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I don't believe anything any manager (or assistant) says about injuries so mibbes aye, mibbes no. If he was technically available for Tuesday, but "load balanced" for example, then he could still play.

I think Falkirk have only lost one home game this season, so it was always going to be a tough one. They had also scored in every home game this season (league and cup) so keeping a clean sheet was decent too. Livi are never easy to play against, but as awful to watch as the games can be, we have a very good record against them at Fir Park, and I expect that to continue.

Oli Shaw had the same coaches and training as Theo Bair when they were at Fir Park. So even if the environment was good for Theo, it didn't help Shaw.

We have seen him at our level and it wasn't exactly successful. But his League One exploits and his prior connections are what makes a good rumour. If we do bring in a striker I fully expect it to be someone JBA knows or has worked with. They need to know the system and hit the ground running.

and each of them the result of a dodgy VAR decision to send Martindale apoplectic.

Oli Shaw re-joining after his Accies contract us annulled. You read this totally made up story here first (but good enough to start a rumour).

Marcus Craigan?

He's too good, and the SFA asked us to stop making other midfielders look ordinary. The story I heard was minor injury, but no idea how accurate that is.

I noticed Mika is struggling a bit this season. Not sure if he has been injured or something, but only 2 goals in 19 games across all competitions.

3 consecutive clean sheets is a big stride forward. Will be interesting to see if JBA brings in a striker or two in the next window. The way we are playing will hopefully interest a few additional targets. I'm going for clean sheet number 4 for this game with a hard fought 2 - 0 win.

Only if Martindale manages to roll out a plastic pitch at Fir Park and dry out the half we're playing in to. I fancy our chances against Falkirk at Fir Park next time too.

Clean sheet on a difficult night - not great, but OK. I take back everything I said about Falkirk's pitch being the best of the plastic.

One more unbeaten game on plastic ticked off the list. Take your pick...

All the plastic pitches are supposed to be gone at the end of the season, no?

Is it just me or is the plastic playing very slow? Looks like they are having to hit passes quite hard to reach their man.

To be fair, the Motherwell commentator pronounced Longelo and Fadinger 4 different ways every match for at least the first 2 months of the season.

Not to mention there is a fraud investigation in progress, and they are likely to receive another points deduction in the near future. Looking over at P&B, there seems to be infighting amongst the remaining fans too, which won't help their cause if they do go down the phoenix club route.

Absolutely agree. Malice or incompetence in the single-owner model can be equally disastrous, though, which is why I am more comfortable with the current setup, even with all its challenges.

The "earn the right" phrase is typically used by managers who believe you aren't allowed to pass the ball for the first half hour. Only punts and hard tackles. As we have shown many times this season, it's also a legitimate tactic to come out of the blocks playing the game you want to play and imposing that on the opposition from the first minute.

Forget the sheep, tame or wild. John Boyle nearly finished us off, and he was on our side.

I fear they are, at best, heading into administration, and at worst, liquidating. It's been obvious for years now there has been some dodgy financial dealings going on there and, as always, it's the fans that get screwed over.

Back in July I took a few pelters when I said that, given we were never going to win the league, what I hoped for was to be entertained by the team. Turns out there were a few more that wanted the same as me.

v1.01 seems to have resolved a number of the visibility issues I was having. Still thinks I have no active subscription to the Society. Like others mentioned, I think it would have been easier to keep everything linked if you logged in with your membership number.

Given the change in lineup and then the way we played, the whole world could see the tactics after the first 10 minutes.

In context, I don't think JBA was in any way having a go at Hanley. He was just trying to explain his approach during a live interview, while grasping for a few exact words using his second language. If you listen to any of his interviews, including his pre-match against Hibs, he never has anything but praise and respect for all our opponents. What I took from this interview, was that our tactic was to target the defenders with pace and a high press, and close down their usual outlets. Meaning Hanley (and the other defenders) were having to bring it out rather than being able to pass it to their regular ball carriers like Cadden. The fabricated fuss is a bit ironic given the experts in the media make a living telling everyone how terrible certain players and mangers are on a weekly basis. And they have English as their native language (allegedly).