O'Kelly Isley III

Refund requests incoming.

Get this mob in the Lowland League.

Thanks....I'm in and it's probably as well I missed my favourite player's OG.

I've paid for a ticket and can't access this - help me somebody as I'm stuck in an Eventrite doom-loop.

I heard we're looking to ditch Pix-E-Lottery, the sooner the better.

Yep, I hope he manages game time tonight especially on a grass park. Ditto Callum Wilson, and I'm sure they are both desperate to get started.

Aggies increasingly nervous Blues take on the resurrection shuffle Sons in a game which could be season-defining for both clubs. A home win would ease the pressure on Stranraer whilst if the Sons could win here and avoid defeat at Methil on Saturday then a play-off place could be virtually assured. Who wants it more ?

Gallagher Lennon came into the team when we in a dire run. Between that and being played out of his natural position it was quite an ask. He'll benefit from competitive game time and playing alongside more experienced players like Sean Crighton. His main weakness is a lack of pace but that needs not be fatal in a central defender provided he can read a game. And funnily enough Matty Shiels never impressed many of us in his first spell here. The same Matty we were all disappointed to see go about six weeks ago. Fitba eh ?

A fully deserved win and a great strike from Mikey Ruth against a strangely anaemic Peterhead side. But somebody answer me a question - why can't we leave Ruth on and play with two up front because his departure, and his ability to hold the ball, nearly cost us at the death ?

Circa 1958/59.

I never ever thought that I would write this but perhaps a combination of dire turnouts and piles of 'None Of The Above' ballots in the next GE may begin to concentrate minds. I'm very seriously considering the latter for the first time since I started voting in 1974.

It's a contest whether Galloway or Gove is the Unflushable Turd Of UK Politics.

So did we find out ?

No I certainly wouldn't pretend that either but there seems to be a greater density in the English electorate, in every sense of the word.

Quite right Pete, but in case you are going to Nairn then you could easily make a game at Balmoor.

I agree that they were always there, but never in such numbers and across such a range of social classes. It's a moot point if the media is further inflaming their atavistic fears and prejudices or whether it is merely reflecting them - either way it's very disturbing. And after Brexit I think all bets are off on just WHO may be electable, the continental European drift towards the far right could conceivably take root in swathes of England. There's a lot of suggestible people about.

I'm less worried about what becomes of the Tories than the fact that there are so many people in the UK, but mostly in England, who are now openly responding to the deeply racist dog whistle from the likes of Anderson, Truss, Braverman and Tice. The last two weeks has been like lifting a stone and seeing the insects crawl around.

A good post. I think the sense of relief at once again winning a league game is masking another trademark patchy performance. A more incisive team than Stranraer would maybe have made much more of their second half possession, and it's a worry that we could be heading into playoffs incapable of maintaining a performance level for ninety minutes. But it is what it is, and it's not likely to change.

That was a disgraceful performance from Oliver Dowden on the Kuenssberg Show this morning. And it's disturbing that Hoyle's utterly fabricated excuse for his actions last week are now being regarded as some sort of factual narrative. The truth is that he was floundering for something to remove himself from the hook he had impaled himself on.

A pretty good summation George. And I fear that next season will see more Camp 2 players than Camp 1. I'll be very surprised if Finlay Gray hangs around and Michael Ruth must be fed up playing in a different postcode from his team-mates. And we need to remember that Cian Newbury is a loanee. Other than a very few people I don't there can be many Sons supporters who would think that Stevie Farrell hasn't now had a decent time period as team manager, in what is admittedly a difficult job. He's contracted for next season but I'm struggling to see any reason to believe that things will be any better, quite the opposite in fact. There's nothing personal in this, just an obvious realisation that the team and indeed the club is stagnating badly. If the former situation can be improved then the latter can begin to improve. Yesterday was a welcome win but there is a much bigger picture and the Board of Directors now need to show courage.

Unlike the recent Spartans game this was a much more open affair and a better watch. The win was welcome in stopping the rot but I don't think we learned too much, other than whatever team we have on the park we'll cease being an attacking force for a sizeable segment of the match. Whilst there were some decent cameos - Orsi until he tired, the hardworking Ruth, Tony Wallace, Sean Crighton and Jay Hogarth - the feeling was one of a team limping into the playoffs rather than striding. Hopefully if Callum Wilson and Mark Durnan DO return in the next couple of weeks they will make a difference, but the issue of having only one recognised striker will remain, and especially if Ruth was to get injured. With the exception of the wee lively guy up front Stranraer looked pretty ordinary, but based on their second half effort had they taken a point I don't think anyone could have complained too much.

Wow, just wow ! The Bully Wee take a felt pen to the Mona Lisa, and then some - what a result that is !

What you haven't realised Jan is that we have pioneered the concept of the football team as pacemaker. It's like the 10,000 metres - we perform for 15 games then quietly slip out of the race to let the Binos, Stenny and whoever fight it out. It's pretty impressive how we can almost precisely repeat it.

I see from tomorrow's match preview that Callum Wilson will return to the squad for next Saturday's game and Mark Durnan the week after. That sounds to me a bit like wishful thinking, and it will be asking a lot of both players, but I wish them both well.

He's been decent but is he promotion-winning decent ? It already looks to me that at best it will be more of the same, with most of those signed-up unlikely to get a gig with another league club and therefore happy to stay.