lukemackay

Are we good enough for the spl? I reckon county could easily match us this season. Going 24 games unbeaten in the first division is a great achievement. They are looking the real deal and there shouldn't be any complacency in our camp for next season or we may be in for a shock. Going 24 games unbeaten is a great achievement no matter who you are but recently they have been showing frailties which could lead to them finding points hard to come by in the spl. Giving away leads and not putting games away is why we are where we are this season I could see county in a similar position next season.

fox are showing spl games in america it started with dundee utd vs rangers yesterday and they are showing the old firm next week. http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s2&newsid=11167

he thought that it was falkirk that scored the penalty he was so drunk. anyone else think just edging a 2-1 win against a inexperienced 9 man falkirk team wont be good enough for the spl?

Best day of his life to the worst in an instant sincerely hope that it's not the case but if it is true then I hope he pulls through and makes a speedy recovery

seems his careers back on track back in bucharest and got his first goal in 2 years for the national team in january

i left when bale hit his cross out for a goal kick for my dinner and when i came back the game was abandoned and he wasnt breathing thankfully hes in a stable condition now in hospital get well soon

i will not miss him especially after not giving us the 3 penalties against hibs we deserved and not giveing us that foul

what would happen for county away would we have to go in the south stand, will they have to or will it be split 50/50? thats my one and only concern is whether i have to fork out 15 pound or not. i think we should send a letter of the tcs rules 1. no standing 2. no shouting 3. no sweetie rusling and so on.

or maybe hes just passionate and wants the club to win. it not like those of us in the stands reacted any different.

good to see one of our former players going places

kris doolan anyone going by stats here but ten this season for partick nae bad. or ryan donelly of airdrie, not sure what his contract situation is but think we will need to pay a rather large sum (by our standards) to get him. and michael mcgowan has also caught my eye in the cups for ayr this seaon. replacment for hayes? (hypothetically speaking).

option 1 or 3 as captain it wouldnt be right to just ignore it it was just a moment of madness and i guarentee he wont live it down for a while theyll be able to laugh and joke about it now, but at the time though foran had to at least react tbh i just laughed and said what a goal i just knew something like that would happen especially since we were on top.

It showed the full game on sky sports last night and I have to say he didn't look out if place at all

that was the first time ive seen nick turn round to the ref and show his frustration that in itself shows how poor he was. nick is usually so composed and has a get up and get on with it attitude on the park

We had 17 shot to killies 3 and were by far the better side the only thing we lacked was a ruthless streak as butcher pointed out in his interview we've played much worse than that and won How many of those shots were on target or came anywhere near being goals? Killie were nothing special either and really should've been there for the taking. No different than the team that played rangers? Yeh only winnal, golobart, tokely, and Sutherland? (correct me if Sutherland did play against rangers) it was a totally different side. I meant the attitude and effective-ness of the team. Some thing never change. It's fair to say not everything worked for foran but he wasnt awful, he put in a c**t of a shift today. No player was awful today effective-ness? sorry but against rangers we conceded 4 goals and 20+ shots the defense was definatly more effective thats not to mention our shots. as for the shots on target we had 8 times more than killie. and attitude? did you not see the drive from foran today to get on the end of the corner which led to the goal and get to the through ball to create the one on one which admitidly he should of put away but bell done well aswell. again we are back to the point of foran working his arse off. he led the team magnificently it wasnt about what he done when he got the ball today it was about what he done to get the ball his attitude was top class. he could hardly run by the time he was subbed off. like him or not no one in our squad has more desire than him. '' '' thats contructive. I'm sorry to go against you mate, but I hardly find a defense that leaks 4 goals but keeps out 20 shots on goal, effective. I see where you're coming from as they kept out the majority, but they should be minimising those chances in the first place. Also I think there's a lot to say against the midfield who let a team through them enough to have that many shots. But I can't back you up on Foran. You can run, put your heart into a game, but it means nothing if you don't actually do anything of menaing. And unfortunately Foran doesn't. The most consistent thing he will do is moan at the ref and his own players. And once again as I've said before, Billy Mckay? About as effective as a mannequin up front. i didnt mean they were effective against rangers i meant they were more affective against killmarnock than against rangers. my fault for not making it clear enough. on foran imagine if all our players showed the desire he did today we would have trounced them. i know forans not the best footballer but as a leader i thought he was magnificent today. mckay hes been poor in the most part here he had a good start and has definatly got worse but today he was much improved.

fair play to him would have rather seen him doing it at falkirk but what can you do. please no one bring up the ''why did butcher let him go'' again its tedious. do us all a favour.

