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    Even just the number of games we win at home in general. Feels like we've hardly lost at New Broomfield since that run late in the Covid season. Which is a stark change from our home record from probably every season playing there before that!
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    What a brilliant day Saturday was. I wasn't that excited initially after the draw was made, but on the day itself it was fantastic having what felt like, and ultimately was, a big(ish) cup tie at the stadium. And as others have said, a fully deserved win against an established Premiership side. Nice that that's becoming a bit of a habit! Frizzell was the best player on the park, Telfer and Hancock were outstanding as they have been for months, Fordyce was never troubled by that big dumplin' Kimpioka or Stevie May and shoutout to Watson who ably replaced Megwa* and McMaster who came into the side after a few weeks out and strolled it. When we take a lead and maintain our shape I'm not sure I've ever seen an Airdrie team look so comfortable on and off the ball. St Johnstone never looked like scoring and I'm not sure Raith, Inverness, Morton or Queen's Park, penalty aside, did either. I'm buzzing to play Hearts. We shouldn't get carried away. It's the most difficult tie we could get outside the Old Firm but, they're not infallible and I'd fancy us to give anyone a game at home. More than anything else I'm looking forward to the sense of occasion it will bring to the town and the stadium. Hearts have never played competitively at New Broomfield so should bring a big crowd through. I just hope it's Saturday at 15:00 so we can really optimise the crowd and that sense of occasion. I could tolerate Saturday tea-time but Friday, Saturday mid-day, Sunday or Monday would be shite. My only worry after Saturday would be I hope Gabby and Gal's knocks aren't too serious. If they are then we'll need to bring in another forward or hope Lyall can play upfront because if we have to rely on O'Connor for any length of time we're goosed. Class to see Megwa at our game and celebrating with the players at full-time rather than up at Forfar*.
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    Kanayo Megwa returns to Hibernian from Airdrie. And Arron Lyall joins Airdrie on loan from Rangers.
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    Lyall confirmed.
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    Cameron Rowley.
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    If he’s Northern Irish then there’s every chance he’ll sign for us. Don’t know a lot about him but I believe he’s a winger and/or attacking midfielder. Both of which are positions we could do with strengthening in so a good bit of business at least from that perspective. Always especially hard to tell how good a young loanee will do. Tend to either be outstanding or anonymous, as we’ve seen already this season. I think he played against us in the Challenge Cup so McCabe maybe liked what he saw.
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    Agreed, and unless it’s silly money being offered, assuming he develops as we hope, we’ll also get a better financial deal further down the line too.
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    I’d heard last season that they were producing a commemorative kit but like you say, disappointing not to have it out and ready for the team and fans on Saturday. Getting it in time for the final will be dandy though The club’s new year tweet suggested that there will be events/occasions/memorabilia to mark the centenary. Hope we make a big deal of it as we certainly should celebrate what was a historic time for the club and town.
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    Well if he’s anything to go by previous Leeds United youth players they’ll be recalling Megwa in no time Now there’s a club who haven’t done us a turn. The McKays (though I’ll always have a soft spot for Jack for that Cove goal), Eoghan Stokes and Luke Lyons. Think Josh Rae was on the books at Leeds so they got one right eventually.
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    Don't think Murray ever really leveraged his Hibs connection when with us either, other than brief loan spells for Josh Campbell and Innes Murray. Fair to say we've done well out of them though with Murray Johnson, Murray Aiken and Megwa all shining the last couple of seasons. Josh O'Connor has struggled to make the same impact, unfortunately. If, as what ours and Hibs Tweets say, and what the general chatter seems to say, he only misses Saturday's game (and the cup game if necessary) that's manageable. Any longer than that though and with Ballantyne still out injured that could be an issue.
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    I saw Neuijten confirm Hopkin was 'helping him out' in his interview before the game tonight. As if that's not bad enough it's typical of Queen's atm to only find this out through the coach being asked a direct question about Hopkin on the tele. Hope the AGM goes well next week and you can at least go some way to no longer being treated with contempt by the entirety of the club's committee.
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    Megwa might well be off to Dubai, I hope not of course. But even if he is I certainly wouldn't be taking what some 'halfwit pretends to be ITK type' on Twitter says to be gospel. Rhys McCabe told you personally did he aye? Load of bollocks. Even if he is, they're away on the 9th and back on the 16th so if he were to go and then return to us he'd potentially only miss 1 league game. Obviously, if they keep him, with Ballantyne out for another 4-6 weeks that's potentially a bigger issue but I think Watson would be 'fine' as a stand-in until Ballantyne gets back.
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    f**k Willie Haughey, f**k the new money c***s, f**k the Old Firm, f**k Ruari Paton, f**k the bohemian south side and f**k the Spiders Talk Podcast
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    You called it! If you know why he was sacked by Linfield you can make your own joke about him signing for a Mick Kennedy team.
