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One of the reasons players move is for more first team football. Lamie has been about 4th choice in his preferred position most of this season, so I assumed Dundee were offering him a better chance of regular starts. If the money was similar (or better) and the length of contract was similar (or better) then you can see how it would have made sense at the time. If we did re-sign him, I think he'd still be 3rd or 4th choice in GA's mind, so not sure anything has changed for him from that perspective.

He's fine when he's playing central defence and keeps his passes simple. When he plays up top (or even galloping up the wing from the right back position) he's pure entertainment.

That's harsh. He's been played out of position quite a few times this season, but he's developed into a solid central defender.

I think he must have been some kind of creative accounting tax write-off.

I played at left back too. I'd have pointed out that Goss and Lamie should both have won their tackles before letting Forrest play the through ball for the first goal.

I think as long as Hibs don't win the cup, I qualify for the Europa League Cup League Preliminary Group Stage Conference Qualifier Round.

The big man pushing up as an extra striker is pure entertainment.

The last few months of Robinson were "eye bleeding". I've posted many times about how, like most clubs our size, the only reason we watch is to be entertained. Our chances of winning anything are slim to none, so enjoyment is key. Football being football, however, you can't guarantee that at Fir Park (or at, for example, Old Trafford). That's part of the fun. Entertainment, for me, isn't just about seeing fast flowing attractive football every week - although that would be ideal. It's also about watching managers develop players, watching new players evolve, watching youngsters come through, watching players adapt etc. Then there is bringing in a new manager that has never managed in Scotland before. If you remember, early on he tried to play out from the back before discovering that Scottish players and Scottish football struggled with that. So had to change tactics. Then with Covid and major injury and fitness issues, we've struggled to field consistent starting line-ups. Again, for me, that is part of the interest of watching a team like ours. It's been a struggle in 2022. but somehow we've managed to get top 6 with just one win. You can argue with the quality of play today, but you can't complain about the character and commitment to get that equaliser. If you can combine that mentality with better players then there should be improvement. Now that GA is completing his first full season I'd expect him to apply his lessons learned to recruitment, training and tactics for next season. If he doesn't, then we need to have the conversation about replacing him. If he does, then it was well worth keeping him around. I assume, since we extended his contract, there are no plans to ditch him. As I said earlier in the thread, there were many people on here wanting Tommy Wright to take over last time around. If you want eye-bleeding football he's certainly your man, but he proved pretty quickly at Killie he would have been the wrong man. Likewise, if fans had had their way, Wee Tommy would have been sent packing in his first couple of season and we'd never have had that success. I remember people complaining about McCall's style of play when we were finishing 2nd and 3rd in the league. I pointed out then you should enjoy it and remember it because we tend to be a 7th or 8th best kinda team and that level of success wouldn't last. This has been a weird Covid season. Not as weird as last season, but it's still had an impact on training, on match days and on killing off the reserve/youth teams which has hampered development. It's certainly not been a classic, but if we finish above 6th, it's been OK. Especially given all the chat pre-season that there would only be one top six spot up for grabs after Aberdeen and Hibs took 4th and 5th. In fact, based on my last 50+ years of watching, it's probably slightly above average. But that doesn't mean I don't want it to improve on the run-in and next season. First things first, though - let's get 2 or 3 wins post-split and see where that takes us.

Monday: "It's all about the result" Tuesday: "It's all about the result" Wednesday: "It's all about the result" Thursday: "It's all about the result" Friday: "It's all about the result" Saturday Morning: "It's all about the result" Saturday Afternon: "We got the result" Saturday Evening: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Players who sign pre-contracts shouldn't play for their team for the rest of the season. Discuss (once you've cast your vote for Lamie)

Given that many on here wanted Tommy Wright to take over our last vacancy I'm not convinced about their managerial opinions. Personally, I'm quite happy for GA to sort it out during the summer and then see what happens.

It doesn't take Nostradamus to predict an away game to Livi for any team is going to be eye bleedingly painful to watch. My biggest disappointment this season has been that the early season chat about the OF + others going to insist on grass pitches in the Premiership has come to nothing.

We deserve it more than the other 6 teams.

It's the Tony Macaroni Triangle. You never see away teams play well there and there has never been an entertaining game played on that pitch. (Used to get more consistent bounces on my school playground). It's all about the result today. Entertainment factor was always likely to be zero.

I'm complaining now. I think the mixing desk is under a waterfall.

No commentary here, not that I'm complaining.

My Android box crashed just before kick-off (back up and running now). Hope it's not an omen.

I'm still not seeing what other people are seeing in Woolery. Can't cross, can't shoot, can't beat a man with the ball at his feet. He's fast and he's powerful, and good to have off the bench, but Efford has been more effective for me in the past few games with better dribbling, crossing and shooting. Fun game - count how many times Woolery "crosses" it straight to an opposing defender.

That's a shame. He played in the first 'Well team I remember watching.

McCall was the opposite of McGhee in that regard. When things weren't working, he never had a Plan B. With McGhee, even if things were working, he liked to overthink it and come up with some weird formation every now and then. In both cases, though, it just goes to show that it's often personality of the manager and how it gels with the players that is the deciding factor in success. It sets the tone for everything, and once you lose that, your time's usually up.

Baraclough was a bit hit and miss during his time at Fir Park but he totally out-coached McCall in the play-offs. However, you can't knock the success McCall had for most of his tenure. It was great while it lasted.

Robbo's record is almost identical to McCall, including a couple of cup finals and a 3rd place league finish. I'm not saying he was a great manager for us, but nowhere near the Malpas level. His early stuff was certainly at the same eyebleed standard as Wee Tommy's early days.

A lot depends on the form of the team heading into the playoffs. When Hibs went down to Accies, they were on a major slide. When we saw off Rangers, we'd won 5 and drawn 3 from our last twelve. It was just we hit that upswing too late to avoid 11th. Never want to be in the playoffs again, though.

That's what I've been reading too. I don't think he will be punted, but it's been a tough transition for him. The more reasonable St Mirren fans have been pointing out they have been very streaky all season with a few terrible runs of results, but most aren't fans of what they see as Robbo publicly throwing players under the bus. The league being so tight, his record of Played 7, Won 1, Lost 6 certainly hasn't helped win the fans over. His post-match interviews do sound a bit like the ones he gave when we were struggling. While GA has had plenty of downs in 2022, he's always been pretty consistent in talking about the confidence he has in his group of players to turn things around, even after he's criticised specific performances. Robbo seems to have adopted the opposite approach, which is high risk when you can't bring in any new faces.

Only if Robbo hasn't been sacked by then.