Kmcalpin

Going by online seating plans, it sems as though we'll be taking a healthy support to Livingston today, and rightly so.

The Partick V St Johnstone game last night was a real treat for all Scots football fans, especially us. It was a chance to see 5 former players and one almost former player in action. Alfredo Agyeman, Robbie Crawford, Reece McAlear Simo Valakari and Tony Watt, not forgetting Josh Fowler. I just wonder of the latter is as good as he thinks he is. St Johnstone must have a healthy playing budget for the Championship if they're spending Premeirship level money on wages and paying transfer fees. Whatever they are spending, they're doing a Falkirk by ignoring infrastructure i.e. their pitch.

No great surprise that Stuparevic has departed as it was touted on this forum months ago. It helps to clear the decks.

Never quite got the hype from our fans for him. Looking back I'd say he was ok but no more than that. In a few of the matches in which I saw him, the game seemed to pass him by. If he's being punted out on loan again by Coventry, that tells its own story.

Thats a separate issue Allan, although I agree with you over that. Even when away fans are allocated the upper tier at Fir Park e.g. Killie last Saturday, they are given the entire tier and can sit where they want, without being restricted to specific parts. Last Saturday it must have been only 20-25% full? This Saturday we'll see sections almost full with maybe 2/3/4 empty seats with latecomers i.e. arriving after 2.50 struggling to find a seat yet, Livingston won't open up another adjacent vacant section.

We've already secured our tickets for Saturday in Block N, but it does my head in when clubs, like Livingston, confine fans to strict sections in their stadia, despite there being plenty of space. Just checked again, and it seems that, so far, they're splitting our support up into 2 quite separate blocks, P & Q and M & N, separated by an empty block, O, in the middle. Why?

Undersoil heating boiler problem apparently.

Eseosa Sule on loan to Partick.

Hearts completely wasted him by playing him as a lone striker with little or no midfield support. He was never the most mobile and was like a fish out of water at Tynecastle.

Have faith. JBA knows we need reinforcements and they will duly arrive

I did mention this elsewhere but someone replied that a potential problem is that the building has an upper storey with all the maintenance costs that entails. A fair point. However, our current hospitality facilities in the Cooper Club and Centenary Suite are out of date, sub standard and cramped. We also have Mrs Baillies. In addition, the Centenary Suite is used during the week for players' lunches which rules it out for other catering and functions, I believe. If we want to increase our off the field income then these facilities have to be seriously improved in some shape or form

Agree 100%. I'm surprised at comments suggesting it was harsh, well maybe not in terms of the BBC. I watched the highlights over a can of Hazy Janes and to me it seems like a top end yellow, just short of a straight red. He goes in studs up with the sole intention of doing Slatts and catches him on on the lower shin. It isn't careless, uncontrolled or reckless; its deliberate and he knew it, as does McCann.

Good post as usual Joe. I hope we can take a large travelling support to add a bit of atmosphere.

We thoroughly deserved our win yesterday and I enjoyed it apart from the first 20 minutes or so when we were caught a bit cold by Killie's tactics. Over the piece though we played some lovely football and scored well worked goals. Our leading cushion allowed JBA to practice more rotation and bring on Thor, Luca Ross and young Rocco McColm, none of whom disappointed. Very early days but Thor looks as if he'll fit well into our system. A real team performance but I thought that Just, Sparrow and Fadinger and Priestman stood out just a little bit more. The latter was my MOTM for his constant movement and making himself available. Whilst individuals are important of course its really good to see a successful system in which rotation makes minimal difference. In past seasons if one or two star players were injured, the whole system was compromised. The one down side for me was Killie's style. Outwith our control of course, but it left a bad taste. Going out to deliberately injure opponents is not for me. I can just about thole Alexanderball and Kettleball but McCannball is not for me. That and extreme pettiness reflects badly on them. One example of that was when there were 2 balls on the pitch and the ref allowed us to take a quick free kick; the Killie player could easily have tapped the redundant ball out of play but instead chose to kick it into the middle of the action area causing play to stop. That and a total unwillingness to retreat 10 yards at free kicks. Thats down to weak refereeing and questionable management from Neil McCann. All that shouldn't detract from a good performance, big win and large home crowd. Its great to be a Dosser these days.

I agree about about Bjorgolfsonn. He'll be a handful for defences with his height and physicality and offers us something different. I read somewhere that he's not a 30 yard screamer type of striker but rather one who can make space and lay the ball off for others but is also dangerous in and about the goal area and knows where the net is. I suspect his assist yesterday for Fadinger will be typical of his style. Agree too about young McColm. Great to see another youngster get his chance and he was very lively and comfortable when he came on.

A few contenders but Oscar Priestman for me.

Does anyone know the correct match attendance today? Announcer at game said 7,200 but BBC says 6,243. A bit of a difference.

Aye that was downright weird. As I recall, it was also off the ball. As others have said, Killie were downright dirty and there's only one man responsible for that. He needs called out by the media. Oh wait...

Did I hear right that Neil McCann was yellow carded for complaining after our 2nd that we took the free kick quickly before he could finish giving instructions to his players? How rude of us!

Absolutely. I think Gordon may have been a better choice but after we scored that became irrelevant. Dakers and John-Jules were just too physical for SOD and Paul McGinn. We do need another out and out centre back, preferably one who can play a bit, like Welsh. He was missed today.

Just and no more. Why did the ref call the 2 captains over out of interest?

It was walk up last Saturday.

Hopefully, the club will capitalise on the demise, albeit the sad one, of Club 100. Perhaps that will boost patronage onf the club's own hospitality facilities be they the Cooper or Centenary Suites and the developing Mrs Baillies or other kiosks. Its vital that the our off the field income is maximised.

I'm very heartened from JBA's presser. It seems like a steady as you go approach is no longer acceptable. Its no longer our plan to just keep a successful squad together for as long as we can; rather we want strengthen it if possible by bringing in another 1/2/3 players. No massive overhaul required just gradual improvement. Our rivals will be trying to strengthen this window so we must keep that bit ahead of them. We'll see what the next 10 days or so bring.

Not 100% sure, but I thought if it was a straight red it applied to the next game.