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Enjoyed that. Friday night football rarely disappoints. Sliding into the weekend.

McGinley must have had a tough paper round. 27? Jokes aside, very glad we've got some extra cover. Great to see.

Aye this. Added to that, is the changes during the game. It often felt like Bullen just didn't have any idea how to change the game in our favour, and on many occasions he just wouldn't make any changes until late in the game (if at all) despite it being very obvious that we were desperately struggling to get a grip in the game. Brown isn't scared to use his bench and will change things if he feels it is necessary - that goes as far as complete changes to shape and style depending on the circumstances. He has also proven he is prepared to be slightly ruthless in making changes if he feels it is needed. It is early days and of course not everything has been rosey - some tactical changes have been detrimental to our overall performance (the switch to a back 5 the other night didn't do us any favours, for example) but they're still getting a grip on the squad and understanding the ways to tinker with the limited quality we have to see games out. Additional positives are the level of fight and dig we have seen in getting a few of the recent wins over the line. It's football, so it could all go wrong in the next few weeks, but so far, I'm very pleased. A couple more wins in the next few games and i'll be over the moon.

Tomi also has the delivery and service at Thistle that he didn't really have with us.

Those goals are horrendous to watch from a defensive point of view. My word. The positioning, the not following runs, the lack of communication. Feel for Lichties fans, that's atrocious stuff. The defence was the main strength of Arbroath teams for a long while.

The "you're just a fat lazy b*****d" chant was an interesting one. I mean it's common for former players to take some abuse in football, so maybe I'm just a bit touchy about it because I really liked Tomi. I'd take Dowds over Adeloye however anyday based on what I've seen of them.

The shot stopping from Clarke has been very impressive so far, especially considering how young he is. With his age also comes a lack of experience regarding commanding his box and knowing when to come and when not to. He has also been very much thrown in to the team in the last couple of games. Hopefully in the coming weeks as he settles a bit more and feels a bit more comfortable with his teammates we might see a slightly more commanding goalie performance - although it's probably harsh to say he wasn't commanding when his saves yesterday were huge in us actually winning the game. Overall, I've been very happy with him.

#bringbackwuffster

Aye, like it or not, that kind of stuff is part of the game and we had been soft as shit for a long time with all of it. It's good to see, combined with the added aggression and fight we saw at points.

Loved seeing a member of staff getting sent around the sides of the park by Brown / Whittaker just after our winner, to tell the the ball boys to chuck the balls they were holding behind the wall.

Big part of me would like to see us make ourselves safe within a few weeks of now then coast in mid table obscurity till the summer. We're nowhere near good enough to up and i'd maybe rather not have the delay to the planning for next season that the playoffs would require. But in this league, a couple more wins and we are in the playoffs picture. No such thing as mid table obscurity. I'll be looking over our shoulder until we get 8/9 points more on the board.

Yeah would agree with that. Away to Pars & ICT then home to QP & Airdrie - anywhere in the range of 7-9 points from those games and we would be safe. We're still in the mire to a certain extent, but we're clear with a couple more big wins. Considering how desperate things looked for a while, that's a good feeling for now.

A lot to be really pleased about in that performance despite some calamitous individual errors at various points of the game. A lot more fight in the team than I can remember for a while. The keeper made some ridiculous saves. Did well to see the game out second time round after we got the winner. It was nervy but they got it over line. That result sets us up for a huge month of fixtures. If we manage to avoid defeat at Dunfermline and Inverness (hopefully a win in at least 1 of them) we'll be in a great spot.

Patrick thistle Boo ing Boo ing

Thistle managing to shite the bed after we had fucked it. Hahahaha

The person seemed to be on their feet leaving with the medics. Hopefully they are okay.

Very pleasing. Thistle an absolute gang in defence. They move the ball around quite well but soft as shit when you put even a little bit of pressure on the backline. Glad to see the goals from Willoughby. Mon Ayr. See this out and the table is looking a lot more favourable.

A tactical masterclass then

Hate when c***s turn us round at kick off. Cmon Ayr.

Can't really understand why you're absolutely gutted that your club stated a 3 year target of being in the top 16 of clubs in Scotland? If your board had specifically stated "Well, we can't ever see the possibility of ever doing any better than Championship playoffs, so there's no point in ever thinking about anything more than that" I would maybe understand your point - but they haven't, it's just a 3 year target. They may well meet that (seen as Morton are currently a top 16 in Scotland side, it would more be a case of retaining that status). If Morton were to be promoted in that timeframe, then the target would change to retaining their status as a side in the top 12 in Scotland, or if they completely fell off a cliff and ended up in League 2 then the target for the next 3 years would be adjusted accordingly. Point being, I think you're reading into it far far too much. From Ayr's point of view. My ambition would be for us not to get absolutely battered by Morton again in our next meeting.

Ah that's disappointing to hear.

Aye, I'd love to see us to do something with the wall on the Somerset Road End, would be good to bring a bit of colour to it. Have we heard anything about the proposed development at the corner of the Railway end, the new gym and offices there? Seems to recall it was reliant on us receiving an SFA grant.

Him and Alan went to Prestwick Academy, fairly sure their family are still local.