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Like the other poster said, it's funny how people view the game differently. I just felt he slowed the play down far to often, I don't know how often he spun in a circle taking the ball from his right foot onto his left when Woolery and O'Donnell had space to maraude forward. While he did bring out a comfortable save from Hamilton in goal, he tried a long ranger at one point when he had many bodies blocking him and his shot almost put us in a spot of bother, thankfully that Ugwe put in a powderpuff cross. The main thing is we got through to the next stage of the competition, thanks to a bit of quality from our hide and seek champions never the less.

Strange how folk view things differently. I thought the main reason Maguire had to check back so often was because several players were not making themselves available for a pass. Woolery and Roberts, for so called wingers, spent most of the match trying unsuccessfully to be centre forwards and Goss and Donnelly were just nowhere to be seen. If it was not for both (much maligned} full backs, Maguire would have had no outlet whatsoever. Maguire was the only midfielder prepared to go looking for the ball. In fact it was a re-run of Dingwall for much of the match. And I don't get the Goss love in either. Sure, he can make a lovely pass from time to time (the touch to Donnelly for the winner) but too often he passes the buck and plays others into trouble. I lost count of the number of times McGinley in particular was sold short and then moaned at for not getting a cross in because he was closed down. I expect more from Goss as he certainly has the ability. Van Veen, Tierney and Slattery had an immediate impact as we all saw. It's amazing what energy, movement and demanding the ball can achieve. Even then Tierney was often ignored as he found space to receive a pass. I hope Alexander finds a way to include all three of those substitutes from the start against Hibs, but I'm not sure where Tierney will fit when Alexander sticks to his usual formation. I think he would be best suited to slotting in behind two strikers, which is the position he excelled in before he joined us.

I'm just delighted to get through to the next round as we have been beaten by far worse tbh. I was quite surprised that lots of people have chosen Maguire for MOTM in the other thread, I thought he seemed really nervy and I don't know how often he swivvled round in a circle to play the ball with his left foot as it stifled the attack on numerous occasions. If we started with VV up top I think we would have won the game in the 90 minutes, Morton rarely threatened but they probably should have done better with the shot right on the 45th minute. The only other shot they had ended up in the back of net. Morton fans seem to think Mr Walsh gift wrapped the game for us but I think he done alright to be fair, overly fussy yes but he didn't get anything major wrong. I thought Morton were quite robust with some challenges and got lots of soft free kicks around the middle of park. The penalty incident was quite ludicrious from the Morton defender as if he tried to head it he would have won that battle against Tierney all day but instead he pushed him to the deck. I've been wanting to see Carroll back in at left back, I would admit I would rather he didn't slot back in at the centre of defensive, he lost a lot of headers, a better side would obviously punish that. It was nice to see Imrie freak out after our winner, after the initial thousand yard stare after he realised what happened he was raging with someone on his bench, Andy Millen I think. Loved his tirade of F's. I was massively dissapointed in the lack of Mattress songs. Least he'll remember his first mangerial lost was to Motherwell, with a 120th minute peach. Just on another note, after our winner the last 30 seconds was utter madness, Kelly almost handling out the box and both Carroll and McGinley slicing the ball backwards.

Now I need another vaccination after reading a Daily Mail tweet.

I wasn't aware that he had. However until that game I was somewhat naive believing that football was all about 2 teams going hammer and tongs at each other fairly and the best team won. However Alex Ferguson's antics soon dispelled that myth and I've never had any time for him since.

Agree, I thought Maguire knocked his pan in covering for the hide and seek champs in midfield!

Heard we're looking at someone from exactly that place called Andy Zoff A real speed merchant apparently who can play across the front 3

Good luck with your studies.

I remember walking along Manse Road and seeing bus after bus after bus go up Airbles Road. If the crowd that day was the 27,000 officialy recorded then St Mirren must have brought 12,000. However, I'll be a monkey's uncle if there were only 27,000 inside Fir Park that day. My father was at the Rangers cup tie of 51/52 and at the St Mirren game and he reckoned more was at the latter. Given the Main Stand was bigger and the terraces had been concreted I'd take his word for it ............ so we're talking around 37,000. I was in the shed close to the fence and I've never been so packed in in my life. My feet left the ground time after time as we swayed too and fro. When both goals went in it was utter bedlam. Best bit tho was .................. FERGIE, FERGIE, SHUT YER MOUTH