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I was the exact opposite. The Accies, Hibs and to a large extent, Hearts games, I felt we bossed for the most part and created enough chances to score double the amount of goals we did. On Saturday, it felt like we were slightly lower tempo, and we weren't creating anything up top. First half in particular I lost count of the number of passes in the final third that ended up 20 yards in front of the intended target or drifted out the pitch. The County keeper barely had a save to make. Compare that to last week when we were hitting the bar and the keeper was pulling out saves to keep the score respectable. I also felt the defence was a bit slack throughout the game and had been so used to attacking in recent games, were forgetting their defensive duties at times. County have some good players up front that need close attention. When the decisions started going against us (disallowed goal and penalty decision) I had a feeling that it wasn't going to be our day. The first time I have felt that this season - outside the Celtic game which I wasn't expecting much from. I don't think we were terrible - we just dropped below our recent standard. And as Robinson always likes to point out, in this league, if you drop your standards most teams are capable of taking advantage of it.

Could see this coming after we proved incapable of turning all our possession into clear chances. County always capable of scoring.

Poor defending to let County back into the game. Need to make more chances when we have possession.

County started like they wanted to bring the game to us, but after the first 15 or 20 mins we pushed them back deeper and deeper, without any real quality in the final third. They still look dangerous when they break forward, but those breaks have been less and less frequent. We started the 2nd half with a higher tempo, and that has paid dividends with that nice goal. (It's only really Gardyne that has been falling over easily, but that's nothing unusual). Couldn't see much wrong with Gallgher's goal unless there was a foul miles away, and we could easily have a pen (that should at least have seen us awarded a corner).

Lacking quality in the final ball right now.

Ridiculous. 4 - 3 (Erwin hatrick)

I think the general point was that he'd do better in our first team (or an English lower league's first team) than warming Ranger's bench. And so far that is proving to be true. If Rangers follow their usual path with youngsters and move him on after 2 seasons, then he'd have been just as well signing for Rotherham. All that said, another good advert for the quality of youngster we develop. Most teams seem impressed by the professionalism of players they get from us.

Indeed. I've also noticed a spike in the "Arbroath player is a bin man" and "non-league FA cup player is a plumber" stories recently. It's like the 70s have made a comeback.

TBF (and I hate to be fair to Sportscene), as the first goal didn't impact the overall result, there was no real need to cover it in the time allotted.

I agree that the prices are too high. On the other hand, I'm not sure what the answer is, as the majority of income for Scottish clubs (including ourselves) is gate money. If you drop the prices, the number of extra punters you need to bring in to make up the difference is significant. The other option is cut expenditure, but that brings its own set of challenges given how tight budgets are these days. In an ideal world, we could bring in extra cash from better sponsorship and TV deals, but I'm not holding my breath on that one.

The comments I've heard from Craigan is that he's definitely a good footballer, but sometimes lacked the confidence to get as many goals as he should. Hopefully those goals will come - although it's not as easy when you're out on the wing.

I thought the O'Dea move had happened weeks ago. The announcement certainly wasn't news. I guess he must have been working his notice.

The great thing about Wullie P is that, when you look at the highlights on youtube, he's still as good as I remember. Which isn't always the case when you reminisce wearing C&A tinted spcs.

I'm still waiting to hear the story behind Jake Carroll never going to play for us.

Looking at the Norwich and Celtic games today, I know who I'd rather be playing for.

Polworth.

A wee bit harder than it might have been, but even when Hearts are struggling they are still capable of making it difficult to win at Tynecastle. Given how we are often off the pace after an international break, very happy with the result.

High press has been really effective again this half. Let's see if we can keep it up for the full 90 mins.

Very true. Although they do have Joe Harper on the stream (but he is a great commentator)

Maybe surprisingly, but the Aberdeen commentators on their stream are usually very good too.

Been a bit like the Hibs game. 3 - 0 at halftime wouldn't have flattered us, but at 1 - 0 Hearts are still in it. Need to kill it off.

Great spell that deserved a 2nd goal.

Need to tighten up our final pass. We're doing fine in midfield but a bit slack in the final third.

Great save from the keeper leads to a Polworth delivered corner and an excellent Gallagher header for the goal.

That's why it's an interesting experiment to watch him rather than the game. I guarantee he does more than you give him credit for.