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McBain was fine yesterday, and did his usual nonstop running. Just a shame he missed a real sitter in the early stages. It's Imrie that does my head in. Mince again yesterday, but just occasionally he puts in a great performance. He really needs to start getting some consistency. As I said before, Cowie started well. Probably the best I've seen him for a while. He really dipped in the second half though, and absolutely nothing was going right for him.

We played some really good stuff in patches, mainly when we kept the ball on the deck. Before they scored (good goal IMO) it could easily have been 3-3! They had the most clearcut penalty you coould imagine turned down, after the ball clearly hit Munro on the hand, and they had two headers from corners cleared off the line. Fraser also produced a wonder save from another corner....oh aye, and Wilkie missed a sitter. Our defence was abysmal at set pieces, and they seemed to have clearcut chances at every corner. For us...Barrowman was inches away from a great Cowie cross, McBain shot wide when it seemed easier to score (after some great build up play), and Barrowman fecked up spectacularly when one on one with their keeper. We were as good as them in the first half, despite losing a goal, but as soon as Blackie went off at HT we seemed to lose our shape completely. Some of our passing in the second half was woeful (Munro and Imrie being the worst culprits), and there were huge gaps in the middle which they exploited all the time. It wasn't until they got their second that we actually woke up again. And then we took control of the match. Barry forced a brilliant save from the keeper, Barrowman hit the post, Rooney had one chalked off for offside. Unfortunately for us, Wilkie's OG came too late for us to rescue the game. All in all, a really entertaining game I thought. Plenty of chances for both teams, and when we kept the ball on the deck we caused them real problems. RE Cowie....he started off really well I thought, and was looking like his old self. In the second half though, he just seemed to really dip, and there was a 15 minute spell when everytime he tried anything it went wrong. He looks really low at the moment, and lacking in confidence.

Sensible pricing too, well done to both clubs. Adults ?12 Concessions ?6 Hopefully, with it being a quarter final and all that, we'll take a half decent crowd down for this one.

Blackie has been my MOTM in every game this season. One brilliant performance after another. He's always had the ability, but unfortunately he's let his temperament overshadow that ability in the past. This season he's cut out all the nonsense, and he's just got better and better.

Good draw I reckon. The way we're playing at home right now, we've a better chance against anyone away. And we've a decent record down there.

Back to the match is it?? I actually thought it was a half decent cup game. Good atmosphere, chance of an upset......I agree both teams were poor, but it was fairly entertaining. Like someone else above, I couldn't really see their first goal.....it seemed to me that everyone misjudged the long throw and it trickled into the net. The long throw seemed to be their only tactic as it goes. Rory was hooked at HT, which surely tells you everything, and Wilson brought on. Not entirely sure if Imrie was supposed to go upfront alongside Wood, but he soon drifted back to the wing, so in effect we were oddly playing 4-5-1. Vigurs and Rooney were then used and both made a big impact. Vigurs was superb, really forceful going forward, and always picking the right pass. Rooney put himself about, and won a lot in the air. We had a few nail biting moments before equalising (Tokely heading against his own post, and the rebound coming off him and rolling inches past the post). The equaliser came from a good cross (for once), and I initially thought it was Imrie who got it. Later confirmed as Hastings though. Into extra time I couldn't see us not getting a winner, and sure enough, after Rooney had laid off a great header to him, Imrie rifled in a cracking volley. Esson, Blackie, Vigurs, were all excellent, but Imrie was superb. The rest? Average at best. Blackie was again hooked at the end of the 90, which was again baffling, evenmore so because Duncan was playing his first game in a while and having his customary 'winning lots in the middle, then passing straight back to the opposition' (and he gave a mouthful to the away fans after being loudly advised it might be better trying to pass to one of his team mates rather than the opposition). Oh well, I enjoyed it, even though we struggled against a team at the foot of the 1st. The win certainly made the journey back up a lot sweeter......a home tie next round though please

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He was very, very good tonight. Lets see if he can carry that performance into the league games now. Maybe it needs the opposition fans to barrack him to get him going

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We didn't actually play that bad, but lacked any cutting edge whatsoever. The goal came from ANOTHER defensive **** up, this time by Munro. In saying that, Fraser got his angles all wrong, and he couldn't have made the finish for their player any easier if he'd tried. Other than that we weren't really troubled all game, but as I said, we never really troubled them either. Blackie was even better than any other game he's been MOTM in this season. May as well give him the award now. He was everywhere, sprayed passes all over the field, and looked as pissed off as everyone in the stand when he was hooked. Shocking substitution, and the inevitable long ball crap then followed. Right, now...Tokely. He was garbage, has been all season, and needs dropping. His reputation is all that's keeping him in at the moment. As soon as Proctor is fit, get him in. Barrowman, and Imrie are first division players at most, and until both show a rapid improvement then they shouldn't be anywhere near the first team. Disappointed we didn't at least get a point today, Hearts weren't anything special at all. As long as we keep gifting teams goals though we're going to struggle.

