Nowhereman
-
Posts
2,061 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Store
Posts posted by Nowhereman
-
-
2 hours ago, GoTeamGaz said:
There are white ones but they are alternative. FIFA put it in their rules in 2013 that national teams should have one all dark and one all light kit.
when we play Germany they’ll be in all white and we’ll be in all blue
I know FIFA made that rule but plenty of countries just seem to ignore it and I'd rather we did
3 -
Anyone else hate the fact that we don’t have white shorts?
1 -
53 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said:
We've being calling it soccer for years...
Is soccer not an abbreviation of Association that they used way back in the 19th century to show it was different from rugby?
1 -
4 minutes ago, BallochSonsFan said:
He isnt going to. As much as its a really untenable position for a football club chairman to hold, he seems to have an absolute terror of public speaking and will not address the fans directly. The club really should be making a public comment about whats happening internally. I'd really hope that we'll get proper communication about the club board's plans for the future sooner rather than later. Until that happens it'll be a case of watching for updates. But it is still in their plans. It won't happen until the funding is in place as the board don't want to commit to something that they may be left struggling to pay for until the finances are all agreed. Which leaves us in the unacceptable position of being at the mercy of the weather and how our pitch holds up with 2 teams playing on it.
The perceived view is that having two teams play on the pitch is the main cause of it's dreadful state. But Stirling Albion and University of Stirling both play at Forthbank and I don't hear anyone complaining about the condition of their pitch. Could it maybe more to do about how the pitch is (or isn't) looked after?
1 -
10 hours ago, BallochSonsFan said:
Should add that despite having Newcastle and Sunderland on their doorstep, South Shields managed to draw over 2000 fans today to the National League North - tier 6 of the English football set-up. Its almost as if its possible to live in the shadow of 2 much bigger clubs and to still bring in a healthy crowd if you do things properly and create the right kind of condition for the club to attract fans.
And certainly not a ploughed field masquerading as a football park.
Are you seriously comparing South Shields to Dumbarton? Its about four times the size of it
1 -
59 minutes ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said:
I see that Stenny can clinch the title at our gaff on the 30th. I really want it to happen so that Neil Mackay has sit and watch their celebrations and host their celebrating directors post match. Here’s what you could’ve won Neil, if you weren’t such a useless, spineless waste of space.
It will certainly be the closest Uncle Faz will get to a league trophy.
Wanting another team to clinch the title on our ground is perverse in the extreme
0 -
4 hours ago, FifeSons said:
We must be nearing the estimated Mark Durnan return date. I’m highly dubious we’ll see him again this season, but if we could get him back in and up to speed before the playoffs, it would be a big boost.
This group of players should be good enough to win the playoffs. The big question remains about whether the manager can get them to do it in big games, however.
Was today not a big game?
0 -
14 hours ago, lionel wickson said:
22 November 1958, per Evening Times. I think that separately, his daughter also confirmed this in relatively recent newspaper article.
Presumably we didn’t think he was good enough
0 -
29 minutes ago, lionel wickson said:
Four, if you count Stevie Chalmers who played as a trialist for us against Stenhousemuir at Ochilview.
Didnt know that, when was that?
0 -
Stole this pic from the photographic history page in the premier thread. Three ex sons in that picture
1 -
Ibrox , Celtic Park and Pittodrie. Which isn’t bad for a club the size of Dumbarton
0 -
Well that was quite enjoyable until the last twenty minutes when we just seemed to sit in and invite Stranraer on to us. Never thought I’d see the day when I was disappointed at Div Wilson being substituted
0 -
17 hours ago, pleslie99 said:
Just wondering what time of bombs are allowed if only some are not?
Time? Glass houses and all that.
1 -
17 hours ago, Frank Quitely said:
This is all assuming that the board is making the decisions here. I'll hazard that no-one farts without permission of the main man.
I hope that you are not suggesting 'aquiescence'?
1 -
I know it's not the top division and it was a long time ago but between them this pair scored 124 goals for Dumbarton in two seasons. Great times to be a Sons fan.
