Michael W

The problem there is Zak Rudden, mostly. Never before has a tall player looked less likely to win a header.

To be fair, Partick also offered him more money than we did, in addition to the longer contract. We got him on a fairly cheap deal on the basis he didn't have a club at the time, but on a wage which was a lot less than he'd be earning at Hamilton. A fair point on Lee Ashcroft, although this did involve Dan O'Reilly's wage being freed up and a couple of other players on admittedly smaller wages leaving the club - one on loan but one permanently. Similarly, Zak Rudden was part-paid by Jamie Gullan (one of our highest earners) being sold. That looked a fantastic piece of business, but unfortunately it backfired.

You outbid us for Dan O'Reilly and then left him on the bench before he got injured. This left us short in defence. A big part of the new board has been controlling costs. Indeed, the increase in backroom staff was my only real concern of the new regime, as this obviously must be paid for. What has been eliminated are the McGlynn contracts including automatic increases and the daft spending on some players, with a better focus on costs to prevent them spiralling. We had no money to bring players in at the start of last season as McGlynn screwed the budget with players receiving significant incresses, decimating available funds even with departures. There is a proper cost structure in place now to prevent this happening again. This seems like something that ought to be obvious and which we should've been doing anyway, but we weren't.

Yes. Literally.

I am all for climate change if it sinks Dubai.

https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/ant-and-dec-saturday-night-takeaway-winner-tammy-fox-dog-pumpkin-banned-from-holiday-tui-b1152048.html Ignore airline policies, Tammy is special and deserves an exemption.

So what was Mark Menzies actually doing? A very weird description of events, essentially insinuating he was kidnapped. Coke or hookers that he hadn't paid for IMO.

Helping to send Inverness down would be fitting payback for the years of misery against them. Alrhough this is as good as a meaningless fixture for us, we need to start building some momentum for the playoffs because our form has not been great. Play a proper back 4, rest anyone that is carrying a knock and don't be afraid to drop players that are out of form That's all I can ask, really.

If Partick don't win then we're confirmed second. Quite frankly, looking at this as a whole, failing to finish second given where we are would be a disgrace. We have got the better of them this season, but the games have all consisted of thin margins. Our title challenge is over, so now is probably a good time to play us as we'll be a bit deflated. What we need to do is regroup and build some momentum ahead of the playoffs, with a decent chance that we will be facing our Saturday opponents in it. I wouldn't be looking at the league results as a barometer of how this would go, but there is a sinking feeling that if it's Airdrie, then we are totally fucked. Partick are in good form also. It's very much a turnaround from our last match against them. A very tough fixture ahead of us.

I'm pissed off about last night, but there are some viewpoints so far that are going to look regrettable when reviewed with a clear mind. We have surpassed expectations this season and, whilst there is some clear room for improvement in the team, we certainly haven't fared badly at all. It is fine to be aggrieved at the way it's turned out, but it's also the best we have been for over a decade. There have only been a couple of genuine title challenges at this level since we were relegated from the Premier League: some perspective is needed there.

It's done. Playoffs it is. Already mentally preparing for the defeat to Airdrie.

The problem is that it'll be the even worse tossers from the league below that are VARing it.

Brown and Byrne/Matthews off, Rudden & Vaughan on. Might as well go full on #Murrayball

Secure second and hope Airdrie don't win the first playoff. That's it.

A team that remains in a title challenge with five matches to go needs overhauled.