Jordo1872
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A positive result last night and despite Spartans applying a fair bit of pressure in the second half I thought we looked pretty solid defensively, limiting them to very few clear cut chances with the exception of the one where they hit the bar when it looked easier to score. Fair play to Faz, I think we’ve got all three playoff games so far bang on in terms of tactics.
Here’s hoping we take a strong away support on Friday night to carry the boys through to promotion.
A reminder to everyone that the end of season awards night will be hosted by the Sonstrust at the stadium on Saturday 18th May. Hopefully a full blown promotion party. Players and management will be in attendance. Tickets priced at £10 and includes a buffet. Under 18s welcome.
https://sonstrust.sumupstore.com/product/sonstrust-player-of-the-year-awards-2024
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Hi folks, a reminder that the end of season awards night will be hosted by the Sonstrust at the stadium on Saturday 18th May. Tickets priced at £10 and includes a buffet. Under 18s welcome.
https://sonstrust.sumupstore.com/product/sonstrust-player-of-the-year-awards-2024
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15 hours ago, The Moonster said:
Turncoat. At least we know that if a ref falls ill we can keep calling on @Jordo1872 instead of you.
I'm afraid I'm backing up my pal @pleslie99 here. I wouldn't be giving that as a handball either as the player made a genuine attempt to play the ball and the deflection was entirely accidental. That said, the handball law in general is an absolute shambles and wide open to 101 interpretations.
I thought overall we warranted the win last night, being the better team for the majority of the game bar a short spell after the equaliser when Stirling had the momentum. Thought we looked pretty solid at the back with Stirling not threatening much. Still all to play for but if I'd been offered a narrow lead at the half way point in the tie pre-kick off I'd have taken that all day.
Looking forward to what should be a good day out (here's hoping!) at Forthbank on Saturday. Hopefully Orsi makes it after taking what looked like a sore one, which was one the ref should have dealt with differently.
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51 minutes ago, lorenzo71 said:
Obviously a great result but it doesnt change anything or mean anything unless there is consistency and not this constant bottling it in crunch games.
I dont want to pour cold water on what is a great result and a rare chance for us to celebrate a big win but anything other than promotion would mean a total flop of a season especially given the players we have signed.
Agree with this. Credit today to Faz and the players for an impressive away win at a playoff competitor, and we’ll enjoy the feeling tonight, but we need to be following this up with two strong performances next to really lift the mood and get the confidence up ahead of the run in.
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Entirely predictable
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The only thing that appears to evoke any sort of response from the club board is negative press publicity that happens to shine a light on the ownership circus, Andy Hosie and his merry band of puppets. Negative football appears to pass by freely.
Andy Hosie doesn’t have a pot to piss in, he relies on external investors; the type of people who wouldn’t want negative publicity.
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40 minutes ago, microdave said:
Our heaviest defeat this season. Embarrassing.
And not the only one under Faz’s reign. Off the top of my head we’ve lost 6 at Stirling, 6 at Annan, 5 tonight at a relegation threatened Stranraer and there was the 5-1 home defeat to an Albion Rovers team who did go on and get relegated.
I don’t think I can recall another Dumbarton manager suffering so many heavy defeats. If there is you’re probably going back to the Jim Fallon era but then the board at least had the balls to pull the trigger when required.
The direction of travel is absolutely down and we don’t have a board able or willing to act. The club from top to bottom is an absolute shambles; ownership, management, players who fold in many of not most ‘big games’, right down to smaller but significant aspects like the ongoing pitch condition and the embarrassment of a club website. Zero leadership and zero accountability top to bottom.
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Incredible to realise that we could lose this by double figures and there would still be no risk to the manager’s position given we’re still ‘in with a shout of promotion’ as we sit 4th. Absolutely zero pressure on the manager and that flows down to the players.
By incredible I do of course mean utterly depressing.2 -
What an absolute gang we are. A team who fold in at the first sign of any adversity, and a manager unable to do anything about it. Great stuff.
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49 minutes ago, Sons fan 1872 said:
Sean murdoch the referee Tommorow I’m sure he’s the ex Dunfermline keeper . Re Tommorow 3 points is a must but for a team short on attackers and haven’t won at home in 3 months and against a decent side will be tough
Yes he is. Just moved up to Cat 1 recently.
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Broomhill are due to play at ‘home’ on Tuesday evening and if that goes ahead, which is be surprised at given the state of it after yesterdays game, I think we’ll struggle to have it playable for next weekend. With Broomhill due to play on it again on Sunday, three games in a week, it’s simply not sustainable. It’s borderline playable as a public park but at senior level it’s an utter embarrassment.
The pitch issue underlines some of the fundamental issues we face. Ground sharing doesn’t make sense but it’s a financial necessity due to our ownership issue, but not helped by naivety at boardroom level and a lack of proper maintenance. The whole thing is a shambles at the moment from top to bottom.
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A quick check of the stats tells me we had 13 shots on goal. Only 4 on target but hey, 7 corners.
With those stats I’m sure the wins will come. Soon.
As always though, patience is the key.
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16 minutes ago, FifeSons said:
Read that earlier. Real head in hands stuff. Incredible that some folk see any sort of criticism as not being a ‘real’ fan, despite it being entirely warranted. Happy clapping as the club continues in a downward trajectory is far worse.
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4 hours ago, The Moonster said:
If someone can forward this to the owners and let them see what might be achieved if we sit down and discuss sensible ways forward for the club and wider community...
