On Saturday, the Dons go to the shithole that is Tannadice to take on the club that everyone loves to hate. It kicks off at 3 pm.

I can't see us winning this one, so I fancy a 2-2 draw.

Looked more like a deflection than obstruction.

Just now, The.Moog said:

Massive bullet dodged.

WTF at the back again. Full backs absolutely nowhere to be seen.

Get a fuckin grip back there ffs… 😡

I dont think it’s the full backs, they are being asked to push on for width, a central defender should be able to come wide cos a holding mid is supporting the middle. But one wasnt there cos we subbed him.

Yep worst defence ever.

Shite! ... 3-2 ... again ☹️

If Muller is the best we can do we be as well pack up the men's team as well as the woman's. His kicking is absolutely dreadful and invariably leads to a united attack.

Goal number 3.

Guess who’s man scored it.

I give up… 🤦‍♂️

No arguing with that one for them

"Only Rangers and Celtic have conceded fewer goals than us this season"

Well that has been thrown out the window today.

"Only one defeat in six"

On our way to two in three here.

We were playing a 4-1-3-2. Maybe even a diamond actually. And it was okay. Now we've actually reverted to two in the middle with the full-backs pushed forward, United have an extra player both in the middle and on the wings, and are cutting through us. If United don't win it'll feel very much like they chucked it rather than us doing anything.

Another weekend ruined by our misfiring club. It is really difficult to see how much more wrong they could actually have got it. The only thing saving us from the bottom is the difference in wage bill. No doubt the charlatan will try to put a positive spin on it but it is simply not good enough.

8 minutes ago, Panda said:

"Only Rangers and Celtic have conceded fewer goals than us this season"

Well that has been thrown out the window today.

"Only one defeat in six"

On our way to two in three here.

This was the 19th league game Robinson has been in charge for.

We have won 6 of those. Six.

Easy excuse today, virus, players have had limited training, players out, patchwork defense etc. We havent been terrible but if you gift goals it’s a tough game.

Hard to accept but i need to. We are st mirren. Mediocre players mediocre performances more bad than good win some lose some, and mid table crap. Win a couple were top 6, lose a couple bottom 6. That will be our season. Painful stuff.

Fwiw nisbet was shit today and should never have played 90. Id have left mouloua on, much more skilled, smarter, harder worker, faster, give him a full game.

Didn’t expect much when I saw that team so no surprise we lost, but deserved something there tbf.

Being wasteful up front & shite at the back doesn’t win points though.

Now, the Scottish league is pish, but its not that pish that you can get away with playing a defence & goalie like that.

My highland league comparison might be harsh - on the highland league.

Mayo is out 2 months with a stress fracture apparently & Knoester was injured rather than down with the virus too by the sounds of it.

We’re in big trouble if we have to go with that abysmal defence for any length of time.

Still the virus is a lay up easy excuse for Robinson to use today so he’ll be happy.

Mid table at best this season. With this squad that’s all you can expect really - and at the moment I’d happily settle for it …

Edited October 24Oct 24 by The.Moog

3 wins out of 10 in league so far this season
Falkirk at home on Wednesday better see some improvement.
Actually dreading the semi final now and may let Falkirk game decide whether we just stay at home rather than travel down to Hampden

Better team for long stretches but being wasteful at one end and shit at the other generally only results in one outcome.

The fact that Devlin or Frame can't get in to that team is shocking. Surely as limited as they are they are a better option than either full back presently playing. Cadden is dog's dirt and NGW is not much better. Who sanctioned spending actual real money on them should be strung up by the knackers.

Any thoughts of a dream final are sadly only that with this mob.

1 hour ago, irnbru1903 said:

The fact that Devlin or Frame can't get in to that team is shocking. Surely as limited as they are they are a better option than either full back presently playing. Cadden is dog's dirt and NGW is not much better. Who sanctioned spending actual real money on them should be strung up by the knackers.

Any thoughts of a dream final are sadly only that with this mob.

Dont agree with you and NGW, think he’s doing ok. He gets forward a lot now, gives us width, and today got a goal. Thought, like nisbet, Cadden was way off it today, don’t recall one attacking run and on a day playing 4 center mids, we cannot afford that, we needed is attacking width. He’s very average at best, devlin’s legs must have really gone to be sitting watching Cadden week in week out.

