The Mantis

Aye, paint half of it white to keep that cnut happy :015:

I said on another thread that we need Russeldinho in the team. Despite not being a fans favourite he holds it all together and his workrate is phenomenal. Credit to CC for trying the two wee guys and playing a bit more football though, I thought it was a mistake against the tic but yesterday it just might have paid off. The point was made that 4-1 is still a gubbing (and I'll have to take a lot of stick at work this week). I would say if the defence is going to lose 4 goals, we may as well do it in one game :017: But I've seen games at Clyde, Morton, Livi, Airdrie etc which really were gubbings. People booed the team off or left early. But remember we lost 3-1 at Dens in Jan 2005 soon after Brew was appointed. Anybody who was there will know these things happen. We had about 22 shots that day to Dundee's 7 or 8 and their keeper was MoM. We went on to a long undefeated away run after that until the next season. I don't think we're the worst side in the league and we've had some hard fixtures to start. I still think the St Mirren game was a fluke and I hope the players will restore their pride down at their place in November. I was never sure about top 6 though, the squad is bigger than last year but no better in quality. The players have overachieved for 2 years if you ask me, but in some ways it's better to have 11 Scots/heelanders on a modest wage, playing for the jersey, than a year watching the likes of Scacel, Juanjo, Xausa, Fernandez etc.

Sounds like your fault then :015: :015: :015: Ian's book is only 2 years old- it was written to celebrate 10 years of the club and coincided with us reaching the SPL. I can't remember a black player ever turning out for us, never mind a big, bearded, afro-ed one. We tend to do small, pasty and ginger as a rule :015: :015: :015: :015:

Feck me, it's Father Jack. It doesn't take a genius to read the posts above and see the implication that the defence (including Rossco) was gash. If you think anybody's picking Ross as MOM a word of advice, don't take up mind reading as a career. Hasteens gave it away a lot too. Can't complain too much about Granty and Dodsy. The defence had an off day, so what, normally we can rely on them. We were still in the game with 11 mins left. Nobody goes to Tynecastle and wins 11 corners, against a team with their resources, without offering something. Compared to what I've seen this season (just St Mirren & Celtic games) that was a big improvement. BTW Rory tries, but if you say it's ability you want, don't look there for it. And he let himself down by flashing the vickies at the Wheatfield Stand.

Just back home and feckin starving so: 4-1 flatters the jambos. If we play like that every week no problem. The first goal was a good finish by the heidband after McCann's fine cross. The other 3 were sloppy defending. Should have gone in at 1-1 but somebody left the mole unmarked at the back post. Big Ross made a howler of a mistake for 3-1 and the 4th on 90 mins looked a blunder too. Great game actually but we have to get some points against the diddy teams, especially the Pars. St Mirren was a far worse result than this.

Tesco are a shower of b@stards :015: :015: :015: :015: :015:

Feck me, bring back relejags :sleep01: :sleep01: :sleep01: :sleep01: :sleep01:

An Alloa team with 10 men being held to 2-1 by Ross Gypo is the shock of the round for me. Surely not even Feyenoord FC would relish being drawn away at The Recs.

What a witty fecker yon dutch bloke is.

Feckin knew it- 1-1.

I hear ICT are strolling about..... should go for the jugular before HT.

I remember them, Nairn County right? Is that them that went out of the CIS to a load of part timers with 10 men from a lower division? :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015:

I thought it was IHE

I liked Strachan's idea of kicking the ball in their own net. Still as long as we've got Granty to do it for them- they didn't half shut the phuq up when that one went in the pokey :015: :015: :015: :015:

You have to admire Charlie for trying to play a bit more football by combining the two midgets in midfield, but most weeks you need Russeldinho in there somewhere I'm afraid, doing all the grafting. We did well last season by playing to our strengths. Maybe we can play the silky stuff against the bottom 6 teams but against the twins of evil and probably the Hibs and JTs we need to graft.

Just back to the stattothon for a sec- it was definitely the arabs in 87 Sandy, I was working beside one at the time. The media made them favourites and of course he was suicidal when the inevitable happened and 'hun features' Ian Ferguson scored the winner.

That was my first look at Santa today. I see we've got our very own Laura doing Ballistics adverts :015:

You forgot St Midden in 87...

I thought it was one of those cups that county could enter.

I think ICT's basic last season was in the region of £650 p/w but there was talk of the players getting a pay hike this season as a reward for last year. What about Utd?

Dods is a decent player but mid-table in the SPL is as good as it gets for him at 31, unless his agent is fixing up an English club for him. So a 2-3 year deal at yinitit IS a meal ticket. Say he trebles his wage (but not his win bonuses :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015:) and gets a signing on fee from the grocer. That's not bad.

Surely the ticket price will be dropped against Dumbarton anyway, to some sort of compromise between div 3 and SPL prices. That's what usually happens, after negotiation. No disrespect to Dumbarton, but who's going to shell out 20 quid to watch that? Even the Tims cut it to £10 when they played us in the 4-2 game at the t*ttied*me.

Aye, Barry Robson :015: :015: :015: Edit: maybe it's Peanut I mean. Whoever got him the red card anyway :017:

Would have preferred an away tie as we've never played there. Also less chance of the players getting complacent.

Did Wa*ker mention hats by any chance?