First home SPL game of the season against the Dons, who so far in two games have fired a blank.. Looks like they will bring a good support and I am obviously hoping given our promoting of the game, that we bring a big support. That's for the other thread though..

Team wise I suspect Beattie will get a start ( lets hope he does not make it a hat-trick of red cards for the centre forward:shock:)

Team wise I would pretty much go with the same starting 11 as the Well game but with Beattie replacing the suspended Vine.

We need to start this one like we have started the 2nd halves in the first two games..

Lets get right behind the guys from the get go and lets cheer them on to three points..

COYS...

COYS

The season is about to kick off in a matter of days and there is still no Match thread to be seen. I know there has been a great deal to talk about recently, mostly good but we still need a match thread for actual football talk. Yes I know there is a thread regarding the ticket costs but that's another subject all together.

Anyway, should be a cracking game. McGlynn will be wanting to stamp his authority on the Hearts team although they have lost most key players from the Cup final triumph and no signings, so how they shape up should be interesting.

Saints on the other hand already have two competitive games under their belt as well as some impressive signings over the summer that look like they could cause many defences a lot of trouble. Vine is rumoured to be only about 40% match fit so likely he will come on as a sub in the latter stages of the match, hopefully to score the winner!

The Edinburgh Saints flag made it back from Turkey unharmed and shall be making it's Edinburgh debut right down the front over the empty seats to wynd up the Knuckle draggers in the Main stand:twisted:

Come on you Saints!!!!

So lets get up to the Park, lets get behind the team and lets show our new Turkish friends that even though our city is less than 10% of the size of theirs, we can still have the place jumping..

THIS GAME IS NOT all-ticket. Cash admission prices will be:

EAST AND WEST STAND

£22 for adults, £11 for senior citizens, £5 for 13-18 year olds, Free of charge for accompanied age 12 and under

ORMOND FAMILY STAND

£15 for adults – must be accompanied by at least one child aged 12 or under

£10 for senior citizens – must be accompanied by at least one child aged 12 or under

£5 for 13-18 year olds

Accompanied 12 and unders – free of charge

Lets be having you...

COYS:D

can a MOD please sort the title of the thread out for me. It should of course say

Saints v Eskisehirspor. ( still not quite with it yet)

Its hard to predict the outcome of the game, as we obviously do not know a great deal about Eskisehirspor, however I think its safe to say that we could have got an easier draw! Players such as Diomansy Kamara (Ex WBA & Celtic), Dede (Ex Borussia Dortmund) and Pele (Ex Inter Milan) all hint at the quality they have within their team. Obviously the heat is going to have a major impact on our players as well.

I would imagine we will line-up in a 4-5-1 formation, which worked well for us last season in games at Celtic Park and Ibrox.

Possible starting line-up:

Mannus

Miller Anderson Wright C.Davidson

Millar Adams M.Davidson Craig Hasselbaink

Tade

Hopefully we can keep it tight and get the tie back to Perth with a chance of still progressing. Win, lose or draw I think its safe to safe we are all going to enjoy ourselves anyway!

Your thoughts on the game?