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Agree with you @DantheDon , I wanted Stephen Glass to be given much longer, and I think there's a lot of similarities between then and now - namely the squad is average, an unpopular manager is trying to win over fans with one hand behind his back, and the main issues appear to be bigger than the manager. Glass was crying out for a director of football or at least some more experience. Well we have Lutz now and Robinson is experienced, so there is that at least. And despite my criticisms of Robinson so far he deserves a fair crack at it. The form under Glass wasn't actually that bad. We won four from five in December, started the year with a draw v Rangers, and went into that Motherwell cup game with a run of W5, D2, L4. But we lost the cup game and Cormack - not for the last time - panicked at fan anger. Let's hope Robinson has more luck in the League Cup next week because much like Glass, Goodwin and Leven, it'll be toxic if we lose.

That's because most of them copy each other. The other day, all the tabloids announced Scott McTominay was having heart surgery. Every news story was identical. Everyone except the BBC, who actually read Napoli's statement properly. So him playing as winger makes him a winger, but him playing as a central midfielder doesn't make him a central midfielder? He can play a variety of positions. No-one is doubting he has played as a winger in his career. But his best role appears to be through the middle. I watched him play as a winger v Dundee, and I watched him play through the middle v Celtic. Saw both games with my own eyes. He was significantly better v Celtic. There's my evidence.

The 7-2 on aggregate score across two matches against Freiburg, while not a great result isn’t a total disgrace. I probably wasn’t concentrating hard enough to notice the league cup result. I was hoping to stimulate some conversation regarding our own strategy. But it’s hard not to compare ourselves with others. I suppose to that end I’ll put some of the questions that I’m trying to consider out there. Should we be focussing more on bringing through talented youngsters? Do we have to lower expectations for a few seasons to allow our rebuild to come to fruition? What kind of culture are we attempting to embed at the club? As a side point, Another thing that has been going through my mind is; Who has been our best manager since McInnes? Generally doesn’t seem to be a standout, but I always wonder about Stephen Glass personally. Coming soon after McInnes he wasn’t afforded the patience that some have since had, but I remember that although the team was struggling to break opponents down we played out a lot of games with 70%+ possession. On top of that he wasn’t afraid to put the young guys into the team. He got sacked as we were concerned we weren’t going to make the top 6. Not through a fear of relegation as has generally been the case since. I do wonder if given a bit more time he might have done quite well for us.

It's my point.

What evidence?

But that’s not the point. Countless media outlets have said he a winger before he joined us. If you’ve seen him play through the middle then well done. He’s a winger.

Madrid now miss penalty at the death and Betis grab 1-0 win.

Betis and Real Madrid on just now. Currently 1-0 with Real just having a goal chopped off for offside.

Not convinced this will work and think the answer is to reinstate the reserve leagues. At least it’s not shoe horning B teams into the league.

SFA proposing changes to cup competitions to force clubs to play U21 players that qualify for Scotland. Also a getting clubs to give young players an average of 60 minutes of game time in league matches.

I think that’s the thing. Not sure we can read too much into that second half given the game was done after 14 mins. Still, I applaud your optimism, we need it! I just think he’ll play 3 up top claiming it’ll be “attacking” when ntelo isn’t great out wide. I’d like to see him and mouloua up top together, but given Nisbet is captain it probably won’t ever happen.

That looks a good set up. Leaving at 10 tomorrow so up for 1 hopefully. I agree there were small green shoots in the second half but then it's easy to play a bit better against a team who are 3 goals to the good and playing in first gear.

I'm with @Panda on Smith, he's much better through the middle, and definitely was better there for Livi last season (I even mentioned it before we signed him).

Stephen Robinson, the man you were quoting, who has played all three on the wing. The evidence suggests he's considerably better through the middle.

Who has ever claimed Armstrong, Olusanya or Ntelo are wingers? Smith looks and plays like a winger.

Just because a guy has played on the wing, does not make him a winger, in the same way I wouldn't class Olusanya as a winger, or Stuart Armstrong, or more importantly - Ntelo. Perhaps Livingston believing he was better in that position is one of the reasons they were relegated. Lewis Smith also played a number of different positions last season, including as forward and defensive midfielder. Exhibit A But, I'm giving my opinion. I've seen him play on the wing against Dundee, and I've seen him play through the middle, which is what I'm basing it on - he is more suited to playing through the middle, much like Stuart Armstrong. We should be trying to play to their strengths.

The Strangler- Mayan Skies

Terry Reid - Mayfly

It's a lot of the problem. He's a lazy fucker.

“Full Weekend at Bernie’s” - 👋👋

Coming out with shite like that, the next time we play Motherwell he may not be here to have to worry about it

Randy Crawford- One Day I'll Fly Away

Not really sure it is the player that is the problem.