Dave

Can't wait for the day out. First time this season I'm actually not looking forward to the football itself. We've absolutely bottled the last two weeks and I can't see it changing any time soon. Will take top 4 now given what we did last year in the playoffs.

We'll be lucky to finish 2nd at this rate.

Dundee fans nominated someone we can drop the keys off with?

Scotland able to provide a nice distraction from the nerve-racking end to the season we're facing, but it's back to business as usual this week with a trip to Kirkcaldy. Much like last week, I regard this as a must win for us if we want to maintain a fight for the title. Unlike last week though, we cannot afford to give away points again by not showing up and putting in poor performances. This season there has been a pattern of a bounce back after a defeat, so here's hoping the trend continues. If fit Kilday and Thomson get back in the starting XI for me, and I also want Healy to start over Henderson. Raith going into this on the back of a disappointing performance of their own in the cup final, hopefully feeling a bit of a hangover from that and we can take advantage.

With the Hamilton game moving to Friday night as well. After Raith this week, three Friday nights in a row (Thistle (A), Hamilton (H), Ayr (A)) all a day ahead of Dundee playing. Got to be some kind of psychological advantage to that, assuming we win those games of course... As for the announcement itself, what else did we really expect. If they start now and get the rumoured temporary stands in place for next season, then fine. But it's yet another egg on the face of the club and the powers that be supposedly in charge of this. Three full years of no home games.

We're all still suffering a little bit of a hangover from Friday, but another trick missed by the clubs social media to make note that Saturday was one year since Owen Coyle was announced. No matter what position we finish in at the end of this season, his first year cannot be called anything other than a success and it's been a joy to watch both his enthusiasm for QP and the football his team have put on show for us. We'll be discussing his first year in a bit more detail on this weeks podcast episode, which will be out tomorrow morning.

Queen's Park fighting for 3rd in the league with 40,000 home fans. You've become so ridiculously rattled by us in the last few weeks you never even stopped to read your post back to yourself before pressing enter.

In an article in the Queen's Park match program, written by a Queen's Park fan? Shocking revelation if true.

We almost certainly won't be allowed to "pick and choose" where we play next season. When has any club been allowed to do that, and why do people now suddenly think we will be given that choice? I agree 100% with @PB1994 above in that for next season we announce where we're playing and that's it for the year. And regardless of what league we're in, unfortunately I think I actually would choose Hampden if that was an option. Even if we're in the championship 1000 seats at Lesser is unacceptable, and despite the recent talk of "temporary stands" it's not going to be completed in time for next season. QP once again being reactive rather than proactive, it's not like we've been saying for years now the plans at Lesser are not good enough.

Solely looking at league position and the previous meetings this season, you would expect a home win with few issues. However as mentioned above, despite their struggles Arbroath have been able to cause an upset this season and have taken more points off Dundee & Morton than we have. Add in no defeat in the last four games & only conceding twice as they fight to survive, I unfortunately see it as another tense 90 minutes for QP fans. I honestly don't care if we win 1-0 or 11-0 for the next seven weeks, all that matters is three points.

And I thought Classy Dougie Imrie was the most raging guy tonight.

Dougie Imrie is a massive fucking riddy. Goodbye Morton. Thank you.

You'll need to make sure you stop by and get the name of the QP staff member in charge of squad registration to make sure they get a medal after the final. It's the very least they deserve.

Nothing private about it. Don't think I'll ever forgive the club officials responsible for this. What makes it even worse is I now have to fucking support Falkirk in a game.

Anyone else not yet ready to get over our embarrassing Scottish Cup f**k up? You could actually have seen Queen's Park with a shot at a Scottish Cup final. Utterly, utterly unforgivable.

Get these fucking morons pumped please Queen's Park. Thank you.

Well I called it but fucking hell.

