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16 hours ago, To B or not B said:
Not sure he will improve them significantly.
Weakens opposition though? There is that aspect too.
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9 minutes ago, Basile Boli said:
10 games in less than 30 days would be wildly unpopular with players and management teams.
Hard enough as it is with players and work commitments without having 2 midweek games a week for a full month to try and be available for.
Not two midweek, one.
I miscounted - it would be 9 games played by the last Saturday in August if the season started 3rd August and you played Sat - Wed - Sat full of August.
Players would rather play a midweek game at that stage of the season than train - 100%. Teams are also likely to get more people turning up for a midweek game at the start of the season when the weather is ok and everyone still has something to play for, rather than expecting them to turn up for dead rubbers in Apr/May.
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Start the league season Saturday 3rd August and you could have 10 league games complete by end of August.
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13 minutes ago, Gordon EF said:
With the money they've been able to spend, winning the LL should have been the absolute minimum expectation. Failing to get promotion is a failure for EK. Anything else is just ludicrous spin. No doubt they'll get another crack though.
There's something to be said for a chequebook manager that provides his own chequebook.
According to guys with a better handle on EK's finances the budget is not much different to previous seasons.
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Is there any chance EK could look at a change in the dugout? I know it's disappointing to lose the final but looking at it objectively, Kennedy and Ferry done a really good job and won the LL at a canter and should have got past Stranraer over the two games in terms of chances etc - not much the coaching staff can do if players don't put the ball in the net.
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16 hours ago, coach said:
I assume with your honest accessment there is a gulf in player quality.
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Overall I would say so. But if there's any boys capable of stepping up a level then Kevin would be aware of that too.
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3 hours ago, coach said:
That is very possible now you mention it. Paul Maxwell was very friendly with the late Mr Paul
Kelly, father of the Caledonian Manager ( Kevin). Wonder what the hard working Cally Committee
think of losing players if Kelly and his staff are appointed.
Don't think Kevin would be looking at many Locos players with all due respect if he was taking over at Ashfield and trying to get them into the Premier League.
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Is there anywhere you can watch this online or TV today?
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A disaster for Drumchapel Ams. Will take them a while to get out of that division now.
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Wishaw hammer Doune 5-0 and they now know that if they beat St Joes in their last league game they will finish above them.
If the league had another few games to run you would have to fancy Wishaw to win it they are the form team in the league but might just have ran out of games.
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11 hours ago, Brad Bobley said:
Well, no, because Garrowhill aren’t ranked particularly highly. Strange to want them to be ranked highly if you clearly don’t rate the rankings, but anyway…
Garrowhill done incredibly well to get to the final but it was a foregone conclusion, really, if we’re all honest.
I thought it was an absolutely rotten game. I’m amateur football’s biggest advocate and supporter but I felt the spectacle was quite poor overall. Cupar done reasonably well in the second half but finals are just about results rather than amazing performances, so fair play to them.
Imo the Hampden pitch is too big and it ruins the spectacle. Obviously for the players it's a great feeling to play at Hampden but I don't think playing the game there does much at all for the spectacle, pace and quality of the game.
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Michael will be a far better face of the club than that tadger. Good appointment.
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Is the Ashfield manager on his way? Just left his post (officially).
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How did the game go? Stranraer will fancy their chances at home now surely?
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1 hour ago, Brad Bobley said:
Giffnock 2-0 St Joe’s.
St Joe’s still win the league on goal difference if they beat Wishaw in their last game. If Giffnock/EK isn’t a draw, then the winner defeats Doune, and Wishaw beat St Joe’s, Giffnock/EK win the league.
The amount of variations that can play out is incredible. The Caley League’s very own Helicopter Sunday really is coming together.
Wishaw beat St Joe's a few weeks ago in the Cup as well. Where is the final game being played are St Joe's or Wishaw at home?
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On 07/05/2024 at 21:40, Brad Bobley said:
I’ll go ahead and presume you’re referring to St Joe’s, who haven’t yet won the Caley, but anyway, that’s not particularly relevant here.
It’s also not relevant that the game in question was 3-0, with St Joe’s reduced to ten men and OBC being caught with some questionable social media posts thereafter. But anyway…
I don’t know who Crazy Feet is, or if he has any affiliations with any teams in the Caley or beyond, but how you could even possibly conjure an argument against the top teams joining the Caley now is a bit of a stretch, no? The two West cup finalists and arguably the best amateur team over the past two-three seasons joining, with a strong Campsie Minerva, alongside existing sides like EKYM, St Joseph’s, Doune, Giffnock, Dumbarton, et al., - there is no way OBC should be entertaining a world where they’re beating utter dross 27-0 every week (like Greenock and Steins have been doing all season).
Irrespective of your views on the Caley-SPAFA divide/relationship, there isn’t a possible coherent argument to suggest Castlemilk, Greenock and Steins will enjoy themselves next season.I'm pretty sure OBC beat St Joe's 3-1. First half was a very tight game with St Joe's being on top for the most of it but OBC scored at the right times in the game.
The poster you quote seems to have a massive bee in his bonnet with The Caley for some reason.
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On 03/05/2024 at 18:57, Brad Bobley said:
I could hazard a guess as to which players that would be. Their squad is big enough to maintain a good standard, even if they lose their two or three best players. I do wonder if part of the decision making of going to WoS teams is to do with the weakness of the league they’ll be playing in next year.
Didn't the boy Taylor not already give it a go at Finnart and didn't really work out?
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23 hours ago, Brad Bobley said:
St Joe's 2-0 up after ten mins, with EKYM scoring on the stroke of half time, then again with 5 mins to go. Both teams were very poor, but the surface was absolutely atrocious.
Giffnock still to play EKYM and St Joe's and Wishaw still to play St Joe's certainly makes it exciting. I think it'll go right down to the wire.
Why was the game at The Murray rather than EK's normal Kirktinholme Park?
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Surely Castlemilk can't hang around to play in that league? Will be a struggle to keep players motivated scudding teams every single week and no competition.
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2-2 with EK and St Joes leaves it still all to play for going into the last couple of games but St Joes essentially have an extra point with the goal difference.
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21 hours ago, scotscores said:
That is entirely possible - I have Drumchapel (joined from Central AFL for start of season) as the best Caledonian team this season, despite them being in the 1st Division. Any other teams coming from the Scottish Premier AFA would retain their rankings points going into the Caledonian 1st, and thus bolster that league's ranking considerably.
It's strange that Drum Ams would be rated as the top Caledonian Team when they aren't even guaranteed to win promotion from the Caledonian First Division this season. Dunipace have run away with the league and Westerlands have a great chance of finishing 2nd leaving Drum 3rd in what is an average Caley First Division League.
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On 08/04/2024 at 12:47, TM1947 said:
Don’t think there will be many that could come across and do what Lanark have done.
The Ashfield Gaffer came from Harestanes.
Kennedy at St Rochs from West Park.
Hopes at Drumchapel from Possil YM.
Obviously Mick at Darvel and now EK.
Daryl at Lanark.
They've all had differing levels of success but successful in their own right.
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Fantastic run Lanark are on. I wonder if the success of the management team will make other clubs look at the amateur ranks for options in the future?
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Would be a surprise if Cupar didn't win it from here.
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