Howlin' Wilf

You do make some good points. Certainly there is going to be no demand for office space henceforth. Also Brabco fed us fantasies for sure. That's what companies wanting planning consent do. However, if we were to have a thriving spin-off function business at the Rock, earning a net profit of £20,000 per year (or nearly £400 per week, 52 weeks per year) , it would take 15 years to pay off the amount (£300,000) required now to just bring the stadium and environs up to current safety regulations. I understand that hitherto there was leniency on the required work, due to the possibility of the club moving to a new location. It's Brabco and not DFC that is for sale. Brabco is a SPV to relocate DFC. There were two interested parties pre-lockdown. I can confidently say that if it were DFC alone which were for sale, those parties would certainly not have been interested ones. Like everyone here, I just want to see the club survive and prosper. We need to consider all possibilities in pursuit of that goal.

Today was a combination of a fairly solid defensive performance and a few generous slices of luck. The positives? The keeper has been a real find IMHO and Carswell slotted in well beside Neill. Wardrop and Quitongo were decent enough. Wedderburn works hard. In the few chances we created, Frizzell looked lively but we're never going to get anything from Jones playing on his own up front. I'd have taken Jones off and tried Crossan up front for the last period of the game. The game reminded me of a game at Easter Rd in the Championship where we nabbed a point from Hibs with Nish ploughing a lone furrow.

We burgled the point.

Lol. I don't think he realises it's not radio!

This excerpt from the club accounts, perhaps articulates that we're far from "Fine where we are".

Yes I know they're available now (Covid19) as I have watched several games. Under normal conditions you need to faff about with VPNs and I don't think many clubs at this level do it.

In games involving Peterhead, Forfar and Dumbarton this season, there have been two goals scored, one by Peterhead and one by Forfar. two of these games were at Peterhead and one at Forfar. There isn't much between these teams but based on the two I have seen, I reckon we could beat both at home.

If you'll forgive me OK3, it seems that in your eyes when we win it's lucky and when we lose we desreve it.

I don't know the costs of streaming games but I'm sure if away games were streamed, there would be bigger "attendances". Many folk can't afford the considerable cost of away games but would be able to stand the £10-£12 if they were available on a stream. From my point of view, I go to a few away games per season but am unable to go to every one due to other commitments. I would be interested in streams were they available..

Did you see Cove's result at Airdrie? How did we get on there?

Perhaps, or perhaps in fitba' things aren't quite as simple as that. Dumbarton will finish above both Peterhead and Forfar IMHO. Feel free to bookmark though because I could be wrong.

Do we really think the team was so short today? I thought it was a decent performance away from home. I have seen various performances at Peterhead where we have returned with three points and not played well. We beat Airdrie by digging in and striking on the break. Today we pressed the opposition to no great end result. It happens. It's really a bit early to talk about a relegation dogfight.

Two saves spring to mind. Both free kicks from Forbes. There were others.

Can't believe we lost that. Long game. Who the F are DBM?

I have Christened the orange one as The Pollmuddle Tartar Explanation, if required, here and definition 2 here

I enjoyed that much more than I thought I was going to. Wilson does indeed look good and a solid performance from the back and midfield 4s. Two excellent saves from Smith at crucial points. It must be a worry though that we appear now to have two injured keepers. Just seen the comment by Moonster and would agree about Wedderburn. Carswell, Neil and McGeever fairly put a shift in too.

Any advance on seven?

I noticed 6 former Sons players scored today. Nisbet ("Do you think he'll be in Stevie Clarke's thoughts?"), Kevin Cawley, Steven Dobbie, Kevin Smith, Mitch Megginson and Andy Stirling. Only Stirling at a lower level.

I thought Sons looked ok in the second half. To use modern parlance, it was fairly high press with Wardrop attacking most of the time. It always looked like first goal the winner.

Actually both clubs can't finish bottom. Either club could though.

Fifty years ago today, a Charlie Gallagher penalty and a Kenny Wilson header cancelled out two early Bobby Lennox goals to force the League Cup semi-final replay into extra time, against the European Cup Final runners up. I was there.

Wearing a denim shirt with pride. I like this guy.

I'll be surprised if I'm the first DFC supporter here to voice concerns about the sanity of paying good money for Kevin Nisbet. A couple of years ago (whilst in the Championship) we had him on loan from Partick Thistle. He played 13 games for the Sons in which the two most memorable moments were, 1) Grabbing the ball from another player to take a penalty v QoS (He missed) and 2) Missing an absolute sitter v Alloa in a play off that saw us relegated. He was rank rotten. His statistical track record since then is impressive and to be fair, he played at Sons under the ultra defensive Steve Aitken. Absolute best of luck to him at Hibs and I sincerely hope he is successful. If he is, he deserves it because he must have improved beyond all recognition in a relatively short time.

https://m.youtube.com/user/Ceolbeg

Both amongst my most joyous memories following the Sons. The conga at Airdrie.......