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No, that's a Crown accent.

It's a no from me i cant see what he would bring to the team the little money they have needs to be on a decent striker where we will find one of those im not to sure

"Playing for the name on the front of the jersey, rather than the name on the back" : John Robertson 11/11/17

The return of Doran was the highlight of the game - I was pleasantly surprised at how fit and lively he looked. Bodes well.

It was a bit disjointed & we defended far too deep in the first half but we still look pretty solid & kept the run going. Polly & Vigurs at the heart of all our good play again. Can't believe Polly's still getting stick - there will be bids for him in January on current form. Great to see Doran coming on.

Probably a deserved win for us in the end after a pretty shaky first half performance. Considering the good defensive run we had been on recently it was quite surprising to see us looking pretty porous at the back for much of the first half with quite a few desperate tackles and scrambles throughout. Second half was much better, looked a lot more resolute defensively and had a much easier time of it after going a goal up as Falkirk started chasing the game a bit more which left gaps at the back. Well taken goal by Bell. I think the cross from the right was flicked up by either a Falkirk defender or perhaps Baird and it was a lovely shot lashed across goal into the net from the wee man after taking some time to steady himself. Probably should have added to our lead but for some wasteful play which on a fair few occasions saw a poor choice of final ball costing us a good chance to get a second. Raven and Tremarco did well for us and Vigurs was really good up until he took a knock in the second half. Polworth was a bizarre mixture of really good support from midfield but also some very poor passing choices and almost trying to do too much and beat several men. He seemed to get a lot of abuse of those that were there in the North Stand which was, as per usual, over the top. Bell was fantastic and Baird, despite not scoring, linked well with the former. Really poor crowd but that's probably to be expected given it wasn't a season ticket game and the bitterly cold temperatures. Fair play to the 100 or so Bairns fans for making it up the road. I think everyone was pretty happy it didn't go to extra time...

Crusaders away?

Yes, the right to freedom of expression is a wonderful thing for us to have...

Bell got man of the match as voted for by the drakies boys.

Back to woeful defending in the first half. We were fortunate that the Bairns and Hippolyte in particular, left their shooting boots on the bus otherwise we could easily have gone in at the interval two or three down. Much better in the second half and deserved to edge it. Good to see Doran back in competitive action. As others have said, Crusaders, either home or away, in the semis rather than the tedium of meeting another Championship club five times in a season. We can win this competition and the confidence from that can only be good for our league campaign.

My missus says that 5 is my record !!

1 - 0 Bell - just as well our beloved IHE wasnae doing the subs

Simply shocking first half - What will the inhabitants of the Western Isles make of this.

I'm not sure if this is a statement of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle or of the Wave Particle Duality?

So glad I have Alba, sitting in a warm Chorley room, watching a brave just over 1000 punters in Sneck watching dire stuff on a cold and rainy November night.

Also shows what happens when you drink sheep dip.

Well done Robbo and Carl. The defence has been tightened up considerably and maybe it's no coincidence that this started with the return of Raven and Tremarco. Now all we need to do is start taking more of the chances we are creating and score some more goals.

I am not a big fan of Dean Sheils but he has overcome a significant impairment to play professional sport at a reasonable level. For a moron of a fellow professional to mock him for that is a disgrace and, in my view, an eight match ban is about right.

Can we please keep this thread on topic.

Just a pity that Seedorf and Elbouzedi couldn’t be bothered standing up for the minutes silence