Sneckboy

Yeah, the goals have dried up a bit for us in the league, of late. Since the Aberdeen game, where we memorably scored 3 times in the 2nd half, we've only netted another 3 in the subsequent 7 games. Maybe we rely on Billy too much - and he was realistically going to hit a barren spell. It's hard to believe but we're now only 8th top scorers in the league with even County having plundered more than us! Despite that, I feel we'll soon give a team a good pasting, as when we 'click', we're more than capable of notching 3 or 4.

Premiership John Rankin (Dundee United 3-2 Kilmarnock) Adam Rooney (penalty) (St. Mirren 0-1 Aberdeen) League One OWN GOAL! Darren Dods (Forfar Athletic 2-4 Dunfermline Athletic) League Two Dennis Wyness (Berwick Rangers 2-3 Elgin City) Highland League Kyle Whyte TWO GOALS (Rothes 2-4 Clachnacuddin) Zander Sutherland TWO GOALS (Inverurie Loco Works 1-2 Brora Rangers) Northern Irish Premiership Curtis Allen (Ards 2-1 Glentoran)

Current situation following Vincent's contract extension: Signed up until the end of season 2016-17: • Richie Foran Signed up until the end of season 2015-16: • John Hughes - Manager • Russell Latapy - Assistant Manager • Aaron Doran • Carl Tremarco • Danny Williams • Dean Brill • Ryan Esson • James Vincent Signed up until the end of next season (2014-15): • Greg Tansey • Daniel Devine • Graeme Shinnie • Nick Ross • Marley Watkins • Gary Warren • David Raven • Josh Meekings • Billy McKay • Ryan Christie • Liam Polworth Signed up until the end of this season (2013-14): • Jason Brown • Joe Gorman • Cammy Mackay • Matt Cooper • Ali Sutherland • Conor Pepper • Calum Howarth • Jay Cheyne • Ben Greenhalgh • Nick Draper • Calum Ferguson (On loan at Montrose until end of this season) • Ross Draper • Adam Evans

English League Two Sam Winnall (Accrington Stanley 2-3 Scunthorpe United)

1m x 70cm for a surfer flag! That could blow away! Blimey, some of our fans' underwear is bigger than that! Just joking! I know what you're meaning....a ratio of 10:7. Good work 12th Man.

We'll probably be outnumbered 3-1 ! Hopefully 10,000 of us v. likely 30,000 of them!

Ah, I see...got you now.

But you've very much 'fixed it' with 4 changes to the last team (dropping Warren, Shinnie, Meekings and Raven) and putting Shinnie I at right back and Draper to centre back! In fact your whole defencive line sees no players playing in the same position as the last game!

I agree. Talk of the semi-finals at this stage is premature. Some have gone further suggesting the Final and even winning it! Nothing wrong with optimism, but we're only at the last 16 stage and I'd be happy with a 1-0 win against Stranraer. Then we can look forward to the game against Dundee United.

From ICT Twitter, the team was, Cammy Mackay Connor Pepper Jason Brown Richie Foran Calum Howarth Liam Polworth Ali Sutherland Danny Williams Ryan Christie Adam Evans Ben Greenhalgh

Even with the reduced admission prices for the Stranraer game, I doubt we'll see a big crowd, Scarlet. As a gauge, we had 2,100 for our midweek League Cup quarter-final against Dundee United. Stranraer won't take many fans anyway, let alone a Tuesday night, so I'd estimate we'll have around 1,700. And as it's probably the only Scottish game that night, it'll be noticed and we'll get roundly slated by the media. I can see it coming!

In that scenario, assuming Aberdeen had finished 2nd or 3rd in the league, I'd say. yes, we'd get the Euro spot!

He wouldn't come back here unfortunately. Sam Winnall was being discussed on The Football League Show last night. He's now top scorer in League Two and the discussion was centred around how he was a steal for his club (Scunthorpe United) who didn't have to pay a penny for him. A thinly-veiled dig at Butcher also when Steve Claridge said something along the lines of his previous manager not rating him but football's all about opinions!

Just looking at the all-time stats, it's only 1 win in 9 games against Stranraer. Had never thought of them as a bogey-team, but that, they are!

I don't think runners-up in the Scottish Cup this year will qualify for Europe through that route.* A loss to Celtic (assuming they're League champions) in the Final would have seen the runners-up qualify - but that can't happen now, obviously! I agree with Kingsmills, that if both finalists have already qualified then 4th in the 'Premiership' would get in. *A potential caveat could come in the unlikely scenario where Rangers win the cup. They're a new club and need 3 years of audited accounts (I believe) before they can compete in European competitions. In that instance, I think the runners-up would get into Europe.

League Two Rory McAllister (Stirling albion 1-2 Peterhead) Highland League Andrew Greig TWO GOALS (Brora Rangers 9-0 Keith) Stuart Soane (Lossiemouth 1-1 Forres Mechanics) Zander Sutherland (penalty) (Brora Rangers 9-0 Keith) English League Two Sam Winnall (Scunthorpe United 1-1 Chesterfield) Indonesian Super League Thierry Gathuessi (Arema Cronus 5-0 Persik Kediri)

The SFA have updated the list, confirming Meekings' yellow card and Warren's suspension.

I actually despise music after goals! To me it's a gimmicky annoyance. When did this creep into the game?! We managed fine in the 'old days' without it. The roar of the crowd or the stunned silence does for me. I think Archie Gemmill's wonder goal in the World Cup would have been tarnished with a sudden rendition of "just can't get enough"! (ok, it hadn't been written then, but you get my point!)

I know it's a rhetorical question, IHE, but thinking back, for a Highland League team to mobilise that many troops was incredible. Likely went some way to convincing the central-belters of Inverness's viability when the League admission vote came a couple of years later. Not sure if it's urban legend, but reputedly some Caley fans were locked out! But anecdotal evidence suggests there may have been as many as 5,000 Caley fans there?

Championship Andy Barrowman (Dumbarton 2-2 Livingston)

How about, more accurately, We Are Caley Thistle....?

I posted it before it became apparent that the train operators may try to help. Getting from Queen Street Station (assuming it's on time) and into your seat at Parkhead in 25 minutes for a cup final when there will be busy traffic, turnstile queues etc will be almost impossible. Even if 2.30 was historically the kick-off time, common sense should see that on this occasion, they could put K.O. back 30 mins to 3pm. And 3pm is the traditional time for the final - yet incredibly, they've gone for 2.30pm when northern fans don't get into central Glasgow until after 2pm. They've not listened, learnt nothing and not taken anything on board from the mismanagement of our semi-final.

It was clear there was 'something in the pipeline' when he quit Alloa.

The dons fans often take those inflatable sheep to big games themselves in an attempt to be ironic!

All recent finals have been 3pm so there's no precedent for this.The 2.30 kick off is a disgrace. They really haven't learned anything from the fiasco of the semi-final arrangements. Seems it was all just 'lip service'.