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    Clyde Vs Stranraer, New Douglas Park Links

    in Scottish League 2 General Chatter

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    19 minutes ago, Mattmc said:

     Harder to swallow too when you see Clyde player giving the big un to the great Stranraer support, didn’t realise there was as much beef, bar a couple of numpties at Stair Park.

    I have absolutely no insider knowledge but I’m absolutely sure Ian McCall would have brought up the Stranraer celebrations at Stair Park to the players before the game today. In an interview not long after that match, McCall said something along the lines of “certain teams celebrated like they’d win the Champions League” so I reckon it stung him a bit too.

    Still, as I mentioned above, it’s all about who has the last laugh at the end of the season!

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    Clyde Vs Stranraer, New Douglas Park Links

    in Scottish League 2 General Chatter

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    All in all, we got exactly what we wanted out of that game and I think the players (and the manager) have to take some plaudits for that. Our substitutes helped to turn the screw on Stranraer and despite what a few others have said, I feel Grant and Cuddihy both did well in midfield today. It was certainly a much better performance for Cuddihy today after an absolute horror show at Peterhead last week, though he wasn’t alone in that. Whilst the first half was an absolute non-event, it was apparent from early in the second-half that we were playing the conditions better than Stranraer who didn’t create an awful lot given their advantage of playing with the wind in the first-half.

    Our second-half performance, with the exception of the first couple of minutes where Stranraer forced Kinnear into a decent block, was absolutely dominant and we could have had three or four goals today. However, with Allan’s effort was superbly cleared off the line, Grant and Allan’s efforts narrowly wide, Leitch’s effort just about scrambled away between the keeper and the defender, Scullion’s effort down the neck of the keeper, Allan’s ball across the six-yard box with no takers, it just seemed like it was going to be one of those days that summed up our season. Needless to say, it was absolute bedlam when the ball hit the net.

    I read Kyle Fleming say on Stranraer’s website yesterday that they weren’t coming to sit in and look for a draw so it was interesting to note Scott Agnew say after the match that he had changed things to try and leave with a point. Certainly, even in the first-half, a Robertson effort aside, Stranraer didn’t seem in any great rush to create things. Of course, you’d have expected us to do the same in Stranraer’s position, but it’s always sweet to get a winner against a team who has no intention to come and get a win, heightened further by the obvious nonsense that took place down in Stranraer in February. The goal reminded me in a few ways on Martin McNiff’s late winner in the promotion season against Annan Athletic who were a very unsavoury bunch to play against that season. A real GIRFUY moment that reminds us of why we bother after all (and there haven’t been many of those this season).

    Of course, it all counts for naught unless we can remain off of bottom spot until the end of the season. I’m still not completely confident given our run of fixtures and with Stenhousemuir having won the title (congrats @Francesc Fabregas, @Neilly  and all the other Stenny fans on here) it could make the fixtures that ourselves, Bonnyrigg and Stranraer have to play against them a tad unpredictable. Plus, when you have sides safely in the play off spots you start to see a bit of rotation in their squads which again makes things a bit more of a lottery. We have four massive games coming up and we’ll need to be at the top of our game in absolutely all of them. The thought of needing something on the last day against Elgin has been filling me with dread for a while now so I dare not get too overconfident. However, I really hope we do manage to pull an escape off. I’ve been as critical as anybody this season of the team, and the club as a whole, but listening to Allan Maitland in the Fanzone before the match, you can’t help but get the feeling that the club may actually be slowly starting to turn in the right direction. It’s dreadful that it’s taken things to get this dire before implementing change, and so much of what Maitland was saying seems dependent on staying up, but it does seem like it could be a potentially exciting time for the club should we manage to stay up.

    902 in attendance today which was a great crowd, helped of course by the reduced admission and the fact that Rangers and Celtic play tomorrow. I noticed that in amongst were Mick Kennedy and Simon Ferry, no doubt doing a bit of scouting of the potential Club 42. On that note, a big shout out to ‘1888stevieB’ on Twitter who appears to be a Celtic/East Kilbride fan. Stevie was very critical of the two sides today stating that “not one minute of football was played” and describing both sides as “utter dugmeat”. Whilst it’s hard to disagree with Stevie too much, I’d like to see any team try and play free-flowing football in those kind of conditions! Stevie is extremely confident that his beloved Kilby would beat either Clyde or Stranraer so to whoever Club 42 ends up, I would it if you could absolutely horse East Kilbride if the situation arises as I’d simply love to see his reaction should East Kilbride fail to win the play-offs. Still, not that he has me rattled or anything like that.

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    Clyde Vs Stranraer, New Douglas Park Links

    in Scottish League 2 General Chatter

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    Don’t think we should be too disheartened with that. Playing against the wind, we have probably shaded a poor half. Not that I’m biased, but Stranraer are pretty lucky to still have 11 men after a dreadful tackle in the middle of the park. We should have the wind advantage this half but of course it all counts for nothing if we can’t get a winner.

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    Peterhead v Clyde

    in Scottish League 2 General Chatter

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    Not a good afternoon at all that. Truthfully there wasn’t an awful lot between the teams overall but when you concede two penalties and lose two dreadful goals from corners you get what you deserve. Kabia’s second booking was very soft. A foul yes but never a booking in my eyes. Hopefully this puts the Howie in midfield debate to bed. Biggest game of the season next week. What could possibly go wrong?

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    The Bully Wee Clyde vs The Spartans

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    Did well to get in 0-0 there. Been a few hairy moments including the one right at the end. Midfield have been non-existent and need changed. I’d imagine we’ve kept Sula in thinking Henderson would be starting for The Spartans. Kabia should try running towards goal as he absolutely rinsed the defender the one time he attempted it.

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