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There's possibly one or two who could have put in a challenge but that would definitely carry the threat of a straight red and penalty if they got it wrong - no double jeopardy there. All in all though; why a really experienced goalkeeper like Gordon didn't appear to even try and make a save. The fact that he is such a fantastic goalkeeper just helps to make the confusion even more.

Still cant understand virtually the entire Hearts defence holding their hands up for off-side against our goal instead of making a meaningful attempt to defend. Admittedly its almost 55 years since I played school football but even then I remember it being drilled in to us to continue to play to the whistle. Not something Halkett would ever have done - as far as I recall.

I was thinking that - unless there's been a rule change and games are now 180 minutes long.

Yes; I think other clubs have cottoned on to the fact that, no matter who we have in the line-up, every ball seems to be aimed at Obileye (that is when the ball doesn't miss the line altogether and goes out for a goal-kick. We seemed to be causing far more chaos with Nicky's long throw-ins; even if the ball didn't reach Nouble; it seemed to create panic in the defence.

I'd be particularly interested if he was good at set pieces; particularly corners. Kelly was very poor with the corners on Wednesday and Shinnie also seems to have lost his touch.

Errrm -should it be the Pot calling the kettle ethnically diverse?

Always fear the change of management bounce a team tends to have but then I realised Fox is taking charge. Really nice guy but hells teeth.... Anyway here's hoping that Watt doesn't continue his habit of scoring against Livi Last game excepted) Actually both teams are off heavy defeats; and this is a free shot - anything could happen. Hopefully the referee isnt Willie Collum

Not sure Bruce has struggled with fitness; its more been recurring injuries, Not seeing that loaning him out will help that any; particularly if it were a club with one of those dangerous grass pitches.

Are we building a basket ball team? Add George and Bitsindu.... Can it really be that Obileye is in danger of being the short a##e here?

Not at all; more direct action is needed. Will cancel all his credit cards Let the air out of his tyres Sneak triple distilled chilli oil into his liver pate sandwiches Kick his missus And molest his dog.... Wait a moment; think I got a bit confused there

I think they can still overrule if they didn't believe the player in a offside position was interfering with play; blocking view etc. n reality they're unlikely to though. One area they cant overrule is that is the goal line technology (Hawk-eye?) but even they they are responsible for certifying that it is working before every game.

For me Omeonga is at his best against teams with a narrower, more methodical build-up. He seems less effective against teams that tend to play it wide with wing backs and the like. Hibs; particularly the Hibs of the first half were his ideal team; as I recall he struggled a bit against Ross County of last season when Charles Cooke was up-to-speed. Certainly any team where the midfielders like to dwell on the ball will be punished.

I think Max was a very good keeper but his love for Mr Barleycorn was well documented. It was meant to be under control but, having seen some of the errors earlier in the season, I do wonder.

I've watch Nouble's goal and build up from several angles and still cant work out what the Hibs "defence" were doing/thinking.

About the only ones I can pretty much guarantee will finish in the top six are the old firm and Hearts. Aberdeen had a good league cup but other that that have been particularly meh Hibs; well it depends which Hibs you're talking about; the one in the first 45b mins of Saturday's game will be struggling against relegation; the second half team should be comfortably mid table at least. Motherwell are starting to pick up a bit of a head of steam; new manager effect perhaps. Dundee United certainly should be better than they are; goalkeeper is a real liability - they'd be better even with Stryjek on one of his worst days. Killie's a bit of an unknown but I've yet to see anything to suggest that they wont have a very tough season but that s based on a collection of five minute "highlights". Ross County; loathed to write them off too soon after the turnaround they achieved last season; who knows. St Mirren/St Johnstone; who knows. The buddies signed a few and its taking time for them to gel; as for St Johnstone; passed experience leads me to not write them off too soon. Anyway off to the docs now; getting the splinters removed from my a##e from sitting on the fence.

Seems fair enough to me; camera angle was pretty poor and my view from the stand wasnt much better. I think what got most people upset was the hysterics afterwards where he was trying to claim a penalty. I think realising he was already on a yellow, meant that he didn't take it too fa. Boyle coming on certainly caused us some problems with his speed which Montano seemed to struggle with. Replacing him with Cancar calmed the danger a bit. The diving bit has somewhat coloured peoples' view of what is otherwise a very effective attacking player. I am also a bit mystified by Porteous' need to cover about half the pitch to start pushing players as soon as there's a free kick; seemed completely unnecessary and he runs the risk of getting booked each time. Maybe that accounted for his record number of red cards last season.

Ahem Well half right anyway.

A note to the visiting supporters based in the East Stand particularly in to the northern side - bring sun-glasses. If your seats are located up to about row "H" you'll likely spend the best part of two hours staring at the sun.

Of course he will - on loan to Arbroath

TBH it does really read like a combination of two separate interviews Davie previously gave including some almost exactly the same wordings. A wee bit of update on the Montano scoring at the weekend but it does read a bit like its a journo hash job. Of course I'll eat my words when a 20 goals a season arrives on Monday.

Yes; its going to be very much a "horses-for-courses" sort of season I think. On Saturday it was largely a 4-5-1 format although some might argue that it was really a 4-4-1-1 as Pittman played an advanced role for about an hour. Feasibly we could go to 3-5-2 against more defensively focused teams but we have enough skillsets to make up a convincing string of other formats; plenty of strength on the wings; some attacking options; good cover in defence. Previously we've had a plethora of guys to fit in one or two positions but precious little cover elsewhere; this is almost unknown territory for us.

When we tried him as a striker before it patently didn't work but then he was generally up there with someone else and he seemed to settle into more of a support role rather as the main focus of the attack. Just recently he's been the main focus for the forward ball; previously I would have said that wouldn't have worked as he'd get crowded out but he seems to thrive on it. So far we've seen sides trying to man mark him with one or two defenders and he seems to shrug them all off. I'd never have seen that as working - patently I was wrong. Its really difficult not to draw a comparison with Harry Panayiotou; who was his teammate at Aldershot. Panayiotou was apparently always unfit and didn't seem to improve; eventually leaving the club calling the atmosphere "toxic".

Funnily enough I was thinking Sibbald had a really quiet game by his standards. Once he fully settles and provided he can remain injury free; I think you're in for a treat.

Guys - any suggestions for charging an electric car during the match please?

I actually thought Boyes had a poor start but that was largely down to being given the final five minutes in games when Martindale was in his tinkering phase. You can't give a fair assessment of anyone on those terms. Towards the end of the season he looked far better and you could almost see the confidence building up in him. Would be interesting to see him get a run of games though and not simply ten minutes here and there. Not altogether a fan of him being loaned out; we will pick up injuries and suspensions (hopefully no more straight reds) so feel he will get his chance.