Kmcalpin

We don't know what is going on behind the scenes. That said I agree with you Wee G. Unless MFC has been actively trying to punt him to Celtic during Mark McGhee's reign (highly unlikely I'd say) then the obvious conclusion to be drawn is that Chris McCart is doing his best to poach the cream of our young talent - Steven Lawless anyone? In my eyes, IF thats true, then it doesn't paint Chris in a very good light. However he's escaped criticism so far on these boards.

My thoughts exactly Eddie. We should give the lad some space to get back to fitness and JG space to deal with his contract. Some on here would would do well to remember Simo Valakari who treated the club and fans abominably but was well thought of nonetheless.

I'll say again that the folk that I know on the Trust Board have given their all. Whether or not the Trust "relaunches" with any of the old faces is not up to them....its up to others, currently on the sidelines, to take up the baton. I'm quite certain many if not all of the current Board would welcome others on board to relaunch. You can't blame the current board for carrying on if no-one else steps up to ring.

Yes, I served on the Board for several years and was the Press Officer until about 2 years ago when I had to give it up because of personal reasons. I've remained a member and will continue to renew. I can see both sides of the debate. The Trust Board is a group of honest hard working fans who have invested a lot of their own time in the Trust. They/we haven't always got it right in terms of communication and thats been very true of late. That said communicating with members isn't as straightforward as some would believe. I quite understand many fans have issues with the Trust - some have not renewed and some never joined. If they genuinely care enough but don't like what the Trust is doing or not doing or whatever, now is the moment to put their time where their mouth is. Its most unlikely that any nomination for Board membership would be turned down. Then change things from within.

Maybe someone from the Trust can pick this up?

Really quite surprised that no-one has mentioned this, given that the lack of Trust activity seemed to be causing something of a furore a few weeks ago. Renewal letters have been sent out and the AGM will take place on Wednesday 14 October at 7.30 in the Cooper Suite. Subs renewals are also due. The Trust is also looking for nominations for Board membership - there are vacancies. Given the apparent disquiet I'd say this was the perfect chance for disaffected fans to put themselves forward and change things once and for all. The AGM was also advertised in Saturday's programme.

Well according to him we had only one shot on target and that was the goal. What about Giles Cokes' effort on 20 mins?

If thats a true reflection of Eddie's match assessments then its no surprise his team is bottom of the SPL.

But you aren't and thats the point. Whether you should be or not is another matter which should taken up with the SPL or SFA but not MFC.

To be fair though, Everton's standard is way above anything you'll see in Scotland and most of Europe.

We need to give the guy a chance and get him fully match fit and sharp. Certainly he won us 2 points on Saturday.

Very sorry to hear this. Betty was Mrs MFC.

A proper mess up isn't it!

Can I ask you Everton how many times Lucas Jutkiewitz has played 90 minutes for you in the past 2 years?

You can say that again. He had a shocking challenge on Crags who went berserk afterwards and could have been yellow carded for persistent fouling after 20 minutes!!!

Ah so its like the AoH, Masons or Opus Dei?

A warning for older fans - the concession only applies at 65 not 60.

Drinks are on you then Colin

Agree that our marking at the goals was appalling but Hibs don't have that much class - Riordan, perhaps Miller, Zemmamma and Stokes. The other 7/8 are/were ordinary to say the least. Hamilton and St Johnstone both played aggressively in midfield and completely smothered them. Our game plan and midfield performance suited Hibs to a T and they took full advantage. Man for man I'd say we have a better goalie, defence and midfield.

Aye, stay off the chicken pies at Tynecastle.

I'm putting 2 and 2 together here and trying to second guess Jim Gannon which is always risky. I'd guess he'd identified Stokes and Riordan as Hibs' 2 danger men both of whom are pretty quick on the deck. Steven Craigan has his strengths but pace isn't one of them. That ansd the fact that Reynolds and saunders have contributed to a few shutouts?

The danger in all such situations whether in a football ground or not is that anyone who tries to make a fool out of others does so at their risk. In the vast majority of cases the perpetrator doesn't know how the "victims" will react. There have been many tragic incidents where the "victims" have reacted in a very unpredictable and dangerous fashion. PS - not getting at Fizoxy at all in my previous post.

No we don't. The number of fans who did that at Pittodrie were very small in number, amounting to about 0.4% of our support. Those who did were rightly castigated by Mark McGhee himself and the press. In short, the very small number who made the objectionable chants didn't "get to do it". By comparison, several hundred, if not at least 1,000, barracked Zemmama for his unacceptable behaviour.

Likewise. So lets turn this around then. If a player winds up the fans and they react in a hostile manner (non violently of course - throwing missiles is another matter) he has no cause for complaint?

Seems to be some confusion here despite all the posts on the subject. Did the fans abuse/barrack him from the kick off and if so why? or Did they only abuse/barrack him after he gesticulated & celebrated after his goal? My recollection from the POD Stand is that it was the latter. I recall a "similar" incident years ago at McDiarmid Park when Allan Moore scored for Saints then ran over to the Well support and made objectionable gestures. It almost caused a riot. In that case our support hadn't been bothering with him in the slightest prior to his gestures.