David W

Redfern was injured. They had Connolly ready to come on at halftime, and Redfern sat with a bag of ice on his leg for the remainder. A shame as he was playing well. For me, the biggest issue is we don't look at all organised. We just seem happy to give up big open spaces but are not good enough on the ball for that to worm. And the fact that defending every set piece is a total mess because the opposition will always have a target to win the first header that we can't deal with (first goal). Doesn't help that so many individuals were absolutely abysmal; Kinnear, Hamilton, Howie, McKay, Murdoch, Connolly. East Fife were everything we should be.

That has genuinely been a half of the worst defending I have seen from a back four, topped off by McKay showing Austin onto his left foot. Kinnear has been diabolical as well. The only, slight, positive is that Docherty has shown far more than he has in other games. Even then he gave away a penalty. It's not difficult. Get centre halves that can win headers and physical players across the pitch.

I was a Clyde member during the Covid season, primarily to put an extra bit of cash in at a challenging time. I was so frustrated by a number of issues over that year that I have not been a member since, until this season. Using a message about match tickets to sneakily announce the return of a previous director, particularly such a controversial one, absolutely stinks.

I believe a few Scots played for Barca before the start of La Liga. Wikipedia has this as the list of Scots to play in La Liga: Scotland [edit] Steve Archibald – Barcelona – 1984–87 Oliver Burke – Alavés – 2019–20 Jordan Holsgrove – Celta – 2020–21 Alan Hutton – Mallorca – 2012–13 Oliver McBurnie – Las Palmas – 2024–[b ENG] Scott McKenna – Las Palmas – 2024– Ted McMinn – Sevilla – 1987–88 Kieran Tierney – Real Sociedad – 2023–24[b IMN] John Fox Watson – Real Madrid – 1948–49

I know that I am completely setting us up for a disaster on Saturday, and that he is a better player than simply a goal scorer, but he has scored 4 goals in 15 games against us.

I'd probably go with something like that team, with Houston replacing Hynes when fit, and Cuddihy replacing Connolly (or Leitch, who I would probably pick instead). Simply need to go out and win this one; no excuses this week.

Dunachie needs to realise that as a 6'5 target man he will give away fouls that aren't fouls and be susceptible to opposition players throwing themselves to the ground. The second yellow didn't look like anything (from a poor viewpoint) but the first was just a silly hissy fit that ended up coming back to seriously cost us. I've no doubt we win if it is 11 v 11. Of course, we are the most naive team on the planet. Towards the end, Rennie gets caught with an arm and the referee gives us a free kick. I have no doubt that if Rennie goes down holding his face, then it's a second yellow for the Bonnyrigg player and 10 v 10 for the last 10 minutes. Instead he just pops up and gets on with it. Countless other similar examples where they conned the referee, or we didn't. All of that doesn't excuse conceding with a minute of going down to ten. I don't see this lot scrapping their way anywhere sadly. We have dug ourselves a major hole from 4 winnable games, and only some big results against the top sides will get us out of it.

We should have a second goal. Not much football played but Clyde have been the better side.

Things could be a lot worse. When everyone is available the goalkeeper and back four pick themselves (or do when you choose between Howie/McKay, which is a win either way). Grant, Murdoch and Cuddihy (before injury) are all on top form. The issue is sorting out the top 3 or 4 positions in the team. In contrast to the above, I'd probably only ever play Rennie and Scullion in wider areas. I'm not sure where Connolly fits in at all. We talk about getting a consistent team but apart from Connell in the last couple, no-one has really put in a performance amounting to more than 45 minutes, so we then make changes regardless. With the players we have though, there is a solution to be found. Fix that area of the team and we will be flying.

Fernandez as captain. What a club Chelsea are.

We have lost a billion games in the last 15 years but by our general awfulness, very few have been after we have dominated like that. Connell absolutely has to score his chance, and if he does, we probably win. I didn't think many players were poor but we have to be cuter in the final third. Sula and McGeachie soaked up every single cross. Redfern coming on at halftime was a no brainer given the Stirling right back was a wee lost boy but his final ball never finds a Clyde player. Very frustrating. They're the best ones to win as an away supporter in fairness.

We have played well enough. I can't help but feel Dunachie will be on soon given the volume of crosses we are putting in the box. Stirling have defended like it's the last five minutes of the game, for about half an hour.

The exact starting lineup I would have picked. Usually when that happens we are 2-0 down by half-time and have to make 3 changes. Hynes a bit unlucky to miss out.

A move back to Glasgow will no doubt happen at some point, but no formal news as yet since Crownpoint fell through. Negotiations ongoing with the council over one (unknown to me) site in particular. The location suits me perfectly, and it's not a horrendous place to watch a game, but I can't wait to be out of Hamilton. To me it feels like we play 36 away games a season.

Amen. The injury to Houston is frustrating but unfortunately until we can elect to avoid this competition, you run that risk. It was a poor tackle, the referee dealt with it, hopefully the Rangers player learns a lesson. I am entirely against B teams but the weirdo supporters of such things can highlight tonight as why they make a small amount of sense. Anyone watching the game tonight could tell the Rangers side had quality far beyond our level throughout (Lowry, Lovelace, Rice, King - even Devine played ten games for Motherwell last season), but a great deal of naivety at times. It's absolutely not embarrassing to lose that game playing a makeshift side ourselves. They were the better side and deserved to win; however, we definitely should have scored more than two goals so could have nicked it. The third goal was, in fairness, definitely embarrassing. No idea what Kennedy was doing, and McKay seemed half asleep before that. Tonight was more about players staking a claim than the team performance. For me, Hynes, Howie and Connell played themselves right into contention for Saturday. Leitch was terrific in his time on the pitch; such a frustrating player when you contrast with his invisible contribution on Saturday. Redfern, Connolly, Docherty, Lyon and McKay (who can get away with one) drop down the list for me. As frustrating as Rennie is, I think we need to go with him and Scullion in wide areas for now. There won't be a better goal than Lowry's first this season. An absolute belter. Similar to Rennie's against Stenny last year, sometimes a player just catches a shot in a way that looks different to other efforts on goal. Put that level of ability in someone with the heart of a Darren Hynes and you'd have a world beater.