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Even as we speak, some fans are firing up Google Translate to find the German phrase for "wage thief"

But second best garbage amongst the 5 other garbage teams whose form is also garbage.

Armstrong and Watt.

Good point. Will be interesting to see if there are any coaching changes over the summer.

A one year deal for a squad player who we know will struggle to be fit for half a season is a waste of money. I hope Wimmer has better ideas than that. Moult was great when he was here. When we sold him, he was crocked and has struggled to play an entire season ever since. It's a shame for the guy, but we shouldn't be signing him any more than we should have re-signed van Veen. Bring him back as a coach to teach new signings how to shoot.

The Herald report says Goodwin "wants to lower the age profile". I imagine they can save a few quid too.

Since he left us, I don' think he's performed near the same level. We got his peak levels. He's a better footballer than our current centre backs, mind you, but he's obviously not coming back for obvious reasons.

Aimless high balls are the product of players who aren't comfortable on the ball. As Wimmer is looking for players to be comfortable on the ball, I have some hope he won't be picking too many of the punt-it-and-hope brigade. Although his choices are limited somewhat by the limited number of players we have that can pass.

Kettlewell currently with the highest bid for away-team manager.

Given Wimmer's preference for players to be comfortable in possession, Halliday is one of about 3 or 4 players we have that are capable of that. In the grand scheme of things, I thought he was one of our better players this season. It's Casey I wouldn't have on that list because, as I have mentioned elsewhere, I don't think the unquestionable energy he brings to the team makes up for the fact he is poor at defending (which is his main role). No obvious standouts, though.

As big a fan of Slattery as I am, I don't think he has enough games under his belt for POTY. My vote is for Tawanda Maswanhise. His form was a little up and down, but he added a much needed bit of spark and flair at various times during the season. I'm also voting for his goal against Dundee Utd, partly for his celebration when he jumped over the player that he just sat down before he scored. EDIT: that's what I get for not looking at the site before I posted here. I foolishly thought I'd be allowed to vote for my POTY.

As bad as some people might think we are right now, our recent form in our last 6 games is only matched by St Johnstone. The other 4 teams have been playing worse than us. I certainly prefer our position (and form) in the table to the position where you have a 6 point gap to make up just to avoid the playoff spot.

In the context of needing a win to get top six, the result against Hearts was obviously not what we wanted. In the wider context of league points, it was a good game not to lose. Keeping a clean sheet has been a collector's item in the past few seasons. The old system obviously wasn't working, and a number of players aren't good enough for the new system. So I think we are stuck with a compromise that isn't firing on all cylinders. If guys like Seddon, Kaleta and Maswanhise are fully fit after the break, they might add enough to pick up the points we need.

I'm jealous of the people who rank this squad as "the worst they have ever seen". They've had it easy!

I doubt Dundee will score 6 more points than us to overhaul us and County. There's no form team in the bottom 6 right now, but if you look at the last 6 games: Hearts 7 points Motherwell 8 points Killie 4 points Dundee 7 points St Johnstone 8 points I still think 42 will do it, but our mentality should be to overhaul Hearts.

42 points should be enough. If we had a striker that could score goals it would be a comfortable target. But if we had a striker that could score goals we wouldn't be in the bottom 6. I'd take 4 away games and Killie at home if it meant not having to play on that joke of a pitch again.

Saw a bit of the Cardiff game yesterday and Turnbull had a run out in the second half. After his lay off with his most recent injury he looked like he was getting back to full fitness. Cardiff, however, are looking set for the drop.

Zero. Nil. Nada. None. Nowt. Take your pick...

I wish we'd stop referring to it as a Cup Final, because we usually lose those. Let's just call it a big game and give ourselves a chance.

Unless Wimmer chooses to share his contract details with the media, that will be confidential. However, as anyone can resign at any time, he wouldn't really need an exit clause - it would just be a matter of negotiating the details for leaving. Ditto for sacking him.

If they don't include defensive ability, then he's no use as a defender.

Even when we beat Rangers and Dundee, Casey gave away both the goals we conceded. As I've said before, I understand why people like Casey for his energy and disruptive nature in the oppositions' box. As a defender, though, he's constantly out of position, and struggles to pass the ball to his own team members. A liability, especially when he's paired up with Blaney - something like 3 clean sheets playing together in the league. There comes a point when the mentality of a defence is just broken and they are incapable of performing at the required level. For me, it was obvious we had passed that point last season. Some of our central defenders may go on and perform better elsewhere, but I honestly can't think of any combination of the current crop that I'd look at before a game and think "clean sheet".

No. I was specifically talking about our back 3 defensive personnel. That has been our weak spot for the past 2 or 3 seasons (at least), so Casey & Blaney can go without contract renewals. I thought Gordon would be a step up, be hasn't lived up to his early promise either. So I'm fine with him leaving too. No point trying to tweak what we have. We must have tried every possible combo without being close to successful. Sometimes you just need start again. Hartley and Aldred were probably our last 2 good central defenders, and that's the level we need to find again.

We've ditched a few under those circumstances in the past. If Wimmer tells them they aren't part of his plans, I'm sure arrangements can be made.

We have tried a few different shapes, but the underlying issue is that Wimmer wants us to be more comfortable with the ball and only about half the team is good enough for that. In particular, the central defensive 3 struggle to make one pass between them. After our defensive atrocities in the previous season I was 100% on board with dumping them all and rebuilding from scratch. Would be equally happy for that to happen this summer.