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I was very critical of Main at the game last night. His miss when clean through showed he has lost all confidence when you think how he finished against Aberdeen in the semi. Then he had a five minute spell where he gave the ball away three or four times. However I have just watched the whole game again on Alba and he played much better than I thought. Great to see the youngsters do so well and what a goal. Thought Gorrin had a great game. When he broke up the play he usually then picked a pass. And why were Campbell and Grimshaw left out on Saturday? County would not have dominated if they were playing. Here's hoping McCormack does not become the new Brian McClair.

Unlike some I have some worries about this one. Three weeks without a game I hope we are not ring rusty against the best team outside the premier league who have been playing each week. They seem to have had dip in form but in the cup that goes out the window. Here's hoping we are right at it from the off. Anyway thank goodness the fitba is back. The winter shut down is crap.

Some real roasters on here. The usual suspects have driven me away from this site and I rarely look at match threads now. There would be one player in that Celtic side last night who this week has earned DOUBLE the total amount of our whole starting eleven last night. I get the feeling that some on here were not celebrating our equaliser as they realised Robinson was safe in his job for another week. The melt down at Sammon being in from the start was laughable. He can’t play on Saturday against Hearts so it made sense to play him last night and in the second half he did well. Its called forward planning and using your whole squad. We have real injury problems and his hands are tied. We had four different back fours during the game and yet were so organised that our keeper had one save and that was the penalty. We had ten men on the park when we lost the goal and it came down our right where Donnelly would have been. There is criticism of what he said about Donnelly and Livingston’s fitness levels. The rest of the team looked very fit. I' m sure he planned to get a couple of Rose, Gorrin, or Bigi on in the second half as it is energy sapping chasing without the ball for long periods but Campbell, Rose, Turnbull and Grimshaw all lasted really well. Then we have the charge that he does not encourage youth. Many said Turnbull should have been in the team long before he was but in interviews his under 20 manager Craigen said he needed to increase his fitness and physical presence. He came back in the summer ready to step up and you could argue that Robinson introduced him exactly when he was ready – not before. The charge of not introducing young players should now be put to bed after Livingston’s performance last night. The Football Manager experts on here were desperate for him to get in the team. To go off knackered with cramp after less than an hour on the park shows that he is not ready. I just hope he has not had so bad an experience that his development has been set back months which can happen to young players. Rant over but while Robinson has his faults be careful what you wish. Owen Coyle anyone?

I wonder what others think of my dilemma. For a few months now I have been thinking of joining the Well Society. With the double your money offer running until the end of the year I was thinking of paying one to two years up front. But now we have the share offer and I am seriously thinking this is a better option. I will have something in return in that I will own shares and be able to attend AGMs etc. The Society seemed to me was just about donating money each month for no real return. Any thoughts?

Proof for me tonight that Thomson has it in for us. Manaj of Albania booked after 15 minutes. On half time he blocks a free kick with his arm. Penalty for Scotland and no second booking for Manaj. I will be watching every game now where a player blocks with his arm and a foul or penalty is given to see if they are booked. For players and fans we must have consistency . Thomson did not need to book McHugh.

The inconsistency in referees really gets to me. I remember the 2011 cup final the Celtic centre half (can't remember his name) was booked early in the game and before half time a long ball from our defence was going over his head to Chris Humphrey and the centre half jumped up and caught it like a goalkeeper, result no booking. I remember being raging at that. From now on I will be watching carefully to see if a booking results every time a defender spreads himself and the shot is blocked by a hand or arm and a foul is given. There is no excuse for the complete capitulation after red card but I feel McHugh was harshly treated. It's less than a year ago that Thomson wrongly sent Kipre off against Celtic and we played for an hour wth 10 men and got a 0-0 draw. Sunday has shown how far we have gone backwards since then.

You obviously do not understand what I was meaning. I am well aware of the rule to allow bye kicks from any side. It is a rule that allows keepers to time waste and I was calling for the rule to be changed back to what it was before. Hee haw

The first goal in any game is so important. Up until then we were well on top. Main had a good shot and Tait got close too if either had gone in it would have made a much different game. As it happened they got the first goal from a disaster by McHugh who otherwise was excellent. To go a goal down and a team mate seemingly badly injured would have a negative effect. This allowed Hearts to use all their time wasting feigning of injuries and gamesman ship that we know comes from a Levein team. When will a directive come from the SFA to tell refs to stop the watch when a player goes down but does not need treatment and jumps up after a few minutes. When will the rule come in that bye kicks be taken from the side the ball goes out. I want to be entertained not watch a player taking minutes to decide he is not going to take the corner or shy and beckon over a teammate to take it instead. Some day a ref will play 10mins stoppage time in game where there has been no serious injury, just normal time wasting. I also don't get the negative comments about our back three. I thought they dealt well with the big no18 and gave as good as they got. If he had not sold the goal I thought McHugh would have been a candidate for man of the match. The worries for me are the lack of creativity and pace in the final third and the complete downturn in Caddens form. Others are saying he is wasted at wing back, the solution isn't to promote him to centre mid but demote him to the bench. As forYodo who wants Robinson out, before you consider his opinion just remember in a previous post he suggested a team selection with McGuire at left back and Trumbull at left mid in front of him. The guy is either troll or knows hee haw about football.

