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Well done lads. Bring on the quarters

There ye go.

Need to step it up again. I don't want penalties.

Could he no' have done that 5 minutes ago!

10 shots on target tonight according to the Beeb. That's an improvement (although not as important as winning, of course).

Dundee beating Aberdeen wouldn't be as big a story as QoS beating Rangers - those two have a history as you will recall when QoS came back from 2 - 0 down in the 2008 final. As a spectacle, Motherwell v ICT hasn't typically served up much for the neutral to enjoy in the past few seasons. Of course, it might be different tonight, and I'm the first one to moan about the saturated coverage the OF receives, but I'd rather watch QoS beat Rangers than Dundee lose to Aberdeen

Presumably because, like most manufacturing processes, it's cheaper and easier to make both together than separately.

I think, to be fair, QoS v Rangers is probably the tie of the round. QoS have a shout in that one. I think we will come out 2 - 0 winners in this one.

It's all very well suspending the refs, but is there sufficient quality waiting in the wings to replace them? If not, then that's compounding the problem.

Are you sure you never had a problem with him joining? I thought I remembered a few, less than happy, comments at the time Just saying, like

Is our deal with Ruddy not something along the lines of a loan with the option to buy?

Is Porter still out injured? I haven't seen him mentioned for a while.

If we had Porter, though, I think JG might be more inclined to go 4-4-2 (or 4-4-1-1 or 3-1-4-2 or whatever )

If we had the choice, I'd have Porter back. He was a natural finisher - moreso than Clarky, I think. Although Clarky contributed more with his work rate.

Growing up in Hamilton, it's always been Accies for me. I have a lot of mates who are Accies fans so there was always a great build-up to the derby games. Even when we weren't in the same league there was still plenty of banter. I know zero Airdrie fans, so there was never the same build-up to those games. We have never been in the same league as Airdire Utd., so even if I still thought of them as a 'real' Airdrie team (which I don't) there hasn't been a chance to build a rivalry.

Well it proved we can't beat a shit team, at home, with a pen in the last 5 mins. That's why those 2 keep winning the league. Because they sneak points in games like that.

Or if Ruddy hadn't pulled off a triple save after we scored today etc. etc. It's easy to find times when we missed a chance to turn the game in our favour, but there have been a number where the result could also have turned against us. St. Johnstone could have scored when it was 2-2, Killie could have pulled themselves back into the game when Kyle missed an easy header. So it cuts both ways.

Even if you are doing it you'll get howked if JG thinks he needs to change the formation.

Another striker. Good stuff.

Eh? Your ticket and programme are included in that twenty. And your dessert. And your half time pie and cake.

Cheers. And thanks for taking it on again this year.

They have significant sources of income outside of ticket revenues.

Not quite as observant as I thought (from today's Herald) We didn't 'get in their faces' on Saturday, we passed them off the park.

I think you're right. When we discussed this last season I said that we could make it free entry at Fir Park and we still wouldn't fill the place most weeks. Teams like ourselves need ticket money to survive (thanks to the unfair allocation of TV money). If we halved prices, there is no way we would double the crowds. However, there is probably a price point where we could encourage a few more punters in and still make a profit - especially if you factor in the extra cash they would spend in programmes, bovril, pies, pints in the Cooper etc. It's also great PR to reduce prices in the current financial climate. Especially for kids. I'd be all in favour of letting all kids in for a fiver (or even free at some games) until people have a few more quid to spend. Every other business out there is cutting their prices, and football should be no different.

I would have guessed at about 9,500 before today, so I wasn't very surprised. The hard core support remains fairly constant, and neutrals are less likely to fork out extra and go through the hassles of having to buy a ticket. Of course, I'd like to see more 'Well fans turn out, but charging them extra when the game is on telly isn't the way to do it. The NFL has the right idea. They allow every game to be shown live nationwide, but if a team hasn't sold out their stadium, the television broadcast is blacked out within a 90 mile radius.