Laid-back Accie
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New manager bounce is always ropey. But if the boys take it seriously and give a professional performance, we should be able to win comfortably.
Wonder if Rankin will keep any of the changes made in the EK game, I doubt it, but will be interesting to see.
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4 hours ago, bigbairn76 said:
Top of the leage you guys are wa*k
Falkirk fans been greatly starved of success for a long time
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Pretty nothing game, could have went another hour and still be goalless.
Definitely feel it was a better point for us. It was emphasised all week that Falkirk had great attacking options, best in the league etc. Well they did f**k all today, so it's good to know we are capable of nullifying that comfortably. We were obviously toothless up front ourselves, but that isn't overly surprising, as there has been points where we've struggled with that this season, and we have options to mess around with.
Definitely feel like Rankin could have done more with the subs. I see what he was going for with Mumbongo, but I felt we needed more pace and a cutting edge, so think McGlynn would have been a better option. He should have been brought on earlier regardless. Also would like to have seen Smith on for O'Hara, I feel we have stronger depth than Falkirk, but didn't use that at all.
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2 hours ago, ShaggerG said:
Yep, you're right. Probably the first set of wee fannies then.
Perhaps the same lot.
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Really set up to be a big occasion, absolutely gutted to be missing it, currently away on holiday.
This could really go any which way, so unpredictable. Both teams have pretty much handled all other opposition well, with both having a slight stain of 1 draw. But it's hard to gauge who's been the better performer and will control the game.
Falkirk being the home team, the onus is very much on them, also think there will be a ton of pressure from the fans. They've been down here for a long time, and are incredibly desperate to get back to the championship. If we can score first nice and early, it might trigger the section of their support that tends to overreact which could work for us.
I have feeling it will be 1-1, which wouldn't be a bad result for us all things considered. Mon the Accies!
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Not going to lie dreading this match, not only a bit of PTSD from previous encounters where Annan have embarrassed us in the cups, but they also seem to be getting key players back and hitting a bit of form. Surprised when I seen that both clubs agreed to this being moved to the Friday, didn't think the Annan players would be happy with that due to work commitments etc.
Anyway with it being at home it's a match we need to be winning to keep our title charge going and try and put pressure on Falkirk.
I'd be more than happy to keep the same line up. I know there will be fans that will want O'hara dropped, but I'm more on the side of starting him due to his work rate. Plus I don't think McGlynn is fully fit yet, I do want him to get a start down the road at some point, but happy for him to come on and be dangerous in the last 30 for now.
Might be the game to give Smith another starting chance, really want it to work out for him, but he has a bad confidence issue. Seen it again against Alloa, when he lost the ball towards the end when we were hunting for the equaliser, head dropped and he stayed on the ground.
We do start games well, and seem to be getting a goal in the first half hour, so if we manage to do that, I'd like to see us keep the tempo going and kill the game off before half time.
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22 minutes ago, Ian Mcleod said:
Fergus Owens joins Kelty on loan until January.
If he gets straight in their team for the match against Falkirk on Saturday and they keep a clean sheet, then it's a tactical masterclass.
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Can't say Alloa didn't deserve something, could have a been in front if they had a little bit more luck with the shot off the bar.
Alloa came and sat in early on and we didn't seem to know what to do to threaten them, which made the whole 1st half a non-event. 2nd half we managed to direct the ball on goal twice which thankfully was enough, as others have said the Alloa sub keeper was horrific, stood still for both our goals.
Peach of a free kick leading to Alloa's goal, was right behind it and the curve was ridiculous. Our defence seemed to fall asleep after it hit the bar, all ball watched as Alloa hit it home.
We'll play better and not win I'm sure, so I'll happily take the points and move on.
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2 hours ago, virginton said:
Lapsed support from the 1970s? Were you wearing a string of onions around your belt as that was the fashion at that time too?
The reality is that Hamilton are at their core support level, which was round about 1000 before your sojourn in the top flight and is pretty much identical now too. Gloryhunters latching on when a team wins some games doesn't make a core support in the same way that Morton's core support wasn't actually 2,500 in the mid-2000s, despite our chairman's similar delusions to your own.
Are you an expert on the support of all Scottish clubs or just ours?
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23 minutes ago, Owsley 2 said:
I'm shit at maths but does that mean we now have 510 ( up from 315)?
The latest reported figure is 848.
The most interesting part I've seen is Seref planning on buying the stadium. Would be great if this goes through and McGoofey leaves Hamilton for good.
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3 hours ago, 1320Lichtie said:
Well he had Full Time offers in the league above so no sure why he’d want to be back up for you in League 1
Are some of the Arbroath mob really still rattled by us
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46 minutes ago, WHM said:
What kind of player is Darren Lyon s signed for Arbroath today.
A mediocre central midfielder all round, never really excelled at anything. We played him at full back mostly, which he's definitely not great at.
We had him on trial during preseason and it didn't look like he'd improved much at all. unfortunately I would think championship is a level above what he's capable of.
Will always remember the absolute banger he scored against Dundee though.
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McGowan has signed!
Great news, terrific addition to the defence.
If we can get a winger and a striker in, I'd say we're all set.
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I knew today was going to be a tougher test than what we've faced so far, but I didn't expect it to pan out like that.
Enjoyed the first 40 minutes, thought we started quickly and dominated them, and should have scored 3 or 4. After that we got so lethargic and sloppy, didn't close down quick enough and it was an easy goal just before the break for Stirling.
Was really hoping Rankin would have kicked them up the arse for that, but seems he did f**k all, as it continued for the whole of the 2nd half, and I felt Stirling deserved the equaliser and the draw overall.
