2018-19 Diary Week 35

Steven O’Donnell gained another cap against San Marino after both our players only made the bench for the Kazakhstan debacle.

Stuart Findlay inexplicably missed out altogether in the later match, where we had two goalies on the bench, I really hope he is not injured!

Another strange one was Jordan Jones putting in decent performances for Northern Ireland despite failing to show for us in recent weeks, maybe the break will do him good?

Off the field there are many changes happening.

The gym is being closed and sold off, which is a real shame for the employees but understandable as it has never made a profit for the Club.

In turn our offices have been moved to Portland Road as the Board start re-organising and getting our house in order now that the stench of our former chairman has finally left the building.

We owe much to the current Board and also John Kiltie and Bill White for where we find ourselves now, hopefully this is a new beginning and we will see more get involved soon.

2018-19 Diary Week 34

Due to circumstances I found myself having to seek out a bar in Manhattan to watch the game on Saturday, and that wasn’t easy as the St Patrick’s day parade had started.

There is a Sevco supporters club on the upper east side though, which was risky, but better than no game at all.

Ten of them, one of me, outnumbered as usual but I fancied our chances!

An early injury to Eamon Brophy was a setback, but his replacement Conor McAleny had the presence of mind to slip past their defence and put us ahead.

At half time they wanted $10 for watching the game so I gave them $20 and told them to invest the rest in a goalie.

They did equalise eventually, but we had our tactics right and possession football saw us leave with a well-deserved point.

There were a few meaty challenges by both teams but Slippy Gerrard’s knicker wetting is just sour grapes.

Well done to big Stuart Findlay on getting called up to join Steven O’Donnell in the Scotland squad.

2018-19 Diary Week 33

It was a tough match at Paisley and massive credit to the players of both sides who tried their best in terrible conditions.

While I do not like singling out individual players for praise I think I can get around that by praising them all!

Daniel Bachmann is totally solid, he gives the defence such confidence and has been outstanding since replacing Jamie MacDonald who is no slouch himself.

Stuart Findlay should be getting serious consideration for a call up and was immense on the night backed up by Kirk Broadfoot, Stephen O’Donnell and Greg Taylor.

Gary Dicker and Alan Power are a combination that is difficult to beat, literally, and the sheer tenacity and determination of Chris Burke and Eamon Brophy gives me goose bumps.

That only leaves a couple of places to play for and fortunately the boss has a few options.

Most pleasing was another fantastic away support and the reaction by the players at the end of the game reassuringly tells me that they are as invested in Killie as we are.

Bring on the cheats.

2018-19 Diary Week 32

There has been constant chat about the game which was abandoned last week, by most of whom if brains were dynamite they would not have enough to blow their nose.

Embarrassing rants about how the re-arranged match should have been free and how it was a disgrace to charge a fiver entry…I’m sorry but in my opinion it was the best deal for an SPFL match ever!

The fog was not down to the club, and they had to fork out for an unscheduled fixture on the Saturday…when we’d asked Motherwell to play it in the first place and they refused.

If you swap it around we actually paid £5 for half a match and then £22 for the whole thing…I’ve never heard of cheaper.

The game itself was a bit of a let-down but we were much improved second time around and were unlucky not to shade it.

Five games without a goal, Sevco and the Dons have certainly upset our balance with their transfer window shenanigans, as planned; our wee trip to Tenerife will hopefully give us a much needed boost.