Happy Dosser

Yes, his tactical feigning of injury latterly knocked him down a bit in my estimation: an excellent goalie, though.

Yes, and selectively wrong at times. The funny thing was that when the subtitles on the vid came to Collum's name it appeared as Pierluigi Collina on my feed. As if!

When you have little confidence in those at the top, made worse by incidents like those in our final game against Celtic, these changes seem to be of the "fiddling while Rome burns" variety.

I know it's only the BBC, but it sounds like our manager 's gone a bit Sean Dychey: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4gx3e3gdz1o

I've no idea really but he looked pretty cheesed off sitting in the POD and the manager hasn't mentioned looking forward to his return, especially when the alternatives we have aren't very inspiring. Hope I'm wrong and he'll be unleashed as our new secret weapon but it was just a feeling I had. He should certainly enjoy our increase in crosses into the box.

I had hopes that Thor would be an asset but he seems injury-prone and I'm not sure our new manager has confidence in him. He was a strange choice anyway because Askou was not a simple "sling into the box for the big guy" kind of manager.

Harsh but fair.....

I shall accept your word as a gentleman, scholar and acrobat, obvs.

You're very welcome: those lyrics and his "performance" always make me laugh. We could do with yon lanky man on the right with the stetson up front this season. When you see the negative comments on this thread about Dykes it astounds me that he (and Ché Adams) kept getting selected by Clarke, who didn't seem to rate Shankland (or anybody else) at all.

'Well Again says it was 13/2/65. Andy score two and Joe McBride the other. His corners were often "bananas" or "yella hings" as we called them in the frozen wastes of EK.

For younger readers who wouldn't get the reference, I append this old Sportscene footage to explain:

I'm as confused as you. Just lazy repetition on my part: huvnyacloo.

Relieved we seem to have resumed in similar fashion to last season, despite fielding some very young players and new signings who are just bedding in. Aside from the excellent displays by Fads and Oscar, I thought Booth looked comfortable for a young 'un and Vogt had a much better night on the right, although both he and Said should have scored in the second half to put the tie beyond reasonable doubt. At least our new manager seems fully aware of the difficulties of the away tie, so I expect no complacency next week. Our defence can only get better with more games and I thought Moorman and Reich were fine. Williams looked very comfortable and Wilson was stronger than I expected. He might develop further under this manager given more minutes, which might boost his confidence. Time will tell. I know HB might not be the strongest opponents but you can only play the side in front of you and Hibs and Hearts seem to have produced typically disappointing first leg performances. COYW!

And probably to Castle Grayskull, unfortunately.