Specky Ginger

There's a guy called Willie Kirk on fantalk with a ticket for sale. His details are on the match thread.

Two thirds of Easter Road's capacity is around 13500. I'd be pleasantly amazed if the crowd is even close to that tomorrow. I was reckoning on about 8/8500.

Managers tend to have a shelf life at a particular club and wasn't it the case that Young had come to the end of his at Bayview and a parting of the ways was in everyone's interests?

On the other hand, if any of their players were sent off in the league cup last season, they'd be out for Sunday.

Other than Smith, I don't think anyone really got above 6/10 last week, given the nature of the game, but one wee moment of brilliance from Easton unlocked their defence for the opener.

I'm torn between Ryan Hardie and Kevin Smith. Smith's goals in 2008/09 went a long way to helping us clinch the Seaside League title that season.

Eric Drysdale doesn't seem to ever have much luck when it comes to phoning people to clear up misunderstandings. Remember how many phone calls he made to the SPFL to clear up the rules on signing emergency goalkeepers?

Who? The announcer or Anelka? Aye, I think you're right.

Did the announcer not get disciplined by the board for playing "I think you'd better leave right now" as Anelka was walking down the track after yet another debacle?

After watching the Wolves penalty claim tonight, anyone who thinks VAR would be guaranteed to arrive at the correct decision is deluded.

I stuck on my Live at the NEC LP seconds after the final whistle in the 5-1 game v the Pars and I'm sure folk in West Wemyss would have heard it.

It's a tricky one. I can see the point about the roar of the crowd, but think how sterile the likes of Falkirk TV would have been over the years without their commentators going into a meltdown every time an opposition goal hit the net.

The guys who did it during the lockdown season were excellent, but moved on and the guys who replaced them were nowhere near the same calibre. The female summariser on Ayr United's channel is also very good.

In all honesty, from the far end, it looked like the Morton player was a bit reckless and caught Vaughan and everyone sitting around me was pretty much of the same opinion, although obviously the TV footage shows otherwise.

It's a pity that the game lands on the same day as the Hibs game or I would have gone along. I never knew Ross, but know his dad Kenny, through work, and he's an absolute diamond of a guy. I know Kenny raised quite a bit of money in the Kingdom Centre last week for the charity. Happy to make a donation with not being able to make the game.

Unfortunately, it's unlikely we'll have an injury free squad all season, but even when everyone is available, rotation is important. A good example is Plymouth Argyle last season, who won their league with over 100 points. Ryan Hardie had a great season and played in most games, but rarely completed 90 minutes. They had four good forwards so they would start with two, go full tilt for maybe an hour, then replace them with two forwards from the bench without weakening the team. The difference between yesterday and last season is we have guys coming off the bench who are going to at least maintain the standard of the team, whereas last season it was often just a case of throwing a body on to have 11 on the park. Imagine having Gullan and Smith on either flank going full tilt for an hour then having the fresh legs of Ross and Connolly off the bench to replace them. Then the next game, vice versa.

I think that's gone over most folk's heads

Looks very much like we were denied a legitimate early goal. Both of the defender's feet are behind the line.

Just glad to get the Rovers team off the park without any serious injuries after being subjected to 90 plus minutes against that gang today. A five goal thriller it wasn't.

Remember a couple of weeks ago when loads on here were wanting Ethan Ross punted out on loan to Cove Rangers?

Nothing more gratifying than seeing a wee thug injuring himself as he commits a shocking assault on another player.

Until your phone battery packs in or the WiFi goes down.

I was getting a wee bit tetchy as, unlike many others, mine didn't arrive yesterday. However, it came this morning so you should be fine.

Worth checking to see if there are any cycle races on which might lead to road closures or delays.