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RayD

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  1. Wee Danny now been involved in 23 goals this season (scorer or an assist)... that's a phenomenal statistic for a Killie player.
  2. Noticed Rangers, Dundee and now St Mirren deploying players to block Wright at corners.
  3. This is shaping up to be a huge game... and I'll no be able to see it ower here on Killie TV as I have a previous commitment on Saturday 😞 Was thinking I would try to avoid the score and watch the entire game later, but canny see me resisting checking the match updates. Mon the Killie!!
  4. I was hoping Aberdeen would do the same, but they returned to being absolutely guff.
  5. My Dad was born in N.I. but moved to Irvine when he married my Mum. He wanted to support a local team and thankfully chose Killie. I'm told my first game was a 4-4 draw (Raith?) Had to be around the late 60,s but I have no memory of the game but do remember running up and doon the steps in what is now the Frank Beattie, where my Dad had a season ticket and my "best coat" that my Mum made me wear, being cold and wanting to go home at half time. 🙂 Another really strong memory is Eddie Morrison punching Ernie McGarr (Aberdeen keeper) and getting sent off. Eddie was my hero and I was shocked that the ref could even consider red carding him. My Dads job (long distance lorry driver) took him away a lot, so my Papa took me to my 1st midweek game, a European tie against Slavia Sofia which was also my first visit to the terraces I'd viewed from the stand. Climbing the steps and emerging next to the old scoreboard.... floodlights made the grass a bright green and the white ball seemed extra white. The sights, sounds and smells of that night remain with me today, I can even remember getting the blue bus back to Irvine and getting a poke o chips at Mamas for the walk hame. Think my Dad got disillusioned during the 70's and the last game I remember going to with him was the defeat by Coleraine. In true Killie fashion we drew the away game then managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by losing 3-2 at home after being up 2-0 at half time. My Dad never went to another game, but we would discuss some of the more notable results. After the "lift ower" phase, and years of standing at "my barrier" on the terraces, it became a Saturday thing to visit the Killie Club before wandering into the enclosure just before kick. This was the "hotheads and bampots" era. Loved it, even though we were regularly hopeless. Fair enjoyed our tour of Scottish grounds during the 70's and 80's then the pitch invasion as we got promoted back to the Premier league. Took my youngest daughter to her 1st away game when we won 2-1 at Ibrox! She accompanied me to many games in the 90's, we even cut out match reports and Killie photos then pasted them into a big book, one of which I came across recently. By then I had my own season ticket and was a "Top Ten" agent. Now living overseas, I still make it over for some games most seasons and have grandkids coming with me now... glorious! The one thing I have not been able to accomplish is watching us play away in Europe. I did make the trip to Belgrade with my daughter and grandson, but something happened to the team before they got there. Maybe this will be the season that itch gets scratched. Killie have been, and still are, a recurring thread through the fabric of my life for almost 60 years now. Loving everyone's tales that inspire more of my memories to return. Mon the Killie!!
  6. Think he means Findlay (got the deflection at the 3rd goal)
  7. Wee Danny, who made his 21st contribution to a Killie goal this season, was MOM for me.
  8. It's almost a role reversal next weekend. St Mirren coming in on the back of a huge win against Aberdeen and us having lost to Aberdeen, they will be fancying their chances and feeling confident. We need to come out like we did against Dundee in the cup instead of easing our way in to the game.
  9. Maybe Danny going off was a precaution as he seemed a little dazed after his head knock.
  10. I doubt we have an option to just send him back, I would imagine he's here for the remainder of the season. There definitely seems to be some kind of issue, saw KVV sitting on the bench with a face like a wet Monday morning. Is it fitness, attitude, combination of both? We'll probably never find out, but surely he was worth a gamble in the last 15/20 mins given how the game was going.
  11. I think in all the excitement of the build up to the game we started to beleive it would be "easy" They have good players in that squad, and unfortunately, they all showed up today... it was bound to happen eventually. We were awful from the start, very reminiscent of last seasons away form. Feel especially bad for the fans who travelled up there. Hugely important we bounce back next weekend!
  12. Nearly another deflected goal.... mon Killie!!!!
  13. They are definitely getting the wee lucky breaks/deflections today. Long way back fae here.
  14. I'll try a wee bit of voodoo here... Watkins has been quiet today
  15. Through my blue tinted specs, it looked like 1 player pushed him over the 2nd players leg but Beaton decided to lecture Watson
  16. This lifted my mood a wee bit... 😁
  17. They have been much more physical this game but surely we expected that. Hopefully our goal has rattled them a wee bit, and we can get a quick goal in the 2nd half to really get the crowd on their back. Mon the Killie!!!!!
  18. Wright should have kept going there, that pause allowed them to regroup
  19. That early goal has energised them, we're 2nd to everything
  20. Donnelly should be scoring there.
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