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You're assuming that he's playing as a striker and not a defensive left wingback.

You're right that we don't get to ask them not to vandalize stadiums. We get to tell them not to do that, and get to take action if they continue.

Would have been safer for Hutchinson if he'd just skipped it.

From his perspective, he's as well sitting on our bench as Hearts' bench.

So he didn't just "refuse" to play?

More the fact his contract renewal discussions have stalled.

Apart from the constant abuse some fans feel the need to dish out every time he plays against us? The last Accies game I was at, the guy in front of me was screaming "Haw Imrie, yir Maw's a mattress" literally every 2 or 3 minutes. Of course, like any player, Imrie doesn't give a crap. On the other hand, I was ready to deck the guy by half-time.

Was there not also the matter of canceling the loan deal in Australia?

I know nothing about Lyndon Dykes other than what it says in Wikipedia, but 10 goals in 80+ doesn't fill me with confidence (even as an attacking midfielder) . Is he any good?

If it's the same incident you are referring to, I heard the stand fiasco was a drunk Accies fan throwing a few haymakers without coming close to making a connection.

If only there was a way we could take a break from playing for a few weeks and let him recover from any injuries and get back to fitness...

It's all part of the fun of American sports franchises and salary rules. Nothing as simple as players having contracts with teams. I don't know all the gory details, but Vancouver had apparently to secure Rose's "MLS rights from Seattle" which they did by giving them $50,000 in "General Allocation Money." Aye, exactly. (I know even less about this than I do about baseball players being put on the waiver wire).

I'm OK with the idea of a winter break - especially with the transfer window in action. Gives teams some time to regroup for the 2nd half of the season and let new signings bed in to a team. I think packing so many games into December instead, is stupid though. They could be spaced out more equally across the season (although the international breaks are making that more difficult I suppose). I'd rather get rid of the split than the winter break, but I think I'm in the minority there.

I hope he does well, but I also hoped McLair would do well when he came back.

At his peak he offered much more than Moult. His peak years were probably at Leeds, but he's always been a talent as his transfer fees show (11 million to Fulham, 12 million to Aston Villa). Very skillful footballer and can take a great free kick. Haven't seen him play for a while, so no idea what level he's at these days, but imagine he can still put in a good shift. If you search for him on youtube there are a few compilations of his goals at Leeds and Fulham.

Nobody doubted his ability, the concern was that we needed to replace the pace that we lost when Kipré left. That proved to be even more cruical when Dunne got injured. The goal we conceded today is a perfect example of our lack of pace at the back.

That's pretty much exactly what I expect from a calendar.

Apart from the general nightmarish injury situation, I'm disappointed we couldn't stick with that starting formation. I was really looking forward to see how that worked out, as it was something new. It's always a struggle to mentally re-adjust when you see a team mate get stretchered off like that, so I hope the half time break helps them.

St Mirren lost again and Accies are 2 - 0 down to Hearts - so there is at least that.

Struggling to get our heads back in the game.

That's probably what Ben Hall thought too and his career in England so far is 5 games on loan for League 2 Notts County. I can see the temptation, of course, but timing is everything at that age.

Main back on (not sure if he's 100%), Mbulu replaced by Grimshaw and Dunne taken to hospital. And all injuries appear to have been our own players clashing with each other.

Last time I was there we turned up 45 mins early. Stewards were still giving out duff information and mishandling the queues.

Playing with 9 men now. Mbulu and Main gone off.