Saturday 3rd May 2025 - kick-off 3pm
Scottish Premiership: St Mirren v Aberdeen
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This is exactly why VAR needs to get to fuck. Someone gets shafted by VAR every week. For once it wasnāt us but that means it will probably be us next week.
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Yeah, I considered that. Tough ask, hibs for example need two points from st johnstone and Motherwell, assuming they lose at ibrox, plus have a +11 goal difference on us. Weāve won once since jan2 and have to win out. Given up caring this season, as long as we stay up.
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Next 3 games, county at home, bottom club livi away, Dundee at home. county have us away, at killie, then home to rangers. if we show up thatās 9 points, and potentially zero for county. Weād be 12 points ahead with 5 games to play, one of which against county. Weāve play twice at dingwall already so good change thatās a home game. could be pretty much safe by the split.
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Only saw the first half but clear intent to pass. Donāt care if it went sideways or backwards, we kept the ball and canāt lose goals when we have the ball. Most of our long ball shit this year has resulted in loss of possession and having to defend, losing goals, and losing games. we have 8 games against bottom 6 teams, should be 8 winnable. Good confidence booster today, both with win and shutout, with this kind of performance and attitude we can be a half decent team (not good, just not as shit as weāve seen when we are long ball.) thought the hoilett booking was a bit odd. 40 seconds in and yellow for a dive. Didnāt see the replay but didnāt think it was that bad. Also sets the ref up to hold the letter of the law for an entire game, hard to do.
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Good first half although we faded a little after the Motherwell goal. Hate var despite us benefitting, just ruins games, and another long delay. Amazing, when we pass the ball weāre not a bad side. Need the same start to the second where we clearly want it more.
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What you said at the end I mentioned yesterday too. We donāt have a plan B, big unit up top, like a cosgrove, even Curtis main to mix it up, make defenders nervous and back off etc. Long ball doesnāt really suit us unless itās into space as we lose the physical battle. I thought gueye was going to be that guy, turns out he may just be the Uber driver for that guy.
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Iāll also add this technical director has to be a football guy, ideally ex player ex manager ex technical somewhere else etc, some sort of combo there. Our leadership reaks of inexperience based on what weāve seen on team matters in the last 4 years. From the inexperience of our managers, poor recruitment and signings, inexcusable squad construction, unacceptable transfer windows (the last being the worst when we knew weād problems), all the way to Dave and him never from what I underserved having any sort of management role in soccer, we need experience at the top. Maybe zidane as technical director, deschamps as manager?
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Pretty shell shocked with how things have gone this season. For the most part weāve been shit all year and have been an awful team to watch, long ball piss all season more or less. Now weāve totally fallen apart and I fear this terribly structured squad and team are totally inadequate. i really want to like Dave, and do. As a Scot in America as well I feel I somewhat relate to Dave. He wants his beloved dons to succeed, has the funds and connections to finance our club, and has the yank influence of what sport/entertainment ownership should look like. couldnāt understand why glass was hired, but he tried to implement a possession style of football. Thought we were becoming the Scottish arsenal but Robson certainly totally killed that. The warnock fiasco is exactly that, what the fuck. I was willing to give the old head a chance, we were in somewhat āsafeā hands with his experience, but wholly fuck what a farce. He was clearly clueless of the team, players, club, and pretty much the league. His month did major damage, potentially the first couple of nails in our coffin. I fear these players donāt have the stones for this. All of this leads back to Dave. Surely he has to hire a technical director before a head coach/manager? That makes sense to me. I supported this review and accept the results, but if structural change is the solution, the major players have to be installed first, have the whole structure implemented, then finally hire the manager so that the structure is fully aligned. I just donāt trust weāll do that. Dave just doesnāt fill me with confidence that weāll get it right. I hope we do!
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Not optimistic at all. I look at Wednesdays team and the bench, there isnāt a single change Iād make that I think makes us better apart from maybe clarkson for Barron, but itās really just like for like. We only have two going on three battlers in our team, shinnie and devlin, and maybe Phillips, although as much as I appreciate Phillips effort, havenāt seen much else. saying all of this, if the team that beat killie shows up weāre totally capable of a win. 2-0 to Motherwell.
