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Given that Faddy's getting his UEFA badges (and his stated interest in coaching/management), I wouldn't be against having him in one of our coaching roles - but I wouldn't have him anywhere near a manager's job at this point. Right now I'm more curious about which role GA fills at St Mirren.

We could do worse that start both of them.

I'm just waiting for the first "Tommy Wright" shout. In different circumstances I'd have been happy to take a punt on somebody like Shaun Maloney, but the timing is wrong on that one.

GA "steadied the ship" in his first 6 months too. We need to pick up the anchor now and start sailing somewhere. And I'm pretty sure "pick up the anchor" isn't the technical term.

I hear Robinson will be available on Monday morning.

I pay my subs to support the club financially. Given the list of candidates that were suggested on here after Robinson left, I certainly wouldn't trust the "owners" to select another option.

Still better than losing to Airdrie. Discuss...

The only teams that won more games than us last season were Celtic, Rangers, Hearts and Livi. My prediction is that we aren't as bad as some fans think we are and we won't be in a relegation battle. We are crying out for another pure Number 9 to back-up KVV, but if we do manage that I think we'll be 8th or better and pushing for top 6 again.

Tony Watt scored 3 league goals in his first full season with us. Glad we didn't punt him that summer.

Not so much - at least in earlier years. Partly because they started pre-season earlier because their league kicked off earlier - so they were ahead in prep. And partly because they often didn't have a squad of 22 or 24 first team players that all needed game time. I'm not saying it's unfair on Premiership teams. I am saying that anyone who has watched the group games in the past few years hasn't exactly been exposed to fast-flowing, high tempo football from match sharp players. That is largely down to the timing of the games while teams are still half-way through preparing for the league. That doesn't excuse Premiership teams not qualifying from their group. As a paying punter, though, I don't think the league group games deliver as much value for money as the prior formats did where we had one-leg, straight knock-out rounds every round.

Should get a few games out of him then after he sits out his suspensions for all of 2023. (Just joking - would be delighted if we can tie him down for a new contract).

He has a point about the difficulty of trying to get full squad of players some quality pre-season minutes. The pressure is on to win the group, so managers have to stick with their fittest 11 every game and need to cut into pre-season training hours to prep for matches. It's also true, however, that his team were rank after he took control last season and have continued to be rank.

I can't see Griffiths doing a job for anyone until he sorts out his head out - and unfortunately his track record suggests that isn't going to happen any time soon.

There aren't many "easy" ties in the last 16 of the League Cup. Best you can hope for is a home tie against lower league (but always decent by this stage) teams.

That's the strategy that worked so well for Aberdeen, Dundee and Hibs last season.

Excellent work - brings back some good (and bad) memories. Seeing Raith Rovers on there is also a stark (no pun intended) reminder of how things can change when you drop out of the top league and never make it back. A long list of casualties from Clydebank to Dumbarton.

That's the downside of being a defender. When you make a mistake there's a good chance you concede a goal and everyone thinks you're useless. Up the other end meanwhile, van Veen and Morris combine to miss a huge sitter (ironically also created by a defensive mistake) and it barely warrants a mention - despite also costing us a goal.

Do Not Pass Sligo Do not collect €200(k). (grizzly doesn't have a Monopoly on bad jokes). Thoughts and votes before next week's comeback.

Good job we're focusing on keeping more clean sheets this season.

Instant red card for any knee sliders.

Never in doubt.

I see the live stream being listed on the MFC TV site as well as the PPV site, so hopefully that means it will be part of our regular sub. I expect to see KVV at some point.

I'd admire your optimism that tickets bought off the internet are genuine I see the official stream is confirmed for £12 PPV. I assume it won't be covered by our MFC TV sub, but I'll be checking tomorrow just to make sure.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that a manager who has spent his entire adult life in the professional game is probably aware of positions he needs to fill in the team whose results he depends on to make a living. Also - window doesn't close until 1st September, and free agents are available after that. Given that we picked up Watt, as well as Faddy and Skippy for their 2nd spells, when they were free agents, it's not always a bad option.

It will certainly be the end of him at St Mirren, but the way the footballing community seems to work, it won't be the end of his career. The leagues are full of regularly failing managers. Jim Goodwin had a worse record at St Mirren than Robinson did at Fir Park and he was poached by Aberdeen.