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While i'am the first to admit i'am not his biggest fan i will be the first to admit he has been one of our better players this season. Most games he has played we have got results and most he hasn't we have either lost or failed to get a result, stats don't lie. The last 2 games have been crying out for a defensive presence in midfield, yet the lad was left completely ignored. At one point we had a striker and winger occupying centre midfield last night, that is just not on when Russell is at our disposal. What has the boy done to deserve this? He shores up the midfield when he plays and he always gives 100%, get him back in the starting 11!

While I agree that sacking Andy Gray was a bit ott, I think he should take a long look at himself. Having said that I can't find much to argue with in this article by Giles Coren in the Mail. Daily Mail So why is it all right for women to be sexist about MEN?By Giles Coren 26th January 2011 The two Sky Sports presenters who were caught on tape making disparaging remarks about women earlier this week are a pair of daft old duffers, and no mistake. It is important for me to say that first, before I get to the business in hand. Andy Gray and Richard Keys are a couple of dull, flabby, middle-aged football bores and are just the sort of doddering old clowns you would expect to relax off camera by swapping ancient prejudices and poking fun at women in this case a female linesman for not understanding the offside rule. You shouldnt pass unflattering remarks about women behind their backs because it is not a well brought-up thing to do, and they needed to be told. I would never do it myself. Not because I am a feminist, but because I am a gentleman. The real sexists? Gile Coren wonders how the Loose Women can get away with some of the things they say about men But while Gray has now been sacked, I dont expect that will be the end of the matter. We will hear an endless shrieking to kick sexism out of football; a PE teacher will be fired for telling his goalkeeper to stop crying like a girl; and a hapless League One manager will be deported for describing a fight between players as handbags at dawn. There will be the endless apologies, public soul-searching and self-flagellation. And as usual the rest of us men will be expected to atone as a sex for a couple of remarks by two fat, superannuated fools on the telly, and to grovel for forgiveness with every snivel and cringe of our waking lives. Not that thats anything new. To be a man in this country is constantly to have to apologise for oneself and to be ever so very careful about every sentence we speak or write which contains any reference at all to members of the opposite sex. More...Richard Keys resigns blaming 'dark forces' at Sky as 'stitched-up' Andy Gray apologises over sexist slur LIZ JONES MOANS: The God who treats women as shuffling, clueless morons While at the same time, and this is the shame of it, we ourselves are fair game for women. While sexism from men is the outstanding social crime of the modern world, women can say absolutely whatever they like about us. For make no mistake: sexism is alive and well in this country and applauded in all quarters as long as it is practised by women. And they are allowed to say the most terrible, terrible things. Only last week, for example, Jo Brand, the newly crowned Best Female TV Comic at the British Comedy Awards, was on Have I Got News For You and replied to the question Whats your favourite kind of man, Jo? by saying: A dead one. Oh, how the audience fell about. And the other contestants, all male, chortled away too. Im not saying it wasnt funny. Im just saying we live in a world where the thorough-going awfulness, uselessness and superfluity of the male sex is such a given, that a frontline television comic can get big laughs by saying shed prefer it if we were all dead. And Im trying to imagine a world in which I am on that show and they say, What kind of women do you like, Giles? and I reply: Dead ones. I just dont think it would get the same laughs, do you? Heres another of Jo Brands (excellent) gags. Whats the way to a mans heart? Straight through the chest with a kitchen knife! Again, not unfunny. But predicated on the idea that killing men is hilarious. Whereas killing women, as we all know, is a very serious affair and not to be joked about. Its not just Brand, its all women. What do you call the useless flap of skin attached to a *****? they joke. A man! they all reply, and clink their chardonnay glasses and chortle till dawn. How on earth did this get to be OK? Ill tell you how. It is because pretty much from birth women are schooled by their mothers to deride men. They are sugar and spice, we are slugs and snails. They are reflective and sensitive, while we run around kicking balls and shouting. And then as girls push towards puberty their mothers take them aside and tell them: Boys are only after one thing! The great lie. All men want is sex. Not so. If anything, it is women who think only of having it off. Girls on average lose their ­virginity much younger than boys and have more sexual partners in youth. As a teenager, I was ­terribly shy about sex and yet girls were trying to do it with me all the time. I used to run, literally run, from their bedrooms when they tried it on. And yet women are allowed endlessly to harangue us with our supposed lechery. And the prejudice festers. Harriet Harman says that men caused the banking crisis, and the ­harridan legions nod their heads. If women ruled the world, they cry, there would be no wars. What nonsense. Women are far meaner, more brutal, aggressive, small-minded, jealous, petty and venal than any man. If women ruled the world ­countries would be invaded because shes always been jealous of my feet and because she looks down on me for going out to work. Millions would die, torture would increase. If women ruled the world there would be carnage. And what sort of an insult is it anyway to suggest that most women dont understand the offside rule? Its true, for a start. Most women dont. And most of them declare it proudly. Most of them use football as an example of one of their favourite gags, the one about how men never grow up, about how were all just children most often manifested in the one where a mother-of-two says Ive got three children, you raise an eyebrow, and she nods towards her husband. Hilarious. And nor are men, in this female narrative, merely puerile, aggressive and underdeveloped. They are hypochondriacs, too. Hes got a touch of man flu, say the ­womenfolk and titter. But what nonsense is that? It is women who make a big fuss about mild ­discomfort, not men. I have never had so much as a cold in my life, nor claimed to. I even suspect sometimes that the whole palaver about the pain of childbirth is a conspiracy to ride roughshod over men. My own mother, a ­consultant anaesthetist herself, has always claimed that giving birth was a breeze but that she pretended it had been painful to build bargaining chips with my father. You look at shows like Loose Women and you wonder how on earth they get away with the ­terrible things they say about men. I went on once and it was horrific. I wanted to die. No male-hosted show could treat women the way those outsized harpies treat men. I dont especially want to throw my hat in with Dominic Raab, the slightly bonkers Tory MP who has called for an end to legislative ­discrimination against men, but there is no question that women today have it all. They retire younger and live longer to such an extent that minor inequalities in pay levels are obliterated when you consider whose money pays for those 25 years of retirement. And it just isnt fair that they are allowed to be so vile about us. I suppose, in a way, British men are like white people were in Nineties South Africa or young Germans after the Second World War. We are expected to go through a period of atonement for the sins of our fathers. To be treated worse than we merit because of crimes previously committed in our name: in this case the crime of feeding, protecting, loving and nurturing women in accordance with our biological imperative. They dont want that any more. They want to be linesmen. And so we have to let them tell us endlessly how they wish we were all dead. If thats not off-side, I dont know what is.

