Happy Dosser

"O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!" I though Aberdeen got away with lots of fouls today from their Plough Boys and that we deserved a point. Disappointed that more was not made of Frear: he received very little service. I thought Hammell played really well on Thursday and he seems to have lost weight too. He's better at passes and crosses than Dunne and would have brought Frear more into the game.

1996-8 were the Infamous Strip years, Andy_P, so I may be out. Was it a Debbie Does Wishae vid?

Heehee! Well, we know the answer to that one, don't we, Yassin? I honestly think our football commentariat are the worst this side of Pluto. I listened to Kris Boyd damning The Moultster with faint praise on Radio Shortbread on Monday night. If the guy can score 18 odd goals a year with a club which was very poor the last two seasons, what could he achieve in a team that was firing on all cylinders? Like MFC this year (so far)? If we hold on to him for the season, faites vos jeux as to his total by May.

I think that 1-0 Celtic game you mentioned, hmlarsson, was just about the worst game I've ever seen against Celtic, and we were wearing our infamously horrible "Jester's Outfit". The pitch was rutted and the ball was up in the air for 50% of the time. You must have had nerves of steel! The team this year is worth seeing, I think. *Pins colours to mast*.

Ormond. *takes beamer*

Tommy's great at squeezing the last ounce out of his players but this is because he is starved of resources. To be frank, in an age where image is all important, he looks a bit like Willie Ormand. I think he's an excellent manager and he could do well in the English Championship. I'm still amazed by what Mr Robinson has done so far, so I'm sticking with him.

Ditto. I am curious about why you hitched your horse to our cart, though!

Quite so. But what would the Scottish media tarts know about football? We must have the most Glaikit bunch of Old Firm apologists masquerading as experts. If The Saints' Boss was called Tomasso Giusto they'd be having multiple organisms

Excellent video clip showing his energy and tenacity. He'd really get on your nerves and you wouldn't have time to get your head up to make a good pass. Just noticed there's lots of Dossers on this site. Think I'll change my name to Samantha Smoothcalf. Nice Mr Moderator Man: if you change your name, do your stats start from scratch again?

One of his best assets is his controlled aggression: his timing of the tackle is excellent and there is no flying-in like Scott Brown when he was a young, psycho right back at Hibs. I'm confident, given our backroom staff, that his progress will be managed very carefully.

To complicate matters even more, an old pal of mine, who sadly died in May, called Pat Quinn "Iniesta before Iniesta was born". Then there was Demi-God Willie Hunter and Andy Weir, the crosser supreme. And some guy called St John or something.... Great memories, but great memories were made for me last night too. And so we all go on with The 'Well...

Bert was in the first 'Well team I saw. Cultured and a good passer. Story I heard was that Shearer justified his dreadful tackle by saying, "He shouldn't have riled me." It definitely affected Bert's later career. Wille Hunter sustained a compound fracture of his arm in another match with them. Like sinjy, it has coloured my views of Them ever since. He and Charlie Aitken were immense for us. Thanks for some great memories, Bert.

"Very few of our squad have any previous experience of coming up against the old firm or big city clubs which seems to have removed the fear factor so we go to Hampden really with a clean slate and a very decent chance of progressing , bring them on !!" Good point, mfcdez: Hartley, Bowman or Kipre certainly won't give a toss. Nor should they. Btw; isn't Tony Docherty a nasty little ned?: shouting the odds at our manager like a psycho after Christie's lunge on Tait. No wonder McInnes looked embarrassed.

I can't remember such an intense performance from a 'Well team. 2-0 so early had me thinking how bad it would be if we blew it like so often in the past, but it just didn't materialise. No surrendering the midfield and defending deep until we lose a goal and panic. I don't know what Robinson does in training, but it's having some effect: each player gives it all for the jersey. Every player won his individual battle tonight. Hope it sets a standard for the rest of the season. COYW!

Joe had India-rubber legs that could go round corners. Campbell's potential is exciting.

It was called The Joe Wark Tackle..... Or The Alan Campbell now.

Which makes a Kipre/May confrontation a worry. The MMs know this is a toughie and will use all their "skills" to play the ref. I'm really looking forward to it but will be raging if we end up discussing another terrible refereeing decision after the match. Expecting McInnes to do a Lennon and start talking about Motherwell's new "physicality" or somesuch dreck in The Record.

Have just seen the Alba coverage at my daughter's: that penalty was laughable, even worse than the one given against Dunne in Perth. I also thought Tait's foot was definitely caught by the Hibs defender but obvs. the ref thought the arm-flailing was too Sarah Bernhardt. The refs are so poor they're making games into a lottery. Do we know who we're getting on Thursday yet? If it's Craig "Mother Brown" Thomson we're sunk.

"They fell apart as soon as we put a bit of pressure on them. I wouldn't say they are well coached." For the avoidance of doubt, it was a euphemism for "diving barstewards", steelboy. And with refs this bad, big Kipre will be harshly judged simply because of his strength, particularly against The Ugly Sisters.

Seems this team doesn't know when it's beaten: a great quality which has been sadly lacking in recent seasons. The manager is responsible for this. I'm still a bit puzzled by our relatively poor first halves but then the manager makes changes and pulls the fat from the fire. Once again we end up complaining about poor referees. Hibs seem to have joined the ranks of the "well-coached" teams: Ross County, Panathonaccies, Mutton Molesters, etc. Next up: The MMs. COYW!

Apart from Alan Campbell's obvious qualities (tackling ability, passing, energy), the main one for me is that his timing in the tackle is excellent: few silly fouls or needless aggression like Messrs Mauchlen and O'Neil. If his development can be managed well by the coaching staff, he should become one of our outstanding assets. He's a real old-fashioned midfielder. Not surprised, according to reports, that the BBC pundits ignored him. "Is it true, or did you see it on the BBC?"

"Kipre booked for a player bouncing off him." Sorry: still laughing at Katie's 3.27. Great stuff. Loved the way Hartley constantly shouted at the defence. Looks mean and keen. And finally, Stevie Hammell looked about five years younger. Lots of neat wee passes to unlock the left side. SR has instilled spirit and competition: at least this year we'll always get effort, tackling and resistance.

Bigirimana was excellent, as was Alan Campbell; what a fighter. Great finish from Bowman for the goal, although Louis often seemed out of position. Hammell's link up play was very good, and an object lesson for Dunne. Kipre awesome and Hartley really commanding. Thing I like about the manager is, he isn't blate at changing the team when things aren't working.

"That's quite some going." That's a pretty good summary of our season so far with officialdom, Kmc. Never mind, it'll all even itself out over the season. Oh, look! A pixie!

Watched this game at my daughter's. Presumably it was the producer's decision not to look at the disallowed Moult goal. Very surprising such a controversial decision was not subject to "expert analysis" by Thomson and Stewart. Even football-averse daughter thought Berra was almost hitting the back of the net as he heads it out. Or would that have highlighted the ineptitude of the match officials? It could easily have cost us points and not for the first time. And was it just me or did the assistant referee suddenly become eagle-eyed (and hyperactive with his wee flag) after this incident? I'm probably just being paranoid: out diddy team status with the BBC will explain it all. Would a disallowed OF goal not have been commented on?