[Scottish Cup 2023/24]

1) I have no problem with the Ben Nevis run taking precedence. It is not a "fun run" but a long standing prestigious athletic event.

2) Given the 50/50 chance of a home draw though FW should have had at least one alternative option available

3) I would not consider the two other alternatives proposed as "reasonable" either for the Club or fans

4) If we had been drawn against Golspie away then not a problem, however we were not. We were drawn against FW away with an expectation of a couple of hours travel

5) I was initially sympathetic to FW as small clubs are regularly having to overcome problems not confronted by the larger teams (particularly if they do not owntheir park)  however there seems, at minimum, to be a lack of goodwill on behalf of FW by identifying Golspie as a venue- over four hours travellling. Surely there should be some onus on them to identify a suitable park that would avoid such an increase in travelling time for the Bankies. By identifying Golspie they appear to be trying to create an advantage for themselves when they are at least partly culpable through their own lack of proactive planning to deal with this possibility.

6) I would imagine that a fair number of the FW players are based in Inverness ( A few seasons ago they had a number on Inverness players on loan) so Golspie will suit them down to the ground

Does tend to leave a bad taste in the mouth!

[Today's scores 9/10]

44 minutes ago, beithboy said:

How is he a halfwi? even your own fans are on here saying that some of the Clydebank support  are embarrassing, and to add to that one of your fans was also heard to say after the injury “hope it’s nothing trivial”  and others calling teh injured player a cheat, absolute embarrassment wishing that a player has a serious injury. Then calling the ref a cheat every time he gave a decision against you shows the mentality of a section of your support.  

 

20 minutes ago, beithboy said:

So get up ya cheat isn’t calling the boy a cheat and is aimed at the  referee? And there were comments from both sides of the park from bankies fans towards the injured player who will now be out for at least 4-6 weeks with a bad injury. 
 

as for the supposed tongue in check comment I’ll treat that with the contempt it deserves 

Heard the comments from the other side of the park. Appalling. Unfortunately not an isolated occurrence today. Saw that the lad still needed assistance to leave the ground and clearly a significant injury. I'm sure however that he will be consoled that the remarks were "tongue in cheek". Jesus Christ!

[Award Buffs the League]

49 minutes ago, Shanner said:

Even by their own girning faced standards the Bankies lads are taking the defeat on Wednesday poorly.

I think comments were unanimously of the view that it was a deserved win for Talbot. We did stop short of nominating them for BBC Personality Team of the Year and Tucker for inclusion in the New Years Honours list so maybe that makes us sore losers

[Junior football, what is the future?]

 

[TALBOT V CLYDEBANK]

Buses were'nt invented the last time you won at Beechwood.

They had. Just that word hadn’t reached Auchinleck [emoji4]