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I did wonder big Shirley if that was why Mitchell Robertson was getting more game time as he is a loan deal from Celtic. MacIntyre is here on a 1 year permanent deal. Something no right there... Don't get me wrong, Robertson has done pretty well in the games he has played, I just think MacIntyre has more about him when going forward.

I do worry about the lack of regular starting times for some of our players. It’s going to cost us when it comes to signing new contracts. The squad is a strange one this year, so much competition for places in certain areas is usually something you’d kill for. I feel like it’s hindering us at times though with players not getting a proper run at it.

Well, when was talent and fairness on equal standing when deals are made. Guy is kicking his heels when he should be kicking a ball! bc

You have all my sympathies. But, as one of the comments I saw yesterday said - that's two seasons in a row that Palace has experienced "the magic of the FA Cup".

A bit frustrating, but it could be worse... being knocked out of the FA Cup as holders, by a team 6 leagues below, on a pitch like Cove have My local side Sutton lost at home too Caley drawing away with a clean sheet is the nearest thing to being good news!

KDM @ FIRHILL We try again Weather permitting, the Caley Jags will face the Harry Wraggs in the last 16 of the KDM Trophy at the Wyre Stadium at Firhill on Tuesday night. The snow was aplenty up North but Partick managed to play against Morton at the weekend with a stirring three goal comeback in a five goal encounter whilst we were snowed off in our home game versus Peterhead. However, don't fret if you are snowbound in the North. Should the game go ahead, the full match will be shown live on BBC Alba with a 7:45pm kick-off. The original fixture was scheduled for 6th January but was postponed due to weather and travel conditions but the big thaw is on and we should be going ahead a week later on Tuesday 13th of January with a 19:45 Kick-off. It was also due to be screened live by BBC Alba but that is unlikely now. Since the original date, Partick went down 2-0 at Dingwall last Friday night with former Caley Jag Jay Henderson bagging two first half goals. We faltered again away to Cove Rangers on Saturday afternoon and had Ross Munro to thank for a 96th minute penalty save to earn a point in a 0-0 draw. No wins in three for the Caley Jags but Chanka Zimba returned to the starting XI after a thigh injury. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Bus/Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That was our team we put out against Montrose in League1 action although we have previously tweaked our side for KDM games. Logan Ross usually gets the gloves but we are in with the big boys this time so Kells and Billy will make the call on that one as we look to progress. Our last KDM game was a bit of a mismatch as we thrashed Dumbarton 9-0 at the Rock, a record breaking score for the Caley Jags. However, we were found wanting in our next two League1 games going down away to Stenhousemuir and Montrose. Partick will be another step up in quality and if we are serious about progressing, then we need to put a strong starting XI on the park. We gave them a game in an early pre-season encounter, but we can't read too much into that. Two early goals from Trialist 'A' believed to be Destiny Ojo, got Inverness off to a great start at Petershill in this pre-season game against Partick Thistle. He scored in the 9th minute when Partick lost possession in midfield and Wotherspoon advanced before slipping a pass through to Ojo who found the net with a tidy finish. Another error and it's another goal for Ojo. He benefitted from the error and he took the ball round Budinauckas before rolling it into the net. It remained that score up to the interval. HALF TIME 0-2 Three quickfire goals from Stanway, Chalmers and Stanway again put Partick ahead within 8 minutes of the restart. Stanway knocked in from close range and a minute later Chalmers, from the edge of the box, found the back of the net with an excellent finish high to the keeper's right. It got worse two minutes later when Stanway received the ball from Crawford on the right and and he fired high into the top right hand corner of the net. Three in three minutes, and that's how it ended. Looks like most subs from both sides got a game. FULL TIME: 3-2 Partick's team that beat Morton 3-2 coming from 2-0 down to take the three points at the weekend. Stanway, Turner and Tony Watt with a 94th minute strike rounding of the comeback at the death. Against County Oisin Smyth replaced Fitzpatrick in the starting XI but he has since returned to parent club St Mirren. Partick went down 2-0 at Dingwall last Friday night with former Caley Jag Jay Henderson bagging two first half goals. Let's not forget that despite an erratic set of results recently, Partick are still second behind St Johnstone in the Championship despite just one League win in their last six and three draws and two losses. Mark Wilson bemoaned at Dingwall: "If you start a game like that then it's incredibly difficult to get a foothold... We just didn't deal with those two moments well enough and gave ourselves too much of a mountain to climb." Logan Chalmers and Alex Samuels are both at Firhill. Partick edged out Cove Rangers 1-2 in the last round with Kyle Turner and Alex Samuel getting the goals. Here's who started in that one Partick ThistleGoalkeeper1 Lewis Budinauckas Defender2 Cammy Logan 3 Patrick Reading 19 Luke McBeth 20 Daniel O'Reilly Midfielder4 Scott Martin 6 Kyle Turner 24‎'‎ ⚽ 26 Ben Stanway Forward9 Alex Samuel 27‎'‎⚽ 10 Logan Chalmers ‎ 11 Steven Lawless

I sympathise. My club were 3-2 up away at Macclesfield 2 rounds prior to your game, and we completely capitulated. Could have been us playing you yesterday.

Yeah that sounds right, an absolute farce.

HL teams were always selected on merit based on league places. The SPFL and LL fell out over teams being “invited” by the SPFL to participate which is now we ended up with no HL teams participating in the Challenge Cup as it seems it was both leagues or neither.

Precisely C1C3, It was a 3rd level young Dumbarton team that really didn’t want to waste any time/effort in a Non-Cup competition. More than a few were /are happy to glorify the score as some sign of greatness in our management and players / squad that this league was not worthy of our presence. - The last three matches has brought home some sense of reality to the situation. I’m not too worried about a 0-0 result from the Cove game. In such farcical weather and pitch playing conditions I view gaining a point a success. (It also avoided (just), another record being recorded). Stenny made a clear statement however in their 5-0 over East Fife yesterday. Good, we have an exciting few months to look forward to in chasing and overtaking them. (QoTS may also make a challenge, time will tell). We have a few away games to face, however our time at home will show whether we can truely wear and carry the burden of promotion favourites. Certainly we have the squad and quality of players on paper that should full-fill that objective. Questions can and should be asked if it is not achieved. Until then we can only look for one of our many ‘top’ strikers to meet their part of the team ‘deal’, as the defence and midfield mostly can and do their part. bc

Bavidge needs a settled run in the team. I think this would help him find his feet properly. I see this guy and really believe he has something about him and will ultimately play at a higher level than this. Just my view.