steelboy

Criticising Erwin is out of order. Every time he comes on he shows flashes of potential, last week he put a great ball into Sutton, this week he worked himself into a 1 on 1. Even if things aren't ending up in goals for him he's troubling opposition defences and when he has more appearances through the middle he'll improve. The second half performance overall was an absolute shocker. It was similar to the Dundee United cup game in that we ran out of steam near the end of the first half but Thistle didn't have the quality to punish us. If we can get a player in this window it has to be a centre mid to play beside Keith (who is looking a lot fitter than he was earlier in the season). The only real positive from today was the dedication of the defending in the second half, the starting back 4, Kerr, Lasley and Ramsden didn't shirk anything and even Lionel made an effort. The downsides today were leaving O'Brien on when he was concussed which is a poor show, he was in a bad place when he got subbed off. Ojamaa was clearly in the huff about something as well.

There were plenty of seats the last time we played there on New Year's day. A terrible game but at least it was the last we saw of Alan Gow.

I'd like to see the 11 players who started the second half line up against Thistle. Get Ainsworth back on the right and Erwin and Ojamaa can alternate on the left. Despite the good result on Saturday we were still brutal so we don't have much to lose from going on the attack from the off. Hopefully it will be an open game.

it's one thing for the manager to want to play the ball out from the back but we'll need the players to do it and to be ready for teams to press us high up the park. Barraclough will need to show more flexibility than Gannon. When we had Hateley and Hammell as full backs they were technically better than most opposition midfielders which gave us a lot of options in possession. We aren't going to be able to knock the ball around unless we have fullbacks who can take the ball under pressure and find a pass.

We were pish but we'll take the points. They've robbed us enough times.

We are far too far away to judge their goal but the fact that it hit the bar twice makes me think it wasn't over. The red card was a stick, an assault.

This is terrible. The two fullbacks don't have a clue.

We had one good game at home to Dundee United and by most reports have been poor in the rest of them. Today is a big test for our squad. If they don't put in a performance today they will have to face up to some sore truths.

His biggest impact was claiming Hearts fans would abuse him for being RC.

There tends to be less of them around in January. Avoid relegation now, rebuild in the summer.

He scored an extra time winner in a play off game last night. Pearson or Vigurs? Easy choice.

I like Ainsworth and think he's a far better player than Vigurs but he's no use if he's not on the park. Both McCall and Black seemed reluctant to use him this season which is puzzling as they knew what they were getting them they gave him a deal in the summer.

We've played 20 games. He has played for more than a hour 8 times. With our squad size we can't afford to carry any passengers.

He's got two goals and zero assists. The reason we are the lowest scorers in the country is because the guys who were supposed to provide the creativity - vigurs, law and ainsworth - have been utterly useless all season.

How many assists does Vigurs have?

We had games. How many games did we have with a majority first team players playing?

I think we will make an appointment tomorrow and the new man will take over after the County game.

That is utter nonsense. The idea that there was nothing between our teams in 2011/12 and 12/13 and the Dunfermline and Dundee sides that got relegated is miles out. We played Dunfermline three times and beat them 9-3 which doesn't even tell half the story about how much better we were. it's clear that so far this season us, st mirren and ross county (combined goal difference -51) are easily the three weakest teams.

It's illegal to ask someone about their health during a job interview in the UK.

Van Der Gaag's possible health issues don't seem like the sort of thing we should be speculating on.

That doesn't require a public statement though. This is a sad attempt at face saving from Butcher after the media pushed hard for him at the weekend.

Butcher has issued a statement saying he doesn't want the job anymore. I wonder why he did that?

The message coming out of Fir Park at present is that ICT's player budget is around 2/3rds of ours and that is the level we will be operating at next year. I agree that we were always going to fall back but it shouldn't have been this season.

The Malpas season was poor but we had a lot of players who did well after they left fir park: quinn, reynolds, paterson, foran, clarkson, mccormack, murphy and mcdonald all brought in a fee when they left. I'd be very surprised if anyone over the age of 21 in our squad ever plays at a better level. The problem then was Malpas and Hegarty, the new manager is going to have a much harder time turning it round. The lack of goals makes it worse than either of those two seasons for me. We've scored 10 goals in 17 domestic games, under Malpas we scored 8 in league cup ties. You also have to factor in Rangers, Hearts and Hibs being out the league this season and that back then there weren't teams like ICT and Accies out performing us on a fraction of the budget.

My link That's a link to the table from xmas 2008. Joint bottom but also 9 points off sixth with a game in hand and from memory Craigan and Clarkson coming back from injuries. 9 goals from 15 games is the problem at the moment. We have only scored more than once in a game once in 17 domestic games. We haven't took a single point from a game where we went behind. This is the worst season i've ever seen so far.