Neilwell86

I love the optimism, and we should approach the game in that manner, hopefully the result against Rangers gives us some belief that we can go there and cause what would be an upset. feels as though whenever we play Celtic they have 4 shots on target and bury every one of them. anyway, lets enjoy the win and concentrate on what is a winnable game on wednesday.

Just a wee bit of realism required, that's all.

take a breather mate, we beat Ross county now you're talking about going to parkhead and taking three points.

As always, majority on here were all over the place in the first half. The goal aside it was a bit of a nothing half, some chances for both sides but not much in it for either side. Second half we turned the screw, and it looked like the winner was a matter of time after the equaliser. Won't criticise any performances because we have won, certain aspects could be better but let's not get ahead of ourselves. Maguire had a good game. Watt was excellent, kelly and the defence recovered well after the mess at the goal. Chris long looked much more lively in the second half too. Plenty of positives to take from. Huge win for everybody, especially coming back from behind in the way we did. Huge weight off the shoulders of the players and managment, time to kick on

Chris long had a good second half.

Maguire done well, nice cut back by Long. Good goal.

We are getting killed with balls over the top.

Agree with this for the most part however a bit more experience can't be a bad thing, average age in our squad is extremely young, only Carson and Chapman 30 plus. I doubt he would be brought into play every week however having that bit of experience even on the bench could be crucial to being more streetwise going into the last 20-30 minutes of a game, especially against the teams we are up against who know that sort of stuff inside out. might not be the most inspired signing (not that you are suggesting either way) however it could prove a very shrewd signing.

A strange one, bad result yes but the performance in the first half was decent enough. Could, maybe should have been level. Red card changed the game at a terrible time. Smith looked a handful as well. we got a point last week that we were expecting and most would taken a point from todays game, it would have been good to build on last week but i suppose they level out. Masisve game on Wednesday

I think the red card has mayne twisted his arm here

Have to agree regarding the penalty, i also don't think the ball goes out of play for the goal that was chopped off, saying that the linesman blew straight away. Not playing badly at all, getting in some nice positions. Watt hitting the post and the ball falling into the keepers arm sums it up.

Ross Mccrorie is a big miss for them, is Ryan hedges back or still suspended ?

For argument sake, not that this is in anyway an argument, who are we as fans to say that he should be cutting about the pitch with a smile on his face. Even last season when he was scoring he rarely had a smile on his face, that doesn't bother me or should bother anyone else in the slightest. Your point about needless fouls is one I get, but you could argue he is just trying to hard to make things happen, which is surely more likely than deliberately giving away a foul.

For all his faults, which are mainly down to his body language and facial expressions, which I don't have a problem with, Chris Long scored 13 goals in 31 appearances for us last season, that's a goal every 2.38 games, i'd be very interested to see what Alexander can do with him, get him fit, put an arm around him and we could do much much worse, I was pleased when he signed on again, got some turn of pace on him and for some reason I was always confident of him finishing. If he scored up at Ross county first day of the season, things could have much different, he, like most strikers are confidence players. He looks as though he is a player who just need's an arm around him and a bit of belief, change of manager could do him the world of good. I loved his goal at hearts, and the second away to Dundee in the cup. A player with plenty of ability, already on the books who maybe shouldn't be written off just yet?

Never mind Cadden and Irvine, Hibs payed off a lot of staff in the summer and paid 200k for Nisbet, i'm not sure how that sort of stuff works, and i'm sure Hibs could argue he was an investstment who will make them a few million quid soon enough. The same obviously couldn't be said for Gallagher going to Utd given his age but as fans, what do we know. Gallagher situation is an interesting one, so he is three games away from triggering the extension (+/-1) so ideally we want him to trigger the extension, what would happen if he signed a pre today for example, does that null and void the clause in his contract? I don't think for a second Gallagher would be unprofessional, he has to much on the line with the euros coming up.

The silence from the board is deafening? They moved quickly to get a manager in place, the manager is, and rightly so, taking a few days to figure out what he needs and what he doesn't, the recruitment in the summer is being scrutinised quite heavily, we can't afford to get it wrong again. What do you expect from the board? We always keep our recruitment fairly closed to our chest, we are very fortunate that we have Burrows who is upfront with supports over twitter so have a rough idea when a signing is imminent. I seem to disagree with most things you say, it's not intentional, honestly......luxury of football though, it creates good debates and rarely do two people agree. saying that I do agree that we need players, and quality ones at that which is why I am fine with taking a wee bit more time with the recruitment, they probably see Rangers as a bit of a free hit this week, you wonder if it was Killie or St johnstone we would move slightly quicker to get people on board?

aye, there is no way we can get anywhere near Hibs wages. I don't think Irvine and Cadden are like for like, Irvine more central from I remember as well middleeastdave

Jackson Irvine signed for Hibs, that's a good signing. one that would have been well out our price bracket. were we not linked with him years back when he originally joined Ross county?

Along with a picture of mbulu on the bench, nice touch.

Stephen hendrie up against hakim ziyech today.

Have a degree of sympathy for mugabi in that it wasn't a penalty but he dives in, needlessly and gives the ref a decision to make. First half was bright, second we didn't get going. We dont have any real attacking threats from the bench, no one that we can bring on to try stretch things. A positive first half, moved the ball well. We also defended well for most of the game. Positives to take from the first half. A cb and wide man should be top of the list.

Like the look of us this well.

Where do I start? SOD on the right of a back three? Lamie in the starting 11, mark o'hara at rwb is that? I know grimmy has played in the middle as a youth and last week, but i wouldn't have him in there over crawford or maguire. Not really sure what position you have watt and cole playing, CAM? With jordan white up top? Don't need to explain that surely? Kelly SOD Gallagher o'hara carroll Campbell polworth crawford/maguire Hastie watt cole

I've been reasonably impressed with Crawford, saying that there isn't much between him ane Barry Maguire so would be happy with either. Is crawford a bit more of a battler? O'hara in at CB Carroll looked miles off it last week, however that's to be expected and that sharpness will only come back with game time so would probably go with him. Would like to see us test Tait with some pace. We know he isn't the quickest, lets use it to our advantage.

God help us.