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Even with crowds, we were the only Premiership team last season to average more points away from home than at home. Due in no small part, I'm sure, to the fact we are much better at counterattacking than we are breaking down teams that sit in.

I'm sure the lack of crowds don't help. I'm imagine managers are used to screaming at the ref most weeks - it's just that the ref doesn't hear them.

In with a shout, and much less stressful to be looking up the table. I'd also suggest that as part of the ground renovations we build a nice comfy chair for Alexander in the O'Donnell stand. I think he'll be there more often than the Centenary Club members.

After the decent start under Alexander it makes you wonder what the hell happened in the Accies and St Johnstone games. Great reaction though, and unlucky not to get the full 6 points from the last two matches.

Supersub Kirky still our lucky charm.

Cadden and Murphy back to haunt us. (Just putting this here for reference the next time the patter is rolled out).

I'm a big fan of Kelly's time-wasting tiny steps when he tries to pretend he's actually running fast to take a free kick.

Btw - that pitch.

It's almost like giving a player a consistent run in his best position improves his form.

Tuned in late to the start of the 2nd half. Did I miss anything?

Pleasing.

I think people confuse Long's demeanour with his ability, He reminds me a bit of Alan Rough when he played. Continuously scunnered.

We either develop the youngsters in the first team knowing they will make mistakes (but gain experience) or we don't. I know which approach I prefer.

I don't think I've ever been to game in Paisley where I didn't get soaked. Decent 2nd half performance and stopped the temporary slide. Onwards and upwards.

Unless the teams around us also lose their next two games as badly as us etc. etc.

That would be ridiculous. If it was in Nandos, that would be a different story.

I suggested earlier in the thread that the club and Gallagher should be able to negotiate a contractual solution agreeable to both parties. Maybe I'm the source.

Any time a team is struggling the knee-jerk reaction is complaining about "lack of passion", "lack of commitment", "no leadership", etc. 99 times out of 100, however, it's just a lack of confidence; often after some bad luck and/or a small run of bad results. You don't need to look any further than Livi to see how the same core of players can turn things around in a short space of time. One of the best players I have ever seen at Fir Park is Joe Wark. He was the captain the first time I saw us relegated, and he was the captain for the years we struggled to get out of the First Division. If you ever wanted an role model for commitment, passion and leadership, he was the man. We were still mince that relegation season.

It's the "running from a bear" philosophy. You don't have to be faster than the bear - just faster than your slowest mate. Same thing here. We just need to be better than 2 other teams.

I still have no doubt we'll stay up. I think we'll maintain a decent above relegation and play-off before the split and increase that gap post-split. The only wildcard for me right now is the injury situation.

Apart from all the obvious issues with relegation, there is also the likelihood you end up playing on BBC Scotland's Friday night broadcast most weeks.

'Flow just discovered we haven't had a youth academy since 2016.

If we give the ball away 4 times in 10 seconds we can't really blame it just on Carroll.

It's quite possible the equipment is fine and the problem is elsewhere. The number of individual components that can go wrong in an internet stream is huge. And even if there was a problem, they might not be able to fix it. So better we have some commentary than none.

Picture is fine for me, sound has a bit of a hiss. I was able to use a bit of web browser know-how block my name appearing on the picture. If you have something like uBlock origin installed as an ad-blocker you can right-click on your "name banner" and Block Element.