djchapsticks

Peak Scottish fitba!

This is a fucking horror show. The commentators make it 10x worse

The academy players are in Malta and we don't have enough left to fill the bench.

This guy has been kicking about St. Mirren's FB page for about a month now.....I'm rather proud of myself.

And RandomGuy has a tear stained meltdown whilst most of the rest of the St. Johnstone supporters distance themselves from him at every opportunity.

I agree, none more so than their moronic referees.

But....but...it was a diiiiive!

Paul Smyth from QPR being linked again after it's been said he's going on loan to a Scottish side. Ourselves and Dundee are being linked. Would be a good signing if it came through.

We've been heavily linked with him since the start of the window.

As would I but not panicked if we don't. Kearney has said today though that two deals are pretty much complete in terms of paperwork agreed between clubs and player and the only hold up is that we are waiting on the clubs where the respective players currently are, getting deals of their own over the line before releasing them to us. He also mentioned another deal that should have been completed last week and again today but the club the player is currently at have has issues with injuries and he expects it go through as well. He's acknowledging that we're pretty far down the food chain in that regard and we're waiting on other pieces of other sides jigsaws falling into place before we get what we're after. Finally, we would have signed Ryan McLaughlin from Blackpool today on a six month loan (Northern Irish international right back, formerly of Liverpool and briefly at Aberdeen) but with shades of Ian Harte, Blackpool received and accepted a cash offer from an unnamed club (turns out it was Rochdale) and called him back down south to go talk to them instead just as he was arriving in Glasgow. https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/football/blackpool-fc/ryan-mclaughlin-set-to-depart-blackpool-after-rochdale-see-off-interest-from-st-mirren-1-9551232

Got to think the only reason for us trying to sign another right back is because we know or expect Lee Hodson to be gone. Doesn't really make any sense at all otherwise. Reassuring though to know that there is still room for 4 more signings. Going to be an interesting 10 days. My guess is a left back, left winger, big lump centre forward as definite and AN other from wee pacy centre forward, centre half or right back (if Hodson goes)

Mclaughlin only makes sense if Hodson is going back to Rangers for them to sell. So since Lewis isn't coming, any chance of Johnny Hayes instead?

Anyway, yesterday bore so many hallmarks to the TNS game a couple of years ago. Cup game against a team of lower standing, losing on our own patch, hopelessly inept first half and really under the cosh. Then we pull a performance out of the bag from nowhere. The TNS game is widely accepted as the spur that galvanised the team into the form they hit in the second half of that season. I'm hoping the circumstances of the win yesterday has a similar effect on these guys. Next week to be exciting. We're in advanced talks with several players and hope to have 2 or 3 of those over the line in the first couple of days of next week according to OK. Tony Fitz saying to a supporter in 1877 club that the guys we're down the line with are two centre forwards, a centre half and a winger. Imagine one of the centre forwards is Connor Sammon if rumours are true.... Admittedly, I'm not as miffed at the prospect as I was now that I know we're in for two strikers rather than just one. The winger... please be Lewis Morgan. The centre half.... No idea what's going on there but there have been murmurings for a while that a certain league winning centre half isn't enjoying life at Grimsby. I think I'd self combust if Harry came back. Still desperately need a left back though. It concerns me that nothing has been said of how pressing this is. Ethan is a good player but he's at the stage where he's been roasted the last few games. I worry a bit for him at Parkhead.

I think the reaction of most of the Alloa players says it all. The defender thought he'd conceded the free kick and was a bit miffed. The team mates were starting to defensively get into position. It wasn't until the point where the ref pulls the yellow to Lyons that the Alloa players get up in arms at him. For the record, I don't think it was a foul but it wasnt a dive either. It was a nothing challenge in a relatively nothing area of the park. Correct decision would have been to wave play on and tell player to get up. As happens several times a game. As happened on several occasions yesterday for similar innocuous stuff.