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    Mighty Montrose FC Thread

    in Scottish League 1 General Chatter

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    14 hours ago, MOFOREVER said:

    With a few departures (e.g. Graham, Callaghan, Bachelor) that leaves room for at least a couple of new boys in. As well as the youngsters are progressing, in my opinion our priority is to sign a couple of more mature players. I know we have several older players as well but with youth and experience we also need a 'middle' age of mature player to add solidarity to the squad. I'm thinking of a target man who can hold the ball and feed it off as well as someone who can get on the end of crosses. The young lad we've signed from the University team might be Ok but I still think we need a more mature guy as we were sadly lacking that last season. I also think we need an attacking midfielder to play alongside Gardyne and Watson when he is fit. I saw a couple of such players playing for the Binos last season who could fit that slot and blend in with our existing squad. In terms of defence it depends on how Kerr Waddell is doing - if he is fit then great but if not we are a bit wafer thin and maybe another loan defender would suffice meantime.

    In a nutshell my plan would go for more experience to help sustain another League 1 season until the youngsters are ready to fill the gaps. At present I don't think they are but bit by bit some will prove me wrong BUT some maybe won't.

    One of our problems is that our experienced players are mostly mid-to-late 30s rather than late 20s/early 30s (Steeves the exception) , and our breakthrough prospects are kids.

    We've a small cluster of players between those two categories - Lyons, Brown, Waddell, Quinn, Machado, Hester - but not really any demonstrative leaders in the middle of the park if the old boys are injured/suspended/rested.

    I'd agree that we need one or two central players who can put their foot on the ball and try to keep some calm in the middle of the park; an alternative up front to Hester and Hermiston; a new right back; cover for left back; and another one or two centre backs to cover for Dillon, Quinn and Waddell.

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    Mighty Montrose FC Thread

    in Scottish League 1 General Chatter

    Posted · Edited by groaninjock

    22 hours ago, mo83 said:

    Well after 196 appearances for the Mo Liam Callaghan has now left the building.

    Can't say I'm overly bothered to be honest he was a good player on his day but sadly we just didn't see enough of that in L1 certainly....All the best to him.

    Would be nice to see a few signings over the line the next couple days/weeks.We aren't too bad for numbers but definitely need to freshing things up and add some quality to the squad.

    A player I never really rated, never saw him do anything that couldn't be done better by someone else in the squad.

    I think I'm in the minority there though. SP was clearly a fan, and I'd wager he knows a lot more about football than me, thankfully.

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    🔴🔵 The Caley v Montrose 🔵🔵

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

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    Montrose easily the better of the two sides in the first half, but I was/am worried that we didn't manage to take any of the chances that we created. The legs were looking a bit heavy towards the end, but the determination to dig in and see off the late rally from Caley was superb.

    Considering our form over most of the past few months, we've really kicked it up a couple of gears these past two weeks. Lyons was the 'official' man of the match last night, but you could have made a case for at least half a dozen of the Montrose players - Dillon showed why he's still a first choice centre back in his 40s, and Brown's work rate was immense.

    I'm still worried that we've not taken a lead up to Inverness, but if we at least put in the same effort on Saturday as we did last night, no-one will be able to say we didn't give it a good go.

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    Changes made to football in the past generation - good and bad

    in Scottish League 1 General Chatter

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    I think the Champions League has been awful for football.

    With a few exceptions, it has concentrated money and power in the hands of fewer than a dozen clubs, to the detriment of all others.

    The matches are stale and lifeless. It doesn't matter who gets drawn in what group, you can pretty much pick 12 of the last 16 without too much guesswork required.

    Give me the European Cup - champions only, unseeded draw - any day.

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    Revisiting old albums

    in The Music Forum

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    After reading an interview with PP Arnold in this month's Uncut, I listened to Marchin' Already by Ocean Colour Scene for the first time in a very long time this morning.

    The album is patchy, but It's A Beautiful Thing is magnificent.

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    Albums regarded as classics that are absolute gash

    in The Music Forum

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    Off the top of my head:

    Everything ever released by Bruce Springsteen - fairly acceptable bar-room rock, but by no means genius.

    Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits - see above.

    Is This It by The Strokes - just gash. Tuneless, whiny drivel. Last Nite is not bad, the rest is pish.

    There's a Riot Goin' On  by Sly and The Family Stone - maybe I just didn't get it, but I heard nothing on this one that made me ever want to hear it again.

    Any album by Belle and Sebastian - twee pish. Just f**k off.

    And another vote for Pet Sounds - 12 tracks of filler surrounding one piece of stone cold genius.

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    Mount Rushmore of music

    in The Music Forum

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    If you were going to create a Mount Rushmore of music, which four people's faces would you have on it?

    Not just Americans, but you need to pick individual band members where necessary. No more than four individuals.

    I'd go with Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

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    andriod boxes / Kodi

    in The E-Chat Technology Forum

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    Exodus is top notch.

    Got rid of my Chinese Android box as it wouldn't come out of standby, or if it did it would reset every 10 seconds.

    Got Amazon Fire TV instead, side-loaded Kodi and haven't had any problems so far. Exodus running like a charm for everything we've tried so far - Jake and The Neverland Pirates, Dora The Explorer, Scooby-Doo...oh, and the first series of Shetland...

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