Otis Blue

Jings, read my post ... my main point is that he's unlikely to leave a post where everything is going swimmingly well with a similarly sized club and likely to get him to the top league this season for a post which will be a battle with a good chance of it ending in tears. If you want me to edit my OP to delete the minor reference to "home" crowd sizes then I'll happily do so. But I'm sure you can probably work out yourself what the rough financial implications of a 1k crowd difference would be.

Yeah, tbf I don't know the detail of the behind the scenes funding at St J. but that was more from just my perception of "home" fans through the gates - the Bairns regularly top 4k on that score, which I think tops what McDiarmid usually achieves (circa 3k perhaps). However, my main point was about the momentum thing - would McGlynn swap all that positive/feel good momentum to take on a fight for survival? I don't think he would.

Understand the interest here from Saints fans but really can't see this being enticing for McGlynn. He's built a good side at Falkirk with loads of momentum from cruising L1 to now sitting nicely top of the Championship - and there's a good chance they'll go up this season. Why swap all that positivity for a relegation battle with limited funds and inheriting someone else's squad with only the January window to sort things out? Plus, they're similar sized clubs with the Bairns probably having a bit more income via the gates. Can't see it.

This ain't a new thing at Palmy though. When I first started going as a young lad we used to always stand on the Terregles St terrace first half and an adult in our group used to moan constantly at everything that happened on the pitch. It was so bloody depressing - in the end we had to move away from the guy. I like to see my team win now and again but I don't see the point in directing abuse at the players, especially if they're working their socks off (don't expect them to be Real Madrid standard after all) so I shout encouragement mostly and especially try to do so for the younger players ... it must be tough trying hard yet getting dogs abuse from the punters all game long. Some folk just like a good moan I guess, must be part of the Scottish psyche ...

Always fondly remembered at Palmerston for that equalising goal (coming back from 0-2 down) in the Cup Final v R*ng*rs in 2008 ...

Cheers SD. We can only dream now of throwing on the likes of Dobbie and Harkins to bolster a front line with Dykes already in it ... happy daze ...

Course we can ... we are QOS after all, it's what we do. Plus, being an ex-manager who was seen to fail at Palmerston, he'll want to get one over us. That said, I'm starting to tentatively build a bit of belief in this squad (and we've got the apostrophes in early after all) ... there, I've gone and said it ... fate well and duly tempted. MT will be along at 5 pm on Saturday to remind me of this post.

I'm struggling to remember the detail now. Just recall the clash, thought it was a clash of heads (big JT never backed out of any head contact did he) but I could be wrong, and the game being stopped for quite some time as he was treated by the medical team and was taken from the pitch. Sure someone will recall more than me.

Good post that. Oh, for that QOS side again - thanks for the reminder @Francesc Fabregas! Think Nicky Clark banged in 40 goals that season ... if only. And of course we had the majestic and sadly missed Chris Mitchell outstanding at FB.

Last time I went to Ochilview big Jimmy Thomson got his cheek bone broken in a head clash. IIRC it was a 0-0 draw and a dreadful game at that. Hopefully better fare this time ... especially now we've got the apostrophes sorted ...

There's rules about who starts a thread ... ?

Jus't need to hope that Greenacre's remember's to do the neces'sary when pos'ting the S'tenny match thread ...

At long last ...

Only looks handsome in royal blue/white tbf ...

From the OS and BBC updates, looks as though we improved a bit second half ... but still sounds like a narrow win that Arbroath could easily have snatched a point from, aye?