Barney Rubble

Agreed. But what evidence is there that he is capable of influencing anything anyway?

Then pay him off. He's not up to it in our current team.

Oh, and Baird can go in January. This is one that Archie has got well wrong. Otherwise, we trust.

Mutton molested big style tonight. Bannigan was atrocious and needs benched for a while. Yes, we are easy on the eye, but unless Higgy is involved, then we don't look like doing anything. And to be quite honest, if the ball gets near Kris Doolan in the penalty area we should be putting out the bunting. He is feeding on scraps. SOD - why has he been told to fire balls in from midway in the opposition half when he is quite capable of hitting the byline and put something more dangerous into the box?

Seem to remember a certain Mr Welsh having a similar get up on 2nd August.

This absolutely. If it wasn't for Craigen immediately going to the AS, the rest of the Jags were prepared to accept it.

Law XVII — Corner Kick A corner kick is awarded to the attacking team when any member of the defending team plays the ball over the end line. A kick is taken from the quarter circle, with a radius of 1 yard, which is marked in each of the four corners of the field. The ball must be placed within the quarter circle at the defending side's end line nearest to where the ball went out of play. The kicker may not touch the ball a second time until it has been touched by another player. A goal may be scored directly from a corner kick. All defenders must remain 10 yards from the ball until it has traveled the distance of its circumference.

Re the corner - at any placed kick the ball needs to move at least the distance of its circumference to be deemed in play. Which it clearly didn't, so on that basis alone the foul should have been given as soon as the lad played it to himself. Having said that, the AR clearly hadn't sussed what was going on until Craigen protested.

Well, a couple of things spring to mind. We do not hit a byline often enough - too many crosses from deep, and frankly, about one in ten cause any danger to the oppo defence. Doolan and Baird are hardly strikers built to deal with that kind of delivery. As for tonight, the odd thing was our best chances came from long balls out of defence. Hibs were shocking in that regard. Gary McAllister also picked up on the number of times we intercepted them playing square balls across the midfield, which for a pro team (actually any team) is unbelievable. I accept that it's a learning curve, but we also need to learn to be ruthless too. Shut outs and Doolan and Baird fully punishing oppo mistakes are absolutely at the top of that list. I'm accepting now that we'll likely get pumped by the Fakes and the East End ones which takes us to the end of the first quarter. After that we need to be sharp, and then some.

Think you made your point pretty comprehensively in your original post big man, but that's some echo!! Think we've got it now, though......

The problem was the ball that was lost in the midfield. Hibs played that move well, and a great finish from Craig. Sometimes you have to give credit to the attacking side. They had one chance and made it count. We on the other hand.......................

Actually, have we won a home league game since beating Morton?

Why can't we hit a byline once in a while? And at this level, Doolan and Baird HAVE to score the freebies they've been getting from oppo defences. And before anyone says it, no goalie is having a blinder against us, they ar just doing what they are paid to do..........unlike our strikers, unfortunately. Our MoM, Osbourne - he is class.

23rd October 1971 natch. 4th May 1993 in its entirety. 5-2 v Hearts in 1996. 5-1 v Dunfermline last season. Aaron's bullet header v Higgins at Almondvale.

Great stuff, thanks for posting. The Scruffmeister had a blinder that day. RIP Colin McAdam RIP Brian Whittaker RIP John Doyle

Samaras? Just saying like..........

A much more salient question is - when was the last time Celtic beat us at Hampden?

It's both of these simultaneously, imo.

No panic button, as such, but we need to face the facts of Aberdeen and this one. And if I'm being harsh, the inability to deal with the diddies that are Kilmarnock wasn't exactly encouraging. Fact is we've been found out these last two weeks. Hope we can step it up, because on the basis of the last three, the next five could be a disaster area

Let's stop kidding ourselves that we are good. If Goodwillie, who could not even buy a game for them, steps in and scores three, then we are way off the pace. Tonight was a chance, and we are nowhere good enough.

How about you tell us about it instead of alluding to it?

That when our forwards score, we win. Our forwards haven't been prolific this season, so when the opposition snuff out our forwards they are on to a point or more.

Wonderful. Much appreciated as always from this nomad. Thanks yet again Camallain!!

Here's a fact from the first seven games. The two games we've won, goals from Lawless 2, Doolan, Forbes and Higgy - all forward players. The other five games - 2 goals from 2 penalties. Go figure.

Sums it up perfectly. Consider how many players from non-ugly sisters clubs have gone for any great sums over the last 5 - 10 years. There aren't many that stick out.