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Hibees doing what we never got close to achieving last week

Is that not the dude that sang Ice Ice Baby? 🤣🤣

There is chat about tickets being sold at the booth at the ground.

We should be looking to win this game. All the draw chat is vanilla bollox.

Again, a draw here might be best for us with both teams dropping 2 points.

Aye St Mirren to take something v Hibs would be goos as well

Good to see Falkirk drop a couple of points. Good for us if we can take care of our stuff.

Good post that echoes my own thoughts. A slow build up has been a feature of several games now; none moreso than against Falkirk and St Mirren. Typically, when opposition mount an attack, which breaks down, we start a counter attack as they race back but dither on the ball and in doing so miss that quick killer pass to the likes of Just, Manwhanise or Said who are racing into space. By the time they receive it, they are covered by 2 men. The ball is then recycled back and walking football is resumed. As you say, its not a bad game plan but isn't being executed properly. Will it ever be? Who knows.

True. Our final ball is often lacking but that’s also because the man up top isn’t making the right moves or creating space.

Disagree, there's been plenty cutbacks and stam hasn't been there.

You do have a valid point and it may be that the learning curve for that is a bit longer, to find that balance between being patient and retaining possession versus taking the risk in the final third. Having said that we have scored several goals where we have transitioned quickly from defense onto attack and scored. Dundee Utd game being a prime example with the two goals we scored. Also, I do think we have seen us start to use longer passes more often but not with big success rate. To your general point though, we do have to find the killer/penetrating pass more often. Is that due to lack of movement up front or midfield slow to see opportunities or deciding not to risk loosing possession? Hopefully we will continue to improve in areas as required to help us win more games.

Hopefully Kilmarnock get relegated this season , a team I used to like previously I would be quite happy with a draw at Aberdeen tomorrow to keep things ticking along , if we get 3 points even better

Tom Sparrow says

Looking for a ticket tomorrow for my dad if anyone is going up and has a spare for sale?

Kilmarnock fans might!

I still think a draw would be a good result tomorrow. Aberdeen are looking much better just now but I’m hopeful the exertions of their midweek game has taken it out them. We need something from the game as I know I’m still deflated after Saturday, so the players will be worse. It’s going to be ups and downs but I just don’t see a Kettlewell style free fall?

Can't help shake the feeling that we need to win tomorrow to prevent a free fall. We've gone through a few cycles of having a decent start until around this time when it goes Pete Tong. The entertainment value is certainly there and for that to sustain its vital that we recover from a very poor cup performance, stay tight defensively and get 3 points.

The issue with our current style is that it too often slips into slow, sideways pish, like driving from Glasgow to Edinburgh via Inverness and then sticking it in reverse. We need to be more direct and move the ball quicker through the back line and midfield. Otherwise, we’re just keeping the ball for the sake of it in safe areas. And that’s the point. It doesn’t matter if it’s a front two, Stama and Hendry, or a Bair regen up top on his own. None of them will get the service if the build-up is that slow. I’m not saying JBA needs to rip up the game plan. The style itself is fine when it’s played with tempo and intent, which we didn’t see against St Mirren. The question is whether we have the players to sustain it across a season, especially against teams who are happy to sit in a low block and wait for us to make the inevitable mistake or just outmuscle us, or whether the current lot just completely shat the bed on the day. Or both.

The gaffer said

All these total football moves from under 8s up are mostly finished with someone on the end of an easy chance, probably been our downfall that we are unable to execute that phase regularly or teams know to let us play then shut down those channels, I just don't think we're dynamic enough yet.

It was the kinda ball that Stama must have been dreaming of all season. We just dont deliver enough of them. Hendry and Stama seem like similar types of striker to me, albeit Hendry seems a bit handier with the physical side of the game. We could do with something different in January. Something Theo Bair shaped......

Must've missed this last month but very surprised to see that Aaron Taylor-Sinclair is now caretaker manager at Airdrie - currently leading them (with supersub Jake Hastie) to a win over Partick Thistle. Edit: Drama! 1-1!

The standard of refereeing has never been good but I really feel since the introduction of VAR it’s got 100 times worse. We have some appalling referees in this country

I always thought Imrie would have done well with us, he was an annoying wee git as a player but I always thought there were a lot of comparisons to Dougie Arnott, just a total nuisance who opposing players hated playing against. im glad him and his family got support from the fans message, its nice to hear.

All the refs in this country are garbage but some more garbage than others.