Kmcalpin

Absolutely Allan. He's been a great servant and ambassador for the club but his time has come.

A vital win last night which we deserved. The first half was very tense and despite a great start we finished the poorer team. Robinson was right to take off David Ferguson after 30 minutes or so but to be fair he had been hung out to dry. Cadden presumably was meant to be playing in front of him but ended up playing as part of a central midfield 3 and offered him no protection whatsoever. Other than that Cadden played well. Our two wingers changed the game. Frear is looking like a real find and he's taken some punishment in the past two games. We deservedly won the game in a good second half. I thought Lasley and Clay struggled all night and thats why Cadden was drafted into the middle to bail them out. As Melvin said earlier though, no-one can question Keith's commitment. A good crowd last night which backed the team in its hour of need. Great end to a poor season.

Yes, simply no chance that we can take advantage of it for this very reason.

You can appeal yellow cards if they awarded for simulation. In this case, I would say its a forgone conclusion that it'll be overturned if we appeal.

Indeed. At the last NDP encounter Sarris jabbed him in the eye and got off scot free.

The bottom line is what is his scoring record like with both us and Alloa?

Absolutely. This should clearly be a case for the SFA's Compliance Officer to investigate. Sarris clearly fouled MacDonald and then sneakily allowed him to be booked for simulation. However, as the BBC didn't see fit to highlight the incident the Compliance Officer won't be interested. It annoyed me at the time at some of our fans were lambasting MacDonald for diving and one even said that he could have got an honest pro into trouble! Edit: just read Skippy's comments on the BBC website, in which he confirmed he did not dive. Hopefully we will appeal the decision.

I think you're being a bit pessimistic Mitch. I'm not saying it'll be easy but hopefully we'll strengthen the side in the summer. IF Accies stay up, they won't improve much. If they don't, Dundee United will have to strengthen considerably and Falkirk will not spend much on improving their squad. Kilmarnock - about the same level as us potentially. Ross County won't make the top six and Partick will not receive megabucks from their benefactors. Our first job though, and its a very difficult challenge indeed, is to stay up but its not beyond us. We can then rebuild and worry about next term but there's no reason to be unduly fearful.

Its 6 full time staff.

Pretty much agree with that. However I think Blyth and certainly Clay have signed deals for longer than a year. Of the young lads has Dylan Mackin done enough to earn a longer stay? No doubt Stephen Craigan will have been assessing the younger pads' potential and will be passing his recommendations on to SR.

Of course we all want to win and Accies to lose this week, but I'll take a draw on Tuesday if Accies get beaten - that scenario would be enough to ensure our safety.

Overall we just deserved the 3 points and all important outcome was the win end of. Predictably it wasn't a classic but we did the business. Little point in going on about line up or tactics but I did feel sorry for Cadden as he was frequently left very exposed and on occasion had to cover 2 or even 3 men. The team did show spirit though and our grit won through. Heneghan and McHugh were probably the pick of the bunch. Moult again proved his worth and it was very fitting and pleasing that it resulted from a free kick conceded by Hamilton. You couldn't have written the script much better. I don't understand one or two comments about us being lucky. Griffiths had one good save to make and that resulted indirectly from a wicked deflection. Fortune, in the shape of the refereeing decisions favoured Accies. Devlin was was very fortunate indeed not to pick up an early red card for wiping out Frear who had skinned him. Docherty was also very lucky to escape a red card, indeed any card, for planting his studs straight into Lasley's knee in a horrific tackle. I've watched MacDonald's yellow card several times in highlights and am convinced he didn't dive at all. Sarris, yes him again, clearly sticks out his boot to trip him and his reaction says it all - he buries his hands in his face as he thinks he's about to be carded. The crowd were great, gave the side commendable backing and in the main behaved. Only one incident of folk sitting in the wrong seat near us and they reluctantly moved on when very assertively told to move by the legitimate occupants. A typical derby against a cynical Accies team, with plenty of talking points and we claim the 3 points. I can read the papers this morning (online of course.)

Just to clarify - the far away left hand corner (Sainsbury's end) was watered before the first half began and the near end hand right corner was watered at half time.

Heneghan for me.

That would make sense. The 2 corners were the ones that we were attacking down our left wing.

Does anyone know why Accies grounds staff were watering the pitch yesterday in 2 corners? I didn't know that you had to water artificial pitches and certainly not after wet weather! The pitch was shocking yesterday and was a huge factor in the poor standard of play.

Very true Busta...Ged Brannan?

A bit odd that he's saying these things now. Presumably he didn't sign any confidentiality clause? Presumably too he's no longer in the employment of the club ie on gardening leave?

The problem is that if some folk batter in and just take seats then other groups, including families can get split up. I've no problems with folk just taking seats as long as they move if asked to do so.

Thats just the Spice of Life Stand and not the Gazebo. If everyone behaves themselves and sticks to their allotted seats then there should be no problem but I can't see that happening. Hopefully stewards would step in to defuse matters.

Oddly enough the home stand is not all ticket and there will be a PATG facility for home fans. Surely it should be the same for all fans, home or away?

I don't see the point in selling tickets from the back down unless we don't fill the stand, in which case the front rows would be left vacant. If the stand is full...... I wonder too if we do sell out the end stand whether we'll be given tickets for the temporary stand or whether Accies would prefer to keep that empty. Anyway lets hope the entry arrangements are better organised.

The problem is that there are far more players from which to choose in England than in Scotland...perhaps 10 times more. I doubt very much if there's a talented player in our lower divisions who isn't being monitored by every club in our top division. Andy Ryan was mentioned and I'm pretty sure every scout from Scots Premier League and Championship clubs will know all about him. The real trick is picking up a gem with potential from our lower divisions by identifying players who are talented but not playing well or not being used properly by their managers.

You're not getting off the hook. If as you think, the club is going down the tubes, what do we do now? Time is against us and we have to come to a decision. In recent years there has been no white knight waiting to ride to our rescue and I doubt if thats changed. Not taking a decision and doing nothing is not an option.

Good posts Jay. Ok if you don't like fan ownership what is the alternative Del Superwell? Its all very well to say that you don't like something but what is the alternative right now; what would you do?