REPD - sounds like a story? Not impressed then?

Lurker - with a 4-2-3-1 and decent wingers rather than the set of 3 CAMs/a non goal scoring striker were playing, you’d set up more crosses for Piggot, and the opposite winger to the side the balls coming from should naturally come in to get any balls on the outside of the post - it’ll make a massive difference in terms of creating incisive changes that are easier to put away and help build confidence in the rest of the attacking unit. Even one natural out and out winger on the left side would make a big impact

REPD, well it's the overall mix isn't it? George Best had the wrong attitude but for many years he got away with it because he had the ability. Clubs will assess players talent and attitude and then make appropriate offers. In L1 terms we will just get the leftovers that other teams don't want. There is an old saying in business if you pay peanuts you get monkeys'.......with no disrespect to monkeys

This will get some on here nodding their heads in approval - [Link]

Simmie - after my one and only dealing with GH, that doesn't surprise me

Simmie we'd have to be able score more goals to be mid table - our finishing is dogshit (missing by miles from about 7 foot in front of the goal - from an attacker). We really need players who can hit the target.

Shergy - not necessarily, plenty of players with shit attitudes can command decent wages too. Often, a player can be deemed "trouble" simply because he's not at the right club and/or under the right manager

REPD, but surely players with the right attitude and mentality cost more money? For example players like Wordsworth and Cody Mcdonald had ability but the wrong attitude IMO. If they had better attitudes they would have commanded more money and gone to richer clubs than us

Really damning indictment on Hodges that the likes of Bayzo and Nightingale have come out and said how Robbo is a breath of fresh air etc.

Shergy - think we're going to have to learn to manage a higher level of debt anyway, TBH.

And right on cue on the OS, our new Head Coach talks about telling the players they're capable of more than they show.

REPD, ok if it's more about attitude and mentality would you reduce the budget bearing in mind the debts that we have?

Shergy - having watched a fair bit of L1 level football over the years, on a professional basis too, a lot of this division still manages to underwhelm me even now. It's to the point where I look at us play and think we need to work on the little things like attitude and mentality, and not needing to splash out all the time

REPD, of course there are things we 'can' do working with a limited budget but realistically it is going to be very hard for MR to do achieve anything other than avoid relegation whilst our budget is 23rd in L1 taking into account geography as well

I’d say we’re two decent wingers away from a comfortable mid table squad right now

I did think in the summer transfer window that Glyn was close to being able to switch from 3/5/2 to 4/3/3. Massive mistake being stuck with one system.

DO, always rated Connolly myself too. Even though, he clearly needed to get up to L1 standard at the time. Which I guess he is now, and appears to be an important part of the St Mirren team. Just, the system wasn't set up for wingers.

I seriously doubt Robbo has any more money to spend than any other AFCW manager (probably less right now), but he is at least doing what we should be doing in terms of boosting up areas like coaching and the mental side of things. It might not work out, but that seems more like proper "management" that will hopefully make a positive difference.

Alice, click on the email address and you'll notice its not Royal Mail. It's a phishing scam, which is normally followed up by a call from your bank. Advising of compromises to your account. This is all complete nonsense. These scammers install an App on their phone to copy organisations numbers. They will not be from the bank. Stay alert

RK, exactly!

Nug, on what basis have we "massively underperformed ". Presuming you don't accept budgets as limiting factor, what basis are you logically using?

Alice, weird received one couple of weeks back but excess charge was £3.50

Nug, are you serious???!!! If so are the 'poor signings' anything to do with the budget? And as for mis-management I disagree but if you think that is the case do you think it is linked to the low package we offer to potential managers? If we offered a better package clearly we would get a higher standard of candidates applying.

I have received. Email from Royal Mail .to say have parcel to be delivered.have to pay £2.99.very convincing .said they would send back to sender.have just been informed it’s a scam.

I think we've massively underperformed in league 1. Just a trail of poor signings and mis- management