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Not sure what’s happening with McLaren. He was at Jeanfield Swifts the last I heard, can’t remember if it was a loan more of if he was released. Banner is still very much involved with the First Team and is highly thought of by KR. Has played a lot of games over the past couple of seasons and has looked ok by and large. Docherty, in and out of the team but still involved with the First Team. Flatters to deceive a lot of the times for me, but on his day is as good as most in Midfield in this division. Binnie, has been back up for the past season and a bit. Had a chance to reclaim the number 1 jersey a month ago but has picked up and injury after a couple of games. Still looks a player but question marks remain about exactly how good. Lowden is injures, but with the way that Creaney has played, may struggle to get back into the team when he returns.

It’s a no brained for Cove. McAllister obviously has something lined up, one last pay day before he packs it in. Unless that’s coming via full time football, which I doubt, then let’s be honest and say that Cove, Alloa & Arbroath are probably the only other teams that could match or even better what he is allegedly on at Peterhead. With him being Aberdeen based as well, I think even Stevie Wonder can see what’s going on here. Fair play to Cove, there’s not a club or a fan base in League 1 or 2 that wouldn’t want him.

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Wouldn’t be sad to see the big fella leave and he has slid so far out of contention that it’s only a matter of time, whether that is now or in the summer. I always suspect that a player will leave in January if they have an opportunity to go elsewhere, let’s hope Hawke has that because he has looked way out of his depth every time I have seen him. Would probably have sad Max Wright as well, but he was given a chance against Stenhousemuir last week and took it, so maybe he has bought himself some more time. Other than those 2, nobody else really jumps out, although there are a couple more I would like to see leave, KR seems to play them and keep them involved so must see something I don’t.

Gareth Rodger returns from injury and leaves the club after playing 1 game...and signs for Gala Fairydean. Makes sense to free up a wage as with McLean now moving into Centre Back, I didn’t see him getting a game.

Not really sure how this one will go, we are simply a well organised team. Sometimes that works for you, like against Stenhousemuir and some times that goes against you like it did against Edinburgh. Let’s hope for our sake it’s another Stenny day.

Always makes me laugh when fans of bigger clubs tell small clubs like us that an abomination of a manager or player has been signed, the truth is, every manager at this level who has managed at a higher level has some kind of blip in their CV, hence why they end up managing here. This is an interesting appointment by QP and one that should excite the fans.

At the start of the season, like everyone else, I looked at the teams and tipped Stenny to win the league. This was purely based on the fact they had a good Goalkeeper, 2 solid Defenders and 2 Strikers that knew how to score goals, how wrong did I get it? On today’s evidence, I saw a good Goalkeeper and a team of players that pretty much dominated much of the game but had absolutely no ideas going forward. At Half Time, someone shouted that it was time to go Davie.....he heard it and chuntered something under his breath as he made his way down the tunnel, but when you look at the results that Moonglum has posted above, it’s hard to argue with that Stenny loan voice. As for the Binos, hey we don’t care as we have our own troubles, however we never really looked in trouble today. KR shuffled the pack, in some ways he was quite right to do so, and it paid off for him. We saw the best of Max Wright.....finally, when Jardine came off the bench it looked like he’d had the kick up the arse that has been required for a long time and of course Duffy put in a hell of a shift up front before making way. I’ve said it elsewhere, but we needed a shake up and we got it, it could have gone either way but it worked. Sad to see the shenanigans of Tiffony and then Docherty not long after it, both were embarrassments to their respective clubs. Tiffony by jumping in the air trying to get a fellow pro sent off for nothing at all and then Docherty punching/slapping him in the face only moments later. Dom should have been shown a red card for it, but despite getting away with it, it wasn’t good to see. Good 3 points today, the players worked hard. Once Mackin scored, it was clear we were just going to sit in, poor finishing and good Defending kept us in the game and what a way to win it at the end. Well done Binos, onto next week now.

DeanMcK on another of his fishing trips I’m sure. For what it’s worth, I’m not convinced KR is a big fan of Bikey, and I don’t think he knows how to use him as effectively as Dave Mackay did.

It’ll be an interesting game and there will be a few squeaky bums around Ochilview, I’m sure. The clubs may brush it off as there being plenty of time remaining in the season, but it must be concerning for both boards that the teams find themselves in the position they are in, when the opposite was clearly expected. It’s a sad state of affairs when you are looking below rather than up, but this could be a big 3 points, for whoever can get it.

A draw would have been right in what was a game of few chances, but fair play to Edinburgh who took one of those chances which turned a draw into a win. First time I have said this on here but although I don’t think chopping and changing mangers every year is a good thing, I now think that KR is not the man to take us forward. He’s been manger for over a year now and we are just as poor add we were in McLaren’s year, just in a different way.

