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In this kind of story journos seem to use the word "favourite" as meaning "someone I'm guessing might have applied for the job" I'm pretty sure nobody on the Board is running a book and sharing the odds.

That still rules out Wright though. Kettlewell was more successful keeping Ross County up than Wright was in his relegation battle at Killie.

The one plus of Wright getting the job would be the money I save by cancelling my Well Society subscription.

Unless you see a quote, it's 99% fabrication.

Every time we have a vacancy we receive applications from people like this (or agents applying on their behalf). Even if we were interested in them, none of them are remotely interested in working with a club operating under our financial constraints. I imagine they think we have OF budgets because they are the only Scottish teams they have heard of.

Don't forget Bobby Russell who was also a huge factor in our transition from "park the bus and saved from relegation by league reconstruction" to glorious cup winning side.

Welcome to 21st Century Scottish Football where new manager discussions still involve the question "Is he a Rangers man?"

Put me in the Anyone But Tommy Wright camp.

Davies seems to fall out with every cub he works for. To quote his wiki entry; In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he's a regular poster on here.

First order of business has to be someone who keeps us up. That doesn't exclude someone who is progressive, but that is secondary for now. That means someone with a bit of experience of this situation, and success in dealing with it. Generally, in these situations, you need someone with the opposite personality of the outgoing manager. The biggest thing that struck me about Hammell, at least in his interviews, was how intense and serious he was. That's not a bad thing to be for part of the time, but at some point you need to be able to impart some fun and enjoyment in the players, even when they are underperforming. So whoever comes in, as much as anything else, needs to bring in a fresh approach and mentality.

Time to focus on the league etc. etc. Take your pick...

The Reserve league has been a shambles since it was revived and I don't think the cancellations are generally anything to do with us.

Kudos to anyone who watched enough of the game to cast a vote. Take your pick...

If anyone had a solution to why things turn so bad at football clubs, they would be very wealthy. It happens at all levels in all leagues. Liverpool is a great example this season. Making it to the final day in 4 competitions last season with a team that was full of skill, energy and the high press. This season, with basically the same squad, they have been - by their standards - listless and hopeless. Conversely, sometimes it just takes a lucky break or two to kick start a revival. Most seasons a struggling team in the bottom six goes on a wee run that elevates them into mid-table safety. Hopefully, without all the 2022 baggage, the new signings can bring a fresh attitude to the next few games and get things turned around.

Impressed by how quickly the new players slotted into our system? Then take your pick...

I hope it runs past the summer window, because with the best will in the world, the players available to us in January are typically B-listers.

What are the odds we'll injure at least 3 of our new signings in training by Friday? Happy to see we have been pretty active this window. As much as anything else, just having players with a fresh mindset has to be a plus.

We've already signed a striker, a winger, a defender and an attacking, goalscoring midfielder - while loaning out Maguire, Shields and punting Sol. I'm not sure how many other changes you were expecting in January, but that's a pretty active window.

No - smacks of paper talk.

If Watt's new club make his signing-on bonus contingent on scoring 10 or more league goals in a season they won't owe him a penny. He has a career 0% on that.

Same script different day. Take your pick...

So that's the weekly "give away soft goal" checked off the list. Now all we need is the "miss 2 easy chances" and we'll up and running.

It's not just this season. I might just not notice it as much with other clubs, but it feels like we injure more players in training than most, and gets even worse during international breaks.

My overriding memory of St Mirren is being at the game where Billy Abercrombie was sent off 3 times. Was a pretty uneventful night otherwise and we didn't know about the 2 additional red cards until the next morning. Anyway. Another Mandron double for a 2 -1 win.

As long as we don't need a penalty shoot-out we have a chance.