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That's certainly a line-up!
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If the pitch ain't looking too hot then I'd fire Scullion in for Leitch so we've got a bit more of a physical presence in the middle, but I agree that there's no way that Ballantyne shouldn't be starting for us.
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Sounds like one that could go either way, but he looks a big lad which gives him an immediate headstart on Leighfield. The two fatal flaws in Parry's makeup are his distribution and athleticism, so you'd imagine a keeper with Kinnear's grounding to be much better in those respects.
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There was a rather spurious rumour from a Morton fan a few days ago that MacDonald had left them just before the window ended, but it'd be pretty bizarre if that was true and they hadn't announced it by now. Parry did do quite well on Saturday but it is obviously still imperative that we upgrade in that position; he won't magically have improved from last season at his ripe old age. Still makes me laugh thinking about the fact he was released only to sign on again a couple of weeks later.
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8 minutes ago, Ignoramus said:
Think I read on the owners forum that we were now training there on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
That's great news. While it won't exactly be the silver bullet, it was utter insanity from The Duffman to arrange it for Mondays and Wednesdays. Vintage dino antics.
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Picture of Ballantyne with a scarf in training gear at Airdrie's stadium - so have we managed to change our training arrangements back to something more conventional than Mondays and Wednesdays at Stenny? If so, that's like a new signing in and of itself.
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Ask and you shall receive. Cuddihy to right back now pls
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Show me Jamie MacDonald (a rather wild hunch)
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Since the first five league games - from which Stranraer took eleven points, and Clyde just two - we have outscored them by a point, albeit they have three wins to our two (having recently beaten Peterhead at home, in addition to Elgin and Bonnyrigg like ourselves). It really is do or die next week, and our horrible away form combined with Stranraer's passable home form obviously factors heavily against us, but if they continue along the path they're on then they're firmly in the shit here too. No doubt they've had it tough this season with injuries which seem to have eased up of late, but if we can perform how we did today - and crucially take our chances - then a win next week isn't completely beyond us, and that could make things very interesting. Hopefully plenty of fans can get down for it - was looking at trains myself earlier on but the ongoing situation with Ayr station makes that method of travel a bit of a farce.
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Beat Stranraer twice (yes, I know!) and that's two points we need to make up over the course of the other dozen games. I think that is eminently doable, but of course it does require us to win next week which is a particularly fanciful idea at this moment in time. Aside from that, you're looking for a complete collapse from someone but unfortunately there's no team for which that looks remotely on the cards.
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2 minutes ago, Clyde01 said:
Couldn’t make it along today, anyone brave enough to talk us through what happened in the 95th minute?
Peterhead corner swung in, came to around the edge of the box where there was a mess of bodies and someone took a tumble, ref pointed to the spot. Would have to see it again to get a proper look but it was a fairly innocuous situation, so if someone's clogged someone then it is absolutely unforgivable. Live scenes in the stands as the ref extended his arm out -
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A word for Lee Hamilton today in amongst all the thirst for bleach. He's been absolutely terrific since arriving and was the very same again today. Almost dragged us to a clean sheet despite being flanked by varying degrees of dodginess.
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20 (twenty) points dropped from winning positions now. Absolutely sickening!
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No words. Only ourselves to blame. Game over unless we win next week I reckon.
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Leighfield, Lyon, Leitch all dropped. I agree with one of those, anyway...
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Sounds like after Tuesday's "heroics" we tried to scramble around and find a keeper to sign before the window shut, only to fail miserably. If only we had identified that Leighfield was garbage oh, I don't know, 6 months ago! Hopefully the loan window can throw something up.
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Can he play in goals?
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We've been at our best under McCall when we've played with two strikers so I'd like to see us return to that, not least because it brings out the best in Allan. It does throw up other issues like Kabia vs Scullion and where to play Leitch though. I'd probably give Scullion another wee run at right back and, if Cuddihy is injured, try Leitch alongside Grant.
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Any public apology should be coming solely from Leighfield. That is an utterly indefensible blunder. The first goal, well-taken as it was, is clearly on Dunachie for an absolutely abysmal header (the second goal he's helped sell in three days) and Young doesn't defend his zone well enough for the initial header, but that's as regulation a catch as you'll ever get when you're a goalkeeper. The guy is absolute clown shoes.
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To have come through January and ended up with our best 'keeper being Leighfield, our best full-back pairing being Lyon and Dunachie (albeit, the jury is out on the new lad for now) and our backup to a permacrocked Cuddihy being Hynes is just terrifying. It feels like we've aimed far too high and, while plenty of good players have been brought in, there remains quite a significant imbalance to the squad. It's important not to overreact to this - as disastrous as it may seem, Elgin's home form is genuinely excellent - but any kind of a result would've taken a lot of pressure off and kept the gap at a decent margin. Huge pressure on us to pick up decent points over the next few weeks now though.
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I make that eighteen points dropped from winning positions so far this season, with three gained from losing positions. In McCall's time, it's seven and two points respectively. Really grim stuff.
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I am perplexed about us not signing another keeper this month. We were certainly in the market for one before January; I'd heard that we were going to get Ryan Mullen on loan from Morton, but then he turned in some excellent performances when Jamie MacDonald got injured. He's not looked as bad in the past month, but that's only because he is generally facing so few shots and dangerous situations compared to before. There was obviously then chat about Mitchell before he got injured, but surely finding a better keeper would not be hard. I hope it's not too late to fix this.
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Stranraer vs Clyde
in Scottish League 2 General Chatter
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Haha. Absolute garbage.