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There was 1 minute to go and the ref had blown for a foul for us. Fraser jumped over the two on the ground to get the ball to take a quick free kick to launch it into the box for a last gasp attempt. Unfortunately he landed on the Hearts player.

Really good display yesterday. Gogic was excellent winning everything in midfield, closing down, tracking back, winning headers and pushing forward. Greive was also excellent never giving the Jambos defence a moment's peace .(Main and Greive offer a lot more that Main and Ayunga imho.) Yes he missed one sitter (one pass from Main was a yard too far in front and the other was played behind him - no chance with either), but otherwise pegged their defence back . Big Joe too had a very good game considering he hasn't played this season. Gallagher I would think should be fit for Fri as he just failed a fitness test at 1:30 on Sat and was close to starting. Hopefully Strain is OK. Onwards to Tynecastle.

Final result disappointing but plenty of positives on today's game. Gogic was man of the match - excellent display in midfield.

I was at the game back in 86 and was gutted that we were thrashed by Celtic and that Hearts didn't win the League. Immediately afterwards I was surprised at the vitriol aimed at St Mirren from Hearts fans and some pundits as if them losing the League had anything to do with St Mirren. They did it all by themselves. It became amusing but is now boring and I just do not see where their anger comes from however I feel it is dissipating. Time to move on.

The good thing about us these days is we have a settled team and a settled formation. If anyone is out someone else slots in. We don't change tactics or formation and it has worked well. Everyone knows their job. And for the first time in many years we have a strong bench so can usually bring on like for like which doesn't weaken the team. (The exception being up top - Main and Ayunga are battering rams but poor in front of goal. Greive & Brophy are natural strikers so can offer a better threat once the opposition defence is reeling). And of course everyone underestimates us. Hearts are clearly a better team than Aberdeen but we beat Celtic at home and were beating Sevco until the Rangers employee that was the ref gave them a soft penalty with 5 mins to go. Another tough game for us but expect at least a point and there is no reason why we shouldn't be looking for three. And after our last two Away games we could maybe for the first time in many years get a point at Tynecastle. Whatever happens I expect both games to be very close.

Gogic is a far better player than Erhahon. Ethan has a great left foot and can make a few very good passes in a game. That's about it. He is so one-side that opponents stroll past his right side as if he wasn't there; he stands off players not closing them down, and doesn't track runners. He avoids heading the ball. His idea of imposing himself is stupid fouls and shouting at the ref. Gogic may not have the passing ability but provides everything else that Ethan can't. I would also have Kiltie starting before him. Ethan has improved this season with his workrate and attitude but his game awareness is poor and he is still anonymous most of the game with too many square passes and back passes when he should be dictating from his position.

Erhahon deserved his red card as you cannot raise a hand to an opponent especially off the ball. Even if that opponent makes a meal of it. However the two handed push to the ground on Baccus was also a red card so Killie got away with that one. Thought Killie were very poor in the circumstances. A million cross field passes going nowhere. No desire or thrust through the lines but just hopeful punts into the box. And the subs had no impact whatsoever which must be a concern. To be fair we were a wee bit like that when we played against 10 men last week for 30 mins before we decided to run directly at the Livi defence and be brave on the ball instead of passing sideways and should have won the game. Killie should have been braver.

Brophy has to start. On Wed he kept possession well and his passing was fast and accurate. Made the goal and although he should have passed to Main for a winner at least he had the conviction to shoot. And I'd probably play Kiltie to replace O'Hara. Rugby Park has never been a happy hunting ground for the games I have attended over many years. But this is a new era so an Away win.

I prefer a player to take responsibility and shoot rather than abdicate responsibility and pass when they are already in a position to take a shot.

Holt can play against us as Livi have appealed the ordering off. Nouble may also be back. Strangely I am confident about this. We have only been beaten once in our last 5 visits. How we start is crucial. On Saturday we did not press enough from the start (not for the first time) and allowed Aberdeen to dictate play. Get in their faces to begin with and I think we have the workrate and energy to dominate play. Ayunga and Main may be hopeless in front of goal but they can demolish any defence allowing others to score.

Gogic was excellent last season as our defensive midfielder so an able replacement to slot into the team. And Kiltie has also been excellent playing a wee bit deeper than he usually plays. He was tremendous against Newco when Baccus was out. And we are allegedly after Scott Robertson of Celtic (played 50 games in League One in Engerland and played in the Europa League) and a loan for Alfie McCalmont who has 4 full caps for Northern Ireland. So we have plenty of midfield cover. And I was told Olusanya was the best player on the pitch in the bounce game against Blackpool. Ethan was always going to go and with 6 months left on his contract best it happen now and we get some dosh to balance books and enhance the squad.

If the teams below you win their games in hand Aberdeen will be 6th. You would be 5 points behind St Mirren who would be 3rd.

