Passionate

I thought under the circumstances it was an excellent display and result, We played a different system and it suited Mochrie down to a tee, he is a good player, drifts past players for fun and had players to link with today, many moan about his work rate, if he can create in the final third to me that's his job, let the defending and marking be done by the players who should be doing it.... Or as I heard someone say today, Mochrie I don't like him, why,, the answer. He runs funny.... That's us going into the Falkirk showdown in as good a shape as possible at the moment, main question Wright or Johnson between the sticks..... And will Rhys play 442 with Reid and Wilson up top, I would be tempted to....

What incident, the one 3 years ago which is in the hands of the Judges, or are you taking about the saltire at the Raith game, which has not been banned or any individual who owned it.. Fact. Or the incident at Accies last week where 2 flags were refused entry with the official word from stewards that they took up too much space.. Fact....

The Airdrie obsession is brilliant actually, loving it... I suppose our poor attendance at Palmerston today is down to the lefties not attending due to the big bad flags at the game, oppressing them or is it a large contingent attending the protest march today..... You decide.....

What ban ,.I have never missed a game...and my name is not Lewis....

Hopefully Rhys plays his strongest side as much as he can due to injuries and try and attack and win the game, to get the confidence moving on the right direction... Looking at the season so far and for various reasons the season in risk of going Pete tong already, injuries don't help, I tend to look a bit deeper.... Did we go into this season under cooked, 2 friendlies, The Rovers and a training week game with Crusaders and then into the League cup section.. a lot questioned it at the time..... Look at Ayr United for example we can say they have splashed the cash all they want, although they have self generated a lot, a competitive sell out friendly with Celtic another near sell out friendly with local rivals Killie..... They seemed streets ahead or is and other teams so far this season, could this be down to a real desire to hit the ground running, we seem to have been left behind, with the narrative of time on legs etc, we have a wicked run of fixtures coming up and really need points are we up to speed yet though....

Yep we banned the saltire with a statement on it.....

Don't talk pish, I suppose all you lefties will be moaning about the Large Northern Ireland flag that will be displayed to honour McStravick and Wilson our 2 Irish players, we did a Bulgarian one for Todorov and the Caribbean one for ATS..... We are a multinational football team GIRUY

We really need a confidence booster here, Ben Wilson needs to get back on the goals, hopefully Armstrong and MCDonald can stay out the refs book, as that affects their performance the last couple.of weeks on the second half.. Falkirk are coming to town next week looking for revenge, we need to be in as good a shape as.possible to take on these p***ks... Disappointed their is no supporters bus to this game, is apathy setting in this early. ??? 70degree heat a winnable cup tie in a cup where we are currently holders.... Could be a classic day out..

Don't expect Excelsior Diamond to tell he is just a stooge....

Agree Rocky, personally the only set up change I would have , is what midfielder will drop out to play McGregor or preferably Mochrie, at the moment we are getting caught recycling the ball too often with no real threat up top with Ben isolated as you say opposition push up on the high press forcing errors, we need more space to let our players get on the front foot... Also Rocky after all your excitement last week when the window fizzled out to nothing, was there any last minute bids in or out...

Good points, it's not just Airdrie that faces a high press, all teams tend to do it, this season, a lot of it comes down to quality of passing, seems obvious.. When facing the high press against Raith, Rhys McCabe was pinging balls everywhere beating the press, he has the ability to do it, McMaster, Gallagher, Aiken do not have the passing range and we tend to overplay it, normally passing to a player with a closed stance, last few games McGrattan, Aiken, McMaster, when they are facing their own goal the options of ball retention are limited... I think it will come together but we might need to open the game up, IMO we are a front foot team and will cause teams trouble, we might have to sacrifice one of our midfielders for either Mochrie or McGregor. ..