i think as the other teams start catchin up on matches we'll be slipping from 5th place unless some miracle happens where we manage to pick up some points again. i think once we get cox fit again with him, duff and even russel to a certain extent we'll be able to rough up some midfield players. think we can get goodwillie busted in ness before wednesday game??? i'll plant a bag of sweets on him.

At first I thought that this referenced Barry Ferguson celebrating last night's win....

I am continually suprised by Butchers eagerness to drop Duncan, it seems like Duncan is always the first one to be dropped from the team if things arent going right. IMO Duncan is a very important player as he carries out the dirty work in the middle of the park. He is 100% committed and always full of energy, just what you need in a midfield battler yet he is continually dropped and i cant say i agree with it. I can see why some fans get on his back as his passing is not always the best but nevertheless he still has many important attributes to offer the team. With a bit more luck on saturday he could have won us the game as well. great run into the box and very unfortunate not to score

Can't comment on Munro's red card but had the perfect view of McArdle's challenge on Shinnie. I thought Butcher was going to nut McArdle himself, such was the tantrum he threw. It was a shocker of a tackle, studs up, foot off the ground, well late - a red card every day of the week. We've had some abysmal referees up here recently, but Steve Rentboy - sorry, Conroy - took the biscuit. I thought the players put in a good shift, and worked hard, even if some had better performances than others. Duff particularly stood out for me, he ran himself into the ground. I thought Rossco did a solid job back in the centre...though I continue to see Innes (with a turning circle the size of a bus) as a liability. Sometimes it's just not your night. Tonight wasn't ours, though it rarely is when it is 10 versus 12.

good grief. Some of the negativity of posters on this forum beggars belief at times. Yes the last couple of months has not been great.But we are holding our own punching well above our weight in the Premier League.Those of us who remember standing at kingsmills or telford st with a few hundred others wondering if the 'scottish' league would ever deign to let the Highlands in really can see Ict are living the dream.Lets all pull together and get behind the team. Rant over.

It's 2 years to the day that Terry and Mo took charge of the club. Although we've had a dip in form last few games. i'm sure we're all in agreement they've done a great job! Happy anniversary and thanks! Here's to another 2 (and hopefully more) years with Terry and Mo!

just like to say that for the short time on pitch,the new lad Doran showed a nice touch of the ball.would like to see more of him.Any thoughts?

I recall an incident at Pittodrie this season where Munro fell over in the box while waiting for the delivery of a Hayes free kick. In all honesty I'd quite happilly see us continue doing that. If it's good enough for everyone else to do then **** them, they can have their own medicine.

I think we're all on the same page. The bottom line is Ki has accused Scottish fans of racism and therefore there should be an investigation. My own feeling, until other evidence is forthcoming, is he has lied to protect embarassment to his own country at the expense of ours. If the alleged abuse was so hurtful and damging to him that he felt he needed to protest it in the Asian Cup semi-final in Qatar against Japan towards some Scottish fans he has made allegations against, surely he would have reported it at the time? Until he can back up his claims, and why it has not been raised as an issue before now, I remain very, very sceptical. I hope thae SFA investigates.

