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My Main hat trick prediction was tongue in cheek,but he took us all by surprise a bit last night.Hope Deek works out why Main can acheive a performance like that,assuming it wasnt just down to the shiteness of Accies. Not sure if Derek would have rolled the dice like he did,without the pressure he was under,but he's surley seen the difference it made.Would be happy to carry on with last nights system at the expense of a few extra goals and defeats short term if it suits the players we have

James Wilson scores with his first touch of the ball for Salford Campbell on McGeouch off

Get in.McLennan

no let ups Dons.Get at them

Well done the saviour

Thats what I was thinking.Good to see McGinn upfront if correct. Could be a season saver if it comes off.Hae my doubts but COYR

Dont think Ive ever actually been in Hamilton.Not about to start on a bleak February night,but fair play to anyone going on current form. Not sure Del's got anything new up his sleeve,but am going for a Curtis Main bulldozing of the Hamilton defence Accies 0 - Dons 3 (Main x3)

Working thankfully but would go with Pandas formation and hope they've been working on creating opportunities through the week. Optimistic 2 - 0. Kennedy to hit form with 2 goals

Am desperate enough to give it a try...assuming Hernandez isn't up to it

I dont walk to talk the guy down because its encouraging that were prepared to take gambles like this. It did seem an unusual area of the pitch to spend that amount of money though,as opposed to a hot prospect in an more beneficial/urgent area of the pitch,ie attacking mid,and probably with more sellability in that dept? To be fair we were apparently trying to bid around £400k for that sort of player on deadline day but it fell through,so fair play to the ambition on that front. I wouldnt imagine the men with the money will be happy to see their investments regressing via the current state of football. Its frustrating because we should be entering a more optimistic era

Just back - Oh dear. When I saw the line up I thought this could actually could do some damage if it got going.But it never did. The early Saints goal,and the way they closed down our options thereafter,you knew it was going to be a long night.And to be fair,we had a different than usual line up,that didnt seem too familiar with each other,allied to the fact,I was a bit surprised at how the crowd seemed to be keener than usual to get on the players backs. But thats looking at one side of the argument.This side seem to have had their attacking instincts dumbed out of them.I'm not even sure how much difference the creative attacking player mentioned above would have made.Kennedy looked a shadow of what weve seen him do for St Js. And it cant be that hard to work on our movement in training,or to work on different methods of attack.So predictable.Even someone encouraged to just run at a defence now and again Still think the new guys need time to settle in,but come on,were better than tonight

Thought he was signed by Paterson.He might have been more average than we thought,because the rest of the team at that time were so bad. A Finnish guy that worked with me a while laughed when i told him he was one of our star players

Getting motivated for a midweek game after work can be a bit of a chore,.....but seeing as its St Johnstone ... In Furryboots - Mainer Pre/Post - Driving Prediction - 2 - 2 Gallacher x2 EDIT - Like to see this line up Lewis Hernandez Taylor McKenna Considine McGeouch Ferguson Kennedy Hedges <> McGinn Cosgrove

Sounds like our Atlanta connection are going over McInnes head as far as some recruitment goes,when a player they think may return on their investment comes on their radar Nae sure how much will go thru with McInnes approval,or more 'were doing it anyway' Interesting to know who gets what when a player gets sold on,and whether McInnes is happy with his role being diluted.

mainstandmoan(usually in the know) on Abmad saying we paid £800k for Hernandez ..... in the belief he can be sold for millions in a few years. Also saying that our playing budget is now £2m more than it was a year ago

Didnt expect that, fair play. Though not seeing the game,not sure it was a case of we were good or they were bad,but going by reports we were pretty decent .A line up like that can work for this type of game,but McInnes needs to loosen the shackles a bit for the next at home to St Js

Ach well here goes.Am off to work outside til the final whistle. COYFlippinR

Weve an odd assortment of decent players.Something that we miss IMO is a prominent squad member with local ties, ala Shinnie,Anderson,Robson.and a bit of passion,we're just a bit nice. Using what weve got,given the lack of a no.10,could we use an aging mcGinn in there,or Kennedy/McLennan/Hedges meantime.Someone to run at a defence. Could Gallagher(tin hat) be turned into a Willo Flood chaser/destroyer/pain in the arse while he's here.

Cole and Yorke,thats it. I knew Beardsley wasnt quite who I meant,though he and Cole werent too shabby either. Cole and Yorke were almost a goal a game for a while

Forgot about Chas n Hans. Good shout.

As far as the Dons memory goes - Harper/Archibald,Shearer/Paatelainen.Cant think of anything since then.Always thought Lovell/Miller might have worked,but it was rarely given the chance Never got into Euro fitba.In England Keegan/Toshack,Rush/Folwer,Cole/Beardsley. Lost interest down there after the silly money came in

One for the Musos'. Snarky Puppy - Spot the Geek @2.53 - 2.58

Assuming Joe Lewis isnt sold....

Great wee player.Hope we get the best out of him

I'm not seeing any obvious candidates out there,but assuming there are. Before that, I would have a cheeky wee punt at trying to lure a top out of work manager whose already made his money,but may relish the prospect of taking an underdog to do battle with the incontinent forces of darkness.... ...No harm in trying at least