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Didnt watch the game yesterday as I was travelling, but listened to it on Sportsound and was quite deflated at full time especially after reading some comments on here. Watched the entire 90 minutes back this morning dispassionately obviously knowing the result, and Im a lot less disheartened than I was. Now, I will put a disclaimer on this, as some will no doubt pounce on the my happy clappy nature. I get that results have been poor, I get that we are in a relegation battle and that things are tense. I get that we have deficiencies in our squad and that fans are concerned over the lack of changes in tactics, team selection etc that some suggest show the manager is out of his depth. That may all be correct, but hear me out. Hibs are a bigger club than us with a far superior budget, better players and should be beating our so called shitey team quite comfortably. But they are not and didnt. We were never out of that game yesterday. I actually enjoyed our play better in the first half when most observers felt we were poor. But I felt we played better football, created better chances than Hibs and should have gone in level. Second half, yes we had more possession and created some good chances and scores 2 good goals. But it was a more direct approach, dare I say Alexanderesque! Other than the 3 goals they scored, which were all self inflicted due to poor communication and poor decision making by our defenders, I dont remember Kelly having a save to make. That tells me that there IS work being done on the teaining pitch. It IS working a lot of the time, but certain players are either switching off or having a brain fart and costing us goals. The bit between the ears cant be coached and Hammell cant be blamed for that. Its down to personal responsibility. The only way players will get better at these things is with consistency of approach. Alexander was slaughtered for his "tombola selection" yet Hammell has chosen what he thinks his best 11 are and is trying to get some consistency that way. The comments about Sheilds retaining his place are justified. He has had a lot of gametime and doesnt seem to be improving (albeit played out of position) and the amount of persoanl abuse he is getting isnt going to help his confidence. He could do with some protection feom the manager. Overall, I am obviously concerned about our position, but I dont see us as certainties for the drop at all. Look at the run we have been on and yet Kilmarnock, Dundee United and Ross County are all just as bad as we are and 2 of them have the "experienced heads" that many on here are calling for. Hasnt done them much good. Back Hammell. Back the team. We can still do this.

Ok. Take him out the team then and see how it goes for the rest of the season. Any chance we have of staying in this league will depend on his goals. Goal scorers are the hardest thing to find and the only thing people on here complain about is his attitude. I don't give a flying fuck about his attitude. And as for Nesbit scoring a hat trick a one legged man could have scored the goals he did against our non existent defense.

It's only a myth because you refuse to accept any other viewpoint than your own.

Some merit in what you write Joe. Despite our very poor run, we have lost points in many games which were very tight. We have also won points in tight games. This aspect hasn't changed in almost 6 months of Hammell's tenure. The bottom line is that we're consistently losing points in games with fine margins. We're maybe not far off being an "adequate" team but that hasn't changed in months. We lack hardness, experience (on and off the field) and a will to win. These are crucial qualities in a dogfight. Just too many hard luck stories for my liking. Yes, there is work being done on the training pitch; otherwise what is everyone doing? But is is the right work? Is it getting through? I'm no expert, but I ask that because the weaknesses we have and mistakes we make are the same as they were almost 6 months ago. We've made no progress. Management decisions in games have also cost us. You expect a greenhorn manager to make errors but they have to learn from them and Stevie shows no signs of doing that. Hard work alone never got anyone anywhere. You have to have some skill or talent to develop in tandem. As in all walks of life, being good at a personal performance job doesn't mean that you'd make a good manager. As someone else has said on here (Smiddy?) you're either a manager or you aren't.

Yep, money no object as made his fortune but can't see it happening though we tried to get Snodgrass so must be funds there. Ps. Hamilton FP's

I'll tell a few jokes, that always guarantees tumbleweed!! Lol

Perhaps replacing a player or two with some tumbleweed would get us going in the right direction?

Even if you're a good player, you can work hard too, the really good ones do I don't know if vv is injured or lazy or what, but he could work harder, he's not that good that we can carry him. As I've said before we could be quite a few points better off, if he had tucked away at least 2 of the open goals he's missed this season

A key aspect of Derby County's relevant role. "To effectively lead the First Team and Academy recruitment departments to identify and recommend players who fit with the philosophy, identity and style of play and build and deliver productive relationships with other clubs and key stakeholders within the industry."

If the job is writing for Mrs Brown's Boys, then yes.

It's the various gaffers that decide who we sign. The buck starts and stops there for each and every transfer. Blaming a scout for a signing is like blaming a waiter for your dinner.

If password is McGhee1? Then time to panic lol

An ideal signing for one of the old firm then.

Porteous is a classless and rancid ned. I hope he’s sold out of Scotland this window.

Are you talking about porteous going down as if shot from the east stand . An all round cheat.