MJC

Efford has improved in the last couple of games, I’ll give him that but he still lacks the end product. He has looked more of a team player though and his fitness looks better. Shields on the other hand just won’t do, he is a lower league level player I’m afraid.

They’re definitely not ‘great’ by any stretch of the imagination but they are a better team than us man for man. Unfortunately for us we made things harder for ourselves with a stupid and preventable red card just as we did last season against them in the Cup at Fir Park. But you’re right saying that they have carried some amount of luck so far this season. Hearts wiped the floor with them in the Edinburgh derby but couldn’t kill them off and they celebrated a last gasp equaliser like they’d won the World Cup and they did the same when they scored a last minute equaliser against a nine man Rangers. Then today we get a player red carded in a fairly even game and they were able to snatch it. It’s hugely frustrating.

Disappointing result but we can’t complain. If you are ineffective going forward and creating chances then you won’t win games and as soon as we went down to 10 men there was only going to be one winner. Going forward we need to be starting McKinstry ahead of either Efford or Shields as neither of them are what we need at this level.

Been coming unfortunately.

Nothing in it so far. We’ve looked weak in the middle but we’ve not been outplayed by any means. If we score first here we’ll win.

Come on Motherwell intae these Trainspotting bams!!

Unchanged starting 11 from Tuesday night.

It definitely won’t be easy as Hibs are a decent side and our record in Edinburgh is poor. I don’t see us winning today but a point isn’t beyond us imo.

Yeah I’m actually quite looking forward to today. Tuesday night was a real tonic for the team and support and you’d imagine a confidence booster going into this one. I’m confident we can get something today.

Not according to the Edinburgh trams website they’re not. It tells to you take the tram to St.Andrew’s square then walk for 7 minutes to York Place. edinburghtrams.com

I don’t think the trams are running as far as York place just now.

I think that’s the best option for anyone driving through tomorrow. Either Ingliston or the Gyle Centre for parking for the tram then stay on it as far as you can go, which I’m sure is still St.Andrew’s Sq which leaves about a 20 minute walk to the ground from there.

I see Celtic are appealing McGregor’s red card from Saturday even though it was a blatant professional foul to stop a clear goal scoring opportunity. No surprises to be honest and nor will there be when it is overturned.

After Joe Hart’s ridiculous display of play acting against us the other day it’s hugely satisfying seeing him sell the jerseys for Celtic in the CL tonight. You couldn’t fall about like a starfish to save your team tonight ya big giraffe necked head & shoulders prick.

That was the difference last night, we took our chances when they came. We were poor in the first half but getting the penalty and more importantly scoring it gave us that platform to build on. Once we got the second goal there was only going to be one result last night and you could see us grow in confidence from that point. I said this a few weeks ago that had we scored any of our chances against Dundee Utd and had KvV stuck away his chance against Hearts then we would not have lost either of those games. As it was you could see the frustration creep in especially to Van Veen in the Utd game and when we went 0-1 behind against Hearts our heads dropped and we were never likely to come back. My point being that scoring the first goal is hugely important for this team.

Thinking of heading through for this one. Enjoy an away day in Edinburgh even though it is against the poor relations and Easter Road lacks the charm and aura of Gorgie. This will be a tough one but hopefully last night gives us the confidence to believe we can get a result but I think we’ll need to score first if we are to get something here. I reckon we’ll see the same starting eleven barring injuries. Fancy a draw, 2-2.

Not a League match but we beat Livingston 5-0 away from home in the League Cup in 2004 and Livingston were in the top flight at the time. The closest I can think of in the league was the aforementioned 5-1 at Inverness in 2012 and a 4-0 win at Tannadice in McGhee’s first spell in 2009.

That’s fair enough. Goals change games and results change seasons, if you excuse the clichés. Our biggest weakness has clearly been up front and our inability to score goals outwith penalties or own goals, is something which was very much still a valid concern at HT tonight. However our second half display and the goals we scored are definitely signs of encouragement in that regard.

A win tonight was always going to be huge. To win 5-0 is the stuff of dreams! Someone said on here recently that some team was going to take an absolute drubbing off us and whoever that was had been proved right tonight. We’re going to be just fine this season.

Smashing stuff. Potentially a season defining night this!

Cornelius on.

The three of them will be desperate to get on the scoresheet. Great that we have these options from the bench.

This is incredible stuff. It’s like the Dundee Utd game in reverse with us actually putting our chances away.

Wow! It’s actually clicking now!

You fucking beauty!!!!