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We needed a clear out to give us the best chance of improving,the more defenders we keep the more likely it will be the same old story next season.

Wiping the slate clean would have allowed us to bring in new players and not just stick with guys that have failed the past season,put defending was pathetic on a weekly basis.it seems like we might be banking on a new keeper being the solution but I dont buy it,kelly was poor last season but is definitely better than what ye showed,where guys like mugqbi have been rotten from the minute they came through the door.hopefully kettlewell has learned and will set us up where were actually interested in defending the wide areas,if it's same again and expecting having a more commanding goalie will make the difference then he's kidding himself on.

The defence was a problem the whole season not just part of it,cheap goals and individual mistakes cost us a shot at the top 6 and put us out the cups.this was the perfect time to wipe the slate clean and try and improve the main problem in our team but yet here we are facing the possibility of the same old shite next season.i hope odonnell and mugabi don't accept our offers but I hardly think clubs will be queuing up to sign them.

Other than gent not one defender from last season would be missed but yet we have retained mcginn and offered terms to odonnell and mugabi and with casey and blaney still under contract,it's almost certain that our defensive options for next season will be vastly made up of guys that kept 3 clean sheets all season, considering kettlewell has been moaning about our defending, especially of late,keeping most of them around for next season is madness.

Maguire was here longer than he should have been,it would have suited both parties to go there separate ways before he got his last contract extension.i wish him nothing but the best,hopefully he finds a club where he can be playing every week,I can see him ending up somewhere like morton.

We have too many defenders that aren't good enough,I would have too agree there.

We're a total shambles at the back,from the way the manager sets us up,we have never looked like a competent defensive unit all season then there's the individual errors that cost us every game.theres major work to be done on our defence and bringing in new players will only go so far,kettlewell needs to start setting us far better than we have seen this season.

I can see why we signed him in the first place,he was available and it would have been a fairly easy deal to get done and it was another body in the door at a time when we were needing it but having committed to have him here next season is a mistake for me,he looks done at this level.hes in his 30s,not played a great deal this season and picking up injuries,all he needs is a good pre season isn't the answer.

We should play our strongest possible team against st johnstone and look to finish the season on a positive note and at the same time leave that jambo scroat levein in the play off spot.

We've reached the point with bevis where it will benefit both parties if he moves on,he's never really improved while he's been here and been a bit of a liability the whole way through.we need as much funds freed up to bring some defenders in and bevis leaving would be a good start.

Kelly has been poor all season and deserves his share of criticism but the guys in front of him have been worse imo,the level of goals we have conceded all season has been farcical,how many free headers and goals from cross balls is that now.kelly hasn't installed any confidence but at the same time he's had no protection,not one of our defenders has done there job properly and consistently throughout the season.we have a poor selection of centre half's to pick from and have to move as many on over the summer as possible and start from scratch or we will just be at a disadvantage before a ball is even kicked next season.

Our manager was a defender

The manager needs to carry the can as much as the players,he's had all season to sort out our problems.the fact that were at this stage of the season and we're still conceding the same pathetic goals is a joke.

That easton is a really talented player by all accounts but has had attitude problems throughout his career but has really screwed the head the last couple of years.

Bair has been a revelation considering the expectations were pretty much rock bottom when he got here but at the end of the day 750k for a player that's had one good season upto this point would be great business for us.getting him on a new contract should be a priority for us this summer,it's the only way we will really be able to play hard ball on a fee,if there's no new contract and he continues his form next season then you can be sure it will be a cut price fee then.

Consider there was something at stake and the way we finished the game last week,I thought we would have came out and been bright from the start but it was the exact opposite,it had the feeling of an end of season game about it.on team selection for the last 5 games I would still go as strong as possible and look to get 7 places,the extra money will come in handy with the sizeable rebuilding job come the summer.a couple of the younger players should definitely be giving some minutes at the expense of the likes of shaw.

Nothing really changes we have to beat Hibs and hope the other results go our way,dundee are a joke they should be hammered for the state of there pitch.

I see dundee have posted nearly a £3 million loss for the past year and expect similar next year,clearly they have been overspending on player wages again as none of it is going on there pitch,that's one club that never seems to learn a lesson when it comes to finances.

Exactly,if wells or any other youngster are good enough then the big move will eventually come,they will be much better off staying where they are and getting some real game time under the belt before moving on.

It looks like young dylan wells will be signing a new deal with us rather than going to the english premiership.

I wouldn't be surprised clubs in the english championship will be after bair come the summer,he's got the sort of attributes they look for down there.if him or miller move on then some of the money will definitely have to be put back into recruitment,we will most likely have a huge rebuild this summer and we will need to get it right more often than not,first thing should be staying away from players with dodgy injury records no matter how cheap we could get them for.

Moses has parted the sea or as it's more commonly known dundees pitch.

Kelly is brutal,lets hope we only have suffer him another handful of times this season and then we will never see him again.

So there was a meaningless pitch inspection at the start of the week,we won't know until late morning tomorrow if the game is actually on and if it isn't it could then possibly be played at another venue over the weekend or the start of next week behind closed doors all the while tannadice is sitting empty this weekend but by all accounts doesn't have the facilities to accommodate the dreaded VAR,what an absolute shit show out game is it times,I was going to this but even if it gets the go ahead I think I'll give it a miss now.

The point was moving players on that have struggled for fitness,halliday,butcher and obika, there best days are behind them.