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Excellent counterargument with some insightful expansion on your detailed thoughts and expertise. BTW, it was Gent that said SK made him a better player. In the same interview he talks about how it was a difficult time for him shortly after he joined us because his Dad died that October, but I'm sure you think that wouldn't have had any impact on his initial development with us.

Alternative take - Gent wasn't first team ready when he arrived and Kettlewell coached him into that form over those 6 months.

Mission accomplished - keep Clement in a job so we can catch them in the league. Take your pick...

I think the occasion got to a few of them.

Called it, sadly.

Just keep it tight at the back for the next fifteen minutes, lads... ...never mind

That'll do for half time. A quick goal for us in the second half and I think that would seal it, as Rangers are losing a bit of confidence. A quick goal for them in the second half and they will be right back up for it.

On the Paramount+ stream, Craig Levein was bemoaning the lack of quality passes and crosses in the final third about 5 seconds before we scored that.

That was a wee bit less lethargic.

Nothing professional players love more than a delayed kick-off in big game.

I was hoping Aberdeen would win, but I suppose watching them get gubbed is a consolation.

Aye, a Rangers disarray has them 3 points and +7 goals better of than us in the league this season, so I'm under no illusions it will be easy to get a result. However, they aren't likely to hump us on current form, so I expect it to be close - and when it's close, you always have a chance.

Having watched SK's presser, can the Well Society have a vote on banning "Punching above our weight"? There must be better ways to say we sometimes do well with the resources we have. (Aye, I know it's just me being a grumpy old man)

I have no doubt the Rangers players will be up for it. They might be a bit edgy and lack a bit of confidence if things go against them, but they will want to win as much as we do.

I don't know about freezing, but we will have a few starters who haven't played on this size of stage before - so we (and they) will learn a lot about how they handle it. If they all handle it like Moult, we'll be fine. Having double cup winning Liam Gordon back is a bonus

Great honour for Lennon, but a bit of a blow to have our captain and vice-captain out of such an important game where an old, experienced head or two is valuable.

I missed a few semi-finals, so that last great day I had at Hampden against Rangers was the CIS Cup final. Then we kicked off...

Looking at the SFA website, it's the 13th, 16th and 19th of November.

Also, even when he's been fit, Moult has not been a starter for Utd this season. They have been using him off the bench.

The best part of Tawanda's second goal was when he was celebrating and jumped over the defender he'd left lying on the ground. Boss move.

I was wondering why van Veen didn't even make it to the bench in the recent St Mirren game, but I see today it's because he's been charged with domestic abuse: https://news.stv.tv/sport/scottish-premiership-footballer-due-in-court-charged-with-domestic-abuse On happier news, if you can call joining Accies happier, I see McKinstry has found a home at New Douglas Park.

It was wee Mickey Stewart that mentioned the missing players, so no need to take it seriously.

It's a nice change, even with a few key players missing, that SK does have decisions to make.

On it's own it means nothing, but their form - for a Rangers team - has been very poor so far. But I agree it won't be easy and we'll rightly go in to this game as underdogs. Our record, even against poor Rangers sides, is beyond awful.

It won't be easy, but I said at the time of the draw I've seen nothing from Rangers this season that worries me too much. If anything, since the draw, they have got worse. Win this, and Clement might be "oot la porte" or "oot de deur" depending what part of Belgium he hails from.