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For all his faults, Samson ended up doing better than Twardzik after he left us. And people on here kept trying to persuade me Dan was going to be the answer to our goalkeeping problems.

With specatacularly bad timing, I have to work Cup Final weekend. I knew ahead of the semi that I wouldn't be able to make it if we won, so I'm planning to come over for one of the European games instead (or the League Cup...). I might be jinxed though, so not a bad thing - I flew back for the CIS Cup final and that didn't turn out too well.

It's not about fitness it's about sharpness. Two different things. Maybe it was lack of sharpness that led to the 2nd half slow start against Rangers. I'm sure Robinson has a plan though - and I suspect it will be a balanced one.

If a player has a knock that needs rest, by all means rest him. And maybe give some of the fringe players extra minutes just in case. I agree, however, the makeup of our team and nature of our tactics means we need to be playing the bulk of the first team over the remaining games. Just look at how someone like Grimshaw has found his form from competitive minutes.

I'm delighted a long time servant of our club had made a name for himself as a top coach. I hope plenty of others follow in his footsteps as it does nothing but good to our reputation as a club. I know we've had this discussion before, but you don't need to have been a top class player to be a top class coach. Totally different skill sets.

Nowhere near as bad as Mr. Gardiner.

No - he had plenty of help on that score from his teammates.

Nothing that we didn't know already, but if we play like Hibs last week with a high pressing, high tempo game (and take our chances) we have a chance of winning. If we play like Rangers have in their past 2 encounters - standing off and giving them space to play - they could take 5 or 6 off us.

This picture in the Herald yesterday makes it look like our stands have disappeared.

I wish it was Rangers we were playing in the final.

Solomon Islands according to Wikipedia.

Probably a contractual thing - have to wear it so many times in a season. (Or they have some to shift in the club shop).

Dundee seem to have been doing that for most of the season. Creating and missing loads of chances and giving up goals at the back.

Good 3 points, extended the gap over St Johnstone, Scott gets some more game time and Kipré doubles his value now he's a goal scoring machine.

That's strange. Are Dundee wearing their away kit too? I'd have thought dark grey and dark blue are too similar.

Aye, and our club was ready to vote to keep Rangers in the top flight (unil the fans spoke up). We have been as bad as the rest when it comes to the OF imbalance and to keeping idiots like Doncaster in power, so let's not try and blame everyone else.

When met McCulloch, were you in the East Stand with an umbrella?

I never get any updates or emails from the Exiles Club. I think I must have joined the Exiled Exile Club by mistake.

Hope he manages to get a ticket.

What What's with the "day-tripper" patter? If you want a bigger number of fans at the final than turns up for Ross County at Fir Park, you might need to lower your standards to people who only attend a few games. We should be encouraging as many people along to support us as possible in the hope some come back more often - not labeling them as somehow inferior.

It wouldn't be a proper cup tie thread without complaints about tickets and fan numbers.

When Brown won in 2008-9, he must have got his votes from more than Celtic players.

Most players get along just fine. Even the ones that square up to each other on the pitch.

Gavin Gunning helped Forest Green Rovers to a 0 - 0 against Alex Fisher's Yeoville Town. A draw that guaranteed both teams retain their League Two status for next season

Zero chance, unfortunately. For the first time in a few years the SFA/SPFL didn't manage to sell any domestic games to the US this season. A VPN and BBC iPlayer will be my stream of choice. (I suppose there's an outside chance a pub might have the same setup, or some dodgy Celtic TV stream, but no idea where you'd find out about that). EDIT: There may also be an outside chance it's shown on one of the Spanish/Latin American channels, but those can be difficult to track down and often it's a replay rather than live.