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I get that you disagree with my views on Alfred, but have some perspective. If we persist with him and things continue to regress, the consequences will extend well beyond him losing his job.

I don't see it quite as black as you but the regression in the defence is off the scale.

You’re clutching at straws here. Nobody is asking for or expecting JBA mk2, but that doesn’t mean we should accept this level of regression. We’ve gone from being one of the best teams in the league to scrabbling around for the tiniest iotas of improvement amid the general shite just to justify keeping calm and carrying on. I’m sure we’d all be happy with a middle ground, but we’re so far away from that it’s unreal. It’s killing the increased attendances and souring the fan base. It’s shite.

I'm not so sure, I start by saying he leaves me unconvinced but there has without doubt been a lift in our performances, 1st Half versus Killie, Hearts game and last night. We are not far away from getting a result if we can sort out our utterly honking defence. The return of McGinn and Priestman will be big for us. That said if we lose our next two games he could be a dead man walking. Saturday is huge for him and the team.

I hope you can understand why many fans are brassed off and have run out of patience with AJ. He's a decent guy by all accounts and has moved his young family here to take up the manager's job. I get all of that, as there's a human side to this story. However, the future health of our club is at stake, and with it the careers of other employees. Can I ask you, if this run continues, how long would you wait before taking action? Would you give him the season for example?

Ffs , somebody is potentially going lose their job and you come up with that ...original stuff.

There were plenty positives to take from last night ...think i will give up posting on this though. When we are going well ( last year) its " this wont last" , when its not going well its sack the boss, lose money and all that goes with it...nae long term thinking, Lanarkshire people just dont know how to be happy.

If we can't manage a win on Saturday, then the Directors must bite the bullet and quickly. That would then give them a bit of breathing space during the international break to get the recruitment process moving. Maybe even a win by itself isn't enough, as Wellfan rightly points out elsewhere. A scrambled win would simply paper over the cracks and kick the can down the road.

if we are finally going to get this season up and running this is the game that could turn the tide. We are close enough to those above that this can close the small gap and get the confidence going again and by god we need it. Last night we went into panic mode after we went ahead. All the signs of a team under pressure.To me the manager panicked too and tried to defend the game out with boot and rush. Imagine trying to defend a game out with the defence we have, poor judgement. Had we the confidence and composure of the early part of the season St Johnstone would not have equaslised as we'd have kept the ball more and caused them more problems than they caused us. However with the managers substitutions and change of formation caused us to give St Johnstone the ball time and time again. This St Mirren game comes down to "can we handle the pressure ?" I'm not so sure we can and the fact we look like we need to score 3 goals to stand a chance of winning any game it becomes all the harder. The manager and players need to try and focus and build on the positives of the 1st half against Killie, the efforts against Hearts and the efforts for much of last night. There are signs we can get it together in most of the team, without reaching last seasons standards, with the one big exception the "Defence" or lack of . We are rank rotten at the back and teams can play pish and easily get two goals off us. Its for that reason I see a point at best and would not be at all surprised if we gift St Mirren all 3

Anything less than a win is unacceptable. My concern, though, is that a win will paper over the cracks and buy Alfred more time, only for it to come back to bite us in the medium term. He’s absolutely shite, and delaying the inevitable will only make things worse.

Tick tock.

How anyone can take positives from that overall performance is beyond me. The regression from last season is staggering. The fact we resorted to the hoofball tactic even while winning should be the final nail in the coffin for Alfred.

I agree Grizzly but it will hinge on the manager picking the right players and the players then delivering a winning performance. At present I’ve no confidence in either. If we lose, no matter whether we play well or not, sadly I think the board is going to have a big decision to make over the next few days. Their problem will be that if they do decide to pull the trigger, who will they replace him with. I think JBA was fantastic for us last season but it is looking increasingly like it was a one off and trying to replicate it this season was always going to be mission impossible, especially given the players we lost. JBA excepted, I’m not a fan of bringing in foreign coaches to Scotland. They quite rightly assume that the players who will be under their charge will have a certain level of ability and competence but that’s not the case as witness by the deplorable performances of our clubs in the various European competitions season after season. Hibs and Hearts have both brought in foreign managers and the early signs are not good, especially for Hibs who are in the same boat as us right now.

Forget last season now. We are in relegation fight. Other sides have cough up and we have regressed.

Same shit fest defending. My son is 14, plays CB and LB for his local club and I guarantee he would do better than sod.

The club bought him on Temu lol. Fake Jens.

If Alfred Johansson signed up to Temu and spun the wheel to get a free prize he still wouldn't win 🤣

His time should be up,not one area of the team is functioning in a competent manner,we're a poorly coached outfit.i think we're better than what we're showing but the manager isn't getting getting a tune out of far too many and doesn't look capable of improving any player.on the flip side the current lot masquerading as defenders should be ashamed of themselves for the past few weeks,from paulsen making a cunt of it at Ibrox until tonight has been nothing short of embarrassing,we let the ball come in our box willy nilly then show no aggression to go and win it when it does.i really hope we beat st mirren but I'm at the point where it'll just be papering over the cracks.

Sad to see? He’ll be getting paid handsomely for a job he knows he’s not cut out for. No sympathy from me.

I didn’t see the St Johnstone game but it’s no surprise that our defensive frailties have been our undoing in what sounds like an otherwise positive performance. The night Freiburg came to Fir Park we lost some really poor goals. The quality of the opposition prevented criticism but it was apparent that i) our centre halves weren’t very good and/or ii) we weren’t well set up to defend our box. Since then, little has improved defensively with 23 goals conceded in 10 games and 1 clean sheet against 10 men. Those responsible for recruitment have to take a big share of the blame but you would expect any competent coach to have at least made us a little harder to beat by now. Instead, we remain in limbo until it’s deemed acceptable to sack AJ and his replacement will arrive just in time for a tough run of games, starting with Rangers at Fir Park. That’s if the recruiting panel act a little sharper than they did in the summer…

That’s it I’m afraid. Even when we have been better we have failed to capitalise and poor management decisions have contributed to that. No harm whatsoever to Alfred Johansson on a personal level. He seems a decent well meaning man and probably is a good coach. But being a coach and being a manager/head coach are two very different things that require very different skill sets.

I thought Said was outstanding in the first half. Even though he was booked it was crazy taking him off. I did vote for Hodge though as I thought he played very well tonight.

Thats it for me. We have some decent players but they are poorly coached and organised. They are also low on confidence. You have to ask though what have Max Rogers and the coaching staff been doing?

Back for this one and we need 3pts. I hope the crowd can get right behind the team as a hostile atmosphere aint going to help. COYW

Home win….. feel it in my bones …even though I’m a glass half empty guy at the moment.