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 Good read. Includes video.

44 minutes ago, STFU_Donny said:

Moved for TV or just because both teams playing midweek? 

41 minutes ago, Jute said:

Apparently because both teams have 5 games in space of 14 days. 

Oddly, Aberdeen haven't actually bothered to explain why it was moved. It's been up to Motherwell to inform our fans why.

I'm working Saturday and off the Sunday, so delighted with this. Might even go. 

Just need similar to happen to Hearts away...

51 minutes ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

We all know deep down this boy is gonna be shite.  

Speak for yourself, I've just ordered a shirt with his name on the back.

1 hour ago, Kowalski said:

 

Sarcasm is lost on you

It was a running joke his penalty record at Aberdeen wasn't great.

The top video - that was actually St Mirren's third penalty of the match, they scored the first two.

You just know we're going to get a penalty, and for the first time in his life Kelle Roos will save one.

You know you're not getting to bed early enough when you read "deepest, darkest" as "Budapest" and think we're in for a cracking away day

Kilmarnock are proper shite, but then we were very fortunate to take all three points there last time.

There's a chance a new manager could be announced, but Leven still in charge for this one, unless it's made early in the week.

Whoever is in charge, tough run of games after this: Celtic (h), Motherwell (h), Dundee United (a), Motherwell (a). So kinda important we take something up the road.

11 minutes ago, swaddon said:

I didn't know about that. Mind you, I'll be a long time dead when that gets built.

It was one of their main selling points at the beginning. Think they've slowly put it to the bottom of the list of benefits now..

2 hours ago, swaddon said:

That's precisely why I signed up.

That and the free shirt every year. And getting my name on the wall in the tunnel. I like to think it motivates the players to play well.

And the promise that we'll be first choice for season tickets in the new stadium...

21 minutes ago, OrlandoDon said:

He had his chance!

Time stopped at that point.

And I swear he hit that shot in slow motion.

Great game, despite a terrible referee. 

Shinnie ran midfield. Frame a delight. Topi becoming the player we all hoped he would. Nisbet again about to have a better second half of the season than first?

Obviously helped by Livingston not being particularly good.

If that's Leven's last game as interim then nice way to sign off. 

We better hope Morrison fit for the next game. No Milne, no Polvara. Devlin subbed, so Nilsen at CB.

2 minutes ago, OrlandoDon said:

 

Never seen milanovic give us width before..

Milanovic to score. I can feel it. I have money on it. 

2 minutes ago, OrlandoDon said:

Based on comments and this, could be leven until summer.

I just liked your last post, scrolled down and saw this.

I should rescind it.

One wee thing I noticed, just after the equaliser, Leven was screaming at them to stop celebrating, get back up the pitch and get another before half-time.

Just a wee thing but I like that attitude. Thelin was usually fist pumping the entire bench.

1 minute ago, Jupiter said:

You could say that about every referee

This one is extra special though.

Every time Ross Hardie referees us, there are bizarre decisions and he appears to lose control of the game.

2 minutes ago, The.Moog said:

 

Why the fuck is a ref going to the monitor for an offside call?

 

They couldn't draw the lines so ref had to make the call at the monitor.

Rumours Polvara has played his last game for the club, so that may explain his absence.

Morrison injured I think.

Leven promising Clarkson more game time then dropping him.

Lobban coming in, impressing, then barely getting a sniff since his red card is odd.

1 hour ago, Jupiter said:

They are taking far too long to pick a new manager, the penguin guy needs to get his finger out.

I'm going to defend Lutz here.

Bigger clubs than us have had vacancies at the same time, and have been happy to just appoint interims until the end of the season. Man Utd (Carrick), Celtic (O'Neill - for the second time this season) are two such examples.

Had we just said "Leven until the end of the season", would we have been happy?

It's coming up to three weeks, which isn't that long. As long as he appoints him within the next week, and the boy wins at least two trophies - at least one of which needs to be a European trophy - then I'd say the wait was worth it.

Heard some chatter about us being interested in Denizcan Cosgun, an Austrian attacking midfielder. Appears to have gone quiet though.

3 hours ago, Ajja said:

Problem with McGlynn is we are observing him years into a project at Falkirk where he has had the time to build a squad of guys who will run through walls for him. This Falkirk team/club didn’t spring up from nowhere in 3 months.

His squad building has been minimal though, it's not like this team were all with him in the Championship.

On average, they have around five players in the starting line-up who were there last season. We usually have around six who were regulars last season (and that doesn't count Jack Milne). In truth, they've just signed better than us. We've signed 15 players, and in our last four games we've named only four players in each starting line-up that were signed this season.

McGlynn has heavily utilised the loan system. They've brought in eight players across the season, and signed four on permanent deals. 

What he has done well is find gems in the lower divisions, given youngsters a chance who didn't make the grade elsewhere (a few from Aberdeen), and loaned players from the likes of Man Utd, Sunderland, Sheffield Utd, Swansea and Leicester City.

Maybe he has just hit the jackpot with his signings and that's why we're not looking his way, and perhaps there is an argument that we should wait and see if he can continue Falkirk's 'success' when all those loans return and bigger clubs sniff around a few other players. 

Or, he does say it himself - what could he do if given money to spend?

3 hours ago, OrlandoDon said:

I don’t think you can say we’ve appointed worse. While McGhee was a massive failure for example, he had a better track record than Robinson. Glass and robson could have been good with time, I see Robinson not much different to Goodwin.

In my lifetime, we have appointed Roy Aitken and Steve Paterson. I'd also argue Jimmy Calderwood's track record wasn't as good as Steve Paterson's. And there's also Neil Warnock.

The club also thought Alex Miller would do a turn. Too young to remember Portefield.

Like I say, he wouldn't be the worst manager we've appointed.

3 hours ago, OrlandoDon said:

with karlsson leaving does that allow us another loan? Is it 6 loaners at one time?? I 

Would appear it does, so we currently have space for three more, although Olusanya is rumoured to be one, and if Sumans is injured then a goalkeeper might be another.

1 hour ago, Elgindon said:

Ok,well fingers crossed its not Robinson,but in the event it was,do we think with a bigger budget he might be prepared/have the nous to vary his tactics with a bigger club,ie has he been using whats effective for St Mirren? 

   Sometimes those tactics might be effective for us too,but got a hunch he may be a bit of a one trick pony.......

Like I said before, I don't think he's a bad manager. He may well be a success. We've appointed worse managers than him.

It's more the fucking about with our "strategy" and "vision". We keep abandoning it every year or two, before going back to it again.

Either stick with it or ditch it. The indecision is pathetic.

1 hour ago, swaddon said:

John McGlynn has "insisted" that he has had "no contact" from Aberdeen to be our new "manager".

That's the bad news.

And in that same article, here's the fucking terrific news*
 

*For the avoidance of doubt, I'm being sarcastic.