Mattmc

One of the teams I’d of chosen to avoid, especially away from home. No denying it winnable, especially on our form but will be testing. Think all the attention will be on Kelty which might help up. One bonus for us is the plastic pitch. Not everyone’s cup of tea but, we struggled to get going on the heavy park on Saturday so hopefully we are able to get back to playing the football we’ve been used to seeing the last couple of months. Would have been a great one for supporters to take in. The Scottish Cup always brings a bit of excitement and always nice to take in a new ground. Suppose we just have to appreciate there’s still football at the minute.

Hard pitch to handle but Annan seemed to cope with it better than we did to begin with. They had a good 15, 20 minute spell where it felt like we couldn’t get out our half. Luckily they never seemed to make this count. We ended the first half a bit better and took that in to the second. Started playing a bit of football again and manger to create a few chances. Andy Stirling looked a threat and starting to show more of the Andy we became accustomed too in previous spells. Huge fan of Tom Orr and his work rate. Similarities to Craig Malcolm, in the sense that he pesters the opposition the whole time and chases everything. Glad to see he’s getting the goals to reward his efforts. Crazy sending off from one of Annans better player. Would say they were still in the game and every chance of at least a draw at the time. Now ten unbeaten. What a difference a year makes.

Not the draw I would of chosen but certainly winnable, especially on our for at the minute. Last season I’d of written us off.

Too true. Sad. Would of been a great result. Still very tight for play off spots but to be there we need to see games like this out. Can’t say much about Stenhousemuir first goal but the second is a real f**k up between our defence and goalkeeper. Really frustrating. As much as I appreciate coverage once again pixleot (sp?) absolute dog dirt. These poor clubs have been had.

Keep your negative comments about Gregory Tade to yourself.

Decent pricing for the coverage. Not been a lover of the automated camera thus far. Annan and Brechin were both poor. A bit of commentary may make it an easier watch though. Think this game is similar to Edinburgh City and Stirling Albion whereby it would be great to take three points off another playoff contender. No reason we shouldn’t be looking for a win tomorrow. Confidence is high and in recent weeks we’ve shown how far we’ve come. Team seem well suited to artificial pitches so hopefully goes in our favour. Hard to make any changes and not aware of any that would be forced upon the manager. Andy Stirling and James Hilton must be champing at the bit to get a start, both very worthy players, great to have coming of the bench. Disappointed not to see Hilton get on last week when we were chasing a win. Expecting a closely contended match.

In fairness I agree with your point about travelling from one tier to another given the rules. What the boy was actually doing, I have no objection to. It’s open air, there are less than a handful of others involved. The club could be a bit more cute about how they’ve acted during covid to be honest. Not an easy task but some things could of easily been avoided by, keeping hush or staying away from cameras.

Is football essential? We could shut it down, starting with your stupid club!

Last season going 2-1 we'd of jacked it and the game would've been over in the first half. As much as it's disappointing not to win at least we can take something from it. Team is ever improving and well in the hunt for a playoff sport with almost a third of the season gone. Congrats to the manager and Duffy on their awards. Been vocal on my thoughts of what Faz recently but, can't deny him this.

Thankfully we don't. Any coverage I've seen on pixellot has been poor in comparison to ours. As to be expected there were a couple of issues streaming early doors but, all seems to have been rectified. Been a few complaints from opposition fans of commentator bias. I can't say I've noticed it. What do people expect though? It's fans volunteering not SKY Sports. Coverage seems to be getting better week after week though. Maybe watching us win helps.

Looking forward to this one. Going on form and availability this is probably the strongest squad the manager has had available for a league game in a long time. Andy Stirling looked in good form before his injury but, hard to displace any of the starting 11 from the last two weeks. Good to have the option of Stirling and Jinky to come off the bench though. We seem a far more organized side with a good balance throughout. Today will be a good indication as to how much we have improved.

