steelboy

i wouldn't go to birmingham, they are murder and their owner is in hong kong jail. they could still go down as well. i hope he goes down south, the championship would suit him and he would get a fairer deal from the refs down there.

if there moaning about us being physical we're doing something right. We should be letting dundee united know we're up for it early next week as well, we'll see how many of them are thinking about the cup final.

hutchy is being linked to rangers again. it would be a shame to see him play for another scottish team but it's his career. it's gutting he only has never 4 games in claret and amber.

getting knocked out of the cups due a combination of a managerial stupidity and gutless players has cost us dearly. The fans have to pay though while the players bonuses are honoured.

losing the cup game is a pisstake.

i wasn't at the ICT away game but i'm sure i heard the radio commentator saying that he an inverness player were booked in injury time for a bit of handbags near the corner flag. those bookings weren't in any match report but it is likely at that point in a midweek game most reporters will be writing their copy rather than watching the game. does anyone who was at the game know if he was booked or not?

with us understrength and celtic having had a fortnight off and rotating their squad a heavy doing is on the cards. any word on ramsden?

the bookies have ICT as favourites against aberdeen on friday and st johnstone as favourites against dundee united on saturday. that would leave inverness ahead of united and right in the mix for 3rd. we should only be thinking about getting 2nd or 3rd and forgetting the scottish cup.

to finish second we obviously need to take 4 more points than aberdeen which sounds tricky but we only need one more than them in the next four games to keep it alive on the final day which would be an achievement in itself. we only managed 2 out of 15 points after getting to the scottish cup final so if mcinnes and mcnamara follow mccall's example of playing a different defence in each of the final fixtures we could be in with a chance.

to be fair to him he was only back so far because lasley, leitch and vigurs were out on their feet. His work rate is superb but he's not much of a defender.

the 2nd hibs goal as well. i said earlier in the thread he should be left up the park, teams are picking on him at set pieces. every team we come up against knows that if they put the ball on the six yard line the keeper won't go near it so we have 3 or 4 guys trying to attack that area every time we are defending a corner. if hammell's reaction to nielsen at the goal is anything to go by the players are as frustrated as we are.

are you kidding on? he should have caught the corner for their opener and i don't think he did very well at the third either although it's difficult to say from so far away. the penalty looked savable as well. they could have been out of sight early on because he won't come off his line at corners.

they didn't dominate the middle of the park, neither team played well enough to say they dominated anything.

out fought in the second half again, it's been happening a lot recently. we'll get drubbed in the top six unless we improve greatly. ainsworth just seemed to be getting into the game when he got subbed and vigurs looked like he was carrying a knock but played the 90 mins despite not moving very well. our defending from corners is - to borrow a phrase - like juggling soot. every team knows all they have to do is put the ball in the six yard box and they will be able to attack the ball on the run. sutton is losing his man at near enough every corner and should be left up the park.

we can beat aberdeen up there, they are a far better match up for us than united. if aberdeen are in the scottish cup final we'd be favourites imo.

lasley and hammell being suspended for the celtic game rather than a more winnable game is a bonus for us. playing st johnstone and inverness at fir park are the two most winnable fixtures so it's good we got that. it's possible that 6 points from those two games will be all we need to claim 3rd.

the fixtures are out celtic H saturday united A saturday st johnstone H saturday ICT H wednesday aberdeen A sunday the best we could have hoped for imo.

a good 3 points. it should be a decent drive home for everyone up there.

craggs at least had the trademark crossfielder. reid has hardly found a motherwell player since he has been here and bangs it the way he is facing the majority of the time. he's a good defender but limited on the ball.

radio

they estimated 2400 on the radio, the bbc are clearly at it.

reid is the worst passer of the ball i've seen play for us since fitzpatrick. he likes a charge forward but it's only because he can't get rid of the ball to a team mate.

i think moore is one of the injuries, he hurt his ribs again before he went off on saturday. he is right footed so playing right mid should be ok if he can play on the left.

it'll be a 3-5-2 surely. mccall can't think kerr is a midfielder?

if st johnstone win the scottish cup tommy wright should be in with a shout considering how average his squad is.