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It's points on the board that count but that doesn't mean we don't have any positives to take from today. St Mirren only had 6 shots at goal today which suggest that our back line aren't making too many errors (they are hoever being punished for the ones they do make) We had 20 shots on goal today 0 of those were on target and a few others were pretty close. On another day we could have easily been looking at a score of the proportions seen at Ibrox today in our favour. No yellow cards suggests our players are keeping their composure. We went to 3 at the back with 20 minutes to go - this suggested CC had some confidence in the defense and we held out pretty well for the remainder of the game (apart from Keane missing the empty net) and this may give CC the confidence to try this tactic more often. At least the Supporters Bus that broke down got to see what sounded like the more exciting half :017:

Would you swap places with Falkirk today? :015:

With all the criticism that has been aimed at our defence then I would be happy with a clean sheet for us today. Caff was out for a while, but he is no stranger to working with the rest of the back line and they should really be clicking better as a unit now. Up front we have a few new faces and CC is still trying to work out his best pairing. Although I want to see them battering home the goals they could be forgiven for taking a little longer to find their feet. So, for me, a 0-0 draw will be a better sign of positive progress than a score draw - beating them 0-2 or 0-3 would obviously be even better :001:

Fortunately I haven't spent it yet :023:

Try and Keep Up :016:

Watt?

I dunno, wouldn't be the first time the "hand of god" played a part in the outcome of a football match

We seem to be producing some talent in the Youth system and I think this is the best for us to be blooding these young guys as the immediate step up to the SPL is a huge one. If Wood continues like this it wouldn't be a bad idea to recall him in January and put him out on loan at a slightly higher level.

Distinguishable by the presence of the tattoo as well I might add!!!

Like anyone would tell you :023: Wonder if the Cannabis Farm at the end of the street is back in business yet? :015:

Been there, done that and even ended up as an Admin.....you could say the curse hit me full strength :015:

Zander has done the exact same as Rory did before breaking in to a regular squad position - he's been running rings around the opposition at junior and reserve level. The difference is that Rory was thrown in at the deep end due to injuries. That may have hindered his progress and I'm sure if the club feel that is in any way the case they will not want to repeat it with Zander. I don't think too many people are looking to send Rory packing, instead they are calling for him to go on loan or to take a step back for a bit. We have seen a lot of harsh comments, but I think much of that is born out of fan frustration at the situation.

He'd be great on the right wing if had a little more pace.

Amendment to the above - It's a season long loan deal where the Swans have the option to recall him in January should he be needed by them.

It's a season long loan

The fact we haven't beaten in them in 4 years now (i think) is even more worrying don't ya think?

Would anyone be interested if I was to run a minibus down for the game?

Anything which offers the glimpse of an opportunity for the lad to progress is welcome in my book, even if I don't think he should be in the ICT squad right now. He may not be considered among the most talented at his age, but he must be one of the most experienced. He certainly wouldn't have been given the opportunities we've given him anywhere else. I'm happy to be proved wrong and I actually hope the lad goes out there, bangs in a goal or two and gives us all the two fingers.

I've looked and looked and looked, but I can't for the life of me find the "Randomly select a player for criticism" programme for this site. Would you care to point me in the right direction?

You like Fir Park so much your going back Harry? Midden game for me :016:

I don't think we need go as far as that, but we should be looking for a better mix of opposition. The fact that Peterhead beat us should have been warning enough though.

He wasn't on his post Alex. In fact watching it again, he actually had to run backwards as the ball came through. If he had gone forwards instead he would have easily been able to collect it. At the time of the tackle they were still about 8 yards out from the goal so the angle wasn't that tight. Think we may have to agree to disagree and when push comes to shove Fraser shouldn't be having to face situations like that, especially when you have 2 defenders covering the man who's threatening the goal.

Munro is claiming in the papers that he never made contact; if he didn't it must have been very close and you can't blame the ref for giving the penalty as even looking at the replay time and again it's impossible to tell for certain either way. Regardless of that, he shouldn't have had to be making the challenge as the more I watch it the more convinced I am that Caff should have been on the play ahead of Munro and Fraser should have been off his line and had it covered. They didn't and it was left to Munro, his instinct as a defender is to get between the ball and the goal and that's what he did, you could argue it was safe and he shouldn't have committed himself, but had the ball landed in the back of the net as a result then we'd all be on here chastising him for not sticking a foot into prevent it.

They seem determined to stop you guys getting anything over there then!!!! :015: Try this direct link thingymadooda - Clicky Clicky (Open in new window as it resizes itself) If that don't work then am guessing it's IP Blocked for some reason.

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