Kmcalpin

Spot on sir. Its all very well criticising our striker but if the midfield isn't creating chances there's little he can do. All too frequently White was outnumbered in the middle with no support. Turnbull looked comfortable in possession but created almost nothing. He is also playing too deep. It'll take him some weeks yet to regain his creativity. Seedorf and Lang might have done better if the central midfield had given them the ball earlier and allowed them to run at defenders. Our build, up was far too laboured, predicatble and slow.

We knew Accies would sit in and they did. Whats more they looked comfortable throughout. Fulton was busy but didn't really have to produce fantastic saves. Possession wise yes we should have won but Accies were the more dangerous. Its not all about quantity of possession; rather quality. When under pressure, Accies looked comfortable for the most part but when we were under pressure we looked shaky and rattled.

I think its telling Iain that despite all our possession, courtesy largely of Accies tactics, that they created 4 very good chances i.e. more than we did. Its not all about quantity of possession its about quality of possession, defending and finishing.

Mark O'Hara is playing out of position; he's not a defensive midfielder. Jordan White is suffering from very poor service and the defence is good for at least 1 if not more soft goals per game. We need to work far harder in preventing crosses in the first place.

Credit to Accies they were the better side and looked comfortable throughout. We couldn't match their work rate, competitiveness or organisation and they should have won far more comfortably having created the best 4 chances of the game, despite all our possession. We lost as a team and questions need to be asked not just of our strikers but also our midfield and defence.

We're terrible at the back.

Did anyone replace Jordan White?

Centre midfield has been ok, in possession, but lacked creativity in feeding White and the 2 wide men. They need to get the ball out wide that bit quicker and let Lang and Seedorf hit the by line. As things stand, the game could easily go either way.

Up to a point. On one or two occasions we've looked vulnerable when defending, especially on the left.

Service to him has been very poor. Accies off the ball work rate all over the pitch has been very impressive and they're giving us little space.

Not being technologically minded what exactly are Streams 1,2 and 3? Whats the difference? Streaming ok so far today.

I know Ian. I didn’t express myself very well. In short I don’t care how we win so long as we do. I expect us to dominate possession but just hope that we stay watertight at the back and put away our chances.

On paper we are the better team. However, at the simplest, on the day it'll boil down to 2 things; can we remain solid at the back with no mistakes and can we create chances and actually put the ball in the net "legally". I'm quite happy for Accies to dominate the game as long as we score 1 more goal than they do. Is that too much to ask for?

Tomorrow is a big game for us, and indeed Accies, who are even worse off point wise. We really need to up our game to turn possession into goals. So far our games have a been tight with solidity at the back being crucial. As always, at our level in the Premiership, reliability and solidity and the ability to avoid mistakes is the main factor in getting results. Interesting comment from Brian Rice about empty grounds curbing simulation and playacting. I'm not so sure about that. Being experienced, or more accurately streetwise, can easily con a referee or official, crowd or no. Ironically, I expect Accies to be their usual streetwise selves.

Dundee United are reportedly looking at him.

He's got a good way to go before he can rival Scott McKenna.

I’ve looked over the incident several times now and come to the view it’s a 50/50 call. Therefore the ref was right to chalk it off. I just hope these calls even themselves out this season.

On the money as usual. If the midfield can shield our defence and support our striker then that will make everyone's life that bit easier. They need to hassle, harry and upset Hibs today. Get in their faces. There are some mitigating circumstances of course like DT not being back to normal yet.

RIP Tam. One of my boyhood favourites. Very hard but fair. Condolences to his family.

It’ll be good to welcome Lang back although he needs game time - hope he keeps head this time. Is O’Donnell fit enough to feature? If so, will he play on the right or left? That will depend on who is deemed to be the weakest at full back, Grimmy or Lamie. Update Robbo confirmed he’ll be playing on the left. IF O’Donnell starts then I’d expect Lamie to switch to the middle.

He played ok last night I thought and Robbo complimented him. However a below par Dykes proved a handful for him and he lost out in quite a few aerial duels.

Thats it for me. For some reason the pre season has been problematic, but hasn't it also been for the other clubs? A few players don't look fit and prior to the first game not many had played a full 90 minutes. Injuries have taken their toll, especially at left back. Gallagher was carrying an injury and the manager has stated pubicly that Hylton needed to get fitter. David Turnbull is clearly a bit off full fitness and is not yet able to influence games the way he did. For whatever reason , he's also playing deeper than he normally would. He'll need more game time and we'll just have to accept that he'll disappear in games for the time being. I'm not Donnelly's biggest fan but we have missed him in front of the defence. Apart from him do we have another defensive midfielder? Barry Maguire has been groomed for that role but for some reason hasn't featured. Last night our off the ball work; that is closing down, harrying and hassling wasn't good enough as we saw with Livingston's second goal where we needed to get in their faces. Offensively, the midfield hasn't been supporting the striker as it should. Jordan White is no world beater but he deserves a chance. He might make it he might not, but we need to cut him some slack. So far this season the wingers haven't really performed and have been too distant from the striker. White suffered from a lack of decent service last night. All this isn't to say that the defence and attack have been playing well, they haven't; but for me the midfield has a lot to do with our problems.

Absolutely and that for me Greg, is the main reason we failed to register a win. Although we’re limited by injuries, the midfield mix just isn’t right. Whatever O’Hara is he isn’t a defensive midfielder - he’s a box to box type. Campbell took his goal very well but couldn’t compete with the likes of Bartley and Pittman. Maybe he isn’t fully fit? Turnbull is getting there but only slowly.

Yes. White suffered badly from lack of support and decent ammunition. We had no one close enough to help him as the lone striker. If we can’t play Long alongside another striker be it Watt or White then he shouldn’t be picked. He isn’t a midfielder. Seedorf also played far too far away from White.

Apart from a couple of freezes it was fine for me. Muted the commentary at halftime though.