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Our disappointing cup exploits since 1991 have certainly been hard to take. Our league form in recent times has been nothing short of superb, however, a cup win would give the whole club a lift.

They will be there for the taking on Wednesday night. A downbeat, tired side. 3-0 to the Well.

They lost the final to Wolves 3-2. Airdrie also lost in the final the year after, going down 2-1 against Derby County. Sadly no Scottish team ever won the Texaco Cup.

Just between me,my psychiatrist and Steelmen Online.

Just over 43 years ago this happened. Even now it still hurts and that’s why I still go mental when we beat them.

I have just watched Gunnar's 'save' that lead to the Saints first goal and it's far worse than I first thought it would be. I have tried to be positive about our goalkeeping situation, however, Gunnar's confidence appears to be shot, and I have doubts whether he can make it at this level. The defending at the second goal was shambolic, and the least said about the third the better.

That’s probably why I don’t recognise him.

Phil and a player who's name escapes me.

I would take a point, however, three would be superb. I think this could end in a 2-2 draw.

Really tough match and the extensive injury list hasn’t helped. I would take a point, however, I fear a narrow defeat.

McManus is a big Jags fan so he must have had mixed emotions when he scored the winner. My Jags mate told me that the majority of his family support Celtic, however, his mum took him to watch Thistle and he has supported them ever since.

He certainly caused us a lot of problems and the turning point came when they took him off. As for our man of the match I will go for Faddy as my Thistle mate thought he was the main difference in the game.

!7mm of rain in Motherwell last night according to our twitter feed.

With that injury list it’s time to put on the sprinklers.

I would love to, however, I have family commitments in the morning and living in Glasgow there is no way I could make it for 9am. I am sure that they will get plenty of willing volunteers from the Motherwell area.

Motherwell FC is looking for volunteers to help assist the groundstaff on Saturday morning, prior to the Partick Thistle game.

As long as they can clutch the ball I don't care who is in goals.

RIP Andy, a true legend.

Terrible day, terrible weather. I think there was a really bad accident on the road that day as well.

Although they were great ties unless there are direct easy flights there is a good chance that a club of our size will lose money. I know McCall is in favour of regionalising the early qualifying rounds to help ease the cost of taking part. These more exotic locations are financially better served for the group stages where the income is guaranteed.

Agreed Europe has been in the main financially rewarding and I was harsh to say we should forget about. Krasnodar was a kick in the balls financially for us, and UEFA really should think about regionalising it so it should never cost a team more to take part in the tournament.

McCall was quoted recently as saying playing in Europe had cost us money.

It's from the new Fred Perry Bradley Wiggins range of shirts

I would rather we didn’t qualify as it drains any potential income benefits quicker than a pay day loan. We need money and as far as I can see the way UEFA organise their tournaments we can barely afford to take part. Our domestic cup games are far more important than a tournament we have no chance of reaching the group stages in.

We need to start performing better in domestic cup competitions. Forget Europe as it usually costs us money to take part, the cups are the most realistic way for us to earn much needed cash. Our league performances have been superb over the past few years, however you would need to be blind to not realise that we need to perform better in the cups if we are to prevent any potential cash flow issues. I have no doubt that McCall was hauled over the coals for the Albion Rovers debacle and he more than most knows that the early cup exit has cost us a great deal of financial heartache.