Happy Dosser

A performance of silk (second goal) and steel, and we are still in the getting-to-know-you stage of team building. I hope Captain Chaos's goal will give him the confidence to develop into a consistently dangerous player. Our winner will make other teams wary of our counter-attacking ability too, which is nice.

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.

I think Joe was signed from Irvine Vics and what a player he was defensively, with those India rubber legs; rarely booked and always willing.

There's really no reason for the authorities' vindictive behaviour towards Watt (and by extension, our club) but it would be good to hear their feeble justifications.

I agree that the Pony one (claret with amber candy stripes) was a good one, probably a nod to the C&A striped jerseys we wore for four years (copying Bradford City as usual) before switching to the unique hoop in 1928. Of course, we don't really need the reverse strip at all since we brought out ye olde petrol blue version at the end of last season but it may be a money-spinner as leisure wear.

Yes, happy memories of Willie Hunter, Pat Delaney etc wearing the reverse strip after lifting the Summer Cup in the mid-sixties.

Also I don't think he would be comfortable playing out from the back, possibly why JBA didn't fancy him much.

Yep, this is the structural hurdle (coupled with a low national UEFA co-efficient) which militates strongly against clubs like ours. Never mind, I'm sure the SFA and SPL will come up with a long-term master plan for the benefit of Scottish football, both at club level and internationally. Ahoo, werewolves of London!

Fairy nuff: thanks.

In the video above of Just's penalty, isn't that Vogt toeing the 18 yard line? Admittedly, I haven't got used to some of our new faces.

Quite, although IIRC we didn't routinely change when playing Hearts in the past. There's plenty of old footage on YT to prove that. The problem in days of yore arose when we played the likes of Partick Thistle or East Fife, and Dundee United after they ditched their B&W for tangerine and black. Now Livingston are doon ablaw there isn't much need for a change strip other than to make money, really, especially since we already brought out our blue 1913 SE jersey at the end of last season.