MelvinBragg

If we could stop conceding early goals, that would be smashing. Two weeks in a row...

Same eleven as the other night with the exception of Bowman and Fisher for Moult and Tanner. So I suspect it's the same formation as Wednesday, whatever that was...

The rules and the interpretation of them change so often these days (do you know you can make a fourth sub in extra time?!?!?) that I've kind of given up trying to work out what's right or wrong in the eyes of the SFA...

No thanks...

Ah, the old McGhee approach of worrying more about the opposition than anything else. Let's hope we don't see a return to that inferiority complex. I know studying your opponents prior to a match is crucial but I'd rather that meant slight tweaks to our set up rather than basing our entire plan on what the opposition are likely to do. I suspect we'll line up 352 anyway...

We received £600k for Johnson? Generous. If we get anything like £300k in addition to that, it'll be a ridiculously good bit of business...

The thing with Cadden, as was pointed out when Hearts made their derisory offer, we would be due a fair amount of compensation were he to leave at the end of his contract so it will have to be a decent fee for us to sell him. I think teams may want to wait to see if he can sustain this form before making an offer so I reckon January is more likely to see offers if he does keep going as he is. Massive loss when he does go. Moult, is he being affected by speculation or is it simply a hangover from being injured and slightly behind the others preseason wise? I know he scored a couple of free kicks in the league cup group stages but it feels similar to Fisher in that he just needs a goal right now to lift him a bit...

A Motherwell team winning an away cup tie in extra time while down to ten men? With three midfielders scoring? Surely some mistake...

Go back a page and read about seven posts...

Could be wrong but pretty sure that a new FIFA rule stated that you could make a fourth sub in extra time...

Bit irritated at us scoring just into extra time as us not winning in normal time cost me £100..

Good. We'll be able to decide if we even want to go through or not...

We're creating chances it seems but not taking them. I have a horrible feeling that I'll be using that phrase a lot this season...

Best guess is the first option. Fearing it's the second...

Good news: if we don't know how Robinson is setting us up, chances are McIntyre won't. Bad news: there isn't a formation that doesn't look unbalanced... EDIT Will be interested to hear those at the game clear up exactly how we've set up...

Fans, like players, can often struggle for consistency early in the season.. While I am not rushing to label him as a bad signing, Andy Rose is the one that's impressed me the least. Not entirely sure what he contributes. But I haven't seen enough of him for me to write him off...

Player signs for Club A on loan but never plays due to an illness that player admits himself makes him unable to play in Scotland but not England. Player signs for club B. Club A and B are due to play and player isn't mentioned as being doubtful. Player doesn't play. These are conditions rife for speculation and rumour...

Or the issue only gets brought to light when another club who is already aware of it brings it up...

Worryingly you can easily find a Daily Record article where Bigirmana himself says that he had (at least when he signed for Rangers) an illness that wouldn't let him play under SFA rules but didn't prevent him playing in England. Are we going to find ourselves in a situation where a key summer signing isn't eligible to play..?

Given there are no real secrets in football, if this were the case and Rangers were aware of it, pretty sure we would have known about this before signing him. And if Rangers can somehow object, any team that we play against will do so...

Interested to hear a second person suggest Rangers somehow dictated that Bigirmana wouldn't play today. I'm not sure how that would even be possible?

No idea what that means...

Bad miss..?

Worse than Moult's?

For the benefit of those at work without a TV, who for?