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Enjoyed last night's second half. The first forty-five was a bit of a non-event for us - we struggled to cope early on with Thistle's front three and took a good 20-25 minutes to grow into the game. Bar a flurry of crosses and corners into the box, we didn't do much, and had to rely on Carson looking back to himself (after Saturday) with some smart saves. Second half was a different story though, credit to Robinson for changing the shape from our usual line-up to the diamond as it worked a treat. Just watched the BBC highlights and, although Thistle undoubtedly created more chances and we had to ride our luck a little late on as they threw everyone forward, they make it look like we were under the cosh for 90 minutes. That certainly wasn't the case in the second half, I'd say we edged it as the better team, looked dangerous on the break, killed the game when required, and overall put in a very decent - not fantastic - but very decent second-half performance. Stand outs for me were Carson looking confident and commanding again after Saturday, Cadden who looked far better when he went centrally later on in the game, McHugh who - despite continuing his season of misplaced passes - put in some superb challenges in the middle of the park, and Bowman who ran himself into the ground, gave the Thistle defence a torrid time, and well deserved his goal. However, the really big mentions have to be for Allan Campbell and David Turnbull. The former put in the kind of performance that we've come to expect now, and the latter was tremendous - his composure and technical ability is obvious and he looked like he'd been in the starting line-up for months. There's something really enjoyable and entertaining about witnessing the Youth Academy lads not just progressing into the first XI, but being the best players on the park - if we're going to be watching those two pairing each other in the middle of the park regularly next season, take my season ticket money now.

Clancy announced as ref

Great player for us. Hope he is a success in coaching.

The The The Rangers........... ;-)

I get your thinking but we've been fairly pish in the league all season however we haven't put a foot wrong in any cup game so far. I include the league cup final in that. Here's ourknockout stats (not including the league cup group): P 8 W7 L1 F17 A5. All 8 games have been against Premiership opposition. Regardless of league form, we do seem to have a knack for rising to the occasion this year.

We all know we are rank outsiders, however, If we are pish in the final but still win it, I won’t be giving a toss. I would rather play badly and win, than play well but ultimately still lose.

That’s bad news.!! He might not be able to hold the cup up above his head after we win the final.

Football is such a precarious profession that every game should be played as if it were your last. Pick the best players to do the best job for the game immediately facing you. Pick a squad to offer you options and flexibility. Give each game the best you have. So let’s give Partick some welly!!! COYW...

Zero buzz.. Really? If you can't enjoy being a fan at this time I don't know when you can. I've not seen our support so buzzing in a while. The great thing is most fans i've spoken to have faith in the team to pull off an upset (as do i) This is far from being a foregone conclusion. It's crazy how far we have come in a year, we have the possibility of winning a Scottish cup and playing in Europe next year.. enjoy it