We had 17 shot to killies 3 and were by far the better side the only thing we lacked was a ruthless streak as butcher pointed out in his interview we've played much worse than that and won How many of those shots were on target or came anywhere near being goals? Killie were nothing special either and really should've been there for the taking. No different than the team that played rangers? Yeh only winnal, golobart, tokely, and Sutherland? (correct me if Sutherland did play against rangers) it was a totally different side. I meant the attitude and effective-ness of the team. Some thing never change. It's fair to say not everything worked for foran but he wasnt awful, he put in a c**t of a shift today. No player was awful today effective-ness? sorry but against rangers we conceded 4 goals and 20+ shots the defense was definatly more effective thats not to mention our shots. as for the shots on target we had 8 times more than killie. and attitude? did you not see the drive from foran today to get on the end of the corner which led to the goal and get to the through ball to create the one on one which admitidly he should of put away but bell done well aswell. again we are back to the point of foran working his arse off. he led the team magnificently it wasnt about what he done when he got the ball today it was about what he done to get the ball his attitude was top class. he could hardly run by the time he was subbed off. like him or not no one in our squad has more desire than him. '' '' thats contructive.

We had 17 shot to killies 3 and were by far the better side the only thing we lacked was a ruthless streak as butcher pointed out in his interview we've played much worse than that and won No different than the team that played rangers? Yeh only winnal, golobart, tokely, and Sutherland? (correct me if Sutherland did play against rangers) it was a totally different side. We were a lot better in possession which is proved by the fact we got 17 shots away against a "possession side" in killie on another day we would have won. It's fair to say not everything worked for foran but he wasnt awful, he put in a c**t of a shift today. No player was awful today

On the contrary he actually got man of the match

Today i thought his tactics were spot on solid at the back good going forward We actually got the ball in the box played it on the ground and i could count the amount of long balls on one hand We outplayed killie today just getting the ball in the back of the net was an issue

Foran terrific! Thought he had an absolute howler. Couldn't do anything right though he did play his part on the build up to the goal. Not everything worked but no one could ignore the shift be put covered every blade of grass and for that I will say he was brilliant He led the team well IMO showing desire and passion to win By the end he was absolutely shot

So if we had a fit jones, doran, hogg, and meekings, all season we wouldn't be higher in the league? There's no doubt that we would be higher imo

I don't see a need for to many changes our squad just now I think is really good if we hadn't been ravaged by injuries then we would be higher in the table. Try naming our best team if all our players were fit. try to retain our two on loan centre backs, piermayr, Hogg, gillet, should all be tried to re-sign With shinnie and meetings already signed for next season that leaves us with good cover at the back next season maybe needing 1 more centre back I'm not sure wether tokely should be kept on though he's not had the best of season butcher will have to make a decision on him wether he believes he has another season in him whatever butcher decideds il back him Our midfeild and attack should be kept much the same try to re-sign jones and tansey and Hayes with doran and foran signed for next season already we could do with another centre mid and a winger if Hayes decides to move on Attack re-sign tade, sutherland (if hes out o contract) and maybe McKay I'm still undecided on him though. Try to get another striker in. But I feel we have a good squad just now and not much needs changed just now

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11795/7576201/Esson-eager-to-win-new-deal hes worthy and hes kean.

this seasons all about staying up now it looks like weve achieved that. if we stay injury free for the rest of the season that will definatly happen. for us its all about next season preparing right getting the right players in. get a good pre season and if lucks on our side suirely our injuries wont be so bad next season. im 100% certain that if hogg, cox, doran, owain, and a.shinnie had stayed fit wed be sitting pretty pushing top 6 its all about keeping them fit next season. butcher could never foresee the injuries we would be plaqued by this season butcher cant be blamed for everything. maybe recently his tactics havnt been to everyones taste but at the end of the day we have to look at what hes done for us overall in the last 2-3 years not the last 2-3 weeks.