Ya Bezzer!

Explains why I have a sore neck looking up at Accies and their 800 season ticket holders for two seasons.

They were fading away bit towards the end of last season, Rangers game aside.

Kennedy for me. Thomas did well but his final ball was lacking at times.

Bit of a laboured win in the end against a poor Kilmarnock team. Started well in the first 15 - 20 minutes. Chambers, McDonald and Dom Thomas were linking up well and we were getting a lot of joy down that side. However when we scored (didn't see the penalty incident) that good start just seemed to dissipate. All the energy and confidence was sucked out the stadium and the rest of the half was a pretty dull affair with not much happening. Second half was all about poor final ball. Time and again we got into promising situations but McDonald and Dom Thomas needed to improve their final touch. I like Thomas, he's got talent and a great attitude but that part of his game needs to improve. We need to give him game time though so he can because otherwise he did very well. Don't remember Jamie MacDonald having too many saves and while we were the better team and deserved to win it wasn't quite a satisfying result. The fact that we couldn't score in open play against a team of that standard means that we are still in a very precarious position. At the back I thought Kieran Kennedy was excellent and fully deserved his MotM award. Something to build on but we will need to raise the standard if we want to get anything of Ross County.

I came home from work yesterday and went straight to bed so this is the first I've known about us signing ANOTHER striker. Utterly bizarre. You really wonder what he's thinking about because our weaknesses are fairly obvious and it wasn't another striker we needed to bring in. Having said that Theo Robinson might do the business. We really need a win today but I'd be lying if I didn't say that I was rapidly losing confidence in Baraclough and if even some of the players feel the same way then we are staring trouble in the face. Think Kilmarnock will have Obadeyi and Slater back from injury, they haven't played yet in the league but Slater started against Berwick and Obadeyi came on as a sub, and they are probably their two most creative and dangerous players. Not ideal from our point of view. Also need to keep an eye on the youngsters Kiltie and Splaine. Always liked the look of Kiltie when I've seen him and Splaine has got some good reviews recently.

Goals conceded so far this season. Certainly seems most of them are coming from the right side .

Most teams in the league play 4-2-3-1 most weeks. And most teams play two attacking wide players (McGinn/Hayes or O'Halloran/Wotherspoon or Spittal/Erskine or Amoo/Lawless or McGowan/Stewart etc. etc.). I've seen us twice this season and the first time we played 4-2-3-1 and everyone complained that McDonald wasn't close enough to the striker. Second time I saw us we played more of a 4-4-2 with McDonald further forward and Aberdeen dominated the midfield with an extra man until they withdrew Willo Flood. I don't really see the formation as a big problem to be honest as long as we play something along the lines of 4-2-3-1 and match up against other teams. Doesn't matter what the formation is if you can't defend or pass, don't make chances or finish and play far too much long ball and that's our problem so far this term. And in terms of personnel I think Johnson and Ainsworth (or Thomas) should be able to be accommodated into the system provided they are in form and doing a job. I also think McDonald can play the behind the striker role. Our weak areas are right back and the position left vacant by Pearson's injury.

Watching the post match interview - Baraclough looks frightened and clueless.

For me you are looking for good young players to go out on the field and make it happen - no excuses. When you get the chance you've got to show what you can do. Look at Dom Thomas, about 80% of the time when he comes on as a sub he turns the game around and transforms the team. Leitch doesn't do that he just sort of melds into the mediocrity.

Neither is our record of scouting and buying from the lower leagues.

I'm not contesting the result. I'm saying you can't compare Hamilton playing away at Raith Rovers to us playing away at East Fife. It's a totally different level of opposition.

By far his best performances last season were the two matches against Rangers. I think ending on a high has skewed some peoples memories of his overall form last term. I do think he has something about him though but he's a long way from the finished article.

Dunfermline have been in great form and are to all extents a Premiership team in terms of attendences and budget. Raith Rovers are also in good form and it was always going to be tricky for Hamilton. Reckon Raith can challenge for a play off place this season. Falkirk are a stronger team than Partick, even if one is in the top division and the other in the division below. BTW would take Peter Grant at Motherwell in a flash. Meanwhile we played East Fife, part timers 3 divisions below us.

Glad we are through but please 2 goals in extra time against part timers isn't anything to brag about after a listless performance .

Well Saturday will certainly be interesting.

Twitter guy says it was "undeserved".

Write a couple more of these and we might win.

You know what that means? Knocked out on penalties.

OMG!

Do we pull straws to see who makes the hilarious/tragic rant video that goes viral?

Not gonna happen is it. Bad enough going into work on a normal day....

MOTHERWELL PLAYER SCORES. Ross Forbes for Morton.

Flashscores just made a mess of my pants.

I'm only in my forties. Do any of the old timers on the board remember us wining a cup match?

Deep breath.....climb the ladder of calmness......