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I gave it to Hodge with a special mention for Said.

Agreed. I didn't agree with the subs at the time. Maswanhise had to be hooked. However, Kanga working on the left did make a huge difference.

I think that the thought might have been that Sparrow keeps going backwards while O'Donnell pushes the team forward with his passing. That would have given us a threat from the right, as well as the Kanga, Longelo threat from the left. It seemed like a positive move to me. Unfortunately, it didn't work due to an error that led to the game being over.

Maswanhise is hiding in games. He runs about in spaces where he is not expecting to influence the game in any way. He needs to be dropped.

I think that Hodge was one of our best players today. He was effective at disrupting Hearts play and was tidy on the ball too.

Said for me. He didn't change the game when introduced, but he sure gave it a right good go when so many weren't.

I too was disappointed by the booing at halftime and even more so when Vogt was eventually substituted. As a support we really need to get behind the team and the manager. Vogt isn't going to get any better if the fans apply that kind of pressure, and the manager and other players won't perform to the best of their abilities either if the fans are on their backs. It was another poor performance, with a poor team selection and lack of any of the intensity that AJ frequently mentions, but let's get behind them, and maybe they will turn things around against Killie next week.

Agreed. I don't know if he is hacked off by not being used when he is generally in loads of space down the left, but for me he is just going through the motions.

Same thought is running through my head, but I'm not ready to commit to it just yet. We certainly need to learn how to hurt teams and relearn how to defend!

Well, that was a good night out. The sending off certainly helped, but I felt that it was justified at the time, and I've not changed my opinion having seen it on Sportscene. I felt that, for all the neat build up play, it was going to be a long night. The Utd. keeper made some smart saves and there was some poor finishing before big Seb put one away. Great technique and a lovely finish. We seemed to lose concentration a bit for 10 minutes after that and the game got a little too open, but settled again and took complete control. The possession stats must be very one sided, and the pass count must be off the charts. Once the second went in there was no way back for Utd. A wonderful goal in build up and execution from Lowry. He really is showing us what he is capable of. The third, by Levitt, was another neat bit of interplay and a tidy finish. I guess that I was a bit disappointed that the team then decided that 3 was enough and spent the remainder of the game controlling possession and conserving energy. Very understandable, but I would have liked them to go on and get another couple. Anyway, nothing much to complain about. A good time to be a Well fan.

Am lot of plaudits for Lowry tonight, and rightly so, he had a very good game. However, for me Joe Hodge gets MotM. He played things simple and very neat, while also being tenacious in the middle of the pitch.

That was a worrying performance. It was very disjointed. Defensively I've not seen us that bad in a very long time. St.Mirren found it very easy to get in behind and the aerial threat couldn't be dealt with. They also had greater pace throughout the team. Maybe a bit of tiredness across the squad, possibly mentally as much as physically. Body language was poor from a few, suggesting that they didn't have the desire to push themselves when the chips were down. Great finish from Kanga to get his Well career off to a flyer. An important point to pick up. If that game had been lost, it may have taken a very large toll on confidence. Very happy to save a point.

The ref has reached a new level of incompetence to be fair.

I do think that the pendulum on what is a foul these days has swung far too much. It seems that trips don't constitute a foul, and yet a simple touch on the back is. However, regardless of the circumstances leading up to the St.Mirren goals, the defending has been particularly poor.

Extremely slack in defence. St.Mirren will score every time they go forward. Can't win any ball that is in the air, not solid in the tackle on the ground and no urgency to get out when clearing our lines. O'Donnell needs to be introduced to get some leadership and urgency into the team.