Irn Bru Cup R4

[QOS King]

Last night`s matches saw Ayr beating Falkirk 1-0 in extra time and Livingston beating Crusaders 2-1 thanks to a late goal by Pittman. I see that Neil Doncaster was at that match.

Today we have
Bala Town v Alloa Athletic (Live on S4C which if you have Sky TV is channel 280)
Stranraer v Dundee United
Dunfermline v Queen's Park
Forfar Athletic v The New Saints
Hibernian v St Mirren

On Sunday is the last cup match which obviously is Queens v Linfield which I am really looking forward to.

The draw for the next round will be on Monday at 2pm.

[QOS King]

Today's results

Bala Town 2-4 Alloa
Stranraer 0-1 Dundee Utd
Dunfermline 2-1 Queen's Park
Forfar 1-3 New Saints
Hibernian 1-2 St Mirren

At the moment we have one non scottish team in the quarter final and hopefully it will still be only one after tomorrow.

Ayr
Livingston
Alloa
Dundee Utd
Dunfermline
New Saints
St Mirren
Queens\Linfield

[JRSLEFTPEG]

This tournament gets plenty of stick but not by me. One of the best days I ever had watching Queens was the final in 2013. Great sing song, drama , Lee Robinson antics , you name it ?. I'm looking forward to being in a QF draw and if we aren't, then best of luck to Linfield. The organisers - in my humble opinion - are to be congratulated for inviting Welsh and Northern Irish teams in as it's some different and refreshing.

[louisxiv]

This tournament gets plenty of stick but not by me. One of the best days I ever had watching Queens was the final in 2013. Great sing song, drama , Lee Robinson antics , you name it ?. I'm looking forward to being in a QF draw and if we aren't, then best of luck to Linfield. The organisers - in my humble opinion - are to be congratulated for inviting Welsh and Northern Irish teams in as it's some different and refreshing.

Agreed. A wee trip to Wales in the next round would suit me well!

[QOS King]

It took extra time but Queens are into the next round.

Queen's had plenty of chances but never took them to finish the 90 mins for the 3rd game goalless.
Very pleased that it was Dykes that got the first goal as he had a few chances one on one with Carroll in the 2nd half and for Dobbie's goal that was just a amazing free kick.

Bring on the next round and I would personally like TNS (Home or Away) and failing that Alloa or Livingston as I would like to avoid the other teams in our league.

[Cresswell]

As Jack Nicholson said in the film A Few Good Men, "You want the truth? You can't handle the truth". Linfield are a team of part-timers who wouldn't look out of place in the SPFL Division 1 or even Division 2 and who never remotely looked like winning this game. Queen of the South are the current leaders of the SPFL championship but it wasn't until Linfield had run out of legs, were on their knees, that we were able to prevail. It is not often that I watch a cup-tie inwardly pleading that it wouldn't go to extra time; that someone would score, anyone would score, just to bring the game to an end. That was as entertaining and exciting as watching paint dry. Take out the two veterans, Dobbie and Carroll, and what was left? Not a lot. Dobbie had a relatively quiet game but had one assist and one goal: Roy Carroll was quite outstanding and, in my opinion, was the Man of the Match by the proverbial mile. Nothing illustrated the lack of quality more than the pathetic attempts by Dykes when through one on one with Carroll. Not once, not twice but three times he made a hash of it before scoring at his fourth attempt. Yes, we won and are through to the next round but it was as unimpressive a win as the national team's draw last night. Ach! Moan over. Back in my box and wait for the abuse.

[jardi]

Cresswell, on many levels you make some extremely valid points, and like you I desperately didn't want an extra 30 minutes, - but mainly because if the game had gone to penalties Roy Carroll would have won!

On another day, Queens could and should have had five or six goals, and if Lyle and Hilson had been available we would have done.

It's easy to criticise young Dykes, but he was up against a seasoned professional - who was having the game of his life, and perhaps what is now required is for Lindon to have several 20 minute sessions one on one with a variety of keepers (in other words put a goalkeepers jersey on every member of the team and get him used to playing against a range of keepers so that his confidence soars in those situations)

I'm still convinced that the contract Queens need to extend is for young Mr. Skelton, - before someone sneaks in and steals him from under our noses. He is performing way beyond all expectations, doing exactly what he said he would do and what none of us expected him to do, and so we really need to ensure he is going nowhere.

[JRSLEFTPEG]

Don't have any concerns about Lyndon Dykes . He is already doing the hard part in getting in the right positions for an effort at goal and added to that , his relentless energy . As JardI says, some one on one coaching and the composure will come.

[palmylad]

TNS away on the Saturday so we can catch the game on our way back from Wembley

[Spikefaethesouth]

Significant gulf in class today between the two teams and Queens could easily have racked up a hat full over the 90 minutes. Poor finishing was the only reason that victory was not more readily forthcoming and we did miss Lyle today and his predatory instincts in and around the box. With perhaps the exception of Anderson there were no failures today with most players playing themselves into the ground at the end. Riggs hold up play was exceptional today as was his ability to bring others around him into the game. The substitution near the end however of Moxon for Rigg I thought illustrated just how thin our squad currently is with the injuries which does emphasise the need for recruits.
We are deservedly into the quarters now and onward and upwards with this fantastic start to the season.