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Charlie Fox appears in the first team squad page in the club website.

I'm quite sure there will have been a long-term plan but no one would have anticipated that Queen's would be challenging at the top of the Championship two years later. What exactly are you expecting her to say?

This is a football forum. You should express your political views elsewhere.

Clubs could just as easily engineer the postponement of league games. I appreciate that Queen's Park were at fault in this case. However, speaking generally, it does seem a bit unfair that a club could lose a couple of key players in the transfer window, sign one replacement and be unable to field that replacement in a rearranged cup tie.

I'll hold my hands up. I'd forgotten about the original plan.

What 1,000 seats would that be? The ones now on the east side of the ground? I'm sure that we would all like to have a stadium with covered stands on all sides but the amount of money received for the sale of Hampden was never anywhere near enough for anything approaching that to be possible.

I am well aware of the point being made. I would certainly prefer to be seated on the west side of the ground where I'm much less likely to get a soaking. However, with the presence of the J B McAlpine Pavilion and the church hall, space is limited on that side of the ground.

Do no other grounds have areas set aside for club directors and corporate hospitality?

Ged O'Brien is a well-respected football historian who never fails to emphasise the importance of Queen's Park in the development of the game of football as we know it today. You may not agree with his views on the Farmhouse but it is people like Ged who bring the history of our club to an international audience.

In the main car park at Hampden, right outside the South Stand. Parking is free and there is plenty of space.

I'm sure the lad is doing his best when he plays for Queen's. Don't write him off too soon.

Two reasons, I would reckon. First of all, the cost would be excessive and, secondly, the SFA will not wish the pitch to be used on too regular a basis.

Is this the level that we're sinking to?

What next? FTP?

Disappointing to see a post like this from a Queen's Park fan. Leave this type of drivel to the Old Firm.

He was attempting to kick clear a low ball. The ball glanced off his foot, rose up and struck his arm. Why would he be making his body unnaturally bigger in that scenario?

The state of the pitch today made it very difficult for the players to control the ball. As for East Fife wasting time, why on earth would they do that? It certainly looked to me that they were trying to win the game but they clearly have limitations. They wouldn't be bottom of the league otherwise.

Early in 1874, there was a major disagreement within Queen's Park over the club captaincy and Robert Gardner, the Scotland captain, stormed out and joined the other major club at the time - Clydesdale. Several other players went with him, including the Wotherspoon brothers.

It's all very well to criticise players' performances but to suggest that a player walked off the pitch because he couldn't be bothered carrying on is way over the top.

Recruitment has been indifferent and injuries a problem. The net result is that Marijn Beuker has to select a starting eleven from a squad lacking firepower and including a number of players unsuited to playing on the type of surface we saw at Firhill today.

Apparently, £6 million was spent on the skeleton, which was seen as a weak event offering medal potential (a bit like track cycling at the Summer Olympics). The Germans etc focus much more on the luge. The best the GB competitors could produce was simply not good enough, despite the massive funding.

Interesting discussion on radio today about the failure of the GB team at the Winter Olympics (except for curling), despite many millions of pounds of funding being ploughed into the alpine events and skeleton. The point was made that, if the athletes are not good enough, it doesn't matter how much you spend in funding. The same can apply in football. Maybe some of the Queen's players are simply performing as best they can.

It appears that Ray McKinnon did not think that a squad containing Murray, Quitongo and Baynham was good enough to challenge for the Division One Championship. No one could really have anticipated the prolonged absence of all three players. Without them, the team is fairly toothless. It's true that Queen's made a good start to the season but the other sides quickly learned how to combat our style of play. The aim this season was to consolidate and progress the commercial, community and Academy aspects of the club. Opinions will vary as to the extent to which these objectives have been achieved.

It was widely recognised at the start of the season that the squad wasn't good enough to win Division One. Being full-time and having great facilities doesn't change that. Given the recent performances of both sides, the draw at Methil was no great surprise. There is a sameness about many of Queen's midfield and forward players that works against the manager being able to make any real change in style. As far as the transfer window is concerned, you can only sign who is available and who you can afford. We don't have a Tony Quinn in the side but to suggest that the players are not trying is just nonsense. Booing them and constantly criticising will do nothing to improve performances.

So it's impossible to be emotional without constantly swearing?