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  1. 34 minutes ago, blueheaven said:

    If we stay up, I'd like to see a new contract offer put on the table for Mitov as one of our first priorities. If we offer him a one-year extension with a decent pay rise, and some sort of release clause so that we can't stand in his way if a good offer comes in, it could be tempting for him to start earning more money now rather than have to wait for another year. He'd get more money and Saints would get more security for when offers start coming in.

    This is such a clever financial savvy strategy: it has no place in this form.😂

  2. 58 minutes ago, blueheaven said:

    Knowing what Saints are like when it comes to selling players, probably a very small one. That's why I'd rather we just held onto him for another year. I think another full season of having a goalkeeper as good as that is worth a lot more to us than the £200,000 or whatever it would be we'd end up selling him for.

    I wonder if there's a chance Celtic might show an interest in him.

     Was thinking exaclty that. Mitov is  the top shot stopper in the league and has shown a good temprament for the Scottish game. If Celtic think he's good enough I could see a low ball offer from them so we would need to show some resolve to keep him unless our evaluation is met or have an unsettled player on our hands.

  3. 3 minutes ago, Gas Monkey said:

    I suspect it’s the play offs for us. RC result was indeed huge and they are starting to play a lot better. Just can’t see us scoring enough goals to avoid 11th

    I'm more hopeful. I like what I've seen in Sidabie and Kimpionka and Clark is always good for a goal; even Steve May is still looking sharp and on board.

    It's like I said in the thread starter v Celtic we have been really unlucky with all the stop start fixtures; even going back to new year when the Dundee fixture was called off we have just never been able to get any momentum.

    The split fixtures will be huge obviosly with home games against Ross and Aberdeen and away at 'Well, Livi and Dundee.

    Nervy month coming up.

  4. 19 hours ago, Dave Ferg said:

    Hopefully Drey Wright will make a massive difference when fit. 

    Agree completley; we've been crying out for width all season so hope he can come back and make an immeadite impact.

  5. On 3/16/2024 at 10:10 PM, RandomGuy said:

    Please, please, remind us how bad it was 50 years ago and how thats our level.

    The 3rd most successful club in Scotland over the past decade with a turnover of over £12m, and a group of older fans still think we're a part time outfit dreaming of the top flight.

    Times change, and you should probably remember the mindset that dragged us out that shiteheap and moved things upwards. It certainly wasn't "what do you expect? We're a wee diddy outfit who are lucky to even share a park with top flight sides".

    I couldn't be arsed responding to this pi sh on Saturday but please enlighten me; what does where we were fifty years ago have anything to do with where we are now and where in my post did I allude to this?

     

  6. 1 hour ago, blueheaven said:

    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.

    You just need to look across the road to see how utd are struggling to get out of that league to see what a nightmare going down would be. Next season, Falkirk will be in the fray and Livingston if it is them will have the battling qualities required for the dog days of January and February. We have to find a away to stay up and the players in the squad know this.

  7. On 3/17/2024 at 6:44 AM, RandomGuy said:

    None of that prevents our players from being able to complete simple passes under pressure. Its embarrassing watching them. Phillips was horrendous and ended up scooping the ball into the air every time he tried a first time pass.

    Theres Its clear they dont do much, if any, on the ball work in training. just no muscle memory about what to do when the balls coming at you and so is an opponent. 

    This must be one of your top posts in a long line of utter nonesense posts!

  8. 1 hour ago, The Kinross Saint said:

    Keep on happy clapping champ.

    I wasn’t expecting anything because I know how gutless this side is. We can at least attempt to score a goal rather than planting 11 men behind the ball against a celtic side that have struggled recently.

    I love how people start to question if someone is a fan if they complain about a result. What condescending pish, what qualifies you to decide who is or isn’t a fan? 

    Get behind the team instead of continually berating them. 
    I conclude what a fan is when they go through the mill with their team through thick and thin- your clearly a very young individual with a sense of entitlement.

    I assure you attempting to score was very much in the game plan but you’ll learn that when you get to high school.

     

  9. 45 minutes ago, The Kinross Saint said:

    The grim thing for me is how unlikable this team is. I can hand on heart say the only player I’d be sad to say go is Mitov. He’s the only player who demonstrates anything like a St Johnstone player from our successful decade.

    What exactly were you expecting today?

    celtic were at it from the get go and never gave us minute. Even Packy was saying Celtic were at their best in weeks.

    Some “ fans” are desperate for us to be relegated!

  10. 6 hours ago, blueheaven said:

    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?

     

     

     

    It really is sad that there is nothing to commemorate the cup wins; this should be raised at the next fan meeting. A bronze statue of Tommy with the cup outside the stadium entrance would be magic.

  11. I can't recall a season where we have been so unlucky with the way the fixtures have fallen for us as they have. Just when we got back on tracks with a great win in Aberdeen and a good fighting draw with LIvi we have a free weekend because of the cup and then follow that with a trip to Parkhead before another free week with the International week. It's all been stop start and we just can't get any momentum.

    A trip to vist Celtic where in the corresponding figure early in the season Macca achieved his only positive result whilst in charge a 0-0 reargaurd. We carried a lot of luck that day and Mitov was outstanding. We'll need that same endeavour on Saturday.

    Recent games have shown that Celtic are nervous and if you put them under pressure the crowd react negativley. I hope Levein is brave enough to start two strikers - I think Kimps and Clark might start and Sid could play a big part if we are still in this game late.

    We must be level at half time to stand a chance.

  12. That was a truly brutal watch. I knew after five minutes that we were going to be lucky to get anything out of the game. The ref's are going to have to realise that fans have actually payed to get in to watch the game and this type of time wasting tactics is driving fans away. If anyone had the misfortune of bringing along a friend on Saturay I suspect that friend won't be rushing back anytime soon.

    I think any team would have struggled against Livi on Saturday - they set out their stall early and had done their homework; Kimiopka was closed out early and never got away from their giant centre backs. I would say that we were very poor and never managed to exert any control on the game; we just didn't seem to have the nous to affect the negative tactics of Livi.  The pitch doesn't help and needs dug up and buried - it's a disgrace and doesn't lend itself to playing football. If we had any serious VAR intervention our game would have finsihed at 5.30pm! Disgrace.

    I came away feeling like it was good result given the circumstances. Their were few encoutraging performances - Kelts had a tidy assured game and DJ looked good before his departure, Nicky Clark reminds us he can score goals and McGowan is still for me the key player in defence.

     

  13. I watched the highlights of the Livi game and they are still a dangerous outfit. They are a big side and you can bet this is going to be a battle tomorrow. Our defence needs to be really switched on. 

    If your Livi you've got to think that they will see this as a last chance to make a stand; there might not be a way back for them if they lose.

    Levein is right about "you have to win the battle first". 

    If we can continue on from Wednesday and get an early goal it will settle the nerves.

  14. Yet another huge game for Saints on Saturday but one we can go in to with confidence high after our good win over Aberdeen.

    We are hoping the same starting line up but I won't be surprisped if Levein changes it up a bit; we need to show our teeth in this game and put Livi away. With that in mnd I hope we start up front with DJ and Kimpy with Clark supporting.

    I also can see Steve May getting some more game time.

    Let's get along and show the lads some support.