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Barry's Robson and Wilson, both brilliant.

Denmark again?

Surely it's a case of 'he who pays the piper'? Alan Savage would ahve known that most of the shares in the club are owned by David Sutherland/Tullochs before he took the job. What else is being said in the interview, for us South based types?

I'd imagine that the loan agreement specifies a date, which will probably be the date of the 3rd Division Play-Off final. Wouldn't be hard to agree an extension or early return either way. This would mean that Garry Wood can play for Montrose in the play offs but Zander can come back after Saturday.

-------------Fraser------------- --Tokely--Proctor--Munro--Hastings --Wilson--Cowie--McBain--Imrie--- --------Wyness----Niculae----------- Subs: Zibi Kerr Vigurs Black Gillespie Paatelinan McAllister

Brewster tried to sign him for us in January 2006 but he chose to stay at Dens. We signed Imrie in the window so I wouldn't have thought we'd go for Robb.

Does he speak enough English to say "Excuse me nurse, but your patient appears to have accessed the ward computer again. Please return him to the rubber cell and tighten the restraints".

Accies were very nearly out of business about five years ago - for them to make it to the SPL is a REAL fairy-tale, living the dream etc. Forget that Gretna pish. I think they could do OK. Offiong is a goalscorer, tjhey have some good young lads through the team and a few old heads (Mark McLaughlin etc).

I'm very jealous of Marius - he can't speak English so doesn't have to read this ****!

Hamilton Accies just took the lead against Clyde with a penalty - Clyde defender Neil McGregor was sent off for handball. If it stays like this Accies will be promoted ahead of Dundee.

Team from Sky sports: Michael Fraser Ross Tokely David Proctor Grant Munro Richard Hastings Barry Wilson Don Cowie Roy McBain Dougie Imrie Dennis Wyness Marius Niculae Subs Rory McAllister Iain Vigurs Markus Paatelinan Richie Hart Ian Black Guy Kerr Zibi Malkowski Kilmarnock Alan Combe Tim Clancy Ryan O'Leary David Lilley Garry Hay James Fowler Gary Locke Iain Flannigan Danny Invincible David Fernandez Gary Wales Subs Paul Dalglish Paul Di Giacamo Paul McInness Jamie Hammil Grant Murray Simon Ford Damien Rascle

Financing the wealthy? How much money do you think Romanov makes out of Hearts?

:022: I'd love to have seen Marius and Dargo up front together and think that we should sign a pacy forward to play alongside him if he's here next season. Our problems on the pitch this season are that we concede goals far too easily. We have conceded around 1.75 goals/game thsi season. In 2004/05 we were at 1.23, in 2005/06 we were 1 goal/game and last season it was 1.26. That translates to conceding an extra 19 goals a season.

What did Charlie say to Bone? Would we really have gone bust if we hadn't beaten Celtic in 2000? Did John Robertson really threaten to resign if we didn't sign Jim Hamilton?

That Collin guy would be a better signing than Yantorno.

I thought Blackie was suspended, so sub Vigurs for him in my XI.

The ever-reliable Highland News says today that the progress of Sutherland (nominated for Division Three PotY) and Wood (eight goals in twenty-four games) hasn't gone un-noticed and they could get new deals.

Could Watt get a chance in the first team (at last)? -----------------------Fraser--------------------------- --Tokely----Proctor-------Watt------Hastings---- --Cowie----Duncan-----Vigurs-----McBain-------- ------------------------Imrie-------------------------- ------------------------Niculae---------------------

I've always thought that Brewster was the right man for the job but we just don't look like getting out of this hole at the moment.

Interesting line up! Is Vigurs playing in midfield with Black and Duncan? Proc, Munro and McGuire at the back with Roy and Ross as wing backs?

Brewsters record with Caley, both spells: Played 80 Won 29 Lost 30 Drawn 21 A win percentage of 36.25 Our only other manager who managed us solely in the SPL is Charlie who had a winning percentage of 37.11, pretty much the same. A few other SPL managers win % in the SPL: John Collins at Hibs - 42.5% Craig Levein at Dundee Utd - 42.4% John Hughes at Falkirk - 32.07% Gus McPherson at St Mirren - 22.72%

Since we came into the SPL we've always been a side that builds its success on runs of good performances - we pick up results when we are doing well but are also capable of going on runs where we do almost literally nothing. Last season just before Christmas we had a run of games almost identical to this one - nine games, four draws, five losses, six goals scored (three in one game agaisnt Killie) and fifteen conceded. The run culminated in a game against Dunfermline at East End that is one of the worst performances I've ever seen from us, dreadful stuff. We managed to turn it around though. I think the difference in our performances this season are that we don't have the strong spine we did in every season up until last. From January until June we lost Mark Brown, Darren Dods and Craig Dargo. Fraser has stood in well for Brown, despite a few jitters that most keepers get from time to time. However, the big factor that has made this season more disappointing than previous ones is the fact that defensively we don't have the solidity that we previously did. Put simply we aren't difficult to score against and we can't grind out results. We are losing games by the odd goal and not turning enough narrow defeats into draws. For example, we have drawn three matches this season. In 2004/05 we drew 11 games - 7 of which we came from behind to get a point. In 2005/06 we drew 13 games - 5 of which we came from behind to get a point. In 2006/07 we drew 13 games - 6 of which we came from behind to get a point. I don't get to as many games as most people on here but does anyone think that when we concede a goal we're ever going to get back into a game at the moment? We seem to be in the grip of a mailaise during this run - losing away to Hibs, Motherwell, Celtic is excusable but being scudded by a rotten Hearts side at home isn't. Of course, the flip side of the coin is the form that we showed before Christmas which has made our season. During that period we staged an absolutely amazing come-back against Celtic and showed amazing character, skill and courage. We also showed great character at Tynecastle in one of our most memorable performances in teh SPL. Bar a change or two we have pretty much the same side that achieved this. We can turn this around. Regarding Brewster, I supported his comeback and I still think he's the best person for the job. The facts of the season are when he came in we were terrible and he has been in charge of the team during the games where we've picked up points and pulled ourselves out of the mire. If you are going to chastise him for the poor performances we have to congratulate him on the good. I do think that he made a mistake getting rid of Rankin. With him tucked in behind Niculae we seemed to have found a system of play that was working and his set piece delivery was extremely important. If you have a player who can get a dangerous ball in the box or the danger area you can conjure up threatening situations from just about every dead ball in the opposition half. We don't have that now and it's not really surprising that we are scoring fewer goals. I think that Brewsters selections in midfield should be simplified - he should play players where they are most comfortable. Playing left-sided players on the right is a valid tactic as it poses the defenders different problems and gives a side a different slant. however, given the lack of confidence we are playing with we should keep it simple and have Cowie on the right and McBain/Imrie on the left. Let players get back to basics. We are short both at the back and up front though, a legacy of previous management decisions not to replace players we knew were leaving well in advance. A pacy striker and a solid centre half should be top of the shopping list for June. In the meantime, I think that giving Proctor a shot in the centre of defence is a good idea - he will be fresh and has done well for us there in the past. As for up front, it's really two of Niculae, Bayne and Wyness, not something that will fill the opposition with dread. Niculae is obviously a good player but I'd lovet o see him paired with someone like, whisper it, Dargo.

Beeb says Zibi just came on, is Mikey injured?

According to someone on P&B the rules state that: Gretna will probably limp on until the end of the season, propped up by the SPL and the fact that it takes a while to push through the whole process.

Will they be the first teamin Scotland to be docked ten points?