Jotters. Now!

This is now so far beyond the pale. Last 3 away games I and the loyal 900 to 1400 have been at (missed the day out at Pars) have been up there amongst the worst dozen shows I have seen. Could easily have lost SIX at Paisley and 4 yesterday. We have again a team without a heart. If you add Brechin and Dumbarton.at at home that is five utter shockers out of 9. Not good enough unless we want a 7 or 17 year jolly.. we will be dead by the end of that.

Anyone that wasn't at those 3 games has no idea how awful we are playing. The Dunfermline game looks like the blip.

Time to change quickly before St Mirren are over the hills and far away. Based on how he set up yesterday to batter us I would take Hopkin.

Don’t know about Hopkin, but as time goes on I find myself in the A..B.R (Anyone But Ray) mindset. I cannot believe how many brutal performances, especially away from home that I have witnessed over the last 2 seasons. Another waste of £20 + petrol money yesterday.

The reaction of the fans at the final whistle (I must admit I didn’t boo, but can understand why so many did) must have left Ray & the players in no doubt that the fans are totally p1ssed off.

I find I have now got 2 options:-
1) continue to waste significant money following players who don’t seem to have the same passion as me or
2) stay away until Ray has gone

Looks like option 2 is the winner

these performances are pathetic! just when we look like we turned the corner with a good result away to dunfermline, we then back it up with a sort of performance i wouldnt expect from an under9s team. Bullied by a team who wanted it more than us and who didnt care about playing football and just worked hard on and off the ball. Yet we persisted of playing it out around the back or punting it to two small strikers up against massive solid CB's. there was a small spell in the 2nd half where we started to play abit and get into decent positions but then we crumbled with their 1st attempt on target in the 2nd half. no one gets pass marks for that performance.

Ray is under serious pressure now. his decisions are baffling. why did briels go off?? why take king off who was atleast working hard while leaving lazy mcmullan who done nothing all game? anyone who knew anything about livi knows they play an aggressive game with a very physical team. so why did we look like we had no clue they were going to be like that? did we not watch them before? beyond a joke. Ive been given Ray the benefit of the doubt alot but even im starting to get fed up of it.

look forward to next week when Col Donaldson comes back and becomes Maldini and no doubt scores

I can't make away games (truthfully I can't afford it) so i've only seen the home games and missed all the dross away (dross i.e. apart from the Dunfermline game). What worries me as much as the poor away form is that we have been lousy at home as well, scraping wins/winning 'ugly' as they say. The football has been appalling! There has hardly been a time this season that I have felt we look like a side expecting or able to attain promotion. My own feeling is that a reasonably good squad of players has been assembled, certainly it should be good enough to win this league which is probably at it's poorest standard for a number of years. If I am right then it has to be down to McKinnon and his team. They seem clueless in team formations and especially clueless as to how to turn a game around when down. Like most true United supporters I won't go down the route of staying away but I must admit it has crossed my mind. The simple move of getting rid of the management team would I think boost the fans as I am now in the 'anyone but' McKinnon camp.

For any sake Ray do us all a favour and walk!!!

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Originally Posted by arab81

Livingston were/are brutal!!! No a football player in that team, but as usual we were easily bullied all over the park.
His away form in this division will not get us promoted. Wake up happy clappers.

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I dont agree about no a football player in their team as their second goal was a fantastic move that had our top team standing watching! The trouble is, the questions that Livi asked of us yesterday could not be answered on the pitch, and definitely not from the bench!

The more i think about it, the more i would like to see McIntyre and Dodds, but i also have other nagging doubts!

Just listening to Skippy & Gary Naismith on radio. Interesting listening. Skippy “we just can’t find the right formation” & Gary “with the attacking team Utd have got, can’t believe they’ve only scored 10 goals” Common denominator- a clueless manager in charge?

The most worrying thing for me yesterday was the lack of ability of our players. The only player that could control the ball like a professional footballer was Scott MacDonald. The lack of composure throughout the team is unbelievable for men whose full time job is football.

The manager is equally as bad in respect to what his job is. It's like Jackie all over again - no tactics, just throw a team on the park and think you'll win because you have better player. It didn't work with Jackie when we actually did have better players so it won't work with that bunch of soft as scheidt amateurs.

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Originally Posted by spikeontheright

The most worrying thing for me yesterday was the lack of ability of our players. The only player that could control the ball like a professional footballer was Scott MacDonald. The lack of composure throughout the team is unbelievable for men whose full time job is football.

The manager is equally as bad in respect to what his job is. It's like Jackie all over again - no tactics, just throw a team on the park and think you'll win because you have better player. It didn't work with Jackie when we actually did have better players so it won't work with that bunch of soft as scheidt amateurs.

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Nail on the head spike

one thing ive come to realise is that he was right about the players not being match sharp or fit. however that is a reflection on him as a manager and nobody else. what the **** do they actually do in training? because it clearly isnt anything tactical and anything theyre doing for fitness isnt nearly enough. he has to go if were to have any chance of promotion.

It appears the Dunfermline game is proof that one swallow does not make a summer!