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He was definitely one of the better players that season, hard to tell whether he was good or just decent, relative to the rest of the squad, but I did think he might have hung around. Did he hang about in Scotland after he left us? I had just assumed he went back to France.

Raith and Morton are very similar clubs. About the same size of support, have more poor seasons that good season, but ever now and again have a good one (Morton this season, us last). We have both spent a few seasons at a lower level and not a higher one (for a long time). Duffy would be silly at this point, to make a move to a similar club when the club he is at is doing so well. They still have a chance of promotion - as we did last season. More importantly - we likely can't afford to buy out his contract so it's very unlikely that hes even in the frame.

At first I thought, wait MiXu used to be at Utd - that Orange. Then I moved quickly (with a shudder) to Lee Elbows, but now I've got you - the tango man. I think your right. Hes been at Starks today.

Guys have got to stick together and keep doing what they are doing. If they weren't creating chances it would be a whole lot worse.

At Tannadice earlier in the season, fans sung Locke's name as a two-fingered salute to McKinnon. Fans could sing McKinnon's name this week to help the board understand the severity of the situation.

No. A couple of the points I made previously: If the team suffer a heavy defeat, he should be punted. Whilst it wasn't a heavy defeat in terms of scoreline, it was a heavy defeat in terms of the gulf between the two sides. If it wasn't for a good few saves from Cuthbert, it could have been a lot worse. At the same time, I don't really remember their keeper making a save. If the team look disinterested, he should be punted. The contrast from Wednesday night to yesterday was their for all to see. I was in the Locke out camp prior to the cup games. I have a premium season ticket but didn't attend the first Hearts game. I had other things I had to do, which couldn't be done at any other time. Had I not been busy - I would have attended but I was reasonably pleased when I had somewhere else to be. The performances in those two cup games led me to the conclusion that Locke should have a little longer. It would be wrong to punt the manager on the back of those two games - but completed fair had he gone before them. He has had one game now on the back of Hearts, and its back to the style of football and lack of desire from the team. That was his last chance. Now he should go. Craig Easton should take the team next week at United and Morton with a view to having a new manager in place for the Hibs game. I have no intention of making the trip to United at present. That may change if we see changes this week. Time is up Gary, can't see anyone else taking you on either.

Whist I agree that out run is poor and would have seen him out after the Falkirk game, the board didn't agree. He's still here. Two good performances against a team from a higher league means he won't get sacked prior to Dumbarton. Now the Dumbarton result is crucial, but for me, the performance is equally as important. The commitment of the players and to a lesser extent the tactics, have been a gripe of mine in recent weeks, maybe the last couple of games have been a breakthrough. I doubt it, but Locke should be given a short amount of time to prove it. If we lose, and play poorly - that the last strike and he should go. If we lose but are competitive and beaten by a better team on the day, then he gets another one. I think it will be the former, but I don't think the board will act. Locke seems very good at getting his teams up for games that matter to him. The Hearts, Hibs and United games this season should have been out most difficult, but we are yet to lose in 90 minutes. These games are high profile and matter to him and the players. He needs to be better at encouraging the players to do well in games that he doesn't care about as much. Dumbarton, Ayr, QotS etc. One thing I certainly wasn't doing last night is chanting his name, but his tactics, motivation and the general application of the players was much better. If he can take this into the 2nd half of the season, like McKinnon. To put things into a little perspective, we were on 28 points at this time last season. If we win on Saturday we are on exactly the same points as we were at the equivalent number of games last season. Whilst I'm not saying we will go on an incredible run - things are maybe not as bad as we think.

I don't mean he should get weeks and weeks, but he should be given a little time. If our position gets any worse over the next 3 or 4 games then it should be curtains for him. If we suffer a heavy defeat this weekend, then it should also be curtains. If the team look disinterested, then that says something about him motivational skills and again - he should be punted. If we put in a valiant effort but fail this week, then I think that gets him another shot the week after and obviously if we were to win he should still be here.

I think, because of the application and desire the team showed over the two cup games, the manner of any defeat then has to be considered.

Vaughan was a great player for us who suffered a bad injury. When he returned to the team he took a while to get going but we were playing winning football and he was surely integral to this. His last start was 10th September. Since this date we have played 15 games - won 3, Drawn 5 and lost 7. Granted he has played in a lot of games as a substitute, but it may just have taken time for him to get back to match sharpness and full fitness following his injury. I don't think we can question his professionalism but I do think we should be questioning Locke and his judgement.

Even then, if we didnt have a squad of 963 players we might have been able to spend a bit more on players who could replace them.

If we still have Locke next season and he stays, he may well be playing beside the seaside.

A work of art. I bow to your superiority.

That's the bit I was struggling with and Ed Sheeran wasn't around to help. Theres always the much simpler Gary Locke - get tae f**k, Gary Locke - Get tae f**k!

Working on my new Gary Locke song to the tune of Warburtons a Fanny. Thought I'd share given the general bad mood hes put everyone in recently. Oh Gary Locke's the gaffer, He wishes it was Hearts, He only signs ex-Jambos, and ancient ones at that, he doesn't play with tactics, his teams just play long ball, but we've just been unlucky, cant fucking score a goal.