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The focus on retaining possession seems to have overtaken the need to get the ball into the box, leaving our play pedestrian and easy for opponents to manage in non-dangerous areas.

It won’t be the first time some of us have questioned his game management. Giving Slattery the full 90 on Wednesday then benching him yesterday should haunt him for a while. He needs to learn these harsh lessons sooner rather than later.

The macaroni and Scotch pie combo I got after their second goal. They charged and refunded my card at the same time and I only noticed today. Winner. Small victories in a day of shite.

We can absolutely piss and moan about poor officiating all day long, and in this case it is justified, but their first goal came from a corner we failed to defend, as usual.

Watched the highlights again. That starting eleven wasn’t good enough. I’d happily see the back of half of them. Far too much jogging about and too many mistakes in a cup semi-final. JBA needs to be realistic. His system will fail more often than it succeeds until we get a competent GK, one or two strong ball-playing CBs, a proper RB, and a physical CF who can actually lead the line. He needs to make adjustments now and have a plan B to see us through to the January transfer window.

Just watched the highlights back. The manager and a number of the players should be embarrassed. We were second best all over the park. St Mirren were the better side on the day and fully deserved the win. I don’t want to dismiss all the good JBA has implemented so far, but he now has the challenge of showing he can learn from being outfought and outthought by making the changes required where and when possible. Yesterday was pathetic.

That one was on JBA. He has the January transfer window to show he can make this work, but my confidence in him is starting to waver. It doesn’t help that his number 9 and central defence are completely useless.

Use your phone to scan them through one by one, then go through last yourself.

Far from perfect, but two great goals and a noticeably more pragmatic approach. Plenty of positives to take as we look to Saturday.

You just stand at the turnstile, scan each person through one at a time, and then you go in last.

But what about the shoots on goal...

There’s more to the VAR problem than inconsistent interventions and questionable decisions. It disrupts the live match experience to the point where fans can’t even celebrate goals in the moment, because every goal now comes with a long pause while everyone waits to see if it actually counts. It’s sucking the joy out of the game and, at the end of the day, money talks. If this carries on, fans will talk with their feet, and once they start staying away, it will be very hard to get them back. Club chairmen need to act quickly and come together to get rid of this shite before the damage is permanent.

I’ll still be going because I’m a longstanding season ticket holder, but I think I’ll genuinely hesitate before renewing next season. VAR and the clowns running it have ripped every bit of spontaneity and enjoyment out of going to the football. It’s supposed to be entertainment, and instead we’re standing about waiting on decisions nobody in the ground can understand. We’re being taken for absolute mugs, and I’m sick of it.

We’re being sold a sham in Scotland that would never fly in the English top flight, yet we just sit and accept it every week. Budget VAR tech, incompetent officials, and plastic pitches. I’ve had enough.

VAR has no business ruling on offside decisions until there are at least two correctly placed cameras on both sides of the pitch.

VAR is ruining football and the stadium experience for supporters. Get rid of it before the fans walk away.

2 shots on target and 2 goals. That was a very, very important win for JBA and the team.

So the KMI panel has confirmed yet another VAR mistake. https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/media/13663/10-kmi-23rd-october-matches-18th-19th-oct-2025-outcomes.pdf As I've said before, the KMI panel doesn't actually change anything. It just highlights mistakes we already know about, offers no accountability, and is a complete waste of time. Brilliant.

There's more chance of Jim Paterson solving the striking issue.

JBA still has plenty of mistakes to make and lessons to learn, just like the players who keep making individual errors. That’s football. He should also know by now what needs to be done in January to strengthen both defence and attack.

VAR technology itself isn’t really the issue in Scotland. It’s the absolute clowns operating it and the total lack of accountability. It’s ruining the matchday experience to the point I’m genuinely considering not renewing my season ticket until either (a) it’s scrapped, or (b) the officials somehow stop being utter morons.

What have I done?!

Yes. He’s earned all the credit he’s had so far, and I’m fully behind him. But that doesn’t make him immune to criticism. Credit where it’s due, and the same applies the other way, because he got it badly wrong at the weekend.

As I said above, it comes down to poor game management from JBA. Koutroumbis should’ve been replaced by SOD at halftime, but instead, he waited until it was too late.

It’s a football forum built on differing opinions, and it would be dull without them. What you call a meltdown is just part of the fan forum dynamic.