I think the weaknesses in the team and the management began to show themselves today. Obviously no need to panic at the moment, but will need to keep an eye on them if we want to challenge for the title.
Think people went a bit overboard on O'hara. I definitely have a lot of time for him, as he runs himself into the ground and does help us get forward. Its down to the club to get off their arse and sign a goalscorer.
Stirling showed a real resilience and belief, was really impressed with their attitude. Think they have a good chance to compete for a play-off place this season.
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Just when you think the social media aspect can't get any worse, they go ahead and prove you wrong.
Apparently this 2nd channel will be doing video content etc, but the original will still be news, match updates and the likes. Not very clear at all.
All you can do is ask why?
Why can't you post all content on the 1 channel? Would that really be so hard?
They need to hire a dedicated person for the social media side quickly, this shambles can't continue, beyond a joke now.
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Local game for me this, and looking forward to it. Haven't been to Forthbank since our last visit in one of the cups.
I was confident we'd win last week, not feeling the same for this. Stirling look like they're a well organised compact side, that limit opponents to few chances. i'm sure the Falkirk game was a one off, and could be put down to the fact they had a very tough cup match a few days earlier, which by the look of things, they gave their all to try and get a result.
A criticism from the Montrose game and you could argue all games so far, is we aren't taking a lot of the chances we get when they come along, which so far hasn't been an issue, but I think could be here.
It looks like Rankin likes consistency, so I expect the same line up that we have been going with. But I would be tempted to change it up considering its away at a tough venue against a team that will cause us more problems than we've had so far. I'd like to see One and Henderson start, as they've been terrific from the bench and want to see if they can have that impact over 70-90 minutes.
I might be in the minority for this one, but I would keep Smith in goals even if Fulton is ready, as he really hasn't put a foot wrong. A partnership will be building between him and the defence and I wouldn't want to disturb that unless there's a really good reason.
I'll stay positive and predict a 1-0 win to the Accies.
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Would need to see it to believe it. Of course Mimnaugh hits a decent free kick as soon as he leaves us.
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In the end a comfortable win. You always get that nervous feeling when you're only 1 up going into the last 10 minutes, and Montrose did try to turn the screw, but I felt we dealt with them well.
As other folk have said, we won't hammer teams every week, but defo need to have a bit of a cushion, to try and avoid dropping points to last minute smash and grab goals.
Overall a win is a win, and I'll always take 3 points at the end of the day, so onwards and upwards.
Be keeping an eye on the St Mirren game tomorrow. If St Mirren fail to win, we'll be the only SPFL team to have 100% record.
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6 hours ago, ebobsboy said:
Bit premature you've only played three games and your in a title fight already and competing for playoff places in the championship, hold your guns a bit there chief.
Tbf, going by some Falkirk supporters, if you lose tonight, we've won the title.
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35 minutes ago, Ian Mcleod said:
For league 1 we definitely have a good defence probably the best in the league Longridge,Tumilty and Kilday are all really good players that would probably get games for championship teams. Fulton being back in the next couple of weeks will be massive as well even though Jamie Smith hasn't put a foot wrong in the past 3 games.
Yeah I would agree with this for the most part, I didn't mean that our defence was bad in any way. Just that sometimes I can see gaps that could be exploited by the better attacking players in the league. But I understand that a portion of that will be down to how new the squad is.
As you say Fulton coming back will be a huge boost in goals, but it will be interesting to see how Rankin handles it. Would you put Fulton straight back in when he's ready, even if Smith continues to keep clean sheets.
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14 minutes ago, Otis Blue said:
Are you guys not enjoying the fitba much more now that you are out of the top league and enjoying seeing your team competing again and (mostly) winning for a change, and not having to put up with 4 visits from the OF mobs every season? My lot (Queens) haven't graced the top league since the early 1960's (before even I started going to games), but whilst we've occasionally dreamed of making the promised land and have sometimes got fairly close, I've always thought it would be miserable (especially with the small leagues) as we'd be constantly struggling to survive and sitting deep most games just to try to avoid regular hammerings.
Sorry to pollute your thread with my musings, but I often think the current league structure just leaves no hope for aspirational diddy clubs who lack the "sugar daddy" backers.
It's not been a great time so far after being relegated from the Prem. The 2 championship seasons we've just had, especially last season, were the worst I've experienced as a fan (Started attending games in 2006).
As for this season, it's still very early days. The league cup games were ok, Cove first match was a bit of slog, but definitely enjoyed Kelty. The last 2 weeks have definitely been encouraging and got me excited for a Saturday, which is a feeling I haven't had for many years, so here's hoping it continues.
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Very poor statement on Facebook regarding the new page and being unable to comment. Just more signs that the board will continue to try and silence fans and the divide will remain.
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Montrose are a team I expected to be the front runner of the Part-time teams, pushing for a promotion place. They haven't started that well, but on paper they have goals in their team so we need to be cautious.
I definitely think there's players currently on the bench that deserve to start, but I'm happy with this current set up against sides that will tire quicker than us. I wasn't at Edinburgh, but it looks like One repeated the same contribution as he did the previous week, coming off the bench fresh against tired legs and being able to kill off the game.
Having not conceded yet, that gives the impression we have a solid defence, which I don't think is really the case, there are some frailties I feel. After reading some of the Montrose posts over the last few weeks, seems like they are struggling defensively, so I'm feeling like there will be a flurry of goals in this game. I'm going to predict 4-2 Accies, to keep with the extra goal a week trend, but our clean sheets coming to an end.
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Liking this pattern, 4-0 next week then
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