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We badly miss Martins. He is already our best player. A player in the mould of Mango, but even more important in our current team.

Yeah. That's how it was. Even if we had wanted to keep the same team, we couldn't afford most of them. We don't have the sugar daddy money like Kelty.

Gala were ok today, but that was a real missed opportunity to get 3 points, never mind 1. Gala were good upfront, but pretty poor at the back and we didn't capitalise on the opportunity. We had no threat upfront ourselves. Aikamhenze should be starting no matter what the issues are. If we play like that against the likes of East Kilbride, then we will be destroyed. We are basically looking to outdo Dalbeatie, Cumbernauld and Gretna for fourth bottom spot.

You have to be brutally honest and realise that we are where we should be, toiling at the bottom end of the table. We were never going to challenge at the top end of the table with the team we now have. Unless there are any significant changes, which is unlikely, then the best we can realistically hope for is finishing third or fourth bottom. If anyone thinks different, then they are in for a rude awakening. I hope we can improve going forward, but you have to be realistic.

He has been a passenger in the matches I have seen. I am all for young and hungry and something to prove, but it is starting to look like just young and nothing else sadly. I should add, with the exception of a handful of players.

As mentioned, it was 1991-93. I have both the home and away tops.

Much as I would love for us to challenge, I can't really see it. I think we (Cowden) will be in the lower half of the league.

Will we have a new strip out soon?

Think the window is still open for a few months, but I think (not sure) you can't play trialists in cup games. If that is true, then we would need to sign someone. CC will know for sure.

Yeah, that's right. Now I think about it, I watched it and taped it. We beat them 2-1 at Central earlier in the season. I nearly lost my voice with all the shouting. Killie spent a fortune on players to get out the division at the first attempt. No surprise, we had to play them twice away.

I was there. It was live on TV as well. Doubt I will go this time. 4 away trips to colts teams in the space of two and a half weeks! Murder.

And Gilmartin. 3 upfront for me .

The way he and Ompreon played, they made the opposition defence panic (even though it was only a short spell). Hopefully he and Sinclair are a good pairing upfront.

Yeah. I will give it a miss as well. Rip off. I know a few others also giving it miss as it's a tenner entry.

Awesome. Chris Aikamhenze signs on. Great signing.

Exactly. All the teams should be in an open draw at the start and if the Welsh and Northern Irish teams aren't happy with that prospect then they should keep away.

I wasn't talking about players switching up to the A team. There's a UEFA youth competition and also the SPFL challenge cup which are mainly midweek games. The B teams play strong lineups in those games which affects player availability in the LL fixtures. So the colts should be at full strength against us, as our fixtures against them do not coincide with either of those tournaments. In Europe, Celtic will be in the UEFA Youth Champions League path and the fixtures are not close to when we are due to play them and it's Hibs in the UEFA domestic champions path.

Much as I hope we do, it is probably very unlikely, especially as all 3 are away from home. Could see us well down the league early doors.

Great if he has. He would have been one of my first signings.

Yeah. It's fixed now.

Also, I see we have 6 home matches midweek. Not so good for attracting a better crowd.

Are the fixtures correct now? I only see 35 games on our website and 19 at home and 16 away.

You've been on the drink obviously.

They simply listed all the teams in alphabetical order and put it up as the opening fixtures

Hopefully Sinclair can bang the goals in for us. Martins was knocking some good balls back into the box for someone to attack on Friday.