MJC

Correct. And when you take into consideration how much emphasis SK and the club put into how meagre our budget is then signing a player over thirty who we knew was injury prone and a player who was ridiculed by St.Johnstone fans last season then it’s crazy. I think there was definitely something in the talk of us being in for Steven Fletcher, SK perhaps expected that to happen but he didn’t want to come so Ollie Shaw was signed at the last minute.

Overall as a team we definitely are yes. But we just don’t have goals in us and that is our biggest downfall.

I’m afraid so. It’s days like today and last week that demonstrate just how valuable van Veen was for us last season. For all we had a terrific revival under Kettlewell from February onwards how much of that was down to KvV making the difference in games?

But with the same old predictable result.

Again a decent performance but it boils down to the most basic thing about football. If you can’t score goals you don’t win games.

That’s John ‘Klinsmann’ Hendry to you and me….according to McLeish.

Firstly, do we know that Biereth is ‘outstanding’ as you put it? He’s not even played the total of a half of football for us yet. He does look the part on the very brief showings so far, that can’t be denied and losing him like we did was a hammer blow. Secondly, we also signed Wilkinson who doesn’t have a track record of scoring goals, Obika who is 32 y/o and crocked and Bair who scored one goal for St.Johnstone last season. And Ollie Shaw whom the jury is still out of on. So obviously there was a huge deal of bad luck with Biereth but the signings of Obika and Bair in particular were madness.

Same story as last week basically. Yet again our glaring weaknesses up front and poor summer transfer business is haunting us.

A shitey deflected goal out of nothing for them? Absolutely.

Game over.

I’m sure his bigger pay packet that he’s picking up at Utd will numb the pain for him.

Wilkinson back in the squad albeit on the bench.

They were yes, though those games won’t have any bearing on what happens this Sunday. I do think though that this type of game is one that might, just might suit us and our style of play. We don’t have a recognised goalscorer but we do have a side that can frustrate teams who are better than us man for man. We saw that at Tynecastle the other week and we saw it at Celtic Park back in April, albeit with the advantage of having a proper striker on that occasion. We say the same every time before these games but it’s vital that we don’t concede early here. The longer we frustrate them the better for us and the more their fans will get on their backs. I don’t see us not conceding but the longer we keep them out the better, and if we can get ourselves in front even better still. Or we could just do our usual and get pumped 3-0.

In all likelihood we will get beat on Sunday. However given our strong away form under Kettlewell then that might give us a glimmer of hope that we can snatch something.

Yes, my mistake. I’ve corrected it now.

If we can keep our unbeaten away league record under Kettlewell going then that will make for a superb September weekend. 1-1

Good luck to them fuck all. Their fans are arseholes and their manager uses tactics that set out to kick and injure opponents. They need to fall asap and the sooner that happens the better.

Well obviously, but I still take satisfaction in our fans letting him know that he’s a c**t for his assault on Biereth the other week. Put it simply, Dunne, Robinson and St.Mirren are c**ts and the sooner they fall the better.

That’s true and I can’t fault his level of effort. He actually reminds me of Ryan Bowman in that he’s the type of forward who needs a goal scoring striker to play alongside in order to be effective. Here’s hoping Hearts slap him and St.Mirren right back into their box next Saturday.

Obviously we can’t blame SK for Biereth (well done to everyone who booed Dunne today btw) but signing a player who had scored one goal all season and was ridiculed by St.Johnstone fans last season was madness. Obviously every signing we make is a gamble but at least try and stack the odds in your favour. The same could be said for re-signing a 32 year old Jon Obika who we knew was injury prone.

We played well enough today but if you can’t score goals then you don’t win football matches. Our forward options are absolute garbage.

Looks like we’re just going to have to keep our fine away form going by getting a point at Ibrox next Sunday.

Think that’s glaringly obvious. We could play until midnight and not score. SK has done a very good job for us but his summer transfer business has fallen badly short when it comes to signing forward players and today that is painfully evident.

Shaw on for Bair.

100%. We need to give him the chance to see what he can do.