Velvet Donkey

I'd agree that the Dundee game was bigger, but not as important. Staying in the Championship now is more essential for the short and longer term than fluking our way into the Premiership last season would have been. Knowing what we do now, it would have been a short party.

Am I right that there is an option on Sheridan to extend?

Are Bannon and McLeish not contracted as well? And is Fox not out of contract? I'd make offers to Savoury and Welsh, and if possible Josh Scott.

A win in that final game against Dundee would have been spectacular, but yes, too big a jump and potentially disastrous. The reality is that our current squad is too weak for the Championship. CD has done a great job to strengthen and organise, and yes we have a core of very talented players but we are where we deserve to be. Our bench is very short of Championship quality. If we stay up, I'd be very confident we can build strongly from that core, and I'd include McLeish in that. Not to be too brutal, but I'm only keeping about two of our defence.

The interview with CD didn't make much of it, but suggested he might have made it today, so hopefully back for Saturday. No word on Fox though, who didn't make the bench. After today, I'm just happy for us to stumble over the line and retain our place in the Championship. Next would be securing / extending Thomas, Thomson, Josh Scott, Savoury, Welsh and Paton to add to Ferrie, and build from there. Glad we tied down Liam McLeish too. James Crole?

Should I explain?

Possibly asking about concussion following his collision with the wall? If so, no news, but keen to hear. Most of us couldn't see it, and it wasn't on the highlights. But yes, has been very valuable this year.

Yep he was all over it. Longridge too.

A must not lose for both teams? As if the Championship wasn't random enough, the biggest uncertainty in recent times has been the standard of refereeing we get. Perhaps the view to take is that it all evens out, but it can really spoil a good competition. It was noticeable in Saturday's game against Raith that it wasn't dominated by ref interference, yet he was strong enough to not be hoodwinked by either team. We suffered against Ayr at Hampden last time around, and the recent Thistle game was refereed by Brian Graham. I don't keep track of who's who, but the ref that gave that penalty on Saturday up in Inverness was a shocker. How do you plan for that?

We don't survive that many corners under Veldman. Much more solid, and we will likely draw our way to safety. Hoping the Josh Scott sub was just for fresh legs rather than injury. Was my MOTM alongside Wilson.

Our highlights package is excellent. Thought we played very well yesterday, and now beginning to believe we will be fine. I still didn't feel the 3 points were ours at 2-0 though, but would have settled for a draw beforehand (as I will against Raith). I'm very much against the award of a penalty for innocuous ball-to-hand, but that's a clear penalty to me (couldn't really tell at the time).

Annoyed about this game already, with Thistle handing out 3 points to all the teams around us, but don't see the generosity being extended to us. We've struggled with Lawless and Fitzpatrick running at us and Brian Graham scoring for fun. Agreed. My only hope is that we take advantage of their goalkeeping options.

Jake Davidson doing a decent job for Hamilton.

Cillian Sheridan offering much more than I thought he had. Works well as a striking pair with Paton. Confidence returning throughout the team, but difficult to tell how good we were as Arbroath are in a really bad way.

Hmm. Didn't really see it that way, but best of luck.