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Given that many on here wanted Tommy Wright to take over our last vacancy I'm not convinced about their managerial opinions. Personally, I'm quite happy for GA to sort it out during the summer and then see what happens.

It doesn't take Nostradamus to predict an away game to Livi for any team is going to be eye bleedingly painful to watch. My biggest disappointment this season has been that the early season chat about the OF + others going to insist on grass pitches in the Premiership has come to nothing.

We deserve it more than the other 6 teams.

It's the Tony Macaroni Triangle. You never see away teams play well there and there has never been an entertaining game played on that pitch. (Used to get more consistent bounces on my school playground). It's all about the result today. Entertainment factor was always likely to be zero.

I'm complaining now. I think the mixing desk is under a waterfall.

No commentary here, not that I'm complaining.

My Android box crashed just before kick-off (back up and running now). Hope it's not an omen.

I'm still not seeing what other people are seeing in Woolery. Can't cross, can't shoot, can't beat a man with the ball at his feet. He's fast and he's powerful, and good to have off the bench, but Efford has been more effective for me in the past few games with better dribbling, crossing and shooting. Fun game - count how many times Woolery "crosses" it straight to an opposing defender.

That's a shame. He played in the first 'Well team I remember watching.

McCall was the opposite of McGhee in that regard. When things weren't working, he never had a Plan B. With McGhee, even if things were working, he liked to overthink it and come up with some weird formation every now and then. In both cases, though, it just goes to show that it's often personality of the manager and how it gels with the players that is the deciding factor in success. It sets the tone for everything, and once you lose that, your time's usually up.

Baraclough was a bit hit and miss during his time at Fir Park but he totally out-coached McCall in the play-offs. However, you can't knock the success McCall had for most of his tenure. It was great while it lasted.

Robbo's record is almost identical to McCall, including a couple of cup finals and a 3rd place league finish. I'm not saying he was a great manager for us, but nowhere near the Malpas level. His early stuff was certainly at the same eyebleed standard as Wee Tommy's early days.

A lot depends on the form of the team heading into the playoffs. When Hibs went down to Accies, they were on a major slide. When we saw off Rangers, we'd won 5 and drawn 3 from our last twelve. It was just we hit that upswing too late to avoid 11th. Never want to be in the playoffs again, though.

That's what I've been reading too. I don't think he will be punted, but it's been a tough transition for him. The more reasonable St Mirren fans have been pointing out they have been very streaky all season with a few terrible runs of results, but most aren't fans of what they see as Robbo publicly throwing players under the bus. The league being so tight, his record of Played 7, Won 1, Lost 6 certainly hasn't helped win the fans over. His post-match interviews do sound a bit like the ones he gave when we were struggling. While GA has had plenty of downs in 2022, he's always been pretty consistent in talking about the confidence he has in his group of players to turn things around, even after he's criticised specific performances. Robbo seems to have adopted the opposite approach, which is high risk when you can't bring in any new faces.

Only if Robbo hasn't been sacked by then.

I'd hope he'd come back to us if that was an option.

Don't forget the first goal where Bevis takes the throw-in to Shields who leaves Tait watching him cross to Goss.

He's probably even more bitter after he heard Goodwin wants Dunne at Aberdeen but not him.

At least he's not bitter... I knew he was spectating, but turns out he was spectating at a completely different game.

If you ignore the fact he can't shoot, struggles to beat anyone with the ball at his feet and can't cross beyond the first defender, he's been great. (That might be a little harsh, but it feels like his cross in the Rangers game was the only good one he's made all year). No doubt he's got power and pace, but needs to sharpen up on some of the basics. I said in a earlier thread I'm happy to use him as an impact sub, but I think Efford deserves his start at the moment.

It won't be pretty, but in the last 3 seasons they've only beaten us once (1 - 0). We've won 4 and drawn the other. It's in our own hands, and you can't ask for more than that.

As I mentioned earlier, I always want to Slattery and Goss to start in the midfield as I think that's a good balance of dig and passing. Then the question is who supports that. I know he's not everyone's choice, but I like Maguire in there. In his absence, Cornelius is a good option too.

Thoughts and votes from the goalsmageddon...

Still happy about that.

The league's been ridiculously close this season. At least between about 4th and 10th. To win our first game in 2022 and shoot up to 5th is crazy.