Kmcalpin

Yes very much so. All 3 are "physical strikers", but no more so than Stevie May for example who isn't classed as being one, but none are especially good in the air. Tomoorrow's line up will be interesting and Robbo may place his focus more on beating QoS than giving players game time - we'll see.

Why? We have no right to beat any team even the bottom team in the senior leagues. We have to earn wins.

I'm not a fan of our thread on Pie & Bovril. Whilst there are some very good and thought provoking posts its also bedevilled by more than its fair share of trolling and a condescending attitude to some on here. However, one of the best posts I've read recently was written this morning by Welldaft and it pretty sums up my view (we might disagree slightly on Bigi). I hope you don't mind if I quote you Iain. "In all honesty you could debate our style v substance all day long as Ya Bezzer likes to do on occasion. We have a players wage budget and one that is lower than almost every other team bar Hamilton for the season just gone. Probably will be above them Livingston and St Mirren for this season. I am not sure what players we are expected to sign at that level ? A team full of silky creative types just like Luka Modric... The reality is that our Manager is trying to use the budget to get a team on the park to avoid relegation first and foremost. On the budget we had we had no right to reach 2 cup finals and beat Rangers and Aberdeen in the semis. It is almost as if that did not happen and that Robinson is getting almost no credit for that. The compromise is that our football is robust and not always a lot of fun to watch at times. But I have said it before and I will say it again. Would we rather have a team full of Bigi’s for example and find ourselves bumping along the bottom of the table. I am sure the usual glass half empty on Steelmen and on here would be content with that as long as we were trying to play football the correct way - NOT. For all that I do agree with a number of points. I would like to see the likes of Turnbull, Scott and Maguire given a little more opportunity. Quite frankly Scott looked better in pre season friendlies than Sammon has so far. Time will tell as I still think Sammon will be a decent enough signing for us. I also like Bigriamana and the few times he has come on as sub end of last season we improved immediately as a team. I am surprised and disappointed there appears to be no place for him. I can see him leaving and us regretting it."

There will be a reason why Bigi isn't being picked. I don't know what it is but there is a reason. We have to trust Robbo and Keith on this. They see the players far more than we do. They will not be leaving a "good" player out just to be contrary and awkward.

A bit of overreaction to yesterday's admittedly poor result. At this stage of the season smaller clubs are usually that bit fitter than the top clubs and that is a telling factor. Some of today's picks hadn't even played a full 90 minutes. Maybe our pre season preparation was lacking or inadequate? Unlike most in our support I have no problem in us playing the long ball game as we're not going to achieve much success trying to play open expansive football (not my favourite style admittedly). Yes, I suppose there's a middle way. The problem just now is that we're not playing the long ball game very well. Firstly we're not getting decent crosses into the opposition box and secondly we're not winning aerial balls and getting them on target. Still early days. I suspect Kipre and Hartley are far from being match fit and their recent suspension won't have helped. I felt at the time it was wrong not to challenge Cedric's red card and I still think so. Although not at today's game it seems to me that the midfield might have been very culpable in not aiding and abetting the strikers and shielding our defence, but those who were there will know better. Tuesday's game will be important and at this stage of the season Queens will prove very dangerous opponents indeed. They'll also now know how to play us. I'd love them to be in the position of knowing that we'll play the long high ball but also knowing they can't defend against it.

Our penalty record (in all competitions) isn't as bad as I originally thought: 1986-87 Celtic Lost 1990-91 Morton Won 1995-96 Clydebank Won 1996-97 Alloa Lost 1997-98 Inverness Won 1999-2000 Raith Rovers Won 2003-04 Forfar Lost 2011-12 Hibs Lost 2014-15 Hamilton Lost Still we had lost our previous 3 shootouts and so today's eventual outcome wasn't a surprise for me. Not a great result or performance by the sound of things but its not the end of the world. Hopefully lessons will have been learnt. To be fair Stranraer were probably ahead of us in terms of fitness. What does concern me is the lack of ammunition our strikers seem to be receiving - I assume that was the case today as it was for much of last Tuesday? On a tight pitch today was always going to be lumping high balls to big strikers but it seems we couldn't achieve even that. Tuesday is a big match for us now and another slip up is unthinkable. Write off today but Tuesday is a different matter.

We don't normally do penalty shootouts do we? So no surprise. Our record in them is consistent is it not?

And Max Currie.

or Gary Neville it would seem; been "attacked" verbally by 3 different parties.

As Robbo has said it'll be a balancing act between giving more players game time and getting the job done. I expect that Kipre and Hartley will start, with maybe Taylor-Sinclair, Johnson and Sammon getting more game time. It may not be easy but we should do it without too much trouble, if we display a professional attitude.

Why would it get involved? More to the point has Oldham Athletic commented?

I know that population and attendances aren't the same but the population of Salford is considerably more than that of Aberdeen (admittedly not the hinterland) and the population of York is about the same as Aberdeen. Even lower league clubs in England benefit from massive TV monies compared to our Premier League clubs.

Completely agree about the suicide prevention message as too many lives, especially young ones, are destroyed by it. I have no idea of the merits or otherwise of Danny Byrne's gripe but it should not be with MFC or with the video, which is trying to do good. By doing what he has done he is overshadowing the underlying message of the video, which is a real shame. If he has a grievance then he should take it up with his former employers, Oldham Athletic . He may have a genuine grievance and he may not, but this was not the correct way to handle it.

Hi Iain - can you PM me please?

Absolutely. Without Cadden beside him, Tait wasn't nearly as effective. In the second half our right flank lacked attacking ability.

No word on that. Unconnected to last night's absence. Just a rumour though.

Surprised that Rohan Ferguson wasn't on the bench last night. A comfortable win and the players got more game time. After the first half the second was always going to be an anti climax and so it proved.

I thought Sammon did ok when he came on last night although you can't come to any definitive conclusion on such a short appearance. Very early days but he looks to have a bit more than Bowman in his locker. We need to give him a chance. Rumour last night that Carson is on his way as we've accepted a bid - time will tell.

I'm a bit surprised at us taking Sammon on loan as he seems to be the same kind of player we already have. Pure speculation on my part but....could he be a replacement for an outgoing striker? Robbo recently said that we'd made offers for two strikers and were awaiting their responses and its strange that we have just received a seemingly unexpected offer for Ryan Bowman - coincidence? Would we go back to anohter target and tell him "Sorry we no longer want you"? To those who bemoan our perceived style of play this season I'd say just remember wee Tommy. When he first arrived his first few years were characterised by dull and boring sides but who were effective. Lets just wait and see this year.

Put me down for £15 Iain. Thanks again for doing this.

Rodriguez Gorrin?

He must be bad if he's even worse than John Sutton , who I was told, was Hearts' worst signing ever. This site is almost as negative as our Pie & Bovril thread and thats saying something. Give the guy a chance. If he wears C&A then he has my support.

I doubt it very much. If that were the case we'd have a string of clubs publicly denying these rumours and the club would soon earn a reputation.

Next week sometime?