weeyin

Regardless of the pros and cons, I think the slope prevents any consideration of laying an artificial surface. I don't remember the figures quoted, but when the pitch problems were being addressed (partly due to the slope), someone in the know posted the details and it was a deal breaker.

So you judge Kenny Black's ability to follow Ian Baraclough's directions based on his stint in a holding role as temporary manager that was forced on him due to circumstance (and which he said in public he didn't even know that he wanted)? I'm not convinced it's lack of fitness this season as much as lack of confidence. It happens to different teams at different times - they lose form as a group, hesitation creeps in, they lose a yard, they are scared to challenge. Just look at Everton this year to see another example; a team that was flying last season has been mince despite the same boss and mostly the same squad to choose from.

I'm sure I'll regret this in the morning, but I agree with this 100%. (must be all that punctuation and capital lettering).

Certainly be interesting to see how that pans out. The new gaffer seems to want to implement a more pressing style, but not sure how that will be adopted away from home.

English isn't really a race, and there is a wee bit more context to racism related to little things like slavery and being lynched because of skin colour.

Pure speculation without any basis other than a dislike of Kenny Black (the same guy who was McCall's assistant when we finished 3rd in the league and 2nd in the league beating our best points total). I didn't hear anyone bigging him up when we we beat Aberdeen in the last game of last season.

I think you are overestimating the role an assistant manager plays other than doing exactly what his boss tells him.

Of course he needs time to change the way we play - these things take a full pre-season plus a few months of actual game time. Moreoever, even if we had a team full of players able to implement it, when you are struggling and confidence is low, players typically revert to type and go back to their bad habits. It's a difficult cycle to break and won't disappear for some time yet.

If you judge fans who want our youngsters to play by how much slagging they do...

You have probably been slated because 'carthorse' normally implies lack of speed and Kerr isn't particularly amiss in that department.

It's not an insult, it's just poor management. If you aim for 10th and miss out by a point (or goal difference), then you are in the play-offs. If you aim for say, 7th, and you miss out by a point then it's not as serious, You might be OK with ultimately finishing 10th this season, but that is a different argument.

You weren't around when Queens Park paper us out the cup, or we lost at Fir Park to Berwick Rangers then?

MENTALL, surely.

I'm astonished that players go around telling everyone how much they make.

There's undoubtedly a mental barrier, but there is also a definite advantage to teams that play on artificial surfaces each week. Players instinctively weight passes and judge bounces etc. after years of playing on grass and to expect them to adjust 100% a couple of times a season is unrealistic.

As long as we train on cut up lino this week, we have a chance.

Somewhat true, but there is a difference between what you should expect from a seasoned pro and what you should expect from a youngster in the early stages of his first team career. If the fans want to see the boys given a chance (and I'm 100% behind that), then they need to be prepared for plenty of mistakes in the mix with the flashes of inspiration. Instilling an attitude of being afraid to make errors is not the way to develop players.

For a while he was scoring for fun in the U20s, but he's one of these guys who never quite seemed to bridge the gap to the first team.

That's the kind of support we need to give our youngsters.

And Lawless still hasn't "come back to haunt us".

No - just that if he resigned he'd not be getting a wage anymore.

Did you even listen to his press conference? He picked his team based on how they players preformed in training for him this past week and, like all new managers, gave them all a clean slate.

Anier and Ojamaa were pretty good recruits that we signed for nowt, paid peanuts in wages and sold on for a nice wee profit - so it can be done, But it's not always as easy as that as Randolph demonstrated - quality keeper and zero bids for him.

Black was in the press (Evening Time, I think) a couple of weeks ago hinting that he will be teaming back up with McCall when he finds a new post.

There's a 30 day cooling off period that means, amongst other things, the details of the deal can't be discussed.