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He's failed to score in 11 out of 13 league starts this season. Doubt he's going to fire us up the table. Also Macclesfield fan on YT video says 'Harry Smith is a great aerial threat and a very passionate player however he lacks a good first touch and finishing at times can be poor. '

Not much chance of getting a 1 in 2 level striker at the best of times never mind sitting bottom of the league in January. We need someone that's going to come in and score 5 or 6 goals in the remaining 16 games. Anything more than that would be a real coup.

Hylton was definitely a player who had to be moved on. He showed some promise when he first arrived but he wasn't doing anything for us latterly. I've pointed out that most of our players go downhill badly after showing some initial promise and Hylton falls into the category. That whole trend needs to be looked into but when he left for County he was already deep in a rut. Oli Shaw is a decent player and it's noticeable that Ross County are doing a lot better now that he's getting game time under Hughes but he's only one of probably hundreds of better options we could have gone for.

Perhaps you ought to look around the whole of Europe and across all sports and ask yourself the same question.

Rangers haven't actually been that good over the last 4 matches. They have ground matches out for the most part (1-0, 2-0, 1-0, 2-1) and had more than a little luck. If we are going to beat Rangers I'd suggest there is a possible chance here as frankly they have looked lethargic and uninspired. Of course given our record you can't really predict anything but a pumping but I still think there is an opportunity there if we really bothered ourselves.

He probably does have final say. But that's a whole different thing than a manager bringing in his own players. I'm fine with Lawless being brought in but I'd be surprised if Alexander knows much about him. It seems to me others are identifying players and doing the deals to bring them in and given that our recent transfers have been pretty poor I think it needs a light shone on what exactly is happening.

Unfortunately our fans, as well as most others, tend to be partisan towards their own clubs interests and see things through a rather warped prism. If the roles were reversed most of the folk in here would be doing full 180s. Ultimately the correct decision has been made and the SFA has proven it's self far more competent than the catastrophically inept ghouls running the SPFL.

It's been obvious our transfer policy is not in the hands of the manager for some time. There has been multiple examples of us being linked to a player not getting him that window, changing manager and then bringing in the same player.

Lawless - better late than never I suppose.

Kevin Kyle just revealed on Open Goal that Graham Alexander has some Rangers tattoos.

Was doing all my stats today and noticed a couple of things. We've only scored 3 headers all season and 2 of those were from centre backs, so in other words our midfield and forwards have scored 1 header all season. Obviously a deficiency there. Whether it's the strikers not putting their heads where it hurts or poor delivery or whatever. We've scored 1 goal from outside the box. Again, not really good enough. Also we are one of only three teams in the league not to have scored from a free kick. All these things, for me at least, tend to show up technical deficiencies in our squad. There are too many things we can't do.

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We definitely need a striker, actually let me re-phrase that, we definitely need a goal scorer. If we'd had one yesterday we could have had the game put away at half time but if you can't score or at best get 1 then you are always going to drop points. Can you imagine if all the chances that have dropped to Tony Watt this season had fallen to Louis Moult or Tommy Coyne?

We've played well before and not won - say Dundee Utd. I think although the first half performance was much better than Accies or Aberdeen and some players upped their performance levels most of the problems are still there and haven't been cured simply by appointing a new manager. We are 10 without a win and are away at Ibrox next. Then we face Aberdeen with our stinking home record and have an absolutely crucial tie against Ross County. We are still deep, deep, deep in the mire. No one should be getting complacent and we definitely need a talent injection in this window or it's going to be a long hard slog till the end of the season.

In terms of successive league matches without a win this is our worst run in at least 10 years. We had 1 win in 11 and 4 points the season McCall resigned. Currently on 0 wins in 10 and 4 points. Alexander has a lot of work to do. Next three matches are Rangers, Aberdeen and Ross County.

Been coming to be fair. We've just dropped out the game 2nd half.

Bingo!

I think the word is 'profligate'.

Watt proving that while he's far from our worst player he's just not a goal scorer.

Could be. But O'hara could be right midfield and Hastie left midfield. That's what I seemed most natural to me just looking at the line up. I guess we'll find out fairly soon!

Looks like a 4-4-2 (as we were tipped off on). Players all in natural positions is a start. There is one player in particular that I wouldn't have started but I think we need to approach this in the same way as the manager - a new start and we start judging players again from today on.

I basically share a lot of the same concerns as you do but most of them are strategic club decisions and less to do with Alexander's appointment. Given the choices available I think, although the proof will be in the pudding, we've made the right decision. It's true that Alexander has no experience of the league but he is a pretty experienced manager and I'm one of those people that thinks you should set out your team to play the way you want rather than worrying too much about the opposition especially in a league were there is a dearth of quality. Of course managers have to make tactical changes and tweaks during a match depending on how things go but I don't really see the need to set up specifically to counter St. Mirren or Livingston. It should be more about putting together a team that can dictate play to the opposition 60%+ of the time and given that probably 10 out the 12 teams are much of a muchness I don't think that's an impossible task. It just needs small improvements in player and manager performance. Right now the single biggest issue is bringing the squad together and getting the team and individuals playing to a standard that they are capable of and to instil some belief. Is the squad good enough? I don't think so but at the same time we are definitely underperforming. Bring in new blood is also going to crucial as is moving players on.

He's definitely not been at his best but if you look at our recent matches he's still the guy that been closest to scoring a goal.

Interesting that he's talking about splits and factions in the dressing room. It's been alluded to before but he's basically confirming it here.

Don't know a whole lot about the guy but he's got a bit of experience and a decent enough record. Hopefully he can turn things round. If not, at least I can tick Arbroath off my stadiums list.