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40 minutes ago, WC Boggs said:
I'm absolutely sick of this group's behaviour and hope they can be identified and barred for good.
Issue here is that if they're not in the ground, what power do the club have over it? My mate saw bottles being thrown at the bus after the game and apparently the police just stood back and let it happen? The wee bams know no-one's going to touch them.
Anyway, we had what few moments of quality there were in a game forgettable but for the stoppage-time goal. McPake was the standout but great composure from Spence and Offord for the winner.
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I think you're being overly harsh on Leitch. I suspect that when he's on the field he's in the top 2-3 of our players in terms of distance covered and sprints, and with 5 subs available now, it's not such an issue if you've got one or two players only able to last 60. Also worth bearing in mind that was his first match since mid-December.
Good to see Hilson getting back to the level he showed in the League Cup. Since getting that injury against St Johnstone it's looked like he's been toiling a bit but the second half at the weekend should do him good.
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1 hour ago, HighlandQueen said:
Been unlucky with injuries too but we do lack physical presence and experience
I'm not totally up to speed on Queen of the South's injury problems, but the Stirling team today was missing 3 of 4 starting midfield players (Moore, Davidson, Leitch). On top of that, Hilson and Carrick - two key attacking players - started on the bench after coming back from injuries (I suspect Hilson was only named in the squad to fill a jersey), and the defence was without a regular in the form of Adam Cummins.
Maybe your problems are much more chronic than ours, but I doubt it.
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4 hours ago, Accies1 said:
Obviously we bottled it under pressure today but our first half performance vs. Falkirk's first half performance against you the other week.
Stirling fans, do you think there's much between us and Falkirk?
Difficult to say cause the context of the games was so different. Falkirk we went into burst after playing Aberdeen three days before and didn't have the energy to get back into the game after a dubious penalty decision just when we had started to get a foothold. I think Darren Young learned from that experience today with his changes at the break, albeit we were dragged back into the game with a goal against the run of play.
We definitely got more joy attacking Accies, particularly down the two wings. Longridge looked like a weak link in the second half and the keeper wasn't smart either.
From the two matches, I'd say Falkirk look the better in both penalty boxes but Accies look stronger in terms of chance creation. I wouldn't like to commit to one team or the other being significantly stronger, though.
Looking at it from a Binos perspective, I'm delighted our players looked gutted they didn't win the game at the end. Tremendous spirit from the team, even if that's a game we lose more often than not after the second goal - which was either miserable defending or assistant refereeing.2 -
I absolutely love that team. What an attitude!
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12 hours ago, BB_Bino said:
Interesting Quentin Taranbino as I’ve not heard any rumblings and/or rumours however I do have some concerns myself which are starting to grow.
I've heard from a well-placed source that the way the club is being run now is worse than it was under the previous regime, who I thought did a reasonable job overall but did have some glaring weaknesses and made some significant errors.
Like QB, I don't have an opinion on Brian Hamilton at the moment, but I'm beginning to fear his position is a means to an end and that he doesn't necessarily place the club's interests above his own. However, I stress this is just a feeling right now.
What I can assure you is that if we were mid-table in L2, supporter sentiment would be very different
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On 29/08/2023 at 22:18, WattersIsGod said:
Still no sign of any loans incoming.
Always going to be unlikely while clubs in the Premiership and Championship are still finalising their squads. Should be easier once the transfer window is shut. Unfortunately, this is likely to come too soon for Saturday.
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1 hour ago, unitedbino said:
Was it a penalty?
Was it? No.
Should it have been? Undoubtedly.
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23 minutes ago, Magic Hat said:
The poor quality comment was based 100% on the 90 minutes today, three shots on target between the two teams is poor.
Poor game - and it was today - does not necessarily equal poor teams.
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25 minutes ago, Kevchenko said:
Really hard to see the challenge for the pen from the far end but thought he had attempted to get the ball so was surprised to see a red card for it?
Carrick got cute, got in front of him and there was a tangle of legs. Didn't look like there was an attempt to play the ball,just a clumsy coming together.
Ironically, a rash attempt to try to win a tackle that he had no chance of doing would've been more worthy of a red. Issue is with the law and not the referee here, imo, but that's another story.
Typical game for us under Young. Absorbed what pressure there was well, gave away few chances and had just about enough quality to win it.
Alloa's lack of threat was remarkable. One headed chance over in the first half and one save from Currie in the second. Otherwise there was nothing.
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Slater released by Forfar, so that's one possibility that's opened up.
Would also take either Healey or Orsi, which were both possibilities suggested on this thread.
Incidentally, it wouldn't surprise me to see Weir remain at the club as competition to Currie.
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1 hour ago, StewartyMac said:
Cammy Clark for me is the most improved player at the club.
Red cards aside, Clark's been strong all season. Can accept the indiscipline turned people against him, but he's cut out the daft stuff and has been out best player over the 4-6 weeks, with the possible exception of Carrick.
