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3 hours ago, Vegetableman said:
Well if what you are saying is true it a big let down to the fans who take thier football more seriously , No pride either, you can sugar coat it all you want but that result is a disgrace .
Reports Ive heard are that 5 Alloa fans made the trip to Cappielow, so in reality how serious was anyone taking it? Im glad the fixture was treated with the contempt it deserved.
No surprise that our pal pops up on here less than an hour after full time to pile on. Knows quite a bit about the team for someone who has refused to attend games for approximately a year.
Absolute red neck of a result, but give me 6 points from the next 2 games and I couldnt care a jot about it.
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Despite the ending I enjoyed the game. It really could have went either way and I thought Alloa looked likely to win in the closing stages. If Donnelly is fit we'll be fine I think, he was excellent when he came on. ODonnell really good and I thought Kurtis Roberts was decent before being subbed. Second half in particular was a really good performance.
Really good fun at half time when all the younger fans bonded over a game of head tennis across the barrier. A much better experience than our last trip to Hamilton overall, although a bit cruel on the team that we left empty handed.
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2 minutes ago, printer said:
Can't get my head around why people are so desperate for managers to get sacked in September.
Trying to get your head round Alloa68s views isn't really worth wasting your time mate. A miserable troll who only posts when Alloa lose a match as it seems to verify his existence. By his own admission doesn't go to the games rendering most of his negative views fairly null and void.
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A clean sheet and a win. After the last few weeks couldn't have asked for any more. I wrote in the programme I'd even have taken a 0 0 to stop the rot and give us something to build on.
We played well in the first half and certainly deserved to be ahead at the interval. Second half was a tough watch sitting so deep. Obviously given recent games ot caused a bit of concern but we rarely looked in danger. Cove thankfully were pretty disappointing with Megginson in particular looking like he's lost a bit of his magic.
Watching the post match interview with the manager I have to say I was pleased for him. His setups are certainly questionable and at times I am mystified by some of his decisions, but there's no doubt he knows his game and he wears his heart on his sleeve. I'm desperate for him to turn this around and get the best out of this squad.
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2 hours ago, Waspie said:
Just saw this guy heading into the Recs. Announcement imminent.
Likely no-one would bat an eyelid in Hawkhill if a crazy man was cutting about with a sword. Just another day in the estate
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16 hours ago, Vegetableman said:
Get him up front , Deadly i reckon, if you want Chaos FBS (TH) then he is your man ,bet he would score .
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Youd like to assume putting Luke out on loan means another striker is coming in very soon.
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18 hours ago, printer said:
I can see Taggs slotting into central defence.
Taggs and Andy Graham at the back I think, with Buchanan right back and Devenny left back.
Put Ogayi in goals too and this game could be ridiculously entertaining. Im perversely looking forward to it. Some people may be criticising the manager for his post match tirade last week but it was a "money interview" for me- its made this game a must watch. I'm revelling in the chaos.
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Despite suffering through that hiding at the weekend, the graphic and caption posted on social media earlier today advertising the Cove game raised a smile.
The best counter for adversity is humour. Top work.
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Also thought MacIver was relatively quiet overall, certainly more so than others who completely ran amok against us. The goal he scored was an absolute travesty defence wise, but he took it well.
I think based on Saturdays one sided game Falkirk fans probably have plenty material to lord it- a "we told you so" about Ross MacIver I certainly wouldnt have expected to be high on their list- particularly as a lot of them thought the signing was a joke at the time and vast majority of Alloa supporters actually rated him. Very bizarre.
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Seem to remember plenty more "mugs" from Falkirk raging about the signing at the time. Majority opinion was that Ross had a lot of qualities, but didnt get enough goals for us. Despite scoring against us at the weekend, vast majority probably happy to see Ross do well at full time level.
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I actually dont have that much of a problem with his interview if I'm honest. Although I think he has to accept a degree of responsibility, nothing he said was wrong. Falkirk were a class above us but the goals we lost were indeed embarrassing. No matter how the manager sets the defence up, the individuals are way better than they showed yesterday. Manager says it will be different next week, sounds good to me. Let's see what happens.
I think Waspies assessment of Rice has been pretty much right on the money all through his tenure. But he hasn't signed bad players, they just need set up in a way that gets the best out of them. This is definitely fixable, and Rice deserves the chance to do so with the squad he's just assembled. Whether he will or not we will have to see. He's certainly not lacking passion or desire which the interview shows. I'm glad he was as annoyed as we all were at time up.
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11 hours ago, Waspie said:
The idea that two up is automatically more attacking is just flawed. I've said it a few times but our teams with 1 up under Ross, Goodwin and Grant were far more attacking and effective than anything we've done with 2 up over the past 18 months. That's not to say 2 up can't work but we haven't done it well under Brian Rice and we're currently short up front too.
Interesting to see Ross MacIver getting good reviews at this early stage at Falkirk, apparently playing as the 1 up top and linking effectively with those behind and bringing them into play. We invariably played him as part of a two with Sammon which wasn't particularly effective. There was often a big gap between midfield and attack and lots of long balls punted towards the two attackers. He'd probably have been far more effective in a 4-2-3-1 and would have helped get more out of the creative midfielders than we ever managed. It's perhaps symbolic of the manager that he identified a player with potential, got him for free and gave him loads of games, but couldn't settle on a shape or partner that best utilised his talents.
