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I know that. I just thought the home stands looked a bit down on numbers to what we've seen recently and a possible explanation why. Nothing to do with fans deserting.

Going for big Seb. Really like the guys workrate and his desire to press. He's also shown today that he can harass defenders and hold the ball up. I'm conflicted on Paulsen. He's becoming good for an opposition goal every week now. He messed up against Dundee then at Rangers and I'm totally convinced he should have kept that one out today. After both though he has been vital in keeping the scorelines respectable.

The crowd was poor today but I don't think we can discount the fact that it's now A. The October break and people are possibly away. And B. That the games on a Sunday at the ridiculous time of 12 noon. I share the frustration with AJ but on the same token, he's working alongside the same coaching staff as Jens. Max Rogers was also well credited for how we performed last season so there shouldn't have been that much of a change in training methods? The loss of key players in the summer coupled with some very questionable recruitment has to be a main factor surely.

If we don't beat Killie next week he's under enormous pressure. They're leaking goals like nobody's business. Only a victory will do for me.

I'll give any player support that takes to the field for us but in all honesty, Vogt really shouldn't play for us again. Not fit enough and looked burst after half an hour, not up to the level and looked generally uninterested. I don't know what to say about Paulsen. Looked extremely suspect at the first goal but then kept us in it several times but the damage is already done. I think it's harsh to say there were no pass marks however. Said ran the show for us when he came on and I thought Palmer Holden led the line well on his own despite having very little to work with.

JGR to fadinger, back to JGR over to Moormann back to Paulsen back to fadinger. You get the picture. A severe lack of tempo or attacking invention from back to front. Palmer Holden offering himself up top but no-one wants to give the guy the ball

O'Donnell has surely got to start at the weekend. We need a stable 'old head' at the back to keep things organised. Also, I'm not sure what condition he'll be in but when's Mcginn back?

SOD?

Ugly and effective beats Pretty ineffective tonight I'm afraid. Robinson had the measure of us from the start. We're weak at the back and toothless up front. Slow and ponderous on the ball allowing the opposition to get back into shape. Awful stuff.

You're 100% correct and as we saw yesterday and against st mirren teams have recognised that and are exploiting it. He's been given a torrid time in both games. Surely JGR is the better option at right back with either SOD or JKL partnering Moormann in the middle.

I don't think expecting a result yesterday was entirely hype. We were up against a Rangers team who have had a mediocre start to the season and by all accounts have been rotten in every game they've played. That plus we've become accustomed to beating McInnes teams sometimes fairly easily in the past. Their form was always going to improve and we were on the end of it yesterday. Beat but we move on.

In fairness to Paulsen he's made a decision and the player has anticipated it well. Always a time and place to hoof it from danger though. That could have derailed the guy but in the end he prevented a cricket score. I'll let him off on that basis.

Could always register Neil Alexander in an emergency. Bit off topic but is Davie Henderson still at the club? Haven't seen him about? At least I don't think he's been one of our physios on the pitch.

That's me just up. Have we survived unscathed? 😁