Balmullo Bud

Correct, so any Saints fan that wants to see us play in Europe should be wanting a Dons defeat today. Still plenty of work for us to do to secure 5th though.

Quite a few years ago we were on holiday and met some of Jim Rodger’s family; grandson, daughter and great grandson(who was playing with one of the Saints youth teams at the time). We got chatting about football and they had some good stories about Jim when they found out I was a Buddie. A few weeks after we returned I received an amazing letter from the great man himself talking fondly about his time at Saints and a few copied pictures including a goal that he enjoyed scoring against Rangers. Great family and obviously a great cup winning player in his day.

Wow, what a half. Long way to go but this could be massive. 🤞🤞🤞

Bolton, Tanser and Bwomono out is a blow. Hopefully the guys coming in do a job. Can’t remember seeing us having such a strong bench.

Can’t remember a bounce like that at the new stadium since the play-off pens win against Dundee Utd. It was rocking. Great strike for them to take the lead then they resorted to hoofball, diving and time wasting. Shinnie should’ve been booked much earlier in the game and some of McGrath’s antics were sad to see. Made the late late goals so much sweeter. We tried to play much more football than them but didn’t look like scoring in the second half. The subs played their part, especially Olusanya (again). O’Hara’s penalty was ice-cool too although I couldn’t watch it live. What a way to win an important game of football. Still absolutely buzzing but feeling my age. Needed to pop into a garage to get some paracetamol before the trek back to Fife. 😂 The celebrations at the end just confirms the brilliant spirit in our squad. COYS!!!!!

Thought we deserved a point. We were well off it tonight but County offered absolutely nothing and only scored due to a terrible mistake. Hemming didn’t make a save that I can remember. The pen we didn’t get was a disgrace. We’ve played much better and lost this season. Thought Scott was going to win it for us but totally fluffed his lines. Well done Olusanya. Gave the travelling Buds something to celebrate at least. Chance to go 4th missed but would’ve taken a point at HT.

Finished half slightly stronger. Should've had a pen. VAR not working tonight??

We are well off it unfortunately. Long trek up there? Look rusty and leggy. Not winning second balls and passing really poor. Next goal massive. 🤞

Draw at Pittodrie probably the best result for us tonight.

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Heeds up Buds. We’ll play worse and win this season. Scoreline flatters Celtic. We didn’t take our chances unfortunately, especially Kilts header. It’s a sore one because with a bit of luck and a decent draw I think we could’ve gone quite far in the cup. Big push for a European spot now. We have the players and manager to do it.

Very professional performance tonight, other than Bolton and a massive result. In control for the majority of the game and played some nice stuff. Wonderful to see Carson flap at our first and chuffed for Olusanya bagging his goal that sealed it. Exactly what he’s there for with his pace. It was clearly onside without VAR and a cool finish. Inspired sub by Robbo. What was Bolton thinking firing in like that on a yellow? Wasn’t a red but a stick on yellow. Dundee have really good attacking players but couldn’t register a shot on target. Credit to the whole team defending from the front and big Gogic mopping everything up at the back. Celtic will not be looking forward to their visit to Paisley at the weekend. COYS!!

Gogic has been superb for us. As you say, his goal yesterday just typifies his attitude on the pitch. He’s the top player in the league for tackles/ball wins and his energy must rub off on the rest of the team. He’s rarely injured (touch wood), has great experience at international level too, can bag a goal, great engine and is versatile. I’ve got mates that support teams like Aberdeen and Hearts that say they would want him at their clubs. Wonder if some of the reported big bucks that we would have been spending on Van Veen can be used to get him signed up on a decent contract. I know there’s an offer on the table at the moment. What a brilliant result yesterday. A win against a strong Dundee team on Wednesday would be massive for our top six push. Some big games coming up for us.

Sad that it didn’t work out for Stav. I think there must have been personal circumstances, wasn’t showing the effort in training or maybe an attitude/issues towards systems/formations. After watching his performance partnering Ayunga in the win against County, quite a few of us thought we had a real player on our hands. Hope he kickstarts his career but not with another Scottish team.

Scott Burns saying Killie front runners for Van Veen now but not finalised and we’re still in discussions with him.