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Chris Humphrey owned their back 4 last season, so I'm confident if we play with a bit of pace in the team we can win this by a couple.

Quarter final of a (seeded) League Cup is unlikely to produce anything fresh.

Aye, because jinxes are real (scientific fact).

Ramsden for Sunderland (Manager!) Is someone on a wind-up? Read this in the rumours in today's Scotsman

Morton fans were not chuffed in the run up to that game either. Having said that, we are quite capable of blowing a League Cup tie to lower league opposition.

Priority number one is winning this tie. If we can get some of the fringe players involved during the game that is great, but only if it doesn't risk our chances of moving into the next round.

He'd have a lot to live up to at Firhill given Lawless' SPFL goal tally (total of 2; both against Ross County)

The straight banana was a myth created by the right-wing tabloids.

I vote for a custom designed Kappa kit

I don't think shutting up shop is the game plan. It's more a consequence of not taking our chances when we are on top. However, the players have handled it not too badly, so can't complain too much. Be easier on the old ticker when we get 3 goal leads though.

Except it's not quite bang on the money because it seems that everyone does understand the uproar against the police action. However, you are allowed to disapprove of the police action *and* question why anyone is stupid enough to let off a smoke bomb in an SPFL ground in full knowledge that it would likely have a negative impact on the club and the bois excellent reputation. Condemning the smoke bombers in no way means you are condoning the police.

The police overreaction was wrong. The smoke bombers were wrong.

That's it in a nutshell. Everyone knows by now that you can't let off smoke bombs inside any SPFL ground. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the regulation, you can't argue it exists. Moreover, after all the good work done by the bois (and the club) to promote themselves and gain wider acceptance at away grounds - this is a backwards step. If the club is fined, that just makes it even worse. None of that excuses heavy handed policing or stewarding - some common sense needs to be show by them too. But why even give them the chance?

Saints have never forgiven us for that famous Cup game where they felt we kicked them of the park (which was ironic given their style of play at the time). We could play like Barcelona and they wouldn't give us any credit for it.

Lawson apparently played at right back a few times in his brief Celtic career.

In the 2011 report, Scots adults buy 23% more alcohol than their UK counterparts.So there is definitely a difference once you cross the border. We can argue whether that leads to worse behaviour at a game (and statistically you would think it at least increases the risk), but there is definitely a difference between Scotland and England.

He wouldn't have been sacked though (given that he didn't have a contract). He joined on an agreement to stay until the end of the season. There was nothing agreed beyond that point. His track record was not good in building teams or developing clubs - and that wasn't an issue, because it was never part of his brief. I have no problems with the job he did in his initial spell, but would have preferred new blood (like a McCall) as soon as possible after that.

I always said Brown should be have been punted at the end of his first season. He did the job he came for (to add a wee bit of stability), but was a poor decision to keep him on after that as he was never the man the take the club forward.

There no such thing as a bogey team in terms of luck (or voodoo or whatever you want to call it), but there are definitely teams who play a style that we find difficult to beat regardless of their current form. St. Mirren have been one of those teams in recent times, as have Kilmarnock.

Aye, a dig around the internet shows that he officially joined us on May 17th 2006 and was given the boot on June 1st, 2007. So he did have a full season in charge. In which case his SPL points average was exactly 1 per game (38 from 38 games).

They can't be trusted though. They have the right, but they can't be trusted. Granted it was a few years ago, but the last Milwall game I was at (where booze was on sale inside the stadium), a large group of their fans ripped off the seats and started chucking them onto the pitch at the end of the game.

I honestly don't remember - I seem to have blanked out that season! Now I'm at home I'll have a poke around the statto sites.

Quite possibly, but it was all I had access to via the office VPN.

That would be true if the stats I looked at hadn't read that he won 10 and drew 7 from 35. By my reckoning that is 37 points from 35 games. If wiki has those stats wrong, then I take no responsibility

Malpas has a better win% but lost over half his games in charge (losing 18 out of 35) Gannon has a slightly weaker win% but lost less than a third of his games in charge (losing 5 out of 17) Gannon had a better points per game stat (1.18) vs Malpas (1.06). EDIT: That's based on the stats on wiki, but I imagine they are correct.