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Aye, comes across well… good luck to him

Watt was the best for me. Much better from Ojala than I saw last week. O’Hara put in a shift as well

Brilliant news for Kelly. I thought he should have been in ahead of McLoughlin in the Euros squad as well.

Another great example of the qualities I didn’t see from Ojala today. Hope we start to see it in the next few games.

I definitely agree that a bit of stability in formation and team selection is needed… but although I’m not writing Ojala off, I’d argue that good players will stand out, no matter who they’re playing with… and great players will make average players look good too. I’m reminiscing about Peter Hartley’s start with us… he just looked great from the off, with his quality / leadership / organisation… Ojala looks miles off that, by comparison

A huge three points which was the most important thing today, and hopefully gives us a bit of confidence and something to build on. But… and there are many buts… I actually left the stadium more satisfied after the Hibs defeat than I did today with a win. One of my buts is Ojala. First time I’d seen him in the flesh but he looked a combination of: nervous / not up to fitness / not up to the standard required. I’m not writing him off yet, but I expected more from an international defender.

… then the player jets in

I assume you're totally right about indoor events with people packed together (nightclubs / gigs / theatre etc) being more risky than outdoor sports like football, especially where alcohol is involved… but perhaps part of the thinking for doing it the way that’s been announced is to give arts / culture / nightclubs a bit of a break. They’ve been almost entirely closed since the start of the pandemic, whereas sport has been able to continue, albeit partially and with restrictions in place. On the basis that you can’t / shouldn’t (yet) let everything go with no restrictions, it’s arguably fair to let arts / culture go next - this sector has probably been the worst affected. If it means I can’t get to away games for a wee while yet, I’m ok if it means gigs can re-start.

... Or (depending on your point of view) taking care to protect public health when football fans have consistently shown that they're unwilling to follow basic guidelines

To the tune of Let it Be... KVV, KVV, KVV, KVV... scored against the Hibees, KVV Or against the Celtic / Rangers / whatever...

You almost scored a ‘great wee mighty rollercoaster’ hat-trick in the one post there

As Lamie showed at the end of last season as well... he is good in the air and if he keeps it simple and cuts out what looks like casualness or a lack of concentration, then he can be a very decent player for us.

Same issue resolved for me in the same way

Van Veen could have had 5 today, and should have had 3

A couple of comments already about Lawless, who I think looks fitter / sharper than last season. Maybe he wasn’t fully fit last year? I went for Lamie… dominant in the air all day, and scored

I think most / all people with ballot success have been emailed with bar-coded tickets on a PDF. Maybe check your junk mail? I did also see a couple of things on MFC Facebook where things have gone wrong somehow, and the response from MFC was ‘contact the ticket office’. Hopefully it’s all good, seems like everyone who wants to get in will do so

Wow, glad I asked… thanks for pointing it out. 700 ‘Well fans there, better be an improvement on last night

With 2,000 fans being allowed in to stadia from next Monday (unless I’m totally confused with the change in levels), does this mean we should expect an announcement re away fans at Airdrie next week?

At the very front at the end of the Cooper stand. Will get a great view of the shit corners… I mean, the newly minted creative set piece routines

Maguire looked energetic, but I went for O’Connor who I thought looked fairly assured on his debut… albeit without being put under a lot of pressure

Anyone heard any results from the league cup ticket ballot?

We have 4 goalies though. With Carson’s range of passing, he could be the missing link as the creative midfielder were looking out for.

Kelly is a brilliant signing. What’s that worth versus having a ‘par’ kind of goalie at our level? 5-10 points a season?

On the topic of where the SPFL is in comparison with League One or Two down south, I once had a wee chat pre season with Ian Baraclough. I asked him where he thought we’d be if we were in the English leagues. His answer was along the lines of, “standard, mid to lower League One… budget, mid League Two”.

Agreed - always thought he was very limited