Happy Dosser

"As long as Madden is not appointed referee. If he is we should call for an enquiry." Remember he refereed at Ibrox when we cuffed The Sons of William 3-1 in the play-offs and was pretty fair. I worry more about Spirtle-Legs Thomson or Gollum, my preciousssss, to be honest.

I thought Hammell had an excellent game against The Dons in the cup, both his linking play up the left and his whipped-in crosses. He also looked thinner and fitter than last season, so he still has qualities. Of course, Dunne may have been spooked by the worst surface in the Multiverse at NDP but I wouldn't mind Stevie playing at Hampden. Another game won today we would have lost year, so very happy. We have new players (and a manager) who won't give a flying fig for Sunday's opposition, a huge change from the "We are not worthy" attitude of Messrs McCall and McGhee, beaten before we even start. Can't see Hartley holding back for a minute (or Campbell, Kipre, Bowman, etc). Unfortunately, the Home Secretary has booked a holiday in Dubrovnik this week and I will only get back about half-time. COYW!

Whit happened tae ma emoji? Jeez! it was there in the preview1

that should have been. Moanly jokin'!

"By no means am I expecting a top six season and a cup win." Defeatist, BWF! :razz:

"Can't say im shocked at McCulloch's sacking, his signings have been dreadful and 0 wins in 8 is certainly relegation form." But I seem to remember a few on here lauding Killie's signing policy and the inclusion of our cast-offs, Del_Superwell. It was The Way Forward, as I recall. Sorry to see Lee lose his job, though. AA at Thistle probably at risk too now. Seems a decent guy with few resources but the directors seem to have their beady eye on him.

I gave up picking an MoM because there were so many good performances today. Thistle were nullified and looked very poor. Robinson was still not happy, screaming at a good few at various times but immediately moved Tait (what a trier: no wonder he takes painkiller before games for his Cruyff turns) after one of Archibald's substitutions. Thought Frear might have been brought on earlier to give us more width but result never in danger. The team seem to actually enjoy playing football for Robbo. Long may it continue.

Aye, Peggy was some tackler...

Re "Scouting for Moult": the Hibs scout was sitting just below me on Thursday and Billy "Whit you lookin' at?" Davies was in the padded seats on Sunday, sitting beside Gordon Dalziel (and another Mysterious Stranger). Anyone know who those two are working for at the mo? An old 'Well lag who travelled with me on the EK supporters' bus in the 70s used to tell me that players who "down tools a bit as they try to protect themselves from injury" often get a bad one doing that. I'm not sure Louis would do that either and I think SR would be having a word if he did in any case.

"When a winger is running at pace they often don't have time to look up and find the perfect pass. I think the fact we only had one in the box was as much of a problem as his cut-back." Very true CoF and Frear hardly got any service in any case. Logan's first tackle on him was a "takes ball and man" one that should have been penalised but of course wasn't. Every time Frear gets to the bye-line he's dangerous but I feel better coaching along with the strikers on angle of cross and their positioning would help. He gives us valuable width. I've tried to believe in Fisher but he seems to be one of these strange big guys who's pretty hopeless in the air, and he was completely outmuscled by the MMs "robust" defence. he probably needs a goal for his confidence but I can't see where that's going to come from.

"Never really had an opinion of Christie before, but the last 2 games have shown him to be an angry wee prick wi a chip on his shoulder,prob why Celtic signed him in the first place" Yes, Shaka. After his lunge on Tait on Thursday, there was a wee voice in my head which said he wasn't like that and that he had just lost the place. He has ability, but after his general dicking about today, including his fractured skull act, I'm subscribing to your AWP theory.

"O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!" I though Aberdeen got away with lots of fouls today from their Plough Boys and that we deserved a point. Disappointed that more was not made of Frear: he received very little service. I thought Hammell played really well on Thursday and he seems to have lost weight too. He's better at passes and crosses than Dunne and would have brought Frear more into the game.

1996-8 were the Infamous Strip years, Andy_P, so I may be out. Was it a Debbie Does Wishae vid?

Heehee! Well, we know the answer to that one, don't we, Yassin? I honestly think our football commentariat are the worst this side of Pluto. I listened to Kris Boyd damning The Moultster with faint praise on Radio Shortbread on Monday night. If the guy can score 18 odd goals a year with a club which was very poor the last two seasons, what could he achieve in a team that was firing on all cylinders? Like MFC this year (so far)? If we hold on to him for the season, faites vos jeux as to his total by May.

I think that 1-0 Celtic game you mentioned, hmlarsson, was just about the worst game I've ever seen against Celtic, and we were wearing our infamously horrible "Jester's Outfit". The pitch was rutted and the ball was up in the air for 50% of the time. You must have had nerves of steel! The team this year is worth seeing, I think. *Pins colours to mast*.

Ormond. *takes beamer*

Tommy's great at squeezing the last ounce out of his players but this is because he is starved of resources. To be frank, in an age where image is all important, he looks a bit like Willie Ormand. I think he's an excellent manager and he could do well in the English Championship. I'm still amazed by what Mr Robinson has done so far, so I'm sticking with him.

Ditto. I am curious about why you hitched your horse to our cart, though!

Quite so. But what would the Scottish media tarts know about football? We must have the most Glaikit bunch of Old Firm apologists masquerading as experts. If The Saints' Boss was called Tomasso Giusto they'd be having multiple organisms

Excellent video clip showing his energy and tenacity. He'd really get on your nerves and you wouldn't have time to get your head up to make a good pass. Just noticed there's lots of Dossers on this site. Think I'll change my name to Samantha Smoothcalf. Nice Mr Moderator Man: if you change your name, do your stats start from scratch again?

One of his best assets is his controlled aggression: his timing of the tackle is excellent and there is no flying-in like Scott Brown when he was a young, psycho right back at Hibs. I'm confident, given our backroom staff, that his progress will be managed very carefully.

To complicate matters even more, an old pal of mine, who sadly died in May, called Pat Quinn "Iniesta before Iniesta was born". Then there was Demi-God Willie Hunter and Andy Weir, the crosser supreme. And some guy called St John or something.... Great memories, but great memories were made for me last night too. And so we all go on with The 'Well...

Bert was in the first 'Well team I saw. Cultured and a good passer. Story I heard was that Shearer justified his dreadful tackle by saying, "He shouldn't have riled me." It definitely affected Bert's later career. Wille Hunter sustained a compound fracture of his arm in another match with them. Like sinjy, it has coloured my views of Them ever since. He and Charlie Aitken were immense for us. Thanks for some great memories, Bert.

"Very few of our squad have any previous experience of coming up against the old firm or big city clubs which seems to have removed the fear factor so we go to Hampden really with a clean slate and a very decent chance of progressing , bring them on !!" Good point, mfcdez: Hartley, Bowman or Kipre certainly won't give a toss. Nor should they. Btw; isn't Tony Docherty a nasty little ned?: shouting the odds at our manager like a psycho after Christie's lunge on Tait. No wonder McInnes looked embarrassed.