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Must me the quietest game Dipo has had this season. We've just never got any support up to him. Game has really shown how far some of this squad are off the level needed to compete at the top of the Championship. I just don't see what the likes of Ashford or JML offer.

Well worked goal for Arbroath - ironically just as we were having a decent spell.

As a neutral observer I'd not be too bothered about where Queens Park played if they won promotion. To be fair to other clubs, though, I'd expect any deal for Hampden or any other venue to be done at commercial rates. The SRU were looking for £600k for the hire of Murrayfield for 6 games, so even if it was only for OF games you'd be expecting it to be in the region of £100k per game.

The rest of this month is pretty big. We need to be capitalising on the three games against the three bottom teams. Anything from the Dundee game would be a bonus. I reckon that would leave us 3rd at worst but with a really tough April to come. At least, though, we'd be in the mix and have something to play for.

Still feeling pretty scunnered by Monday night but I'm old enough that this doesn't feel quite as bad as losing the Scottish Cup semi to Rangers in 72-73 or the League Cup semi to Dundee in 80-81. We suffered some poor refereeing decisions in both and the latter in particular is probably the most miserable I've ever been after a game.

Don't think our bench was particularly strong last night but I'd definitely have brought Murdoch on. We stopped pressing high and consequently Falkirk were being given too much time. I think he'd have given us more dig in there. I also think Dempsey is a far better player alongside him.

Superb first half. Really thought we were going to do it but early second half goal was a bit of a sickener.

Any feedback on ticket sales for Monday? Be good to see a decent away support for this.

Second bottom in the Premiership should play 4th in the Championship. The playoffs are too heavily weighted on survival of the top tier team.

Appealing or some sort of statement is fine, but the damage was done on Saturday. The decision cost us a point or 3. In a ridiculously tight league we could have been sitting second with 3 reasonably favourable fixtures in the next 4 and QP to come at home. It could be a very expensive red card.

I think if it's serious foul play that's not the case.

Reminds me of when I was playing amateur football and when clearing up the line my follow through went right through the opposition winger's nuts. I'd never heard someone squeal like a pig until then.

Hadn't realised it's been quite as long but that's us been 4 months without Musonda and two without Murdoch. Any team in this league would struggle with that.

I'd thought you had to be signed at the time of the draw, but I've checked the rules and it looks like it's at the time of the original fixture. I'm sure back in the day it was different.

Don't think McGuire's experience will help unless it's in the build up as I doubt he's eligible given his signing date

No doubt Murdoch and Musonda coming back will strengthen the team hugely. Murdoch in particular provides the balance in the midfield. Seems to me though, that the long ball must be a tactic as even Kirk seems to have adopted it a bit more. He's generally a bit more accurate than McGinty but earlier in the season he has looking for a pass in to midfield more often.

An improvement on our recent performances but that's about it. Defensive shape was good throughout but we just keep bypassing midfield. Maguire looks like he'll need a couple of weeks at least to get sharp, but clearly a bit of nous there.

We've been poor but on current form we're only 3 behind Hamilton. No-one bar them seem to be showing any real consistency.

I can just see it now - Honest Men Hors D'oeuvres and Rabbies Rioja

Capacity was 3500 for the Aberdeen game. It's been reduced since then.

I reckon Kirk is probably the best player in the Championship. We're lucky to have him. Michael Rose had a good couple of seasons at Ayr and he's now well established down south but Kirk is a level above.

Not a bad team. Definitely think 442 is the way forward until the end of the season.

I don't think Hewitt was really bad. It's just a big step up for him to go from Peterhead to this after a season out with injury, particularly since the midfield was being bypassed. I think he'll definitely do a job for Ayr Murdoch is our most combative midfielder though, and at times we let QP run at us without putting in a challenge. They were making easy yards and he'd at least have put a challenge in.

Disappointing performance tonight. Our midfield weren't at the races and we left Dipo isolated trying to play as a target man. Very few players came out of that well, Kirk possibly the exception. He really is a good footballer. I'm not convinced by JML. He seems too lightweight and doesn't have the confidence to take on his man. Also think we badly missed Murdoch. It's a step up for Hewitt to go from Peterhead to the top of the Championship just yet, although he'll learn from this, I'm sure. Going forward I'd like to see Dipo and McKenzie paired up front.

If you check out some of the clips of him before he came to Ayr, there's something there, particularly at centre back or a very defensive midfielder. He's never come close to that since he joined us, though.