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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%?
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Funny is certainly the wrong word, but itās funny that I thought something similar too. The collapse we have seen in the last month is very like goodwinās last month. Weāve gone from being in a decent place to complete shit. I know we werenāt 3rd or 4th, but we had games in hand, were in a cup final, and had a decent last game in Europe. The difference is that we werenāt shit prior to goodwinās last month, but weāve been arguably poor all year, plus have a very poorly designed squad, plus were an absolute disaster in the January window. i still feel we are doing the right thing, a review of all things football, but we have to move forward soon. Weāve got a babysitter and nobody benefits right now. Team in limbo and results matter.
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Thatās the thing, itās not a clear and obvious error. Havenāt seen it enough but in real time I thought devlin was fouled, then the replay they hit each other 50-50 and no foul. Stunned there was no monitor check. over the full game though we were pretty shit again, horrible tactics, and only one team deserved to win.
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Got what we deserved, panic kick ball from the first minute. Wonder strike gave us the lead but over the game canāt deny st mirren didnāt deserve the win. didnt think it was a foul never mind a penalty, red tv didnāt show it again so canāt really reflect, stunned they didnāt go to the monitor.
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St mirren by far the better team but weāre hanging on for the most part. Shocking that this is what we have become. We are not a long ball team, donāt have a Curtis main or Sam cosgrove type up top to battle, and every long ball for the most part is lost and st mirren attack again. We wonāt win continuing to play like this, itās wave upon wave and only a matter of time. Few dodgy calls too that Iām waiting for var to give them a penalty, wouldnāt be surprised to see st mirren get a penalty in the second half. Hate this var era where itās heart in mouth waiting and staring at the ref while thereās a delay.
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Being totally dominated because we cannot keep the ball. Weāre working hard but zero passing or skill. Frustrating cos we are better than this.
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Cracking goal, 30 yard top corner smash. Since then havenāt seen a pass, smash it long at every opportunity. Not unlike st Johnstone game, they are better cos we donāt pass. Not sure why, we have the ability.
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8th is appealing right nowā¦
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Think we have a game tomorrow, anyone care?? no clue what to expect but always the optimist! 2-1 us and a change of fortune, miovski and shinnie
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I was one of the few who felt what we are doing made sense, a review of the whole footballing side of things with an experienced head to see us through to the end of the season. Warnock has been in this type of situation many times, a team closer to the bottom of the league than top and see them to safety. His man management skills were emphasized too, someone who would get the team some confidence. saying that, what the fuck is going on? Itās pick names out of the hat and throw them onto the field. Six midfielders tonight and a 3-6-1. Each game a different fuck up. He benched Devlin and Mackenzie who, in my opinion, have been two of our better performers this season. Itās clear he has no fucking clue about our players, how we play and have been playing, and what has/hasnāt worked. Each game is just a repeat of a Robson fuck up. If we wanted an old master to see us through until the end of the season weād have been better off with Willie miller, someone who knows the team club and playersā¦.i think! Then again, if we were more concerned about personality and team bonding I am sure there are plenty of others out there, say John Hughes (joking really) who know more about the club and players than warnock. he seems totally clueless, itās no better, arguably worse, than Robson. As many including myself have said, we donāt have the time for trial and error. What structure is in place now? Who supports warnock? Are any of our back room staff giving him any feedback? fucking comical. And seriously worrying.
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Wtf tonight. 6 midfielders to start, including 5 center mids if you include Milne. We have to stop fanning around with formation, you cannot chop and change both formation and personnel and expect consistent performanceā¦.maybe consistent shite. This isnāt preseason, what the fuck are we doing? curious what happened with devlin not starting tonight, heās possibly our player of the yearā¦?? where do we go from here. 4 points off 11thā¦.!!
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I thought you were extremely optimistic before tonight, now Iām wondering if 1.5 is more realistic. hard to see where any points come from, form is worst in the league Iād assume??
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Not much to say. Weāre fucking rotten.
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Back 3 can fuck off too, permanently. We have to play 4 and go what players are more comfortable with.
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Well that first half was a treat. Canāt fault shinnie and certainly cannot really fault Jensen for the penalty. Midfield as a whole pish, Hayes and Milne offer very little going forward, very little from Barron McGrath and clarkson. We have to dominate in midfield to win games and despite 6 midfielders itās another poor effort.
