There were some changes to Tuesday night's lineup. Out went Gerhard Fellner (off to a German mob), Jamie McGowan (injured) and Andy Dow (crap, Hendrie actually noticed). In came a Trialist (look at the news story, can't be bothered getting the name), Graham Guy, and Sergei Baltacha (groan). Also out was Ludo Roy, to be replaced by Kris Robertson.
During the first half Caley scored three goals, all thanks to shocking Saints defending and not down to Robertson. Kerr, Baltacha and Trialist were AWFUL. Trialist was removed at half time to be replaced with David Lowing. During the first half Saints had one goal attempt, Martin Cameron heading over from a corner. It was worse than Tuesday night, and effort was non existent from all but a few players.
Now it's time for a wee quiz, "Are You Tom Hendrie?" Picture the scene: Your side is losing 3-0 at home at half time. Do you add an extra striker, leave the same number of strikers, or remove a striker. If you chose anything other than the latter, unlucky you are a good manager. If you chose the last one, congratulations, you are Tom Hendrie and in charge of St. Mirren. Brian McGinty went off, to be replaced with Ricky Robb.
Saints managed to go 20 minutes without conceding a goal, before Hendrie realised we were missing a striker and shoved on Mark Yardley, replacing the decent looking Guy. Yards added nothing up front, but did get the biggest cheer of the day after making a turn in a speed approaching normal. We really were that bad. Saints had another attempt on goal during the second half, which missed the target. No shots on target equals no goals.
Caley roamed forward at every opportunity and grabbed their fourth in slightly dodgy circumstances. Ian Ross stupidly gave away a free kick, and the Caley guy just slammed it home. No refs whistle, no wall, so no goal? Nup, it was allowed to stand. A bit dodgy but if the lad had hit the free kick like that with a wall, Robertson wouldn't have gotten near it as it went in off the post. Apart from this incident, and another when he almost gave away a penalty, Robertson was blameless and got some unfair abuse.
Thankfully that was all the goals, although Caley could have been in double figures if they'd bothered. Junior Mendes was the only one performing well, whilst Robertson, Guy, Lowing and Robb were all competent.
Now, a plea to Tom Hendrie. PLEASE QUIT. You gave me one of the best years of my life when we won the title, and did reasonably in the SPL despite being relegated. Last season was a joke, and this season is confirming it. Your tactics are shocking, you'll never admit you are wrong, you continually play players who are rubbish, you fall out with our players on a supposedly regular basis, and you always moan about never being able to play your best side. Wake up call Tom, very rarely is this allowed to happen. Today's performance was a joke, as was Tuesday night's. Please go now so we can avoid relegation.