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    Is Kurtis Roberts still kicking a ba'?
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    Would imagine he’d be outwith our budget but Ben Wilson was a Consillium player who caught my eye. Striker who’s scored 16 goals in 21 games for Cliftonville so far this season (according to Google). Bit skeptical about how goals at that level would translate to the Scottish Championship but don’t think it’d be that far off this level.
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    Reilly seems like an ideal shout. His team mate Luke McCowan is on Consillium's books so I'd imagine he's more likely Speaking of which I was having a look at their list of players. Sean Moore ticks a lot of boxes - Consilium - Northern Irish + Northern Irish youth international - Winger (that can play full-back) - Plays for West Ham -
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    Actually think the way we're setting up with our wide players in general isn't working whoever we play there. They've all get assets that work in that position but none I don't think have it as a whole. McStravick's best skill is his short-passing but he can't really do that when he's isolated out wide. Think he'd be more effective playing off Gal or Todorov through the middle. McGregor is the closest we've got to a proper winger but his crossing isn't great. And O'Connor's only role is probably as an impact/chaos-ball sub. Said it above but another forward/wide player (and a quick centre-half) have to be the priority in January.
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    I agree with the consensus that Gabby hasn't cut it so far this season. But I do think he's been done a bit of disservice with the change in style of play and his positioning on the park. Not really good enough technically to play that possession-based style, and, whilst he was a wide forward last season, he's being asked to play so far out from Gal or Todorov that they can't link up effectively through the middle or out wide. He's not an 'old-fashioned winger' so he's not going to beat a man and put balls into the box as he seems to be expected to do currently, like at Firhill for example. Worth remembering that in our first three home league games, in which we won all three, he got a goal (Thistle), assist (Raith) and was the catalyst for the OG v Inverness. I thought he was very good in the win v Dundee in the League Cup also. I'm not saying he's definitely good enough for this level or the cure for our ills but I'd like to see him get more of a sniff at least, ideally in a change of shape even if just from the bench. To not bring him on when we're chasing a goal in the last two games and to bring on Dunlop and O'Connor before him is, IMO, poor. I'd rather have chucked Gabby on than had Fordyce get in the way not winning any long balls upfront. If he does go to Raith we either need to swap him for one of their plethora of forwards or have the transfer fee on a replacement spent before he leaves.
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    A quick centre-half and another wide player/forward (a Josh O'Connor replacement essentially) could make a big difference.
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    my guess is that you will never hear from him again. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist. And like that... he is gone.
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    I'd still like to try the back 3/5 as I think it gets most of our best players on the park and gets the best out of them, and for me, was probably the system where we gave our most complete performances in Raith away and Arbroath at home. In theory anyway negates the problem of having no wingers or effective wide forwards and, if we can get it working like we did in the aforementioned two games there should be 2 or 3 players regularly up in support of Gal. Don't think it was a coincidence the Raith game is the one where it feels like we created the most chances in weeks. Should be a bit more compact though as we've been caught out badly with our wing-backs so far up the park in the last couple of games, the right-hand side in particular. Something like - Rae Megwa McCabe Fordyce ATS Hancock McMaster Telfer Frizzell McStravick Gallagher Although I wouldn't be entirely against swapping out McStravick and playing one of Todorov or Gabby upfront with Gal.
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    I'd like to see a return to the back 3/5 that worked well v Raith and Arbroath. Think it's what is getting the best out of us at the moment. Megwa and Hancock outwide and ATS, McCabe and Fordyce in the middle. Don't think Fordyce was great last week, at the back or going forward, and the back 3/5 worked really effectively without him but I can't see him being dropped if fit. McMaster, Telfer and Frizzell in the middle. Wouldn't surprise me if we plumped for Todorov in this one given Dunfermline's 3 centre-halves are missing, though I'd personally start the ineffective Gal. Feels like quite a big game this one. A home game and one we should be looking to win. Need to get at least a couple of wins out of these next four games. Playing three teams currently below us in the table after this weekend, so if we can put a few results together and build a bit of a gap between us and those three that would be an ideal way to see out the quarter/year.
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    Not expecting a result here, but Thistle look to be quite up and down so no reason to be too pessimistic. Is McInroy fit? Will be interesting to see what McCabe goes for in terms of shape and personnel with the bulk of our defence now back fit. The back 3/5 has worked really well in the last couple of league games so I suspect he'll stick with it. Seems like Fordyce, ATS, Hancock and McCabe are now all fully fit or on the verge of being so, so McCabe has options. Fordyce is still our best pure centre-half so I suspect he'll be in, although I'm not sure we're a better, or at least a quicker, attacking side with him in the team. However the game goes, looking forward to knocking about some fine art and philosophy students on Maryhill Road.
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