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Need to get into their half now. Build a bit of pressure ourselves.

Stupid from Barclay to give that pen. Under pressure again.

I'm not sure it came across as bitter, but you are right, it was very dry. I thought we were really good. Granted we were playing quite a poor team, who would probably be mid table in the pro 12, but we played some great stuff and looked like we are starting to build some depth that we didn't really know we had. Certainly you would never have wanted to go into any test match, even earlier this year, without Hogg, Laidlaw, Seymour or the Grays, but we didn't actually miss any of them yesterday. In fact, you'd think Laidlaw is slipping into second choice now. I do worry about Russell's longevity in the game. He's so brave with the way he delays his kicks and offloads, which makes him so dangerous, but also means he pretty much gets the shit kicked out of him every game. He's fantastic to watch though. He's the one guy I think we really do struggle without. Horne and Weir aren't anywhere near as good. Hopefully Hastings is the real deal. Australia will be a good test. Run them close the last couple of times, so hopefully can snatch it this time. Don't want a gubbing anyway.

To be fair, Beattie is quite into that stuff. He's been heavily involved in raising awareness of the concussion issue in rugby and making the game safer.

Think Barclay did him a favour as well. Sounded like he told the ref it was nothing.

Canna must be the worst regular kicker in top level international rugby. They must have someone better than him.

I'm a big fan of Harley. He probably doesn't have the skills to ever oust guys like Watson, Hardie, Strauss, Wilson and Barclay, but he's a full 100% for effort everytime he takes to the pitch, and he doesn't let you down.

Russel making Gatland look very stupid here.

That was glorious!

Price really should be the man at 9 going forward I think. Laidlaw is a legend, but Price just fits better now.

I think he's actually injured as well to be honest. Hit that one ok!

Fair butchering these chances. Lineout is awful too, yet bizarrely getting away with it. Don't think Ford has hit his actual man in the last three.

Yeah, definitely, though it also could be one of those ones where it suddenly clicks and we run away with it in a short space of time. Fingers crossed, feels like we should be well ahead. Think this is their second time in our half.

Can't believe it's only 3-3, feels like it's all us but that last pass just isn't sticking. Might have to start kicking some of these pens.

I think with Quinn though that Ross might rate him. He was never fit last season, but was starting every week regardless out of necessity. A lot of our losses came from the midfield falling apart when he inevitably had to be subbed after 60 mins. He seemed to be back in the fold at the end of the season having been given time to get over his injuries and he looked to certainly be above guys like Storie and Fjelde in the pecking order.

I'm seeing the same thing unfortunately.

Actually to be fair to Gallacher, he could probably do quite well for you. The saints team he was playing in was a total basket case and his confidence was shot. Dumbarton seem to get the best out of these guys.

Was Martin your goalie from last season? Has he left? I thought he was pretty good. Gallacher is a massive downgrade from him.

Another nightmare of a thread for virginton.

Ross might stay, but I doubt it'll be because of his undying loyalty to St. Mirren or these players. I'm pretty sure he has young kids and lives in the Glasgow area. He also has a pretty secure job with Saints right now. He may not fancy the commute or moving the family to Dundee right now.

Yeah, none of that is a reason for Jack Ross not to sign for Dundee. It's a promotion, he may not fancy it for personal reasons, but from a football point of view, it looks a good move.

Yeah, I think the damage Yogi did to his reputation last season is terminal. Can't see any club taking a punt on him now, though to be fair to Yogi, he always seems to do reasonably well coming into a team where things were going well and he just needs to keep to keep it going.

He probably will. He nearly got relegated last season. To come out of that with your stock so high is pretty impressive. He might not get another chance to take the step up. I don't think it's an opportunity he can really turn down looking at it from the outside. If he doesn't go, there will be a good reason for it.

I don't think Aitken is the man for us anyway. He's done a great job for Dumbarton, but I don't think he'd fit as well with Saints. I think Hartley will be our first port of call.

Are there any Welsh players left to pick?