We also flirted with something of a front three with MacIver, Donnelly and Coulson against Edinburgh away last season and all three were terrific that day. Never saw it again though, but Donnelly being injured may have been a factor.
I think printers team is exactly what I would go with against Falkirk. Be interesting to see how MacIver does against us. As stated, absolutely brilliant in the air and did score a few good headers for us, including the goal of the season vote against Queens away.
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Yeah he scored in the 3-1 game. Really well worked goal, albeit a tad too late as the game was over after about 15 minutes that night.
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19 hours ago, Rory said:
What happened to Ogayi? Not often you see a keeper subbed off, guessing an injury?
Tried to save a shot with his feet instead of his hands and appears to have done his hammy. Very entertaining admittedly
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13 hours ago, printer said:
Interesting that St Mirren have put Offord out to League One again, rather than a Championship side.
By all accounts someone at the club inquired about Offord early last month but appeared St Mirren wanted to loan him out to a Championship team.
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Zanatta was randomly in the crowd at our friendly against Livingston in pre season but pretty sure its because he's a mate of Jamie Brandon who plays for Livi.
He's one who did well for us in the past on loan.
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Won us a late penalty against Falkirk last season with a decent wee bit of movement, but as Kev said game time limited to really see what hes capable of.
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On 26/07/2023 at 03:32, Waspie said:
I'd guess Steven Boyd was one of the four and he'd certainly have improved our attacking options. Not sure what to make of those comments from the manager. Missing out on four targets to full-time teams shows how difficult the market is, but also raises questions about how realistic those options were. Saying its not just about this window but long term is fair enough, but also then makes you wonder about that long term planning yet we're still going into the league season with one proven attacker. There have certainly been part-time forwards who have moved this summer who would have improved our current striking options so the pressure is on to get really decent loans in.
I only caught the last half hour of the Stenny game and hard to see from that if the shape was much better. It was a good ball from Roberts to set up Sammo and the big man did well to finish it, very positive to see him off the mark given he is such a confidence player. Good header from Neil too and looks like he'll be a real threat from set pieces. Buchanan's finish was also very good - I wouldn't mind seeing him get a shot further up the field. A few positives to build on and hopefully we can give Ayr a decent game at the weekend to set us up for the league opener.
Bit late to the party about Tuesday night I know. I always felt we would win the game even when we went behind. But I think the manager may have learned from it. Although Roberts played well, I wasn't convinced that the shape suited our 3 centre mids. Scougall was doing way too much running to get into the game. It was frustrating because on the ball he was obviously really good.
As for the wing backs I thought they did okay. Buchanans goal was a belter, and I though Cammy did fine on the left. All three goals to be fair were excellent. Morgyn Neill already a firm favourite and his celebration with the fans behind the goal was great.
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He also had a look at a trialist or two and decided they werent what we are looking for. He's doing it right, no point in getting bodies in for the sake of it and if all our targets joined full time clubs not a lot he can do. He clearly knows what hes looking for. Donnelly will also make a significant contribution in the final third when he returns.
League Cup section games are rarely a barometer of league prospects. Despite the reputation the manager maybe has for overly tinkering with his teams, it seemed fairly clear the lineup against St Johnstone was more about giving everyone an outing and assessing rather than picking the absolute strongest starting 11.
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34 minutes ago, printer said:
I thought it was more a back three with Virtanen on the right of that, Cawley and Cammy O'D wide of the midfield four and a front three (although Coulson was dropping deep on the left at times).
ETA Although sometimes it's difficult to tell.
That's the way I saw it too, though obviously when I initially saw the starting 11 I thought we were going 4 4 2.
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19 hours ago, Waspie said:
Very poor indeed from Alloa and extremely flat from start to finish (with the exception of the always busy Hetherington). No threat at all, extremely disjointed throughout the team and very passive. We struggled to find an established side and rhythm last season despite finishing 4th. I do worry about that this season and with so many new faces. A load of friendlies and two competitive matches yet hard to see any sign of a settled team or effective shape emerging. That should be the challenge for the rest of the group stage and initial league games.
Lineup was definitely experimental yesterday and looks like manager is still assessing what he has and where they will slot in. However do agree that some of the answers should be known to the questions he's asking himself. I thought we battled away okay in the middle of the park but we gave St Johnstone keeper a very comfortable afternoon and were always up against it after the admittedly good early opener.
Taggart and Donnelly clearly massively important members of the squad but based on what we've seen so far they're strolling back into the starting 11, although Buchanan was decent on the right against Stirling.
Obviously would have rather not lost to Albion, but not too fussed about results on the premise that a lot of questions are answered by the opening day of the league campaign. But still think there's a lot to do with only a couple of games to assess.
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5 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:
Tomorrow the first time ive not paid PPV for a Saints since it started, i think.
£18 is mad for the quality of stream you get.
Club policy is that stream price is identical to admission price. When you compare it to TV market then agree the value for money maybe questionable.
Taking the price aside, quality of our stream is really good and definitely up there with the best on offer.
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Can't obviously speak for St Johnstone, but I'd imagine Alloa will have the e-tickets up on the website tomorrow after tonight's game is over.
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