Kilmarnock v Heart of Midlothian, League Cup Third Round, 23/09/2015

[paulbrucerick]

I only have salt and sauce when I'm in the capital, kinda like only drinking Guiness in Dublin. Anyway I'll leave it at that!

[CLANCY2KTID]

Yeah, so, we have no keeper available for this game now, can we play any man save?

[Carl Cort's Hamstring]

Yeah, so, we have no keeper available for this game now, can we play any man save?

Stick Magennis in goal.

[CLANCY2KTID]

Stick Magennis in goal.

Might actually come to that if we're not allowed an emergency loan of some sort.

[DefinitelyMaybe]

Did we not get a keeper from Swansea on loan?

[Killiesquirrel]

Did we not get a keeper from Swansea on loan?

I mentioned that on the other thread, I'm pretty sure we did.

[craigkillie]

Did we not get a keeper from Swansea on loan?

He's injured.

[Quitongo's Left Peg]

Gary said on the official website, in response to questions about his unimaginative signing policy, "why would I sign players I don't know?"

So, we'll end up bringing Lukasz Zaluska in on a months loan from Darmstadt.

[Quitongo's Left Peg]

He's injured.

Dislocated shoulder.

[DefinitelyMaybe]

Decent

[Egg Shen]

Wee Dale 1-0

[paranoid android]

I don't usually make predictions, but I reckon Mr Locke's boys will win one of the two upcoming Killie-Hearts matches.

[DuntoiRab]

I don't

[Squirrelhumper]

Wee Dale 1-0

He gonna play on crutches?

[Egg Shen]

He gonna play on crutches?

a wee bit sawdust will sort him oot. Watched the highlights on alba. Killie No as bad as everyone has been making out IMO. McHattie to the rescue.

[Ira Gaines]

Never been to Rugby Park before and have a free night so f**k it, I'm going to this.

[Insert Amusing Pseudonym]

Exactly the type of League Cup game we always lose. Hopefully not

[Quitongo's Left Peg]

a wee bit sawdust will sort him oot. Watched the highlights on alba. Killie No as bad as everyone has been making out IMO.

Oh but we were.

The start to the season was an unmitigated disaster, and we only looked semi-competent when up against an absolutely atrocious Partick Thistle side. And they still scored twice against us.

McHattie to the rescue.

This.

The defence seems a lot more comfortable now they have McHattie playing alongside them. He's far from a world beater, but is definitely better than Stevie Smith, and has had two very good games in a Killie shirt.

Jamie Hamill however has been the key to things starting to improve. He looks fitter, which is a bonus, but has been told to be an anchorman in midfield now and let the better players play. Also means that he can cover for Westlake/McHattie when they go up the park, which was something that we'd been lacking early in the season.

No idea what we're going to do about the goalkeeper situation, and we have to just hope that MacDonald is fit.

I'd imagine the team will be:

MacDonald

O'Hara Findlay Ashcroft McHattie

Hamill Slater

McKenzie Higginbotham Obadeyi

Magennis

Hopefully Kiltie gets the nod ahead of Tope, but I'd imagine that Locke will want to give TO a run-out.

2-2 aet (Kilmarnock win 9-8 on penalties)

[Quitongo's Left Peg]

Apparently a boy that's still at school, and has just turned 16, has been told to ready himself to play tomorrow night... Fucking hell.

[LowerSectioN]

First away game of the season for me.

Not quite as confident as I was earlier in this thread but still think we'll win comfortably. F*ck knows what team we'll put out though.