stuart_adam

I was wrong... And I have to say I am loving every minute of it. I said after Killie home game that Archie should go as he ran out of ideas, but my god,he sure has showed me and a lot of other people. Archie deserves the credit and the recognition for the turnaround in form, hopefully he can sort out our away form now as one league win in 2017 isn't good enough. I will say it, I now believe, and I genuinely think he can keep us up. I was wrong. And I am more than happy to admit that. Also have to say, credit where credit is due to the players too.

Hearts do, think they have 8 or 9 out but they aren't afraid of bleeding through youth.

Fair play to Hamilton; appears they have shown Sarris the door after his behaviour with Storey. Madden could have sent him off, and probably would have saved his Hamilton career if he had. Well done to Hamilton for showing no player is bigger than the club

Barton has a cheek blaming others, hes been one of our worst players this year. Dallies on the ball far too long, too many touches and is slow as a week in the jail when trying to get back

Archie also confirmed Osman and Dumbuya are back to full training not expected back to after Jan break.

Only a knock should only be out a week or so

Archie has confirmed Fraser is out, jarred his good knee on astroturf at side of park at Parkhead after Griffiths fouled him

Why not? We are an established premiership team that finished top 6 last year, yes we are in danger, but at the moment we are a bigger club than St Mirren, even if we go down theres no guarantee they will come up... that league is so tight at the moment. I just feel given our situation we should be looking at Ross as a successor especially if we are sacking Archie.

Give Archie the Motherwell and Dundee games. If anything less than 3 pts, we should turn our attention to Jack Ross. Yes it would be a gamble, but look what he’s achieved last season and so far this season, they looked dead and buried last season, yet he kept them up and now has them 2nd in League. Honestly can’t believe we aren’t looking at him as an option. Archie is a club legend, has done great for us since he took over. But 2 league wins out of 16 is a sackable offence.

Yeah have to agree actually I do now remember Simon Murrays first half dive. What’s more frustrating is most of free kicks against us there was minimal if any contact

This man is an absolute disaster of a ref. I don’t care how bad we were today, he had by far the worst performance of anyone! First of all Hibs hit the deck mentality was responded to with a free kick every single time. Then to add insult to injury that foul shy, that has to be the most horrific decision I have seen at senior football level; what made it worse was he knew it was a foul shy and he knows the rules but he just lets him take it again... even the hibs players looked bemused! Personally feel like he needs to be dropped from this level until he learns the rules.

Forgot to say, thought our defence was brilliant today and were time and time again let down by a poor midfield, but its the best we have looked defensively in a long time.

I know their keeper had some decent saves, and we probably were unlucky to lose; but honestly feel our midfield isn’t quite there yet. We are really missing Osman in the middle of the park; and to get him and Bannigan back this month could be a blessing. However I do feel that we are looking like bottom 2 material at the moment and unless we can find goals without an injury managed Kris Doolan we are going to be in serious trouble. We can’t continue to play one up front when its not Doolan as its just not working.

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Not the worst time to have a break. Hopefully by Decembers games we will have fit enough squad. GK - Cerny, Scully, Sneddon DEF - McGinn, Nitriansky, Devine, Turnbull, Keown Mid- Barton, Edwards, Fraser, Woods, Erskine, Spittal, McCarthy, Lawless ST - Doolan, Nisbet, Sammon, Storey The question marks over Booth and Dumbuya's return remain, with not much update coming from the club As for Osman and Bannigan, both likely out until after Xmas, and same for Elliot - whos likely out until March time. Maybe time to recall Penrice in January?

Wondering when these guys due back. Assuming Fraser will get game time in November Dumbuya should be back mid November unless hes had a set back? Booths injury was said 12 weeks which means he should be back December. Osman - not entirely sure imagine its December/January Bannigan - early December? Elliot - March? It would be nice to have an injury update at some point. Especially regarding Dumbuya as he can’t be far off unless he’s had a setback.

The performance wasnt great by any standards but the difference in the teams fight from last week was amazing. Cerny - true leader and should have been captain, saved us multiple times. MotM by a mile. McGinn - had his worst performance in a jags shirt but it was his shot that led to our first goal Devine - Shaky & Nervy but battled to the end Keown - Shaky & Nervy but battled to the end Turnbull - sat too deep allowing opposition to press. Also Shaky at the back. Barton - first half he was defensively awful but good at pressing. Second half looked far better. Edwards- first half great, poor 2nd half but grabbed the vital equaliser. McCarthy - played well, was unlucky to be subbed but the change needed to be made. Erskine - trying hard, possibly too hard, fell over his feet. Lawless - stuck with his task, dug in, and played well defensively. Also big hand to play in winner. Sammon - kept winning first ball but no striker to help him. Subs Storey - tried hard, scored the winner didn’t stop despite offside many strikers wouldnt have made that run. Doolan - won us the game, two great assists from Doolan Spittal - came on and gave McGinn a bit of relief at a time when we were being pinned back. Played well Archies subs were spot on and made at the correct time. I just worry about us playing 1 up front at home as we never have any support. Dools and Storey should be given a chance to make partnership work.

