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I didn't watch our last game against Motherwell but we looked a completely different side to the one that played Hearts, never mind the one that was arguably unlucky to get beat by Celtic and draw with Rangers. Apart from a 5 - 10 minute spell after half-time we were pedestrian, uninspired and toothless. Killie were quicker to the ball and played with an urgency that made we wonder how they began today at the bottom of the league. Maybe we just made them look good.

Really?! Jeezo. Scotland's shame, indeed! That really is a shocking result for Rangers. They're no great side but they're made up of professional players - and some experienced ones too - earning good money. I'm guessing the mob who beat them were part-timers. As amusing as it is, though, Rangers beat us four times out of four last season and probably will again this coming season too. I mean, they surely can't get any worse than that. Can they?!

He's past his best but I still reckon he had one more campaign left in him. I can't think of many Scottish players on the scene at the moment who are any better in his position, which is worrying.

In a heartbeat.

Good news. The Doublet is a lovely wee boozer. Mibee my mind is playing tricks but didn't they have a 'no football colours' policy a couple of years ago?

Never mind that, it's the revelation that the SNP are in favour of an independent Scottish state that has stopped me in my tracks. I had absolutely no idea.

Too right it's tempting to laugh! It's also tempting to point out what a crashingly average manager 'Brendan' is; his win record is less than 50% and other than a play-off final victory with Swansea he hasn't, to the best of my knowledge, actually won anything. The jubilation over his appointment baffled me until I remembered it's one half of the Old Firm we're dealing with, and for a segment of their support religious/ethnic background often takes precedence over actual ability. Celtic will probably win the second leg comfortably though, as well as every game they play against us this coming season and most probably the league itself. Until then though... :lol:

Chances are, the Scottish climate being as it is, the game will be postponed anyway - leading to it being played sometime in February, in the middle of the week. Very disappointed about this, I really look forward to my Boxing Day fitba'.

Oh good lord!

Interesting that the government decided to extend the deadline. I think this one could be close.

Great result and good performance from the team today. Just what was needed after last weekend's atrocious performance. Archie's tactical abilities are often called into question on this forum but I thought his decision to man-mark Josh Magennis - a player who has ran riot against us in the past - was a master stroke. Magennis is a powerful, pacey but technically limited player. Bar one occasion in the second half, wee Dumbaya stuck to him like a limpit, meaning Magennis had to try and use skill to escape him (he couldn't) or attempt audacious shots from outside the area. The downside was it nullified Dumbaya's attacking instincts somewhat but in the end it didn't matter, not when Lawless and Doolan - who worked his socks off, as ever - took their chances as well as they did. An almost complete contrast to last week. Another season of top flight fitba to look forward too - and that wee nyaff Clark's gas well and truly put a peep in the process. All in all a good day, I reckon.

Gutted. One point, just one measly point and we would have been in the top six. Ach well, we'll just need to 'win' the bottom six now.

Aw f*ck, Abdul sent off!

Apparently some Tories don't care what they f*ck: https://youtu.be/FBpQJ98rR4o I just wonder who's going to save Dave's bacon.

Dropping two points against Killie and three against Dundee - two games we ought to have won - look like they are going to come back and haunt us. Massive game coming up next weekend against Motherwell, followed by games against Dundee Utd, St Johnstone and Hamilton. We should be capable of picking up about eight points from those four fixtures but it is hard to see where the goals are going to come from at the moment.

And when we do create them we don't finish them, as we saw last week. A big, big performance is needed from us this half.

That's probably fair comment but even our current batch of players ought to have been good enough to at least avoid defeat in Georgia - there aren't many world class players in their squad.

Broon looks like a red card waiting to happen at the moment; and he was at fault for Georgia's goal on Friday. I'd like to see Darren Fletcher come back into the side. Ritchie I have yet to be convinced by but at least he is prepared to take a shot on goal from outside the box - something we lacked on Friday.

Yeah, that probably is the last time we were in a 'really mattered' game and delivered the goods - and it was nearly 18 years ago! Craig Brown's sides of that era were characterised as being defensively solid but weak in attack, yet he could still call on someone like Kevin Gallacher, who scored regularly in the EPL, as well as guys like Scott Booth, Gordon Durie and Ally McCoist, who could all score goals at international level. Fast forward to the present day and the current Scotland manager's best forward is the one-footed Steven Fletcher.

I am sure there is something in the Geneva convention which prohibits treating people that way. Seriously though, I think that's a really good suggestion. It would have been nice if the club had done something along those lines when the first tranche of refugees arrived in Glasgow in the early '00s.

There are certainly similarities: both have good goalkeepers, a decent midfield, a sluggish defence and an impotent attack. Much of what passed for Scotland's attacking play on Friday reminded me of Thistle so far this season, all harmless tippy-tappy passes, a lack of urgency and a poor final delivery. They were, but they could actually have won that game; Ireland's 'goal' was clearly offside. I was absolutely gutted on Friday, far more so than I thought I might be. The real test of how good this Scotland team is will be how they react to Friday's defeat. To be honest, though, I am struggling to remember the last time Scotland got a result when it really mattered. Ukraine in 2007, perhaps?

Sounds like a bit of a coup. I'm surprised at Utd letting him go too, he is a highly rated youngster if it is the same lad I'm thinking of. Then again, it does seem like a madhouse around Tannadice way at the moment! I mind Muirhead scoring against us when he was playing for the tractor drivers a couple of seasons ago - a last minute equaliser for them, IIRC.

Sounds like he was named after a hairdryer.

Great finish.

Wouldn't surprise me.