St Mirren

[stokearab]

Produce that form in the EPL and the manager is toast we all know that to be true.I am not calling for Tam's head yet and considering the run we are on i reckon he is being treated very well by a large majority of this board's posters.

Agree. I'm not asking for a change but he needs to stop watching the EPL managers and think he can do the same things. (Like leaving Freeman on the bench/not starting Watt) He's learning on the job here, needs to wise up and get some fire in bellies.

[shedka]

Agreed and playing the Funsters in midweek,yes even them is a massive worry.

Think our midweek derby record isn't the best anyway... Apart from the Fojut last min winner

Good times to improve it in a fortnight

[Chick A Saw]

Cant really bring myself to say anything about what i watched tonight.

All i can think of for now is i could take the eye bleeding football that Micky served up, although i think it might not been as bad with the same set of players that TC has at his disposal!

[spikeontheright]

Produce that form in the EPL and the manager is toast we all know that to be true.I am not calling for Tam's head yet and considering the run we are on i reckon he is being treated very well by a large majority of this board's posters.

I'm calling for his head, he's a cretin.

Left the top scorer in Scotland on the bench to play McNulty/Pawlett/Niskannen.

We were pedestrian from the first whistle but all I saw from our manager was him making signs to calm it down.

Brought out the same team for the start of the second half.

It's becoming clear that our early season form was due mainly to great defending and a great deal of luck.

I'll not be back to watch that p1sh.

[weegiearab]

Seeing Watt crossing the ball in for Clark and the fact that Charlie Mulgrew looks like our only goal threat is nothing short of appalling. Our entire midfield is a joke, no pace, no direct free flowing football, laboured and over playing it without the skill to pull it off. We have not improved in the areas that we were screaming out for at the start of the season...and we are a team in freefall. A major reality check is needed and although the referee has been bad tonight and we have had decisions going against us...we can't let that take away from our lack of attacking football. We are way too slow transitioning from defence into attack. We need to learn how to counter attack and not overplay everything.
Harkes and Pawlett...they need dropped and replaced with a youngster and an experienced midfielder. Fuchs needs to leave..his heart ain't in it and he thinks he is too good for us.
The next signing we make is going to be crucial.

[shedka]

That was unacceptable tonight. I really don’t care about the second half, for the manager to send out the same eleven after that first 45 was incredible.

Trying to play out back entire first 45 mins with no outlets on flanks in part because we were playing a centre half at right back, when the opposition is able to funnel back behind the ball and wait to steal it off you high up the pitch.

We should have been making bare minimum 2-3 subs at ht. Freeman, sporle to give width, mochrie or glass to run in behind opposition and commit players, watt to try a different striker. How harkens and McNulty stayed on I don’t know. McNulty is just another Nicky Clark, doesn’t have physique to win headers or pace to get in behind, just kept giving away pointless fouls.

When we ended up with desperate with Clark, McNulty and watt on pitch, it just felt like last season again when we shoe horned McNulty, Clark, and shanks - still no pace to be direct or anyone to win headers.

I know we were rotten tonight but our strikers truly are awful. I really hope they have a plan for watt, because I don’t see him win too many headers or get in behind teams with his pace.

While I agree he could have subbed numerous players at half time, they were all poor

The same team came out and played pretty good for ten minutes, I actually thought he brought Watt on at the wrong time as we were on top and everyone looked better and more energetic, sure enough we lost a goal straight away and momentum was killed and fans deflated, from an area Niskanen would have been

To be fair though at that point he made good subs with Freeman and Clark introduction and we got ban on top from there and played some decent stuff

Watt is a clever player and think he will bring a lot to the side

[bannon_ftd_83]

We spend money on the leagues top scorer & dont start him. Only at utd. Fkn madness. When we play like we did in first half we must be the easiest softest team in the league to play against. Absolutely no leaders,nobody busting a gut,no one getting angry or geeing each other up. Trotting to get ball at corners & throw ins like its a training session. 40 passes with zero final ball. 2nd half better & should have got a draw at worst but utterly sickened with our continual complete lack of a fighting start to games.

This slow trotting about is really getting on my nerves. There is no urgency to this team until its far too late.

[offshore_arab83]

Agree with all of this. We sinply need to bring some pace into this team, Courts job depends on i reckon. Sign a winger or 2. We are still feeling the loss of Mcmullen imo

We are not missing McMullen mate we’re missing a manager who can manage a team, change tactics when it’s clearly no working and someone with some f ucking enthusiasm on the side lines

Tams needing a rocket up his arse or his jotters cos this really isn’t ****ing working

[shedka]

Seeing Watt crossing the ball in for Clark and the fact that Charlie Mulgrew looks like our only goal threat is nothing short of appalling. Our entire midfield is a joke, no pace, no direct free flowing football, laboured and over playing it without the skill to pull it off. We have not improved in the areas that we were screaming out for at the start of the season...and we are a team in freefall. A major reality check is needed and although the referee has been bad tonight and we have had decisions going against us...we can't let that take away from our lack of attacking football. We are way too slow transitioning from defence into attack. We need to learn how to counter attack and not overplay everything.
Harkes and Pawlett...they need dropped and replaced with a youngster and an experienced midfielder. Fuchs needs to leave..his heart ain't in it and he thinks he is too good for us.
The next signing we make is going to be crucial.

We almost equalised from a well worked move that saw Watt clip a ball in for Freemam forcing their keeper into a really decent save

[LSArab]

I was confident tonight until I heard Watt wasn’t starting.

The guy is coming in confident, walking on air at a new club - totally deflates him and supporters to not even give him a start.

McNulty been given way too many chances already.

Ridiculous.

Manger to blame.

Ref - who knows what was happening there.

Neilson and McNulty shouldn’t be near starting 11 again.

Harkes, Niskanen and Pawlett - need to do more for their jerseys

Levitt - I am happy to have him there and passing the ball

Mulgrew - we need 11 men like him on the park