SpoonTon

Broadfoot's a dirty player (although quite a few of his 14 bookings have been for dissent). Baird recently seems to be following his example. Power's a player who can put a heavy challenge in. On the other hand, Robbie Muirhead has 10 bookings this season and I don't think anyone has ever accused him about him being that type of player (usually the complaint being the opposite). We've only had one sending off all season, which was harsh (one 24th of all sendings off, if you wondered). We have a physical side to us, absolutely, but it's more "what you see is what you get" physicality rather than "someone is going to get injured" dirty.

He clearly blows just after the penalty call. Hence why they waited for the VAR call.

3. I can understand Morton fans making a case for Strapp, Wilson, Oalkey, and Mullen. We won almost every game that all four played, and our form was excellent in the months that they were generally fit and available. I'm not saying that any of them should be in the team, but we'd have been relegated without them.

I actually think it's not very good for the atmosphere as a whole. You mostly just end up with a small sections of fans shouting at each other with the rest of the shed not particularly aware of anything. I think the last time we had fans in there was against Ayr, and there were fans trying to clamber over the banners and stuff like that. It's obviously a better place for away fans to be than the Main Stand but it's not a properly segregated area and has been more trouble than it's worth for us. The away end of the Main Stand holds 6-800 (depending on how much of the area is used, it seems to have been reduced from he full 800 to 600 recently). It's not the best place in the ground, but it makes sense for us to put fans in there. I think dialogue between clubs is important here. It's possible to encourage enough away fans from most teams in the league to open the WDE - clubs should be working together to make things like that happen.

The problem with Patterson is that a very limited full back who doesn't make so many mistakes is going to be better than a more talented one who is full of errors and lacking in confidence and game time. I don't think Stephen O'Donnell ever played as bad for Scotland as Patterson did last night, despite how limited a player he was at international level. I'm not sure who the equivalent to that would be right now, possibly Ralston, but Patterson on that form is a liability. I even wondered about moving Hendry to right back last night, it was that bad. It's the same old problem, though, we're constantly looking to protect our obvious weaknesses.

That's a bit like saying if a shot from 40 yards went into the top corner of the net instead of high over the bar then it would have been a goal (or, in Patterson's case, if his crosses went into the box rather than behind the goal then they might've created a chance). If you're playing a pass like that in the box, then you have to have a great deal of certainty that it'll work or you'll always be more likely to concede than score - the judgement has to match the level of ability. Patterson has some raw ability which hasn't so far really translated into all round performances for a full/wingback.

Oakley has 10 goals in his last 13 games. I'm not suggesting that Hearts should be terrified of him or anything, but he's an important player for us. Even more for the way he leads the line than for his goals - we simply don't have a replacement. It's like if Hearts were missing Shankland against whichever semi-competent European team they were playing - it might not make the difference, but it does add some slight hope.

In terms of getting in, my experience of both systems has been fairly similar in recent years. You either time it right and get in bang on time, or you are not so lucky and end up in a big queue. Getting in too early and getting kicked out just before sale time is a problem I've had with both systems. My problem with the last system was that it had a habit of rejecting cards for no reason. They fixed that latterly but it was a pain for a while.

Looked a mile offside, but that finish was Van Bastanesque.

The correct answer is obviously Gretna. There are plenty of bigger small town/village teams who have never even played in the equivalent of League Two who are bigger than Gretna.

Our first home Scottish Cup Quarter final for 25 years. It would be very disappointing if the capacity is restricted in a similar way to Friday night. I think 4 or our last 5 Scottish Cup QFs have been 0-3 defeats to Celtic (the other being a 2-5 against Killie after threatening to make a comeback from 3 nil down in that one). I hope this one goes better.

Yeah, I imagine the club will probably give them about 3000 for the WDE and about 5 or 600 for the main stand. There's not any scope for any more away fans than that, especially with the cameras that'll likely be in the Cowshed again.

2 stonewall bookings. Can have absolutely no complaints. Power, on the other hand, can probably count himself lucky for not getting a straight red after going in straight legged with studs above ankle height. No idea what he was thinking, and I was surprised the ref didn't decide to even it up.

He's been underwhelming at right back but not a total disaster. The games he played in a back 3, on the other hand, definitely have been a total disaster. His basic defending has been a bit all over the place. He's fortunate to be in a defence with Broadfoot, because that's taking some attention away from his performances. It wouldn't surprise me at all if he's not properly fit. Hopefully a good run of games at right back and he'll come good but I can't see Dundee being keen to recall him in January.

In general I would agree about Gillespie, but he's certainly not up to speed at the moment. The goal we conceded on Saturday is a good example of that (his booking not long after a similar late challenge is another) - both he and Power were painfully off the pace. They would be a cracking midfield pair if they were properly match fit for this level, but neither seem to be right now. I don't think the issue with Gillespie is going to be solved as easily as changing who he's in midfield with - he's had injury issues this season just isn't looking like the player we know he can be.