Robert

We will be away to Dunfermline on 25 March and at home to Queen if the South on 10 March. As we are at home to Morton on 3 March, that is midweek games in three consecutive weeks.

Harper recalled from his loan to Elgin. May imply we should not expect any more defensive arrivals.

I was looking at 19/20 as the latest gauge of form. Shows Mckay with 6 from 25 and White with 7 from 28. Thats pretty even to me!

Went to the port tonight intent on sampling Gringo’s cooking and enjoy a juicy steak only to find it..... closed!

Mckay and White have very similar strike rates. I see Mckay has started for those OTB tonight so doubt they would lend him out. McCart has gone from our bench to the St Johnstone bench, at least for tonight’s game. Is the Rooney news from a reliable source?

Both fair points. I’m normally accused of being a “happy clapper” but I’m not as optimistic as normal the way the last few weeks have turned out. I just hope I’m wrong!

No, didn’t count any of them.

As things stand, our first team squad is now only 19 players, with only 5 defenders to cover 4 positions. Rooney, Mckay and Tremarco have all missed games through injury so we really need more cover or, at the very least, to recall Harper from Elgin. Whilst if McCart wanted to go we were as well to let him go and get some cash in, I agree with others: our chances of getting up have reduced this month. However, if we do manage to go up, do any of us think we could build a squad that would keep us up?

Mckay was meant to be our saviour in our relegation season and it didn’t work out so I’m not in favour of that.

That announcement was over a week ago now. Any idea when we will learn more?

I wish McCart well. He was pretty consistent for us in a no nonsense way and on occasions picked out some good passes. He always seemed to care, and impressed even in his loan spell. I just hope the stories of a fall out are unfounded as, if true, they could deter players from coming up here. As others have said, we have taken players who were going nowhere and let them progress their careers. Not just McCart but Donaldson and possibly Rooney and others like Walsh. Hopefully that means we can uncover some more potential gems, if not now but in the summer.

I think that’s naive of him. McCart didn’t play on Saturday so may feel he is being punished by others underperforming. That is hardly likely to motivate him, or any others there is interest in.

Thanks for that. I wondered where he was now. What level are Warrington at? Good they are close to home for him. With our coaching rumours, wonder if we’d ever have a role for him??

Taking on board January transfer activity and feedback from the Ayr game, do we need a shake up for Saturday? If Welsh and Walsh are fully fit, both should start and probably worth giving Toshney a start, particularly if McCart is off to Perth. What about this as a starter for eleven, with Storey playing off White: Ridgers Rooney Toshney McHattie Tremarco Welsh Vincent Walsh Storey Doran White

Just watched the highlights. If it wasn’t for the comments of those there, I’d have felt it was quite an even game. It was a bad goal to concede and Ridgers had a couple of good saves, but we had a goal disallowed for very little, one effort off the bar and we could have had a penalty. One of those days possibly and we can reassert our place in second if we beat Alloa next week before we have a couple of weekends on cup duty.

Having (what I think is) a well deserved few days in Benalmadena in Spain. Whilst exploring this afternoon, stumbled across Gringo’s Steakhouse which seems to be a Mexican restaurant and steakhouse. We may try it one evening but ate closer to where we are staying tonight. Your fame is spreading Gringo!

You mean Barry Wilson rather than Jamie McCart? Positively, a goal and an assist for Shane Sutherland today with Mackay and Harper both starting for Elgin.

I’m on the 1445 flight to Gatwick so will be in suspense until I can turn my phone back on when the flight lands....

If true, hopefully St Johnstone do come in with an offer this month. If he stays until the summer, hopefully whatever has happened behind the scenes is sorted and we get the best out of him.

If true, I wish him all the best. Even in his loan spell I was impressed by him. Yes, he had a slightly rocky spell earlier in the season and has been on the bench recently, presumably due to the transfer speculation, but he has been a consistent player for us. If we are offered decent cash to release him now, I’d be inclined to take it given we have McHattie as cover.

That sounds very positive.

57 minutes.

He came off the bench late on today, replacing Harper, and got his third goal of his loan spell.

Good that we got through. Hopefully we get either a winnable tie next or a big pay day in Glasgow.