MelvinBragg

I take your point but for me Slattery looks better arriving into dangerous areas from midfield rather than playing off a striker. But we're kind of splitting hairs there...👍 I'd still rather we went 352 if we're playing three at the back...

I expect to see Tony Watt at Fir Park next season, Armstrong not so sure. The rest of the loan players, I think we've seen the last of...

I thought in the first half we looked like we could play all night and not score. Second half initially the final ball was lacking but the switch to 352 definitely made a difference. I realise that the fashion is for a single striker with two wide but as we don't have a guy who can play as a lone striker, 352 is a no brainer for me. We look far more dangerous playing like that than we do with two "attacking midfielders" supporting a single striker. Attacking midfielders is in inverted commas as I don't think Paton or Slattery are cut out to play as "number 10s". No slight on them, just not a role they're best suited to...

He's a decent plan B. But we were up against ten men tonight, wouldn't base too much on that. What we should maybe take from tonight's game is that 352 is more effective than 3421 or whatever managers call it...

Journalists googling 'free agents who played in the Austrian league in the last few years'? Just need to hope that it works out better than fishing in the Australian league...

Do we need two backups the wrong side of thirty? And will their salaries reflect their roles as backup..?

Forgive me but was McGinn's extension not offered under Wimmer's watch? O'Donnell's he could do nothing about as it was automatically triggered. But having one 30 plus right back that's been converted to a centre back, did we really need another with McGhee arriving and Balmer still on the books. Basically, for me the decision to renew McGinn is one of the stupidest we've made in some time...

😂 Build around two guys, one of whom has been central to this season's dodgy defence and another who has been injured for the majority of this season and is 35 in October. Still better them than bombscare Casey...

I'm aware of O'Donnell triggering a clause. When that happened, fairly or not I would have let McGinn go. We now have four central defenders under contract, two are well past 30 and one is Kofi Balmer...

McGinn re-signing in itself is not the issue. On top of O'Donnell though it makes no sense...

Thought Take Me Out was at half time as I have a memory of the Rangers fans looking at us as if to say "Do they not know they're getting beat?"...

Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand. Played at halftime of the 2005 CIS Cup Final. Despite the way the game was going, I seem to remember the Well end bouncing along to it. I probably wouldn't remember it as well but the game has additional significance on a personal level for me, so others might not remember it...

Barry Maguire and Stuart McKinstry on the bench. Oli Shaw and Stephen Hendrie starting. A veritable ex-Well bonanza...

I don't think he's any better than Mugabi who people were happy to see the back of decrying him as 'not good enough' or more often 'shite'. I think you could easily put together a 'highlight reel' of goals that Casey has cost us that would more than match one for Mugabi. By the way, I'm not saying Mugabi was good enough, it's just an indictment of where we are that I reckon he walks into our first team right now despite his limitations...

Anyone complaining about baseless speculation, this is a football forum. Without baseless speculation, these places would die out.. To the general point, if Wimmer oversaw a relegation, he should be gone. I keep hearing about the mess he inherited and it's true he didn't inherit the best squad in the league but he could and should be getting more out of it. For what it's worth, I reckon we will probably stay up but it could be tighter than we'd like. But like @Lobey_Dosser I just have a feeling Wimmer will be gone by Halloween. Just my gut tells me that he'll do like Baraclough and Kampman. Come in with the mission of keeping us up, just about do so, bring in his own squad in the summer but be gone before bonfire night. And as I say, it's just my opinion. And without differing opinions, you're as well closing the forum down...

I think it could easily go sour and he could be sacked. If it can happen to a club legend like Hammell, then why not?

Not suggesting it will be his choice to be gone by then. It wasn't Kampman or Baraclough's choice to be gone by then either...

Nope, Wimmer will have to take a share of the blame as well. Is it a poor squad he inherited? Yep. But there are a fair few poor squads in this league (we were beaten by one yesterday) so getting a couple of results shouldn't be beyond any coach that belongs at this level. His persevering with a shape that's not working, with a keeper that can't catch a cold and with playing our best player out of position is fuck all to do with Kettlewell...

This, 100% this. I have the feeling that Wimmer will do what Kampman and Baraclough did. Somehow keep us up, bring in his own players and be gone by Halloween...

My concern with Maswanhise is the fact that even after several months training, he doesn't have the fitness to last 90 minutes. It was understandable at the outset given he'd been without a club, but not now...

Brian Welsh and not with his head is my recollection...

Glad that Miller hasn't been part of this disaster...

I think that this kind of makes wellgirl's point about O'Donnell receiving a disproportionate amount of stick. Casey, for me, is responsible for just as many opposition goals and he seems to get an easier ride than O'Donnell from fans...

To be fair, he's been called worse. At the Celtic game, one of our lot said he "liked the look of the big hobo". And today I messaged my bluenose brother that I couldn't believe that they let a Metallica roadie score into them...

I put my headphones in, stuck my music on and walked to up to shop to lift cash around the same time. Glad it's not just me resorting to such tactics...