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Lennon Miller state of play as Scotland ace awaits debut Udinese boss Kosta Runjaic has promised Scotland starlet Lennon Miller he will soon be in his plans once he gets up to speed. The former Motherwell midfielder has yet to kick a ball for his new club following his £6 million move to Serie A in the summer. The only football he's played this season has been for Scotland as a last-minute sub in the 2-0 World Cup win in Hungary against Belarus. Miller, 19, hasn't played a domestic game since May, but Runjaic has revealed he will soon introduce Miller into his line-up He explained: "We certainly don't need to teach Lennon Miller how to play football. He knows how to play all right. "But he needs to go through this integration period, given that he hasn't played much in the last month. "He's very diligent and is making excellent progress. "I'm very happy he's here."

I'd take a win in either game at this point, but would much prefer it in the cup tie.

I hope Killie lose every game they play on that pitch.

I wonder how many years it will be before Robbo's St Mirren team will have "earned the right to play football".

The good news is that it's only about 3 weeks until the international break. The bad news is, etc...

I think that nature of the injury and timeframe for return is very much confidential information, but as you say, it could be equally likely we don't want to let opponents know who is available any given week.

Not sure what the current situation is, but for a while the English clubs were ignoring the rules in place because the TV money they received for the live games far outweighed the small fines they had to pay for the breach.

The early start in the League Cup certainly doesn't help as it interrupts the coaches' ability to put together a progressive training plan. I have heard various managers say that nowadays, their team doesn't get fully match fit until 2 or 3 months into the season.

No wonder there were problems.

I don't think the government puts out the cones.

Maybe waiting for the next home match to pay tribute?

He has previous for that. I'm not saying it didn't happen, but it felt like every week we lost (or didn't win) he told the press he had a recent meeting with the refs who told him the exact opposite decision would be made on a call that went against us.

Every away team that is required to play on that embarrassment-to-Scottish-football of a pitch should be awarded 2 penalties per match as compensation.

My 2 takeaways (as they say) from yesterday's game are: Welsh looks a decent addition to the defence. We are less effective when Slattery and Just are both absent from the starting lineup Defensively, we're making less mistakes than last season - still too many, but made worse by the fact we aren't killing off the game at the other end when we have the chance.

Top draw-er, middle draw-er or bottom draw-er. Take your pick...

Considering we are usually slow out of the blocks after an international break I'm very pleased with the first half. Another goal in the next 15 mins and then some fresh legs for the last 20 mins and we will be in good shape. Simple.

All part of the master plan. Sit back and enjoy.

Was about to say Maswanhise looked a bit off it today. Goal.

One update is the story about him being sold isn't true.

As I've said a few times, I give Clarke credit for taking an absolute shambles of a national team setup and turning it around into a competitive outfit. I think the last Euros should have been the end of the line for him, though, as it felt that he had reached his coaching limit.

I'm not convinced he learns from his mistakes - otherwise he wouldn't have played the way he did in our second Euros under him. Same tactics. Same embarrassing exit with a whimper as the first time. Also, the last Greece game at Hampden was a catalogue of errors.

Max is a classic modern full back. Good with the ball at his feet and good going forward. Marking, tackling and closing space? Not so much.

Miller only came on because McTominay had an issue with his footwear. I'm OK with Miller not playing for the national team at the moment, because he hasn't played a competitive match all season. Players who aren't getting game time with their club shouldn't be getting game time in an international. As for Clarke, I appreciate he has been able to get us to a couple of Euros, but our performances in the finals have been embarrassingly bad and I have little hope a World Cup finals would be any different. I'd rather not qualify than endure that level of performance again.

Does he need a new stamp on his Upper Crust loyalty card?

Turns out Biereth's better off with Slattery or Spittal in his team.