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Moult for the goal. He's put the cross in but I think Cadden has been well off the pace for 5 or 6 weeks of football now. Obviously struggling with that injury.

Pretty much. First half we've basically defended the whole half but that's fine if you do it well enough. Rangers had a lot of ball but did nothing with it. The sum of their possession was a deflected shot and a header that's hit the top of the bar and wasn't really a danger. Second half, especially after McDonald comes on, we show some threat and score the goal. Don't think we have defended the first goal great but fair enough and Rangers should have had a penalty in the first half so that's fine. But the winning goal is just a blunder by an individual that fucks up everything. You can't blame the manager for that or even the other players. It's on McManus' head and that's that. I'm sure he'd agree and will be feeling pretty rotten tonight the same as we are. Rangers have spawned it against us for the third time in a row but we just have to put it behind us and make sure we don't make the same mistakes next week. On today's showing getting a result against Rangers is very possible.

Not much going forward but we've restricted Rangers to very few chances. Bit worried about Barrie Mckay, everything dangerous that Rangers do is coming from him but otherwise I don't they have troubled us too much. Missing McDonald though big time.

If you are traveling by train you might like to know the trains are all fucked due to a light frost. Will be fuming if I miss the start of the match because of this.

What a bunch of bullshit that I'm leaving the house at 10am to go to a football match. Seriously, I was sooo cosy in bed this morning. Don't think I've ever seen us beat Rangers in a cup game so today would be a good day to sort that one out.

Let's have a long hard look at reality. Here's all the new site/new stadiums built by clubs in the top two divisions. New Douglas Park - Hamilton McDiarmid Park - St. Johnstone Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium - Dumbarton The Falkirk Stadium - Falkirk St. Mirren Park - St. Mirren Does anyone honestly think that those stadiums are improvements on what they replaced? Does anyone think any of them generate atmosphere or have a sense of uniqueness about them? If you look at Aberdeen's plans for their new move it looks to me to be very bland and unambitious. Does anyone honestly think we would break the mold? It's all a fantasy. Like when you look through the paper and look at the £1 million houses. It's fun to imagine but it's not going to happen.

To be fair 800 isn't bad since we are only getting about 3,000 at home matches. Lots of other factors coming into play - we play them twice in two weeks, it's January, it's not a nice place to go, its on TV, etc.

Though he got a bit of a raw deal at Dundee Utd. Scored 3 goals in 6 starts for them but never got a run in the team. Anyone with the pace he has will be a danger in this league. I think that's a potentially decent signing for Inverness.

Higginbotham also scored. Saw last week that Brett Long made his pro debut (I believe) at Clyde. Some amount of former goalkeepers, especially U20s keepers, who are playing at senior level for other clubs now. Ross Stewart, Max Currie, Brett Long, Jamie Ewings, Alan Martin.

Last I heard Erwin had a bust up with the (former) manager and walked out. Forum chat right enough. Might be bollocks like it is on here! He's not been picked for a while though so there might be something in it.

I've 'boycotted' Ibrox for a long time, I'm pretty sure the last time I was there was the Scottish Cup replay after the 'Woods Debacle'. The last three times I was there I got hit on the head with a 50p thrown from the top tier that drew blood and was also spat on from above. The I got hit with a bottle outside the ground. Then the last time I had a run in with polis in the stadium who were being complete arseholes, nearly got lifted and was so furious I just walked out. On the other hand it's a cup game and we'll have had the winter break. Hmmmm......

Ha! I forgot about the winter shutdown doesn't apply in the lower leagues! Dunfermline v Dundee Utd. Again probably a bigger crowd than any of the Premiership matches (was nearly 6,000 last time) and it's sort of a 'semi derby'. Or perhaps Ayr United v Morton. Ayr's ground is a strangely sentimental throw back to the 1970's and still has terrace so if you want to lean on a crush barrier and watch the game feel free. Don't fancy St. Johnstone v Accies. McDiarmid Park has all the atmosphere of the moon and against Accies it will be worse than usual.

Ooft! Someone help this guy out! If I was picking a match other than the Motherwell match I'd probably head over to the Dunfermline v St. Mirren match. St. Mirren really need to win it, Dunfermline have hit some good form and there will probably be a decent crowd there, bigger than any of the other Premiership matches.

The code is "RaN93r5D13d" Not really the code Swede.

It's been noted that part time refs often earn more than full time players at the top level in Scotland.

Apparently Steve Robinson/Barraclough have been fired today at Oldham after 6 months. Not official yet but supposedly it will be announced soon.

Yeah its all competitions and you are right about the East Fife match.

Will always remember his first last game for Motherwell down at the still oval Rugby Park. Crowd sang "(I Want You To Know) Please Don't Go" for most of the match. Tommy Coyne scored early and somehow we survived about 83 minutes of constant battering to come away with a 1-0 win. Remember it like yesterday and it was, gulp, over 20 years ago.

I can independently confirm this. Two seem to have been 1 match suspensions for red cards and he was rested on the last league match of the season against Partick with the Rangers play off looming. So he's missed a maximum of 2 matches injured in four seasons.

Josh Magennis was obviously deeply hurt by the comparison because he got a lot better after I said that.

For me Moult doesn't have the attributes that top level clubs are looking for in a front player, pace and physical presence, so I'd be surprised if he did end up at Crystal Palace. Also, if you look at his scoring record he's always been pretty streaky. 8 of his 11 goals this season have come in 3 matches and 1 of the other 3 was a penalty. He's a good player at our level but I think if he moves on it would be to a Championship/League 1 level side I'd suspect.

On a related topic, I see Lee Erwin is top league goal scorer at Oldham.....with 2 goals in 21 matches. History will vindicate me.

Hibs have been getting 15,000 crowds week in, week out. A lot more than they did struggling in the Premiership.

With all due respect (you know what's coming when someone starts with that) that sounds like the sort of guff you'd get from Rangers or Celtic fans. The points column is the only thing that justifies Premiership status, not the park (which is shite) or the stadium (which is also). Accies therefore warrant their inclusion although that may change this season. As I said earlier in the thread Accies deserve a lot of credit for competing at this level, just like, say Dumbarton, who turned Dundee Utd over in the last result, do for competing at Championship level. Also I think the rivalry with Accies has grown again over their three year stay in the top division and gives us something more than just another fixture. Admit it, if we'd scored that last minute equaliser against any time it would have been celebrated, but didn't it mean just that little bit more because it was Accies?

QotS have gone into meltdown this season. Looked like they could challenge for promotion then lost 7 in a row and are on a no wins in 12 run at the moment. Thomas should get a game as they don't really have any left sided midfield/forwards. Recently brought in Danny Carmichael from Hibs on the right and with Lyle and Dobbie in the middle that looks decent on paper at least.