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Skippy, just ahead of Marvin and Moult.

Excellent three points, especially as we didn't play as well as we have been. No failures tonight but special mentions should go to Ripley, MacDonald and Pearson. At times Crawford Allan seemed to be refereeing a different game to the one I was watching.

Connor Ripley, the save at one nil was outstanding and almost certainly swung the game, the save 10 minutes earlier was none too shabby either.

"The fact that both our full backs are very limited makes it's difficult to get the wingers in the game and to play much football in general." The fact that neither of the wingers are prepared to work hard defensively means that our full backs are consistently exposed. You say tomayto, I say tomato.

I can't believe anyone watches Alba with the sound on.

My first game at Fir Park was about 1967 - 68 and Joe will forever be associated in my mind with my formative years as a Well fan. One of the best full backs I ever had the privilege of watching, and the best uncapped player bar none. I am very saddened by this news, legend is a much over used term, but not in this case.

Not me, I'm an old fart in the Cooper Stand now, I love what the bois do, I just don't want to sit beside them. Oh and 53 going on 27, just to join in the other part of the thread.

Chico Marx actually

Aye but if we're going to win the league we should try and do it in style

Perhaps not unexpected given our good record up there but I would have happily taken a point before kick off. Given that we played a new keeper who signed yesterday, we still have last season's central defenders a clean sheet is a very encouraging start. We also seem to have played well all over the park (if the BBC stats are to be believed) creating plenty chances, getting the majority on target whilst stopping the opposition from testing our keeper. 37 more wins and we win the league

I am looking forward to criticising his lack of work ethic, particularly when we are defending and his general all round laziness Secure in the knowledge that within 2-3 minutes of me starting to moan he normally slaps in a beauty

What if he is happy on the dole?

My head said Rangers but there was always the nagging concern that we would bottle it and the thought of losing to them (again) filled me with dread. With hindsight I wouldn't change a moment of it

That is all

Many good candidates tonight, Erwin, Johnson, Laing, Pearson and Ainsworth were outstanding, McDonald too, just wish he could stay onside occasionally. Voted for Lasley though, covered every blade of grass and totally bossed the midfield.

Quite a few candidates for a change, MacDonald made a huge difference up front, Pearson's presence in the middle of the park allowed Lasley to play like we know Lasley can play, Erwin ran himself into the ground and Law looks much better at right back than in midfield. I voted for Long however, when Law's header was short it looked like one mistake would cost us and that save was a momentum changer, if we had gone 1-0 down the second half could, and probably would, have been very different, it might even be the point where our season turns on, not just that one game.

Agreed, he was also very visible in front of the dugout after he was subbed, encouraging the team and generally looking right up for the fight. Overall a very different feeling this week from last, we actually looked like a football team this week.

I could make a case for most of the team, then could counter my argument with a poor mistake from most of them, in the end I went for Ramsden, he was generally in the right place at the right time (and somehow didn't get booked for a belter of a foul with about 10 minutes left)

It should also be pointed out the Ropy lives in Bannockburn and therefore has a 40 minute start on the rest.

What's your point caller?????????????

I always tell my wife that the cup final is fourth behind our wedding and the birth of our two children...................I suspect she knows that I'm lying

Four goals, hit the woodwork four times ( five if McManus's goal that never was hit the bar twice), two one on one chances where first Ainswort then Moore shot when a simple squarepass along the 6 yard box would have produced simple tap ins, we could have doubled our score today and it wouldn't have flattered us.

Absolutely no failures today, you could make a case for just about any of the starting 11. I'm going for Vigurs, narrowly ahead of Ainsworth, when he plays with his head up like he did today you can see why McCall was so keen to sign him,plus, you could see what the goal meant to both him and his team mates.

Agreed, except I plumped for Lasley. Tough choice as I didn't think anybody was outstanding. Always good to beat Hearts though, no matter what the performance was like.

I don't see us winning by the nine goals that are required for that, we can dream though