Blackie was immense again today, and why the **** he got hooked is still baffling. We lost any bite in midfield after he went. McBain....give me him anyday over Imrie. Why people rate Imrie so highly is beyond me. He's no better than an average 1st division player, and is simply not good enough at this level. And as for Barrowman... At least Rooney puts himself about and looks like he might have something. Barrowman just looks *****!! Yep, he's making substitutions at the right times to be fair.....but it's the wrong players he's hooking all the time.

Season ticket prices went up this year did they not? Mine certainly did!

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I was under the impression the games would be shown on a Saturday night. Just checked the Sky guide on the TV and there's sport on from 19.30-21-30 on Saturday night......described as SPL 90.

Struan stays just up the road from me. Good to see him progressing well. Who's the lad Park up front?

Right, found this... Co-operative Insurance Cup [return] Morton welcome Inverness Caledonian Thistle to Cappielow for the 3rd round of the Co-operative Insurance Cup. The match is scheduled for Tuesday 23rd September, with a 7.45pm kick off. Admission prices for this match will be: Adults: ?14.00 Concessions: ?7.00

Anyone know the prices for this one? Almost certainly going to head down

Don't agree at all sorry. Duff has been excellent since coming into the first team. I'd far rather a partnership of Munro/Duff at the back than any other. Vigurs was no worse than anyone else today. Infact, I thought he was one of the few to get passmarks in my opinion. And Wood was ok too, nothing great, but certainly not that bad. What's the alternatives? Other than the Aberdeen game, both Barrowman and Imrie have been mince. McGuire is simply too error prone, and the amount of stupid, needless free kicks he gives away is infuriating. If these 'experienced' players aren't cutting it, then good on Brew for giving others a chance. If he could just sort out the home tactics now........

Yep, another pish home performance. To be honest we were well on top in the first half, without ever really creating any clear cut chances. Then we got the penalty and I thought we'd go on and win it from there. If Rooneys shot had gone in rather than hit the bar I think we'd have coasted home, but...... ANOTHER defensive **** up let them back in, and from then, we just seemed to crumble. I couldn't understand why Rooney was replaced, and not Wood. Rooney looked far the more likely to get another goal. Blackie was again immense in midfield, but the rest of them just weren't at the races. What's happened to Cowie this season? I thought he was mince today, and that's not the first time he's been like that this season. Other than Black, and Rooney, nobody merited a MOTM nomination (how Wood got it I've no idea!) About time we shook up the defence too. Get Tokely and McGuire out, and get Munro and Proctor (when fit) in as soon as possible.

Found this... 'BBC ALBA will broadcast one full SPL game every Saturday for two seasons.[5] The games will be broadcast three hours after the game has ended. The game shown will be a selected one not covered by either live Setanta Sports or on an on-demand basis by BT Vision[6]. The match will only have Gaelic commentary along with English subtitles.' Alba launches on Sept 19, and I read on another forum that the first game being shown is our visit to Hearts (not sure how that person knows this, I cant find anything else about schedules). I'd guess we might feature quite often though given that it's a Gaelic channel! Should be good though, and give us far more coverage than our weekly 2 minute slot on Sportscene. Oh, and it's on Sky 168 for those who didn't know.

Scheduled for Tuesday 23rd or Wednesday 24th September.

Away at Morton :thumb04: :018: DUNDEE UNITED -v- AIRDRIE UNITED PARTICK THISTLE -v- RANGERS MOTHERWELL -v- HAMILTON ACADEMICAL MORTON -v- INVERNESS CAL THISTLE FALKIRK -v- QUEEN OF THE SOUTH KILMARNOCK -v- ABERDEEN CELTIC -v- LIVINGSTON DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC -v- ST. MIRREN

Woohoo :018: :thumb04: ;) ......2 out of 2 on the road so far

He's been mince the last few games, so fair play to Brew for dropping him. Hopefully this'll be the kick up the arse he needs. Sounds like dropping Barrowman is also having a similar effect.

Imrie gets the second.....fantastic stuff. Sounds like we've totally outplayed them today, well done to Brew for getting the tactics spot on, and making the subs at the right time.