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Absolutely. No way the club are turning that kind of money down. Its our model after all. We take it and invest modestly in the next Maswanhise. It also takes any pressure of taking low ball offers for any of our other players. "Meet the valuation or bugger off!" This summer is going to be an entirely new experience for us as a club. One where we are not just clearing the decks to try and get rid of the deadwood, but trying to hold onto as much of this squad as we can, whilst at the same time not standing in the way of players career development. The only hope is that Jens is still the guy overseeing it and we are not looking for a new manager as well.

Very pleasing. I know we are all looking up the way, but these little milestones will let the board start planning early for next season....

Stick a linky on Peter! 😍😍😍 Although Im sure we can find it!

Pleased for the Ox. Decent keeper. Just unfortunate that he doesnt appear to be a good fit for our new system. Also gets some of his wage off the books and gives him a shop window for a permanent move.

If Celtic or Copenhagen come in for him he will be gone (paricularly the latter). But Im not so sure some of the other names banded about will tempt him. I think he only moves in a summer window to a bigger club where he thinks he can replicate the success he has had in implementing his style with us. He wont want to risk any backward steps.

It would be absolutely surreal if he stayed and turned us into the Scottish Bodo/Glimt. Not sure I would be able to cope with being that good! 😍😍😍

Maybe he realises that building something with us will get him the bigger jobs he clearly merits? I get that money talks. But if you have a longer term strategy you could build firmer foundations for a longer career.

Can I be greedy and choose option C? A good league season AND a cup win. We weren't far away this year. Circumstances conspired against us. Luck was the thing we ran out of......

The suggestion is that VAR did do its job and King was sent off for throwing his arm out at an opponent, regardless of whether he made contact or not. I dont agree with that, but if thats the rule, then I guess we just need to accept that, much as we did with Oscars red card for a slip. We could, and probably will just stay quiet about the play acting as most clubs and managers will instinctively protect their own player, and thats fine. But if, as KMcAlpin suggests, you want to try and eradicate that sort of stuff from the game, someone needs to be brave and take a stand. But you do need to be really careful and do it in a way that doesnt through your own player under the bus.

Previous managers were on 1 year rolling contracts. There has been no confirmation that Jens is the same. There was a suggestion that he had signed a 2 year deal, but no idea where that came from or how credible it is. Probably not something that can be confirmed one way or another.

I dont think we need to make an example of Slattery by dropping him or singling him out. But Jens can say in an interview that he has spoken to him and told him he doesnt like it and told him not to do it again. He could even reference Elliot Watt earlier in the season when he went down under minimal contact from an alleged head butt. Challenging other managers to speak to their players in a similar manner would shift the focus and put the spotlight on it for other clubs to deal with. You wont eradicate it. But you can make it more difficult for players to get away with if you talk about it instead of just ignoring it or accepting its part of the game.

Consider it wound!

You quoted me while talking about faux out rage. If you were just talking in general terms fair enough but why pick my comment?

I mean, we probably wont win the league, but if we cant dream about it and enjoy the trip under these circumstances, when can we?

Jens 100% thinks we can win the league. If he didnt he wouldnt have mentioned goal difference post match last night and referred to it as a good 4 points. He wont say so publicly, and will keep batting the pressure away no matter how much the media try and draw him/us into it. Legend.

Its not faux outrage. I dont like to see our players try to con referees. Id rather win without all that shit. If you want to take a different position feel free, but dont try and call me out on it.

I didnt think the first one was a definite red. He does catch him on the ankle once the ball is away. But by the same token Fadingers v Rangers wasnt a whole lot worse, so some consistency would be nice. Slatterys though is embarassing. He may well have got a finger in the face (its impossible to tell from the poor camera footage) but it certainly wasnt enough contact to justify the reaction. Glad Jens gave him a talking to at the end.

Its great that we are getting the majority of players fit and up to speed, but its a little ironic that we do so just as our midweek fixtures disappear until the end of the season! Great to have a strong bench though and we might have to cope with a few suspensions if we do actually get ourselves in the mix! 😉

I know we arent losing every game until the end of season, but its not official until we have 1 more point.

Need to back up tonights performance with a win and 3 points. Top 6 is all but guaranteed now due to our GD, but be good to make it official. Rangers play Celtic on the Sunday, so something has to give there. If we can keep winning the fixtures will ensure we close the gap above us.....

Great perfomances all over the pitch. But its MaraDonnell! 😍😍😍

That was very pleasing tonight. Yet again, we did give up the early chance, but after that it was pretty much one way traffic. To play St Mirren off the park on their own pitch and to be 3 -0 up and coasting even before the red card was quite the response to Wednesday. Bit annoyed with Slattery. He takes a litlle bit of the shine off what was a totally dominant performance, as Im pretty sure we would still have scored more without the sending off. Overall though, it was a statement result and performance. We need to keep backing it up now. One game at a time. I believe 🧡❤️🧡

Definitely the team I would go with. But I havent got our starting line up right all season! Thankfully this is the last game of the tough run and we are back to 1 game a week now until the end of the season. If we can get thru this one without any injuries, load management shouldnt be an issue for the remainder and we will see this line up more often (or more likely with Fadinger in it!)

The early chances thing is definitely a concern. Me and my mate discussed the very same thing on Sunday. It happened v Kilmarnock, Rangers and Aberdeen. The cup game was slightly different as that was self inflicted. Not sure if its anything to do with our set up / mentality, or if its us trying to get our heads around the different ways teams set up to counter act what we are doing? But its definitely a thing. The good thing is, that afrer the first 10-15 minutes we do seem to settle down and take control of the game. It would be nice not to have to worry about that tonight though!

If correct, the current rule of sending a player off for something they had no control over is bonkers and needs to be changed. Its quite ironic that of the two red cards, the one we are mostly agreed on not being a red is the one where the defender deliberately brought the attacker down. Thats where we have come to. Absolutely mental. Priestmans is technically correct but should never be a red card, Gordons shouldnt have been, because there is nothing "obvious" about Olusanya's opportunity to score. But Im fully in favour of the deliberate "professional" foul being made a red card offence, much like it was in the old days. (See John Souttar on Elijah Just at Fir Park).