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    The St. Mirren FC 2023/24 thread

    in Scottish Premiership General Chatter

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    1 hour ago, Div said:

    I think that's fair.

    Whilst finishing top six is a good achievement there is still a sense of what might have been given that we've chucked away a huge number of points that we really shouldn't have.

    We've lost more points to Livingston than any other team in the division this season, failed to win in Dingwall and lost at McDiarmid Park against a very poor St.Johnstone side.

    No divine right to win any game but it's throwing away points like that (and of course the awful record against Killie) which has ultimately cost us a challenge for 4th.

    If we still get 5th and qualify for Europe it will definitely be a successful season but if we come up short again and finish 6th it's hard to be overjoyed.

    Suppose that says a lot for how far we've come but there's always the niggle that two of the bigger clubs being shit in the same season probably won't happen again for a good while anyway.

     

    Whilst we have dropped some points against Livi etc it cant also be ignored the decisions that went against us when they were clear cut. The game at Dingwall for example with the clear handball. 

    Football can be fine margins but you need luck too. 

     

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    St. Mirren v Hearts, 6th April 2024

    in Scottish Premiership General Chatter

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    3 hours ago, djchapsticks said:

    This is an 'and' scenario, rather than 'or' 

    Hibs need to win both games and Dundee taking 5 points with us losing both in order to miss out.

    Problem is we have Hearts and Celtic. Realistically we could lose both. Full house at home we have watched this movie before. 

    Fingers crossed we get over the line on Saturday. Any win will do unless its Hearts

     

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    Motherwell v St. Mirren

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    1 hour ago, bishoptonbuddie said:

    Over the piece, I reckon we just about edged that over the 90 minutes, so ultimately another frustrating afternoon.

    This team has almost been banned from being criticised by certain elements of the support in recent months, when in all honesty, they have deserved any criticism coming their way – especially after the way we played against Livingston and Kilmarnock. I appreciate that we had a decent start to the season and we remain in a decent position – if we get a win against Hearts next week. However, from a form point of view, we really need to get back into a groove if we have any hope of going one step better than last year.

    Personally, I felt Robinson's subs killed us today. Boyd-Munce was dictating play whereas O'Hara was offering absolutely nothing. After CBM went off, we completely lost control of the midfield and it allowed Motherwell to get more on the ball. Robinson has been loyal to O'Hara to a fault when he has been fit, considering we also have Baccus and Kwon on the bench. The wrong man went off today.

    Add in that Olusanya was arguably putting in one of his best performances in a while, and he brings on McMenamin, who is looking more like a bust (when you consider the fee we paid) every week. We lost that chaos factor, which the Motherwell defence couldn't get near in the first half.

    Just to get off my chest too, Hemming's reluctance to come off his line, apart from going mad at corners, continues to put the defence under pressure.

    Credit where it is due, Marcus Fraser put in a great display today, as did Tanser I felt. Kiltie, strange miss aside, was tireless as always.

    Should have won. Didn't. Fair play to Motherwell for grabbing the goal. Could have went either way.

     

    Have to agree with the blind spot about O'Hara. I don't get why Robbo keeps him on. Perhaps he is more likely to grab a goal? CBM should have stayed on today. 

    Olusanya had been booked and it was probably fair he went off.

    I just don't get what we saw in McMenamin? Saying that we thought the same about Toyosi. I keep hoping he comes good. Next week would be good. 

    Apparently Kwon has a strain so not risked. 

    Kiltie showed poor judgement late on and should have scored. 

    2 games to grab top 6. Fingers and toes crossed we get over the line. 

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    Motherwell v St. Mirren

    in Scottish Premiership General Chatter

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    3 hours ago, djchapsticks said:

    Before, surprise surprise, signing for us.

    Gerry Baker is one of the biggest St. Mirren legends of the 50s/60s. Scored the clinching 3rd goal in our 1959 SC win.

    I don't mind getting players off Motherwell who can do a decent turn for us - it's a far cry from the days of Andy Dow, Jim Gardner, Stuart Carswell and Kevin Twaddle.

    In fact, in my formative years, the only players I recall getting from Motherwell who actually did us a turn were the excellent (but often injured) Ian Ross and the good (but always injured) Jamie McGowan.

    Ian Ross was a superb player. We really did sign some real injury prone players from well. Fraser Wishart etc

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