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I think Slater missing a lot of preseason showed at the beginning but he was excellent yesterday and certainly a man of the match contender. Steele was excellent moving central and partnering TOB and the whole back 4 was solid with Gold and Stewart both having good games.

Campbell deserved criticism last season and it was clear recruitment was a big issue. They have worked on that and also not relied on getting quality loan players in. It's clear to see that Steele, Slater, Bird, Hylton, McIntosh, Stowe are a massive improvement on the majority of signings last season with Balde being one of the few positives. That said we did stay up and his record gives him a bit of slack in my book.

Yeah it's been terrible being an Arbroath fan since Campbell took over....

They definitely forgot to factor in legs when they designed the stand.

My thoughts were that Gold fouled the player and he was stumbling and fell into Little. For me it was Gold who committed the foul and he was the one that should have seen yellow. Might change my mind when I see the replay though. Worst decision wasn't even the refs but the offside against Hylton second half which is still baffling me as he must have been 10 yards onside.

4 points but the cigars are definitely lit.

Nuggets

I don't think we should have mentioned work commitments etc as part of our reasons to object. The main thing is the game should be played as scheduled unless moved for reasons such as tv. The whole celebrating a name change is no reason to bring the game forward a day and put home and away fans out without any real reason. It just seems they want to move the game to inconvenience us and we should have the right to refuse.

£15 is also a bit high for this tournament. Can't see there being a large crowd on Saturday. I know quite a lot of people who are giving it a miss.

Like to see Bob play with Rahm in the fourball.

The issue is players need to be ready to play a part and this cup is an ideal opportunity to get minutes into players who have been on the bench. If it helps keep the overall squad match fit then it will benefit the league campaign overall. Likes of the Adams will only play if Gaston is injured or suspended so he really should be getting games like this as a minimum.

Hamilton won this trophy and got relegated so not sure what positive that was. I would take relegation in exchange for the Scottish Cup but not this trophy.

He went to the bench when he came off but DC took him away to the tunnel for a chat before going back to the bench. He was annoyed about something. Not really important I suppose but wondered if anyone in the stand had heard what he was saying.

I noticed that DC came down from the stand and was shouting at Bird about 5 mins before he was subbed and took him down the tunnel for a 1 on 1 when he went off. Not sure what he was getting upset about and it wasn't mentioned on the interviews.

That was a shambles of a goal to concede.

I definitely think that one thing they have gotten right was to make a decision on who was the left back and stick with it. Stewart has definitely improved in that role and not chopped and changed every week. Although like everyone I would be happier signing a proper left back and hopefully now the window is closed it will open up some loan opportunities.

I thought the game on Saturday would have been the perfect opportunity for Allan to come on. We had plenty of attacking players in the second half but no creativity. I thought he looked much sharper this pre season and then plays less than last year.

He was on the bench and warming up. Play him!

If your going to bring on 3 forward players then please bring on Allan to set them up. What's the point of him sitting on the bench for 90 mins. I think he was just the player we needed for that game. I thought queens were fairly poor and they must be delighted with 3 points today.

Every cup is winnable that's kind of the whole point of the competition.

I was meaning a young fullback on loan from that level as a minimum requirement to fill the gap on a temporary basis rather than the type of player.

We also stopped playing Hetherington at left back after a couple of games as he was getting exploited there and were playing Banks or Stewart for the last few games. I don't think that would have been a factor in us not signing a left back. Hopefully we can at the very least get a left sided Oakley type signing in until January.

The player on loan will get paid the same playing for Partick or ourselves as his contact is with Aberdeen. It seems both clubs agreed the deal with Aberdeen but the player went to Partick. Money wouldn't have been the decider for the player in this situation.

Somebody going to tell him Bournemouth got a draw.

Best form of defence is attack. Let's get them to worry about us.