First Division
Preview For Saturday, 17th December 2005

Airdrie

V

St Johnstone

 
Last Result
3 - 1
0 - 1

Sandy has to more or less continue with the team that has lead us to sixth position in the league and scored 9 goals in two games.
However the hard decision is Martin Hardie will his temper force Sandy to make an example of him and maybe drop him for this match?
Will he drop back in to mid-field as David Dunn did nothing to help his own cause last week?
Or and this is my preferred option would be to continue with Martin up front and use Brian McPhee as the foil for later on in the game.
Sandy is with out nobody, he has a full squad to choose from Gary Twigg is now fully fit and Stephen Docherty returns from a suspension. 
Playing St Johnstone in the past was always a drag as far as I'm concerned boring matches that I used to dread, with the arrival of Owen Coyle that has changed. As discussed on the forum already Jason Scotland was the difference between the two teams during our last meeting and looks to be St Johnstone only hope of beating us this weekend.

Match Preview by Chris Mac

Referee: Douglas McDonald

 Airdrie Possible Line Up

 Opponents News

Owen Coyle is with out ten players and no matter how big a squad you have that has to hurt.
St Johnstone do have one of the biggest squads in the league this season but to go in to a game with the likes of David Hannah and Kieran McAnespie who picked up injuries against Raith Rovers in midweek.
When you add Darren Sheridan to the list as he is suspended then include Scott Paterson, Ryan McCann, Simon Mensing, Ryan Stevenson, Mark Paston and Mark Campbell. Owen Coyle definitely has his troubles.
However I'm going to make a presumption here and assume that Owen and Sandy both know one another's hands and this match may come down to who plays the best bluff.

 Airdrie V Head To Heads

 Ref Review   Douglas McDonald

 Prediction