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He doesn't need to leave the club to step down from his current position. Just take on a different role.

St Mirren are just training him up for when Burrows decides to step down. I get the feeling he'll be back in our board room at some point.

Just another example of how difficult it is to predict the success of a player at a young age regardless of pedigree. Some are late bloomers, some follow a steady progression and some just stall completely. I'm sure he can do a job somewhere, but his opportunities at Fir Park will continue to be limited.

He also said we made it scrappy in the second half when what we actually did was change shape and tackle more.

Since he left us White has developed into a regular 4 goals a season striker.

On one hand, Celtic playing for fun in front of their home crowd for the first time after winning the title gives me the fear. They could decide to turn on the style and are capable of taking 4 or 5 of anybody in that mood. On the other hand, they might treat it more like a friendly which would give us the edge if we tackle it like it cup final. I suspect we'll be more interested in the Dingwall game and will lose this one, but end of season games are very difficult to predict.

I see our ex keeper Ross Stewart was on the wrong end of a result at Fir Park this evening.

I might need to start checking flights myself.

In case we needed more proof, we are always a better team when Slattery and van Veen are playing. But I agree Ricki takes it this week. He's one of the ones that stepped up when we needed him.

Choisissez votre homme du match dans notre match de qualification pour les Euros.. (courtesy of Google Translate)

I have to assume he's injured or something because he has been rank rotten every game I've seem in play in 2022.

The Covid seasons have thrown up some strange times. Last season, behind closed doors, St Johnstone winning 2 cups was pretty incredible and unlikely to happen in a regular season. This season hasn't been quite as chaotic, but I think the clubs are still trying to manage the impact and there has been a general leveling of the gap between about 4th and 10th which is why 3 wins this year have put us into Europe while double winning St Johnstone are headed to the relegation play-offs. And then there's Rangers who have been pretty average (for an ugly) in the league this season but stormed their way to a Euro final.

Or we beat Celtic

Dug out another result when it mattered. Too late to change my vote for Lamie as POTY after his Livi and Hearts goals?

Had to join a work meeting at half time. Back online now and watching through my fingers. Just hang on!

I think it's fair to say the Donnelly/Ojala combo is not our most effective.

Get Bevis on for Ojala.

Slattery - POTY.

Aye, it sounded like he shouldn't have been anywhere near the first team squad on Saturday due to his illness, so I guess he just hasn't been able to recover. Hopefully the fit players will be able to take advantage of his good work from the County game.

If you read the details on the official site, it explains why investment is needed to maintain this standard. So it seems a pretty clear cut case.

While I haven't always enjoyed individual matches, it's always interesting to me to see a new manager and new players try to develop tactics and style of play over the course of a season. If the first full season of transition ends up with Euro place, I'm OK with that. If lessons haven't been learned and we aren't better next season, I'm not OK with that. I'm certainly willing to give any new manager time and don't want to go down the Dundee/Hibs/Aberdeen path as we can see where that got them. Another good example for patience is Arteta at Arsenal. Had a decent start, hit a rocky patch shortly after when a lot of fans were screaming for his head, but was given time to turn it around and just signed a contract extension. The one thing I have been pleased with this season is the fact that even after a disappointing 2022, the players have stuck at it and pulled out important results at the right time. From St Mirren and Livi to the Ross County game. But I don't think anyone on here is expecting anything other than improvements over the summer.

If it saves us ripping up the pitch every summer (and continuously fixing the drainage etc.) it should save us money in the long term.

A few nice touches from him though. Would be happy to see him back at Fir Park to continue his development.

I certainly hope the players aren't taking their tactical advice from my posts on the internet.

BTW, here's that Luton goal I mentioned earlier in the thread. This is the one that guaranteed their play-off spot.