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Maybe @RandomGuy. could get his great, great grandfather to tell him about this one.

Not sure why our start to 2001/02 is missing?

Like first team to start a game with 10 players?

I did this and he says he'll pass it on to the club. Areas being dirty is one thing (and McDiarmid certainly isn't perfect) but bird shit isn't really acceptable. Zero idea what the point of stewards is at the football now either. Guys that are visiting a stadium for the first time about an hour before fans start arriving. What exactly is their role?

County miles ahead of Saints yesterday, helped no doubt by a familiarity. Made a mistake in the Saints thread where I spoke about only one new signing when it was two but they looked like a team and a unit with a plan. The midfield didn't see a lot of the ball but what's the need when you can easily get at a fragile defence with diagonals or simple balls over the top. Will they do well this season? Probably not exceptionally but at this moment in time, Saints have a long way to go to even reach their level. That is the polite part. I think @SJFCtheTeamForMe mentioned it but the away section was absolutely rank. Seats and floors covered in bird shit. £28 and you can't even make the effort to clean the stand.

You look rationally at it and wonder just what the manager can do with the squad he currently has available. There is zero presence up front, zero pace out wide and zero full backs full stop. How do you mould that into a team? Especially when you are playing against a side that, I think, only started one new signing yesterday? Maybe some managers could achieve it but ours is a dozen games into his career. As I say, what was/is the answer? So when he gets the injured players/new signings available he probably has around a dozen more players to pick from. That's the rational argument. But then I look at James Brown (not ours) and Nathaniel Atkinson and even when we have everyone fit we won't have anything like that quality at right back. Maybe understandable with Hearts but if County have players so much better than us, who doesn't? I understand he didn't want to release absolutely everyone (although in fairness he did come close) but James Brown (our one) as a starting full back just won't cut it and we are covering a turd in glitter with the talking up of Gallacher as well. The two new young defenders showed their naivety yesterday and will need to learn very quickly but they are getting f**k all help from the experienced faces around them. Maybe no help though is better than being moaned at constantly as is the offering from our experienced head in midfield. The best thing Liam Gordon did yesterday was tell Graham Carey to shut the f**k up and stop moaning. Of course we should feel sorry for Stevie May being asked to do what he's being tasked with but he's 30-years-old now, he needs to get the sleeves rolled up, adapt, and try to offer a bit more to a struggling side. Just fucking win some fouls at least, then at least we can let Carey put a free kick straight out of play or something. A lot of this could have been in the match thread but it did start with a general point on trying to keep a cool head. As you can see, that disappeared as the post went on. I would say another game isn't going to kill us (although a Jack Ross-type humiliation at Celtic Park might change the conversation) so need to try and just spend the next 3 weeks getting the squad in a MUCH better place.

Sam North - and vloggers in general - are absolutely harmless. Zero surprise to see that bullying can be added to the anti-social behaviour of these self-appointed best fans that so many clubs seem to be garnering.

Get the names in the PM group chat.

Fair question but don't think it's a disaster that neither we, nor indeed the manager, know the answer yet. If he wants to play two strikers - and as a result two CMs - then they need to be able to get about the pitch. If he's playing Smith (the passer?) and McGowan or Phillips (destroyer) then does he need someone to get up in support of a striker but also do their shift in midfield? Essentially someone to compete with Ballantyne. He obviously likes him but going from where he was a few months ago to playing 30 plus games this season is a big ask.

Positive they've managed to move pretty quickly on a goalkeeper. Hopefully a sign they are building a database of players. To lose two goalkeepers to breaks just about sums up our luck at the moment. The manager is remaining calm and positive and the club seem to be doing all they can to back him though. Will the support do the same?

Surely the easiest way to find which poster is Macca is to ask who really hates their dad...

If MacLean can add another three permanent signings then he's put a decent foundation in place. The types he's added so far have been so encouraging. Three or four guys who have serious international ambitions, maybe even all five depending on Olufunwa's situation with Nigeria. Complete contrast to last summer. It's the simplest thing in the world to just tell supporters where you are looking to strengthen then doing it. It's something Davidson just couldn't seem to comprehend with his clandestine approach. Give the supporters something to get behind.

Sinclair Smith and Max Jephcott-Ferguson sound like a couple of lads that had far too much to drink in the beer tent at Perth Show on Saturday.

Full match!

Some of us haven't reached 2023 yet. @RandomGuy.

In terms of the flow of the game it was largely what I expected. Hearts have better players than us and I expected them to have (a lot) more ball. Saints offered what I was looking for in terms of being organised, working hard and winning battles... until the opening goal. To beat a team like Hearts, we can't make a mistake like that. At the other end, I was expecting our main opportunities to come from set plays and I think that's what presented itself but a little bit of a lack of belief or desire to get that final touch was evident. We need to improve in the final third but I wasn't anticipating it being much better than it was yesterday. To have pinched a result we needed to not make a mistake and capitalise on a set play. We'll have more opportunity to play next weekend but that needs to be married with the defensive resolve again. On the more important issues, I get absolutely nothing on my phone from about 2:45pm until I'm well clear of the stadium. Yet the kid in front of me was on her phone all game... Switching to 3G used to work but even that is goosed now.

I took a physical card but believe screenshot is fine as know someone who had a panic in car park when app wouldn't work, but had luckily already taken a photo.

Going to he interesting to see where Smith fits in. He seems to have a pretty even split of appearances between DM, CM and AM when you look at Transfermarkt, which also shows he never got a chance at all under Mark Jackson last season. You look at Carey and Wright and they seem decent options but we need to get them on the ball in better areas and that maybe needs to come from central midfield. Ballantyne made 6 passes in the opposition half, Phillips only one more than that. That's very, very little service. Alex Lowry made only one less on his own in about 35 minutes. We need someone who can get on the ball and find our creative players. That then hopefully brings more out of Phillips and McGowan.

Ballantyne is a bit pound shop Hallberg. I don't think he can play 30 plus games this season without it being viewed as downgrading in midfield. He's still young though so there is room to improve.

100% this. Deflated and it's because of this more than anything. Defending well and working hard for so long counts for nothing of you just decide not to deal with a simple ball forward late on. Lack of creativity or quality in attacking areas very evident as well.

A look at his LinkedIn will show just what an opportunity this is for him.

Led to believe our former HoR likes ALL the business we've done this summer.

For absolutely nothing.

The slip road by Tesco no longer exists, Google Maps are out of date. Newhouse Road would work and also offers.you the M90 filter so you don't need to queue at roundabout. There is plenty of parking off Newhouse Road as well.