steviemay17

I do wonder if a change in shape is coming or maybe some departures. For our midfield two we would have Butterfield, Bryson, Craig, Muzz, MacPherson, Crawford and probably someone else that I'm forgetting. I can't remember if Cammy Ballantyne played any league minutes with us so it's now a case of Montrose or nothing for the rest of the season, but would really like to see him get a Championship loan and a contract extension ahead of next year. More than happy if MacPherson goes back to St Mirren, even better if Crawford's extension somehow fails

Same here, had a wee look but can't find anything. It's a random name for sure! It was also just with someone saying earlier that they weren't convinced we were targeting the obvious positions of needs, and he would be yet another central midfielder

Single post on Twitter welcoming him to Perth, not official saints account or anything. . Don't know if there is anything in it or not. Yeah sorry that's all it was, it just seemed like something that wasn't really worth making up, but can't find anything else to back it up

Have we signed Jacob Butterfield?

In fairness, CD's approach this season has somehow made TW's "style" look fluid and attacking

Can we not just completely lose it now? Maybe suggest Cd going to Hibs and we'll have Ross

At least Jamie Walker could score a penalty if we ever dared to venture into the opposing box now and again

Davidson in the Courier saying he wants a free agent in before Xmas. I do wonder if that's a league of Ireland type as a lot of those contract seem to end between November and January, but would be a weird one if it's a long-term free agent and we're just making the move now Davidson also quoted as saying he expects "4 or 5 new faces" so somebody on here is gonna be chowing down on some hat I do believe

Have the Zander Clark to Rangers rumours still been hovering about after Gerrard leaving or does that seem to have killed it. Was looking back on some of CD's' comments about January and how it's not just about new faces, but also getting players on longer deals, but then maybe that depends on this month and how likely a relegation scrap appears to be. I'm half hopeful that Rooney not really shining this season means we have a shot of keeping him

Presume it is Ryan Lowe when the odds are so short, but interesting to see Graham Alexander a bit further down the list - a Preston legend + having a good season + clearly just at Motherwell to build his rep and get another crack down south

I fully expect to see Steve Brown in the papers tomorrow demanding a club-record compensation agreement for a manager, only for Preston to get him for substantially less

I don't think I'm in the majority at all here, but I would quite happily see Davidson go. Obviously it sounds mad when he's a double cup-winning manager, but I'll always maintain that never happens if fans are in the stadium for the cup runs, his stubborn refusal to shift from his system and even bigger refusal to set the team up with a plan to control/win a game suggests he's been quickly figured out and doesn't have the ability to adapt. We're basically set up in a way to keep things tight and relying on a set-piece or a moment of magic to score goals, but obviously that magic is non existence when we've got Chris Kane up front on his own. I would actually be interested to see how he got on down south as having better players might bail him out and allow that system to flourish, but it's also a world where clubs have no qualms about sacking a manager after 10 games, so if he replicated this stunning run of a goal from open play every 4/5 games when we're not playing Dundee then he'll be out on his arse before the season is over.

Slightly off topic but has he been mentioned anywhere with the Falkirk job? I'm sure his wife works for/worked for them and if he had managerial ambitions it could be a great one to start, although not sure just how much of a basket case they are just now

Of course, in fairness they'll just end up getting a Warnock/Holloway type plodder who'll get a run of results and then get sacked again next year, but if there's one thing I would ever trust with Saints, it's to get managerial appointments correct. I've not really seen CD linked with them anywhere properly, just Scottish fans putting 2 and 2 together

In the event he did leave, surely it would be left to Macca/Cleland + help from Liam Craig to get us through to Xmas and then go from there?

Honestly wouldn't mind CD quietly leaving now, get some good comp, new guy in for the January window, and we might even occasionally look like we're trying to win games

I think we can all mock Clive for being a dreadful agent, but let's just appreciate how excellent his contacts must be - He's had to publicly Tweet and tag in an unofficial fan page just to try and get some attention, while also going on the record to tout a player for a move - a player who I presume is under contract? Didn't he also start tagging Saints in tweets when he was playing in a friendly for Grimsby too after his Premier League move(s) fell through? This is just top class agentry, he's transcended the profession.

Ref on the radio saying he decided at 1:30 the game was off, Saints wanted more time to fix it but seemingly just threw some sand around and it made no difference. Piss poor to leave it less than an hour before kick off to confirm it, but emailing me at 14:58 to confirm the game was off made me laugh in a pure tinpot kind of way

It will be interesting to see if he gets any chances before Janaury. CD is far too loyal to the same players, and I'm already fearing a midfield two of Crawford and MacPherson today because he'll back himself to improve them rather than being tough

He certainly won the penalty that we (obviously) missed

I am willing to die on this hill, get Devine back in the team and it will open the field up. If County are strong on the right then let's have some pace on the left to counter it and try and push them back. Obv with Davidson it's always safety first, second and third so it will always be Booth because you know what you're going to get from him, but it shuts off the entire left hand side of the pitch for us

I've suddenly just had the fear that Chris Burke is exactly the type of signing we'll probably end up with in January

Watching the Inverness vs Killie game. Deas and Allardice both look pretty handy and what we need, but under contract until 2023 so unlikely to happen

Something else I've totally forgotten about Reece Devine. Is he really being punished for that slight mistake against Galatasaray, or has he been injured? In his few appearances he actually gave us some pace and attacking instincts on the left, plus Booth is average in every way - I get he's probably a CD favourite because he's predictable and all he values is defensive stability, but if Devine plays it gives opposing teams something to worry about on both wings, something that also opens up room in the middle for us. Just now it's a case of cutting out the obvious ball to our right flank and we have nothing else

The Dodds thing was before my time but looking at his scoring record, wasn't he quite highly regarded as a goalscorer? Brophy seems to be a slightly better Chris Kane, only one good season a few years ago under Clarke I still think Kennedy makes too much sense