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Wonder if MR has tried to get a few of the Rangers B team in on loan for the rest of the season.

The pitch will definitely be frozen tonight. Not sure if it will warm up enough by 9.30 to thaw it.

The worry for me is that come January we will be so far adrift we won't be able to catch anyone up. As I said before, the teams above are taking points off each other. It is looking like a dogfight between us and Elgin now.

Interesting line up for us. Good to see Ross is willing to chop and change it. Never understood why Bollan just stuck with the same old same. It might not work, but at least give it a chance.

The teams above us are taking points off each other. It looks like this season the team finishing 9th will have to pick more points than in past seasons, which means we have to get a move on.

If we don't win today, then yeah, there are plenty of matches left. However, no disrespect to Elgin because I am sure they will be thinking the same, if we can't beat Elgin, then who are we going to beat? I hope we are more attacking this week.

Kelty much fitter and pressing all the time, whereas we sat way, way too deep. Liam and Luke running and chasing all the time, but we were far too deep to remotely trouble Kelty. It looked early doors that our game plan was to sit back and hope Kelty misfired and take a point. I would rather we had a go and risk losing than sit back and lose anyway. Robbie needs to be benched. He is still a passenger and contributes nothing. Hopefully we fair better against the other teams, but I worry about where the goals are coming from. Other than Liam, it doesn't look like anyone else will score. We need to start winning or we will be cut adrift in no time.

If he has seen us play, then hopefully he will realise (unlike Bollan) that we don't have the players to play hoofball. At least he seems ready to go with a formation that suits the ability of the players available, rather than impose one.

Just picking him would be a good start, but yeah, I think Harvey maybe needs to decide if he is serious about giving it a real go now. He looks like he needs to tone up a bit. Also Robbie could do with a pep talk. He is capable of playing much better than he does. It's like he has lost the belief in himself. He is only 25. He is good enough to play at a higher level if he believes in himself and gives 100% all the time.

It will be interesting to see how Harvey Swann plays now that Bollan and his team have gone.

It could be 4 Paatelainen's now. Mixu's son Joel could play while his dad and uncles manage/coach. Don't think Joel has a team now.

Sadly, as has been mentioned, Jimmy was diagnosed with dementia 6 years ago. He was a director at Cowden, but I don't think he is anymore. I think his son Scott still manages a lower league Dutch side. Maybe he might apply. He previously said he would like to manage in Scotland.

Jordyn Sheerin. Player manager

Agree. Crawford is useless. Keep him away.

We should be, but we aren't. If we don't dramatically improve then it would be no surprise to me if CSS beat us about 3-0 next week. It will be interesting to see what the odds are.

We do seem to create far more chances than the opposition in some games, but are really poor at converting them. If we converted them as well as the opposition do then we would probably be in the top four just now.

Probably about £5 more for the Umbro top. I can understand clubs trying to get every penny they can, but we (and I am sure Forfar) don't sell thousands of tops. Surely it's better to have a smarter, more expensive base cost top and make a few quid less. Of course, having a smarter top will more than likely bring in more money anyway if it sells better. Also, our adult tops this season are £49. The Forfar top was only £40 last season (ours £45 if I remember correctly and it was a cheaper Errea top), so we are likely to make about the same money if sales are similar to last season. If the Umbro top is more popular, then we will make more. The difference in revenue that clubs at this level will bring in between having a smarter more expensive branded top and a cheaper branded top must be small beer. I would always go for the smarter option. Although personally I am not too keen on this season's home top. I think some of the other Umbro options were nicer. Looking forward to seeing what the away top will be. Love to see us in a smart Adidas kit one day.

I had them in the bag for the final. Only Cat 1 left. Did I complete the sale? No chance. Maybe look back in the future and my grandkids will ask me why I didn't buy them when €945 Euro is the equivalent then of £25!

Haven't read most of the previous posts, so I apologize if I am repeating what has been stated. From what I see at youth football level, the coaches are still obsessed with speed, height and strength. Ability is an afterthought. Too many talented kids overlooked because they are small or not as fit or strong. As some have mentioned, fitness and strength can be improved. You can't really work on talent. Sure, you can improve on what they have, but you can't make them dramatically better. They have to have a natural ability. Also, in some teams, there was (maybe still is) a real focus on passing the ball (like Barcelona tiki-taka style) for the sake of it some of the time and it was almost like practising or coaching shooting was a big no no. There is a young lad at Fulham just now. Kieron Bowie. He is 18 and plays in their youth sides. Whilst I would say he is not super skillful, he definitely knows where the net is and he could develop into a reliable striker. Not sure how much game time he gets at Fulham though. He was at Raith for a short while.

Tickets for quite a few games on and off sale again just now. Sweden v Ukraine tickets on sale again and the website working now some of the time. I just got a category 3 restricted view ticket. Probably be a seat in the car park. Some games are listed as sold out and then later in the day they are back on sale again.

Tempest, Club or Nazca for me. Probably prefer the Tempest or Nazca. Tempest home and Nazca away.

Yeah. All categories on sale, but something wrong with website. Keeps crashing if you try to buy any.

They have four nice options just now, not sure about the others though. Hopefully it will be one from the Club, Tempest, Spartan or Nazca shirts. I would try to add photos, but I am too busy (that's my excuse anyway).

I agree with a lot of what has been said, but we were really poor again at home. We had almost the whole crowd on our side and should have been all over Croatia like a rash. They should have been wetting themselves every time they had the ball. Instead we sat off them and let them relax and pass the ball about. On the odd occasion we actually pressed them they lost possession easily. Even after McGregor scored he was telling everyone to calm it down when it should have been the exact opposite. We only started to press with about 10 minutes to play. Modric is almost 36 years old. We should have dealt with him. Some of our players looked far too nervous. Instead of driving forward we kept passing back just to launch it back at Croatia. Dykes sadly offers nothing upfront. He doesn't do anything even when he wins the ball. Yet he wasn't subbed. We may still have lost, but we should have been playing like Denmark did against Russia. Not sitting back and launching the ball. Yet another tournament out at the group stage when almost every other team makes it at some point. It really angers me and I wish some of those players showed that same anger in the way they approached the game. If the circumstances had been reversed and we were the 'bigger' team playing in Croatia with the crowd against us we would have lost. We will never get an easier chance to make it out the group. I'd love to know what Clarke said at half time. A country the size of Croatia can have the success that they have had, but we do nothing time after time after time. I am sick of hearing excuses.

Says the match is sold out now, but it said that a few weeks back as well. It seems that some people hand them back really late. Either that or some people try to order loads and get some cancelled. I wouldn't be surprised if more went on sale again before Tuesday. I think the Scottish govt also allowed a higher crowd than they initially indicated to UEFA. No reason why it can't be full house.