Kmcalpin

It seems that GA was red carded for an arm gesture.

As far as you're first point is concerned, Steelboy is basically correct (I'm not aware of the specifics in the middle). Only a very select few would know about details of his contract and if they were inaccurate or just downright wrong then surely the player, his agent, or the club, which doesn't tend to comment on contracts, would have quashed this story immediately. This did not happen. Alan Burrows, at the AGM, stated that Declan Gallagher was out of contract in the summer. So we know the start and end points. It doesn't take a nuclear physicist to work out whats happened, in principle, in between. In short, I agree with you Denny. As to your second point, I can't agree. When his stock was somewhat lower, Mr Gallagher was happy to sign a 2 year deal with an extension clause. Now that his stock has risen he wanted the club to rip up that deal. How would he feel if he'd been a failure and the club had said to him after 6 months that it wanted to rip up his contract and he'd simply to leave without any payment? Contracts should be honoured on both sides. There may well be more to this saga than that, but thats how it appears to me. I'm not at all sure sure what his name has to do with it and what you're getting at here. Had it been Jake Hastie, Iain Vigurs, Allan Campbell or whoever I suspect the reaction would have been exactly the same for the vast majority of our fans. Its people's comments and actions that have coloured fans' reactions, not their names.

I wonder how many "soft" penalties they've won this season? Since the one Erwin won against us, and including it, my count is 4 or possibly5. Something stinks.

According to GA, Carroll was removed from the fray because his nose would not stop bleeding.

St Mirren got yet another soft penalty yesterday. Thankfully on this occasion it benefitted us. As our luck has been abysmal theirs has been very good this season.

I didn't see this result coming but that makes it all the more welcome. I've only seen Jordan Roberts goal and boy did he take it well. What a sublime pass from Tony Watt though! Given results earlier in the season though you have to ask whats made the difference? Certainly Campbell has added a spark since he's come back although Steven Lawless was hardly able to make a major contriution yesterday. Has GA been gradually tweaking positions, tactics and training methods? Is he bringing the best out in players? Were the players not performing for Robbo? Whatever it is lets hope it continues. Last Wednesday and certainly yesterday certainly proved we have players of a decent enough calibre to stay up. Good to see Ricky Lamie getting some praise after the flak he took earlier, much of it deserved it has to be said.

Why was Graham Alexander sent to the stand? What had happened just before to enrage him so much?

Great result. Well done to all concerned. That will take a little pressure off.

I we keep pace with their results today then we'll be better off as they'll have one less game in which to catch us.

SPFL website Andy. I suspect Bobbybingo is right. Its 3 April thats causing the confusion.

I'm a bit confused Andy. We play Killie on 20 March. The next fixture is scheduled for 3 April against St Johnstone (A)????? There's then a break until 18 April. Something odd.

The club has a good track record of relating to the fans; probably improved by being a fans owned club. Of late however, the social media content, although extremely slick, has taken on more of a marketing bias. Maybe a need to go back to basics? The debate on here proves that fans are interested in the injury list. This season its been of particular concern given its severity. I'll repeat that there's no need to give out detailed information but it gives the fans some buy in and the club needs that badly. At a very basic level fans would like to know if Eddie Nolan or Sam Foley are injured for example and there's been several posts addressing this very issue. I doubt very much if someone at the club took a little trouble to add their names to the list that characters such as Jack Ross or Tom Wright would gain valuable information to their advantage. I'm most certainty not in the camp that because our fans own the club that we should be actively involved in absolutely everything but where's the harm or detriment in adding 2 names to a list? Fans have been asking the question - where are they?

Yes Iain and this could be critical. Hopefully we don't pick up any more serious injuries but the return of the likes of Gallagher, Lawless and Donnelly could be critical during the run in. Whilst we want to do as well as possible all we need to do to keep out of danger is to do very slightly worse than our close rivals in the basement, given we hold a points advantage. If we keep pace we retain the points advantage as is. So heads to heads will be crucial.

Quite right too Steelboy. Why break confidences? Trust is still important even in 2021.

I get all the arguments about the websites injury page. As a club, we don't want to aid our rivals by divulging details of injuries. On the other hand, fans should be kept informed. Therefore its a fine line to tread. If we keep this page then it needs to be kept up to date and must list all injuries/illnesses. If we aren't able or willing to do that then then delete the page. Personally a simple list summarising players and injuries would do me. It should list all players involved but give no time spans.

Ricki Lamie was brought in as cover for central defence, but through circumstances played a number of games at left back. Of late he's hardly been outstanding but has not been as poor as some. In the short to medium term I'd say he's worth his place in the team, until other return. As others say, the gap between our midfield and strikers has been huge and although thats partly down to the mix of midfielders we have its also down to the formation. Tonight first and foremost we have to protect the defence to make us more solid. It that means moving to a 4-4-2 formation or 3-5-2 or whatever then so be it. But our strikers do deserve some support.

That description reminds me of Stewart Rafferty. A very busy player who ran about a lot but didn't actually do anything

O'Hara is not a defensive midfielder. He's not a box to box type either. Essentially he's a central defender or right back. Campbell is normally a hard working battler but has largely gone AWOL in the past few months. Why I don't know. Barry Maguire? No worse than others in the past week or two but no better either. For me, the jury is still out on him,but he's young and hasn't had the benefit of an old head next to him to provide support. Having said all that, each of the above 3 could justifiably say that those around them haven't helped in other words the mix is all wrong.

Is there a case for replacing Magloire with Lamie and Polworth with Watt?

Declan Gallagher situation is very strange. Back in early January the press report said "A source close to Gallagher said: “He is desperate to play for Celtic and in the current climate, he would be a brilliant signing. But with this contract and the automatic extension, he feels he has a gun to his head.” Now the press is reporting the exact opposite "The skipper is holding all the aces". Both versions can't be right unless something has changed.

My apologies Iain. Put it down to pre senile dementia.

A small ray of light. There's an international break after the Livingston game. I normally hate these but not this time. It may just give us a breathing space to get players fit.

Sorry, which team are you referring to? Jim Gannon's or Graham Alexander's?

Pretty much my view. We've simply not been playing to our strikers' strengths.

That's right Ropy. Alan Burrows merely mentioned his contract ended at the end of this season.