Kmcalpin

I think the club is totally wrong about this and it sends out completely the wrong message. If something is going on behind the scenes then be open about it. As it is there will now be a nasty smell left to hang over this whole episode for evermore.

I agree and fortunately Bowman, Frear, Grimshaw, Rose, Tanner and Campbell all played considerably less than 90 minutes. We do have options.

IF this is true then the financial hit would be £2,000 I think. A drop in the ocean compared to what we've earned from our cup run. I agree though that if the club doesn't appeal there must be a reason - a question for a shareholder to raise at the next club AGM maybe?

I don't know about the rest of the team but yes Cadden must play wide right.

We should appeal it end of. If there are any other "strings attached" then make them public. The club has to support an innocent employee and if we don't it sends out the wrong message.

I suspect we will, if Jim McMahon has anything to do with it. No doubt we're waiting on the referee's report first, which might not arrive until tomorrow. As for tomorrow's game we have a number of options if Robbo wants to change things for various reasons. Stevie Hammell, Alan Campbell, Elliot Frear, Craig Tanner, Bigi, Ellis Plummer, Ross MacLean, Deimantas Petr....,and Alex Fisher could all step in.

Referees are human and make mistakes I get that. However in major game changing decisions there ought to be some form of compensation for the injured parties. For example when a team loses a player through a referee's blunder and the red card is rescinded, the damage has still been done through having to play a man short. Other situations might include goals wrongly given or chalked off. In such instances some form of compensation should be paid by the SFA - I'm not talking of millions of pounds incidentally. There has to be more open accountability. Whilst Sunday's incident is hard to take, I hate to think what would have happened if Kipre's red card had occurred during a play off final and we'd been relegated. All hell would have broken loose.

Ex referee in the Scotsman says it definitely wasn't a penalty. I suspect Sportsound would only quote an ex referee if he said it was a penalty.

Diving is an unacceptable part of today's game. However before we start punishing players for simulation we have to target their managers; in other words start at the top. Some managers encourage it and others turn a blind eye to it.

Well I'll certainly be there. Maybe yesterday's injustices will fire us up. Its a new game and there are 3 points up for grabs. Yesterday's result apart the whole club is on a roll just now and income from the League Cup will bring some cheer.

After my rant about Craig Thomson I'll post my thoughts on less important aspects of the game. I thought we stuck to our gameplan well in the first half and stifled Celtic. That however, came at the cost of creativity. Talk of our physicality clearly worked so credit to Brendan Rodgers for that by taking advantage of a compliant media. In actual fact Celtic were the more physical team, as I thought they would be, and won more than their fair share of 50/50 balls. Some of our lads looked a little overawed by the occasion and we gave Celtic a tad too much respect at times. Our play, when in possession, was wasteful and we made too many unforced errors. Kipre should have been booked for his tackle on Dembele, but then again someone clattered Moult on the the right touchline and he escaped any card. My only concern was that we gave Celtic a bit too much freedom on the flanks. At half time we were very much in the game. Forrests' goal was down to slack defending but at that point I think Robbo felt lets go for it and began to make changes. Two game changing decisions then killed the contest and that was that. After the penalty the teams' heads went down possibly for the first time this season but they rallied well as professional pride kicked in. Still that wasn't enough to stop Celtic finding numerous gaps in our defence, but fortunately they couldn't add to their tally. My 2 MOTM were Carson and Hartley. Although we didn't win it was our best Final result and performance since 1991 i.e. it wasn't a drubbing. Our fans didn't have much to cheer about but maybe just maybe if 2 crucial decisions had gone our way then the result might have been better. Anyone who thinks that Craig Thomson will be reprimanded by the SFA is having a laugh - he'll probably turn up at one of our game sin the enxt week or two....just to make a point. Anyway lets look forward to Wednesday night's game. COYW.

I hope so. As we saw with Richard Tait, at Easter Road, it does not matter whether a player is fouled or not. If he dives or exaggerates the foul then thats a yellow card. However it was never a penalty in my book and that was a game changing decision. To be fair, acording to Trevor Carson, said that Thomson asked Sinclair if he dived or not and surprisingly, the player replied no. On that basis no card was dished out. Just before that incident, Moult is clearly impeded by Tierney and that should have been a penalty and red card. Two huge decisions which could have influenced the outcome. Another little incident which highlighted Craig Thomson's perfromance. In the second half the linesman on the north side indicated a throw in to us (he was standing about 6 feet away from the tackle). Thomson, who was standing maybe 20/25 yards away overuled him and awarded the throw in to Celtic. A referee can have one bad game, it happens; but Craig Thomson seems to have them more than most when we're involved. Anyhow, hew wrote himself into our history books yesterday and not for the right reason.

We had a good breakfast for you.

Thats it for me too Andy. I've never bought into the Scots media clap trap about big teams being wounded and dangerous after a defeat.

No doubt he was asked to comment on our physicality by a journalist. He should have responded that we hoped to match Celtic's physicality and wouldn't be intimidated by them.

I really hope it doesn't degenerate into the Craig Thompson show.

Brora away would some trip.

No but the clamour for him to leave is understandable given the offence, damage and hurt he has caused to certain parties.

Was Hammy fit?

Apologies for being petty, but it sure was. Just to rub salt in their wound Moulty scored both goals - how inconsiderate and selfish of us not to sell him cut price to the Dons in the summer. The media won't say it but I will "Well gain revenge on Aberdeen for league loss at Fir Park". If the "unbiased" BBC pundits consider that the result was down to Aberdeen being very poor then I hope many others think the same. We however, know better. A good win for us at the start of a difficult run of fixtures, and it sets us up nicely for next weekend's final. It seems that Robbo's formation caught Derek McInnes out and this was a game won as much off the park as on it. Good to see Liam Grimshaw step in and play well. He's a player I admire - full of running and aggression. A real team performance though. COYW!

I'm looking for a win here, or at least a draw. We can start worrying about next week, tomorrow.

There's plenty of space but you have to be quick. First come first served and you'll be competing with old soldiers who park there at every game.

My favourite ref. Tiny was huge and had no fears when splitting up brawls. On more than one occasion I saw him throw players to the ground and even grab some troublemakers by the throat. He was scrupulously fair and widely respected for that. He wasn't one to dish out yellow a cards willy nilly. An old fashioned ref.

The club may post them out as they're doing for our group or maybe a member of this site could pick a ticket up for you.

What are the criteria for buying tickets from todat onwards. I note that the Official site simply says photo ID is required. Can anyone turning up buy an unlimited amount of tickets providing they have the necessary ID?