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It grinds my gears too, because pretty much every fan in Scotland outside of the OF goes through what we go through. Ditto for every other league in the world. The expectations may be different depending on the size of the club, but the vagaries of the game are what keep us coming back. You just need to watch a handful of games across the leagues on any given weekend to see that.

I'd prefer to win this one, then maybe change up the first team in the last couple.

I agree, but I can't remember the last time we signed a creative midfielder that didn't take pelters from a large portion of our support for not tackling like Wee Al. Turnbull would likely have received similar treatment if he hadn't been an academy product.

Cole was in the paper this week saying he'd be happy to stay and it's up to the club to make him an offer. I'm sure he's not the only one who's in that situation.

I'd like to beat Killie first, and then give the youngsters a run out.

Telt ye.

You mean compared to all the other top class performers in claret and amber?

We've got them just where we want them.

ESPN+ is usually top quality for me. Even if the team isn't.

My warm up match before our Cup game has Lukas Jutkiewicz so far scoring a double to keep Wayne Rooney's Derby in relegation trouble.

Cardiff and Swansea play in England and Wales.

Then it would be time for us to form a breakaway. The European Smashing Wee League or something.

I don't know if it would attract more fans overall, but it would be a lot more competitive and entertaining. You just need to look at the teams that fight for 3rd and 4th. That changes most seasons so would be logical to think there would some good title battles.

The Backtaehauntus Stand.

If he's still injured in July then it's 100% we'll sign him.

I don't know why everyone thinks this is such a big mystery. Here he is in his last game at Crewe, just before he signed for us.

Aye, they seem to have stepped up their coverage in recent months. Initially it was only OF games that were ever on from Scotland, but it's much broader now.

We should change things up a bit and have an evening with the 2005 CIS Cup Final team where they pay us £5 and the Q&A consists mostly of "what the hell were you doing?"

We can dream, but like a bad smell, they are going to hang around polluting our league for many years to come. For people of a certain age (like myself) it is amusing watching teams trying to resurrect what is, in effect, just a new version of the Texaco Cup. A competition which, ironically, ran out of steam when English clubs lost interest in playing in it.

While it's entertaining extrapolating one January signing to represent every future piece of business a manager is likely to do (and easy to use to support any views you might have, good or bad) it's not exactly a huge sample to form an opinion. If you'd told the fans in Janaury that we'd be guaranteed league safety in April and in the Cup quarter finals, I think most of us would have taken it. Once he's reassembled a team for next season we'll have a better idea of where we're headed.

I've reached the stage now where I'm just delighted to have been there the last time we won it, and still be alive.

I enjoyed O'Donnell kicking all the Accies players for most of the first half.

The Bruce Cleland / Willie Irvine dream team.

Here was my prediction back in Feb. So far, so good.

Bobby Graham is also OK.