Spot on. And when you look closely at the posters who are Robinson's biggest critics you realise that they have very odd ideas. The teams suggested for the Livi cup tie by our so called experts were enlightening. One had Maguire at left back with Turnbull in left mid field. Good luck with that Another two had back three selections that excluded McHugh who most would agree has been our best centre half this season and instead one had this new untried guy from Millwall in. There are some very good sensible posters on here whose opinions I respect but there are some roasters.

It's going to be fun on here tonight if we lose today. I for one will be taking break from reading the usual doom and gloom we can all expect.

I watched the Clyde game on BT and Craigan made exactly that point. He said that during the week they had played a bounce game and it was the first time that Gorrin looked up to speed. You could also assume that Bigi, Turnbull and Maguire were involved and didn't impress.

It's great how people see things differently. I thought Rose was excellent last night doing the job in front of the back three that McHugh did last season without being caught in possession and giving the ball away regularly.

Tend to agree that white shorts are a no no. Back in the day almost every club had either white or black shorts. Now shorts can be any colour and as far as I am concerned our colours are claret and amber which is almost unique (Bradford only) and those are the only two colours that should be on our strip.

Lots of contracts ended yesterday 31st May so maybe we will announce a signing or two of players who are now free.

Anyone over sixty with an interest in MFC should seriously consider a season ticket. £175 for 19/20 games works out at around £9 a game. Even if you miss a few it is good value. I have had a season ticket since the year after the cup win and now benefit from the concession price. Its a no brainer I will be renewing. Like others I have had no notification of how to renew but I phoned the club to find out more. The early bird offer ends 8th June and I was given my code to enter into ticket master. Have n't used it yet so don't know if it works well.

Of our expected cup final line up, Carson Kipre Dunne McHugh Campbell Main Bowman Cadden not starting. Only Tait and Aldred starting. Hopefully those not stripped are not seriously injured. A chance for Bigi Grimshaw Frear and maybe Turnbull to stake a claim for the one remaining spot. Also no Hartley on the bench.

The ideal scenario would be to win this and guarantee 7th and Accies to be safe going into the last game. If they need something from the last game it could turn into a shitfest and increase the chances of injuries a week before the big one.

It was clear they would never call him out after they beat Morton in the cup with a penalty that was not. Every pundit on the radio said it was not a penalty as the foul happened outside the box. When interviewed St Brendan was asked about the penalty and he said he had watched it two or three times and it was in the box. The interviewer just accepted his answer as gospel and moved on. If ever there was a chance to challenge him that was it but the interviewer shat it.

What gets me is that Cedric gets a yellow card added to his total and Brown who pushed him in the chest gets away with it. One was as bad as the other but then one is the untouchable Celtic captain.

We must appeal the red card. Thomson indicates that he saw stamp which clearly did not happen so he has got it wrong. But will he be man enough to admit it? As for the game it was a great performance up until the red card. We got right into them and did not give them a minute on the ball. I have to admit that in the second half I thought it would be inevitable that they would score. Brilliant performances from all with special mention to Carson, Aldred (Peter who?) Tait what an engine and a big boo to whoever edited the club website highlights for missing his amazing tackle on Sinclair at the end. Alan Campbell what a boy and Main ran and chased all second half. Ryan Bowman did a great job at right midfield to help Cadden out as Celtic concentrated their attacks on that side. Brown got away with backing into Main and sandwiching him between himself and the centre half until about the fifth time when Thomson finally gave a foul. Scott Sinclair is a little rat faced twat who is actually not very good. Two blatant dives. His tactic seemed to be to run with the ball until he was in the box land then fall down. It is nice to see that we have brought in safe standing in the South Stand and the wing of the O'Donnell. The one consolation of being in the bottom six is that we will not play that vile horrible club again in the league.

That was just brilliant. That is the type of game and result that makes all the miserable cold wet afternoons watching 1-0 defeats worthwhile. Right through the team we had great performances and a real togetherness. After the penalty Dunne put his arms around Cedric and encouraged him and Aldred did the same after the winning goal. I thought the three of them played great as a unit. Who would have thought that we would not miss Hartley and the much maligned Dunne would become such an important player. Carson showed why he should be POY. Apart from his game saving save he commanded his area and spreads confidence. Tait was good too. He is so two footed and his versatility allows us to change formation. He started at left wing back and finished at right full back. Then there is little Alan Campbell who runs around terrorising players that are bigger and look stronger and he can play too. Then the captain who does so much to protect the back three and his wonder strike will live long in the memory. Mains dribble at the end and completely doing the wee laddie in the Hearts team just epitomised the strength and fitness of the squad. Levein was hilarious in his interview. He was feeling so comfortable that he was thinking of making a positive change to nick it. What with 5 minutes to go. Our boss did it with 15 to go. He changed from 3-5-2 to 4-4-2 then took off our right back and put on a left winger whose cross led to the winner. On to Hampden. Hopefully we can make the top six too. Maybe yesterday will lead to a Hearts collapse and we can sneak in. So many positives yesterday but the doom mongers on here need to find something to moan about so we get moans about the low home support. Whether you were there or watched on the telly for God's sake enjoy a great performance and result against a club who have way more resources than us.

Does anyone know if there will be separate gates in the East stand for those who bought tickets and those paying cash. I have bought my season ticket seat and will head up later if there is a ticket only gate.

Of course he is doing alright. After all he won the last game we played!

Pretty well sums up my thinking-good post