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Nice wee home win for Israel against Austria two years ago. The three home defeats have been against Poland, Czech Republic and Denmark - the first two by the odd goal. Israel will not be an easy stop for Austria. Dropped points a real possibility. Nothing to say we can't get a result against Austria on their patch. I think Denmark will probably be a class apart in this group. But 2nd and a play off spot is definitely still realistic

Gutted. As soon as St Johnstone scored I was certain we were going to drop the points. Don't think we can finish bottom but a convoluted set of results can leave us in the playoff spot...

Yep. Even if we lose both remaining pre split games, St Johnstone need to win both remaining games and Dundee Utd need a minimum of 4 points and a large goal difference swing. A fantastic opportunity

Congrats on St Johnstone - I'm glad they won the cup rather than Livingston - a great season for them. We did, of course, outplay and defeat the runaway favourites for the cup as well as another top 4 team and were one unlucky game from facing the fakes in the final ourselves. So we kind of cleared a lot of the way for them. If we can hold onto top 6 till the split and then catch Livingston for 5th and Europe it will also be a great season for us.

Absolutely agree with this. He looks dangerous every time he gets the ball - which is quite exciting in itself as its not often we have a player like that!

I think we can finish 5th as we have been the better team v Livi all three times this season (even though they non-footballed us out in the semi final). With Celtic misfiring all over the place, we just need Rangers to slip up and the Scottish Cup is also a realistic aim. So 5th plus Scottish Cup should be our target 🙂 (I'd also take St J to win LC to get it right up Livi - who are c*nts 🙂 )

Premier sports will grab the rangers and Celtic ties in all likelihood- so a chance that bbc might take this as only all premier tie

Welcome to the Saints, Collin! I don't know anything about him so will have faith in Jim - club are showing real ambition with Brophy and now a former EPL player signing. To play at that level he must be able to offer us something positive. Exciting times - just wish we (the fans) could be at the games in person - everything so remote at the moment.

Hopefully Tommy - it could be a great signing for us

Dammit - that's right - I was getting carried away. Hopefully we can still swing something to bring him now - otherwise I'll have to wait till next season to see the dream team unleash hell 🙂

Welcome Eamonn! Potentially one of the best signings in recent years - if he and Obika can both hit double figures a season (pro-rated on Brophy's case 🙂 ) - then we should be in for a good end to the season.

Always gave his all and did a power of positive work outside the box - but had a good final decision percentage lower than taking a random punt in the bookies. All the best Junior - hope it works out with your new club

I used to have a chortle at these - especially when fax machines and telegrams were involved. Now it's all very old and tired.

If this comes off then it would be a major coup for us IMO. Someone like Brophy is the closest we could get to star name coming to us. Mid 20s and capped by Scotland - we don't have many others like that on our books [emoji846] We are showing real and realistic ambition here and it should be applauded

Got to say - Hibs TV is pretty slick - we could learn from them... B"st*rds ...

Late to the party and still celebrating. For me possibly the Saints greatest single moment since winning the cup in 2013. I know the Great Escape the Title the next year were fantastic but we not only beat Rangers, we scored three and competed well with them attack and counter attack - especially in the second half. No smash and grab - a totally deserved win!

Great fireworks but poor finishing The most disappointing thing is that - even if we win the group now - we will almost certainly be unseeded in the last 16 as one of the four rubbish group winners. It would have been nice to have a shot at getting to the quarters but we'll likely end up with a trip to Parkhead or Ibrox now. Assuming of course that we get at least two points on Saturday...

Three good goals last night - not the best performance but with two of our attacking players getting goals there may be a slight boost to confidence and morale. Looking forward to QoS game now - albeit likely only Open All Mics.

Is this being shown ppv on Saints TV? Or will we have to make do with Radio Scotland commentary?

I really hope this works out for Stephen. My favourite Saint of recent times and - in my opinion - the single most important player in the Great escape and turnaround under Ross. Was sad to see him go from Saints but the info on here seemed to suggest he was struggling to get back to fitness. I wonder if this will turn out to be a red herring. A great servant for us and we'll worthy of another crack at the premiership

I guess... if he wants European football 🙂

Fair enough - Its definitely a backward/sideways step - and I thought he would get a better move - I said both these things. My point is that he now has a chance to prove himself in the English leagues - might be too late for him or it might not be.

Here's hoping for another three points today and a debut goal for our new striker. No reason why not 🙂

I also thought he would sign at a higher level - however if he performs like he did for us I don't think he will be in League 2 for long. I think he will be on a decent wedge so that will soften the blow. A minor backwards/sideways step that gets him on to a bigger ladder 🙂

Fair doos - indeed [emoji846] Getting too despondent I guess