Yngwie

I was delighted to see Esson get a start last night, but came away thinking we should stick with Fraser.

We were no worse than Falkirk last night, and didn't deserve to lose. Couldn't tell from our end if their goal was offside but Brewster was raging at the ref. Rooney looked to be brought down from behind when through on goal and just in the box, play on! Positives? Duff was our best defender, which maybe isn't saying much as the other 3 were very poor, particularly when in possession. Wood was better than I've seen him before and caused a few problems (unlike Barrowman...) and Rooney had a few good touches and was quite lively. Things to work on : free kicks from 25-30 yards. We won a handfull of them and wasted every single one.

That'll be why Kingsmills failed to mention the scores then! Selective memory rather than ailing memory!

Well I'm going now, so that might take us up to 75?

Does this also mean the club have no excuses not to sign Bobby Mann?

I'm told the Friday board meeting went as follows : "So much longer do we give that Spanish bloke?" "Juande?" "At the most!"

Speak for yourself!

People have talked about the importance of having experienced strikers, which may be true, but at the end of the day both Woods and Rooney have more goals this season than many very experienced SPL strikers, like Dargo and Wyness.

I think the club usually pays for the travel and accommodation. But you've got to kiss a few frogs before you find your prince.

An extremely distasteful wind-up, the sort of thing Leeds fans have dished out many times.....

Can't we train our players to use both feet equally?

The commentator definitely said that Stoke have got an option to take him back. The negotiations to get him here were lengthy, with Stoke initially wanting just a loan deal with a recall option, so it would be no surprise that when we finally got our man thay still have some sort of option. Unless he starts banging in a serious number of goals though, I can't see it being anything to worry about.

Nae luck for Sunderland, and for Kieran Richardson in particular, v Fulham on Saturday, With the keeper beaten, his free kick hit the inside of the post, bounced on the line, hit the opposte post, bounced back along the line, hit the keeper and then hit the post for the 3rd time. Can't say I've seen that before. Just to compound his bad luck, he hit a cracking free kick into the net later on, only for the ref to rule it out due to some alleged pushing in the wall. Match of the Day showed what actually happened : Sunderland had sent Chimbonda into the Fulham wall, which unsettled them a bit, so Jimmy Bullard reaches across and strokes Chimbonda's c**k, and then does it again just as the free kick is about to be taken! Can't say I've seen that before either.

The concensus seems to be that he offers much more of an attacking threat than Hastings, but is less reliable as a defender. Mind you, Hastings looked pretty poor to me v Celtic.

Ewan Murray? Unfortunate face? That's him. He covers Scottish football for the Guardian. He would have a greater readership if he posted his articles here.

He really should have sent Blackie off. But we should have had a corner. So that evens things out. But yes, he was pretty good.

I can't help thinking back to the time I phoned the cinema in Galashiels one to ask what time the film started, to which they replied "Erm, what time can you get here?" In the end there were 4 other people in the audience. Any reports yet on Alba's average viewing figures? Aside from the SPL football, they must be getting something similar 3rd division crowds a lot of the time.

A true football fan who poured his fortune down the drain invested millions in the club that he loved.

"McDonald, McDonald Kentucky Fired Chicken and Pizza Hut" etc

Aged 25 and looking for his 8th club. No thanks. 5 foot 7. Again, no thanks.

Burley won't be walking away, just explaining his side of the story I would expect.

Can't argue with the result. Aside from Iwulemo's unbelievable miss, Norway had all the best chances and could well have snatched the points. Craig Gordon was our best player. And I thought Iwelumo actually looked pretty decent, and we looked far far more threatening after he came on.

Who are Crichton?

Oops. Just as well I'm not in a job that involves extensive use of spreadsheets.

I think you are probably right, but as they say in Excel: =IF((?20*4,000)<(?10*5,000),?20,?10) In other words, the club gets a lot less money if they cut prices!