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Because there's no point in offering critical analysis here after a positive result because it's generally met with bollocks like you've offered.

The game more or less passed by him yesterday. It makes me wonder what his role will be next season.

His contract with Rovers runs until June 2025. https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2022/april/04/gent-pens-pro-deal-/

Enjoyed that. Nice to see the win has brought out the sanctimonious pricks as well.

His win percentage so far this league campaign is 23.5%, but let's not allow facts to get in the way of opinions.

If it's a promotion from within, you're right, the wagons will circle. However, that would be a big mistake.

Herein lies the general issue with the SFA and VAR, and we have the evidence to show this: The referee interprets the rules one way The VAR interprets the rules another way The SFA's compliance officer interprets the rules another way The SFA's VAR independent review panel interprets the rules another way Add to that the fact that the whole thing is shrouded in secrecy, so we're all fucked. The fact that all of these professionals employed by the SFA can consistently come up with a different interpretation of the rules and differing decisions on the same incident is deeply concerning. Subjectivity is human nature, but I thought VAR was supposed to introduce further objectivity into the process. The issue is the SFA, its employees, and its cult of secrecy. The stats of the review panels have shown that things are only getting worse. Therefore, a critical review and overhaul of the whole thing must be undertaken by whoever replaces Crawford Allan this summer, as this cannot and should not go on.

Because he plays for Rangers.

Max has been warming the bench most games and playing second fiddle to Jusuf Gazibegovic. He didn't get off the bench today. Let's hope he kicks on next season.

I hear you, but I wouldn't be as kind to the officials. The outcome of the first three independent review panels has shown that the number of incorrect decisions via VAR intervention has increased with each review. Put simply, the longer VAR has been used, the worse its application has become in terms of the decision-making around key match incidents. Scotland’s Coefficient on Twitter provides a useful summary: https://x.com/scotlandscoeff1/status/1785636543811502502?s=46&t=wehikD-exiutCByWu64YEQ

Besides a crematorium and a Tesco Extra already being built on that land, another portion of the land is also allocated for development in the Local Development Plan, which suggests there may not be restrictions on the site, but who knows?! See allocation H71 in LDP: https://www.pkc.gov.uk/media/45477/Perth-West/pdf/Perth_West.pdf?m=157926405488. Given the likely value of the land beneath and immediately surrounding the stadium, I'd be very concerned if I were a St Johnstone fan.

According to Wiki, the 16 acres that McDiarmid Park sits on was worth £400K in 1986. What's it worth now? Will it be sold from under them once/if it all goes wrong?

Given the outcome of the VAR Independent Review Panels held so far, it would appear that the officials don't know the rules either.

Wagons circled, but the Club should've known that would happen and not bothered appealing.

No. The outcome of a 50/50 headed challenge could be one player being knocked unconscious and bleeding from the skull and the other being absolutely fine. The outcome is horrendous but the actions of going for a header don't have violent intent and aren't dangerous. Is that a red card?

Okay then. From here on in, and because all managers must now have our unquestioning support, no football fan is allowed to call into question the tactics or decision-making of a manager until they've got the same coaching qualifications as the manager they seek to critique.

That's a ridiculous binary argument of qualified individuals vs social outcasts. It is not one or the other, and that is not my point anyway. You've cherry-picked a part of a sentence from my post and commented on it without context. Anyone can get all the qualifications required to undertake their role. E.g. Obtain a medical degree to become a GP, a UEFA licence to become a manager, or a teaching degree to become a teacher. However, that in itself does not automatically make those individuals good at their jobs. They can be qualified but shite. Furthermore, in no way have I said that an armchair supporter is more qualified in this instance. My point is simply that the argument that an ex-pro must know what they're doing purely because they're an ex-pro is flawed.

He's done reasonably well to keep us up so far with the poor resources he has, but that does not and should not absolve him from criticism. He's on course to achieve the minimum requirements of his job. Bravo. By that logic, nobody is allowed to question anything unless they've practised it, which, of course, is nonsense and leads to the shutting down of debate. See Kmcalpin's comment above. A point worth noting is that it's not always a hard and fast rule that all players automatically make good managers, so it's a flawed argument to suggest Kettlewell will automatically have more tactical nous than every fan out there just because he's an ex-pro. He may well do, but he's yet to prove that to some due to the outcomes of some of his decision-making, which is where most valid criticism stems from.

You're right. He often seems to see so far beyond the basics that he forgets what many of them are.

And nobody is going to want to pay to watch the SPL with our current standard of officiating. It couldn't be further from sport or entertainment as it stands.

Livi are fighting for their lives and we went on holiday after the Hibs game, meaning we’ll be lucky to get a draw out of this one.

That's not the point I made though, is it? My point, and that of others, is that Vale is a striker and that a striker is often wasted when being made to play out of position. If Kettlewell wants to play Vale in another position, then so be it, but these tactical decisions will rightly raise questions and bafflement from fans when they don't lead to positive results. Furthermore, and as you’ve said elsewhere, we wouldn't have a forum if fans agreed with the manager on all his decisions.

We need a new keeper. Kelly is too expensive for what we get from him now. We either want someone who can command their box or stop shots very well, but we likely can't have both. Depending on what formation Kettlewell settles on for next season, and with the defensive aspect of our game being one of our major weaknesses, there’s a need for a least 3-4 new defensive players, and I include the full/wing-backs in that assessment. We need a couple of midfielders and a good bloody winger. What we don't need is several guys past their peak. We also need another striker as I’m not sure about Ferrie so far, unfortunately. So, I make that at least 7 or so new first-team players are required, and a massive clearout. Several players can go immediately, and Kettlewell needs to be brutal in this cull. If Kettlewell (and Daws) doesn't get his third transfer window right, and it's his biggest challenge yet, he’ll be gone by Christmas.

It baffles me that Kettlewell can't see what the fans see every week regarding Vale. He's a striker; play him beside Bair. It's that simple. Although I bet he starts Nicholson instead of Moses next week. It's time for a new keeper next season. For a team like ours, I’d rather have a big commanding keeper than a smaller shot-stopper. I'm pleased to see that Kettlewell isn't afraid to call out the officials on this incident. However, it’s a shame he's not as quick to learn from his own persistent failings, as perhaps that would give some indication that he's capable of implementing effective changes across the piece.

He was a midfielder. https://www.transfermarkt.com/stuart-kettlewell/leistungsdaten/spieler/69429 The point stands that we've got some shite defenders and that he seemingly can't coach them to do the basics. Every opposition manager knows that all their team has to do is lob balls into our box, and then we'll gift them goals. It's pathetic.