David

Who the fuck is "Steelmen Fan Page" on Twitter? He's not anyone from here, is he?

I hope we aren't debuting that abortion of an away kit today.

That would be good in theory, but I'm not sure if the club would be up for upsetting the few fans who actually pay their money for season tickets by simply moving them. They would have to ask them, and I doubt many would be up for moving. I wouldn't move, for example, but I'd be happy enough to get involved. I just don't fancy moving to the end of the east, or being the only berk in my area to stand up and start singing

Thanks to all this chat I'm always going to picture you as Larry David from the movie "whatever works"

I agree. A more central area would help fans to both right & left get involved more. Not sure how possible that is though.

A nice sunny morning, no hangover to speak of, and the season starts at Fir Park in a 3pm kick off! Does it get any better than that?

What about delayed match coverage? They have that kind of thing available on Liverpool TV, don't they? If they were to show the full 90 mins of every league & cup match 48 hours after it happening that would be pretty cool.

I would have thought that most would just be happy to see football back on a Saturday afternoon to be honest

Hopefully interviews, press conferences, daily or even weekly updates on the goings-on at the club, and maybe even highlights of the under 19 games? Maybe...

Does anyone know the reason why we play our games in Bathgate of all places?

Where is it the under 19's will be playing their home games this season?

We shouldn't be looking at risking any of the first team in a pre-season kickabout in Shotts three days before the season starts anyway.

I was going to go, but it is a hell of a jaunt from Wishaw to Shotts at that time of night, especially without a car.

You don't think his chances of breaking into a depleted Rangers team are good?

I wonder what kind of team they'll be putting out?

I think an adult looks more presentable wearing a football shirt with a pair of jeans than those you see cutting about in full tracksuits. The only grown men who should wear a tracksuit in their 30's & 40's are members of the Mafia.

Christ, we've not even started the season proper and already Forbes is getting it in the neck?

And so it begins... It doesn't seem that long since I got off the bus in the pissing rain after watching us get beaten in the final, yet a new optimism is in the air! I can't see anything other than a victory for us in this game. If we play half as well as we did against Leeds (before we started making changes, of course) then I don't see us having much of a problem. As I've said elsewhere, if we can retain the services of Murphy beyond August I think we'll be more than a handful for any team going forward. The defence does concern me right enough. Hopefully McCall has a signing in mind as the English sides confirm their squads towards the end of the transfer window. Still, I think we'll have enough to get 3 points on the board nice & early.

There was a bloke that looked a bit like you selling matchday programmes today Elder!

Let's hope I beat you to the shirt in the auction as well!

The list has been updated. Apart from the games with Hearts & Rangers every game we play until the end of October is a 3pm kick off on a Saturday. The Hearts game is a 3pm kick off on a Sunday.

If any of those match worn shirts from todays game with Leeds go up I'll certainly be interested in bidding!

The new kit is pretty decent to be fair, don't you think? I thought the 125th anniversary kit looked the business today, all the way down to the old school numbers on the back. I'm a big fan of the minimalist look though. I'd prefer the retro look every season to be honest, although I doubt that would do much for kit sales.

If we hold onto Murphy I'm looking forward to seeing the attacking partnership between him & Law. Lasley was also excellent in the first half, continuing on from last season. I thought both Humphrey and Jennings looked poor today, with a few shoddy tackles by the latter. Big Higdon doesn't seem to be at the races yet, but hopefully that'll improve over time. If we manage to hold onto the attacking players we have at present I think we'll be giving a lot of teams problems this season. Another central defender is needed, and I also get the feeling that Humphrey is going to have us all pulling our hair out again over the coming months.