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Shocking to watch. But even more shocking is the squad depth and squad construction. What options do we have? We really cannot change formation/style unless we play mcgarry wide left and morris wide right. We donāt even have a big lump we can stick long balls up to. zero heart in the 70 mins I saw which is a huge concern.
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Thatās the worst performance Iāve seen from us. Zero passing, heart, or desire, although I gave up so didnāt see the last 20 mins. Fuck knows what leven can do but based on that he didnāt inspire the group to perform, even try!
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Switching off. We have been horrible. No passion or urgency and back to the long ball shit to nobody. Same only shit same old result. Amazing how far weāve fallen, cannot argue with our league position.
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Here we go again. Var changes the game. Did anyone claim for the penalty? Not that weāve done anything in this game but fuck var yet again.
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Absolute garbage first half. Nothing from our midfield and Dundee totally dominated. Warnock hangover!!
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Iām going with levenās magic combines with the killie win inspires our performance and a 2-1 win. Miovski and clarkson.
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Pretty sure Berti Vogts is available. Although he may be older than Warnock by nowā¦.
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Weād be underdog against any of the three semifinalists, nothing to lose. If anything Celtic are underachieving this season and not performing to their fullest. Weāre also due a result against them in a cup. 2-1 us with scales og the difference between the teams. Cup semi win and the full Bayern coaching staff coming in, things are looking up. Morris start this weekend?
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British, hm, decent player who managed at a decent level. Doesnāt mean decent manager though. Stevie G? Lampard? Steve Bruce? Billy Davies? Obviously Lennon, Strachan, McLeish. Just trying to think of people Iād not want! Foreign boss currently in a job. Obviously Klopp and part of his Liverpool exit plan. going to be a really interesting hire given the time and process since Robson left.
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Good after match interview with warnock, 100% agree a new man needs to be in asap to assess the squad and build for next year with input on who we keep, get rid of, and sign. Canāt remember who posted the opposite how weāll be late and it fucks up next year, agreed that would be a disaster. What he says is correct, letās hope it happens asap.
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Iād argue any manager splits the support. If whoever comes in has a good strong start all is good. Comes down to results. Much like Robson, didnāt want him but good start so accepted him. Shit start and the manager is too young, too old, doesnāt know our league, past it, lacks experience, etc etc. McGhee was an ex player and legend and look what happened to him, Roy Aiken took over, mcinnes was a hun we heard. Does it matter, if he wins games and cups he gets accepted. been zero info from the club since Robson left, really curious if itās a new manager, new structure, or what?
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OOft! Surprised that heās gone but obviously sounds like we are close to moving forward. Better be more than just a new manager coming in or this leads to more what the fuck questions. id argue it was probably more work and pressure than warnock expected.
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Good effort from the team, hard working battling performance. Saying that, from what I saw, we played through midfield a lot more and possession was better. Certainly less hopeful/hopeless long ball. 4 at the back. Letās stick with it and build upon this formation. Macdonald solid at the back , won everything in the air, and while Mackenzie is prone to the odd mistake, rash tackle etc, he played well bombing down the left. Linked well with hoilett who was creative and had a good game. Not convinced by gartenmann and I think devlin is lacking confidence, doesnāt totally look like the excellent signing from the autumn. people here have criticized Phillips for his lack of ability but the boy works his bollocks off. A Rama type who definitely helps our midfield. Shinnie was Shinnie, played well and a lovely goal. McGrath is a good player, played well and needs to be given the #10 roaming free role. Played on the right but heās more of a central player but since we donāt have a right mid it is what it is at present. At present the 5 in midfield, McGrath and hoilett outside and shinnie Barron and Phillips is our best midfield. bojan worked his balls off but didnāt get much, but does a shift. good performance but itās āonlyā the cup. We need league wins.
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No clue what to expect, formation, personnel, performance etc. but say we win 3-2, miovski 2 and clarkson. On another more important note, given the minimal interest and comments these days, noticed today that shinnie and Charlie mulgrew are members of Snow Patrol. I never knew that.
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More and more chat from who??? Validity or simply hope??
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Yup, captain Ferguson with a nice volley for the winner. Italy couldnāt have gone any better for him. 20-30 million the talk with most rumors saying juventus want him to replace pogba. Whatās our sell on, 20%?