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jakeyman

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  1. I've followed Queens for a number of years now and throughout that time I've seen players arrive who were thought to be brilliant signings only to flop miserably and others that sounded poor signings become well liked so I for one am not going to judge any player util I've seen them play a few games for us. 

    I don't know what some here expect, we are team who for the past few seasons have been going nowhere and geographically not best situated to induce signings. Perhaps MB has tried for better players but been priced out of the market.

    As always looking forward to the start of the new season and hoping the manager has found some gems that gel together as a team. If after few games and results are poor I will happily join the half glass empty brigade. 

     

  2. Always like to try and stay optimistic when it comes to Queens 

    So here goes

    Saturday 15th We somehow beat Dunfermline and Falkirk beat Airdrie and Kelty beat or draw Alloa

    Midweek Falkirk beat Edinburgh

    Saturday 22nd The above results  would mean both Falkirk and Dunfermline still have something to play for and they play Alloa and Airdrie respectively. So if both Falkirk and Dunfermline win and we beat Montrose, then suddenly we are 3 (or 2) points clear off Alloa and only 1 point  behind Airdrie who we play on the 29th.. I know it doesn't take account of Edinburgh.

     

    Simple really, now back to the asylum before they notice I'm missing.

     

     

     

     

     

  3. I vaguely remember a number of years ago a new manager taking over at a club who were by their standards going through a really poor period. In his first few games he made little difference and a number of disgruntled fans were wanting rid of him very early on, but the cub stood by him. That manager was Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. Before anyone says anything

    I'm not suggesting Marvin Bartley is the same standard of manager, simply that it is to early to judge properly.

  4. Was about to say bottom now but been mentioned by others.  14 points between top 5 and bottom 5. Know which mini league I would rather be involved in but not much chance of that happening with the way things are on and of the pitch. Like everyone else would like to feel angry but can’t be bothered. Looks like Ole at Man Utd will beat AJ to the job Centre queue.

  5. Last season we went on our good run when due to injuries the team picked itself and AJ couldn’t tinker with the team. As soon as he could again lo and behold we started losing again.

    Before the start of the league this season we had a small squad and looked reasonably decent.

    The bigger the squad AJ has the more he is able to arse it up by tinkering with the team. We aren’t Man City, Liverpool, etc who have stars as back up in every position. 
     

    play to our strengths rather than worrying about the opposition. Oh wait we are 11 games into the season and still doesn’t know our strengths 


     

     

  6. Having read previous comments regarding AJ tinkering with the team, reminds me of last season and whilst it could be argued that our good run coincided with the January transfer window I think it had more to do with a large injury list and the starting 11 picking itself for a few weeks. The run came to an end when injured players started to return and AJ was able to tinker with the team again. He almost stumbled upon the 11 and their best positions by accident rather than design. At this level it is better to concentrate on our own strengths. Imo In years gone by Our better seasons have been ones with a small core squad of 13/14 players. 

  7. 1 hour ago, 19QOS19 said:

    Today reminded me of the season we coasted L1 and the stupidity among our support. 2-0 up and there were folk giving the players pelters for not booting the ball up the park.

    Absolutely agree. To the best of my recollections we didn’t boot the ball up the park.  We just played a faster crisper passing game. 

  8. Actually came away from the game a bit disappointed. Can’t fault any of the players but felt we were very slow through midfield. I thought Junior Soares had a good game today keeping possession well. 
    when we played Airdrie we played one touch passes and neat triangles to open up the defence. The midfield today seemed happy to hold onto the ball taking a number of touches before often playing across the park or backwards. 

  9.  Two new players ahead of tomorrow’s game 

    “Ahead of our trip to Morton tomorrow, Manager Allan Johnston has added two youngsters to the squad. Joining the club as amateurs are 22-year-old, Olly McDonald and 18-year-old Matthew Henderson.

    Attacking winger, Olly came through the youth system at Kilmarnock and was linked with a move to Sweden. He is the son of ex Hamilton player, Paul McDonald. While defender, Matthew spent his early career as a youth player at Rangers. He is a left sided defender who can also play in central defence.

    Both have been training with us since we started pre-season.

    Olly has been allocated squad number 23 and Matthew number 29.”

  10. It’s simple when you are on the outside looking in, get some loan players in or sign some players. It’s also frustrating when you are on the outside as none if this seems to be happening. But no one except the club and AJ  know the budget he has and rightly so. He may well have offered deals to numerous players which they have rejected and there comes a point when you have to decide if any increased offer is worth it. No point in offering more for the sake of it unless you believe the player will add value and keep within budget constraints. 

     

     

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