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If there was a conspiracy in place for SK to give up a 1 year salary pay out to join Thistle on a, no doubt, lesser wage, then it sounds like a plan cooked up by Pinky and the Brain. Putting the "abuse by fans" excuse aside for a moment, it felt like SK was running out of ideas for us and that was turning into frustration with everyone from the refs and the media to VAR and, of course, the fans. I don't think he was lined up for the sack, but the resignation didn't surprise me too much. He hadn't gone full "deer in the headlights" in his interviews, but he was heading in that direction. He was never going to be out the game for very long because that's just how football works. Whether it's at Thistle, Ross County, or some other club, it's odds on he'll have a new job by the spring.

People talk about a bloated squad as if we had 30 fit players to choose from every week. In reality we've been struggling to fill the bench many weeks, and have to start whoever can walk over who's best. Plenty will be moving on in the summer, but we needed the head count to get us through the worst of the injury problems.

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I miss the days of Richard "that set the pigeons on fire" Park and Jimmy "were you at the game caller" Sanderson. My other Richard Park favourite was "the ship's come off the rails"

Absolutely. And these days, when full backs have pretty much had any defensive skills drilled out of them, 3 at the back makes more sense.

In name only when Klopp was in charge.

Ahmet just asked Wimmer if he knew what number Zach Robinson played. He said no.

He's the Australian presenter on Masterchef. The one that's not the sex pest.

True. But as Ange is finding out at Spurs, it's also true that many players aren't capable of implementing it. If he can get it to work, though, it's definitely they way to go.

07:54am this morning 09:42am this morning Just in case you thought there was any actual journalism left at the Daily Record.

In a high press (using Liverpool as a top example) the wingbacks are expected to cover defensive, midfield and attacking duties. The distances guys like Robertson and Alexander-Arnold cover is insasne.

I'm good with that. My fear is that is usually coupled with short, intricate passing out from the back.

And there should be less abuse if only due to the time it takes for people to dig out their phone and look up "useless tosser" on Google translate.

I'm just heading off another "Kettle's boiling" tsunami.

I'm not sure I buy into the "learning Scottish football" thing. Of course, you'll need some insight into how teams line up etc. but you can get up to speed with that quite quicky. More importantly, there are plenty of people left at the club who can bring him up to speed. The question for me, as I have mentioned on a few other threads, is can he organise a defence with the players available.

Also: He looks nothing like John Torode. Wimmer does not rhyme with dinner, winner, sinner Wimmer does rhyme with swimmer (schwimmer), glimmer, dimmer and Arnold Rimmer. Hope this helps for all the budding poets and headline writers out ther.

Scottish media a mile oot with its predictions as usual.

Sorting out our defence will define our season. So far, it has not been sorted.

I doubt any keeper is going to feel confident behind that defence.

Caretaker manager has certainly stamped his image on the defence. Frail. Take your pick...

Great assist from Miller.

Did somebody change the rules about fouls while we were on a break last week?

Straight back to action... ... of ref fiddling with his electronics and delaying the game.

Slattery and Miller, together again. That thing where you see someone near the big white circle kick the ball? It's a pass from midfield. Remember those?

If I was Caldwell, I'd invite Hammell, Malpas and Alexander to sit in the Director's Box today, just to see the posts on here.