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I'm getting a few hundred half and half scarves made up they'll sell like hot cakes with our "supporters"! Be good for the happy clappers seeing the future of there big team see the next Durranty!

Echo most of the above. After a torrid few weeks we at least showed a bit of fight and belief. Ridgers solid apart from mix up where Carlo cleared off the line. Central defence stuck to the basics and grew as the game progressed. Trafford was slow to press the ball in the first half but looked good in the second half. Carson had an excellent first half but faded a bit. McKay got roasted by mcdaid first half but coped a bit better after the break. Doran had his best game in a long time, worked hard, took his goal well (we won't mention the one on one). Storey was rotten until the final 15mins. Mchattie did enough. White had a good first half. Toddy did nothing, Keatings exploited the space well after they sacrificed a midfielder to go 4-4-2. Robbo gets credit, he sussed out Dundee, matched up against their formation and it worked. Players looked up for it today. Dundee have good individuals but struggled to really break us down. Nice to leave the game happy and wanting to look at the league table again.

Not the greatest draw but it is a tie we will be favourites for. There are no all Premiership ties so it may be a bit more difficult for smaller teams to find a way to the business end of the competition. Motherwell, County and Hibs all have difficult away ties against good Championship sides so that might provide a good marker as to how the standards in the 2 divisions compare.

Dundee were shite. Their only plan seemed to be a ball over the top to McDaid who was roasting Mckay for most of the game but he had no final ball to speak of so any time it looked like they might threaten he sent it out for a throw in. We were our own worst enemy with Ridgers getting in a right mess and coming out to claim a ball he was never getting and the ball nearly ended up in the net until Tremarco flew in to clear it away. Some finish by Doran from a stupidly tight angle for our goal. Probably our only real good bit of attacking play. Great effort from Carson to set up the goal as well. Hadn't seen him be so combative before and it's been a while since we've had someone with that kind of dig in the middle. Doran should have had a second but somehow dribbled into the keeper rather around him to seal the game. Not quite seeing the good performance that some fans have been commenting on. I guess we did well with a reshaped team playing a slightly different formation but I was disappointed at how much we sat back after going ahead. Dundee were no great shakes and we are definitely better when we go on the offensive. Tremarco was probably my MotM even without that diving headed clearance. Donaldson and McCart looked a bit more solid at the back as well and Carson, as mentioned above, showed a lot of dig in midfield and it was great to see him celebrating the way he was at the end. Clearly meant a lot to him.

Meh. ICT in the Cup is usually the highlight of the season for me. I’ll need to be offered a lift and plied with drink to attend this, when I’ve got Bonnyrigg v Clyde just along the road which will draw double the crowd.

The Scottish Cup is a great competition. There are always upsets that produce great memories for the fans of the smaller clubs. Yesterday both Bonnyrigg and BSC Glasgow put out league opposition whilst Auchinleck and Brora took Championship opposition to replays. Two other Championship sides were beaten by other lower league opposition. It promises to be an intriguing draw. A run to the latter stages would be really good for the club, so at this stage I would prefer a home game against lower league opposition. Having said that, as yesterday's results show, you cannot afford to underestimate any team that is in the draw so, whoever it is, we will need to give a good professional performance to progress.

Picking up on that, it feels...off. Rangers are the only side in the tournament who've managed to draw foreign opposition for three rounds on the trot. Not sure if I'm over thinking it here, but it kinda feels like the SPFL are making sure the biggest fan base goes down south to the national league, to be met by another big fan base, selling out the ground, then ultimately profiting...

A real team performance yesterday, every player seemed to know their role and executed it very well. Defended as a team and managed to keep another clean sheet. Probably the best team performance of the season, well drilled organised and won against a team that should be challenging for promotion if we go by budget. Well done to every single player and the management who made correct substitutions at correct times imo. Only one goal scored but thats all you need if you keep a clean sheet. This result was top drawer.