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A central midfield pairing of McBain & Duncan would struggle in the 1st divison - I fear we are screwed

That's the point most folk seemed to have missed. We ALREADY knew funds were going to be made available. There were stories in the papers after the St Mirren debarcle

Sorry I don't agree. Robbo wins the sentimental vote because he got us promoted. Since he left us he has accomplished nothing at a succession of clubs. Anyway Sutherland said in none to subtle a way that he had burned his bridges

Robertson is NOT the answer! We desperately need fresh blood, some new ideas, a clean sweep and no favoritism!

Don't blame the monkey, blame the organ grinder. Malky is just Brewsters 'yes' man

Elgin have won more home games in 2008 than us

What can you say? I'm not surprised we lost especially when I heard the team!! We seem to change players, formations and tactics on a weekly basis these days all with the same predictable result. Still there were 2 hi-lights that made me chuckle on a bleak day. McBain trying to do a stepover and tackling himself and the North stand screaming for Rooney to come on and our glorious leader devoid of ideas duly obliging. It says a lot when the crowd are picking the subs! He won't resign so he'll have to get the heave ho

Wyness was excellent for St Mirren last Saturday and was unrecognisible from the player we had last season. Obviously he is a player who needs to feel wanted and he has found a manger who can bring the best out of him.

I fear you may well be right

Not sure as him leaving was mentioned in the next paragraph LINK

Worrying line in the P&J article today Players will have to leave Caley Thistle in order for new recruits to come in and, in addition to Barry Wilson, at least one other first-team squad member will leave Caledonian Stadium.

I seriously doubt Brewster will resign and I very much doubt the board will sack him anytime in the immediate future. He'll be allowed to stumble on into January (and beyond!) with the hope that Santa brings him a bumper book of 'dead good' football tactics and/or that he'll somehow manage to make several miraculous signings during the transfer window whilst not losing anyone from the current squad! ICT fans will just have to hope that one or indeed both of these scenarios happen otherwise we may well end up in Division 1 next season

My first away game in a dogs age and I was looking forward to seeing the infamous 'great' away form. What was on display, however, was the usual substandard p**h we get subjected to at home except we were even probably even worse yesterday. I was surprised to see us line up 4-4-2 considering the success 4-5-1 had brought but you just had to look how lightweight the bench was to realise how threadbare our squad is now Barry is on the way out. Nor had I expected McGuire to be in the starting line up either and I remember worrying that he may have been rushed back to soon just like Proctor at Ibrox. Still it looked OK on paper and everyone for once was playing on the correct side of the park so as it was 'only' St Mirren I had hoped we might sneak an away win. Then the ref started the game and it was pretty much downhill from there on in The writing was on the wall as soon as the first goal went in. Heads dropped and most of the players lost what little confidence they had. From then on the main objective seemed to be to get rid of the ball as quickly as possible with a worryingly frequent trend of passing it to a St Mirren player. I swear some of the lads must have been closing there eyes and just swinging there leg at the ball as it was going here, there and everywhere. Munro in particular must have the worst distribution of any of our players! Then we conceded the second after about 40 seconds of the restart and any, albeit vague hopes of maybe, just maybe getting a draw were extinguished! Esson played well and probably saved us from the bigger humping we merited. Hastings & Proctor were OK-ish. Munro & McGuire were shaky and pretty much the whole midfield didn't bother turning up. Barrowman needs service but as we don't have anyone to provide it there is no point playing him. Rooney at least puts a power of work in and things might have been different if he'd knocked the Hastings cross in during the first half. Even if we were able to have used all 7 substitutes I doubt the result would have been any different. St Mirren aren't a good team but they didn't have to be. They deserved there victory and it was just far too easy. Some of our players were on the train north this evening. Looks like they had a good time out in Glasgow last night they were certainly very 'spirited' on the train. I shudder to think what Aberdeen will do to us on Saturday

I agree with the previous 2 posters. Someone new is required.

Wilson is contracted till January 19th but will be allowed to leave before them if he finds another team

Maybe all Brewster needs is a new 'lucky' hat to pull his team selections out of

Apparently Robbie Winters is training with Hamilton at the moment

I agree plus he says he has no problems about playing Duff there again in today's P&J. This will be my first away game in a long time and I'm looking forward to seeing our away tactics working first hand. The novelty of seeing us winning a game might be nice as well. Bet I jinx the team

:o I am surprised that Wilson isn't being kept on in some kind of coaching capacity to be honest. During the interview I heard on Radio Scotland Barry mentioned asking Brewster about a coaching position. That was a year ago and he's still waiting for a reply!! There is an article in the P&J today about the quest to find a 'new' Barry Wilson P&J LINK Make of it what you will. I'm still puzzled by the logic of it

Missed this article in the P&J at the weekend. All is not lost..... Black happy to stay if... Basically Blackie is happy to stay if we up the current offer

I remember throwing a hissy fit when we forced Rankin out of the club. Bad management simple as that For those who seem to hold a different view of his departure you should read this article Rankin It quotes Bennet saying the following.... "John Rankin was told a while ago that he could leave the club, but things have changed since then and he is now very much viewed as an asset,"

Just read Brewster's comments on Teletext, apparently the supporters are partly to blame for the defeat yesterday The Terrors won 3-1 and Brewster feels home fans at the Caledonian Stadium let their anguish feed though to the team. He said: "If we had scored the crowd would have got a lift. Instead United scored. Sometimes the disappointment from the crowd filters through to the players and they get a bit nervy."

Forgive me as I have sampled a sip or 2 of quality red wine in an attempt to try and numb some of the pain from yet another ?awesome? home performance from the team I love. Earlier in the week I read a fascinating article in the Highland News from our incumbent manager alluding to the fact that I as a member of the general public didn?t understand his tactical genius. I hold my hand up now and agree I don?t. Imagine my surprise when I learned that ?. "Many goals are scored these days when you have the ball, you lose it and the opposition go down the park and score. At times, the general public don't realise or understand that.? Foolishly after 37 years on planet Earth I thought goals came from under the gooseberry bush!! Obviously what do I know, I don?t have a UEFA pro coaching licence!! However, I do have a cycling proficiency badge but sadly to date I have still yet to win the Tour De France! Then again as alluded to by Mr B sometimes we home fans need a reality check - imagine seeing Caley Thistle win a home game against anyone else other than Kilmarnock!

Hastings was one of our best players today

Imagine before the game you are given the team list & formation how do you envisage the team will line up.... Esson Proctor Duff Munro Hastings Duncan Cowie Black Vigurs Imire Barrowman but what you get is Esson Duff Proctor Munro Hastings Vigurs Imrie Duncan Black Cowie Barrowman Other than putting Barrowman in goals how wrong could it have been?