Don’t think I have attended a game against Edinburgh and came away thinking it was a cracker, but looking forward to the Supporters Club hospitality and a good day.  1-0 to the Albion and Henderson to be anonymous as usual.

Never had a chance to post last night, however I felt a draw was the fair result yesterday. First Half, I thought we were on top of the game, looked comfortable and Mackin was doing well as the focal point of the team. He looked like the player that we signed last season, held the ball up well bringing Bikey & Willis into the game, and it came as no surprise when he opened the scoring. The Queens Park Goalkeeper has to look lively with a couple of efforts in the half but when Bikey hit the post just before Half Time, I thought we would come out after the break and up another gear, but it never really happened. Inevitably Queens Park came back into things in the Second Half, and other than a Mackin drive that was tipped over the bar, we never really created much, but at the same time it didn’t look like Queens would score either, until Finnie danced around Creaney, cut inside the box and put the ball past Binnie. The number of silly yellows we were picking up was concerning, and when a red was shown to Creaney, it was all a little cringeworthy and disappointing, especially when he took forever to trapes off the pitch. Nicol was possibly lucky not to have followed him on a couple of occasions and the disappointing thing was there was not a rash tackle in the game. As the Second Half wore on, we became the walking wounded, which is concerning for the next few weeks. Creaney and Lowdon are obviously suspended and injured, so Cammy Thomson is the only player available for Left Back, but Mackin also hobbled and limped about up top and seemed to be struggling, as did Bikey and Jardine, and obviously Currie was subbed early in the First Half. Let’s hope most can recover in time for Edinburgh next week. I never describe going to Hampden to watch Queens Park an enjoyable experience but when the conditions are as bad as they were yesterday, I’m it sure players from either team enjoy it themselves, so it’s probably no surprise that the game was anything but a thriller. Decent point I would say, but the game could have been out of sight in the First Half.

Certainly looked it from where I was sitting however would say a draw was the fair result. Will post properly later this evening.

Some of the nonsense in this thread. Wow!

Excuse my ignorance folks, but is there an NBA highlights package on Sky? Something similar to Sportscene or Match of The Day? Took my son to see Glasgow Rocks a few months back and both of us are keen to start watching more basketball but he is still young so a round up show would be more beneficial for him.

Huge game for both teams, assuming Cove beat Annan, it makes things interesting for the winner of this game. Quite mental to think that just over a month ago, there was a real fear through some of our support that we were going to finish bottom, win this game and we are really in the mix for that 4th Play Off spot.

I actually forgot Moses went to you. I wouldn’t say he was necessarily a cult figure, more a cult figure amongst the younger support due to his cockiness and swagger. I thought he was hopeless and an egotistical maniac. Where is he now.......working in Iceland in Stirling, working over time most Saturday’s. 1 - Mark Foden Foden came to the club, on loan from Ross County and was the man that was going to push a young Cammy Binnie for the First Team spot over the season, actually what happenes was he gifted opposition teams clanger after clanger. His worst nightmare happened in the Scottish Cup when he conceded 5 goals to Lothian Thistle and had an all round shocker. Dave Mackay said the fans were over critical of Foden, he clearly wasn’t watching him. 2 - Jamie Mills When you sign for a club like Stirling Albion from the youth policy of a club like Rangers, there’s a level of expectation that naturally comes with you, the minimum of that is that you can actually play your position, Mills just looked continually lost, continually gave the ball away, continually looked out of position. With his pace he should have been a sprinter rather than a football player. 3 - Phil Johnston One of the most frustrating players that I have ever seen. Another with pace in abundance, but actually failed to be a football player. Seemed to get new contracts with ease every season and I was never sure why. Looked like a player, played liked a haddie. 4 - Ross Smith It’s hard to believe he came through at Dundee United and was highly thought of at Peterhead. He had everything you didn’t want in a Centre Back, he was soft, couldn’t tackle, header cross balls and was sceptical of the odd Red Card. 5 - Craig Wedderburn If football players were known for being nice guys, then Craig would be too of the list, but as a footballer, he was awful. Well out of his depth in League 1 and was promptly shown the door when Stuart McLaren arrived. 6 - Darren Petrie Simply did nothing, absolutely nothing....but he did it well. 7- Moses Olanwerajy See above. 8 - Sean Dickson Stenny fans told us we’re were getting a baller, East Fife fans told us we were getting a bawbag.....for most of his time at the club, East Fife fans were right. He just seemed to moan and give the ball away repeatedly. We’ll never forget the 2-2 draw against Arbroath and the 2 worldies he scored, but sadly he’ll just be remembered for throwing his toys out of the pram on the pitch and on social media. 9 - Blair Henderson Berwick, Annan and Edinburgh seemed to see the best in Henderson, what we saw resembled a lump of wood stuck in the pitch, in fact a lump of wood would have been of more use. It was clear early on that Henderson didn’t want to play for the club, his attitude stunk and his effort levels were 0, a big disappointment. Whilst at Annan he said in the paper that he finished joint top goal scorer at the club so that proves he was a success, what he fails to say is that he scored 12 goals, of which 5 or 6 were penalties and the team finished 7th in the league. 10 - Issac Layne Was only on loan for about 5 games, so it’s maybe a bit harsh but one of the first things Dave Mackay did when he came in was send Layne back to Brechin. Ball greedy with no end product and blasting balls over the bar are never good signs of someone that’s going to be a hit. 11 - Eddie Ferns More famous for offering a “square go at the peek” to a supporter than anything he did on the pitch. He actually looked like a player in his first couple of games and there was an element of excitement about him, but then disappeared for the rest of his time at Forthbank.

