Yorkyred

I think post match interviews in general are way overrated.

No

As long as we don’t look in danger of relegation I’m guessing all season.

A bit like Alexander, I’m going nowhere. Celtic or Rangers are still available for you, lots of wins.

It’s not going to happen.

I take it this is going to be the start of the Alexander out chat

Happy enough with the line up

Nothing is a given this year. Of course we should be favourites, we had the majority of possession last night, but we lack a goalscorer and it’s costing us.

My question would be if there are better options why are we not signing them ? This is exactly the same argument that we had Robinson and i’v no doubt we will have with the next manager when Alexander is punted. I argued then that the playing budget was at a level that we were never going to sign quality players. We can’t even compete with lower league English clubs and the likes of Dundee. How many players would Alexander like to sign that we can’t afford ? I’m pretty certain we lose out on the majority we approach. It’s simple mathematics. When you look at our crowds we don’t get enough people through the turnstiles and as such we either do a Dundee and end up going into administration or we carry on cutting our cloth. And before anyone says other clubs are doing it better, they are not. The vast majority of clubs in this league are scrabbling around for the same level of player and the football is just as bad. Yes you get the odd exemption for a limited length of time but eventually everyone struggles. It’s a far bigger issue than the manager.

Can we tempt Robinson away from St Mirren ?

It was never going to be an easy game against a team that’s probably as good as anyone in the league just now bar the old firm, they really are much improved. We can’t buy a win these days I’m afraid and I’m just glad we got the points on the board before we sold Watt, he’s terribly missed and we’ve just not been the same since he left.

We have both Efford and Shields who can play in the central role, Tierney just behind could be effective.

Very tough game against a much improved team, 1-1.

Premiership wages in a championship side, we know where this is going

I thought we would get thrashed, and I’m an optimist.

Lamie is complete rubbish, or so we were told.

Happy days. Who said refs always favour the old firm.

The fixtures do look promising on paper, the worry is though that we’re on a poor run and not playing that well. A four or five goal drubbing tomorrow would see confidence take another dip. I think we have a very decent squad but regardless of the fixtures when you’ve not won for a while it’s never easy getting back on track.

I remember Robinson saying McGinley had a huge amount of ability and been isolated in a flat away from home was effecting him, Alexander seems to have the same high opinion. I’m somewhere in the middle in as much as I think he gets too much stick without been blown away, I prefer Carroll.

Yep at 25 he’s either good enough or he’s not, he should be approaching his peak.

O’Hara

We all know what’s going to happen.

I can understand why St Mirren would be interested, his record up here is good regardless of what some may think. St Mirren goal every season is staying in the division and Robinson has shown he’s more than capable of doing that.

I would be more than happy with top six this season and another summer for Alexander to further develop the squad. We’re on a poor run in the league but there is nothing to suggest we’re inferior to anyone else outside the old firm. We’ve a number of players that I think will develop further given time and a little patience. I always defended Robinson but I think Alexander has the edge overall, looks to be a little more work going into looking at a player before signing him. He’s also improved a number of players, Watt, Lamie, Bevis, Goss, McGinley. I look at the managers coming into other clubs and I can’t say I’m that impressed, only Ross County have really improved. Dundee United, Hibs, Dundee, Aberdeen, St Johnstone have all carried on going backwards.

I have always been his biggest critic but he really has improved big style with surely more development to come, I actually thought we may have lost him this summer. Our team is always going to be full of mediocre premiership players, if they improve into top class Premiership players they move on. But he has strength, his passing has improved, he’s good in the air, and he’s more aware of those around him.