Absolutely this. Amazing what can be done when you have a realistic vision and pull resources, including wider community stakeholders and funding partners, in to a discussion centered around improving what you already have via a coherent, realistic and sustainable business strategy. I don't think we've ever seen a well thought-out, costed, business plan from our CC overlords. Easy to talk about full-time championship football I suppose. Keep the masses happy.
CC failed to provide a realistic business plan in support of their case for the club's relocation to Dalmoak despite having over 10-years to do so, never mind a plan around utilising to its full potential our current home. Its almost like they aren't willing or capable....or have no intention of ever seeing it through.
Anyway, the Vale would be best to forget that plan and focus more on building a superdome with hotels and houses up Bonhill.
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8 minutes ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said:
I said at the start of the season that offering guys like Byrne a deal is just a complete waste of a wage. When he was fit and firing last season he was a decent enough striker at this level but that simply wasn’t often enough. Trimming guys like him, MacLean and Broun and bringing in the two defenders, Kelly and Hogarth is really good business IMO - deadwood gone and guys who can contribute something brought in.
Has there been any further update on Callum Wilson’s fitness/potential return?
I was thinking the other day about how you would summarise Farrell’s tenure in terms of successes, and came to the conclusion that you’d find it pretty difficult to find any notable achievements in terms of results on the park, progression in cup competitions, wins against the odds etc. Ultimately he’s led us to relegation and pretty mediocre seasons have followed, particularly when you balance that with my second point.
Which is that the one positive our could argue is that generally speaking his recruitment has been consistently good. Sure there’s been a few bombscares along the way and deals offered to Byrne is an example of a gamble that won’t always pay off at our level, but retaining Gray and recruiting the likes of Long, Carlo, Shiels, Ruth and Orsi are examples of very good business in my view. I think it’s clear his recruitment and man management is good, which largely puts more expectation on results and that’s where it’s simply not working for Faz.
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11 minutes ago, George Parr said:
How many candidates are there?
Two candidates. Cameron Watson and Robert Aitken/
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44 minutes ago, Silverton End said:
Was walking our dog at the stadium earlier, never noticed any storm damage or any activity at the stadium relating to damage.
Maybe it's code for the pitch is in a terrible state due to Saturday night's exertions and the recent bad weather and we are also back to 1 old fart for a Groundsman?
I think that would be preferable to any costly structural damage to be honest.
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Broomhill we’re due to play at the Rock tomorrow night but it’s now postponed due to ‘storm damage’. Let’s hope the damage isn’t severe or our invisible overlords haven’t forgot to pay the insurance.
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10 hours ago, The Moonster said:
Bump. Any time yer ready, pal, the question list has grown somewhat...
Quite ironic that the core of his message back in August was for better communication, and since then he’s fallen into an Andy Hosie sized black hole.
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The later kickoff will at least give the pitch some additional time. I’d expect a midday inspection. Fingers crossed.
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Looks like we’ve secured our place in League 2 tonight. Absolutely no faith in this manager or squad taking us through the playoffs, if we even manage top 4.
Yet more late goals conceded. Mentally weak,
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19 minutes ago, PWL said:
Looking forward to seeing this goal. However, I must be getting old as I fail to see what protection a matchbox down your sock gives you. What happened to shinguards?
Bah humbug. In my day etc ....
If I was Finlay who’s quick feet and pace can make him prone to late tackles I’d be wearing proper shinguards or risk one day getting a serious injury that would be a disaster for a player at his stage of his career.
Should be banned but for now they are permitted and ultimately up to the player.
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I’m with BBPF on this one. Not a chance we should be moving the cup tie to try and accommodate them. The money will look after itself but in my opinion we’ve more chance of getting it in TV at the Rock than if we were to love it to a meh ground like Firhill. Get the Scottish Cup next to the castle. Romance of the cup and all that.
We should be looking to maximise our chances of progressing first, however slim that may it’s a higher percentage when their sand dancers turn up on our coo field.
If it also means we can restrict the number of Rangers fans attending then that’s even better.
However the club should absolutely be managing ticket sales correctly to try as best they can to keep it segregated. A good start would be to sell to season ticket holders and/or those with SonsTrust membership as a start, and give them the option to buy an extra one or two before opening it up to a public sale.
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38 minutes ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said:
Are match officials allowed to post on here?
Only after wins mate, and assuming all decisions were correct and above board
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Spartans v Dumbarton (Play off final double header)
in Scottish League 2 General Chatter
Posted · Edited by Jordo1872
I had to settle for BBC Alba last night on a dodgy hotel WiFi. Not what I would have wanted but it was nice to watch the sons on the iPad when everyone else in the hotel bar were glued to some diddy league game, Spurs versus some other mob.
Home end looked busy which was encouraging. Overall I thought we did enough to warrant a win and despite Spartans starting well and applying pressure in the second half we looked fairly solid defensively, with the goals coming from very little and the one exception being the crossbar being hit when it looked easier to score! Crichton and Dornan looked composed and won their respective battles, and Lennon continues to impress and has improved considerably since his early showings.
Newbury had a great game and deserved his MotM and Gray also had a productive evening.
The stamp in Orsi was a clear red card that should have been spotted by the officials. Disappointing that he then goes on to score. They got away with one there, but then so did we with the penalty claim.
Fair play to Faz. That’s three playoff games so far where I think he’s got it spot on tactically.