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sergie's no1 fan

sergie's no1 fan

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Is Morgan likely to start today? Deciding whether to stick with Saints for my coupon!

Probably the only change from the soapdodgers game will be Reilly for Mullen.

Can maybe see Gary Mac starting today but he's not match fit. I wonder if Baird will get a rest.

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Lex

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HT 1-0

Fair reflection, been a pretty routine half so far. Goal was well taken by Reilly, took a couple of touches then smashed it home from close range. Stelios then hit the bar with a long range effort.

All good and with United losing it’s even better. As the other night showed us though, need that second goal.

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Saints should be out of site. 

Great goal with a superb finish by Reilly. 

Stelios so unlucky with another great bit of play. 

Just got to be sure we don’t let what happened in the second half in Greenock happen. 

Big 45 ahead!

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Another frustrating performance from ICT today. The same issues that have been evident on so many occasions this season were yet again on show today. A clear lack of clinical edge, poor play in the final third, lack of width, slow in closing down the opposition and defensive errors leading to a goal. We really do know how to make it hard for ourselves.

St. Mirren were quickly out of the traps and whilst we were able to knock the ball around a bit at the back their forward line worked so hard to close us down we often ended up battering the ball in the vague direction of Austin / Oakley or seeing our shorter passes being pounced on by the Buddies players harassing our every move. A slack ball out of defence by Warren was seized up on by Saints and a couple of quick passes later Reilly burst into the box, delaying his shot leading to Tremarco going flying past him with his attempt at a heroic last ditch tackle, before rifling the ball into the roof of the net. Saints continued to look a threat for most of the first half and they easily cut open our defence with some clever balls in between full back and centre back which left us woefully exposed at times. Our attempts on goal were largely restricted to long range efforts which didn't really trouble Samson. Doran (I think) had a decent chance when he sent a half volley wide of goal. Disappointing to be behind at half time but Saint Mirren thoroughly merited it and they were unlucky not to be further ahead when Stelios cut in from the right flank and sent a cross / shot in which bounced off the bar with Ridgers looking beaten.

Second half was a real improvement from us. When we got the ball down on the floor and passed it around utilising the wide areas (especially when Mulraney came on and Chalmers pushed further out on the left) we started to create some excellent chances. Unfortunately, as seen so often this season, we wasted every single one of them thanks to some limp finishing, some good saves and a bit of luck for the Buddies. Oakley missed perhaps the best chance of the game for us when he somehow failed to turn in a neat cut back from Trafford (again I think) who had raced along the goal line and picked him out just outside the six yard box. His tame effort went straight to Samson. Oakley also wasted a good header towards the end of the game. Bell saw his fierce shot blocked by Samson at close range, Doran curled a shot wide of the post from just outside the area, Mckay headed straight at Samson from a corner and Polworth saw his effort scrambled off the line by Samson.

Saints also had some opportunities to extend their lead in the second half but were often snuffed out by some desperate last ditch defending from the likes of Warren and we looked to get a break from Collum when Ridgers failed to collect a crossed ball dropping it at the feet of a Buddies player who tapped it into the net but somehow we were given a free kick for a "foul" on Ridgers. A very lucky break for us there.

Definitely disappointing to come away empty handed given the chances that we passed up but if you don't take these chances and continue to waste them then we can't complain much. Polworth had a good game for us today although he was at times wasteful with the ball when attacking he covered so much of the pitch both defending and supporting the attack he gets massive respect for his effort. Doran also had a decent game as well despite being subbed. He swanned past opposition players like they weren't there at times. I think he'd be really useful as a number ten playing behind the striker (as many others have said before). Warren had some heroic blocks but was also culpable for some pretty dodgy passes out of defence which put us under pressure. Most players did fine but nothing amazing.

Man of the day Raven spent a fair chunk of the game being roasted by Morgan and was lucky not to be booked on a few occasions after hauling him down. Despite this he also chipped in with some great challenges and blocks at the back and was an excellent support down the right flank when we were attacking.

With Falkirk on Tuesday we need to seriously sharpen up on our finishing. Missing four or five guilt edged chances a game simply cannot go on.

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djchapsticks

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Thought the result was the right one in the end. Caley had us under the cosh a wee bit at the start of the second half but I didn't feel we were in constant danger. Couple of good saves from Samson, especially the cross that looked like it had dropped in. 

We should have had a second as Ridgers simply dropped the cross that he'd collected at our players feet, it wasn't a foul. We also passed up several opportunities to shoot in the second half and could have killed the game off with a bit more decisiveness. 

Overall, felt we were impressive enough and certainly merited the 3 points over the piece. Overall, the twitchiness was amped up by news of what was going on at TFS. The prospect of not putting light between us on a day when our closest rivals were getting pumped rotten was worrying. Thankfully we saw it through despite a very decent chance for Caley on 91 minutes. 

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houston_bud

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Thought we just about deserved it over the piece, although Samson was by far the busier keeper. What a brilliant signing he's been. Thought Baird and McGinn were standouts.

Robertson was pretty magnanimous after the game, which was disappointing.

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1 hour ago, houston_bud said:

Thought we just about deserved it over the piece, although Samson was by far the busier keeper. What a brilliant signing he's been. Thought Baird and McGinn were standouts.

Robertson was pretty magnanimous after the game, which was disappointing.

Samson showing again why he's by far the best keeper in the league. Didn't have much to do today, but when he did he was excellent. To think people laughed at us for signing him.

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