HawkeyeTheGnu

A waterlogged pitch is probably the only occasion where a flare would be appropriate.

Apart from the lack of consistency, the blatant favouring of two particular clubs over all others and the general clueless, gutless and spineless decision making, Scottish referees are amongst the best in the world. Perhaps if Fleming removed his head from his backside, he might actually see what is going on. Addendum: I assume the "top" refers to his position as chief of referees, rather than that his refereeing was of a superior quality. The second category is as common in Scottish football as rocking horse dung.

In terms of the bean counters in Scottish football, yes.

As a debut. it is hardly "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Welcome to the wacky world of Scottish football!

I think that the "better" teams try to play football from the off, which suits our style of play. Against the other teams we have to earn the right to play football, and we are not capable of doing that. Also, the "poorer" sides are more defensive, and we lack the movement or width to get through them. Having said all that, that is 2 more points from Partick than we managed last season!

Pretty sure Hearts are in the premiership this season...

For me, Tansey has been too inconsistent. Storey has probably been the stand out, and Williams hasn't done too much wrong. Polworth has impressed me too.

There are an awful lot of 'could', 'hopefully' and 'maybe' in that story. Cool if it comes off, but given the source, I won't be holding my breath.

Perhaps the most incendiary thing about that statement!

Probably. Bear in mind that our unbeaten run included a get out of jail equaliser against the worst team in the premiership, a blown two goal lead against the champions-elect, a win against Hamilton that also featured a blown two goal lead, and could easily have been a defeat and a 0-0 draw with a fourth tier side in the cup.

I wonder if Yogi wants to ease him back in a game we are in an unassailable position? If do, we may not see him at all this season!

I don't think we are in the relegation mix - yet! However, if we don't learn to defend, and score goals we will be in the bottom 6 after the split, and I'm not sure we have the guts to slug it out in 5 survival battles. And I really wouldn't fancy our chances in a play-off.

A poor performance, I'm afraid. Killie's first goal was as a result of a beautiful lay off by Tansey. We then didn't cover back, leaving Kiltie with a simple finish. We then managed to get ourselves back into the game to go in level at half time. Warren forced a good save from Macdonald, before we conceded again. I though that the build up to the free kick they ultimately scored from came from (yet another) unpunished foul by Hammil. We failed to clear properly and the ball fell to Slater who smacked it in from the edge of the box via the crossbar. Fon Williams seemed unhappy about something, but the goal stood. We created a number of chances thereafter, but the final touch was missing. It's clear that teams don't fear us having the ball. They are happy for us to pass the ball around in front of them, as they seem to have sussed that we will struggle to cut them open. On a day where the pitch was covered in snow and underfoot conditions must have been less than ideal, we spent far too much time either passing the ball backwards or playing our football in the middle third of the park. We should have put more pressure on Killie in the final third and see if the conditions could force some mistakes. Positives - I though Tremarco had a decent game at centre-half. The substitutions were both timely and positive - I thought Mutombo did ok when he came on, but unfortunately we didn't get the ball to Sutherland enough. Negatives - we allowed ourselves to be bullied by Hammil in midfield. The stuff the ref allowed him to get away with was beyond belief, and once it became clear that ref wasn't going to sort things out someone should have sorted him out. Wedderburn looks out of his depth at this level, and when he, Draper and Tansey all play we have too many defensive/holding type midfielders. We are crying out for some guile and creativity in midfield, and I actually think that the biggest thing we need to do in the remainder of the transfer window is find a replacement for Christie. Oh, and we need to learn to defend, and play to the conditions. Yesterday was not a tippy tappy kind of day. And that ref was fecking brutal. Hammil got away with murder - almost literally! Draper just about had his shirt removed in the penalty box in the second half and nothing was done. And given that Fon Williams gets booked for time-wasting - how the hell did Macdonald not get pulled up yesterday? If we finish in the bottom six come the split, then we face a nervous last 5 games. I would not fancy us to get much in 5 survival dog-fights.

We definitely can't afford Cummings and Malonga is gash. I haven't seen Faissal, so can't comment, but I doubt we could afford much more than a nominal fee, and I guess the Pars would want more. I don't think it's that Yogi doesn't want to spend money on transfers, it's more that budgets are tight, and money is better spent on wages.

But if the hospice are selling the shares this does not guarantee that.

Mike Ashley?

Horrible club, hateful man. A match made in heaven.

I think the term is liquidated. Liquidised would suggest they were put through the blender - an amusing thought! Dream on Walter Mitty. Just listen to the BS that Sutton is allowed to spraff on BBC 5 Live without challenge. Large parts of the media just suck up to the OF. Sadly, this trait is all to apparent in those who govern the game too.

A typical example of the ability of the old firm obsessed eejits that run our game.

They are probably worried that their first choice keeper may get injured.

Devine is suspended for this one.

I wouldn't be sticking the life savings on that yet...

Is that before or after we sack Hughes?

My hope would be that when Storey is forced out wide he has Fisher to aim at in the centre. But if we are going to be playing a target man, we definitely need somone out wide who can deliver a decent ball to the middle.