A surreal Lanarkshire derby played on glorious sunshine on front of both sets of disgruntled fans for various reasons... Watching the game it looked like a nil nil all over it, Airdrie are really playing identical to this time last season main difference we have less proven weapons this season, Keeper and CB were decent and there link up with midfield will improve, My main gripe os midfield which we should control, we don't due to basic setup, Frizzell is a good player, bit lacks pace and is not a leader, Gallagher has a bit of the Devenneys about him, massive improvement on physique and maturity from last season, compare him today to the cup final last season , night and day... Armstrong is arguably our best midfielder handicapped on recent games like today with a silly first half booking, he is never the same player when on a yellow.. McGrattan and Mochrie are the boo boys favourites, personally think Mochrie is a technically good player and is effective on the final third, he gets heavily criticised for his lack of effective tracking back, IMo there is plenty midfielders and defenders who can work harder and defend as a unit than rely on their only out ball tracking back.. Wilson was marshalled well throughout by Accies,, he is a very good striker at this level but has to start taking his chances, Aaron Reid who I was critical about gave us a glimpse of what he can do, a Jimmy Lister esque finish getting us back in the game, he is not the answer though, We have 2 loanees left, we have a wicked run of fixtures in September if we can get reinforcements in, don't wait till the last minute please..

Oh OK, so the imminent is not imminent then.. Onwards and upwards

Rocky, Your the man with the yellow tie on, what's the latest, The PEN run out of ink, you have gave us a bit of hope for a few days there, We know what we need, time to deliver....

That's us close to the witching hour, Hopefully hear about a forward player today, is that more hope than expectation though... If not are we going to put a bit of "spin" on it, with the loan window up at end of sept for loans from the league above..

Is Telfer struggling for you guys, very good player at championship level, can you. see him getting loaned out already or give him to January

I think it is fair to say the Team aren't fulfilling the supporters expectations, is that the issue , is it fair.... Looking up the OS we have 26 signed players including loans in and out ex 2 young keepers.. Think about that 26, doesn't matter what age or ability they are still getting paid,, most seasons in League 1 we were running with 18 or 19, So I think it is unfair to criticise the club /board they have gave Rhys what he wants and if you listen 2 rumours more players to come...... Admittedly there is a definite scattergun approach to signings recently probably due to the Scottish market being completely dead... It is up to Rhys our highly rated manager to get a tune out of this lot, Football changes quick at the EK game I said another CH and we will be fine, now we have holes all over the pitch especially upfront where the classy Ben Wilson is trying to do it all himself, Rhys blundered letting Todorov go with no back up plan, that is a big issue.... But to reiterate the Club have backed the manager very well IMO, that leads on nicely to the other side our model / philosophy.... Develop young players and sell them on, Hancock and McMaster were the 2 who have been linked with moves away, both going into the last year of their deals, We really need to sell NOW for this model to work, unfortunately McMaster has blown his knee and seems to have missed the boat, he will be a free agent at end of this season and any dev fee will be negligible, Mason Hancock is the prize pony going into the last year of his deal, rumours abound we knocked back 200k a couple of months back, knocking that back is very naive for a club at our level, as I said we have to cash in or out model doesn't work. 60k, 70k we will take no doubt about it, and if we don't he will again walk for next to nothing in the summer.... Interesting couple of days ahead, we need more than anything 3 points at Accies on Saturday.... We think this is bad, remember we were stranded on a desert island called League 1 for 10 years .

It was always going to be difficult thuis season on the park with the competitive nature of the League with no noticeable 'ringer ' (PT clubs). I just get the feeling if results don't turn soon the crowds will drop , I did feel a slight change on Saturday with hospitality not full and struggling to get a match sponsor.... Hopefully this is isolated and doesn't become the norm, the club worked so hard to build this back up...

How's things looking now Rocky, we really need a boost and plugging more of these squad holes that seem to appear now... Admittedly we have another month of the loan window to go, can we afford to wait...

What kind of salary is the Raith managers gig... 150k p a probably less

Would imagine he will be sitting comfortably getting paid his wage doing nothing until his contract runs out...

Agree all clubs should be the same prices with standing areas cheaper like it used to be.. 26 quid is ridiculous, the price though for being sad at 5pm on a Saturday. For the record Dundee United did the same last year and we were quite vocal about it..

To be honest, I don't... Rocky is the man for this methinks..

Frustration and a lack of confidence is the main issue, success and failure in football is tiny margins, unfortunately at the moment we are just dipping below the water line.. I am a stats man, and the glaring one from SPFL site is in 3 games we have had 28 shots on goal with only 5 on target making the keeper work, frankly not good enough and you won't win many games with that stat... What positions can you see the proposed 2 new additions to be for, hopefully whoever it is will have a bit of experience.. Hopefully Mason stays although he has been well off it in recent games, has his head been turned a little, no doubt he will have been told of interest..

How is Charlie Reilly getting on is he on way back yet or still out long term