1 hour ago, KGB said:

Better team for long stretches but being wasteful at one end and shit at the other generally only results in one outcome.

That’s the match report right there, nothing else needed.

2 hours ago, irnbru1903 said:

The fact that Devlin or Frame can't get in to that team is shocking. Surely as limited as they are they are a better option than either full back presently playing. Cadden is dog's dirt and NGW is not much better. Who sanctioned spending actual real money on them should be strung up by the knackers.

Any thoughts of a dream final are sadly only that with this mob.

Thought NGW did ok and offered more going forward today but don’t think he is great defensively- Cadden? Very poor again

Milne isn’t good enough and shouldn’t have been anywhere near the first team- certainly not as a centre half until he is willing to get hurt to stop a goal

We actually played the ball about up ok to the front 3rd but Nisbet was honking and we got suckered on more than 3 occasions

Muller is not an upgrade on Mitov

Edited October 24Oct 24 by 2stars

I think Guinness-Walker gives the impression he's good going forward because he can sometimes skip by a player and look good on the ball. But his end product tends to be him swinging in crosses aimlessly, which is one of our worst traits.

In his defence, a good manager could get a hold of him and make a player out of him.

Thought we relied too much on the ineffective cross ball today. Utd defenders had significant height advantage and we were never going to impact game that way. Aremu going off at HT was really stupid. He was providing all the protection in midfield and we surrendered 15-20 yards as a result. Thought GW had one of his better games but was getting caught later on when he tired. I love watching Mouloua, some of his movement and little rapid touches were brilliant in the first half. Felt like Nisbet struggled to keep tabs on what he was doing. He works really hard on and off the ball and is determined to win the ball, uses his physicality really well. It was never a game for Olusanya when Utd were sitting deep and protecting a lead. He did nothing. Milne in a 4 is far too soft, especially if the FBs are still going to play high. Way too exposed. Utd have been playing that quick turn in transition and when they went after us at 2-2 we got a bit overwhelmed. Best I’ve seen us play in a while but just too open at 2-2 with that backline, should have been a bit more canny. I really hope we stick with Mouloua and Nisbet up top. If it clicks it could be brilliant.

1 hour ago, 2stars said:

Thought NGW did ok and offered more going forward today but don’t think he is great defensively- Cadden? Very poor again

Milne isn’t good enough and shouldn’t have been anywhere near the first team- certainly not as a centre half until he is willing to get hurt to stop a goal

We actually played the ball about up ok to the front 3rd but Nisbet was honking and we got suckered on more than 3 occasions

Muller is not an upgrade on Mitov

This ^

3 hours ago, Ajja said:

I really hope we stick with Mouloua and Nisbet up top. If it clicks it could be brilliant.

Mouloua is guaranteed to be on the bench for the next match.

I don’t like Robinson with his constant excuses, but given how poorly Nisbet & Armstrong played today, I’m gonna guess they were two of the players Robinson referred to as ones who shouldn’t really have been on the pitch today.

Aremu going off at HT given he was holding the midfield together first half may well be a third who was struggling and couldn’t continue. If that’s not the reason, Robinson hugely contributed to us losing that game with that decision.

Only 3 subs used indicates as he also said that some of those on the bench shouldn’t really have been there either.

That said, the injuries at CH were nothing to do with the bug, so we’re in big trouble potentially there, and there is zero excuse for completely bombing out Devlin and Frame for those two at FB, though Obi 2 is the significantly better of the 2.

Muller is now concerning me greatly too - moves along his line and goes down slower than a weekend in the jail, and his kicking is worse than Mitov’s.

Another downgrade, and Mitov was nothing special either.

Troubling times - again…

Edited October 24Oct 24 by The.Moog

1 hour ago, The.Moog said:

I don’t like Robinson with his constant excuses, but given how poorly Nisbet & Armstrong played today, I’m gonna guess they were two of the players Robinson referred to as ones who shouldn’t really have been on the pitch today.

Armstrong did the pre-match presser on Friday and said he wasn't one of the players who had been ill.

Just watched it “as live”. Frustrating game. Armstrong really didn’t look himself - lots of wayward passes to my eye. Maybe he’s now coming down with it!