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Given how many times we've been burned bringing in strikers with strings of low numbers in their history, I don't think concern over stats like 19 goals in 4.5 years in unreasonable.

Mugabi for me as the defenders never get as much credit as the strikers. (Nothing to do with the fact that I used play in defence). If he wins, is the prize to change the spelling of his name in the poll to the correct spelling?

And he's only scored 19 league goals in total since his League One debut in 2016. (Although that's 3 more than Curtis Main during the same period...)

On a completely different note, I've been watching a lot of games the last couple of weeks and the Fir Park surface is still holding up well compared to other Scottish and EPL/Championship pitches.

Wasn't too surprised to see guys like Seedorf and McIver get some time today. While we may all have our own opinions about the squad the new gaffer will want to see as many in action as he can while he assesses his options and figure out who fits with his specific approach to the game. I imagine we'll see a few different faces in January until he settles on his best starting 11.

I don't think sitting deep is a management tactic. I think it's just the players getting nervy. A little more confidence and we should see less of that. Can't really complain about climbing off the bottom of the table with a point from a Rangers game.

Aye, Ross County are one of those "wee" teams that have an owner happy to dig into his pocket as and when required.

Has he not started playing first team football since he came back from injury? I'm sure I saw him last week in their Man City game..

I know what you mean - I think it's just come a little early to judge.

If the new gaffer starts moving us up the table with the same set of core players, then maybe those players need to take more responsibility for their efforts so far this season.

Maybe if we call this a "must win" game now we'll take something from it* *This claim about "taking something from it" is disputed.

Ross County are the only Premiership team Curtis Main has scored against this season, so he missed his big chance today.

That will be the same Hearts fans who thought they were too good for the Championship.

It's early for them. They don't usually meltdown until the run-in.

It was difficult to judge Frear as Robinson kept trying to make him into a wing back. That was one of my few pet peeves with his tactical approach. He kept saying how he loved a fast winger, but when we had them we rarely got the best from them because he wanted them to spend more time defending. He did well enough at Forest Green Rovers, but maybe that was his level.

If Rooney wants the £4k a week he was on in the National League then Fir Park won't be his final destination.

Victims for infecting their own players through wanton negligence? They're lucky one of their own infected staff didn't make a claim for health and safety breaches If I was our Board, I'd be insisting we receive documented evidence that all the required protocols have been followed before every game we play against them, and ask for extra testing at their expense.

He's a Burton Ablion player that has spent the vast majority of his professional career at Partick Thistle.

Imagine if one of their staff had become seriously ill or died after the breach? The SPFL might have added another £5k to their fine.

Outrageous. And an even bigger slap in the face for the lower league clubs that are getting stiffed because of behaviour like this. Plus another reason for the Government to consider shutting our game down if the governing body doesn't take this seriously.

The players that aren't asked to return, I'm guessing,

The clubs least likely to be impacted are the Old Firm. And, remember, calling the league impacted Aberdeen (who could easily argue they lost out on 3rd place money) and Rangers (who argued less convincingly, they still had a shot at the league title). But that decision stood. More importantly, nobody has suggested teams forfeit games for Covid outbreaks. That wasn't the issue here. The core issue was that Killie and St Mirren knowingly and flagrantly ignored the protocols that the Scottish Government asked be put in place when they granted them special permission to restart the league. So not only did they intentionally put their employees at risk, and the employees of other clubs at risk, they also opened the door for the Government to shut down the game completely.

They stood by their decision to relegate Hearts even after they dragged them into court. That's one of the reasons they didn't make the decision themselves, but let an independent panel review and decide.

When he left, Lawless couldn't get a first team start. However, the players ahead of him were Murphy, Humphrey (and Omar Daley) in a team that finished 3rd in the league. It also seems to need pointed out every January that for any team - but moreso for a team our size - the best players aren't available. Contracts don't end until the summer, so the only available players are those that are being ditched for some reason other than being wildly successful.

You mean Motherwell Academy product, surely.