Happy Dosser

Just like Sibelius.

The Aberdeen player is Ian Hair. He went to Duncanrig secondary in EK. He was a silky inside-forward at school but ended up playing full back for The Dons. Does not compute. One of Joe's india-rubber-leg tackles.

I am a republican: Kipre for king. He's tough as teak. Thought we outfought them in the second half and Campbell was excellent again when he came on. Good move for our first goal and delighted for Bowman. Classy finish by Louis too. Was it over the line? I'm in the POD. Team spirit looks good. Usual dreadful BBC radio coverage: our game the only one without a manager's interview while Celtic game got over 15 minutes comment and interviews. Aberdeen are top but only mentioned in the last five minutes before Off The Ball.

And, as I recall Hugh Keevins used to blame us for all the shenanigans. Only time I enjoyed it was when Levein and Hogg started whacking each other.

I notice how many candidates are being discussed: this is surely a good sign for the club's health? Tait is suspect as a defender sometimes but he is very energetic and his crossing is dangerous. That's twice now he's popped up in the box to score an important goal. Bowman's movement and energy were excellent and helped Moult's performance. I'll say Campbell because it's a joy to see a midfielder who can tackle and pass. We need creativity in the middle of the park to complement Cadds and Frear. I also think Kipre should be encouraged more to go on his raging bull runs: great stuff to watch.

He's learning what players can and can't do too in real games. We were short of McHugh and Frear today and the team was experimental to some extent. To me, Tanner in particular failed today's physical challenge but Campbell and MacLean didn't. Moult looked so much better in a front two with Bowman. Campbell's appearance released Cadden's creativity. There is so much more hope than last year.

It's a Scots word, meaning, generally," weak, feeble, consumptive, etc", a favourite of both my grannies. The great Andy Weir always looked chesty and weak to me but was a wonderful and courageous winger, at a time when they were chopped down cynically by backs.. Sorry, Clackscat, it's my age.

I give credit to the manager for changing things after an abysmal first half. Tanner and Fisher seemed unable to cope with RC's "physicality": they for me will always be the most "street wise" XI in the league. That's not a compliment. Sendy-off Boy should be driving a plough. Campbell and Bowman were a great improvement, the latter giving great support to Moult, who had been completely isolated in the first half. I also thought MacLean showed promise when he came on. The manager may consider the two young Scottish midfielders worthy of more starts, and they certainly offered more dig and passing options. Haste ye back, Elliot Frear: we missed your drive down the flanks. You may look a shilpit wee guy but you get kicked up and down and never give up. We would have lost this match last year. We produced much more fight after HT and Campbell and MacLean were contributors to that.

Agreed. And I loved your goals in the 70s, btw.

And, with my tin-foil hat on, the appeal panel will be under pressure to rescind Ryan Jack's s-o, so I do worry about their final decisions for us. Can't have too many appeals upheld, after all.

"Theres no way the ref or his assistants could be 100% certain in Carson or Dunne's cards.​" Exactly. Dunne's one was actually quite comical: the SJ boy went down in instalments. Lucky he wasn't booked for simulation. I suppose in the end it all depends if the refs stick together in the appeal process. I have little faith in the authorities.

Thanks, and, from memory, the retake was saved and we lost the game.

Does anyone here seriously think Rangers or Celtic would have had three players sent off in these incidents? No? So what does that say about our referees? In the Rangers game at FP last year, Hammell was halved by a Rangers player (forget who now) in a tackle just as bad as O'Halloran's (who had been sent off) but nothing happened. Instead Thomson couldn't wait to to even up and sent Skippy off a few minutes later, after Miller did the dying/squealing swan. Thomson has always been a prancing ninny of a ref and I'm sure many of us can list some very poor decisions against us, including the retaken penalty for encroachment, which cost us dear. Incompetence or ill-will? Take your pick. Either way, he's useless.

I would agree with Mr A. He was elegant and intelligent. I met him by chance recently with his wife in Glasgow and he told me that the players worked out the tactics for games. The manager picked the team but the players organised things on the park. If you hadn't seen him play, he would just be a name, like Andy Paton to me but I respect the opinion of older fans who saw him dribbling his way out of his own penalty box against Rangers and completely riling them. Captain Courageous? Certainly. And don't get me started on Baldy Shaw.......

Willie Hunter, the Lanarkshire Nijinsky. And I don't mean the horse, obvs. Lest we forget. This ain't easy..........

Interesting but difficult. I'm just too young to have seen him, but older fans usually say Andy Paton was the greatest ever post-war. I'll restrict myself to players I've actually watched, I think. Bloody difficult.

I thought Newell looked frail when he came on but he was full of energy, mobile and could easily have scored two goals. Mr Fisher please take note. Quite encouraged by his twenty minutes. Louis doesn't look fit yet. Didn't detect much love for Robinson when Moult was substituted. Happy for Frear because he tried hard all game. I just wish he would cut inside more. On instructions to keep outside and hit the line? We really missed McHugh in midfield today. I thought Rose was pretty anonymous. If you're feeling less than confident after today, think Hearts. Oh, mummydaddy!

If you give Frear the ball in the right place, he'll deliver. He's an out-and-out winger who needs to hit the bye-line. Not sure Dunne-the-Bun knows how to find him yet.

Speak for yourself. *blubs quietly in corner*

Back to the advertising band again..... *sighs*

Deep, that, but I think I agree.....

Have to agree on that one. I think it was quite a nice modern reworking of the C&A stripes we wore before the hoop but it actually increases the colour clashes. Since I don't like seeing 'Well play in blue for obvious reasons and we abandoned that in 1915 anyway, we don't have many options if we don't play in a predominately white change kit. Having said that, being firmly in the UBH camp, as long as we play in a hoop and white shorts, I could probably accept heliotrope and pink stripes with frilly knickers as the change strip: it would be an improvement on the infamous Jester's Outfit, after all. That cheesed me off so much I needed counselling.

Yes, could live with that, or a Sampdoria sandwich-style design. I could also live with Delaney, Wylie and McBride trotting out on to the sacred turf.....

Do you have a foatie?

The white strip could look good with a Sampdoria Sandwich hoop: claret-amber-claret. Problems with the number contrast if it were a proper full hoop and not an advertising band. That's why we invented wee numbers, banned by The Powers That Be.