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Harper's impressed me when I've seen him play, but at the moment there are others just ahead of him in the pecking order. If he's going to develop then he needs game time. It will be good for him to go to Elgin and therefore good for the club in the longer term. In the short term it is a bit of a risk if we pick up injuries or suspensions in the back four, but there are midfielders who get drop back into defence if need be.

I don't think that is what he was saying last week. It wasn't that they are not good enough, it was that their performance last week was not acceptable. In fact, he made a point of praising them for the good home performances of recent weeks and said that is what makes last weeks poor performance so disappointing. In other words, we need the players to perform consistently at the levels they have demonstrated they can perform at.

In my experience nothing comes good from a vindaloo of course unless your hoping he is explosive, in which case I can vouch for that!

After Robbos recent comments regarding players and starting positions. And given we have a small enough squad to choose from is it wise to then loan out another player to Elgin city I.e Harper?

I agree with Kingsmills - I have always preferred pure grass to any synthetic alternative. And is there any reason why the Ferry Winos cant use Highland Rugby Club ?

Whilst there are obvious practical and commercial advantages of artificial surfaces, professional football should only be played on grass unless and until the characteristics of the two surfaces are far more similar than they are now. As far as the serious problems that our friends and neighbours from Merkinch are now faced with, we should do what we can to help them and if that means a bit more work for the ground staff and playing on a poorer surface for a few weeks then, in my view, that is a price we should pay. Despite our recent difficulties, we are a large commercial undertaking with a seven figure turnover whereas they are a struggling community asset linked to an area of town with more than enough issues already. I, for one, am very pleased to see our CEO articulating the club's willingness to help if we can.