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Far from out of trouble but today gives us hope. Hope that we can score goals and hope that when things get tough, we have a wee bit of mental strength about us. Highlight of the day was seeing Campbell make such a positive contribution. I thought he got off to a ropey start (not helped by the anonymous Pearson) but he went on to put in the composed and tenacious performance I'd expect from him. He's a terrific prospect if we manage him well. Thought we looked a far better outfit when we went 442 and got Ainsworth on. Hopefully the return of Tait will see us revert to a formation that gets the best out of our attacking players.

For one reason or another, it's a recurring theme. Players out for longer than initially projected.

Given the 'controversy' around the imbalance of old firm visits at the start of the season, I think the league will do its best to ensure we (and anyone else affected) finishes with 19/19. Accies and Inverness away are nailed on, hopefully the latter isn't midweek.

A few weeks before he was sacked when he was asked about his views on Director of Football role.

When did we last win at home? October?

According to McGhee, Burrows dealt with all player contracts. He's also played a key role in hiring McGhee and Robinson.

Long ball football leaves too much to chance and doesn't benefit the few talented players we have. Regardless of how inadequate the midfield acquisitions of McGhee and Burrows were, we can surely adopt a game plan that gets the ball to the feet of Ainsworth, Frear and McDonald in advanced positions.

Flow also talked up Baraclough and McGhee...

Hopefully we can revert to a proper 442 with Ainsworth and Frear on the wings. The return of Moult and Tait would be most welcome.

If we get relegated, Robinson will be away. I'd also expect 1 or 2 Directors to walk if they stay true to their word.

Burrows and co must be starting to sweat on the decisions they've made in the last 12 months.

Are the WS annual accounts available online? I've lost track of the various transfers/loans (this doesn't sound like a loan) and didn't realise the society balance was so low. The club must have took in upwards of £150k from the cup game at Ibrox, where would we be without that? Greater scrutiny needs to be put on those running the club finances.

Am I reading the finances section correct? £124k in the bank with £120k on its way to the club?

The increase in crowd for a midweek game pleasantly surprised me. Hopefully we can get back towards a core support of 4K.

I'm concerned how we'll manage to cope with the pressure of the Inverness game and think we have to pick up something at Firhill. Patrick Thistle will come into this game buoyed by an impressive 7 game unbeaten run and having benefited from resting 5 players midweek. Tactically, Robinson has some big calls to make although I think he may continue to play with 3 at the back to match up with Thistle. Personally, I'd like to see us revert to a conventional 442 with McDonald the focal point for the hold-up play and our wingers positioned further up the back. Fingers crossed Moult makes it but I suspect he won't.

Tonight is the first time I've seen us from the Dundee humping. I thought we were relatively well organised and played with decent enough tempo at times. Unfortunately, we lack the required craft and guile to create and resorted to route one stuff for much of the match. Continue to approach games in such a manner and it'll be an absolute lottery as to whether we stay up. Regarding individual performances, I thought Bowman was our motm and McHugh continues to impress. As we all know, McGhee has left us with a midfield that isn't good enough. Clay is powderpuff and Pearsons' jaunts to India appear to have caught up with him. Meanwhile, Cadden's value is at risk of depreciating every time he plays. Fingers crossed Moult is fit for Saturday.

Moult out. Blyth in.

Get the impression the players are spending more hours on the training field since McGhee departed. Hopefully we are fresh enough for Wednesday after running ourselves into the ground today.

Very good point today. Shame Accies sneaked the 3 points in the end. Tense evening in prospect this Wednesday. Hopefully we can blow them away like we did in the Baraclough era.

This is probably the poorest season Tansey has had for Inverness. Nevertheless, he should be a good signing for Aberdeen and deserves to be playing with better players. One of the few premier league players that tends to catch the eye.

Enjoyed the positivity of Robinson's press conference, somewhat refreshing view in comparison to Butcher, McCall and McGhee. May end up heading along to this. Sounds like Pearson has been carrying an injury since rejoining us.

I think he's been called up once under Strachan's reign and was one of a few not to get a chance off the bench in a friendly. Strachan is gradually moving away from his overly loyal approach however so he might get a chance in the future. Having said that, he has tough competition with Snodgrass, Forrest, Anya, Ritchie, Burke, Phillips, and Naismith vying for his position.

Last chance to get a result against a top 5 team this season. Can't see it, 4-0 Rangers.

McMillan is not playing because he let his standards drop, Craigan has said as much.

Should we stay in the top flight, the NI connection might see us interested in Mannus.