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  1. But don't say anything. He chose to tweet about the Livingston game and our good squad. I'm not sure what was to be gained from it. The two new strikers might have something, we know Clark will get goals and Mitov has obviously been very good. Other than that, wouldn't bat an eyelid at the rest going, Franczak excluded.
  2. I'll continue to go home and away every week as it's a very hard habit to break when it's all you've done for more years than you care to remember. And you still live in hope of that buzz that can't be beaten but those moments are few and far between now and I do actively look forward to weekends where we aren't playing and we can do something else. They are becoming more frequent at least with the shambolic nature of the calendar. I'm sure that reconnection will come at some point but it won't involve this group of players and I'd be very surprised if it was under this manager. Stan Harris talking about a good squad terrifies me.
  3. My take is slightly different although obviously agree about the pressure ramping up after the change. What I'd say though is that although Sprangler wasn't playing brilliantly,.he was at least playing... We have so many nothing players.
  4. Very little hope for the young Celtic fan sat behind the away support today. Only songs he knew the words to involved either Orange b*****ds or the IRA. Absolute stroll for Celtic once they found a rhythm. Thought Kuhn looked decent. No idea if our goal was any good or not as was long gone.
  5. Does being marked down have any discernible impact though? Especially if it lets VAR make a *correct* decision? I guess the measure would be what @AJF suggests and looking into big on-field decisions before and after the introduction of VAR and whether less are being made.
  6. Before VAR, the referee might have blown when the foul took place but they obviously let the game run on now and Kwon scoring then let's him essentially decide to let VAR make the decision for him. The same happened in our game against Rangers when Considine clearly fouled Sterling (I think) but the referee just bottles making a decision and let VAR call him to the monitor so he could look at it several times. There are instances of re-refereeing but as big a problem is officials being happy to not make decisions because they know they'll get a second look at it via VAR.
  7. There is one pair of fixtures that always stick in my mind. In February 2017 we played really well and won 2-1 in Dingwall then the next week Tommy Wright changed the team/system for the visit of Kilmarnock and we were really poor in a 2-0 defeat. These are the sort of days where managers can't win... unless the team does. If he goes same again and we don't win then why hasn't he changed it when it's a different opponent. Makes changes and we don't pick up points then why hasn't he just stuck with the same players. Who'd be a manager. Now we have 5 subs available, I'd start with the same team as midweek. And I'll try not to lambast the manager if it all goes wrong.
  8. Maybe you should try playing right wing back. @The Real Saints
  9. Physical is a positive attribute, all Saints do is give away a lot of fouls.
  10. We need to be wary of Brian irvine's threat at set pieces. Hopefully get in and about Nigel Pepper though because he's a red card waiting to happen.
  11. Is the consensus that this squad is rubbish? Probably? But is it unreasonable to suggest it's still being managed as poorly as it was under MacLean? Folk are posting evidence of it anyway. Both managers got an initial bounce but their records are now comparable over essentially half-a-season. Of course the argument will be that managers need time but they need to buy themselves it surely and 2 goals from open play from inside the area (i.e. breaking teams down) isn't doing that. Even that number is generous as the Kimpioka goal comes from a defensive error and the Keltjens one from Roos doing a Superman. There is a case we haven't scored a single goal under this management team from breaking a team down. NOT A SINGLE ONE. For me, there needs to be an improvement and very quickly or my patience is going to be fully exhausted. Actually, who am I kidding, it already is. Compare going down under Sturrock to going down under Stark. Look at the bigger picture. Levein was bored at home again so thought he may as well have a play at shop. And this is the result.
  12. There were a number of reasons that MacLean needed emptied after the 4-0 but maybe the main one was his alienating comments after games where he was lambasting the players. There was no chance he had the respect of that dressing room. But tactically he was hopeless as well. Levein hasn't delivered much more on that front - certainly since the winter break - but at least he isn't castigating the squad at every opportunity. That, and probably a reluctance to call for another sacking, is maybe all that is saving him though. Are Geoff Brown and Stan Harris really sitting there thinking that this guy is taking us in the right direction? I don't think anyone is demanding an overnight transformation but there surely has to be some sign of progress at all times? We are just getting worse rather than better though.
  13. Not sure that is true. But even if it were true, yesterday was far more indefensible. Didn't have the same injury problems and we now have a supposedly experienced manager. I agree with @tree house tam that it was one of the worst St Johnstone performances I can remember. Certainly as a whole. We were atrocious at Kilmarnock in the first half before Xmas but at least improved after the break. Yesterday was pathetic.
  14. Hold on. We spent £300,000 on transfer fees between May 2022 and May 2023? Come on, someone just spit it out who this momentual f**k up was regarding.
  15. Do we actually need a stadium? Sell the whole plot and invest the £20 million in players and just play every game away from home.
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