Kmcalpin

John McGlynn appears to have us sussed out, will Martindale learn from his tactics? Hopefully Watt not out for too long.

A great result, if not performance. Falkirk are playing well but are benefitting from spades of good luck. Add to that a poor plastic surface which was deviously managed and we can be very satisfied tonight.

That practice should be outlawed.

As they have all season.

I think he was fit very briefly under JBA, with the emphasis on briefly. All we've been told is that he's out until after New Year, which could mean anything.

Well that's informed unbiased punditry - not. Why is he being employed?

Rossco at home.

Absolutely. If he was so minded to do so, David Gray could come on here and explain out tactics to a tee, as could other rival managers.

Very strange, as you suggest. Their attendances this season seem to vary between 7,176 (Livingston) and 7,652 (Rangers and Dundee). I'd guess they allocate about 600-700 seats to away fans.

Fair comment. I think their stadium capacity is around 7,600, which they could probably just about fill with their own fans alone, at least temporarily, whilst they're on a good run. Away fans are taking up seats their own fans would use and yes, thats an unwanted irritation. Thats how they view the situation.

I think Falkirk are big enough now that they don't need to concern themselves with away fans. Quite simply we're an unwanted distraction.

Thoroughly enjoyed yesterday's game, probably moreso than Tuesday's game against Hibs. We were up against 11 men for the duration of the match and playing the league leaders. We fully deserved our point but didn't quite do enough to warrant all 3. A good first half, shaky 25 minutes after the break and finished strongly. Make no mistake, Hearts had all the hallmarks of a proper Derek McInnes team. JBA got his tactics spot on in the first 45; McInnes reacted well at half time and JBA regained control with his late changes. We played well in the early stages but didn't create much and overelaborated. Unlucky to be denied an early goal by VAR again. A shoulder offside? I ask you. Neither clear nor obvious. Hearts started the second half well and had us pinned back for a good 20 minutes or so, but we didn't buckle. The highlight of the game for me was Callum Hendry's goal line clearance. In general though, our defence played well and Stephen Welsh was my MOTM. The midfield wasn't quite firing on all cylinders, but played well nonetheless. We finished strongly, but poor finishing allowed Schwolow that little, but all crucially important opportunity, to showcase his skills. Still, we created chances. I thought Kevin Clancy had a poor game and was outthought by Derek McInnes' charges. The crime count of 4 fouls and 2 bookings versus 14 fouls and 4 bookings tells its own story. Shankland should have received an early yellow for lifting his hand and smacking one of our players in the face; and Devlin should have received a second yellow. Lessons learned for us? We need to be more clinical up front and probably a goalscoring main striker should be on our shopping list. Callum Hendry and Ap Stam just don't do it for me. A missing piece in the jigsaw.

Agree that that it will be a very difficult game. Falkirk are a decent side whose style isn't bad although a tad overhyped. Their most impressive quality right now is the good luck that they're carrying. This season they've received at least one game changing 50/50 decision in their favour in most games. Right now, a draw would be a great result for us.

Just in front of us. No I don't think so. Didn't see one at any rate. I wonder what upset McInnes at full time. Didn't see or hear anything untoward.

A fair summing up but Devlin should never have seen the final whistle. He was very fortunate not to receive a 2nd yellow card. Referee bottled it.

South Stand capacity cut to 4,600. So about 6,339 Well fans. That's impressive.

Is it not about time we played St Mirren in Paisley again? No trip to Perth this time as the tractormen have been asked to leave the competition following their defeat to Cove Rangers.

Agreed. A few folk have experienced log in problems. Also the first place in the app many members would have looked would be subscription details and they're not available yet. In short it's a bit like the Queensferry Crossing. Announced it was finished before it actually was, for PR reasons. Still, it's a positive step forward.

Have many folk downloaded the Society app yet? I've done so, logged in and it works ok but my membership details are scant. Shown as 1950, whatever that means. No record of my subscriptions to date or monthly payments or how to amend them.

10,616 Sir.

I assumed that Iredale was subbed to avoid him being red carded. After JT gave him a roasting he simply went totally out of control and could have picked up 3 yellow cards in a crazy 15 minute spell. Part of our gameplan was to "deny them access to their best players" according to JBA.

How many of our current long term crocks did SK sign? Three?

Much has been made about Killie's injury list and how it impacted on their game yesterday. By my count, they had 5 players out with one returning to the bench. On the other hand, we had 8 players out. Ok, not all of ours would have been starters but... A common theme emerging about Kettlewell's training methods? Incidentally, I noticed a picture of Ap Stam taking the penalty. Just behind him there's a clear image of Said's jersey being pulled, presumably to prevent him from running in to follow up had the ball not gone in. In that scenario would a retake have been ordered via VAR or otherwise?

Thats just not going to happen. By comparison to our perma angry, vitriolic and vile hordes, Killie fans are decent, patient, civilised and courteous. They would never stoop so low as to criticise him. Aye right!

A very good result on the road although we did strike it very lucky given Killie's long injury list. Of late we've not picked up much at Rugby Park so this very satisfying. Going by the BBC stats (?) we do seem to have riled the ref with a few yellow cards. Good to see TJ notch a brace.