wellsince75

Frustrating to lose a player who looks to be the real deal. It looked a poor challenge. Irrespective of intent, motive, accident blah blah blah we've lost out on a new signing that we were excited about. Solution, go out and get another loanee in who will score goals + replace Maguire + any other player who is leaving A sprinkling of quality throughout the team will put a smile on our frustrated faces.

fair point. SK has proven to be good at managing what he had. Keen to see if he can bring in better than what we had.

For me it's too early to assess the success of the window. Soare looks a decent player - he may just be out with a knock. Casey is a good player . He's one of the few players we should have resigned. Zdravkovski - give the lad time to settle. Suspect he'll be decent. Another Simo would be just great. Wilkinson - has a reasonable goals record. Again a bit of time needed to adjust to league but he could be ok. Mika - he looks far too good for our level but we get the chance to nurse him through and benefit for a season. I wouldn't have signed Paton, Obika or Bair for a mixture of reasons but time will tell. Suspect a couple more of our squad will move out , leaving way for a couple more signings. More premiership loanees please.

Just when we thought it was safe to be a well fan . sounds like a very poor display with a single shot on goal. that being said some perspective needed in terms of where we are . One defeat doesn’t lead to doom nor one lead to SK walking on water .

StMirren are pretty physical team, I can see why he's on the bench and start with Davor. Given Miller is only 16 there will be times to give him a bit of breather. That said suspect both Miller and Biereth will have game time.

not for me. Goss was decent moving forward but we need someone who can tackle. One of the issues in our midfield last year was the mix of Spittal/Goss/Slattery. All decent moving forward but lacked defensive qualities.

Great point. Think thats us down to 5 in total. I'm hoping Zdrakovski is a good holding midfielder but yes suspect we need someone else. Having someone who can coordinate/hold the ball in the middle of the park will be great. A bit like Butcher has done at the back.

Good luck to him. It's like the opposite side of the Max Johnston coin. Barry was at the club for over a decade, came through the ranks and re-signed at 22 when perhaps he should have been cut free. Quite similar to Cornelius who I believe we offered a contract (in terms of age and not proven to be good enough) . Learning - players who are better than our level know it and likely to leave rather than re-sign. By 22 we should know if good enough. The chances are The really good players will leave before 22 ,we will get some cash for them, either development fee or Turnbull style. Those not good enough will want to stay and we need to be a bit more ruthless. We need to find more of the Hammels, Lasley's who are good enough but not too good. Not easy , we could do with a gaffer who''s good enough and not too good to be lured away. Here's hoping SK is that guy.

FWIW I think Wilkinson was always a better options and more likely to be the first choice with Mika for the season. His goal return is far superior and doesn't have a decade of injury worries. Obika was always a risk. People were quick to rip into SH for brining back Moult. This isn't that different. Appreciate hindsight goggles etc but this isn't surprising.

There’s plenty of reasons to be optimistic . Form since SK came in puts us well ahead . Personal we should be backing ourselves . Ties against spl clubs will be tough but i do expect us to win , potentially convincingly .

Butcher, Paton, Obika, McGinley, Efford and to a degree Lamie & Mugabi all have had injury issues. Ideally suspect SK would move on McGinley, Efford, Lamie and Maguire to bring in fresh talent. Having some quality in holding midfield seems an obvious gap. The challenge is who would want the afore mentioned players. Possibly the Scottish Championship level but there doesn't seem to be anyone rushing in to snap them up. I wouldn't be surprised if we ended up doing swap deals with StMirren - who also need to move out to move in.

From what I’ve seen from Wilkinson he looks to be an intelligent player , one who’s likely to score a few . The downside is he hasn’t been involved in much of any of the games . This could be down to poor service , Jim not being fit or just needing time to settle . suspect it will be Mika and him who lead the line most games .

Offensively we can certainly improve and did improve as from 30 min onwards. What I really do like about how SK sets his team up is we do the defensive work well, work hard and win a huge amount of 2nd balls. In an ideal world we'd move the ball better and find our men, pass & move with a bit more purpose. We need a bit more quality in the team for that to happen. Overall though a very well drilled team, who are proving very difficult to beat.

Really good result and by far the better team. Defensively all had good games. S'OD and Soare I thought both we excellent. Midfilelders were decent. Nice to see Zravkovski come on. Hoping he's the decent holding midfielder that we need. Upfront Wilkinson offers some decent touches now and again. No doubt Mika made the difference in adding energy to our play. The question is ether Wilkinson or Obika partner with him. Suspect it will be a bit of both. Good start to the season. Well done lads.

Got some sympathy for the pen as Casey’s hand and arm came up as he jumped for the ball in old money never a pen in new stupid rule world it was a pen

Great pace, strength and awareness

I think Wilkinson looks a better player than Bair. Better awareness and touch. However neither got much service or had much involvement

Completely agree @GazzyB. Very scrappy . We need more from midfield .

Not too surprising. I thought Zdravkovski may start in midfield. A holding/defensive midfielder is required, seems a very obvious gap. Hoping we can get our noses in front today .

I don't see wee Al getting much time in the team. Now if we could scoop him as a loanee that would be the dogs bawz.

Very similar rhetoric to his time with Ross County. To be fair though he has had to cut his cloth and move on a lot of players. Now deciding not to have a reserve team. Personal view is we've brought in far too many journeymen over the last decade or so. Lost our way and blown lots of cash from sales. Pruning back and starting over makes a reasonable amount of sense, of course this is dependant on brining in better players that we're moving out. Hopeful that a couple of the summer signings prove to be an improvement. Ideally like to see Zdravkovski & Biereth get game time. Midfield needs some steel and forward line needs an injection of pace.

love this - getting out in our community. Great to see both lads out there. PS - that young lad really put the ball away with some aplomb .

I don’t disagree. I suspect the young loanee will be the best striker by a distance . the jury is out for the other 3 we’ve signed but he has signed 4 strikers. I don’t see us signing more in this position

agree - can't see a future for either Efford or Lamie. I could see other clubs happily stepping in for them. McGinley may need to stick around to prove fitness before other clubs take a punt on him

I think we've already replaced him with the others we've brought in,. Other areas may need further strengthening