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Looking forward........ We now have a not disimilar type of game on Sunday at Livingston. What does SG do ?

Football economics are only mirroring that of general society these past few decades. Money flows upwards, buys power, regulation and more money flows upwards.

Agreed, but McCrorie would be in my starting XI every week. Spent a fair bit of cash on the central defence this season and we seem to have one fairly solid and consistent defender out of it.

Wrong team and shape IMO Poor performance (players and mgmt) Consistent inconsistency = Forget the Title

Surprised by line-up. Onus is on both Davis and Defoe to start quickly,..............best way if it works. Would be nice to see Defoe score a couple .....and for Morelos to bag another hat-trick

Still a choker ! You bring through what may well be a once in a decade level of talent and you get a fee to cover around 3 months wages for Pena and Herrera.

Agree with much of what you say but I just think that at this challenging but vital juncture it'll be more about attitude and determination. It's what won us the OF game and it's what we need if we want a good return from the next 3 league aways.

Forget the formation for a moment and think attitude and determination (plus match-fitness/in press). For me these next three away games in the league will need the attitude and determination in spades. This was the main reason we got the monkey off our backs on the 29th and those who stood up to be counted deserve more gametime.

Makes you choke when you think how much we didn't get for Billy Gilmour.

Tend to agree with keeping same XI (minus Goldson) unless Davis has showed up particularly well in training. Don't think we can play Defoe from the start tonight and you certainly can't start both Davis and Defoe in this type of game at their stage of match fitness.

Game may be in doubt..................

The League Cup tie in August was fairly eventful. There was the obvious major downdside of the injury to Jamie Murphy but you also saw a four goal haul from a Rangers forward (only three were allowed) and IMO, the best save from a Rangers goalkeeper all season, ironically it was Wes in goals that day.

There is an old school quality that a fit McCrorie brings to the team and if he is given the chance of a prolonged run in the team, I think we'll see one of the best Scottish midfielders to emerge for some time. I've often said he'll be a Rangers captain one day but for SG to come out and say that tends to suggest how highly he is thought of where it matters.

I think we need at least 10 of the next 12 points available. To do that, we'll need to show improvement on the first half of the league season. AWAY: Killie, Livingston, Aberdeen HOME: St.Mirren Difficult restart but the players have to see it as an opportunity.

Horrible news ! EPL and aircraft are having a bad season.

26th's power of distant recall are almost as good and interesting as his writing Huge game in terms of momentum against a very organised and effective Kilmarnock side. Stewart may have gone but they still have Jones and Brophy as potent attacking threats. We need to start consistently winning league matches so as to build on the win against Celtic. We have a better squad and SG&Co need to find the best formation(s)/starting XI as quickly as possible. Defoe, Davis and to a degree, Barisic will need to get themselves up to speed asap. Of the three, it might be that only Davis starts tomorrow, I don't think you can throw in all three at the sametime. Any kind of win tomorrow will do, just come home with the three points.

There appear to be different views on it within the game. When at Rangers, David Templeton wasn't played when the team played on an artificial surface but his next club was Hamilton Academicals.

We have 2 vital games on plastic in 5 days (Kilmarnock and Livingston). Fingers crossed on the injury front.

.........but the positive is

Aslong as Alfredo is on the same page as SG, fine ! A couple of goals at Rugby Park tomorrow would help

Could do without the Morelos bids at such an important juncture. We need him to focus on his football.

Simplistic argument but if you are going to play a certain style, isn't it better to be finding ways of making it work against agricultural tactics from the get-go ?

The Arfield finish looks fairly simple but is top class. The Finnish goalie and defenders played the tight possession game very well up until it cost them the 3rd goal and the match. Moral of the story being is that it will always be a high risk strategy unless you have top quality players.

Such a heinous crime,..... bring back capital punishment and that'll stop 'em !