. Needs sorted.

54 minutes ago, blueheaven said:

Sorry but I don't think this shows bias against us from referees. What I do think it shows is that our discipline is absolutely bloody shocking, and is something the manager desperately needs to get a grip of. There are certain players in our squad who are constantly mouthing off and picking up completely unnecessary bookings for dissent, and it really is not helping our cause at all.

Let one complain and another next time. Better still, leave the captain to have a word. Many of our yellows and reds were easily avoided.

3 hours ago, McCarry One Nil said:

A hard pick tbh but I gave my vote to Jamie McCart. He's had a poor'ish season so far by his standards but thought he was back to his best on Saturday, thought him & Liam snuffed almost everything out that came their way

I’d need to see that backheel flicked clearance once more that he attempted that Celtic scored from before I can agree.

8 hours ago, Ali91 said:

Admirable calling this nonsense out but just as a heads up the adjective you’re using to describe the guy is inappropriate. Article here discussing why. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/inews.co.uk/news/uk/coloured-offensive-why-term-greg-clarke-fa-chairman-what-say-comments-resigned-756234/amp

 

I was telling my daughter the other day about being raised in Perthshire in the 70’s. I did not see a black person, a gay person or a disabled person, apart from on tv, until I was in my 20’s in the 1980’s. Our parents provided for us in terms of food, clothes and a roof over our heads, but we were mostly left to get on with it. I can’t recall my parents ever asking me about my job or giving me advice or even having a discussion about what I was doing or intending to do. Times have changed massively and, for some, that may take a bit of getting used to, including appropriate and inappropriate use of language.

47 minutes ago, templeofsaints said:

We were asked to - we were pretty early into the area round Hampden though. Stewards were checking at the end of the road to the ground

No check if you had a parking space though, just waved through.

12 hours ago, Melbourne Saint said:

And you can risk them given the break. We know what Tanser is about. Hopefully Joe scores an og.

Joe’s contribution to our success last season ought not to be underestimated.

2 hours ago, Sergei said:

Love Spoony but don't think he's having a great season.

Because fans are back?