0 -
2 hours ago, O'Kelly Isley III said:
We were never sure if it was a genuine intent at a takeover or a glorified publicity stunt by our then Chairman Robert Robertson, a man who was brilliant and barmy in equal measure. I'm sure you have the year correct Lionel but the idea was very poorly received and quickly died a death.
Another minor link from that time was his even more stupid idea to move DFC to Cumbernauld which was I think born from frustration at trying to improve Boghead. That was again fiercely received by the support. Clyde of course later pitched up there as part of their odyssey.
It was reported at the time that it died a death because the Scottish league wouldn’t let Dumbarton play in the First division but would have to remain in the second. Given that the only reason for the takeover was to get in to the first division there was no point in continuing with it
0 -
18 hours ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said:
The Bum has achieved his win % figure mostly in League 2 with one of the biggest budgets in the division. I’d be curious to know what his win % is post November over his time with us because it must be absolutely horrific.
I don’t think Naysmith is particularly special but he has tactical knowledge, knows how to change a game and his players will run through a brick wall for him based on this season. That combined with a good enough budget will get you out of this division. Unfortunately our board are letting an absolute buffoon of a gaffer waste a good League 2 budget with no sign of it changing any time soon.
Not going to argue with any of that
0 -
1 hour ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said:
He won this league with East Fife and is about to do the same with Stenny. He must be doing something right. Compared to The Bum he looks like Pep Guardiola.
I know he won the league but his win rate with both East Fife and QOS is about the same as Stevie Farrells with Dumbarton. I'm not saying that he isn't half decent just that before this season I didn't see anything outstanding about him
0 -
17 hours ago, squeezebox-son said:
I 100% agree with you. It is just frustrating that, this season, they haven't had to be as good as others have in other years to win the league so comfortably. In my opinion, even the Stirling Albion side if last season would have won this league over the current Stenny team. In years gone by it's been much more competitive division with many better teams fighting it out at the top.
But nobody will, and nobody can, argue that they are by a country mile the best team in the league and the main reasons for that are that they have a very good manager and a good squad.
While Naysmith is doing well this season I'm not sure where this idea that he is a very good manager has come from. His record with East Fife and QOS was certainly nothing special.
0 -
3 hours ago, squeezebox-son said:
Might be some PTSD I'm suffering but I dreamt about this match last night and Dumbarton were 0 - 4 up at half time and ended up losing 5 - 4
It wouldn't even be the biggest surprise if that happened. A team of fucking wimps managed by someone who has no backbone. Get Faz on our recruitment and get a decent gaffer in and we'd stroll this league.
What a shite league it's been this year. Other than Stenny, every other team is really poor.
Even Stenny haven't looked great against us
0 -
14 hours ago, FifeSons said:
The real question is, why were Spartans happy to come for only a point?
Yeah I don't get that. They were time wasting in the first ten minutes and continued it throughout the game. No idea why they didn't have more of a go
0 -
On 07/02/2024 at 11:42, kennie makevin said:
It's lack of ability that has held back Scottish football and rugby for decades. Nothing to do with intrinsic self loathing. And Tom English is from the Republic of Ireland which, like all countries is both good and bad but is in no way a failed 'statelet'. That schoolboy error rather summed up the O Grade Modern Studies simplicity of your argument.
If you look at the Scotland squads for the 1974,1978,1982 and 1986 football world cups it certainly wasn’t lack of ability that held them back
2 -
54 minutes ago, Silverton End said:
Looking at our fellow League 2 inmates I think we are the club to have most recently played a couple of League's higher.
It feels like a distant memory sadly.
I’d think only us and Clyde have played at Championship level
0 -
5 hours ago, FifeSons said:
The other problem with MacKay is that Cognitive (A.Hosie), as the majority shareholder, will never approve a Chairman or board who might stand up to them.
Exactly this. For all that our current chairman deserves criticism how can we get a board that can actually do anything when none of them would be major shareholders or have the same interests as the owners
0
P&B Fixes Scottish Football's Media Coverage
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
Posted
Yip. Not only would they sit in the house they would watch in clubs and pubs. That happens to an extent at the moment with Rangers/ Celtic TV and places showing it but it would be far worse if it was officially allowed.