El Grew

Battling performance against a team that’s only lost once at home and in absolutely dreadful conditions. Kudos to the players but 4 good chances passed-up. As I’ve said before draws are better than defeats but are no use in our position and will lead to usgoing down. Livingston 5 points behind us but 2 games in hand and our next 3 games: Rangers (h), Aberdeen (a) and Livingston (a).

St Mirren home league form: P8 W5 D3 L1 GF14 GA8 Our away league form: P8 W1 D3 L4 GF5 GA11 Regrettably I can only see one outcome. 😟

Do we not have a media guru that the board can employ to keep fans informed?

Maybe. But I think he’d benefit more if we had at least one midfielder that could make passes into the inside-right and inside-left channels for him to exploit his pace and strength. Sorry about the old-fashioned terminology.😉

Definitely need to keep Davor in the side now. I thought he was quite neat and tidy in everything he did and kept it simple. He seemed to have a bit of a dig and for the first time in a long time I thought him being there gave the side better shape as he provided a link from the defence to the front players. He reminded me a little of Simo Valakari.

I’ll give you Furlong and Butcher but not Casey. Personally I think Casey has been the weakest link in the defence.

I really hope so because the majority of those recruited were bomb scares!

Always glad to shed some light. 😄

Here’s our away record in the league against St. Mirren: P105; W31; D28; L46 Win = 29.5% Draw = 26.7% Lose = 43.8% Win or Draw = 56.2%

Perhaps the silence from the board is a sign they’re doing some research into who they’d appoint before they dismiss Kettlewell. But then again perhaps not!

What an utterly inane post!

Has it escaped your notice that we are 5 points ahead of Livingston but they have 2 games in hand!

We never looked like winning this game and I didn’t think we deserved to, but to be fair I didn’t think we deserved to lose it either. St.Johnstone are a poor outfit who created nothing and only got a goal thanks to our keeper making an utter horlicks of a cross. However whilst home draws against teams like this are better than defeats they will ultimately be our downfall. I’m afraid Stuart Kettlewell is out of his depth and does not appear to have the answer to our present predicament. The board must now decide quickly whether they are going to keep him or get rid and if it’s the former, come out and say so.

Todays attendance dipped below 4,000.

Has to be gotten rid of now! It’s pretty clear he just does not have the answers to sort this out.

Gent and Zdravkovski who’ve spent most of their time warming the bench are our two best players today.

Wasn’t a free kick in the first place.

Wtf was Kelly doing there? If you come out for that kind of ball you must get hands to it. That’s St. Johnstone’s 1st away goal of the season!!

Are you being serious?? Ever since football became a mass spectator sport and fans had to pay to watch it they’ve been praising and berating (your word) players. In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s all part and parcel of the football spectacle. The old adage still applies: if you can’t take the heat then stay out of the kitchen. What do think the current crop at FP deserve with the utter dross they’ve served up since September? Laurel leaves?

If that’s your take on it fair enough. Mine is different. It all depends how you view his remarks in relation to the present context.

Stuart Kettlewell comments from the BBC: “There's certainly not been any conversations about my future at the club. We are so knee jerk in this country. We don't strip layers back and look at factors like budget, size of squad and injuries.” Sounds awfully like a pre-emptive strike at the board. And he didn’t know about any of that before he took the job? Who the f*ck did he think he was joining? Real Madrid!? Well that’s it for me. Time to get rid asap!

Whether they meet your out of contract condition or not I’d be adding Blaney, Casey, Paton, Shaw, Bair and Wilkinson to your list. That’s 15 players, and it is a really damning indictment on our playing resources at this point in time.

For reference, here’s the team we had out when we last won a game (Hearts @ Tynecastle, 3rd September in a 5-4-1 formation) Kelly SOD McGinn Mugabi Casey Spencer Paton Slattery Miller Spittall Bair

That particular scenario has been played out umpteen times in clubs around the country and usually ends only one way. Chairman issues statement that manager has the full backing and support of the board. Team lose next game and manager is bulleted.

Do you know whether he knocked us back or we knocked him back?