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You can see that right now his footballing brain is a step ahead of some of his team mates, but a few more weeks together and they should be in sync.

The gaffer today:

The man does great interviews:

I was always confident there were plenty of ball playing central defenders out there to replace Welsh, but credit to the recruitment team to come up with one that is so good.

The MOTM on the BBC match reports is an average of the accumulated fan votes on the website. Nothing to do with what the reporters or pundits think. Been that way for many years.

If ever there was a goal where a player "waltzed through the opposition" it was Said's second.

Given the circumstances, it would be hard to beat (unless we beat Freiburg!)

Could be. I imagine there is a bump up in the numbers since last season.

Last year I see the estimate for teams losing the play-off round of the Conference League was €925,000. A second source for last season's competition says: "The third qualifying round provides £630,500 to those eliminated, and the play-off round increases the figure again, with those who fall short earning £804,400." So about 0.5 Wards or 0.16 Justs.

Aye, I don't think there will be many other contenders tonight despite a number of strong performances.

Bring on Stenhousemuir, we're ready! But take your pick first...

I've said a few times if he can add 10 goals a season to his game he'll be worth Elijah money.

Said again. Always said he was a great finisher!

A bit like that.

Spend some of our pennies on a new striker and/or coach one or two on shooting, and we have a decent team here.

I just wish he would tell us if HJK have ever beaten a Scottish team before.

Was thinking the same.

That's rare for any team. But I'm sure we'll have more fit options by the time the window closes.

Can't argue with that.

SOD's goal, however, was a magnificent strike. We are in better shape this time than last time, but the days of easy away days in the cup are few and far between. I think we'll be fine.

He speaks better English than at least 2 of those journalists.

Players often have a relegation release clause too, which no doubt helps. Talking earlier about the U19 trialist striker - if he's anything like that 17 year old playing for Aston Villa tonight we should get him signed up! That Villa guy is an absolute unit.

We don't need to try and replace Eli. We "just" need to build an effective midfield that works with Alfred's preferred style. Last season's midfield was different from the midfield that had Miller and Spittal, but it turned out OK.

It's difficult to tell when nobody ever laughs...