exiledjag

For as long as I can remember Kirkcaldy has not been a positive place for us to visit. History and the fact we are playing the best Raith team in years won't make it any easier. Wasn't a recent visit their under Ian McCall a bit of a thrashing. Still we are the Jags and we do the unexpected so I would be happy with a point. Hope big Adeloye plays. C'mon the Jsgs.

Thanks for this. Pity for Toni -a chance missed to show what he can do over 90 mins.,

Any word on why Adeloye wasn't in today's squad?

I didn't think resigning Lawless was a good idea but I have eaten my hat on that one ages ago. I thought some of the football we played after Doolan's appointment and especially in the play-off games was the best I had seen in years and Lawless was ar the centre of most of it. He has turned out to be a great signing and its a brilliant piece of business getting him to agree to a two year extension.

I do as well. Let's hope this tie is played on a level and fair playing field and that we avoid a certain referee.

Will do!

That 3 away wins in a row, Aberdeen, Dundee Utd and now Motherwell. We are truly punching above our weight and in teo of the above victories we have come from behind to clinch the 3 points. What a team. Two big games coming up Hearts at home and Glasgow City away. Big Brian will have his team fired up and ready to ho. We are now 9 points against 7th place Aberdeen so ATM looking good gor a top 6 finish.

I see the Dick Campbell (alias 'The Bunnet') has departed from Arbroath) following today's Cup defeat by Spartans. Any chance we could recruit him as Director of Football given Ian McCall is no longer available.......only joking!!

What personal circumstances?

Well Dundee Utd won't be knocking us out of the cup this year😄😄

Our 2nd goal bbc saying Fitzpattick scored with a header - that must be a collectors item!

39% possession no goal attempts - is this our usual slow start or are we being totally out played?

That looks(on paper) a good team. Hope McMillan is fully fit and able to link up with Lawless. I assume Stanway's role is to protect the back 4 and Bannigan's is to start attacks by playing the ball out of defence! C'mon the Jags.

I think this is a difficult one to call. In the past Queens Park enjoyed the upper hand v the Jags but in recent seasons this has flipped in our favour. QP are not enjoying the best of seasons and while we are grinding out results we are not playing as well as we can. Injuries and suspensions will make if difficult for us but I think (hope) Adeloye and Williams will be able to cover effectively for Graham and Milne. I am not so sure about Alston for McInroy. With home advantage and the support from the fans I think this should be enough to win the tie. It would help if we can keep Thomas quiet.

That's two great away results v Aberdeen and Dundee Utd. The goals were also excellent and fit to grace any game. The header from the corner and Slater's shot into the postage stamp corner were special as was the only and winning goal v Dundee Utd. Now can we make it 3 away wins in a row against Motherwell. I would settle for another 1-0. C'Mon the Jags.

Given the above I suppose there aren't any highlights of the game!?

Great result 4th in league. That means the best te in Scotlad outside the 3 full time teams. Now if we can beat Dundee utd and Motherwell (both away) we will 'cement our 4th place position.

I see our Ian is now Manager of Cyde who are currently Scotland's 42nd club at the bottom of League 2 and heading for oblivion. It will take a big offer to persuade him to return to Firhill as Director of Football!!

An excellent draw for the Ladies and a home tie as well. If we win tonight we go above Hibs in the league but irrespective of league positions I think we go into the tie as underdogs. It's a tie we can win but it eill be tough. Very best of luck to the ladies gor both games.

What a bum appointment. Should have been Earl McCall of Byres Road.

A big well done to the Ladies and best of luck in the semi- final. Still punching above our weight and if we win our game in hand v Aberdeen we go 4th in the league - what an awesome effort.

What did Graham do after being subbed? Did he say something to the referee as he was walking off?

I thought his one touch control of the long diagonal ball from Muirhead, which also took out the defender was excellent. He complimented this by then hitting an excellent ball across the goal which Grahsm would have scored from if he had hit the ball up into the net rather than along the ground. We really don't need him to be on the ball just to break up attacks and when he wins the ball give it to McInroy.

⁸ I agree that we should not change a winning team. My suggestion of looking at Williams as our strong ball winning , defensive midfielder wasn't meant for the Morton game. I apologise for not making this clear. Williams suitability for this role has to be worked on and tested on the training pitch before being tried out in an actual gane. The suggestion was made with a view to being tried out before the January transfer window and if it works it saves us some monet that might be spent elsewhere. As for the Morton game I wouldn't bring McMillan back I would give him a place on the bench. Best of luck to all Jags for today's game.

OK i zee your point of view. I think we should as a team be moving beyond the tactics where we plan to play everything through Bannigan So in making my suggestion Bannigan "s omissions was deliberate. I feel he slows down our attacking efforts. Everytime I see him and even when he has been playing well, there have been occasions when he has passed the ball to the side even when there has been a forward pass option. A major criticism of how we play is that we are too slow moving forward. I was trying to address this with my formation and leaving out Bannigan as we have proved under Doolan that when we get forward quickly we score goals. Thank you for your response as I note it is made with a view to supporting my Williams suggestion.