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His confidence must be shattered by now. We have no right to expect a McGurn or a McGovern, but Antell is out of his depth. I thought Mitchell at Stranraer looked a decent keeper last season but then again I've only seen him play twice.

It's not baffling when you realise McIntyre hasn't got a clue what he's doing. Sadly, I am coming to that conclusion.

It is but he has a point. I don't think it helps if people have a go at Antell during the match. Every game I've seen him play (including twice for East Fife), he has looked dodgy. I just don't think there's any point in hurling abuse at him as he'll be feeling worse than any of us. But he is simply not good enough.

I don't know about the money but the situation is quite desperate if you have a lousy keeper. I feel bad writing about him because he's just a young lad but he is awful. It is obvious the defence have the jitters because they have no confidence in him. At least Antell has nice hair, though. Ludo was great for us for a couple of months and then suffered a hip injury. He's not played very many games in the past three years or so.

Sadly, I don't think Atkinson is up to it. Antell sure as hell isn't, that's for sure. McIntyre is to blame for this dreadful start to the season.

You can add me to the list of those who would like to see that line-up and formation.

That's a valid point. They also have a manager that clearly gets the best out of what he has. The jury is still out for us and McIntyre.

I did not expect that either. However, it is early days and there's plenty of time for McIntyre to find the right combinations. The step-up in quality is massive from second to first division (or league one to championship!) but this squad should be competing for a top four berth. We still might but we need to get our pressing game back. I'm firmly in the 'McIntyre is currently messing about with something that didn't need much tweaking' camp. If he ends up being more Chisholm than Gus then that's not saying too much.

We're currently winning 6-1. Airdrie had their keeper sent off on the stroke of half time. Queens starting XI: Atkinson, Halliday, P Slattery, D Slattery, McLean, Hooper, Orsi, McShane, Reilly, Russell, Smith. Subs: Leighfield, Park, Burgess, Smith, Ferguson.

If this is true then that could spell very bad news for Antell. McCoist made it clear in the press recently that Gallacher needs to go out on loan with a view to getting games.

Yes, you are correct and the same could be said for Paul Burns. I certainly don't want to make a scapegoat of McGuffie because he's still doing fine but he's not the answer in the centre.

I'd like to agree with you because I love it when the Aussies lose the Ashes, but I think any captain in his position would have done exactly the same thing.

Ian Bell - class act.

Presumably by getting rid of the seam. Obviously, water can seep into a cricket ball through the seam. However, we can't get rid of the seam because that would just change the whole dynamics of the game. There needs to be something in it for the bowlers. Despite my post earlier about wanting to take a swipe at my telly because of Clarke's delaying tactics, he did what any other captain in world cricket would have done. The ICC need to get their act together at long last.

Anyway, enough of all the controversy and let's revel in this:

Far too much dew around in this country. We could possibly start at 10:30am. The ICC need to get back to the old days and allow the batsmen to make the decision. Graham Thorpe's heroics against Pakistan and Steve Bucknor's umpiring at that game make for good cricket. Finish the game.

Because the ICC are a bunch of idiots. The umpires had no choice but with only four overs to go, it is time to give the umpires some discretion.

Great sportsmanship by Clarke, my arse.

If I see Clarke speaking to the umpire again, I'll swing for the telly.

They had better not go off for bad light. Would be utterly ridiculous.

Just keep taking the two runs on offer. Getting quite exciting now. I think England can do it. Still Prior, Broad and Swann if needed.

Just 8 overs to go. Can't see England losing 6 wickets in 8 overs. Might as well go for it. Just imagine if England need 25 off the last 2 overs with 4 or 5 wickets in hand. Could still get very interesting. The match situation almost changes with every ball bowled.

With 10 overs to go and Pieterson just out, the Aussies will be feeling much better. Great knock by Pieterson but plenty of batting to come. England's bowlers must get a great deal of credit for the way they restricted Australia in their second innings. Still a chance for England but I think the run rate will start to climb now.

I'm not saying ANY midfielder is better than McGuffie in that role. McGuffie played in midfield for many years and is not doing a bad job. However, he lacks a bit of pace and creativity for the role particularly at this stage of his career. I'm not hyping up Dzierzawski but am glad we've signed a player in that position. He might be an unmitigated disaster but I'll give Jim McIntyre the benefit of the doubt at this stage.

I'll take your word for it that Steven Sloan is a better midfielder than McGuffie. However, if Sloan was that good surely he'd be playing at a higher level. Perhaps, he will given time. However, McIntyre has seen much more of Kev than you or I and obviously likes what he has seen. There's no point in making this signing if the lad is viewed as just a squad-filler in the mould of McShane or Slattery. It's clearly a gamble but it is certainly an area where we need to strengthen.