O'Kelly Isley III

Painting that garden fence was definitely the correct decision. Twenty quid saved and a case of Peroni to come from LWL

It's easy to label your post as cynical, but as the writer Ambrose Bierce once observed, a cynic sees things as they are and not how they should be, and I think you are bang on the money. There is a strong feeling of drift and decline about this club, and that's primarily because the controlling interest is concerned with speculative housing development and not football. And the local Board seem unable or unwilling to challenge that. As regards an artificial pitch, Clydebank are already there, the Vale Juniors are embarked on a sizeable project, and there is flux over East End Park which will have it's own fall-out regarding pitch provision. And all of these examples are or have been driven by autonomous local input. DFC can certainly advertise their intentions on a pitch but based on the current evidence whether they can actually deliver it remains a matter of some considerable conjecture. Expect nothing and you won't be disappointed.

So 'because nobody watches it' we needn't be concerned about the pitch ?

Ourselves and Bonnyrigg being absolutely hung out to dry on tonight's View From The Terrace over the state of our pitches. There was a snippet shown of last week's Peterhead game and it looked even more horrendous than it did at the game. We could be risking reputational damage.

Either that or we move nearer to being a 'club in crisis'. Or is that too negative ?

Get Healy a pair of platform Predators and we're sorted.

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse I see that tomorrow 's ref is Scott Lambie. Thank f*** I'm painting LWL's garden fence.

The other way to look at is that lesser clubs than Clyde would have buckled long before now given their struggles since leaving Shawfield. How about we agree that we'd like NO clubs to go this season rather than risk yet another pop-up outfit enter the league ?

Well, it seems to have been more Smokin' Joe than Sleepy Joe. But I hae ma doots.

Rangers trying to shitfest the draw, but I can't see it.

Well done Rangers, VAR is killing the game.

Dark Oak OK for you ?

Brett Long's injury hardly helped but Durnan's was equally damaging. Not just in losing the players but it highlighted the lack of cover we had at goalkeeper and in central defence. Much is made of Farrell's recruitment success and whilst there have been notable individual signings like Ryan Wallace, Mikey Ruth, Finlay Gray and Carlo he has pretty much failed to produce a consistent and successful unit. And having a queue of signed midfielders this season with no central defensive and striking cover was hardly a balanced squad. One thing's for sure; apart from the usual financial aspects, recruitment for next season is going to be a whole lot harder, and especially if Stevie Farrell remains in place.

Naw, just naw. I'll be painting a garden fence, no matter what the homeowner says.

Spot-on Moonster, and if anything the process of withholding money has already begun naturally as crowds have dropped to utter rock bottom. As I stated, people must make their own choices but those crowds and public interest are directly related to the on-field performances of the team and the general decline of the club and I defy anyone to claim otherwise. It's not an act of God. It's an abject failure of ownership and craven local management in which mediocrity has become ingrained, and left unchecked it will take the club into the Lowland League. Why should we continue to subsidise it ?

The only protest which will register is a financial one. The club is utterly skint and Cognitive is the banker of last resort - neither will welcome a drop-off in income. Having long assumed that Stevie Farrell is effectively Director of Football - I can think of no other club which would not have acted on his record even before last night's latest shitshow - I'm seriously considering not renewing my season ticket as a protest against the supporters being gaslighted, but each to their own.

I caught some recent footage of Biden last night. Is it just me or does he look as if he's aged ten years in the last month ?

It's like watching your dog die and it could be about to get worse. In the last two seasons Stevie Farrell has managed to build fairly decent squads and the team has got off to good starts in the league. For all sorts of reasons I doubt that's likely to happen a third time, with obvious consequences - I wonder if anyone on the Board is even considering this possibility But that is of course assuming that we fail to gain promotion this season.

I reckon we'd struggle to give Sheffield United a game right now.

Stranraer commentary team nailing Farrell's ineptitude here

Guys, Ruth isn't the issue here.

He can and he will. It would take too long to explain.

Well take it from one who knows that you are highly unlikely to see it. Sincere apologies, but it's a shitshow.

It's that Annan play-off reel all over again - good goal that.

Is anyone at Stair Park aware of this ??