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He has plenty pals. Should be good! 😉

Would you jump ship for Aberdeen right now though? Sure they can offer a slightly bigger wage, but it would hardly be a life changing amount and no guarantees you could get those players abd their fans to buy into your ideas the same way ours have. Dont see Jens leaving us for anyone in Scotland outside the uglies.

I absolutely love his character. As well as his skill level, which is phenomenal, there is a bit of devilment about him. Happy to noise up opposition players and management. I like that! 😆😆😆

I think the new board and CEO have shown that they are pretty switched on when it comes to future planning. They will be well aware of the interest thats coming down the line in respect of players and tge manager and doing everything they can to future proof the club. Getting players or the manager to sign any new and improved contracts is obviously easier said than done, but absolutely no point worrying about it. Whatever will be, will be......

Not condoning Watts reaction, he shouldnt have done it, but what I did like was that he was straight over to protect his team mate who was lying on the ground and backed up in numbers by the rest of the team. Thats the team spirit of winners, and a group that have each others backs. We dont have the biggest side, but we werent bullied by Celtic and we werent bullied yesterday. Long may that continue!

Fantastic team performance today, everyone did their part. Special mention for SOD who made some magnificent foraging runs forward to break their lines on top of his overall game which was excellent. But its Just again. He absolutely terrorised St Mirren with his press. Perpetual motion. His fitness levels are ridiculous and his close control and passing is a joy to watch. If only he could shoot! We would have a player on our hands! (Not for long obviously, but the cheque would be a nice one).

Id also put Welsh in that conversation.....

There is no doubt Jens is enjoying himself. He clearly loves how well its going and how quickly the players AND all of us have bought into his project. I suspect you are correct though and he will be ambitious and analysing how to build his stock to maximum effect so that there will be a decent move in it for him. But what does that look like? What clubs are looking at what an unproven manager is doing at a provincial club in the Scottish Leagues? What does success look like to make him an attractive candidate and what level does he aspire to for his next job? Probably a topic for another thread, but I was quite encouraged by his interview tonight as he is a man that chooses his words carefully. So maybe he does want to build something lasting here before he moves on?

Confidence is high with the players and amongst the support. Cant see Jens letting us drop our standards and dial one in. But its still a tough place to go and Hibs are ticking over just fine and right on our tails. Be nice to collect another 3 points, widen the gap and stay on the tails of the ugly sisters, but a point would still be a very acceptable result.

Aye but this time it will be funnier, cause they know its gonna happen! Best leave him out for his own Health & Wellbeing! 😆😆😆

Really enjoyed that today. Mostly because we won in spite if everything that was going on. The diving, the grabbing, the holding, the time wasting, the referee doing absolutely nothing about it and then having a go at our players when they started to take matters into their own hands. Not crying about it, as I actually quite enjoyed it when Robbo was employing it with us, but it is still nice to see that "passing without a purpose" can comfortably beat Thunderdome! We still played our football, but we refused to be bullied. This team has fight and spirit in abundance as well as ability. Great to see JT back. He is the striker we are looking for! Although Im still up for a big dirty Norwegian if he is already in the post. 2 really good goals, bucket loads of entertainment from Just, Slattery and Mr Chaos! SOD rampaging thru midfield to join in. It was a joy to watch. We really are witnessing something very special.

Aye, but its Tony Watt! 😍😍😍

Oh absolutely. With hindsight and a new Sports Scientist who actually monitors load management, its maybe no surprise that our injury problems seem to have diminished. At the time of issuing the new contracts though, it still seemed a risk....

Agreed. The thought of renewing both SODs and McGinn last year seemed mental. Especially after McGinns injury problems. Both of them have been outstanding this season and contribute so much both on and off the park. Who woulda thunk asking footballers to play football would have had such success!

Get Slatts on a longer term deal, renew SODs, clear out the deadwood and get 1 or 2 in to bolster the squad and we go into the second half of the season in pretty good shape.

I know this is the reality for a club like ours. But it would be nice, just once, to be able to keep a group together and build something special. I think this manager and this group of players are capable of winning something, particularly if the gaffer got 2 or 3 windows to do it. The good thing right now is our relatively strong financial position will allow us to see off any lowball offers for our better players. So we shouldnt be losing too many bodies, if any, this month.

We got £1.8m for big Theo for a 15 goal season. Maswanhise is a different kind of player but is on a higher trajectory in terms of goals. No reason to think we couldnt emulate that fee.

I wouldnt be too worried about the Watt to Rangers story. They've already indicated they need to move other players on to free up money for Röhl so I dont see them being willing to pay what we would ve looking for to let him go this window. I also wouldnt be selling Maswanhise this window unless it was utterly stupid money. We really need his goals. I like the sound of a big Norwegian striker that batters people though! Much more exciting than Hale or Nisbet rumours!

Happy New Silverwear! 🧡❤️🧡

St Mirren fans will come to the game too....... 🤔🤔🤔

Reflecting on last night, for all our good play, possession football and generally ripping the pish right out of Celtic, it was nice to see the first goal being scored as a result if a good old fashioned cross into the box! Also, some of our balls over the top behind their defence were magnificent. We really should have won that game by more! Great to see the manager mixing up his tactics.

Not for me. Talented player, but doesnt work hard enough for the team or at his own game in general. Dont think he would improve in our system.

The manager and the players wont. But we are allowed to! Some if their fans (and one of our former captains) were a little less than magnanimous after the semi final. So I would "really really love it if we beat them now" 😆😆😆

JBA can do whatever the hell he likes! If we can beat Celtic with 4 right backs and no strikers he can probably walk on water! 😆😆😆

Only 7 points from safety! 🧡❤️🧡