Grant

And three nil down. 

After the initial bounce of getting rid of Grant we have reverted to being just as bad under Hughes, he's doing absolutely nothing to temper my initial fears of him. 

3 minutes ago, rosythpar said:

We wanted his relocation fee back if his contract was terminated and he suddenly changed his mind.

Christ, providing he was willing to go without a payout he should've been told to go. 

My worry, amongst many other with Hughes is how much of a premium he puts on Premier league experience, I worry about who we'll bring in next month. 

3 minutes ago, rosythpar said:

Should have let dorrans go when he wanted his contract terminated,could have brought in two decent midfielders.

That was an option that we didn't take up? Christ. 

If we're needing to free up wages then simply don't renew Connollys loan, he's absolutely wash. 

John Hughes philosophy of playing the ball about slowly, slowly, slowly and retaining possession without any real chances is absolutely scintillating to watch. 

He needs to make changes and subs, this is grim. You're lucky if we have one or two chances a game under Hughes, while we're still gifting goals. 

I'd far rather Nicky Clark than Cummings. 

Cummings is exactly the type of player we don't need. 

We consistently gift away goals, brutal. 

This isn't coming back on. 

Marc Connolly with a howler from a Killie long ball which let's Shaw in at an acute angle, a good save from OFW. 

That's all Killie seem to have, the long ball and set pieces. 

2 minutes ago, SanguinePar said:

Magic, thanks! 🙂

Dow on the left got slide tackled while trying to go past the Killie player, he got up quickest though to cut back to the intended target of McCann, who's fresh air swipe was a handy dummy for Wighton to stroke it in. 

McCann then gives the "shhhhh" to the Killie stand. 

Just now, scottyboy said:

Stats don't win you games ,but possession wise doesn't look good for us.

That doesn't seem accurate at all. It's been maybe 50/50, with Dunfermline shading it since the goal. 

Just now, SanguinePar said:

Equaliser?

A good finish from Wighton! 

Nice assist and perseverance from Dow aswell. 

1 minute ago, Digs said:

It wasn’t a dive, he slipped but it was never a pen in a million years. He was on his way down before Dorrans even got there and it was him that brought Dorrans down!

WTF is the ref and linesman seeing there, especially the linesman, it’s 20 yards in front of him with an unobstructed view. Absolutely shocking officiating.  

He slipped, threw his arms in the air and shouted for a penalty? That's some slip. 

We've lined up as what looks like a 4231, Dow on the left with Wighton in behind. 

Killie look vulnerable on the break but we've not exactly got much pace without Kennedy. Most of Killie joy is coming from long balls to Ollie Shaw who's got the beating of Connolly again. 

I don't beleive for a second referees are biased, but the levels of incompetence that have absolutely ****ed us, first against Hamilton, and now against Killie is sickening. 

Killie score from a penalty, was as clear a dive as you'll see. 

Kennedy on the bench is a surprise. 

Could be a 41212 narrow? Dow behind the strikers, Todd and Allan as the middle two? 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59555258

This could be massive news for us! 

12 minutes ago, 1950Par said:

Would be good RP if you could provide photographic development from start to finish - include the dog as well 😀

+1 For this idea thank you. 

The dog is also essential, thank you. 

1 hour ago, Raymie said:

I agree. It’s astonishing how poor some so-called top players are with their weaker foot. No excuse. Practice makes perfect. 
i spent many hours as a young lad, battering a ball off a wall and hitting it back with either foot. The result was I played most of my football on the “wrong side”. Most people I played with thought I was left footed. I can’t stress enough how big an advantage it gives you. 

Aye same, I got chucked out to left back. Was it because the other right back was better than me? Possibly. 

It did however get me working on my left, and in a bit of time I could adequately punt the ball up the line for my poor striker to chase, like the diidy player I was! 

Edited to add: Santi Cazorla was wonderfully two footed. As was Callum Woods. 

I'd rather have Callum Woods obviously! 

If nothing else, I found out today Judas had a surname. 

3 hours ago, Digs said:

Actually, having re-read it, I agree. As I said, his passing was always my biggest criticism of his but it’s way better than it was. 

My point stands on the weak foot thing though. One of my pet hates. 

I'm fully with you with regards to players having a weak foot, if you're a full time professional footballer you should at least be adequate with all your tools. 

10 minutes ago, Digs said:

I agree his passing isn’t the best and it was the main thing I criticised him for as he used to give the ball away ALL the time.

I would also say though that if you’re a professional footballer that can’t control a ball fizzed into you, that’s your issue, not the passer. Indeed, it’s actively coached at any decent level that that is how you pass a ball. 

If the ball was fizzed in accurately I wouldn't call it a bad pass. 

However if its to the wrong foot, if its bouncing and bobbling or if you're a winger and you're having to massively break stride... 

We're never going to get the finished article obviously at this level but his passing is comparatively poor from what you'd expect at this level... I'd love him to Shaun Rooney it, but I actually quite enjoyed watching Rooney cut about. 

2 hours ago, Digs said:

Disagree with that. Edwards is nowhere near one of our weakest players. Nothing like it, and I say that as someone who was critical of him for a long time. 

Would honestly have him down as our worst regular starter. 

Can give the likes of McDonald slack because he's playing out of position, but Edwards is at best at league 1/2 full back, his weight of pass is consistently awful, constantly puts the receiving man either under pressure, or having to take more touches than what's needed. 

39 minutes ago, Digs said:

In ahead of Breen surely? Not sure he's a better option than Comrie or Edwards at the moment.

Hard to judge how Martin will be after this injury, but left back is one of our weakest positions. 

5 hours ago, Keyser Soze said:

I’ve never rated Ross tbh. Has he actually done anything to merit this reputation he has. He’s well dressed, that’s about the only compliment I can give him tbh. 

The job he done with St Mirren was incredible.