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Our history against teams in that sort of form is that we usually beat them. No doubt the times we don't will stick in your mind, but if you want a recent example of playing a team in that sort of form you only need to look as far back as the last time we played (and beat them). See also Livingston and St Mirren.

Biggest problem has been the weather I would imagine. I don't know if we still have UV lights, but my recollection is that we only used them on the penalty boxes. Have we had to use the undersoil heating at any point? That is normally a contributor.

Let's destroy McCann and Doddsy with a new striker and then have them on Sportscene in the evening to analyse our performance.

The cup tie thing is obviously nonsense, because they can just make not playing in the cup a condition of any loan. For all we know Welsh might have agreed to play tonight so Motherwell would be the only option for his next loan and the Board can't entertain any other offers now. It doesn't really matter, though. Celtic need to take care of their business and we need to take care of ours. If there is a beneficial overlap - great; If not, then we move in another direction.

Every time I've seen us win the cup we beat Aberdeen away.

I actually meant "many" but point still stands. TBH, I'd have been looking for a replacement anyway, as you can't depend on loans. But I'd be happy enough to see him back, and maybe give him the notion to sign a deal next season.

Have we lost any games when he didn't play?

What if we lose our next cup match?

It's a pretty rough business to be in. I read somewhere there were over 1000 pubs closed in the UK last year.

I think he'd have to be sold to them, though - not on loan. The FIFA rule says you have to complete your contractual obligations at your previous club before you can play for another one with "overlapping seasons" - so his current contract would need to be terminated by a transfer. Or, at least, that's how I was reading it.

It's a FIFA rule - Article 5 apparently, if you want to track it down for read. You can only play for 2 clubs in a season. (You can be registered for a maximum of 3 in a season, but you can only play for 2).

Aye, if there was only 1000 away fans, they might have had to actually arrest some of them. When there's 10,000 they can avoid arresting them in the name of "crowd control"

While managers often say what fans want to hear, JBA's comments about wanting to finish the season, and the players wanting to finish the season, to see how far they can go did seem sincere. But, of course, everyone has their price and career goals.

I don't even know if the media believes all the OF stories they discuss - I'm guessing they don't. It's a sad fact, however, that is how they sell papers and get listeners. Given the lack of options in January, if a club down south wanted to buy JT, I'd be telling them 7 million.

After a couple of starts in the last two games, I see Miller also played the second half against Inter yesterday. I also see Ewan Wilson starts for Raith Rovers today. Talk about career trajectories.

If we're playing with 70% possession, that's less of an issue.

A better question would be how did he compare with Ward's first few games. If Connelly had the same run of games that Ward has been afforded he could develop to the same level.

That sounds like a reasonable guess.

Don't worry, I don't keep a notebook of people who make comments I disagree with! I have no idea who posted about Slattery - just that there were many dissenters. It always surprised me, as he always looked like a footballer to me, and any time I saw his starts for tackles, passes and assists he was usually near the top. He was also the most fouled player in the Premiership at one time, which suggests the opposition rated him too. I totally get that everyone has their favourites and preferred style of player etc. but I have to admit that sometimes I'm left scratching my head.

It now raises the interesting (to me at least) question - if we did copy Bradford City, why choose them?

Character building JBA style.

We managed to coach some shooting into Gboly Ariyibi, so I live in hope.

Every time I watch Just, I think the same. You'd think that shooting is something that could be coached into someone, but he wouldn't be with us long if he added 12 goals a season to his game.

I could only think that he expected County to park the bus and let him be more attacking. But maybe he has other plans for him.

Did he bring Welsh with him?