Robert

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I took Stronger Together to be a clever play on ICTST: the ST stands for both Supporters Trust and Stronger Together.

Kirk Broadfoot for Morton last night.

In case anyone is interested, Citylink are operating a coach service between Glasgow and Troon to connect with the Arran ferries operating there rather than Ardrossan until August to accommodate MV Alfred. I’m told it’s normally operated by their first electric coach so a chance of an unusual photo if anyone is in the vicinity.

Some context to both the above. The comment about being a property business was in relation to the club not being able to generate enough income from footballing activities to sustain a full time team, along with other current activities such as the Academy. By using its assets to generate income it can do so. I’m sure the Chairman said previously the club now owned the ground, opening up opportunities like Red John. On the Battery Farm, the intended purchaser has walked away due to the delays. The Chairman said that a replacement will not be hard to find, but there may be a reduction in value due to changes in the market. However it remains very sellable as it has a grid connection which can be used next year, with most schemes apparently 2027 or later.

That’s not correct. The Trust is seeking to increase the voice fans have in the way the club is run and potentially have a seat on the Board. When they decide to use the funds raised to buy shares, they have said they will only do so if they get commitments from the club.

Nikolay Todorov for Airdrie, Logan Chalmers for Ayr, Coll Donaldson for Falkirk, Rory McAllister for Peterhead and Alex Fisher for Yeovil yesterday. In the Highland League, two for Garry Wood for Banks O’Dee and one for Aiden Wilson for Inverurie. Daniel Hoban was one of three players sent off in stoppage time in the Banks O’Dee game.

It looked a really sore one when he was caught by Cammy Kerr. It looked like he (Savage) tried to pull out but too late.

I’m really surprised we are not using MacGregor. I’ve no issue with Lawal, who works hard and has some nice touches, but MacGregor should be in the team ahead of him.

It’s a long time since I’ve left the ground feeling as good as I did today. In difficult conditions, I thought we did very well. We won the toss and chose to play with the wind. With the wind advantage, we seemed eager to play more directly than in recent home games and to press Arbroath and even shoot on sight. We could easily have been two up after five minutes, with Samuel hitting the bar and their ‘keeper saving a good effort. The game settled and I was worried our territorial advantage and chances were not going to see us get a lead, but a very good finish by Duffy got us in front. In the second half, we were less direct, presumably as we were playing into the gale, but we made the better chances. Arbroath scored with their only attempt on goal in the whole game, but credit our players for digging deep and getting the win with a tremendous finish by Samuel (who took some stick from the Arbroath defence all game but kept looking for more). We thoroughly deserved the win and hopefully we now have momentum for the critical visit to Queens Park next week. Well done to all!

They should follow your suggestion of the three hour bus journey!! The forecast is for wind tomorrow which hopefully doesn’t make the game a lottery. We need to go for it from the first whistle and shoot on sight. It’s now or never for saving our season.

Brora fans I know are saying he’s contributed nothing during his time with them!

Stenhousemuir v East Fife draw at 3.10 please.

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We’ve only 8 players contracted for next season: Mckay, Ujdur, Brooks, Gilmour, Longstaff, Davidson, Nicolson and Savage. Presumably Davidson will leave by mutual consent at the end of the season given he’s out on loan. There have been rumours about Billy Mckay wanting to move on at the end of the season, but I’ve no idea if there is any substance to them, hopefully not. Regardless of which league we are in, we need to utilise our promising youngsters. Guys like Nicolson, Bray, Thompson, Cairns, Walker and Strachan need to be given their chance, supported by whatever experienced players we retain or bring in.

We have played 10 games in February and March, during which time we’ve been knocked out of the cup, not won a game, and taken 5 points out of a possible 27. That run of 9 winless league games is very similar to our bad runs under Dodds in each of the previous two seasons. I’m really struggling to see any signs that we are capable of collecting enough points in our last five games to get ourselves to safety. I hope I’m wrong and we put a run together, as we really need to beat Arbroath and Queens Park in our next two games. Slipping up in either does not bear thinking about.

Marley Watkins for Kilmarnock and Kirk Broadfoot for Morton yesterday. More locally, Calum Mackay and Aaron Nicolson both scored for Nairn.

And we could face Alloa and Hamilton who we’ve struggled against in recent seasons.

It’s another weekend where many of those we are trying to catch will pick up points given the other fixtures. We could do with Airdrie winning at Ayr tonight, but that would put them out of sight for us. Similarly if Dunfermline beat Arbroath we are unlikely to catch them either. We then have out of form Morton hosting Queens Park so at least one of them will be amongst the points. If we lose and both Ayr and Queens Park win (or Ayr win and Morton draw with Queens Park) we will be 5 points off 8th with 5 games left. All iffs and buts, but we really do need a win tomorrow.

Alloa @ 1.80 please.

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Scott has attended the Fans Meetings organised by the Supporters Trust and it is good he is the new SLO and looks to want to make a positive impact in the role.

Nikolay Todorov scored the winning goal for Airdrie in the Challenge Cup final today.

Cillian Sheridan for Queens Park and both Garry Wood and Ethan Cairns for Banks O’Dee today.

The assist was good play by Pepple I’m told.