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  1. The league position doesn't bother me too much. I know anything above relegation for us is a bonus. When you see St Mirren, ICT, Falkirk etc all in that position its shows you we are not immune to being in there at some point. Its more the actual performances this season. They have been pretty dull to be honest. Also our pitch has been a major factor in where we are right now. If we could pass the ball on that pitch then we might have turned a few of those draws into wins.
  2. You can bleat all you want about statistics, but the fact is this season has been a dissapointment. Very few games where I feel we have performed well. We grinded out results, but far too many draws and as a few have mentioned - defence has been a big issue this season.
  3. That can't be right! It would mean no time off for the players as we would need to be in training for the euro games. Still a wee trip abroad would be ideal!
  4. Have it on good authority that Hughes is going and Paul Quinn is seriously considering a move to Russia.
  5. Aye thats him. Pot belly chunt that he is.
  6. I know - its a shitehole too, but its my shitehole! I actually sent a letter to our Labour MP who had sent a flyer through the door with a questionaire on it. I filled it in and then told him to get his finger oot his arse and sort out our fecking dire shitehole and he replied with a generic letter with the 'House of Commons' logo on it. Fat bearded fuckwit that he is! Mind you they have fair spruced up Barons Haugh and Dalziel Hoose. There is a wee Japanese garden down there now! An oasis in a bog of pish!
  7. Dirty copy cat c***s. I hope they rot in the fucking hole of a town they come from. I have to endure this shithole called Paisley on a daily basis and its full of nothing more than the dregs of humanity who are too fucked to get the bus to Glasgow. As for the final games of the season. I will be attending one of the them - the ICT game. Thats it.
  8. The 5-3 game against Dundee Utd, the 4-1 win over Hibs, the 3-0 humping of Aberdeen, to name but a few. The first half of last season is easily the best football I have ever seen at the Arc. McGhee is spot on with his comments.
  9. This season has had its ups and downs. Trip and the team performance in Nancy was good. We all have memories that will last a life time from that. What it boils down to is that we have generally been poor all season. I can't actually remember a game this season at Fir Park where I have been impressed with our football. We have just been grinding out results with no real quality. Which brings us onto the signings. We lost Rossco, Jim Paterson and Chris Porter. I feel these three have not been adequatley replaced. We have resorted to a few loan signings Sheridan, Lappin etc and this brings no team continuity. Klimpl has been succesfull, but if he goes then we are back to square one which helps no man or beast. We spent money on Bob Malcom who has been a total disaster. John Sutton seems to be going backwards after his great start for us. Now looks a shadow of the player we knew. Jim O'Brien looks a prospect, but as seen on Saturday can be bossed out of a game far to easy. Stevie Hammel has been OK - but nowhere near as effective as Jimbo. If we are to get anywhere hear the top six again we need to invest in the future of the squad and not fanny about with loan signings. Something the manager needs to look at. So lets talk about McGhee. Seems to be a decent guy who has the respect of the players. In terms of tactics, well he got us playing some real top notch football when he first arrived and now we have been found out - and he has no plan B. He seems to want to shake things up for big games. See Nancy, St Mirren etc - and it doesn't work. Last week against Aberdeen I thought we were just unlucky and could have won the game by a few goals, now would it not make sense to just play the same formation against St Mirren? I would have thought so, but McGhee didn't and we put in our worst performance of the season. Another factor in our league position is that bloody pitch. We are a team thats main strength is fast attacking football on the deck. We can't play that with the pitch we have so McGhee has to resort to long ball tactics which we aren't very good at. This has lost us enough points to put us in the bottom six and its a crime that is wasn't fixed in the Summer. No amount of letters or keeping fans happy is going to get away from the fact our pitch has been a shambles and has caused our downfall. And thats down to Mr Boyle. As for next season - well fix the pitch properly and if we can't affored to buy players, then just start playing our reserves - they seem pretty good and stop these shite loan deals!
  10. So is the spotty fucker signing for us?
  11. johnstone

    Canterbury

    Its basically big companies getting theirn knickers in a twist about some fan art. As someone says - its good PR, but they don't see that. They see copyright enfringement. Too much time spent with sheep rather than humans over in New Zealand. All together now... "You've got wool on yer foreskin...you've got wool on yer foreskin!"
  12. Sorry, never knew about this. Well yeah black arm bands should have been worn as he was an ex player. But wearing black arm bands for Sol Bamba when a wall fell down in Africa seems a bit OTT for me.
  13. The problem is that a Cinema has very low overheads. Paying the ticket sellers - minimum wage. Cost of Cinema (Running costs, rent etc) Paying for the rights to watch the film. Nowhere in there is a £500 - £2000 a week salary, the running of a stadium, the up keep of a pitch. Paying for security, police etc. Also films are advertised by multi million pound movie companies. A cinema has no need to advertise. All people need to know is where it is. A cinema and a football club are two totally different things.
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    Aberdeen

    Big Brian McLean provided one of the best defensive displays I have seen at Fir Park in many a year. Was also a real handful at set peices.
  15. We should just wear black arm bands all the time and that means if anyone dies in the week before the game then we are covered. Minute sliences and black arm bands should be used sparingly as the whole thing starts to become desensitised.
  16. Aberdeen can't afford to sack Jimmy. If they did - McGhee would go in a flash though.
  17. Whats thats going to do to the SPL - most of the teams already adhere to this rule. Two leagues of 18 teams would do fine.
  18. johnstone

    Vs Kilmarnock

    Nope its bang on the money. The fact the top six can stop you your tracks and make a season totally worthless when you could have been pushing for europe. The club and fans get affected by this and attendences go down. This season is a perfect example, with only three games to the split and every team has something to play for and we are going to derail some clubs due to a stupid rule. Get rid of it!
  19. johnstone

    Vs Kilmarnock

    The fact we are now nearing the end of March and we have only lost two games and one of them was a last minute deflection I think shows how well we have been doing. I think these draws might stop us getting into the top six. Draws against Falkirk, Hibs, Killie and St Mirren spring to mind. It just shows how much we have missed Chris Porter. Sutton has done OK, but we are certainly drying up on the goal front.
  20. johnstone

    Vs Kilmarnock

    So he had a bad game and he suddenly isn't a full back, what is he then? Man of the match against Dundee Utd and low and behold - he was playing full back!
  21. johnstone

    Reserve Team

    Big Semi will not be playing for us as long as our players are fit. Simple like Klimpl.
  22. Sutton and Sheridan up front against Killie. Bring Clarky on if we need a goal. Sheridan has got pace and can take players on this allows Sutton the space.
  23. I'm going fly fishing up in Skaville for the day - fuck Rugby Park!
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    Dundee Utd

    Can anyone tell me why Paul Caddis - a right back was played up front for Dundee Utd on Saturday? He did alright, but its not like DU are short of strikers - seemed an odd one in my book.
  25. The fact is the pitch cost us another two goals on Saturday. A better surface and I am sure Sheridan and Sutton would have slotted those two chances away. The ball bobbling along caused them to take an extra second on hitting the shot. This pitch will bite us on the arse at some point this season. Luckily though we have been getting the rub of the green so to speak!
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