The African

I'd be happy for the club to support the decision of the player in this instance. If he wants to take the risk in order to represent his country, then fair play to him. As long as he then follows the necessary protocols to ensure a safe and healthy return, then all should be okay.

Is it too early to be worrying that his is a "must win" game? Surely. I hope we still have some quality to add to ur squad before the transfer window closes. Time will be required to bed in new players and find our best eleven and system. No point getting too downbeat at the moment, at least until we see how the completed rebuild works out. I do understand that we are coming from a period of poor performances and underachievement, so can see why some are losing heart, but you have to give the manager and squad a chance to get up and running. Throw in Livingston's unattractive style of play and a football defying playing surface and this becomes a joyless fixture which won't spark much enthusiasm. Still, two nil to the good guys is not beyond the bounds of reality and may just lift our spirits before the next pending disaster.

Important we get up and running with some points on the board, sooner rather than later. Last weekend was not without its positive s but Perth is never an easy place to go and I have few memories of our successes there. I suppose I would take a point right now, but I live in hope of more.

Not the same since Ally MacLeod left for Aberdeen.

Just checked and it is being shown live here on Sky Sorts 7 Bein Sports. Now feeling a bit stupid in getting up at 3:30am yesterday to watch the British Lions. Do I have another early start? Of course I do! New season, new hope. At least it cannot be any worse than the rugby, and I have no work meetings until the afternoon.

Cheers. Hope his recovery and return to first team action goes well, whenever that may be.

Is Mugabe fit? Like UBH, I'd be very happy to take anything from this fixture.

Good luck to Christy and Rohan. Good to see that players can find their level and restart their careers after leaving Fir Park.

Strangely apt that we play his other senior club tomorrow. Hopefully both sides can show their respect, perhaps black armbands? RIP and my thoughts are with his family and friends.

Black is just not the colour for a football shirt. Along with grey and pink, it should be avoided. I would not be averse to a mainly claret change kit, but it might defeat the purpose in that it would still clash with the likes of Aberdeen and Hearts. I have liked some of our blue kits, but, for me our best efforts have been white. I would also contend that there should be some claret and amber detailing on all our kit. They are our colours and we should always have them somewhere. For future consideration, how about a shirt in dark green? I have always thought the South African rugby kit looked pretty cool and we could justify it with reference to the firs of Fir Park.

Liam Kelly signing for us permanently would be a bit of a coup, but the cynic in me thinks that this story is possibly bait from his agent to attract bigger fish. And I will also say that Trevor Carson, for us, has been class in every sense of the word. Quality both on and off the pitch and the model professional. If he is about to depart then I wish him nothing but the best. He has had dreadful luck with illness andinjuries and, as such, never got the life changing move that his performances deserved.

If Patterson needs game time to aid his development, play him in the under 21s. The idea that a player with his level of experience should just walk into the national team because, let's admit it, he plays for Rangers, is both ludicrous and typical of the thinking that now finds Scottish football in the hole it is in.

I think it is not unfair to say that Scotland would have been, along with North Macedonia, the team everyone else wanted to draw.

Great gesture. On a disappointing night football wise, it made me smile.

In my lifetime of watching international football, going back as far as the 1974 World Cup, our lack of goals has always been our biggest weakness. Of course there have been other problems, and sometimes we have been completely awful. Should we be completely negative right now, or can we look for positives? Over the past two decades we would have been having this conversation after we failed to even qualify.. it's not much, but it's something.

I saw the comment as being tongue in cheek and more about the world we live in rather than disparaging the player. These days, you are only as good as your last twenty minutes of play, with only two options, great or grotty. Of course, I could be wrong.

Beaten by a better side. Technically they were far superior and they had the physicality to back it up. You cannot say it was unexpected. As for O'Donnell, he was no worse than the rest of the team who, mostly, looked out of their depth.

I agree regarding Kelly. He probably deserves a chance at a higher level and would be an expensive option from our point of view/ salary level. As for Carson, it is all just hope from my point of view. Nobody wants to see any player have to give up because of injury, let alone one that has proven themselves to be as good as Trevor was. His professionalism when his proposed move to Celtic fell through also adds credit to him, when others might have thrown their toys out of the pram. Honestly, I would love to see him back if at all possible.

With resigning Fox, and rumours we are trying to get Kelly back on loan, you would have to think that Carson is not ready to return to the first team. All just speculation and the rumour about Kelly could be completely groundless, but that is what happens in the phoney war before a new season gets underway. I genuinely hope there is less to it and Trevor can make a full return to fitness and between the sticks for us. He is an excellent player and deserves a bit of good luck for a change.

Like a few others have already said, I only knew Andy through his input on this forum. As this is the internet, you would be within your rights to say that I didn't know him at all really. So why am I sitting here on the other side of the world feeling both sadness and a sense of loss? I think it must be because, in a world of instant communication and unfettered opinion, where trolls and howling loons seem to be the norm, he represented a different style, being unfashionably reasonable, knowledgeable and prepared to let others hold differing opinions, and all done in goood humour with a dry wit that never failed to raise a smile. This place will be the lesser for his passing, but this is just the internet so of no real account. Our loss is certainly nothing compared to that of his friends, family and loved ones, those who really knew him, and to those people I extend my sincere respect and condolences.

Not disagreeing on any of the points you make. I certainly think that Cole is improving and may continue to do so with, which is a positive for both parties. If he really doesn't want to be here though, then it won't work.

If Cole doesn't sign up for next season, we will need to find someone who can supply goals. When we had our poor start to the season just ended, it was the lack of goals that really hurt us. We created chances but didn't take them. Even three or four more goals at that stage of the season and we might have been looking at a top six finish. Is Lafferty the player to provide those goals? I think he is possibly more likely than some of the other options. Watt is great for us, but is not a scorer, Shields is unproven at our level, goals from midfield currently look unlikely and Moult is currently pie in the sky thinking and a gamble given his recent history of injury. The truth is that Lafferty is also a gamble. His career is one of highs and lows, and he is due another low. Perhaps he has realised that he isn't getting any younger and this might have improved his attitude, but you would imagine he would take up a fair proportion of our budget if he did sign. Right now, I would rather see us throw a bit of that cash at Cole, to see if we could get him to sign for another couple of years,with a view to moving him on next summer, to the benefit of both parties.

Showing my age, but for football an all black kit was for referees or Eastern European goalkeepers.

Pretty good effort. Macron seem to be a good fit for us ( pun intended) going by the last few designs.

Keith McRae was just before my time and I am prettty sure I never saw him play. I might have to dig out a couple of books from storage to check though. I do recall 'well fans talking about him and he was undoubtedly a bit of a legend at the club.