Kingsmills
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Absolutely. Unbeaten run extended and no ground lost to our promotion rivals. Definitely a glass half full scenario.
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I have no wish to diminish the efforts John Robertson has gone to to benefit our club over the last four years but it seems apparent now that the interim management team are getting something out of the players that he was failing to.
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..and mine. Another confident performance. Shane giving up his day job and reverting to full time football was a gamble for him and for us but one that is increasingly paying off. In his current form he is unlucky not to start but a wonderful asset to bring on from the bench. It's increasingly apparent that the fact that the start of our timely run of form coincided with bringing in Billy Dodds is no coincidence at all. Pity Dundee got all three points but, if we continue to play like this we won't have to worry about what other teams are doing.
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It was great to beat our rivals in the cup on Friday but this game is far more important. Vital that we get 3 points this evening to maintain our momentum towards a promotion play off place. Much much more important than a cup run as welcome as that is. We will probably survive another season in the Championship but would almost certainly be further diminished by it. For as long as a return to the Premiership is a possibility we need to be firmly focused on it and the players need to be every bit as committed this evening as they clearly were on Friday.
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Away in every round of the competition but with the 4th and 5th round draws now complete, whilst we are in no position to be complacent there is a realistic route to the semi finals. Even without the income from gate money, the TV and sponsorship money from that would be a very welcome boost indeed in these troubled financial times as would the boost to morale and confidence which might well translate into the continuing improvement of our league form. This season is now shaping up to have some real potential with some wind billowing in our sails after spending the first three quarters of it very much in the doldrums.
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Happy enough a tie that we are perfectly capable of winning if we play as well as we did on Friday even if St Mirren's defending isn't as atrocious as County's was.
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It's amazing how, over the years when we are a lower division club playing a top division team away in the cup we come away with a 1-3 victory. That said, if County continue to defend like that they won't be a top division club for too much longer and, if we continue to play like that, we might not be a lower division club for too much longer either.
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I have to profoundly disagree. It's not a slight pity, it's a great pity 😁
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Well deserved but credit to all. What a team performance. Never been a fan of Billy Dodds. Rapidly revising that opinion.
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I actually think the team can afford to relax a bit for this game which may take some pressure off and help the performance. The neutrals will be expecting a reasonably comfortable home victory so the pressure will all be on them. Would love to be in Dingwall but at home with the BBC Scotland Channel and a couple of beers will be fine for now.
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An inspirational signing. It shows ambition and demonstrates that it's not just the fans who still harbour hope of promotion. Well done to those who made it happen. If we can get both him and Doran fit between now and the end of the season our attacking and creative options will be greatly enhanced.
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If we reach there, that's definitely where I'd take a succession of 1-0 wins or even 1-0 wins punctuated with 0-0 draws.
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Ten games now under their new manager without a single victory culminating yesterday in a defeat at home to Luxembourg. The big question of the day is not Sturgeon or Salmond but Kenny or Bertie has Bertie Vogts been supplanted as the worst international manager in history by Stephen Kenny ?
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Hopefully, we will witness the sort of football that the club had something of a reputation for in the past, particularly in the days of Steve Paterson. Who can forget the likes of being 3-0 down to Ayr at half time in the cup only to come back and win the tie on the day or that dramatic game at Cowdenbeath where 4 goals were scored after the 90th minute. However, between now and the end of this season, I will happily accept winning every game 1-0 in scrappy unentertaining fashion.
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I disagree. I love the away kit and hope we retain it. I suspect that the season will start with a limited number of fans in grounds but, assuming things go well, back to something much closer to normal, including the ability to purchase a pie and a coffee, by the turn of the year. Still an outside chance that we could be back in the Premiership if we can maintain and build on the current run of results if not necessarily form.
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We have reached the stage of the season where it's points not performance that count and that's another 3 in the bag to extend our winning run. If we can keep grinding out results then a play off place remains an increasingly distinct possibility. In past seasons a play off place other than finishing second in the league has been a bit of a poisoned chalice due to the fatigue involved in having to play the extra play off rounds after a long and full season. However, this season could be different with a quarter fewer league fixtures and no Challenge Cup games. Any of the play of places might represent a prospect of promotion this year. Still plenty to play for and we seem, at last, to be on a bit of a run with almost no lingering worries about falling into the play off position at the wrong end of the table. This mediocre season could yet end well.
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Arbroath at home in the league always puts me in mind of our very first league game at Telford Street all those years ago. Who amongst us at that time would have predicted that, within two decades, we would go on to play in the finals of both the main knockout tournaments and win the most important of them as well as finishing the third best league team in the whole country. We may have fallen back a bit, maybe more than a bit, from those heady days but a remarkable journey non the less. Right now, I would happily take a repeat of the very first league result and scoreline.
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Fantastic performance and result to end Scotland's tournament. Wins in London and Paris for the first time this millennium. Congratulations to Wales on winning the tournament but, with a little a little more good fortune and a bit more discipline in the two games we lost a very good tournament for Scotland could have been a great one. Well done to all concerned. Very good omens for the future.
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I agree. He has the quality to play in the Premiership. However, there remains just an outside prospect that that could be with us.
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I am sure you are right. All parties will be disappointed that it didn't work out. A player with considerable ability and even more potential who seems destined to have a career blighted by recurrent injuries. I wish him well for the future.
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