Blue and white stripes

Thought Eremenko was blaming the new pitch for his injury woes, does not sound like someone who plans on hanging around. Agree he has been under par this time round and has not put himself in the shop window for a bigger club as he planned! As someone else said maybe a good pre season and an seasoned striker to set up (Boyd) might just give him back his sparkle

How often do we change strip design ? This years much better quality and feel even after loads of wear/washes and with the sponsor logo as part of the strip it feels more premium unlike the stuck on patch from the A plant days, is it just me or do all Killie home tops has bizarrely short arms due to the orange cuffs on long sleeve version ?

Locke has obviously learned from previous managers pitfalls in dealing with MJ, hopefully he does well and the only clause that has to be brought into play is a large cash release clause to secure his services after being so successful at Kilmarnock

Think we dodged the bullet and got hit by the cannonball - ngoo and miller both barely played due to injury/fitness.

At least this time if Boyd does return and does well he should stay as he must have learned his lesson by now that the only team he really seems to flourish with is Killie - anywhere else and he just fades away

At last the post getting back to the football ! Scotland deserved to win hands down, they played the better football and created better chances whilst stopping the Irish players creating anything of note. The game whilst not the most skillfull had the passion and importance that meant the pub went into meltdown when we scored something i have not witnessed since France away. We also deserved this result as Scotland are the unluckiest team ever and Ireland the luckiest!

Good game to watch unlike most internationals, you could see the passion from both teams. Scotland deserved to win but unlike others i thought Naismith showed well, took responsibility and generally had a good game.