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Gutted to hear that Russell has stepped away too. I am slightly worried for us going forward and very interested to hear the planned fan update.

Absolutely brutal. Too many that just aren’t good enough and whatever the excuses are regarding the budget, it’s his players at the end of the day. He’s had a disaster with recruitment and the run since he came in speaks for itself. It looked promising initially when we played some nice stuff post Imrie but it’s been honking since.

The thing with Kinnear is we have had him in training with us last season while at Clyde so Murray should know what he’s getting there.

Are there any glimmers of hope in this performance?

That defence shouldn’t be starting in the Championship, only Ballantyne would be making it for me. Laiith looks miles off it, Longridge will get ripped apart at LB and Moore will maybe be passable alongside an actual experienced centre half. Cochrane was definitely missed when he went off and as said before by others the pitch majorly needing cut, was at least praying for a touch of rain to try and give it some zip. Gorman absolutely has some value to add to the squad, some nice flashes and once he’s up to speed he will be fine. Could be doing with an early goal to get him off and running, building that confidence. We are at least 4 starters away from being a reasonable team at this level.

I know Owen’s had fitness issues potentially but he looked like our best centre half when he played last season so a bit surprised we let him go and brought in an unknown. All the best to Laiith, fingers crossed he’s a gem. Really hoping we bring in another with experience that’s a regular starter.

Delaney was a massive confidence player, and as soon as his head went down after a mistake defensively, there were many, that was his head gone. Going forward he had some decent games due to his pace but ultimately he’s a poor defender who probably just about plays at this level again next season.

Gutted to see Moffat go if that’s the case, less so McPherson and absolutely fine with Delaney going. Delaney’s had some absolute stinkers defensively across the two seasons, but then looked brilliant at times going forward. Hopeful of us upgrading on him, certainly from a defensive point of view.

All the best to Cammy if he moves on, done well for us over the years but absolutely replaceable or even upgradable at this level.

That is fantastic news. Well done getting this over the line

Pretty sure Moffat has more than Garrity and O’Halloran. 7 in total for Moffat and 5 for Garrity and O’Halloran.

He was team mates with Stevie Smith who is the 18s/19s coach in their academy and has obviously played there so lots of connections. Think it might depend on what happens with Alloa as they’ve had a successful affiliation with them so if they came up there’s a strong possibility they will be their “championship team” as allowed a team in each division (I think). Quite a few decent players in their academy that I’d be happy to have in supplementing our squad.

They always say things even out over the course of the season and it felt that way last night with the Strapp sending off. Cancelling out Ballantyne’s joke red card up there that he bought for him.

Not a chance Murray will change things, we’ve had some right stubborn bastards manager wise and he’s right up there. Arguments for having nothing to change it with on the bench, but there has been enough there to do something in recent weeks. Thank fuck we are safe and can bin this season. Had so much promise 5/6 weeks ago but happily see a bit of a clear out now and hopefully move forward.

Go up there today and be hard to beat, simple. Fucking wide open nonsense at times, the reluctance to change things will be Murray’s undoing going forward from here. Some absolutely honking performances right through the team, Shaw undoubtably being one of them, but other stinking performances noted throughout. He takes a hammering on here but other performers offering much less at times. Moore at ?2nd goal was awful. Garrity completely anonymous throughout and his delivery from corners in particular was horrible. Blues gets pass marks at times by others as runs around and deceives many. Goals against Raith etc keeps him from the firing line at times but he does nowhere near enough. Anonymous today but he wasn’t the only one tbf so would be unfair to completely put blame on him. No pass marks for anyone today, embarrassing all in all when RC have been fucking awful all season.