Delighted to read that Sean Heever has now signed a professional deal with the club. Like most supporters, I didn’t know what kind of deal he was on when he signed, but it didn’t take a rocket scientist to work out he would be one of the lower paid first team players. It’s credit to the lad on how hard he has worked, that he has come in, ceased his opportunity and has become an important part of the first team. Hopefully this deal now brings him in line with other members of the squad (I’m sure it does) and from a supporters position it’s great to see, as there is no doubt he has impressed me when I have watched him this season. Well done Sean and hopefully it’s not the last professional contract you get at The Albion.

Haven’t been able to make the last few games due to work but despite there being a long way to go, why not? After a poor start we appear to have turned the corner and if nothing else we’re hard to beat so if this continues over the coming months, then I wouldn’t write us off. Still think we’ll need to get a couple of players off the wage bill. Wouldn’t be shocked to see 1 of Hawke, Mackin or Wright leaving and will we ever see Rodger ever be seen in a Stirling strip?

Came along as a neutral today, but expecting Falkirk to probably win the game, how wrong was I. I thought Clyde were excellent and how I longed to have a management team that could get Stirling playing the way they did. For as good as Clyde were, I thought Falkirk were as equally poor. It’s been said above but the substitution baffled me, even I could see the biggest impact going forward was Longridge and yet he was the man to make way, Falkirk did nothing going forward after that.....the less said about Sammon the better. Absolute worldy from Darren Smith, cracking strike from a cracking player. Well done Clyde [emoji1319]

Could you not have stuck this in ‘The Albion Rovers Thread’?

Peters has played well every time I have seen him, and he struck up a good partnership with Duffy prior to injury. The less said about Hawke the better, the lad has been a complete imposter this far.

So we are into the hat for the next round draw, but the result flattered a pretty inept Strathspey. Had it not been for wonderful Goalkeeping and equally poor finishing, then the score line would have been vastly different. As has been mentioned above,Heaver was quite rightly voted MOTM and put in a hell of a shift. I have only seen him in the games against Stenhousemuir and today, but he looks like an exciting player. He was full of direct running and offered so much. Sure, he made mistakes but if he can keep up the standards he set today then he’s going to have a wonderful season. It’s hard to believe he’s 27 and never played in the league until now. The same can’t be said about the other Strikers though. I hate to be critical of our lads but once again Hawke looked out his depth and was rightly hooked at Half Time, Duffy missed a Hattrick of easy chances, whilst being ball greedy at other times and Max Wright looked totally ineffective, giving the ball away twice. Throw in Dylan Mackin, who looks to be out the picture and out of shape, you do wonder who’ll be the first to be offered some kind of deal to leave the club as ,Duffy aside, it does seem to be the same story on a weekly basis. Anyway, today was a day of positives and I thought there was a lot to take, but it’s like when you are judging Scotland v San Marino, due to the lack of opposition, it’s hard to judge how good we actually were. Most of what was good about our play today, came down the left hand side and through the trio of Creaney, Thomson and Heaver. in fact, it’s safe to say the 3 if them cruised the first half and ultimately won us the game. Like the Stricker’s, the rest of the squad were hit and miss but thankfully there were more hits than misses. Jardine showed flashes of brilliance and if he could just show a little bit more composure, could have scored. Nicol looked more like the player we saw at Clyde and the 2 Centre Backs, McLean & McGregor, strolled the little that they had to deal with. Currie pulled off a wonderful save before Strathspey had a good shout for a penalty, when the ball hit McGeachie’s arm, going by the new rules then it was a penalty, so it was a let off, but other than that, they didn’t really show much else. Although not the 5 that Pete Statement was demanding, it was still another positive result for KR and hopefully we can get a money spinner in the next round. Next weeks game is now cancelled, as Cowdenbeath face Broxburn in their reply, however, whatever happens with our next game, Heaver must be playing and hopef

Wow, that really is staggering!