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In the heat of the moment I have a tendency to knee jerk, but this is a well balanced and thought through post. Keep up the good work @tlg1903

I'm not really in a "Robinson must go" camp, mainly because I don't think the uncertainty of us now trying to find a manager two weeks out from a semi-final would help us. However, each week I get less convinced by him and yesterday hasn't done anything to help those concerns either. I'm not sure I agree with your line "last season we would have lost that", as we could very easily have lost it yesterday had St Mirren been at full strength and had a striker. If we play like that most weeks we won't win most of them. We got away with one yesterday. I also think Robinson has had long enough. He took charge in March, had a transfer window, a league cup group stage to work on his tactics, had nine games from then until the international break, then three more weeks to work on the tactics, followed by two favourable home games. And yet, I really struggle to see any improvement. And I think Robinson is still scratching his head how he should set the team up, and the players aren't quite sure what they're supposed to do either. Defence better? Apparently so. I don't think we've been tested yet - apart from Parkhead where we did concede a few. Let's see how Ibrox, Tynecastle and Hampden go. If we gave a better team that possession yesterday we could have shipped a few, and Müller was certainly called into action a few times. Tannadice will be interesting. Haven't won there I think since Barry Robson was manager.

Are Barcelona still paying the referees?

I said it with thelin, and said it earlier with Robinson, I think by Xmas we can start to see if Robinson is doing a good job. He needs two, ideally three windows at least to build a squad. We started back 4, then back 3, now 4 again yesterday. Chopping and changing doesn’t help but incorporating 15 new players takes time. The play of smith and yogane is a huge factor in our formation, if they aren’t productive and reliable there’s no point in playing with wingers. Robinson wanted 4 wingers, we got 2, and then eventually mahou, but it’s not really enough to rely on a formation with wingers. Their play is the main factor in going to a back 3 with wing backs. Defensively we are much better and that’s progress. Third least goals conceded so far in the league, and that is a positive step. You fix the defense first, that’s the foundation. Individually all of our defenders have flaws, but we are better. Muller isn’t an ‘attractive’ keeper, mitov looked the part much more, but while they have different strengths, muller is at least as effective. Ronan and the wingers have failed season to date, the main reason we aren’t scoring enough. That’s our creative three positions that aren’t producing. That’s not really on Robinson, they just aren’t very good, hence the change of formation. Yes Ronan was coached by Robinson at st mirren, but he’s maybe regressed since then, injuries and he’s very clearly bulked up, can effect your movement health and play. Up top mouloua and nisbet will score if given chances. If you add an in prime mcginn and Hayes to this lot I think we’d be a very different team. You may even see more from cadden and NGW if they had legit wingers ahead of them to combine with. I think lyons afeez and even briedl maybe (debatable) are good enough to do the heavy lifting in midfield. If you ask afeez and lyons to add goals and assists to their game they’ll fail. It’s a huge if, but get two legit wingers in the Jan window, I think we’d see more from this team, and then maybe more fairly judge Robinson???

7-1 now.

If he keeps Dundee progressing as they are it's not going to be too long before bigger clubs are sniffing around Pressley. Doubt he would leave on a whim though the kinda guy that he is so could be at Dundee for a while yet. When you consider some of the key players they lost last season the great start they have had to the campaign is all the more remarkable. Right now I must admit I'm genuinely fascinated to see how things work out for Pressley 2bh.

6 (six)

Have to say it looks like the only chance of a non arse cheek team winning the league this season sits with Dundee. That assumes they can fight off our approach for Pressley in January of course 🤣

Make that 5-1. Just five more for Tic and I will consider it closure on McGhee.

5-1 now.

4-1 and that means every top flight team scored this weekend.

4-1 now. Title challenge still on for them?

you can double that. 4-0.

Hearts have had a really good spell but 4-0 now What a fucking shame 😂

Victims 2-0 up on Diets early on. Victims could get a few on evidence of first 20 minutes.

Just playing at it to tick a box to say they have a woman’s team.

Can only assume it was cost cutting that led to Booth, the captain and the vice captain being shown the door. They got humped 0-6 by Celtic today - at this point I don’t understand the strategy and why they are even bothering with a women’s team.

One thing I will say is this time last season we likely would have lost that game by a couple. Seen a few people mention papering over the cracks and my take on that is it's probably too early with this 15 new players squad in it to even know if there are any cracks. I would suggest the building is still settling and cracks haven't had a chance to appear yet though the building has clearly had a few wobbles since construction that could lead to some sizeable cracks to continue the analogy. The incontrovertible truth is that it takes time for a new squad to gel and we won't really start getting a proper feel for what Robinson ball looks like with this squad until the end of December/start of January. Whether Robinson gets that long still remains the more significant question than what we look like if he does right now though and the only thing that will buy him that time is results. I personally think it's very harsh (other opinions are available incidentally) that so many of the support have decided they want him gone already given the mess he inherited and the sizeable turnover in squad which was totally unavoidable. The delay in appointing him really didn't help matters especially when there had been plenty of more exotic names linked prior and a mixed bag start to the season has done nothing to appease. Looking around social media you see plenty of fans who give a vibe of being happy when we don't do well just so they can say they were right about Robinson all along and people like that just don't help at all. Things I am not saying here before someone goes off on one. 1. I wanted Robinson as manager. I didn't and was pretty deflated when it happened. The die is cast though and he will have my support until I'm sure getting rid of him is the right move. Far from convinced of that yet. 2. I think Robinson is doing a good job. I don't know if he is yet, on this point time will tell which is kinda my point overall. He could be doing a very good job behind the scenes for all we know and good times are not far away. Equally he could be doing awful and we will fall apart before xmas and he will be fired. That the players seem to increasingly like him is a good sign though so I suspect at least he's not doing awful and having the players onside when you are under pressure is half the battle. 3. I agree with everything he's done so far. E.g the treatment of Frame and Devlin is equal parts baffling and infuriating quite frankly and I've yet to see Cadden or OBI2 put in a performance that made me grateful they are in ahead of them. If they want gone as the rumour was about Frame then why is he still here? It would have not been difficult to find a club to take him, even if just on loan until January. Also, there does also seem to be a 'just find something that works' approach about his team and tactical selections both last and this season but he wouldn't be the first nor the last manager to do that, and sometimes it works too. Certainly seemed to for Mcinnes at der hun.

Probably, aye. If memory serves away tickets have to be sold at the same price as the cheapest home ticket

Mouloua a big positive for me. I really like the look of this guy. A win is a win but that first half was dreadful. Good bit better in second half but really papering over the cracks. That must be the biggest saints support I've ever seen up from Paisley. Were their tickets a tenner?

After yesterday's win which I'll gladly take, I felt it just papered over the cracks. We've got to take something from this one. I think we will.

TV game confirmed as Penicuik v Clyde.

On Saturday, the Dons go to the shithole that is Tannadice to take on the club that everyone loves to hate. It kicks off at 3 pm. I can't see us winning this one, so I fancy a 2-2 draw.

Stop it.