Six regulars out this week and despite my best efforts, until this morning, we only had nine players. I had asked almost 30 people if they could play and still only had nine. Andy, Ross, Scott and Si had even been on the hunt but with no luck.

Si, although giving a training course in Perthshire, said that he would drive down but would almost definitely be late, didn't have any contacts so would be playing blind, and organised Jon to swing by his flat and pick up kit! What devotion! However, there was a good chance that he still might not make it and it was also incredibly inconvenient for the Si-man.

So, young Paul, who had already declared himself unable to play as he was going to The Editors said that he would step in, go home and get his kit, and just be a bit later for his beers and band, saving Si the mad dash to Glasgow and the chance of a 4 v 5. So thank you to Paul and Si for showing such commitment.

Regulars missing are Foxy, Martie, Stuart, Alan, Si and Steven. In their place we welcome back Michael for the second time and Robert for the first time this season as well as Super Paul!

We are in need of another player for tomorrow's game. If anyone knows anyone who can play, then please let me know ASAP.

UPDATE - Paul, although he's going to a gig, is going to help out, play fives and go along later. What a guy! We have our ten! Special mention to Si who was going to try and make it in time all the way from Perthshire and play with no contacts just so we didn't have a 4 v 5!

Sorry for the delay lads - it's been an interesting morning! Anyway, if anyone knows the final score, please stick it in the MOTM comments and I'll update the site.

Same squad as last week so Steven and Kyle have decided that a rematch is in order. Foxy's still got loads of work on, Martie is in Manchester, Alan's recovering from surgery and although I'm all better, I've given my lurgie to Gillian so I'll have to head home and do the dutiful father and husband thing.

Will no snow make a difference? Will Andy still blame Steven if they lose again? Find out tomorrow! Neil and Jon are on double subs this week - money to Kyle please.

Alan's away having his op, Foxy has to work, Martie's knee has been giving him some grief and so is resting it on physio's orders and I've been in my scratcher since Friday night with some virus on top of the flu! Fun times let me tell you. Paul is playing as is Kyle who has picked the teams.

It's gonna be cold but I called the pitches and there's folk playing on them at the moment so they should be snow free. Someone please bring a ball? Enjoy!

I felt properly sick after last night's game which shows how hard fought it was by both sides. Scott said on the way home that it was there for the taking by both sides and I'd agree with that. The Mince started quicker and were three goals up after not too long but the Tatties managed to peg them back to 6-6. From that point, the Tatties seemed to get a bit more control of the game until the last 10 minutes when it was all Mince and I really thought that it was going to be a draw at least, if not a win for the Mince men. Well played to everyone as it was a great game and I hope at least some of you felt as knacked as I did.

Next week Alan is going in for a small hernia operation so will be out for the next 4-6 weeks so all the best to Alan for a speedy recovery. If anyone else is out then please let me know ASAP.

Blogger decided to totally change how it handles publishing blogs to custom domains i.e. any blogs not hosted on their own servers like our one, which meant I've had to do a bit of jiggery-pokery to get us back up and running.

For the most part, you shouldn't really notice much difference other than a few slight style changes. There are a few bugs for those of you on Internet Explorer 6 (if you can, please update - it's eight years old now, and really, really bad), but I'll try get them ironed out over the next week.

Things that are better; commenting is easier and embedded within the site (though there are some weird display bugs), updating the teams and MOTM is much easier for those who help out (I'll be in touch with the new details) and the blog itself is actually hosted by Google's servers to we shouldn't ever have any down time (take a look at blog.fitbaw.org - kind of like an off site backup).

Things that are borked; linking to comments displays funny, the teams table is missing the bottom, the match details are a bit spaced out for my liking, the archive links which do work but don't actually link to the new site, the first post seems to be pushed too far up in IE6 (please change your browser!) and probably a whole host of other things. Please let me know if you find anything and I'll do my best to get it sorted out (at some point).

It felt competitive all the way through but it was really frustrating to see the Mince give away so many balls in the midfield. I thought the Tatties played the game very well - all five men behind the ball in the last third of the pitch leaving us no room to move the ball about. Mind you, we did seen determined to try and walk the ball into the net rather than take a shot. The Tatties would then break at pace with Scott and Si and that's where most of their goals game from with Jon and Alan controlling the back while Foxy danced around the place.

Next week Martie might be out but everyone else should be around so keep a wary eye out for the mythical Hat of Doooom.

Neil's not well, Andy's going to another St Mirren game and Kyle has again volunteered to not play, so no Hat of Doom this week.

Update - Ross picked up a slight injury from his Monday night game so Paul is going to replace him.

Thanks to Steve for "sorting" the teams & the cash and Kyle for updating the website. Normal service will be resumed next week.

Should be a full squad next week so (and I know I say this every week) there may be a Hat of Doom.

I've also updated the stats in case any one cares. Well played to Jon who's played all five games so far and to Stu, who's currently heading up the table.