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Youāre looking at your ex cos your single, sitting in the pub a little depressed with the boys, in has walked your ex looking fit and tanned, holding the hand of a good looking bloke who drives a nice shiny merc. You think what could have been. Go home for a wank, youāll feel better. we were shit under mcinnes in the end. We were a good side but that was in the past - Lewis Logan considine Reynoldsās, jack, McLean, shinnie, mcginn, Hayes, cosgrove, Rooney etc were old aging or gone. We were an awful long ball team, poor on the field and failing to bring in quality new players. Gone were the days of having some of the best players in the league in their positions , mcinnes was talented but also lucky. Consistent second and one trophy while everyone bar Celtic were going through troubles and had been relegated. You could argue he also underachieved. Definitely a nice spell we all enjoyed but that had gone well before we finally said goodbye to mcinnes. We also were all happy to see Milne go. we cannot compare mcinnes at Kellie to us, very different expectation and mcinnes isnt a dummy. Our league isnāt strong, we saw that when Robson went on a run last year. Hearts are on a run, killie too, but next year they could be us, bottom six pish, killie could be relegated, you never know. cormack is learning quickly that running a club is hard. Give him credit though he appears willing to spend. He loaned in a bunch of players and got push back, now weāve signed a bunch of shit and weāre in a bit of a pickle with a bloated squad of pish. Weāre failing with managers but you fail and learn. heās learning, but also needs quality senior management to help run his club. I have to believe heās evaluating structure as itās been three close to identical situations where we punt a similar manager in a similar timeframe. i believe we are not the club for a new manager to learn how to manage. We need someone who knows what they are doing, has some battle scars, and has seen a lot already. They also have a good network and connections in the transfer market. Iāll give mcinnes credit, I think heās the type weāre looking for, but not the one. I donāt support going back to an old club and trying to repeat the past, thatās hard. I see Alex Neill as an option. Iād also take a punt on any of the Scandinavians mentioned before Lennon lambert and the usual names, although are they just Scandinavian Goodwin? I was even intrigued but the Rodriguez bloke who is in Asia. Provided thereās a management structure in place that prepares a new guy, foreign may be an option. Clearly support didnāt happen to the last 3, even it appears with warnock. We canāt go to the usual names weāve heard for three years, nobody in their right mind wants a part of that. the season is written off, we wonāt make top six or Europe, and based on yesterday, plus 3 losses out of 3 without a goal scored against killie, hard to believe the cup will be successful. its time for cormack to give a club update. Whatās the current situation, what progress are we making re new manager and potential new structure or changes? Heās got to get ahead of this because with every week itās getting uglier with the fans and people will turn on and target warnock very quickly if they havent already. Warnock isnāt blameless but the finger has to get pointed at Gunn, cormack, and warnock to a point.
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I just dont buy heās a yes man. Cormack is a successful businessman who lives primarily stateside, I have to assume there are those who are at the club daily who are empowered to make decisions. I think this delay, intern, is to review footballing matters. As you say, it may simply be that Gunn is just push at his job and cormack is taking a step back to assess more than just the manager.
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Happy clapper?? bring something to the table, you havenāt said much more than person insults at warnock and that heās a fucking dinosaur. Repeatedly, which gets old. Iām willing to give the guy a chance, as I did Robson and Goodwin despite openly and repeatedly stating I didnāt want either, but gave reasons. Iāll always do that, you donāt need to agree with me but Iāll back up an argument with reasoning. Far from a happy clapper, Iāll bitch and moan more than most, but Iāll give any new guy support and benefit of the doubt initially, thatās only fair. warnock will get old quick. Yesterday was worrying as was his post match interview. While I agreed with his after match comments, which thankfully wasnāt a jovial and light hearted chat, as has been mentioned, weāve been pussies for a while. If thatās the case and he feels our team is lacking there, why not play Phillips? Not saying heās a star player but heāll put a shift in. Heāll get booked too which warnock asked for!! Didnāt bring him on either?? And to state this isnāt his type of team, I think he could have clarified that comment, as that can be taken as a total deflect comment which is a bitch move. were in a situation which is all about heart and graft. If we donāt have it then itās on warnock to create it. Very difficult, pretty much impossible, to make nice guys hard bastards. But warnock has been in these types of situations before, unlike leven for example, hopefully we benefit from his experience. what is becoming clear is that he doesnāt know the players, didnāt do homework, and hasnāt been given information on what has been failing us to date. We donāt have the time to wait, for him to figure it out, and the failure to prepare is both on warnock and on the club. Which leads me to point the finger at Gunn againā¦ā¦but again, what is gunnās job??
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Honest and fair, and serious, after match interview with warnock. Acknowledges weāre a bunch of pussies and a hell of a summer ahead. Made the comment that itās not really his kind of team, lacking physicality and battlers, which is worrying given thatās what we need right now.