Renegade

Foran is banned for this game, Davis has gone and Chippendale is unknown! Esson Piermayr Golobart Gillet G.Shinnie Cox Tokely Tansey Tade McKay Hayes Subs - Tuffey, Morrison, Meekings, Sutherland, Doran, A.Shinnie, Ross Try and keep the defence with some continuity - Tokely goes into the "Foran Role" sitting in front of the defence as he did against Ayr earlier in the season. I did consider putting Piermayr in there as he was good in the midfield in an earlier game, but I think in a 4-3-3 he has more pace to get forward down the wings that Tokely does.

I have a prediction that when the next penalty comes, knowing our luck, it'll be missed!

Absolutely not. There's enough of their fans allowed into the ground as it is!

Well I was wanting Auchlenleck Tablot before the draw - now I'm glad we didn't get them cause they would've won yesterday. But seriously, that was bad, really bad. Plan A seemed to consist of long hoofs towards 5"7 Billy McKay who was up against two centre backs, both well over 6 foot! Absolute nonsense, no wonder he did nothing. Plan B by the way, didn't exist! As soon as Gillet was sent off the team seemed to have no idea what they were doing - Hayes, McKay and Tade seemed unsure what their actual position was. Foran is a far better player in the middle of the park than up-front and it showed yesterday. Golobart was solid enough, but three times he tried to shoot from miles out which was just pointless. The substitutions seemed awfully odd too - Cox was poor throughout and should've been hooked for Meekings by half time at least, but no, that change doesn't happen till the game's nearly over. Why was wasn't Sutherland put on when chasing the game? In fact, why wasn't he on from the start? Doesn't seem to get a game half as much anymore and he was the type of player that was needed yesterday. Also, I think the calls for Tuffey to replace Esson will die down now - his distribution, particularly from his feet was very poor and he looked quite prone to errors. Things can only get better I suppose.

Tuffey Piermayr Golobart Gillet G.Shinnie Tansey Foran Cox Tade McKay Hayes Subs - Esson, Meekings, Sutherland, Morrison, Doran

This is not cool I tell you! Not cool!

I think a lot of social media things are like that. Any complaints, irrelevant of what they are, are met with a "ignore it and it'll go away/it's nothing to do with us" kind of attitude - in other words, they just don't care.

I remember watching the 3-3 game on Alba earlier in the season, and every time Tade or Gillet came near the ball, the booing was quite clearly being picked up on the TV. But here's the thing - is this a fairly new phenomenon? I don't recollect hearing this happening at Dunfermline at any previous season, and nor do I remember hearing about any racist abuse during the season in the First Division when Odhiambo and Lionel Djebi-Zadi were on the go. Where have all these racists come from?

Game Off

Chippendale, Proctor, Foran, Tudur-Jones, Andrew Shinnie and Hogg are out for this one, but Tokely should be back. For me - Esson Tokely Golobart Gillet Hayes Cox Tansey Davis G.Shinnie Tade McKay Subs - Tuffey, Piermayr, Sutherland, Meekings, Doran, Ross, Morrison An attacking, Steve Paterson-esque 3-5-2 for me. Saints often play with two dangerous forwards, so for me the ideology of having two to mark and one to cover comes into the forefront. Graeme Shinnie is moved to left wing with Tade moved back into the middle to partner McKay up-front. I feel that Tade is better in that area, while McKay looks like he would benefit from having someone to work alongside him to create chances for him to finish off (the creator/finisher sort of thing).

Whether Foran played on or not is irrelevant. It was a dreadful tackle and it was just pure luck that Foran was relatively unhurt.

The annoying thing for me with the tackle, is that the ref blowed against Foran not even a minute before hand for essentially nothing! And then doesn't even notice the leg breaker.

I recollect reading an article at the start of the season where Foran said that Tansey was going to be the first choice penalty taker this season.

I see Newcastle Jets (great name - great kit!) play in an ICT-esque red and blue striped number. I always thought they played in gold. I would've liked to have seen Sanchez stay another season myself. Edit - Renegade's Xmas Fact - Newcastle Jets' real name is "Newcastle United Jets" for some reason and have Francis Jeffers playing for them.

If that be the case then, I'd have Tokely come back in for Piermayr with Foran going into the middle of the 4-3-3.

I'd like to see Sutherland stay put for the time being. He adds a bit of bite when he comes on that would be missed if he was elsewhere. Ross and Morrison should be loaned out and there's no harm in Polwarth doing the same. Proctor isn't good enough and I wouldn't be sad to see the club lose him.

Esson Piermayr Tokely Golobart Gillet Hayes Tansey Davis G.Shinnie Tade McKay Subs - Tuffey, Cox, A.Shinnie, Doran, Sutherland, Meekings, Morrison Think Foran is suspended for this game, so switch to an attacking 4-4-2 for me. If Tokely is still out, then go for the same defence as yesterday but switch to 4-3-3 with Hayes going up-front and Cox or preferably Andrew Shinnie coming into the middle.

The amount of people queuing for food, especially when the game is on, is always baffling to me. I learnt a long time ago that the stuff was overpriced and the catering service was rubbish, so I stopped going. Haven't bought anything to eat or drink at the Caley Park in over two years.

Both penalty claims were soft IMO. Also looking at the footage, I think that Foran WAS offside - only just, but off nonetheless.

I wonder if the club would be better off building a stand akin to what County have across from their main stand - albeit a standing version. In my opinion, something like that, or a standing version of the North/South stands would look pretty good - the grounds always looked kind of unfinished to me with only three sides.

Apparently though, "safe standing" isn't like what ICT had before. It's this kind of thing - Presumably that would be more costly than taking out the seats in the West Stand.

Esson Gillet Tokely Golobart G.Shinnie A.Shinnie Foran Davis Tade McKay Hayes Subs - Tuffey, Piermayr, Tansey, Sutherland, Meekings*, Ross, Cox An attacking 4-3-3 for me - the defence was good yesterday so keep it the same. I also feel that Andrew Shinnie should start and is better in the middle than Tansey. Keep Foran where he is, with Davis coming straight back in. * - If Meekings is still out, Morrison comes onto the bench.

From the angle I had from when I was there, it was NOT over the line - but was tantalisingly close to being so.

Also for what it's worth, I thought the starting formation was - Esson Gillet Tokely Golobart G.Shinnie Foran Cox ---------------Tansey Hayes-----------------------------------------Tade McKay

It's a sickener. ICT were the better team in significant portions of that game. Particularly just after the goal - every time ICT won the ball, it looked like a goal was coming. Just a shame that Rangers had to score and thus win the game - they didn't deserve it and they and their fans know it. Of ICT, all the players to a man I thought had a good game, though some showed it more than others. Esson really didn't have much to deal with, apart from one excellent save right at the start. I thought Golobart was excellent throughout and is one of the best distributors of the ball in the entire team. Tokely was his normal steady self, while Gillet (the surprise choice at right back) filled the role well. Graeme Shinnie was one of the best player on the park - a real attacking wing back who was getting past the opposing number at times like he wasn't there. Foran is far more suited to a midfield role and Hayes played well on the wing. Tade was not as in the game as he normally is, due to his position of left wing, but he seemed to come more into the game as time went on. McKay I thought had a good shift and was very unlucky with two glorious chances, but I do feel at times that in that system, someone with a bit more force would be better - Shane Sutherland could do the job well. The introduction of Andrew Shinnie changed the game and ICT looked far more dominant in both midfield and attack when he came on. An unlucky defeat, but a lot can be taken from the performance.