Pull My Strings

It started as 442 with Robson and Pawlett on the wings, McMullan and Clark up front. As the game wore on Clark started dropping deeper and it was more of a 4411/4231.

United struggle against Ayr. Our record against everyone else is the best in the division (maybe on a par with County - it's getting late and I can't be arsed checking).

Good to hear.

70% possession to County? Think the bbc chap's left his stopwatch running.

Presumably Booth or Robson left midfield. Not convinced.

What the f**k are you gibbering on about?

Good decision. We are absolutely rancid when it's cold, wet or a bit windy.

Is there any prospect of this game being on? I'm about 20 miles up the road from Dunfermline and the weather is absolutely awful. I had swithered about going along today but f**k that. Might nip out to the gym and then get back home in front of the fire. Depends how annoying the kids are.

Congrats to County. That's now an unassailable lead. Well deserved and comfortably the best team in the league.

Ayr still in with a chance of making the play-offs. All is not lost, chaps.

Really got to feel for Ayr.

Aye, alright, he might have still been at the club when Houston left. He wasn't signed by McNamara on either occasion. Edit: of course, he played in that fucking cup final. How could I forget that.

Serious rose tinted specs on for this one. It was a recurring theme for both Danny Swanson and Craig Conway to go missing for entire games. Conway at least improved in that regard but he got absolute pelters in his first year or two for being soft as shite and constantly hiding. Swanson likewise was great sometimes but absolutely could not be relied upon. I suspect that's still the case with him. Dods, Conway and Swanson all played in the 7-1 game against Rangers; Wilkie and Conway played in the 5-1 hammering by Falkirk under Brewster; Conway also played in the 5-1 hammering at Tannadice a few months later under Levein. Houston signed Gunning, incidentally. Then he was re-signed by Mixu. He never played under McNamara. The problem on Sunday was that the players were mostly shite and couldn't pass the ball to each other. Nothing to do with having big balls, ffs.

Not fussed about being out of the cup but that performance was dire. Much more urgency is required.