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Ref had noting to do with them being 2 up from their only 2 attacks in the first half. Commentary said Carson decision was right, but the others not so much. Either way, we were shite and the ref made it worse, and maybe gave a few folk an excuse.

Apparently hull have made an offer for Marvin

I could see Mclean in, and wouldn't be surprised to see moult rested, but a lot depends on whether we're trying to force him through games to get his sharpness up or not. Fisher and Bowman certainly gave the manager something to think about too.

Yeah, that's the plan.

I tweeted flow and he gave an answer, I think it shows in the shout box? Either way, it's something they are looking at.

That's what I was thinking, right now I pay nothing to the club weekly, as do most overseas fans, so this would hopefully bring us some money. However I don't know 1) how many overseas fans we have, and 2) how much it costs to do.

Yep, was onside. The penalty was also right, which I'd guess would mean a red for being the last man. Funny thing with Fisher is that with that double chance he leathered the ball twice, once right at the keeper and one narrowly missing, then cadds scored with a pretty weak finish. Fisher really need's a bit of luck, and soon before he becomes a Roddie. How on earth are we going to keep cadden past the transfer window? Ben Heneghan likes to jump on people, and Dunne looks like worf.

Ross county did. Was it not the same rule last year?

I think having the likes of McLean, fisher, Plummer and bowman available off the bench is such an improvement over last year. Particularly since we're still a couple of signings light and Frear is injured. Great result, this is the kind of game that can really get a new team going.

Maybe Tait kipre Ben dunne Cadden McHugh Bigi Rose Tanner Moult

Motherwell: Carson, Tait, Heneghan, Bigirimana, Cadden, McHugh, Moult, Rose, Dunne, Kipré, Tanner Not sure how that lines up

At some point st Johnstone will go the same way as the other smaller teams who have a good run of seasons, they will lose form, get a couple of injuries, lose their manager, and normal service will be resumed. They are probably due some regression.

I would like this, from the highlights I can only ever see who's good. I need to see the full games to know who's shite. Unless they're Zack Jules. We already record the whole games and provide commentary, so my guess is the hosting platform would be the stumbling block.

The system benefits clubs selling young Scottish players, but not Scottish clubs buying them. So instead of signing Scottish players in their early 20s to develop, we're loooking cross-border. It does look like we are putting more into developing our own, but they need to earn their place too. I'm pretty sure the manager and club would prefer to not have to sign external players, as it costs more. As said above, it is rare for more than a couple of guys to make the leap from u20 to being solid first team players, and when they do the clock starts ticking until we sell them.

I said that if we changed system (i.e. to 442) we could see Plummer in cos he is a left back, but that would mean one of the 3 main defenders missing out, so maybe dunne moving over would be more likely. Im assuming we will set up more defensively away from home. These go to penalties if necessary, right?

It's nice to think that one of our players is good enough that the opposition would pull shenanigans to keep him from playing against them. But he's not and they didn't.

I can see bigi for Rose (if fit) and fisher for moult (not sure if he's quite ready for two games in quick succession. I am assuming we will go with the same system, otherwise Plummer could be in for Rose.

Had him down as a C myself.

Don't think tait was asked to play right back, or has been this season.

Forgot to mention dunne. Now, I thought he was going to be total shite, but he was not bad today. Got a chance to show his world record pace a couple of times, and looked steady. Thought Ben was ok too. I'd agree with above, we need more of a threat up front, and the "pacy striker" would add something we don't have. Fisher and bowman were decent when they came on, and both made chances for themselves, but neither convince me as a starting XI option.

Ours was a penalty, there's was soft. After the close calls we had in the first half we were lucky to go in even, but made a decent number of half chances in the second. Bowman's effort was about as good as he could do from that angle, and I thought it was creeping in. I am not a fan of the million crosses theory though, half he time there was no one in there to attack them. We needed some kind of threat through the middle and we had nothing. Don't think anyone had a particularly bad game, tait had an almost impossible task and did relatively ok, and I'm a big fan of frear hugging that touchline. He was able to get to the byline a couple of times - but I'd agree that he needs another dimension. Moult is essentially getting to do his preseason work in competitive games, never looked like doing anything and could have been sent off. I'm not too discouraged by that game, didn't think rangers were particularly good, but they'll probably stroll 3rd. I do enjoy kipre walking through people like the kool-aid man.

I didn't know St. John's stats until I pulled my list together for this, ridiculous. Pat Quinn was also handy.

handing out paper forms at the games is a great way to get the older folk involved, as there are players who have played hundreds of games for us, and probably of a quality we couldn't even dream of having at the club these days, who could fall behind guys who had the bulk of their career away from us. Will be cool to see how it turns out either way. There used to be a good website done by a well fan that had a great player database, but I don't know what came of it. We also had a long drawn out hall of fame thing on here, but I think that was pre-regeneration. I think i could have an easier time listing the ten worst players.

I'd be interested in the opinions of some of our older fans, or those who have a better grasp of our history, as I'm sure most of the best players I have seen in person (from 1990 onwards) couldn't lace the boots of some of the guys I haven't. I'm going to research this one, maybe even read a couple of books. Or I'll just put in 10 of the cup winning side.

Really disappointed Marvin hasn't been sold yet, maybe he's the player we're trying to move on