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Wilson for Seddon was the substitution that was made, my point was the knock on effect of only having 4 more subs. I thought Kaleta was well off the level of the previous week and being replaced with O'Donnell would have had a beneficial effect for the team balance (IMO). My point on hindsight was that the timing and personnel involved in the substitutions ended up with us getting a point despite a numerical dis-advantage, a plus in my book, different choices my have ended in a different result. I wasn't being (over) critical of Kettlewell, I actually quite like him. I was just voicing an opinion that he possibly could have done better with his substitutions. The bottom line is, I'm glad I'm not the manager 'cos results don't rest on my opinions.

The argument could be made that the Seddon injury, and substitution, caused a necessary rethinking of the later substitutions. In an ideal world, Seddon would have lasted 90 minutes allowing O'Donnell to replace Kaleta, giving us more defensive nous at the end when we were under pressure. I agree that the subsequent substitutions should have been earlier, both due to fatigue (Ap Stam, Watt & Halliday) and tactically, getting TJ into the fray earlier. We could have risked Paton or Watt playing 90 minutes and replaced the other one with O'Donnell allowing Kaleta to move forward, or to put O'Donnell on instead of Moses, but everything is easier with hindsight.

Pass marks to the Ox, Gordon, Ap Stam & Paton, we lost sharpness after Seddon's injury and only got it back with the introduction of TJ & Moses. Went with AP Stam for his non stop effort.

I fair enjoyed today, we played some good football, scored some good goals, there were lots of discussion points and we won. I then spent an hour post match with my brother-in-law (a 'Well fan) and four of his pals (Dundee U fans) and we agreed that it was an entertaining match with some terrible defending by both teams and an inconsistent referee. I hope I would be so gracious if the final score had been 3-4. I suspect I couldn't have spent that time with too many Old Firm fans. The bottom line is that if you want to watch a team dominate the opposition and not give up any chances, you shouldn't be at Fir Park or Tannadice, go to watch Celtic instead. I know where I would rather be though. Edit, Meant to post that in the match thread, sorry.

Two goals and an assist make it a very easy choice today. A lot of good performances but Apostolos Stamatelopoulos was the stand out. (Yes, that was a copy and paste effort)

With a view from the Cooper stand we had no idea of either incident in real time. Having watched Sportscene however, my immediate reaction to the "equaliser" was exactly the same as yours, if a defender had committed the offence to save a goal, there is no way he would have avoided a card of some colour, and given that the ball went directly into the goal, how does that differ from Casey's red card v St. Mirren. You could argue that Sander's offence is a deliberate act of cheating. As to Halliday, I don't think a penalty is justified but I'm not totally surprised at the decision. We are back to consistency though, there was a very similar handball in the Hibs v St. Mirren game on Saturday that didn't even warrant a mention.

I have no issue with the throw-in decision, as long as the officials are consistent in the application of the law. Spoiler alert**** they aren't. From the Cooper stand it was impossible to tell whether the corner went out the park, it did look like the referee gave the decision rather than the linesman though, and he had as bad a view as I did. The referee was as poor as most Scottish referees, he stopped play several times for offsides when the play had broken down and the defence was in possession, it just slows the game up for no reason at all, except to allow the ref to be the centre of attention. Some of his decision making was just baffling.

Seddon for me, honourable mentions for TJ, Kaleta & Sparrow.

Used to use that Tom Harks tune regularly at FP. Insert the name of an opposition player you don't like, EG Craig Levein, and sing: Levein is a wank Levein is a wank Levein is a wank Levein is a wank Ad infinitum.

I thought we thoroughly deserved three points today, we created, by far, the better chances and, for all St. Mirrens possession, they never really looked like scoring after the penalty save. Tanser may feel hard done by in terms of when the second yellow was issued, but he got away with quite a lot between the two yellows without a word from a very poor referee. Oxborough was my MOM, his save in first half injury time was unbelievable (disgracefully not shown in the BBC highlights) and the penalty save was top class too. Miller is outstanding and Wilson may earn us a few quid too if he keeps developing at this rate. Ap Stam looked good when he came on, I have high hopes for him. As for St. M's feeling of injustice with some of the decisions..........get it right up them. 😄

Oxborough for me, Miller, Wilson & Davor all worthy of a mention.

Rollo Kyle was his name (I think). Add in the indirect free kick against Celtic in the mid 2000's semi-final for the keeper (Woods I think) not releasing the ball quickly enough, another rule rarely enforced. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

What, before he has been linked with Rangers or Celtic? Someone didn't get the memo.

I liked Broomfield,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I just didn't like walking in to it. 😧

Have you ever been on this forum before? There are one or two who are only happy when we lose.