I genuinely thought after we went 1-0 down and lost the penalty that was that. Glad I was wrong. Also I will admit to being wrong last week, I thought Archie had lost the dressing room but today showed that they will fight for him. I still think he takes too long to make decisions however today he was like a man possessed. I am hoping he continues to prove me wrong and keep his job, I am glad I got over last weeks anger and went today and not only that I am glad I stuck with it today. Congratulations to the team on winning and hopefully they follow it up with a victory against Hamilton. Archie, keep proving me wrong please. And I will happily admit I am wrong time and time again this season.

Whooops! I meant LM Lawless

Id like to see us go with GK - Cerny RB - McGinn LB - Turnbull CB - Devine CB - Keown DM - Bannigan CM - McCarthy CM - Erskine RM - Spittal LM - Lawless CF - Storey

We as a fan base are quickly becoming accepting of being bottom of the league. Yes the fans boo, and the fans grumble, lets face it numbers dropping off the gate every week is no surprise at the moment. As other fans have mentioned this team have serious tactical issues, no fight, lack of fitness and no clue. Killie who were managerless for the game were far better organised than us. We had an extreme lack of organisation, we are lacking a player like Sean Welsh or Abdul Osman in the middle of the park and it shows badly. 4-2-3-1 yesterday was yet another change in formation, even Manchester City concede when playing wing backs in a back 4, especially if nobody drops in. Barton doesn’t look like a midfielder, and him and Edwards just can’t develop that partnership that we need. Further up the park we offered very little, Spittal, Erskine and Storey all extremely poor. Doolan worked but with very little to feed off he was never going to score yesterday. And the poor management continues, every week I sit watching the game begging Archie to make a change because we can all see the pressure that eventually leads to an opposition goal, yesterday was no different for the second. Low and behold about 2-3 mins later after we conceed he makes the change. Too little too late. Furthermore, either we have to be the unluckiest team ever or our defence needs to stop standing off, their 2nd goal yesterday was a great strike, but no different to Dorrans goal when his man stood 5 yards of him, or the Aberdeen goal, where his man stood 5 yards of him too. The most worrying thing from a management point of view is he doesn’t learn from past lessons. 3 Seasons in a row we have struggled in the First Round of games. 3 seasons in a row we have conceeded goals in last 10 mins of games, sometimes even losing from a winning position. Now the trend with conceeding “spectacular strikes” is starting to become a worry, main reason because the lack of change in the other stats. I like Archie, he was a fantastic player, and he has probably been our best manager in decades. I would argue Lambie only walked away each time because he knew what was coming. I cant see Archie changing things enough this season to turn around our season, if we are lucky 10th will be achievable. Last but not least, the team. Yesterday they looked like a team content on passing the ball sideways to keep possession then lumping the ball up the park in the air. Have the players been told to do this or have the lost confidence? Do they know what style they are supposed to be playing? What position? Every single one of them should hang their heads in shame, however they wont. Usual response from Archie, they will go in, go through the game on tape, talk about it and go from there. BMMMH got it in one yesterday where he said someone needed Smashed. Although I think he was referring to it happening in the dressing room as opposed to on the pitch, time to stop the old pals act, get a reaction out of these players. If it was my choice Archie would be out by Saturday, but its not and I think they’ll stick with him until Xmas. If he turns things around and keeps us up, then hes a better manager than I thought. I just dont see it recently.

Missing: Dumbuya (hardly been fit since last summer) Fraser (hardly been fit since last summer) Osman (training injury that required surgery) Booth (out until Xmas?) Elliot (out until March) Lawless (got the man flu) Bannigan (no idea) Nisbet (no idea) Realistically we are missing one right back, one left back and a CM from starting lineup.

Im not expecting much but we are bottom of the league with no win in 9 games, with only hamilton and dundee to play.

Can’t even say it wasn’t deserved. Killies goal had been coming despite the awful mistake that led to their first and then for the second goal, we have lost the same type of goal about 5 times already this season because our defence stands off their man by about 5-10 yards inviting the shot. We were awful. No excuses.

Absolutely shocking