2031 Pre-season I'm still not over the hectic end to last season, but time stands still for no-one and the new MLS campaign is upon us. And of course this season, I will have my first shot at the North American Champions League. Not quite sure when that'll start, as last seasons competition is still running until April. But I'll worry about that later. As always with pre-season, there have been plenty of incomings and outgoings. Not only do we have the usual transfer market as an option, but there have been some trades, and of course the MLS Draft, but firstly a quick look at the outgoings. Laecio was club captain last year, but he was distinctly average and it was a pretty good offer so I decided to go for it. It once again nearly led to a squad revolt led by that p***k Stuart Findley due to the lack of depth at left back this time, but that was resolved later in the window. Mitchell Robson & Quinn Sullivan were not good enough for the league, and Al-Otaibi lost his #1 jersey due to the incredible talent of Di Livio who I brought in for free last season and is now being dubbed "the new Gianluigi Buffon". 2031 MLS Draft Despite winning the MLS Cup and therefore giving myself the last pick in every round of the draft, due to trades that had occurred prior to my arrival, particularly with LAFC, I had the second overall pick this year. There were only four players deemed by scouts to be worthy of a C grade or higher, so this was very handy. I used the #2 pick to draft John Ruiz who provides cover across the entire back line, with the potential to improve and become a very good player in the league. I then had a total of 7 draft picks left for the draft, with the first not coming back around until #28. I completed a mid-draft trade for Jose Garcia who should be challenging Pereira and Riccelli for a starting spot at centre back. I tried so hard to find someone better than him out-with the MLS, but I was rejected or missed out on a number of better players so settled with him. I was also able to get rid of 5 pointless draft picks plus a little bit of General Allocation money for him, unfortunately there's nowhere to view trade history so I can't remember how much exactly. My last two draft picks I used were late in the first round and early in the second round, and they aren't even worth a screenshot to be honest. A fullback that can play either side, and a left midfielder, who'll both sit in the B team and only be called on in case of absolute emergency. I have made one big trade this off-season, and it was for a player I'd been after for quite a while. Atlanta United started making offers for my left winger Andrea Grosso, and I was able to package him and £3m in General Allocation money for Caleb Wiley, who is an upgrade on Laecio and a lot cheaper on wages as well. Added bonus of also being able to play left wing if required, I love a player with multiple natural positions. He does unfortunately start the season injured for the first few weeks though. Before I acquired Wiley, I had already made my big signing and he is a natural left back, but thankfully for me he can also play right back, defensive midfielder, and I'm training him to play central midfield too. I went back to Suwon FC and brought Gaeten Ibenge stateside for his release clause of £2.9m. Giving him a taste of a central midfield role in preseason, he got five assists in four games, so it's looking promising. And the final signing (for now) is one that I probably didn't need to make, but it's just a game, isn't it? My scouts previously informed me of Ewen Gibson, a Scottish-Ecuadorian born in Coupar Angus but playing for Barcelona (S.C, in the Ecuador ProLiga) who had been transfer listed for well below his market value. Losing Grosso in the trade to Atlanta meant I could make an excuse of needing some back-up, and he joined for a cool £140k. So that concludes the winter window activity, but there is one pre-contract agreed for the summer. Scott Guest was attracting interest from the usual top tier English clubs, but he has agreed to join Philadelphia first and when he does I'll have yet another promising young player that could go on to big things. He is a Rangers supporting Englishman but maybe I can get back into the Scotland job quick enough to convince him to play for the good guys at the senior level. Friendlies results have been encouraging, so hopefully hit the ground running in the league and keep up this good form.

Must win game, nothing else to add.

Aye the VIPLeague stream isn't easy to watch but better than nothing. Quite surprised at the half time scoreline, but can't rule out a comeback after seeing it with my own eyes on Saturday there. Delicious Morton tears from right beside the pixellot camera though. Booing the team off at half time, when they came back from this exact same position three days ago, and are still fighting at the top of the table

Why would this cricket club not own their current ground if they've been there for that long? Going to be honest, I'd never heard of them prior to these rumours a couple of days ago, and I'm not going to pretend as if I care about them now. It will certainly be a shame for those involved with that club, but if they're only leasing the ground surely this kind of thing should have been planned for in the off chance it ever happened... As for our involvement, there seems to be plenty of rumours that we're "at fault" for this, but I don't know why other than Lochinch being next door. That seems big enough already so who knows what is planned here, if indeed it is QP taking over the lease.

This thread, fucking hell. We should have put that game to bed before Morton finally capitalised on the chances they created, but that disallowed goal for Eze is possibly the worst decision in any QP game this season. I know some other posters have said "these things balance out" etc but it doesn't feel like it right now. As for the usual heads gone comments over Queen's Park, delicious as always.

Pleasing.