MoTm & Donkey vs Real Maroon

What can I say lads, we dominated that game from start to finish, two good goals, a clean sheet, 3 points and a place in the Scottish cup FINAL!

What makes it even more sweeter is that fact that we were confident enough to let them take home advantage and still go through to there place and turn them over. I thought they would put up more of a challenge after seeing there league postiion and recent results but it wasn't the case.

Again I thought the defence was solid, Kev and Mark in particular winning everything in the air and Wullie with his no nonsense style of defending which is working a treat. I was actually saying to Paul Miller on the way home that it makes a massive difference having the same back 4 week in week out.

MOTM - Hard one to pick this week as there were a lot of good performances. Voldys talking and orginisation worked a treat and he helped us keep a good shape, also won everything in the air. Between Tom and Tich for MOTM though as I thought Tich was dropping off the front line and getting on the ball a lot and making things happen. Going to give it to Tom though, he done a lot more sitting than I did which allowed me to get forward. He was always on the ball and was making things tick in the middle, also put in a great pass for the first goal, which Dave stuck away superbly. Tom even managed to keep the moaning to a minimum!!

Donkey - Dougie for pouring a whole bottle of water over my head when I only needed some on my nose!

Team looked superb from the sidelines on Saturday. Think they only had two chances in the first half to us having double figures. We looked scarily good on the attack. Came up against another strong shot stopped in their keeper. Credit to him as he kept them in it for a long time. You can see what a huge difference it makes having the same back 4 week in week out. They are becoming a formidable force at the back. Only a couple panicky moment throughout the 90mins.
MoTM for me was DazK. Constant running down the line and always back to help out the defence.
Donkey - Chaztaz not attending a huge game after making himself available then starting the MoTM/Donkey thread

Was extremely nervous going into this one. But I can see me feeling exactly the same for every match until the end of the season.

Felt I was mince on Saturday, and huge gratitude to Kev for covering my ass after that howler in the first half.

Never really like these threads for singling out folk for any reason. I hope everyone keeps doing what we're doing. Supporting each other, fighting hard, having a desire and a passion to keep this going. Delighted with the clean sheet as Jordan, Mark, Kev and Wullie do deserve it for their performances over the last 5 weeks.

Midfield and Attack have been immense over those last 5 weeks too. Scoring 24 goals in 5 games and creating at least that again in chances is phenomenal. Keep it going!

Another HUGE game in a fortnight though, so lets keep it up!

Can't add much to what's been said already. Great showing from everyone - starting eleven, to subs, to boys who came along to support. Brilliant from all.

Was only a few weeks ago we half joking/half serious said if we win our next 12 games, we'll win the league. 5 games into that it's down to 'if we win our next seven games we win the league.' Not only that but in those 5 games we've played we've beaten Clyde twice and Hearts once - two teams in the top 4 laong with ourselves and Ayr.

We need to make sure that level of focus and want is there for every game from now 'til the season end. Can't afford to think we can just turn up - not before the match and certainly not during a match, regardless of the scoreline. Remember, this league could very easily come down to goal difference so we've got to stay switched on for the full 90 minutes.

Hard work will win us games, not praise, so lets enjoy the nice words from other teams but be under no illusion that we'll need to battle like feck to get this done!

MotM - McGinty. Absolutely solid at the back. Been a massive player every game this season and Saturday was no different.

Donkey - Mutter for banging on about how he can strike the ball like Ronaldo/Bale. I've still to see him even score in a warm-up let alone a rasper.

I've always loved being part of GS, there is nothing better lads. It's that good I pretty much split up with my bird for my love of you lads (amongst other things - LOL).

We have always been a decent team, no doubt about it, but the problem we have had is consistency. Consistency comes from a few things:

• Having a quality SQUAD of players - Yes
  
• Having these players turn up week after week - Yes
  
• The squad not complaining about decisions - Yes
  
• The squad being full of mates who bend over backwards to help each other - Yes
  

This season, this is all coming together. We are in a brilliant position and it is down to all of us. What we need to do now is keep winning. If we play they way we have played the last couple of months we will win the league, we will win the cup and we could easily end the season with more trophies than we have ever had.

We know not to be complacent though, and as manager, it is my job to ensure none of you are slacking. Sometimes I'll take it too far, and I apologise for that, but you know that I'm being a cvnt most of the time because I know we can smash everything we have in front of us. Teams are taking note of us now and will be doing their best to topple us. They would love to be the team that ends our unbeaten record, but I'm holding onto this record and it will need to be a bloody good team that takes it from us.

Saturday was a solid and dominant performance where we bossed the game. We didn't let missed chances get to us, scored 2 superb goals, and in the final few minutes had Hearts pinned back, exactly where we wanted them.

I only made 2 subs during the game but hope you all understand how quickly the match could have flipped on its head. Sorry for not getting you game time, but your reaction to the goals, the communication and team involvement was tremendous. Everyone pulled their weight and the most pleasing aspect of that game was getting the clean sheet. Jordan has deserved this for a few weeks now and with only 2 goals conceded in our last 3 (one a worldie), we have tightened up significantly.

MoTM - All deserve a shout out but I'll give this to Tich. Played a different role to usual and dropped back to defend from the front, causing endless problems to their lads at the back. Special mention to Mark McGinty also who was imperious at the back.

Donkey - Naebody.


P.S Congratulations Richie - superb celebration! Even though I thought you were doing a Hitler impression.