Kmcalpin

I thought today's referee, Euan Norris, had a very poor game, and although he inflenced the character of the game he did not influence its outcome, fortunately. He got the penalty decision right but little else. From start to finish he was inconsistent. Keith Lasley's yellow card was unfathomable. It was his first foul, if it was one at all and very soft. Constrast that with his treatment of Celtic's Majstorovic. He had a shocking early challenge on Ross Forbes, I think, yet got off scot free. He then committed foul after foul. To add insult to injury, Scott Brown whacked Keith Lasley in the face under the referee's gaze, yet no action was taken. Gunning was also booked for his first foul. Jenning's also booked for a foul yet a Celtic player committed an identical one yet no action was taken? What was with Neil Lennon twice advancing several metres onto the pitch whilst the game was in progress - yet no action taken against him? Not good enough.

Great performance and result today and Stuart McCall got his team selection, tactics and pre match pep talk just right. We had no failures today but John Sutton, Ross Forbes, Keith Lasley, Shaun Hutchinson and Gavin Gunning deserve special mention. Really impressed with our defence and they gave Darren Randolph decent protection. Food for thought there. A real tonic after Wednesday night's disaster.

A good open and frank post by SM.

Pitch wasn't too bad today. Not great but nowhere near as bad as last year.

Hpe you enjoyed yourelves. Certainly brought us good luck. You're welcome back anytime.

I'd guess that climate has an awful lot to do with it. Southampton's location on the south coast gives it a considerable advantage temperature wise over most of Britain. At any point in time you'd expect it to be several degrees warmer than say Carlisle.

I've no problem with folk declaring "I'll no be back etc etc". For the past 125 years some of our fans have been saying that. Folk say it for a wide variety of reasons, some connected with football some not. All I ask is that everyone takes part in the club's survey. Its not constructive to say that on the Boards but not tell the club directly. The club has to learn from your comments and ideas. Its also important for the club to know who will be back and why they'll be back. Is this Board representative of our support as a whole? Of course its not but the club has to get as many responses as possible to form a representative view.

At a guess to monitor for trouble. Not a pleasant experience sitting right next to the away support on Wednesday, or mingling with them in queues. One or two complaints made to the stewards.

Good post Big Buff. We are what we are "MFC". That doesn't mean to say we should not aspire to improve, of course we should. Take the thick with the thin. Expectations these days are unrealstic and far too high.

I never at any point said she did. She promoted it though. Up until the early eighties most fans went along to support the team through good or bad. I can remember the Fir Park faithful cheering the team off the park after a bad home defeat. That doesn't happen now and hasn't for 25/30 years. You wanted the team to win but it wasn't the end of the world if it didn't. It was our team. There were always good teams in England or Germany but they weren't our team and we didn't follow them or become obsessed with them as we do now. Gradually the winner / self centred mentality began to take over, after Thatcher came to power (just to spell it out though - some always had it). In recent years due to media exposure many fans only want to be associated with winners. I met someone a few months ago, a joiner, who said to me that he was highly skilled and worked damned hard all week and therefore deserved only the best. Thats why he would only watch EPL football. I want the best for MFC but we will only ever be a provincial team, hopefully one of the best. Our expectations should reflect that. I'd like for us to win every game but that just isn't going to happen. To come back to the original point, I don't agree with all SM has done but he needs time and patience from us. We need to go back to our roots as a community club.

Maggie Thatcher promoted the self centred, "whats in it for me", "look after yourself", "only the best will do for me" culture. Folk may hate her in Scotland for what she stood for but that doesn't stop many of the same folk living by her teachings.

I wouldn't laugh at all, sadly its all too true (just check my signature to see what I and Jim Duffy think). For many youngsters now the benchmark is the Man Utd, Chelseas, Arsenals and Barcelonas of the world. That is the normal standard. Anything less is crap. Its totally unrealistic and symptomatic of the media brainwashing and changes in society since Thatcher came to power.

Given the lack of detail in the announcement, there are many possible takes on this news. One more optimistic one is that if a wealthy potential investor wanted to plough some cash into the club it would go towards a new stadium or better team rather than the purchase of shares. Only time will tell.

A bit premature I'd say and he needs time to bring in his own players. That said, he hasn't motivated the players and hasn't shown much tactical nous....so far.

Listening to BBC radio sports coverage before the game and heard Richard Gordon and his cronies prattling on about the amount of cones on the pitch for training purposes. Barely any mention of John Boyle's announcement. Informed and intelligent coverage .... yer having a laugh.

A shocking display tonight devoid of any passion or aggression. Changes should have been made at half time but weren't and substitutions were a bit baffling to say the least. The big problem was midfield which was awful - lacked determination and pace. I agree with many other views on here. As far as I counted we didn't have one solitary effort on target. Just to provide a counterbalance - I've seen far worse in the past and I'll be back. No intention of giving up.

Thanks to John Boyle for his stewardship of the cub. Its been a real mix of highs and lows and who'll ever forget the dark days of administration? He's made mistakes but put a lot into the club and has had our best interests at heart. What does the future hold for us? A community owned club sounds good but what does it mean in reality? Will it bring more investment in? Many questions but few answers. I believe that a big announcement will be made in the coming weeks - that'll be interesting.

I'm no company law expert but I think there's some legal barrier to prevent the club from openly advertising shares. Perhaps the Forum's resident legal experts can shed some light on this.

If true thats not good, not good at all. It won't do the club's standing in the community much good.

I'm sure any fan can buy shares, by contacting the club. Quite a few have done just that in recent years. You don't have to purchase a huge amount - probably multiples of 5/10 shares. The last I heard they were worth about £10 each.

By all accounts he was very good at Aberdeen last week but I thought no more than "fair" on Saturday - not good enough to play for 90 minutes. I'd be tempted to give him a few months of speed training, thats what he needs and badly - would that make a difference? Good luck to the lad though.

Spot on. Its one thing to say that it wasn't a penalty but its quite another to publicly accuse someone of cheating. At best, Cannings arms were right round John Sutton and you don't do that if you're playing by the rules.

Dario Quinn scored for Linlithgow Rose.

Not only that, they didn't experience anywhere near as severe winters as we have had since we relaid ours. Looking back 20 or 30 years we used to play on pitches that were far worse and no-one complained.

The penalty? My initial reaction at the game seems to have bene confirmed by the TV highlights. Canning wrestled John Sutton to the ground. Quite clearly physical contact and Billy Reid should retract his comments. Did John Sutton go down easily? Yes, but it was still a penalty.