Hilly86

Good work that man, saves me having to watch him or the tit interviewer. Had to skim read but got the important bits from your sterling work!

His 'lawyers of mines' have managed to get the 'sevco' pish rammed into him well enough - obviously couldn't be as arsed to listen to his English teacher.

I'm conflicted about even thinking about them again, but it can't do any harm to remember exactly how they chose to shaft the fans as well as the club. The financial security, career considerations, etc. are all very understandable reasons for reluctantly leaving the club. Even disappearing as quietly as you can, like McGregor, wasn't the worst for me. He's a footballer, not the brightest tool between the sticks; what's he going to say to justify depriving the club of a transfer fee to get more for himself? McCabe...he's playing every week at a standard higher than anything in Scotland, we apparently have some kind of compensation for him today - I wish him luck. As others have said about why Naismith is different - the press conference. Being so monumentally thick as to use the same lies that were being thrown at Rangers fans because your PR pricks told you it was ideal justification. Devious, dishonest, self-serving little bastard. Never playing again isn't enough. In fact, if the SFA come looking to use Ibrox while Hampden is out of play, we should make it a condition that Whittaker and him aren't allowed in the squad.

Admit it Al, you're just trying to get Ally the sack asap! On this I agree with you. He is awful, unfit, an indictment in human form of where we currently are and I wish we hadn't signed him. One of the reasons I'd be willing to give Ally the whole season to improve is the fact that he didn't resort to a whole new team of guys like Kevin. But he can be effective now and that is much more likely as a starter. The away games so far, even the QoS game, have seen us struggle by not having enough threat closer to the goal. When Little plays, he constantly cuts in and adds to McCulloch in front of goal, lately it's been Lee on his own and Shiels going missing between playing up front or behind. Not sure about McCulloch being his partner though - risking even more ridicule, Sandaza would probably have had more joy alongside him. I'd even try Gallagher right now, a striker not trying something different than being a poacher in the centre of the penalty area. And there's the added bonus of dropping a senior player to give him a start - consequences for playing as shite as that should be compulsory.

True - it's a constant that we are awful at turning possession into chances. It all sounds like excuses, I know, but even the pitch was terrible today. Crap crossing and passing are almost excusable when you've no confidence that it isn't going to bobble right before it gets to you.

I swore in front of my mother at seeing the Black assault. Don't even think it's official leniency by the refs, they're just shit. It's a worry for the young players; Aird might well have got more free-kicks, maybe even seen their right-back sent off, if he'd made more of going down.

Admirable - being so sure of something despite ongoing evidence to the contrary seems like faith though.

Just making sure that your blind faith was still at healthy levels, Al.

And if the ball wasn't there they launched themselves at anything wearing white. The point about getting teams out is completely spot on. It doesn't even take sitting back and waiting for them, just keeping the ball for as long as you need to. In Scotland more than anywhere else, the players are so shite and thick that they lose concentration and discipline and end up heading towards the ball like zombies. Unfortunately, we have the same infection, resorting to the long punt before the space is there.

So true - and after the pride, it just can't be enjoyable to play as pish as that. Today wasn't as bad as what's gone before. Lack of professionalism, or fear of failure?

Always puzzles me to hear that 'nobody would want to come to us' line, with the transfer ban, SFL3, etc. cited as reasons. Apart from the prospect of future success at the biggest club of his career, any decent manager should fancy his chances given the squad and the level of opposition.

Define 'top'?

That's called 'coaching' at Auchenhowie.

I was hinting at the divorce proceedings after the game Dougie

A pie , a Bovril and the Rangers...if she's not happy with that, no silver anniversary! Congratulations, btw!

I'd agree with this but I've a feeling Ally might go with Crawford instead of McKay or Aird, if Shiels doesn't make it. Add Little to that line up behind the striker and we'll finally be giving young attacking players games and confidence

Exactly - I'm sure that every non-wum here will think it one of the greatest achievements in our history if Ally is still here to win the 'top' league again. It's actually really sad that some rm members can't seem to tolerate criticism of Ally and the players after some of the most painfully inept performances in living memory and against part-timers - is this supposed to be Pravda? One excellent, exciting and cathartic performance would seem to me to be a reason for celebration before getting on here to call out supporters who upset you. Thought Faure did well enough when he just had to defend too.

Can't understand that we still get updates about him here. He's obviously only still going on about us because he keeps getting a reaction - shit motives for journalism but worse that people give him what he's looking for. Just ignore him please.

Alexander Argyriou Perry Faure Wallace McKay Black McLeod Shiels Sandaza McCulloch On the basis that somebody needs to be dropped - Ally telling them they've been an embarrassment doesn't seem to work. 4-4-2 to give them a chance to look like they know what they're doing, modern tactics look like rocket science. Two up front, with Sandaza doing a Boyd, if he can be arsed. If I could find a definitive left-back among the youths (or if a search party could find Darren Cole), Shiels would have been dropped and Wallace moved to midfield. And a sniper on the roof for the first Alexander/Defender punt to nobody.

I wish I could be as continuously optimistic and uncritical as you while supporting the club, Al. Harsh to dismiss the worries of fellow supporters as "shite", or suspecting they come from "outside shit-stirrers", especially having witnessed the last two performances. There will be plenty of them with you among the 50,000 showing loyalty on Sunday, just not being like-minded. Seems perfectly allowable to me.

'Fraud' keeps coming to mind watching him - not that his colleagues have been any better.

4-4-2, plenty of width - think Billy Dodds just came.

Brilliant! I want to be in the dressing room to hear Ally explain it to them too

And he's still a Falkirk-watching Falkirk fan - life sentence.

The one position where there's not a natural replacement in what has been the first team squad so far. Matty Clarke is the next left-back I can think of right now - can't see why he shouldn't play.