MelvinBragg

Indeed. If we can get to the last day in touch with both of them, it's in our own hands...

Two wins (as long as one of them is tonight) and a draw if Killie or County lose all their games would do it. Or three wins and either Killie or County only picking up a point from their last three games would also do it. So a couple of possibilities. If we lose tonight, it's eleventh place. A draw and it looks almost impossible. Need to win the next two and hope County pick up zero points. So not a case that we will definitely need to win all three but likely we'll have to...

Partick Thistle confirmed as a Saturday 3pm. Obviously the media figure 11th and 12th is sorted...

Put in a dangerous cross, then worry about which team mate gets on the end of it...

Can think of a couple of goals he set up recently without thinking too hard. Cross for Ainsworth's second against Accies, free kick for Sutton header. Also wins a lot of free kicks and gets us up the park quite quickly. I think he's got a bit to offer. Needs to improve his stamina though...

Not sure but, other than Pearson, none of our players were claiming for it...

McDonald? Terrible performance. Wrong boots on? Couldn't stay on his feet. Decision making not great. He and Pearson were both dreadful today. Lasley didn't do much wrong, thought Grant was decent and Johnson had a good first half. Hammell saved us from conceding a couple of times so probably give it to him...

Question is, why isn't McManus doing this? Tweed said to me at the game that Sutton, Lasley and Law were the only three that looked like they gave a shit. I'd probably add Hammell to that list, but couldn't argue with the general point. Look around the team, forget footballing ability. How many of this team would you want beside you in the trenches during a war? Character is lacking in too many...

Sometimes I hate being right. Individual errors have cost us a lot this season. Not a lot the manager can do when that happens. But the substitutions were baffling today. McDonald and Pearson were both having dreadful games yet somehow stayed on the park. I wish we had a leader and organiser at the back as good as Quinn...

Would rather have had Kerr than O'Brien, don't know if Kerr is injured as he's not even on the bench. Honestly have no idea how it's going to go today...

Whether or not I agree with your assessment of Josh Law, to say all of our signings from the English lower leagues have been failures is unquestionably a lie...

Would he drop down a division? He seems to be primarily a centre back now. Would happily take him there...

Luke Watt...

If I wanted to be sectarian, I'd refer to Rangers players as orange b*******. While they may be sectarian in origin, h*n and Tim are now more references to the two football teams rather than religions. Rightly or wrongly, that's how most people use them. Including supporters of those teams. Was there not a Celtic fanzine called 'Once a Tim'? f****n and orange? That's a different matter... EDIT I suspect that the Celtic fans were referring to us as h**s meaning Rangers supporters. Part of that Old Firm mentality that if you don't support their team then you must secretly be a supporter of the other lot. h**s without the bus fare, as it were...

Not defending sectarianism at all, but frankly 'h*n' is now used to describe Rangers players/fans rather than protestants. I'd describe Lorenzo Amoruso as a big dirty h*n. He's not a protestant. I am a protestant but don't consider myself a 'h*n'. Despite what Mitch says...

We're in our current position because like all SPL sides we need our 'big' players to play well and this season they haven't. Saying we need Pearson to play well is no different to St Mirren saying they need Thompson firing on all cylinders, or County fans saying that they need Gardyne playing well...

Amen..

In terms of getting away from St Mirren or getting closer to Kilmarnock...?

Unfortunately, aye, we could...

Johnson in for Sutton...

Don't need to worry about extending contracts now unless Falkirk make a late run into the playoffs...

No, he scored over 20 last season. This season, feeding off scraps, he's got 11...

Already signed a two year deal...

Not beyond the realms of possibility...

Having thought about the Pearson deal, it strikes me that although we are planning on going with a younger team next season that I can see the thinking behind it. Lasley has been excellent alongside Pearson recently but he can't go on forever. My feeling is that Pearson will take the Lasley role as senior man in the midfield as next season progresses, playing with and helping the development of Leitch, Carswell or potentially another young centre midfielder that we may bring in. With the expected departures of Vigurs and Lawson, we will find ourselves with only four centre midfielders on the books. I expect Ramsden, Kerr and a couple of others to be on their way so our squad should be down to a more manageable size (particularly with the four loan signings returning to their clubs). Plenty of scope to reshape the squad with young players. So having Pearson, McManus, Hammell and Lasley as an experienced core is not a bad thing. Obviously, a lot will depend on whether Sutton, Ainsworth and McDonald return but, for me, there's a decent starting point for us. I just wonder if we may see some of the loan signings returning (thinking Long and Laing) or more Johnson style signings, lower league players with potential sell on value...