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Perhaps Slattery could be called a battler but Miller? His game is not about getting stuck in and fighting for the ball. Indeed his performances have really dropped off and prospective clubs must be thinking twice about paying serious money for him.

That's what worries me. We have no winners or battlers in our team. What I would give for a Peter Hartley or a Keith Lasley. The present duds have no battling qualities whatsoever and I fear for us when we come up against St Mirren, Dundee or even St Johnstone in the bottom 6. These teams have players who are not afraid to get stuck in and battle. We don't.

Kettlewell is largely to blame for this shambles. He signed dud after dud and walked when things inevitably went belly up, blaming the fans. He has ruined our club.

Wimmer mentioned it in his post match interview

I see we have a bounce game against St Mirren this week. We can't afford any more injuries so we will need to be extremely cautious against these hammer throwers.

One things for sure; we are incapable of keeping a clean sheet so will need to score if we hope to get anything from the game.

It's not a new manager we need, it's a miracle worker. Our squad is bereft of quality and we seem to have thrown good money at loan players in the hope of finding a decent one. Good plan! The new manager has an impossible task. No amount of coaching will turn the likes of Halliday or O' Donnell into good players as they are well past their sell by date. They're not the only ones but I've seen enough of them this season to know that they are finished at SPL level.

We are so easy to score against. Clean and sheet are words our defenders can only dream about.

Great post. Totally agree.

We supporters get incredibly frustrated with useless officials but it must be worse when your job may well suffer due to incompetent refs. Kettlewell and the players prepare meticulously for each game only to find the plan ruined because the ref makes crazy decisions. I can fully understand Kettlewells annoyance as it must be so difficult to stand on the touchline and say nothing while the ref makes himself the centre of attention in every game. I just wish Collum would remind his refs that the best ones are those who go about their business quietly but efficiently and don't need to flash cards in order to maintain control.

My worry is that Septic came in for heavy criticism after losing out on John McGinn and won't want to make the same mistake twice. However I desperately hope he does not end up at Parkhead.

Completely agree Dave. Kelly is a good shot stopper but the other parts of his game are limited, especially commanding his box and dealing with crosses. I'm sure we could recruit an equally talented shot stopper who is a better all round keeper than Kelly on the same or even less money.

Faddy called it one night on Sportscene when he said VAR is not the problem, it's the people operating it. We could have the best VAR system in the world but when people are using flawed judgement such as Bairs "handball" on Saturday, then it's a waste of time and money. Common sense and understanding of the game are sadly lacking. Our refs have been abysmal for years and allowing them to sit in a studio looking at a TV screen just compounds the problem. It's now time to get rid, save some money and acknowledge that our refs are just not up to the job which we knew anyway. Has it improved the game? Most definitely not, in fact it's made things worse so why bother.

Can't understand why we brought on 2 kids when we're trying to save the game. One maybe, but 2? Especially when we have Moses sitting on the bench. I thought he would have been the obvious choice to see what he could do.

You make an excellent point. Mika would probably have attracted all the headlines but his departure opened up the opportunity for someone else and Theo has certainly taken that chance.