Reignman

A memorable game for me as the game which taught me NEVER to gloat about a result before the final whistle goes. I deservedly got it tight from my Pars supporting mates after a barrage of texts from me to them at half time. A harsh but valuable lesson.

In a similar vein to the posts above @The Real Saints and @steviemay17, my enthusiasm for Saints is at an all time low, thanks to the current management. I've been going to Saints games for 30 years, but living in the Glasgow area and having a young family means I dont get to as many games as I used to. My eldest is now about the age I was when I went to my first game and showing a real interest in football. I've been looking forward to him reaching that stage so I can take him to McDiarmid and spend time with him the way I have with my dad over the years. We were even passing Perth on Saturday lunchtime travelling back from a holiday and although it wouldnt really have worked logistically I could have made it work to take him. A few days before the game though realised I didn't want to, as I knew what an insipid performance we would put in, with no excitement, no real intent to win, and would probably lose badly. I was worried he wouldn't want to go back, would show more interest in the local teams and might never follow Saints. It was a sad moment of realisation for me and a demonstration of the damage the manger is doing to our club.

Haha, that'll be a yes then I did miss it. Anything from the club on if he will be / has been replaced or if we're binning that idea?

See our head of recruitment is talking about looking for a new job on twitter. Did I miss something, is it common knowledge he is away? Obviously was speculation about which signings were made by the manager and which were by the HoR and the managers attitude towards them. Grieve has been punting his 'game models' and such like for a while so how long has he been gone? If CD is now in full charge of recruitment as well it gives me the fear - although I suppose a head of recruitment not much use if the manager doesnt play any of his signings.

Not very interesting but adding to the already long list of footballing Polis: Allan McManus (Hearts, St Johnstone) Davie Irons Andy Aitken (QoS, Annan) Jamie McQuilken (Aberdeen, St Johnstone, QoS) Willie Kinniburgh Euan McLean (St Johnstone, Dundee Utd keeper) Scott Wilson (Rangers, Dunfermline)

No Michael Stewart on Sportscene tonight. On the naughty step with the BBC after Mondays performance on Sportsound? I didnt hear any radio coverage on Wednesday, did Stewart feature?

Afraid not, must be getting me mixed up with other posters again! If anything I'm decidedly OTK, if thats a thing.

All sounds so familiar, one of our best players heading into last 6 months of a contract and talking about wanting to sign on again. Coupled with the Aberdeen gossip just makes me think it is a bargaining tool, pretending to Aberdeen (or others) he might stay here to get a better offer from them and theres no chance he's staying. Shame that Saints recent record in contracts/recruitment has conditioned me to be so pessimistic. Hopefully prove me wrong!

Yeah really didnt see that coming. Im hoping its to free up a wage for 1 more rather than was needed to free up the wage for Holt, but cant complain if it is the latter. Still young enough to keep around though, could see him becoming a player rather than one of the Comrie/Greg Hurst types who seem to hang around into early 20s when its clear they are never going to make it for us. Maybe we were trying to loan him out again but after a successful loan last season he felt he should either get his shot or move on?

No worries, understandable to get those names mixed up!

Not that I particularly care, but just to point out that this is a lot of pish. I've been on this forum for over 15 years but have only posted 60 odd times, none of which, as far as I'm aware, have ever been in a thread of a team that Ally Roy has played for. Not that I even know who Ally Roy has played for. Anyway, positive that the resident ITK poster has Jason Holt deal done.

Nope our marketing is just tinpot af. Nice to see a bit of effort put into it but it wouldnt be saints and the whole May saga in general if we didn't make a f**k up of it!

I guess the flip side of the above, if true, is that its another target we'be failed to sign so does in fact speak to our total incompetence in player recruitment.

Was speaking to a colleague today who was saying he has a mate who works for Rangers and is often ITK about transfers etc. He told him that Ryan Hardie on a permanent deal and Glen Middleton on loan to Saints was effectively a done deal before Blackpool came in for Hardie. As it was kind of a package for both meant that Middleton didnt happen. So maybe there has been more going on in terms of working to sign targets than we are giving Saints credit for. That aside, I have nothing to add to the general consensus that it appears the May situation and as a consequence the chance to sign Hemmings has been dealt with dreadfully which isnt even surprising and apathy is at an all time high.

To be fair to Aberdeen I would expect Saints to do exactly the same. Although McInnes maybe doesnt plan to use him it would be pretty foolish not to have him available in the event of injuries etc.