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I really don't think that Lionel is any worse than Hastings has been throughout the season. While the man may not quite be SPL standard he is still showing certain attributes that seem to have a positive effect. They mentioned the fact that there was a lack of decent crosses going into the box on Saturday. Thats because for the best part of an hour we had a full-back and a striker patrolling the flanks which brought very little success. Morais i think needs to start from now on and mayb'e get Vigurs back on the left flank as he seems to be forgotten about. Russell's lack of any passing talent cost us the opening goal, yes Esson made the error but it should never have led to that. This policy of hit and hope needs to be completely abolished now. I think ideally Brian Kerr and Ian Black should be the starting pair in the centre. And like IHE said Foran is a finisher and he also wins his fair share of headers and i think that with the amount of ground that Dougie covers he should be up top with him. It's not ideal and i can only assume that if Butcher had come in a month earlier our squad would be in much better shape. Saturday was a wake up call to realise that between now and the end of the season our best team has to play every game, no matter what.

I wish i could care.

I was so frustrated with McCurry today that i phoned into Jim Traynor about it....didn't get on. How can he still be a ref if he makes bloopers like he did today and other days so often. The SFA surely need to take some sort of action agianst a ref who is so consistently. I grant Esson made a houler but it came from a free-kick that should never have been given. Richie Foran made a clean challenge for the ball, it was a blatant throw-in. Also big claim for a penalty towards the end and a dubious offside given against us when Foran scored. In terms of the team's performance today it was a very frustrating game to be at because we were clearly the better side but had very little to show for it in the final third and at the same time we were suspect at the back with all people being Munro to make the key error of the game. Those sort of things need corrected soon to ensure they don't happen again. Would also like to see Vigurs back in the team. As we lack any sort of threat in terms of a decent cross, Lionel and Rosscoe are good at bombing up the field but crossing is poor.

Well thats a load of rubbish. Yes the Winter weather has taken it's toll but overall we have one of the best pitches in the land. Compared to even the likes of Tynecastle and Tannidice we are much better imo. The Bught is better maintained than Fir Park.

Munro had one bad game today, one out of pritty much whole season but overall he is a much much better defender than Will Haining and i don't really want to sign St Mirren defenders if their shipping goals by that number today. Muir-Jaggie's got it spot on. Securing Pavels on a long term deal should be the main priority in our backline.

I hope they build a barrier preventing Brewster getting over the other side of the Kessock bridge. I was very suprised to see that Dodds tipped us for victory, especially considering Motherwell's good run and he perdicted a win last week. Mind you if he didn't i'm sure Big Terry would be knocking on the door with something too say.

Was he not the one that Derek Adams allegedly battered? I've seen him play once or twice and have been impressed but i don't see any long term stuff getting sorted unless safety is garunteed.

Happy birthday LG.

A massive weight will be lifted of the team if we can get off the bottom and i only think that if we do soon we will go nowhere but up.

Its nice to see so much positive hype around the club at the moment and were not even bottom yet but with another performance like Saturday and a little help from the Hibees all that will change and i can only see us furthering that gap(apart from against Rangers). We have as a good as a full team to choose from barr Duncan for Saturday and i'm sure they will be more up for this game than ever. Really looking forward to Saturday. Also i would love to see St Mirren get relegated. There the ultimate cheap-skates of the SPL, can't abide them.

Esson Tokely, Munro, Mihadjuks, Djebi-Zadi Morais, Black, Kerr, Foran Odhiambo, Imrie Subs. Fraser, Hastings, Duff, Proctor, McBain, Vigurs, Rooney

Particularly liked that comment. Not quite how I remember people's opinion on his return I was just about to make the exact same comment.... Does anybody actually know anyone that welcomed him back "like that of the prodigal son"??? I certainly don't. The idea of him returning made me cringe.

I think they conceded that there was no other way out and didn't want too say so they acted by sacking B******r and getting a good, swift replacment. We were never going to here back from them verbally as they didn't have the bottle to do or say anything major. It was ridiculous that it dragged on for so long and had things panned out like this earlier i can only assume that we would be off the bottom by now and have some sort of continuity in terms of home form especially but should things carry on the way they are survival will become more and more real and the fans will be able to say we were right in acting the way we did.

has Vigurs being played in central mid before??? dont think i've seen him play there before Played there at home to Falkirk and got taken of at Half-time, played there against Dundee Utd at home and was pritty poor so those are the only 2 occasions he's played there and imo he's no the best there.

Never saw him play and don't really remember him at Aberdeen so can't recall how good a player he was. He isn't really required at present with Super Lionel at left-back and Hastings for cover so should be a good move for him.

McBain was really good imo today, best i've seen him play all season and Kerr was reasonably solid and i can only think he will get better the more games he gets. Don't really rate Vigurs as a centre midfielder, think he's better on the left-wing.

If there was an award for most improved team then i think we would be world champions.

Chris Porter's gone and he was easily there biggest threat against us but thats no disprespect John Sutton and David Clarkson but i think Pavels Mihadjuks is the ideal defender to keep them at bay, alongside Munro. I can see us sneaking a win against them next week. Black and Duncan will be back and Morais is now fit so all being well we should have a full squad to pick from and given our performance today i really feel very optimistic about the next 3 weeks.

2 things. Would like to see some Scottish grounds put in. I would also like to see them at least put in the 1st Division because you get all the english leagues so i feel its only fair that we get some lower leagues to use in stuff like the manager modes. I think they used to have Ibrox in the likes of Fifa 98. And Fifa 09's waaay better than PES

Thought the win was thoroughly deserved and it was good to see Foran grab a goal as he's looked lively in the last couple of games but i would like to see more of him as a striker. Brian Kerr also gave a relatively solid performance for a player who hasn't played in 6 months. And Djebi-Zadi....what a drastic change, the guy is brilliant. He's solid at the back and appears to be improving with every game. If this is how we perform with a few key players missing then i can't wait to see us when they get back.

What did he get booked for? Not like him. Hacked someone down right outside the box, almost a pen. The Swansea player got past a few players and Cowie was caught abit flat footed ad tripped him up. Saw the highlights on Sky Sports. That Loach guy seemed a bit dodgy to me. Was Mart Poom not your number 1 at one point?

I don't really see Barrowman or Hastings getting back into the team in the near future and to be perfectly honest neither deserve it. Lionel may not be the sharpest tool in the box but he put's in way more effort than Hastings and has shown he does have what it takes at SPL level. I only he hope he can maintain it. Barrowman is not an SPL player atm and i can only hope i'am proved wrong but with the likes of Odhiambo and Rooney now scoring i really don't see Andy getting back in the team.

There's no doubt that he is the best finisher in the team at the moment so he probably should be starting but Odhiambo and Imrie seem to have struck a good partnership up front so long may it continue. Wasn't there a part of Rooneys deal that said we would have to pay ?75,000 instead of ?50,000 pending on a number of appearences?? Could be the board desprate to save 25k.

Its bizzare seeing a striker and defender playing wide midfield but it's only cause we have no width atm. Cowie left, Morais's injured and Vigurs dosen't seemed to be involved for some reason.TB's doing this because didn't have enough time to get some wide players in i reckon. We need Morais back asap though because he is the only right winger we have. Not saying Proctor ain't doing a job but he really has no attacking ambition.

A month ago i would have said this would be the worst month of the season approaching us but now i think this is our chance of getting a consistent winning run on the go for us and will probably our best chance of over-taking Falkirk as well as the bonus of a trip to Hampden, looking forward to this.