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Popping out from my hiatus to add some pedantry... It wasn't extended; it was changed to be a "rolling" contract, so it's actually protecting the Club and makes getting rid of him easier as we won't have X years cash to pay him...

When you combine the games where we didn't score with the games where we only scored after emptying the bench and changing formation then it's clear that the starting formation and tactics are brutal and overly negative. Over 10 games this season so far the only starting 11 goals from open play are Moses against Clyde and the Rangers defender scoring an OG under no pressure.

I take it goals from corners, penalties, free kicks, own goals and substitutes don't count then? Are we even allowed to celebrate them? Can we then also ignore any goals we concede from corners, own goals, free kicks, substitutes and penalties? Or perhaps it does not apply both ways? You do have a point regarding our style of play at times and I share your frustration with Kettlewell's team selection at times. But the fact is we are doing ok at present and he seems to have improved our defensive set up. I do concede that I would also like to see more goals resulting from magical sweeping moves, but playing to a strength is hardly a poor option. And until we sign a Bellingham or De Bruyne I don't see things changing that much. Especially as you have already written off Tavares, Maswanhise and all bar one of our new recruits. I'll celebrate any goal we score no matter the source. England nearly won a World Cup playing to the same strength. Some of the goals we scored last season were as good as you will see anywhere. Whether from open play or free kicks. And was it McGhee that used to insist that every player be in our box defending at a corner because the majority of goals teams concede come from that source? Maybe some of those corners, penalties and free kicks we score from result from decent moves that our opponents have difficulty dealing with. Or maybe credit goes to Miller and/or Halliday for their ability to deliver the ball. And we have scored in 80% of the competitive games we have played so far this season. Fairly consistent. But I guess that positive assessment does not fit your agenda. But credit where credit is due. Ignoring the fact we were third top scorers last season and then dismissing goals not scored from open play to validate your argument is certainly creative. As is pointing out that we score some goals after making substitutions. Some might say that was also a positive and a direct result of some astute management decisions. I guess it all comes down to the argument you choose to promote.

7 weeks here. Enjoy the madness.

It has, 6 weeks old today. It feels like 6 months and simultaneously 6 weeks and 6 days and 6 hours and 6 minutes and 6 seconds

Correct. This fact gets in the way of the arguments put forward by some of the Kettlewell apologists. Enjoy your hiatus. I assume fatherhood has also arrived for you.

To be fair to @steelboy here he makes a good point. When you look at our statistics in a bit more detail it highlights the following: We failed to score in 13 league matches last season, so more than a third of our games. 25% of our goals scored came from three matches; against Ross County home and away and Livi at home (14 of 56). That increases to 20 of 56 (35%) when you add in two 3-1 wins against Livi. Yes we were third highest scorers in the league, but looking slightly deeper into that shows it was due to a handful of games, rather than it being consistent across the season which is what you want. We were absolute dugshite going forward for long periods last year and it showed. Of the 13 times we didn't score, we lost six of them by one goal and drew one of them. So you'd (rightly, imho) argue that consistent goal scoring to the same level over the entire season would have seen a far better league position for us.

From the BBC; Scotland midfielder Ryan Jack made his Erkospor debut as a substitute yesterday, despite no official announcement of his signing from the Turkish second tier side, who listed the 32-year-old as Ryan James. (Scottish Sun)

Simple facts like that don't register with Steelboy, if they don't back up his random quotes and agendas they never happened and are therefore ignored.

We were the 3rd top scorers in the league last season after Celtic and Rangers........ 🙄🙄🙄

If you think I’ve nothing more recent to cast up, then you haven’t been reading my posts. The guy isn’t a good manager and we’ll not move forward under him. Him surviving that run of zero wins in 15 means the bar has been set very low for him, and that’s likely why a few victories have triggered a contract renewal.

15 games. Zero wins.

His tactical ineptitude has been exposed on numerous occasions during his tenure and I am yet to see him progress/develop in any way as a manager with us.

Maswanhise has struggled apart from versus 10 men against Killie. Tavares looked lively but similar to when I've seen him for Hibs his end product was very poor. Vale worked hard but no quality as usual. Halliday is getting bossed by the oppsition every single week. Our attacking play is still very poor as it was for most of last season. Attempting to attack through SOD is going exactly as well as it in each of the past two seasons.

So predictable. Yet another dig at Kettlewell. After we had won three in a row all you could talk about was the bad run we had LAST season. What did you think of Vale and Tavares yesterday? How about the impact Maswanhise had in previous games? Even Halliday is now earning his keep. Just to pick four you have written off because your favourite manager brought them in. Sure there has been a couple of questionable signings but 16 out of 17 failures! Utter nonsense.

Looking at what we have signed this has to be the worst window we've ever had. 17 players and only Liam Gordon looks decent.