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As compared to morris Richardson coulson markanday Stewart myslovic Roberts etc.? no clue what this guy does to be fair, so not sure if a replacement will be any better or worse.

Stopped watching when it went 2-1 as we were too poor to enjoy, subbing made me less interested too. St mirren at home with shinnie back, I’d expect better. No clue on the status of duk or mccrorie as there were murmurs they’d play today. Hopefully some or all of these guys and a win Wednesday helps, especially with hearts at Ibrox.

It’s days like this you see how shit a squad we have. Missing shinnie mccrorie and duk kills us and we rely on players not good enough. Then we bring on subs who are even worse and have a more negative effect. our good run coincided with a healthy team and the same 11 playing, what a drop off. Influence of shinnie is massive too.

Not a great first half to be fair, hearts the better team and a little fortunate to be 1-1. Midfield three need to be much more forceful and, as we said way back, that’s just not clarkson and Barron’s game when playing together. While strong defensively another half like that the last gasp tackling will lead to a penalty at some point, or goals, we just can’t play for long spells like that.

Is it appropriate for my annual Mikey Johnson worth a look comment yet? Not everyone’s cup of tea but I think looking at old firm fringe players like Niall mcginn and Ross mccrory is worth it.

Feel for you man. One of my middle schoolers (13 yr old) hung himself about 5 years ago. Shocking stuff, such a popular kid, super footie player on my team, and a good looking kid to add. Nobody had any clue why he offed himself. So hard talking to the parents after that, kids at school were effected in a major way. Hang in there.

First little mini test for Robson, poor first half and st mirren doing their best to help us. Much better second half and a goal or two needed!

I pay very little attention to other teams players, Nicky Devlin any good? What type of right back is he??

Anyone willing to comment on the penalty we had/didn’t get? Seemed like a no brainer to me but it appeared it wasn’t even reviewed by VAR?? Makes a farce of the whole thing. Again.

From what I saw we weren’t too bad today and certainly missed chances. Nice goal from cantwell to be fair. Not too disappointed really as our run of wins and clean sheets had to end sometime, and that’s a game I can understand losing. Especially with hearts losing today too. Beating hearts, st mirren, and hibs have to happen, plus Celtic having won the league, taking something from them last day isnt out of the question.

Oh well. Really wanted ayr and QOS promoted to add a little bit more interest/intrigue next year.

Mccrorie a rolls Royce? But of a red tinted specs view there. I’m a big fan but I’d go for Volvo or Audi, better than an a to b Japanese car or the likes but not quite a beemer or merc. richardson, what did del boy drive??

I’ve been very vocal that I didn’t want goodwin and wanted an experienced manager to replace him. Robson was not my choice but there’s no guarantee of success with an experienced manager. everything I feel right now is that players want to play for robson. That’s massive. They work their bollocks off for him. It’s his leadership that has got us here, with a hun win today the statement win so far. I’m ok with Robson permanently. He seems to have that connection with players, plus with his two assistants we have experience. If it’s Robson, sign the two assistants too. The problem is that how many of these players will be here next season? With mccrorie potentially away we may well lose him Macdonald pollock and scales, and I’d argue those 4 have been influential on this run. I’d take the supposed 2M for mccrorie and see if we can get scales Macdonald and even pollock signed up or extended. Plus lock in shinnie. Lock in 3rd too that’s guaranteed funds and let’s get some summer signings in. I’d also see is we can give duk and miovski new contracts with maybe 10m release clauses. they are getting interest so set the tone for what we want. Still think miovski would do well in England but duk is raw and would benefit from another year here. not only has Robson got us winning, he’s very popular and they fans are right behind him. That’s momentum we can build on, and the feel good factor is here for sure. Not hiring Robson probably damages that feel good factor to be honest, and summer/autumn then brings uncertainty. Summer can further momentum with Robson building a squad. Every manager has its risk, Robson and his management team makes sense now.

Maybe, but I think our issue is that we don’t know his best position. Does he even have a best position? He’s a solid worker and someone I like, but where does he play? I think he fills the shinnie role in center mid but if we can keep shinnie I think rama and shinnie are our guys there. He’s not a central defender but back up there and he’s only right back because Richardson is shit. If we get 2M that’s good money and surely we can find someone as good for less than that.

Huge window, obviously having to replace an entire defense. Think Macdonald will stay, would certainly like to keep pollock and scales too as that back 3 has been solid. Scales has had an up and down season which might benefit us in trying to sign him permanently? Pollock is young and has done very well here, but unlike clarkson with Liverpool, watford aren’t getting promoted so they may see him as one for next season. clarkson needs replaced, don’t think we can afford to sign a permanent player of that level. I also think, while others disagree, another year for him up here isn’t a bad thing. Liverpool will spend money this summer given their season, don’t see clarkson as a priority to them. Up top it all depends on whether duk and miovski stay. Tough position and we have to be scouting for players to replace them since if good money is offered we will accept. signing shinnie permanently is certainly desirable. If we can’t keep him we certainly need a shinnie type player in there as it’s not Connor Barron. Barron needs to get fit and be part of the rotation again. would love us to add two legit wingers with Duncan as the third player to rotate wide although Ryan has played in other positions of late too so not sure of his natural position. Morris vinnie kennedy and mclennan need to get punted but I’d keep Roberts to see if he’s capable.

Interesting statement from the club, publicly asking the SFA for a new review with a new panel. It’s corrupt and a farce though, why do we think we’ll get a different outcome. Have we ever seen, in regard to Aberdeen, common sense come through with appeals?

Sorry bud, I think you are very wrong. Miovski is a very good player. Started well but in a new team with a new manager it wasn’t going to be a smooth ride. Then we had the World Cup and the goodwin fiasco, but overall for a young player coming to a foreign league he’s done well. He’s quick, reads the game well, good hold up player, and a finisher. If we can keep him past the summer I think he’ll have an even better season next year. Saying that I can see him going to England if the money is right, duk too.

Robson’s style is hard work, passion, and defend for your lives. A short term plan to get us out of trouble and get us up the table. But that can only take you so far, impossible to play that way for an entire season. I don’t know if Robson has the ability for more or if he’s a quick short term fix. Throw in around 5-10 new signings and it’s a whole new season and whole new squad. That’s where his track record/inexperience kicks in, we have no clue, much like goodwin and glass, what he’s capable of long term.

As well as a good run from us, in recent weeks all results have gone our way. We’ve had our luck there for sure. Wins for rangers and hibs today make for a good weekend. Fingers crossed!

How much of a factor is shinnie in this change of fortune? Didn’t think it was a red tonight either.

No ramadani today…injured?

SeeBass, quite the opposite, I think you created a good thread! Good fun discussion/debate, and bit of reminiscing, and a bit of fun. We’ve had some quality up top and some shite, and it’s fun hearing people’s opinions. Pub/game chat that would be friendly banter were we all in person!

Lee Miller and Steve Lovell, thought that was going to be a dream front line but just didn’t really pan out that way…

Stevie May, Goodwillie, JET, and Mackie being there is laughable. No sign of mcdougall and black? Big factor in us winning the league in 84/85.

Exactly this. Looked good with a solid back 4 but got shit when the pressure kicked in and defense was weak. To me he lost confidence and never recovered from that.