As an aside, did anyone hear the comment made by Kenny McIntyre on sportsound after the game? He said he received a call on Friday saying that if he could get a recording of the VAR conversation when Curtis Main won that ‘penalty’ it would be a very worthwhile story.

He didn’t say who called him, didn’t say what the conversation was about, just said it and moved on. Seemed a very strange thing to say and doesn’t seem to have been picked up or commented on anywhere.

Don’t disagree with you. Also the cloak and dagger insurance pay out from Covid to be added to that list too.

I don’t think we can under estimate the cost of our turnover to wages ratio being banked on being in the premiership only for Covid to hit so that will account for a significant chunk. Paying off Ross, buying Watt. Huge wages for watt, McGrath, fletcher, levitt. Costs of stadium and other infrastructure improvements. It will all quickly add up but does it add up to the amount you mention….!?

I’ve not posted for years on here but recent events pull you back in. I’m absolutely amazed that no one has seen that Ogren has been as culpable as Asghar for months now.

I can’t blame him. He’s out a lot of money in. Neilson, Covid, court cases etc has meant his outlay far exceeded what he expected. But now he’s had enough. He started with the best of intentions but ultimately he was in it for himself and will do what’s right for himself - not us.

Asghar’s dealings have been short sighted on the recruitment front and that’s caused all sorts of issues. I think he done a decent job to begin with and never understood the over the top hate towards him for what on the whole was a half decent job - up to a point in time.

Recently, it’s clear as day he is running the club to the orders of Ogren. Tony is a puppet and the fall guy whilst simultaneously doing a poor job for what he is responsible for.

The narrative that Ogren is some rich, daft yank being led up the garden path is insulting to a self made millionaire. He knows exactly what he’s doing

This didn't take long for the lack of balance to creep up. Thank christ we have had a decent start to the season or this place would be carnage.

At the end of the day no one knows why we don't have another striker. Did Tam not won't any more as he was planning to only start with one. Did TA say no because he was happy with the squad. did MO say no because the purse strings were too tight?

So back to the balance -
The manager that TA appointed has surprised everyone so far. good decision it seems.
The Mulgrew signing that most disagreed with - down to TA
The Levitt loan signing - MoTM last night - likely down to TA
The Pawlett contract extension that NO ONE agreed with - down to TA

One possible negative angle and the knives come out. This isn't about anyone being above criticism, this is folk waiting to take a pop and they've had to wait longer than expected. As well as ignoring the positives. 

Edited to add the PP example after seeing a whole other thread about it!!
 

For balance, i was open to the appointment but felt it was a risk we probably didn't need to take. So far, i've been pleasantly surprised at the improvement in performances (they are definitely improved over a small sample), the level of dig, the transition from a back 5 to a back 4 and still being as, if not more, solid and his in-game decisions. 

His interviews are improving too but they must be a very difficult thing to have to pick up. The level of improvement indicates someone who is aware, open to feedback and keen to improve - all good signs.

lifesanocean wrote:

smedDUm wrote:

Well that's me deflated....
You're right Finn, they should have won 4-0.
Sorry for winning, must have been a massive fluke.

All is well
 

All could be better but all could be a lot worse. With regard to some of the personal and over the top nonsense that was written on here over summer, it's definitely worthwhile to celebrate the small successes whilst still hoping for improvements. 

MM made a good start too before a few bad runs and a few terrible performances so we should be cautiously optimistic about how TC will pan out but so far you've got to say the bold appointment is working out reasonably well. The things within his control are looking in shape.
 

Fairly attritional but you’d take the win all day. Mulgrew and Edwards are a phenomenal partnership. The best since Webster and A.N.Other for me. We rode our luck a wee bit with the clearances but as stated that was only after they threw the sink at us.

Credit to Courts for putting Levvitt on. Thought the game would pass him by but he helped us control the game, made them fall back and end up camped in.

Edwards, Mulgrew, Harkes and McNulty deserving of a mentioning.

After palming one in the net, maybe mcpake should have focused on his goalkeeper rather than ours. Oh well.

Tangy wrote:

smedDUm wrote:

It's clubs 3-7 in terms of fan base so leading from the front.
A 5-pronged attack not requiring all 12 Premier clubs or indeed all 42 SPFL clubs.
It'll be costing a pretty penny,.I hope Deloitte has some clever people.

 
Some very clever people and chairmen open to a revolution?

From my point, it cant just be about the top 12 - it needs to be from Highland league upwards. The smaller clubs are just as important as any. Jeez we've signed some amount of boys from lower league teams and had plenty more out on loan.

Understand where you're coming from but the scope to me looks different from the standard root and branch review of football and much more commercially focused on the top league. 
 

McNulty has scored goals for bigger teams than United. He's played one season with us in a fairly dysfunctional team, mostly out of position and this season he's already played up front in 3 different formations with countless supporting players. The fascination to be the first ones to shoot him down and say he's shite is just baffling. 

Although i'm assuming it's probably the same folk that were still calling Benji shite at the start of last season or those that said that Fuchs was over rated after his form dipped for about 2 or 3 weeks. 

His record does show he's obviously a confidence player but one that if you get it right, can be very good. He had too much time to think about the chance on Saturday i think but we're ultimately the width of the post away from being level on points with Celtic and him being the hero this week.

It's an interesting one because you can make the case for 3 CM's all playing. Butcher made a difference against Hearts. But other than playing with a diamond, it doesn't really allow the Clark and McNulty partnership to be included - which i think it will. 

........Butcher
......Fuchs Levitt
........Pawlett
...Clark McNulty

Would mean Sporle dropping out which i think i'm ok with as it provides a different option off the subs bench to change if need be. 

Think this could be another tight affair. Slightly concerned that folks desire to get one over on them will cloud the fact that we’re playing another team with massively more resources than us and any positive result is a good one. Nothing to fear mind you but they’ve beaten Celtic and drew with Aberdeen so are also in good form.

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Thoughts on home side for a slightly different slant. Nothing to fear from them really. Was impressed by Rooney for them - such a handful in so many ways. Lacks a bit of quality but an absolute monster. Makes that system work for them as he eats the ground up and can go from a back 5 to an attacking threat in seconds - what we failed to do when we played it. 

McCann also pretty tidy but instantly unlikeable when you seen his wee rat face trying to get Pawlett sent off then pushing him multiple times. 

Murray Davidson is like a bull in china shop that's actually made of China. Belts about like a fucking idiot and then spends half the game on his arse injured. Kane is a clever handful upfront but marshalled him well.

We'lll have tougher tests than them when they are in between european games but promising signs from yesterday that we can go on and compete this year. Will be very interesting to see how we set up and how we do in games where we might be expected to have more of the ball - and what Levitt can bring in those games.