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derek_holmes

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  1. If it's strictly the past 15 years (ie Main's second spell) then I'd move Main down a fair bit. Clark above Enckelman for longevity, although Enckelman was spectacular on his day.
  2. Would have preferred something more faithful to the original design, but credit to the club for taking up the challenge. Will have to see if I can scrape together the pennies.
  3. It's an indictment of St Johnstone fans that they consistently call for the teal and magenta but rarely agitate for this one:
  4. I've quite enjoyed Davidson's magical mystery tour of players who were excellent in 2014. Preferable to those who've never played a game of professional football, or couldn't get a game for St Mirren.
  5. Was surprised he didn't get a bit more stick for this last night - made up Yarmolenko's mind for him. (Appreciate he kept us in the game with his reaction saves, so hats off for that.)
  6. While I do think there's a very good chance we'd have taken it to extra time if McGinn's header had gone in, over the piece we were well and truly Czech Republic-ed and Croatia-ed. Disappointing.
  7. Fourteenth consecutive season in the top division. Some achievement, and one not many of us would have predicted (presumably) when we came back up. Plenty of work to do over the summer if we're to make it 15, though.
  8. This awkwardness and gaucheness was on display when he joined Eilidh Barbour and the pundits after the game. But it won't be an issue if he gets us winning again next season.
  9. Not fussed about McCart because decent centre halves are easier to come by at this level and we may already have found one in Mahon. Rooney was at his battering ram best last night and should be given the opportunity to test that athleticism at a higher level than Saints. Hendry looks to be on an upward path and obviously Clark needs to move if he wants the chance of regular Scotland caps. Replacing key players in those latter three positions will be difficult, so I hope we're already on it. Thought Davidson's comments post-match were interesting, in that they seemed like a "best bits" of everything he's been criticised for this season. He basically said "I told them to start the game like they did in Inverness, and they didn't." Also bemoaned "flicks round the corner" in favour of taking the ball in and moving it on, and credited Hendry's return to form to getting back to the basics of forward play.
  10. Only feels like yesterday we were all standing on the pitch after the Morton game. Not sure I'm quite ready to go back to that sort of thing.
  11. We also became an incoherent mess against County at home before Christmas when there was only one goal in it.
  12. Me when Drey Wright left: injury-prone show pony with no end product. Me when Drey Wright returns: good ball carrier, hard worker, just what we need at RWB.
  13. I still think Booth could offer something in attack if he had a Wotherspoon or Conway type to link up with. But he doesn't. Brown is fine as a squad/utility player who will do a job when required - but never as a long-term starting wing-back.
  14. 1. 21-year-old EPL reserve with zero senior appearances. 2. c**t you haven't heard anything about for five years but was on the fringes of the Scotland squad in 2010.
  15. Kerr barely plays, by the look of things (six or so appearances in League 1). Not saying he won't go on to be a success in the longer term - just that Wigan seem to have a fairly settled team and are flying in the league. (Yes, yes - English diddy forum for this pish etc.)
  16. Ah yes, the two tyro superstars of a very recent Scottish Cup final, sharing a pitch again after losing absolutely none of their respective powers in the brief interim. Every opposing defender's nightmare, surely.
  17. Johnson has sent the Paymaster General to answer an urgent question in the Commons about the garden drinks, and he's taking an absolute pasting. Some lack of self-respect.
  18. Agree with the bulk of this, but surely the issue with face coverings (dirty or otherwise) is that the way the policy has been implemented makes it a relatively ineffective tool at the population level (as you alluded to re indoor gatherings), rather than any particular failing of the masks themselves or the idea behind them?
  19. Butterfield and McCart deserve a mention here too.
  20. Players clipping the ball aimlessly forward as soon as they got it. Like watching a team of Gary Irvines. Michael O'Halloran not making the ball stick up front? No shit. Not really his fault, though. And he was never getting in behind. No power left in May. Brown a Championship player. Positives: Bryson busy as usual. Booth had a good first five minutes. Thought Viv was lively and tried to make things happen without it ever looking likely (no space to work with, and not enough guile in the team generally). County well worth the win, and Saints look like a team destined to lose a lot more games by a single goal if nothing changes.
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