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  2. Tbf this is a squad that was booed off during a pre-season friendly
  3. I don’t think Saturdays result had anything to do with being “unleashed”; there wasn’t any huge tactical switch or a single change in personnel. What we witnessed was a combination of a change in attitude from the players and confidence returning as we got ourselves back into the game. In the first half we looked like we were suffering a hangover from the Aberdeen game and feeling a bit sorry for ourselves. We are a good side- probably even a very good side in this league. Once we remembered this, we looked much more like ourselves. To get there, I suspect a few players got a rocket up the arse at halftime and the team as a whole were reminded why we were competing for fourth place in the first place. When we came back out and started winning our 50/50’s, began picking up the second balls, ran harder, moved the ball quicker, we got our just rewards. My advice to the manager would be stick with what you’re doing because it’s working. Nobody ever suggested that SC was too cautious in the first half of games or that he made changes because he was worrying too much about our opponent's, and I definitely see parallels about how both of them go about their business. Everything is done to give us the best possible chance of getting a positive outcome. We might not like every choice they make, but we should respect them. Finally, I think we all need to take a step back and get a little bit of perspective on what we’ve achieved. We seem to be amping every game up as the be all and end all. Having rewatched the whole of Saturday’s match, I think I’m as guilty of overreacting to circumstances as the next man. A couple of set pieces aside, St Mirren hadn’t really created much. We had possibly two clear cut chances, to their three, and I'm not even sure if the Mandron header was onside tbh. I think we’ve got sucked into worrying about the table too much or looking ahead to going to Hampden, instead of taking things one game at a time, and letting things play out. I also think the big and noisy away support rubbing our nose in it, made this feel even worse. I don’t know what the solution is, but I’m going to try and just enjoy things because this is definitely better than worrying about relegation.
  4. Today
  5. I think the option is for Killie to decide not Greg.
  6. Despite how well Deas has played at RCB, DM really seems determined to put a right footer there. He said it was about Joe Wright dealing with Mandron but I am not convinced. Watson is not a big surprise at RB once Wright is at CB though. He has always been considered the next option there. Played some of his first matches with the first team there. Just odd to drop Ndaba at the same time, even if he had one poor game. I did wonder if he had some injury issue. If he was not 100% then Deas coming in at left back for him and Wright to CB and then Watson to RB all starts to make more sense.
  7. Yesterday
  8. he was also out on the pitch before the rest of the St Mirren team doing what looked like a fitness test
  9. Indeed. Dundee also have to go to Pittodrie and Perth, both tough games for them, with a new manager presumably for the Dons, and a Derby v St.Johnstone..can't see them getting full points and us not picking up results v County and St.Johnstone in particular, so top 6 all but done...(shows how massive Saturday's result was), hopefully St.Mirren and Hibs ship points in the next 3 as well to leave us with a healthy gap going into the last 5 games.
  10. What’s Pierluigi Collina up to these days… 😃
  11. For years RP was a morgue but there’s been plenty of games in the past few seasons the old ground has been rockin. The ultras lads have transformed the atmosphere in certain games also. I sit in heavens waiting room at the back of the FB and even it has been bouncing a few times this year.
  12. He’s certainly been touting himself a lot recently and been more prominent in the media. I'd like to see them going for someone outwith the Scottish game. Bring a different set of ideals to the situation. Something that was suggested in a chat at work today was maybe pooling referees with the Welsh top flight and perhaps Leagues 1 and 2 in England to give a better variation of officials. Probably not much difference between these officials and those we use in the Prem just now. Refs from Republic and Northern Ireland also suggested but that brings more conspiracy theories.
  13. i agree, good result, strange formation/team
  14. Watson played RB. Kiltie played wide left. The only tactical tweak involving Kiltie was Watson came narrow when Kiltie drifted inside. It not like his sole job was to man mark Kiltie just that he came inside with him and left Danny to deal with the full back. Frankly this is generally how Mayo or Wright play when at right back often swapping to stay with their man. One criticism first half was our wide midfielders were defending too deep. The whole team was just overly focused on tracking back and then we lost goals from corners rather than open play. Weirdly seemed like second half Deas got forward way more than Watson but obviously the focus shifted to worrying about attacking first and pressing higher up. DM really overthinks the defensive strategies and frequently overloads the players with too many defensive instructions we forget how to attack. Have to agree that St Mirren were just awful second half and their defending was simply woeful. Still you got to force them to defend and then take advantage of it.
  15. Would be interesting to see the total number of games postponed at SPL grass grounds since we've had the plastic. If it's good enough for FIFA and UEFA & a hybrid pitch will cost us half the player budget -I'd keep it.
  16. I like Kiltie as a player but negating Watson to try to stop him is a win for St. Mirren before you start. I can't remember Kiltie ever doing much against us. Put this another way, "Would you swap Watson for Kiltie?" If, like me, your answer is "No" then it was clearly a case of our manager looking to negate the opposition rather than impose ourselves on them. A tendency many have complained about on here. When this team is unleashed they're more than a match for the likes of St. Mirren as Saturday's second half proved. My message would be take the more aggressive approach in the next three games and Europe should be in our grasp. In particular don't try to adapt to the likes of St. Johnstone and especially the Highland anti footballers just impose ourselves on them!
  17. Was pretty much what I thought. That’s not fair and rough on the hun fans, 🤣
  18. Good point mate! It'll be a pathological issue he has with not losing to St Mirren - much as you or I would wi A*r!!!
  19. Once again some of the negative posts on here really do make you wonder what goes on inside some so called killie fans heads. Who cares who played where from the start of Saturdays game one which if the vast majority of us are being honest will feature highly on our future killie best game memories. Sure we can all feel disappointed as to the first half performance but surely we can just be thankful our management team and players turned things around and sent us all home very happy. Things are definitely heading in the right direction so let's just enjoy the rollercoaster troops!
  20. He started his footballing career with Morton. I guess that might also have some bearing!
  21. this weekend showed the benefits of our all weather pitch when its been pissing down all week, its the same all year round, no bumps churned up areas. plus it annoys the hell out of the Glasgow two & their voiceboxes scottish media, lets annoy them even more put it in the chadwick too
  22. He's from Paisley, and if you were a football manager from Paisley, you'd make a point of not getting beat by St Mirren!!
  23. At 34, he might not have many options.
  24. Kwon played 69 minutes at Livingston for St Mirren.
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