MelvinBragg

Correctamundo....

I had forgotten Aberdeen bizarrely given how recent it was. Can blame the players, but coaching staff need to take some responsibility as well...

Twice this season we've equalised then switched off and lost games. Nowhere near good enough...

He's signed four players. One crock, one guy with a patchy injury record, one untried youngster and one who looks a good attacking full back (not so much defensively). He gets a free pass from a lot of people, but he has questions to answer...

The manager has to go. Not anywhere near good enough. If the midfield continually gives the ball away and the manager keeps picking the same midfield, that's where the blame has to go. Midfield is one area where there is at least an alternative but he perseveres with Spittal in there when his best games have been further upfield. The manager is getting cut a lot of slack here despite repeating the same mistakes. What's that definition of insanity again? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results...

This game will finish 3-0 after a Motherwell red card early in the second half...

I'd go 352 tomorrow with Efford and Van Veen up front but both playing wide looking for space behind the full backs. Give their centre halfs the choice of whether to come out wide leaving gaps for a midfielder to break through or expect their full backs to deal with it. I'd have Goss and Slattery trying to put the ball in behind their full backs all day. Both of them certainly have the passing range to do it...

"To be fair, we all know what Porteous is like.." Does that get me an eight week ban from here?

Apparently Fir Park open 10-12 tomorrow...

We still might...

Not so sure. If the funeral isn't the day of the match, I reckon it might be on. Given the Royal Family have given the "do as you please except the day of the funeral" instructions and the general reaction that football maybe overreacted, I wouldn't be stunned to see games on next weekend. Given the rugby, cricket and horse racing are continuing. football then looks out of step. Champions League games going ahead in the UK (which they will) will make it look even stranger. .

It's the fact that rugby and cricket are going ahead this weekend and horse racing is resuming on Sunday that galls a bit. I think the football authorities have misjudged the mood more than the other sports...

Not sure if they'll close the theatres of the West End for the next two weeks. And I'd bet any concerts in the O2 aren't postponed or cancelled. If I'm wrong and they do that, fair enough...

Without wishing to be that guy, I'm assuming all pubs, nightclubs, theatres and cinemas will be closed for the next two weeks then? All concerts postponed? If not then the question would have to be why are only fans of live sport being asked to show respect?

Have you seen Hibs and Aberdeen this season? And Dundee United didn't exactly look up to much on Saturday.. Hearts will be playing us between two European games. There's plenty of points to be had in that run of games if we perform as we can...

Tierney for me. Manages to find pockets of space to pick the ball up in and his decision making is improving. To be fair, only two players I thought played below their level today were McGinn and Van Veen. Don't think McGinn had a bad game, just a bit shakier than the other defenders on occasions...

Aye, if you can pay your third choice goalkeeper £40k a week...

I know, was responding to the comments that someone made after the Doidge chat mentioning Clark had been available. I wouldn't have taken either of them...

Of course none of us wanted Celtic in the next round but let's just enjoy the fact we dealt with what could have been a banana skin with ease. Four players made their debut, Tierney and Efford contributed, all good stuff...

Indeed. And I don't think Nicky Clark is the answer either...

Randolph, Gillespie and Carson were all better than Kelly. And again he's a very good keeper. Just not as good as those three...

A couple of things. No one is saying Kelly is a bad keeper. But... If we hadn't got Kelly, we would have signed someone else. No way Chapman was staying as number 1. Maybe Kelly gets overpraised on the basis of who he replaced? And got overpraised on the basis he was only one of two or three performing anywhere near adequately at that time. He's a very good keeper. But I'd argue he's not even in our top three in the last 15 years...

Stephen Cosgrove and Liam Grimshaw were highly rated prospects at Manchester United. John Hendry was well thought of at Spurs. Who was the winger we got from West Ham that never saw the light of day, Belic? Not to mention Stephen Hendrie... Point I'm making is that it doesn't matter which club you sign players from, it doesn't guarantee success. Where did we sign Moult and Aldred from..?

Not a fan of bringing on Morris for Cornelius. You're replacing energy and work rate with someone who offers neither. Morris can take the sting out of a game and slow it down, what you're after at 1-0 up. So bring him on for Shields. Stupid substitution to make...

Listen, if Stevie Hammell can't pick out a good left back, there's no hope...