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Great news! Now, how about O'Brien, Hateley, Lasley, Jennings etc to follow suit soon?!!

I'd be happy to offer my services as such, but not sure I'd want to be on the board. Delighted to help if I can though.

Crags for me, one of only a few who can be satisifed with their efforts.

A bad day at the office, that is what I'm hoping it will be. One bad result shouldn't detract from the excellent run we've been on, a defeat was always due. In fairness to MJC he got this one spot on!! Today saw some unusually bad defending from us, and the less said about Ruddy's involvement in their second goal the better! Its all the more difficult to explain after the very decent start we made, we passed the ball well and spread the play nicely. A bit of luck and we'd have been in front, but the red card changed everything, and our record against ten men is shocking! We simply didn't utilise the extra man at all, and United bullied us and worked their socks off to their credit. We gave them their first two goals which put us on the back foot, and to be fair we never looked like recovering. It was a bad yin but I'm confident we can recover next week.

Agreed.

It was Bowman and Van der Hoorn who scored the OGs in our 2-1 win there in February 1994. Both crackers too!!

Isn't it amazing how quickly fifteen years passes?!! I can still remember the shock and despair upon hearing of Coop's death, but that isn't the main memory I have of the great man. Some of his displays in Claret and Amber were simply mesmeric, in particular a game in May 1990 against Shellic at Fir Park. He scored a nalty in a 1-1 draw and ripped 'Shitey' Galloway to pieces from minute one that day. His smile as he walked round Hampden when we won the cup was an iconic image for me too, and the influence he had on players like Boyd, Arnott and of course O'Donnell was huge. RIP Davie, never forgotten.

I actually think it won't be a great game on Saturday. Tense yes but with neither side wanting to lose it could be a bit of a chess match. United will be justifiably buoyed after their win last night, and our lads will be champing at the bit after a two-week break, so I expect a great battle. I wouldn't make any changes to our side as no-one deserves to be left out, but United may be slightly weaker with injuries and tiredness which may give us a slight edge, but the elation they'll feel after reaching the semis will drive them on, so they are very dangerous opponents. A draw would be a decent result and I foresee a 0-0 scoreline.

Nice to have it officially confirmed, although I felt we were safe in the Top Six after our win in Perth. Well done to everyone.

Good news that, although in terms of Ruddy and Jutliewitz I am resigned to losing them in the summer, along with Reynolds. Great to see that we are planning for next season already.

So would I mate, and a Saints win at Huddersfield on Sunday too! Hope you stuff that lot on Wednesday, best to let them keep eleven men on the park though!

He scored twice at the weekend against East Fife in their 3-0 win. Interestingly, the Binos other goal came from ex-Dosser Stuart Elliott, who Accies have already punted out on loan!

He scored twice at the weekend against East Fife in their 3-0 win. Interestingly, the Binos other goal came from ex-Dosser Stuart Elliott, who Accies have already punted out on loan!

We will be due to have United and Shellic at home, and face away trips to Hibs and Gers. We should also be away to the Jambos to but we are due 3 home games after the split, so perhaps they'll have to come to us again, which would be excellent.

The day of the final was a memorable one. We had open door at ours with breakest and bevvy on the menu! It was paty time before and after the match despite the outcome, after all we don't reach too many finals do we?!! I agree fully about the Shellic semi the year after, a total injustice and felt so bad for Kaiser, who was immense until the late abberation.

Excellent!

We only find that encouraging because our last manager didn't bother his arse doing any of that. That isn't meant negatively towards Craig and Archie by the way, just highlighting the differences!

Ha ha true! Think they thought we we kidding at first, but spoke to one at half time and he was really impressed! Before the game i'd have settled for 3-1 big time, but in the end that scoreline flatted the Jambos big time and 4 or 5-0 would've been fairer. Superb showings all round, but guys like Sutton, O'Brien, Jennings and Reynolds were particularly on form. Tannadice in a fortnight is a biggie for Europe now, the race for the Top Six is something for the Jambos, Sheep and Saintees to worry about, we're easily there!

There is no way the crowd at Falkirk would've been greater than ours without that special deal they had. Having said that, our lads deserve a bigger support given how well they're doing. Perhaps the club could do something for the rest of the season to get more Well fans inside Fir Park, especially with the prize of European fitba up for grabs again.

Not a failure in the team yesterday. Special mentions to the imperious Reynolds, the industrious Jennings and the tireless Sutton, but my vote went to the at times unstoppable Jim O'Brien.

Too tight a call to be critical of the linesman in this instance.

The real MJC returns!!! This could be the game that not only officially clinches our Top Six place, but ensures that Europa League fitba next season is a very real possibility. However I expect the Jambos to be stern and stuffy opponents although not much of a goal threat given their recent run. I exepct that Las, Jimo, Murph and Lukas will return to the starting X1 after Tuesday which should make us a more potent attacking force ourselves, and hoping the defensive side of our game continues as it has been. Once again any win would be sweet, but I anticipate a struggle to achieve it. 1-0 again will do me just fine.

A good point in the circumstances, considering how hard the team have hard to work in the last two games, four points is a great haul. Very surprised we lined up 3-5-2 as it failed big time in the cup tie, but thankfully this time we escaped unscathed. Second half was much better overall although they did miss a few decent chances. We seemed reluctant to pull the trigger in front of goal, and if we had gone in front I think one goal would've been enough. The positives are another clean sheet, another point, moving the unbeaten run to eleven games and some of the squad getting a wee rest. If we can beat the jambos on Saturday it'll have been a superb week, and then the players can have a fortnight's rest.

All our best performers were defensive last night, but my vote went to Crags for a good solid display against Higdon then Mehmet.

Peter Lawwell said so!!