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First order of business has to be someone who keeps us up. That doesn't exclude someone who is progressive, but that is secondary for now. That means someone with a bit of experience of this situation, and success in dealing with it. Generally, in these situations, you need someone with the opposite personality of the outgoing manager. The biggest thing that struck me about Hammell, at least in his interviews, was how intense and serious he was. That's not a bad thing to be for part of the time, but at some point you need to be able to impart some fun and enjoyment in the players, even when they are underperforming. So whoever comes in, as much as anything else, needs to bring in a fresh approach and mentality.

Time to focus on the league etc. etc. Take your pick...

The Reserve league has been a shambles since it was revived and I don't think the cancellations are generally anything to do with us.

Kudos to anyone who watched enough of the game to cast a vote. Take your pick...

If anyone had a solution to why things turn so bad at football clubs, they would be very wealthy. It happens at all levels in all leagues. Liverpool is a great example this season. Making it to the final day in 4 competitions last season with a team that was full of skill, energy and the high press. This season, with basically the same squad, they have been - by their standards - listless and hopeless. Conversely, sometimes it just takes a lucky break or two to kick start a revival. Most seasons a struggling team in the bottom six goes on a wee run that elevates them into mid-table safety. Hopefully, without all the 2022 baggage, the new signings can bring a fresh attitude to the next few games and get things turned around.

Impressed by how quickly the new players slotted into our system? Then take your pick...

I hope it runs past the summer window, because with the best will in the world, the players available to us in January are typically B-listers.

What are the odds we'll injure at least 3 of our new signings in training by Friday? Happy to see we have been pretty active this window. As much as anything else, just having players with a fresh mindset has to be a plus.

We've already signed a striker, a winger, a defender and an attacking, goalscoring midfielder - while loaning out Maguire, Shields and punting Sol. I'm not sure how many other changes you were expecting in January, but that's a pretty active window.

No - smacks of paper talk.

If Watt's new club make his signing-on bonus contingent on scoring 10 or more league goals in a season they won't owe him a penny. He has a career 0% on that.

Same script different day. Take your pick...

So that's the weekly "give away soft goal" checked off the list. Now all we need is the "miss 2 easy chances" and we'll up and running.

It's not just this season. I might just not notice it as much with other clubs, but it feels like we injure more players in training than most, and gets even worse during international breaks.

My overriding memory of St Mirren is being at the game where Billy Abercrombie was sent off 3 times. Was a pretty uneventful night otherwise and we didn't know about the 2 additional red cards until the next morning. Anyway. Another Mandron double for a 2 -1 win.

As long as we don't need a penalty shoot-out we have a chance.

I hope you were well into a Burn's Night dram with that post.

Wikipedia is showing him playing for Motherwell as Number 8. I hope somebody told Slattery.

Unless they are about to make a step-up, I'm not sure public report cards on the youngsters are necessarily a healthy thing. It's fine if we are talking them up, but I can't imagine "Bob isn't doing enough this month to earn a first team start" is very useful. The main problem, I suppose, has been the scrapping of the U20s and being left with a Reserve League that is a bit of a mix of senior and youth players, and only when the shambles of a fixture list is operating. When we had regular U20s matches we were able to see players in action and the coaches could give constructive feedback on specific games. Of course Max Johnston has started recently and Stuart McKinstry is an academy product, albeit a loaner.

A bit ****ing short of ****ing explet-****ing*ives compared to ****ing Hammel's ****ing team ****ing talk in the ****ing Arbroath ****ing game.

To be fair, in the EFL Cup, Mandron scored an equaliser against Brentford (at Brentford) after an early Ivan Toney goal, and Gillingham went on to beat them on penalties. And I've watched a few lower tier teams in the this season's FA cup beat teams 4 or 5 tiers above them. It was still entertaining though to watch Goodwin go down in flames. Even if we can only be smug until the next round.

I know the league is pretty tight, but any time I've seen Aberdeen this season they have been pure mince - yet they are still in 5th place.

THAT's what you remember about our cup form in 1991?

I'm OK with am away tie as long as it's not on a plastic pitch.

If any gaffer is going to bring in another left back it's this gaffer. From his interviews it sounds like we are actively working on more deals, including a replacement for Penney.