Sniffles

Martie was probably going to be able to play but if his flight back up from London was delayed at all then he would miss the game - since he didn't want to leave us with only nine players, he pulled out and was replaced by Andy.

Stuart is at Ibrox for the Hearts game and so he was replaced by Robert. At this point, it looked as though we had the same squad as last week and team selection began in earnest. That was until Alan emailed me this morning to say the had come down with a bad cold and would rather not play.

Last minute replacements aren't that easy to find but I called Martie and seeing as the weather looks OK down there and OK up here, all things going according to plan then Martie should land in plenty of time to make the game and Alan's off the hook. If Martie is held up then Alan says he'll play but I just spoke to him and he doesn't sound good at all!

So crisis averted until, only ten minutes ago, Si called to say that, he too, had come down with a cold and felt like poop. He's going to see if Donny can fill in last minute for him. Again, if Donny can't make it then Si will load up on Lucozade and battle on.

So as it stands we should have ten but seeing as I have no idea what those ten will be, teams may not be picked until the last minute (or even when we're there).