David

Wilkinson looks decent enough, as does the young lad from Arsenal. The other two look terrible. A 50% clip isn't bad I guess.

If only his recruitment skills were as good.

It's time to put this "lost 3 out of 21 under Kettlewell" chat to bed. Last season he was parachuted into a squad that wasn't really his, and he did a very good job. What we should be looking at is this season. With his players. We're currently 4 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss under Kettlewell this season. 3 of those wins and 1 of those draws came against lower league opposition in the cup. We're 1 win, 1 draw, and 1 loss against Premiership opposition.

If we look at the pros and cons, I think the best course of action is to not offer him an extended deal. Pro - If he does well, we can argue for some compensation from any club wanting to take him. It wouldn't be all that much, mind you, considering the type of club that's likely to be interested in someone like Kettlewell. Con - If he doesn't do well, we have to sack him and pay him off, which means spending money we likely don't really have to spare. For me, I'd rather we run the risk of losing him if he does well. I'd rather be sitting in a great position and have him leave for nothing than be in the shit and have to pay him off.

Hmmm... Manager comes in, saves us from relegation, starts off well the following season and is then handed an extended contract. Where have I seen that happen before?

Well, I think I've been quite fair in highlighting the reasoning behind my thinking. It's not like I'm just posting, "he's shite! Terrible signing!" and other such nonsense we see from other forum members. I've given my reasons, and you and others can feel free to disagree, of course. At this stage, it's all just conjecture, as I've said a few times. And at no point have I said the manager doesn't deserve time. But that doesn't mean I need to sit silent and wait until we're at the end of next month before making a comment. I've said that I'm judging the signings on their track records to this point, which is what fans of all clubs all over the world do. It's not something new or unreasonable. I don't particularly like the sound of how the manager wants to set us up, and I'm not overly keen on our signings to this point for the most part. The difference between me and certain other posters is that I will take absolutely zero pleasure in being right about that if it comes to pass. I want the team to succeed, and for Theo Bair to be a resounding success. Why wouldn't I?

It's not Celtic or Rangers we're playing! 😂

And where's the fun in that? Football is all about guessing how someone will do, speculating who we'll sign, discussing the attributes of a new player. If we all just "wait and see" we'd be as well closing the forum down and all going home.

Despite big Theo equalling his recent goal tally, I don't think our team has an awful lot of goals in them at the moment.

It depends on who we bring in to replace him, though, doesn't it?

The offer could be incredibly lucrative, but it would mean actually living in Greece or India. Of course, the "lucrative" offer from Dundee would mean living in Dundee. Rock and a hard place springs to mind.

We can fire you on content moderation as well! Manually approve every single joke! Will it meet the standards? Will we approve the post? 😂

Look, just ignore him if you need to. No one is saying you need to agree with or like what he's posting, but stop quoting every single post he makes and throwing abuse at him. That's the end of the matter. Continue as you are and you'll go back on content moderation, which no one wants. Your ability to post is restricted, and we have extra work in reading and approving what you post. So please, just leave it be. Let's move on.

Nope. Someone else posted about Moult, and you replied to them mentioning MJC not in one post, but two. Like I said, drop it. If we see him name-dropping you in an attempt to bait you, or constantly replying to your posts with zero provocation then we'll have a word with him as well. But to this point it's clear you have an issue with him. MJC is somewhat negative in the eyes of many, but that's nowhere near as annoying as what you've been doing, so just leave it be.

You've been warned already. Next time you quote someone just to spout pish like this you're going back on post moderation.

Spittal was my man of the match. I doubt that's the last time I'll be saying this over the course of this season.

Thought Dundee shaded it today, and if any team can feel short-changed with a draw it's them. I think we had more possession, but they seemed more decisive with the ball. Still, a point is a point. Even if it is against a team most favour to go right back down. Next weekend against Hibs will be a more stern test.

He's looked a step behind play most of the game I think.

Every manager who has signed him has talked about his potential. Not what he's done in the game. To this point, he's done nothing to prove he's a professional-level player. His record in MLS is rubbish, and his record at St Johnstone is rubbish. I also said that this is his last-chance saloon. You can only get by on athletic potential for so long, and at age 24 this month, he needs to start performing. Let's hope today is the start of that. However, the season has started. I said we discuss players when we sign them based on their past records before they play for us. For me, he's now one game and one goal deep and has done well today. Long may that continue.

My extreme assessment is based entirely on his extreme record. No one could look at what he's done in the game until now and think "yup, there's a player in there." I 100% hope he goes on to be a success. No one, unless they're just nasty types, ever wants to see someone fail. I can guarantee you, if this goal is the only one he ever scores, and he gets to the end of his two year stint and gets released, I certainly won't be sitting here saying "Ha! Told you so!" I don't want any of our players to fail.

Regardless of if he goes on to score 45 goals this season, I'll stand by my assessment of his record when we signed him. As I said, that's what we judge players on before the season begins. We always have and always will. I don't understand why there's this weird reaction to it happening with this player, when we've all done it in the past. This notion that we shouldn't take into account their previous career stats whatsoever is absolutely mental.

Just like him going a few games and not scoring wouldn't mean he's a write-off for us, scoring in one game doesn't mean he's going to be a success. Let's hope he can get a few more goals in the next few weeks.

It's still very early, but let's hope he can completely turn his career to this point on its head.

Well taken goal! Let's hope this start gives the lad confidence and he can kick on.

Pack it in. Final warning.