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My Mrs took the wee man to the calendar signing at Fir Park yesterday and I just want to say that all the players and staff involved were absolutely fantastic.

Not having a go at you personally Gaz as plenty have the same opinion as you and you are all entitled to it. The 10 games without a win is undisputable. And there have been some terrible performances. (2nd half v Livvy, first half v Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, first 60 minutes v Ross County). However, in those 10 games there have also been some very good performances (St Mirren, Rangers, Celtic, Celtic). We have also come back from being behind against Ross County, St Johnstone, Celtic and turned 0-4 v Aberdeen into a 2-4. So this is not a team without any redeaming features and they havent downed tools like Hammells team did at the end. The summer transfer business was poor. I dont think anyone would argue that, however, we dont know if there were other targets who didnt want come or we couldnt agree a financial package with, so context is important there. As Ive argued before that althought the signings may have been the best the management thought they could get at the time, there are still 2 problems with them. In some cases we may have let better players go, and the length of the contracts given to Bair and Obika in the circumstances were mad. We seem to be getting over our injury worries now and the managerseems to have had time to reflect on the Kilnarnock and Hearts debacles and gone back to a more recognisable shape. The next 4 games are important for him though. We need some decent points on the board to try and consolidate our position. We are quite fortunate not to be detached right now so we cant afford to spurn many more chances. This one feels huge. Home game v a direct rival. We need to see shape, resilience, some sort of tactical plan and hopefully a good performance. I think we need to target 8 points from these 4 games. 6 as a minimum. 3 on Saturday would be a big step towards that.

There is absolutely no chance whatsoever of us winning three games in a row! This team couldn’t be trusted to win one. County winning last night has cranked up the pressure just a little bit more on us to get a win on Saturday but I can’t see us getting it and reckon this will be yet another defeat. 0-2

No wins in ten, some shocking performances to boot, and the summer transfer window appears to have been disastrous. Any board who is happy with that needs to be replaced with people that know something about football. Some devil's advocate there for you, Weeyin! Also, given the fact we haven't scored a first half goal in ages, when was the last time we actually had the lead in a game?!

3 points off bottom, 7 points off a European spot, 24 games left to play. Any board putting on pressure at this stage needs to replaced with people that know something about football.

I don't believe the player covers himself in any glory here. Moving back to Holland whilst family are in the UK is a bit odd. He's touted himself loud and clear for the bigger boys in Scottish football to come and get him. KVV always had 2 sides . The moody one when he didn't get his way v's the happy chap who banged them in. I'm not sold his return to Scottish football would be a repeat of last season. Albeit more than good enough for us. Like you mentioned I'd be delighted and flabbergasted if he ended up with us, more likely Hearts/Hibs/Aberdeen.

Not defending the poor parts of the performances. Its unacceptable that a team and manager who are capable of such good things at times should really get things so badly wrong at other times. Just trying to highlight that the team and manager are far from a lost cause. They do need to start proving it on a more regular basis though.

And so the story of the fabled trilogy begins to take shape. 😃

Have a day off ffs it's boring now

I heard Kettlewell signed a colander by mistake.

I agree these things always have to be put into context. When you put Brighton's finances into context, however, you can see how disastrous they have been. After they were promoted back to the EPL in 2017, Brighton managed to lose over £270 million in their first four seasons, putting them into the top 10 loss making clubs in Premiership history. They required a £427 million investment from chariman Tony Bloom to keep them afloat in tandem with a £37.3 million bank loan. It's not clear how much of that loss was invested in their youth development programme, but as part of their overall financial model it would be clearly unsustainable for a club like ourselves. Of course there are things we can do better, and like any business, we should be looking to improve every aspect year after year. Whether that's more data analytics, more aggressive contracts, different scouting methods or something else, it should all be reviewed on a regular basis and changes applied wherever needed.

County move above us. The pressure is well and truly on Kettlewell in the next 7 days.