AW saint Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Last night was nothing new. Our away form has been an issue all season. You can point to a number of factors but we are shocking away from home. Injuries and suspensions are hurting the side. We also miss Ethan who linked our midfield perfectly. Baccus and O'Hara drift out of games and we are not moving the ball quick enough. Saturday is a winnable game just like last night but it could also be another poor result unless we play to a higher level. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smellthepaw Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 I set myself up for disappointment last night. It's happened so many times in the past under different management, going into a game that could ultimately flip your season up or down. Thats how I felt last games importance was to win. The advantage of an extra game to win and give us a cushion into Saturday. Reminded me of the Hamilton game a couple of seasons ago where we needed 3 points to secure top 6 then we lost an injury time goal. I'm hoping this is just a very slight dip in form as performance wise we weren't actually that bad at Parkhead regardless of the score and a draw would have probably have been a fairer result against Hibs. We need to get back to winning ways again on Saturday and keep up the good home form. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 (edited) There were no two surer things in life than St Mirren letting a striker leave on loan, then seeing two main strikers get injured, and then losing in meek fashion to a crisis club who were just waiting for St Mirren to rack up in town before pocketing all three points. Nothing surer. Need a ‘reaction’ on Saturday now. Edited February 16, 2023 by pozbaird 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldchap Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 60 years of supporting us and it's been the same old thing for most of that time apart from mid seventies to mid eighties. We think of ourselves as one of the bigger sides but our league positions suggest otherwise. Since the premiership started in 1998/99 ,with the exception of us ,all the current premiership clubs plus Dundee, Partick, Caley Thistle and Dunfermline have finished in the top six. We just don't seem to have it over a whole season. We have been ecstatic when winning the Championship three times in that period but in reality we were over the moon about being the 13th best team. I know we won the league cup,one of the better days of my life, but that just involved 5 games. Going back to league positions since world war two our mean average league position has been 12th. That sums us up .A bottom half premiership/ top half championship side. Even the way we are organised is small time - a friend trying to book hospitality and another private event likened it to dealing with a bowling club . I genuinely thought this might be the season where we may just manage to make it . Given recent displays and the injury list leaving such a limited squad I have my doubts but I live in hope. Maybe we just need to accept who we are . Saturday coming will tell us a lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 16 hours ago, pozbaird said: There were no two surer things in life than St Mirren letting a striker leave on loan, then seeing two main strikers get injured, and then losing in meek fashion to a crisis club who were just waiting for St Mirren to rack up in town before pocketing all three points. Nothing surer. Need a ‘reaction’ on Saturday now. I think the whole “letting Brophy go and then two strikers getting injured” thing is a complete red herring. Brophy had to go regardless. He’s feckin rubbish. I wouldn’t take him back now even if we could. We brought in Watt anyway, so that cancelled out the Brophy thing and I’d rather have him any day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 One shite striker for another. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS77 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Gogic, Main and Baccus all big doubts for tomorrow. Tanser to go for a scan next week. Greive only expected to miss 3 weeks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 4 minutes ago, SS77 said: Gogic, Main and Baccus all big doubts for tomorrow. Tanser to go for a scan next week. Greive only expected to miss 3 weeks. Baccus no loss given his recent form but Gogic and Main is a big FFS!! Good news about Greive though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 19 minutes ago, elvis said: One shite striker for another. I agree Watt is no superstar but I still think he’ll prove to be a step up from Brophy. Although I accept that is pretty faint praise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS77 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 41 minutes ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said: Baccus no loss given his recent form but Gogic and Main is a big FFS!! Good news about Greive though. Baccus is a big miss, let’s not kid ourselves on here. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 So the free fall starts tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebud Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 10 minutes ago, elvis said: So the free fall starts tomorrow. Reading your constant ramblings it would appear we've been in free fall ever since you decided to switch allegiance from the East End Arse Cheek. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Div Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 1 hour ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said: Baccus no loss given his recent form but Gogic and Main is a big FFS!! Good news about Greive though. I've seen some wild takes on the team at times but that one takes the biscuit mate! Baccus missing is an absolute disaster IMO. Defence should be solid enough tomorrow with Small replacing Tanser and Strain, Fraser, Dec and hopefully Dunne making up a very capable back 5. Imagine Flynn, O'Hara and Kiltie will make up the middle three with Watt and either Offord or Jamieson partnering him. Or as a total curve ball we could try big Shags up front with Watt. I wouldn't be totally averse to that to be honest! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Yeah, Baccus being out is awful, but him and Gogic being out is a disaster. If you're County, you're looking to absolutely set about whatever midfield we manage to scrape together. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Would much prefer Big Joe in that back line somewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medals Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 10 minutes ago, Coventry Saint said: Yeah, Baccus being out is awful, but him and Gogic being out is a disaster. If you're County, you're looking to absolutely set about whatever midfield we manage to scrape together. Let's be honest, County are not that great a team or squad - though they punch well considering. Other than White their top scorer has 2. So keeping him blank is the main defensive target. Whatever midfield we have (could R Taylor play there?) We need to stop shots from outside the box. They also like to get down the wings, so negating that has to be next. Time for Small to shine hopefully. Offensively, we need to get in behind them and take our chances. We can win this. We really ought to. 2 or 3, to 1 with Watt on the score sheet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZingaliMan Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 10 minutes ago, elvis said: Would much prefer Big Joe in that back line somewhere. Na centre forward with lots of high balls into the box please. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 That would do as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebud Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 20 minutes ago, medals said: Let's be honest, County are not that great a team or squad - though they punch well considering. Other than White their top scorer has 2. So keeping him blank is the main defensive target. Whatever midfield we have (could R Taylor play there?) We need to stop shots from outside the box. They also like to get down the wings, so negating that has to be next. Time for Small to shine hopefully. Offensively, we need to get in behind them and take our chances. We can win this. We really ought to. 2 or 3, to 1 with Watt on the score sheet. R Taylor hasn't been stopping shots in defence Medals, wouldn't have him anywhere near the midfield. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medals Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, weebud said: R Taylor hasn't been stopping shots in defence Medals, wouldn't have him anywhere near the midfield. Yeah agree he's not up to speed yet or? I was only thinking if we were stuck that he could perhaps play as DM. Him and Tanser were at fault against Motherwell but I think he could break up play and would be decent in the air and his distribution seems OK. Small could play LM but is needed at LWB. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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