Read on Flying Kiwis that SM has got a new striker who scored on the weekend, so Greive may end up on the bench rest of the season. Some situation like that.
During the recent international break, Alex Greive created St Mirren history as he became the most capped player while at Saints.
Edit - Greive on the bench. Baccus & Strain both start for SM. Fellow Socceroos Devlin & Knowles start for Hearts. Garang Kuol on the bench. Kuol (on loan from Newcastle) yet to score in the SPL. 7 games but only 1 start.
SM cop a 5-2 hiding. Greive off the bench at 62 mins (2-1 Rangers). Game back at 2-2 soon after, but then all Rangers after that. Full game Strain, but no Baccus for St Mirren.
SM (5th) host Kilmarnock (11th). Last round of the regular season. SM win or draw and they lock in a top 6 spot for Championship round. Livingston (7th - away at Dundee United) can only overtake them if they win and the Saints lose.
Championship Round starts with Celtic already champs in waiting. SM (6th) travel to Hibernian (5th). Top 4 in Scotland get some taste of European football. SM 4 pts below Hearts in 4th.
However, St Mirren would pull one back four minutes later with Main the provider as he flicked Carson's long kick on for Greive who burst through and knocked through Marshall's legs to reduce the deficit.
2-2 draw. Greive off at 55 mins (SM up 2-0). Hearts went down to 10 men at 77 mins (2-1) but got a 95th min equaliser.
Aussies - SM - Strain with SM's 2nd goal off at 89 mins. Baccus replaced Greive Hearts - full game Rowles. Devlin off at 61 mins (SM up 2-0). Atkinson on at HT and with the assist for Hearts 1st goal. Kuol an unused sub.
Strain & Baccus start for St Mirren. But no Greive.
Last thing AWs need is for him to be out injured for Sweden. 2-3 week ankle injury apparently, and may have played his last game for Saints this season. Two SPL rounds left after today.
Edit - a 2-2 draw. 83 mins Strain & full game Baccus.
Last SPL round, and St Mirren (6th) host Rangers (2nd). No Greive. Strain & Baccus both start.
Edit - SM lose 0-3.
Greive finished an injury interrupted season (also missed some games with the death of his father) in the SPL with 12 starts plus 16 sub appearances 4 goals
Only Kiwi worldwide currently scoring in like a Top 15 coefficient league.
From Flying Kiwis. Greive might start the SPL season down the pecking order at St Mirren.
Also through to the next round are St Mirren following a 4-0 win over Forfar. No dramas for them since losing their first game. They subsequently won three in a row following to finish top of their (admittedly kinda weak) group. However Alex Greive was an unused sub in the Forfar win as new attacking signings appear to have forced him down the pecking order. Doesn’t help when guys like Stav Nachmani and Mikael Mandron are coming in and immediately scoring League Cup goals. Greive only played 130 minutes across their four group stage games.
Great start for Alex. Came off the bench for St Mirren in the 68th minute with the Buddies 2-1 up. Hibs levelled to make it 2-2 a few minutes later but Grieve headed home the winner right at the end to earn his team an opening day victory.
Good stuff Greive. 20 year old Israeli Stav Nahmani, who had been banging them in, in the preseason League Cup, stayed on the pine. Interesting that the gaffer went to AG first.
Very handy result for SM first up on the road in Edinburgh. Hibernian manager made 2 changes in the 29th min, with Hibs down 0-2.
Aussie count in this game - SM - Baccus full game, Strain off at 91 mins. Hibs - Martin Boyle off at 63 mins, replaced by 36 yr old Adam Le Fondre. James Jeggo on in the 81st min. Lewis Miller an unused sub.
From Flying Kiwis. You get the feeling Greive's a fighter, who won't give up his spot easily.
Thing is, he (Greive) may not have even played under other circumstances. The Buddies have stocked up their striker shelves over the summer which led to AG only getting 130 minutes combined across their four League Cup group games – not even playing at all in the last of them. That day it was new signing Mikael Mandron who started up front (and scored a brace in a 4-0 win over Forfar) with Olusanya subbing in for him at half-time. Mandron was named to start against Hibs too... but was a late scratch due to an injury sustained in warm-ups. Thus Olusanya joined Conor McMenamin up front (both also new signings) and Greive was the bloke brought on with twenty to go instead of Olusanya as might otherwise have been the case.
Both Kiwis come off the pine. Greive with 2nd goal for SM in a 2-2 draw.
A SPL game where the number of Kiwis equalled number of Aussies. Baccus & Strain both with full games for SM (2nd). If SM had hung on for the win, they would be top of the table! Aberdeen 10th.
James McGarry vs Alex Greive in the Scottish Premiership
Both got decent spells off the bench, with McGarry on league debut
Greive scored to put St Mirren in front, his 2nd of the season, but Aberdeen equalised via penalty deep in stoppage time for a 2-2 draw#FlyingKiwishttps://t.co/8HPnHCoVPZ