Struggle to find a place for Burns in the starting line up at the minute. Cummins has came in and looked like he’s played left back all his days. Hamill has looked good when he’s played this season but don’t really want to disrupt what we have there just now. Would like to see James Hilton given a start. Looked good against Ayr and probably our best performer last season. Doesn’t seem to be getting any run of games though. For myself and few others the manger still needs to do a bit to prove he’s the man for the job. We’ve certainly started to get better results in the last two or three weeks but will take more than that to change things. chance tomorrow to go one better than last years win total though.

Ground share w**k*rs!

Some reading for Ayr fans - https://www.niferry.co.uk/stena-line-25-years-in-belfast-the-stranraer-years/?fbclid=IwAR2nnXFgMv8OAEdrubvUxcytsBan8wNhmdzU0mtdRGMXukW1Qn4MvgFsAD8

And we had idiots wanting the manager sacked. These people don’t know the first thing about football.

Granted, injuries and finances have not helped but, you can also help yourself. In the last few seasons we've went out and signed an injury prone Grant Gallagher and an injured Andy Stilring. We were told Ian Smith was being invited to pre season to prove his fitness but, then signed him before pre season started. I didn't object to the signings of Gallagher or Stirling at the time as both when fit can easily prove their worth. What I do disagree with is using it as an excuse. Knew what we were getting when they signed. The longer the abject performances are going the less expectant some of our support are becoming. People seem to take comfort in saying we deserved a draw from that game or we created a couple of chances, keep playing like that and it will come. Well sorry to state the obvious but, it didn't come. I'll keep repeating this, two games we won last seaosn. TWO! In what world is this acceptable? Do you keep rolling with the same lax attitude this season and face relegation again? Put the entire existence of the club on the line? Our last home game in League 1epitomised things for me. Playing Montrose, our last chance to keep things in our hands mathematically and we couldn't even register a short on target. Lost a goal and the team threw the towel in. Captain is standing with his hands on his hips head down, as if they were defeated from that minute. As for fans getting behind the club. Stranraer FC are served by a small bunch who have a blind loyalty. 300 or so who are there whatever. There are many who give up their own time to go out and do odd jobs at the ground, stuff the players or management probably don't even realize goes on but, all to give them a better environment on a Saturday. You've also got the Fans Fundraising group who've done a power of work during close season, not just helped financially, but brought a bit of feel good and helped engage with the community. So absolute no question of fans getting behind the club. Getting behind the manager is a different story.

Can’t say I noticed the time wasting but this is something we accused of regularly. I know it’s part and parcel of the game if you’re protecting a lead late in the game. Would have to question, are we doing this as a tactic, is it because of lack of ideas or possibly lacking in fitness? Any of the three point to a failure though. I can’t see it but hopefully the committee meeting tonight results in the sacking of the manager ( that’s if they still meet on Monday nights. ) Someone new in for the two cup games which would be a free his as no way we are progressing anyway.

Committee have to have a big think as to which direction the clubs going here. Nearly a year since our last competitive won, one point from nine so far, no cup of wins, crowds are awful. This in on the back of a relegation and only two league wins last season. it really doesn’t make tor good reading. The

So d spoiled the game but, didn’t think there was much between the two teams. great chance for Stranraer at the end of the first, other than the we failed to create anything clear cut. Looked organised at the back and Miller was really good in the middle. For the payers they have Queens Park didn’t do much for me although, fully aware had not been so windy they probably would of hammered us.

They were all in the pub last night.

Best in the league.

Last week was an improvement, took a bit of guts to dig out a draw after the Elgin shambles. No matter how we are playing Queens Park would probably be a team to be feared. We have the makings of a good team but haven't really shown it yet. A positive result might give us something to kick on from. Be nice to register a couple of wins before the break for the cup.

May as well wind up football forums as based on this logic there's nothing to discuss. Surely football is all about ifs and buts.

If a Stranraer player doesn’t challenge in that position I’d be disappointed.

Wish Purdue a speedy recovery. If he’d got up and walked away nobody would be talking about the tackle. Some of the criticism I feel is unfair. An honest attempt to win the ball. Anyone that’s watched Gallagher will know that. Took a lot of guts to hold on for a draw yesterday given how soulless our performance was against Elgin. Happy enough with a point away from home.