We only really miss him when we lose games because that's when the defence tend to shoulder the blame for a poor performance and we can claim it wouldn't have happened if we had Duncan breaking down attacks further forward. In actuality, our defence has been pretty good for the most part...with or without Duncan in front of them...and it's probably more a question of, do we really need him? or, is he worth sacrificing in order to try and give us a bit more bite going forward? which is where we need all the help we can get to break this poor run. I think it's more of a judgement call related to tactics/formation as opposed to any reflection on Butchers thoughts of Duncans ability.

Disagree, tonight Foran may have misplaced a few passes but he and the other midfielders ran themselves into the ground. Just watch him when we lose the ball, his covering for other players when they're caught out of position, last ditch tackles and defensive duties at set pieces. With a bit of luck & composure he may have also got on the scoresheet. Plus I didn't notice any excessive criticism aimed at his team-mates.

I know this is another defeat and that we are all disappointed after a great 2010 but we will win soon and have lots to look forward to. Yes our top 6 chances are getting more remote unless we start to win again but we are not out of it and even if teams pass us they wont get to far ahead of us so we still can battle for it and we have a great chance with the cup draw to at least pay one visit to hampden maybe two as well as lifting the trophey so we still have lots to look forward to between now and the end of the season

The linesman saw feck all the whole game apart from the Munro incident which nobody else saw!! We just aren't getting the breaks from the referees at the moment but it just takes one big result to turn things around. When we beat rangers 2-1 at home in 2007 (I think) when rankin scored that screamer, we went into that game on the back of a 10 or 11 game winless run. 1 result I believe can turn it around. foran should be dropped and take a long, hard look at himself. He has been dire of late and we need him to be playing like he did last season! He drives us forward when he's playing well

Interesting but cant help feeling that its experience we need now.

I had us down for a defeat tonight. Simply coz...we are shyte at home and couldnt buy a win! Out of curiosity, When will we be allowed to show concern about results? No win in over two months now

Rio is an ambassador for the Streets. We need his input.

Yeah, I've been listening to that. Slightly strange logic from Allan Preston - when Chick Young said that he reckoned Rooney would be a worthwhile signing for Rangers (not sure I agree, tbh), Preston suggested that he wouldn't be because he is a 'lone striker' and Rangers don't play that way. Maybe this betrays my ignorance of the game, but I've never thought of Rooney as somehow generically a lone striker; rather, I've always felt Rooney has been asked to play this way because of the system TB favours and because of our squad limitations. Is there any reason why Rooney couldn't play in a partnership?

Charlie Adam should be a lesson to regular visitors of the dump. He played in his shell in Scotland because of constant abuse from Rangers and St Midden fans, as well as opposition fans. He wasn't allowed the mental space on, or off the park to express himself properly. He always has had 100% technique, and just needed the belief/support of the supporters. He moved to Blackpool with no pressure, and now they have an outstanding play maker. I wouldn't say he's that much fitter, and he still moves at the same pace, he just believes in himself now. Maybe the next time Duff gets caught in possession, we could leave the huge collective sigh out, and just offer encouragement instead?

Its a fooking sad and dare i say...slightly disturbing day, when individuals are not allowed to form or hold opinions of their own. F**K POLITICal CORRECTNESS!

Give the captiancy to Golabek, he never get a game so it woouldn't affect the team. There, sorted.

yeah....great idea...lets give away freebies to rich people!

Fancy doing all the donkey work and not posting your own frigging 'bet'...tit.

I heard he's also changed his name to Badwillie.

I find it incredible that 27 people have voted that we will finish in the top six!!!! these people are either seriously deluded or complete bampots at the wind up I must admit before this pathetic run of results i too believed a top six place was possible but certainly not anymore i'm afraid I reckon 9th or 10th but i still see this as a success, surely avoiding relegation was the main objective seeing this is our first season back in the top flight Its time the guilty 27 take a long hard reality check dougal

Nah, Giles story is far more entertaining and he can spell. sixist? Schoolboy error.

Although got very little time on the pitch he seems a bit slight and think he may be a bit of a zander...

It seems like more and more of our fellow SPL teams are, shall we say.....not playing fairly. I stuggle to think of a time when a player of ours went down easy, committed some of the tackles our lads are being subjected to or dived in the box, we're ten games now without a win and in all fairness when we are beaten by the likes of St. Mirren recently they were the better team and i'm willing to accept defeat in the face of a fairly played game. HOWEVER!! when we lose points to the likes of Killie, Hamilton & Aberdeen when they are diving, shirt pulling, roughing up offence players, dangerous tackles etc. etc. etc. i kinda get a bit annoyed. for one these teams aren't getting reprimanded for their actions and two they're essentially stealing points from us. so i feel we have two choices: 1) Outclass them and start winning again. 2) We're not beating them, so join them in their little game.

Are you any relation to Neil Lennon ?