And was that the craziest booking of the season? Gallagher comes up the park to take a long throw, as he had done all game, but Walsh books Strain for not taking the throw in?

Apologies. Forgot about that one.

Before today we had conceded 6 penalties to VAR and hadn't had a penalty all season. But Santa tried to address this imbalance. 3 more penalties in future games should even us out. Amazing that Aberdeen let Gallgher go considering what they now have on offer. Thought Clarkson and Kennedy were excellent for them. Main and Ayunga work hard but have zero composure. Glad that long pass into an empty net didn't fall to either of them. We always make things difficult for ourselves when winning with 20 mins to go. Need to work on that. O'Hara MoM.

Reckon we'll show Goodwin how he should have played Celtic. We sit in our own half and press when the opposition cross the half way line. When we get it back it is a calvary charge in numbers up the park. Percentage wise we have relatively little of the ball but often have more shots on target than the opposition. The Dons have had two games this week however we have played a few closed door games (Blackpool, Hearts, Well and Queens Park) so there should be some match fitness. Prediction is a Home win and the pressure to mount on Jim.

Listened to the insincere apology and switched off again. He said he didn't have the full story - so why condemn and embarrass someone when you did not know the facts?

Motherwell should forfeit the game. 3-0 Away win. They knew in advance of sub zero temperatures but couldn't afford/be bothered to go to B&Q and buy some pipe lagging nor put a wee heater on. Amateurish and embarrassing.

The issue was there had been a report of racist language towards a Hibs player during the game. Bartley said racist language was unacceptable which he was right to do in his role as SFA Equality Advisor as well as a human being. Before a proper enquiry took place and with several sources saying the language was 'misheard' and no racist comments were made Cowan went off on one and repeatedly demanded that Bartley phoned into the show and issue an apology. Cowan was way, way over the top in his condemnation of Bartley with his repeated calls for him to go live on air and apologise (and why should he issue an apology if one was due, on OTB when it had nothing to do with them?). Cowan followed this attack up via social media. Bartley is quite right in calling out Cowan for his sustained attack on him now that he has been proven right and not responded before now. But Cowan cannot even personally apologise to the man. Shows what a shit Cowan is. The BBC should dump this misogynist and petty dinosaur.

Aye, Cowan seems to have a wee grudge book and brings it out when he has an opportunity to have a go at someone.

Cowan really is the ultimate thin skinned hypocrite. I was pretty surprised the day he called Bartley out. Throughout the program he repeatedly called for Bartley to phone in and give a public apology. He was obsessed with it. Now when proven wrong he doesn't give an apology to the man he was calling out. And he thinks anything is fair game for his jokes. But anyone jesting at him for being fat and speccy with no musical taste and he is away in huff crying in the corner. Hope Bartley continues to demand a personal apology live on air. The least he deserves. PS I reckon Saturday's edition of OTB will have the largest audience it has had in ages.

I only listen sporadically these days but will tune in on Saturday to hear Cowan's full apology to Marvin Bartley. Cowan demanded that Bartley phone in and give a public apology on air for calling out a racist incident which Cowan said wasn't racist (Dundee Utd v Hibs). Now it proves that racist comments were called out. So time for Cowan's publicly apology. A written one is also justified considering the number of times Cowan demanded Bartley's apology. However I doubt Cowan is big enough to do so.

Yea, we have £1m in the bank. And have to pay back nearly £100k per season for the next 19 years to the Scottish Government. And we are having to budget for a replacement indoor facility to replace the Dome. And you don't know when emergencies will arise like COVID, the under soil heating needing to be replaced or floodlights or screens etc etc. Why do you think the manager and Chairman are saying that we have to get rid of players in January? Maybe because we have reached a limit that we are not comfortable with? In 2006 we had a debt of £1.6million which we couldn't pay off and no bank would lend to us. Fortunately Tesco came to our rescue as we were heading towards being bust.

Who is comparing St Mirren directly to Gretna and Clydebank? The list was all the Clubs in the top levels of Scottish who speculated and lost going into administration - 13 clubs in 22 years). Gretna and Clydebank went totally bust. The others had sugar daddies who bought into the Club to pay off their debts. We don't have a sugar daddy. And the finances are available in the accounts. Try reading them.

Probably yes for maybe last season and this season. An approach with little risk but not sustainable unless we can keep building the warchest. Last season we did not reach the position we budgeted for and had a loss of £120k on League position. This season we budgeted for 7th but had a substantial loan from the Government (which some has to be paid back each season) plus a substantial outlay for Ralston which turned out way over budget. Hence a lot of talk about dodgy finances losing £1.7m in 1 year and wanting to offload/sell players in January. We have allegedly £1m in the bank which should not be used to gamble with (need a new 'dome' etc etc). Further squad strengthening should be on player sales, cup runs and league positions all of which are gambles. If they pay off then invest in the squad. If they don't we are still sustainable. Don't gamble what you cannot afford to lose.