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Paton tried to take some initiative, while the rest looked like they couldn't be any less fucked. His play for the assist was pretty much the only good thing in the game.

Well, they're 40% of the defense, so that seems fair 😄

SODs is fine, we need a squad. We are about to go through another significant rebuild with a manager thats new to the country, so having an experienced player thar can cover multiple positions is valuable. He may make mistakes, but we have a squad full of players that make mistakes, it just happens to be that we all notice more when SOD is involved. I'll preface my next comment with the fact that every goal in every game could probably be tracked down to a defender doing something wrong, and sometimes you just have to accept that making defenders make mistakes is kind of the point of attacking, but Casey has been culpable for a bunch of goals this season too.

I just assume everyone thinks they're a big deal, and forget that they might be pretty obscure to most folk. I'd love to see them live, not sure how they could fit this rig into fir park though.

Not a terrible point considering St mirren wanted to make it a bloodbath. I didn't see how their player got injured, but it looked like it was one of the St mirren players that caused it, which is apt. If we come out of that game with no injuries, we must be using weapons in training. Armstrong makes that system better, hope he's back soon.

I've not been Daws' biggest fan, but I'm as guilty as most at focusing on the duds he signed, rather than comparing his "hit rate" to other clubs, all of whom churn through their fair share of shite each season as well. You have to give him KVV, Spittal, Bair, Slattery, and maswanhise, and maybe AP and some very good loans with Biereth and Gent, and decent good-if-not-world-beating additions such as Spencer, Ox, woolery and Casey. I don't think he gets a bye for signing permacrocks though. Slattery's injury was horrible luck, but Ojala, Callachan and Nicholson all had a poor injury history before joining us, and there's no surprises as to what happened next. I also don't think his scouring of the globe has been successful, unless the likes of Sol, Davor, Moses, and Efford were significantly cheaper than their local alternatives. Overall he's probably done a decent job in the circumstances (budget, multiple managers, injuries, etc) but I wouldn't say he has such a golden touch that we'd fall apart if we switched him for someone else. He's also as responsible for us signing Josh Morris as KVV, so there's that

Burned 1000 calories during that second half, going to grab some burgers.

Andy Halliday thought the staunchfest was for him. He consumed all the staunch air and had his best game for us, while the Rangers players were running on fumes.

The problem with the high press is that teams practice how to beat it, and when it comes off, the pressing team looks silly. That's the risk you take with the style of play. You also risk everyone being gassed by 80 mins. Contrast that with the risk of whatever SK ended up doing, and I'm fine with it. I doubt we will approach Rangers exactly the same as Dundee. I don't think the manager is that naieve.

If you haven't noticed his skippy running gait, my advice is to not think about it, because once you see it, it's all you can see.

We are struggling to score goals this season, so for me bagging 2 of them gets MotM for Casey. There were a few other good options for man of the match, with Armstrong a standout due to the sheer power of work he put in.

Based on his first two lineups, I expect some changes for Saturday as part of wimmer assessing the squad. I wouldn't be surprised to see us rotate wingbacks over the next few games considering how much they're asked to do. It is a total free hit though, so hopefully we treat it like that and try to cause them problems.

Forest are doing a good job of employing those tactics in the English Premier league right now, and that's pretty much Robinsons philosophy at St Mirren as well. Possession isn't the be all and end all. It can be exciting to watch if it's employed properly with the right players. The difference is having the players that can make it work for the 30% of the time when you do have the ball. The last couple of seasons we had the right kind of striker and wing back combo to hit teams quickly on the counter attack. This year we don't, and we didn't really sign players of that profile this season for some reason, so we should have adapted our tactics accordingly. It's funny that when each new manager comes in, players will rave about how the new guy has simplified the message. Hammell and SK both got that, then they seemed to over complicate things. Wimmer is getting the same treatment, so hopefully he doesn't go down that road.

"Why does he not do better when I shout bad things at him? It works with my dog."

I might still owe my folks some money for those bills. Here's an austria vienna game from 2023 if you want to see his tactics in effect, or scout potential signings. https://youtu.be/S8TxRyGVOXk