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2 hours ago, BB_Bino said:
Would have to agree that signings are required in the wide areas, however I’m not sure if it’s the way Young players or if it’s the players we have out there but we do always seem to be very narrow.
Dunsmore and Denholm both lack pace, while Moore isn't capable of beating a man nearly enough. Cooper looks like he's got potential but isn't a starter for me when we step up. When we had a bona fide winger in the shape of Kai Fotheringham, we were capable of playing far better attacking football and I think that was reflected in performances at the time. Appreciate Kai's going to be better than anything we're likely to get in the summer but we need someone of that type of style. East Fife, Dumbarton and Annan have been our most recent opponents, and I'd say all have better wingers than we do - even O'Reilly at Stenny.
Reilly's heading to Dundee I believe, so no chance of getting him unfortunately.
Re McLean. I think the argument that he's too slow is blown out of the water by Montrose's defence in recent years being anchored by Sean Dillon.
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1 hour ago, Snoddyisabino said:
I’m not sure if this resonates with anyone else but I felt that the euphoria of the last minute winner on Saturday knocked the stuffing out of the support a bit. That for me felt like the moment we won the league.
Definitely this for me. Last night we went to 99.9% certain of winning the league having gone into the game 98% of winning it. It's not like there was a seismic shift in our fortunes like it felt with the last-minute winner at Ochilview.
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1 hour ago, WC Boggs said:
I thought the stewards at Stenny did a fine job and always do. Presence well felt without being aggressive. A credit to their club, unlike the moron who threw a smoke bomb.
Would echo this. Thought they got the level of involvement spot on.
That said, Dale Carrick did everyone a favour by running to the crowd after his goal, otherwise I'm pretty sure they were heading on the pitch.
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Cammy Clark has been our best defender this season - red card on the opening day aside.
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What's happened to Callumn Morrison in recent weeks? Is he injured again or just out of favour?
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2 hours ago, rhliston said:
Great result in the end but what happened in the 2nd half ? We allowed Cowdenbeath back into the game and against better opposition we could have been punished. Strange decision re subs from KR taking off Bikey and Mackin in particular, don’t understand that. Still we got the result in the end and a cracking 4th goal from Sean Heaver to wrap up the match.
Onwards to Elgin next Saturday and hopefully we play better in the second half otherwise we could be coming down the road with nothing.All Cowden's attacking was going down Bikey's side because he wasn't switched on enough defensive and the right-back was doing well going forward. He wasn't doing enough the other way to compensate for that.
Mackin did reasonably well but was tiring when he went off for Carrick, whose ability to run the channels rejuvenated us when we were struggling. It was no coincidence that the pressure that led to the third goal started when he won a free kick out on the right touchline.
Thought KR's subs were the right ones today.
Strangest 4-0 game I think I've ever seen. There wasn't that much between the sides. Felt like we had 5-6 chances and scored almost all of them.
Defence was excellent, though, in particular Adam Cummins.
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8 hours ago, Chapelhall chap said:
He got the club jersey No 2 as Kyle McDonald went to Dunfermline. He is indeed playing in midfield and in his games after the Red card debut, he has been very impressive. Not even Ian Murray would play him at RB! That position has to be filled by one our McKay clan. On previous players how has Andy Ryan been doing-always thought he was top notch but it seemed to have slipped away at Dunfermline.
Thanks for the reply.
Andy Ryan is far too good to be playing League Two - looks easily good enough to play at least one division up. Delighted that he's committed himself to another year.
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How are Airdrie lining up currently? Seen a couple of formations yesterday sticking Turner at right-back, but that doesn't seem right going by comments on here and by common sense!
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20 hours ago, sammyreidloyal said:
A late Xmas present from us all at BRFC- we have been dire
Can't argue with that. Progressed comfortably without being pushed. I expected a really difficult game, especially given the conditions, but that didn't transpire at all.
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Thought the commentary today was outstanding. It's not what you'd typically hear on broadcast media, but I thought it hit the tone of the game perfectly. Donnelly had obviously done a wee bit of homework, and even though they were obviously catering for a home audience, they managed not to be biased to a notable degree.
Top stuff!
On the football, Rovers were significantly better than I thought they'd be, but I thought we deserved the win. Contrived to make it difficult for ourselves by missing a slew of second-half chances after being lucky to be up at the break.
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22 hours ago, MorayCup said:
I really don't get the constant apologising about bad language going on during all these closed door games, there's not going to be a single person watching that hasn't experienced hearing1000x worse stuff from the pitch, sidelines and terraces while watching their team in person.
On Sky, BT Sports etc. it's done to satisfy Ofcom.
Why it happens anywhere else is beyond me.
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Elgin gave us a right hiding in the League Cup. Depending which three players we're missing, a draw might not be a bad result today.
Also want to take this chance to say to the Elgin fans to enjoy getting to games in the next few weeks. I'm jealous as f*ck.
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Stirling v Montrose. Charlie gave our manager 90’
in Scottish League 1 General Chatter
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Was with the Scotland U19 squad this week.