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Somebody smarter than me ran some numbers and apparently you lose less goals getting caught out playing from the back than you do hitting it long and having it immediately returned for a goal.

I was watching us knock it about at the back last night and we have become so good at that. The players and the goalie have so much movement there is always one, and often two men wide open to accept the ball. It looks easy when you do it right, and a bombscare when you don't.

I agree about starting a strong 11, but I don't think putting someone like Whyte in the lineup will weaken us. I'm guessing Hodge will also be making an appearance at some stage too.

Wondering why there's a corpse in the seat next to them?

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.