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Some of the toys out the pram patter on this is incredible. I saw someone on twitter saying they'd hand their season ticket back if God Save the King is played. Imagine allowing yourself to get so worked up over it. Equally as bad as the folk queuing for hours and hours to get into St Giles Cathedral last night. I'd be surprised if GSTK is played at many (any?) grounds, but I'm pretty sure there'll be a minutes silence before the weekend games. I'm inclined to agree with previous posts that silences/applauses at matches should be reserved for people connected to the club. At the same time if there's a minutes silence any booing/backturning and the likes just comes across as childish.

Sounds like an interesting compromise.

They should play God Save the King for a laugh. I'd be extremely surprised if it was played but I can't believe people are getting all hot and bothered about the suggestion it might be.

To be fair to Heaton, the price tag was nothing to do with him. Young lad came up from English non league and wasn't good enough. It would be a pretty unremarkable story if we hadn't spent cash and crowed about what a coup it was. He had a few daft posts on twitter if I remember correctly but I've no idea what his attitude was like in training. We got sold a pup though, there was talk of English Championship and even Premiership clubs looking at him. Which must've been nonsense, we took the bait and threw a bit of cash to get him in. Naive on our part. Stubbs clearly didn't do enough research on the guy.

St Johnstone were good today. Solid at the back, albeit we didn't really ask too many questions. I thought we had some nice wee passages of play but lacked any real guile. 3-0 probably flattered St Johnstone a little bit, but credit to them for taking their chances. The ref was getting a fair bit of stick but I thought he actually had a decent game, any players throwing themselves to the floor at the slightest touch and he waved play on.

That's looks like a good move for all involved. I can see him doing well there.

You didn't feel we needed to add to the squad that Stubbs assembled?

I'd be disappointed to see Kiltie leave, I think he's a good player. That said, for most of his time with us he's not been a starter. It took him a while to make an impact, now he's dropped down the pecking order. You could understand if he was wanting to leave. Do you stand in his way and risk having an unhappy player sitting on the bench?

I don't get the hate for Jack Ross. He did a very good job at St Mirren and we quite possibly wouldn't be where we are just now if it wasn't for him. You're never far away from the sack in football management - and this might well be the end of his career at any decent level - so I don't begrudge any manager moving for a better paid job when their stock is high. That said, his get up for his Dundee Utd photo shoot was unforgivable and he deserves pelters for it.

Ah yes, Falkirk have - in the past few years - made a serious of very astute appointments.

No one even put in a tackle. Ross deserves all the pelters coming his way but the players need to have a look at themselves too. Absolute shite bags. F St Mirren were getting horsed I'd expect to see several players getting stuck in. You could name at least 2 or 3 players in every team in the league that would've wanted to put a tackle in. Dundee Utd's players completely chucked it today.

I agree to an extent. He's pretty well spoken and seems like an intelligent guy so I imagine he's good in an interview as his CV isn't a litany of successes. That said, whilst Hibs fans will disagree and bemoan losing big games, how long will it be before a manager finishes 3rd in the league with Hibs and gets them into 2 cup finals? With Sunderland he wasn't great but if you compare him to everyone of his successors until Alec Neil, then he didn't do a terrible job. His next job now will be at a Falkirk or Dunfermline, if he's lucky.

The two big lads up front - and Brophy when he came on - really unsettled him. He's far too quick to get involved in the nonsense and he's not smart or wily enough to keep composed when that starts. His pathetic dive in the first half that almost saw Ayunga go clean through was an embarrassment. If I was Johnson I'd have hauled him off for that. It's a shame because he has the makings of a decent player but he'll never get a decent move unless he screws the nut.

I've been pretty critical of Robinson but I've never called for him to be sacked (had we lost to St Johnstone at the end of last season, I might've). Whilst he was taking a lot of stick i didn't notice many people shouting for him to be binned. Before the Ross County game I said he needed a run of results to take the heat off himself. Well, he's done that and with 3 very good performances. His signings look to be settling in well and improving, he's found a system that suits us and he's made good substitutions. All credit to him. There'll be other poor runs of form I'm sure, but we've shown that we're a match for pretty much anyone in this league.

Should've been 4-0. I hope top 6 doesn't come down to goal difference.

It would be worth it just to see the absolute meltdown.

Took until the second sentence of that article before there was an inaccuracy- "Followers of the Parkhead and Ibrox teams traditionally took up two stands when they played games at the SMiSA Stadium in the past" They got two stands for about 3 seasons out of the 12 we've been there.

That's as comfortable a victory as we're likely to see. Carson had one save - and it was a very good save - other than that don't think we needed to get out of third gear. Main was excellent, two composed finishes. Ayunga was excellent too. And the 3 in midfield.

Interesting to see a lot of new keepers in the league this year and a few poor performances so far. Carson got a bit of stick after the Aberdeen game, and I definitely think he's a downgrade on Alnwick, but he's already made some very good saves. His one late on yesterday was so important. Looking at Dundee Utd, Kilmarnock, Aberdeen, St Johnstone I think we've done alright getting Carson in.

Agree about Brophy but I don't see it as a bad thing. We've had many strikers over the years who'd try and walk the ball into the net, so I wouldn't want to criticise a striker too much for shooting. To answer your question, when all fully fit then Brophy starts for me. Although Ayunga was good yesterday and Main was ok too, so fair enough if they keep their spots for next week.

We've been the better side but not created much in the way of clear cut chances. Baccus did well to create some space for himself with his chance and a great strike by Ayunga off the post. 1 goal could win this, which is what's making me nervous. Both Ayunga and Main have been alright and made a nuisance of themselves.

Whilst I agree with this, Robinson isn't just being judged on 2 league games. He's being judged on his entire time as manager. I've seen and heard a lot of moaning about the manager but not actually seen that many folk calling for him to be sacked. I agree that giving him the first round of fixtures is fair, however if we get to 6 or 7 games and have little or no points on the board then we need to start asking questions.

County were better than us last season and look a decent side so far this year. To stay up, a home game against Ross County is one you should be looking to take something from. Right now I'd almost take a point just to stop the rot after 2 defeats and a dreadful League Cup campaign. Another defeat and we'll be rooted to the bottom and whilst it's very early days the signs will be ominous.

You're right but we're needing a striker that can get 10 league goals. Bagging a brace against Cowdenbeath doesn't give an indication of how well he'll perform in the league. That's not to say he won't get 10 goals. We're 2 games in and he's off the mark. So from a personal point of view it's been a reasonable start for him.

At least Robinson has a ready made excuse for post match interview. "I take full responsibility but Declan Gallagher getting himself sent off has cost us the game"