Last night was my first away game in ages. Glad I turned down a free ticket in the Falkirk end because the atmosphere was great. I'll be making an effort to go to a few more away games this season. Started the first half well and it was great to see Buchanan score but we were getting pushed deeper and deeper as it went on and Falkirk deserved their goal. Second half we started brilliantly, don't know how many corners we had but they seemed relentless. Falkirks goal came against the run of play. I think Archie misjudged a long ball and that left a big gap. At that point I thought we were going out but McCall made some good substitutions and they paid off with the goal. Fraser only got the ball a few times but looked a good player, running straight at the defence and producing a good ball in.
As for the two Falkirk penalty claims. The one with Fox was just a collision which he couldn't do anything about as he was committed to the challenge. The second one with Compton was a dive and outside the box, he should have been booked.
Rowson was definitely MOM for us, great tackling, taking on players and he seemed like the only player able to keep up with Mark Stewart. Fox, had another good game no chance for the goals but a very safe pair of hands and good kicking off all the back passes. I really hope we can keep him. As for Donnelly, I'm a fan but think he was a bit off last night with a few passes going astray but certainly didn't deserve the abuse he was getting off some in the crowd. Think we've got more than enough to beat them in the replay.