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  1. Good result and the subs in the 2nd half shifted the game in Arbroath's favour.
    Won't be remembered as a classic encounter, but Fosu looked like he will be challenging for a place in the starting 11 this season and good to see Paterson score the winner.
    A few more cup games will get the players up to maximum fitness and ready for the new season.
    Neither keepers had much to do - both teams hit the work and The Saints had a shot headed off the line, but overall Arbroath were worthy winners - they fought for every ball and in the last minutes could have scored a 2nd.

    What a result! Suddenly I’ve gone from “we desperately need some great signings” to “signings will be the icing on the cake.” I’m so shallow.
    I couldn’t watch as I had a friend’s big birthday bash.
    How did Shanks do against a PL defence? Is Paterson looking like we should keep him this season? Will Jacobs be a good replacement for wee Hammy? It would be great if Fosu is a success.
  2. Am currently on my holidays in Turkey, and to be honest, struggling to sleep, so bored I delved back in this thread to when we sacked Lumsden/Hislop and appointed Dick Campbell, and some posts are interesting to say the least, but the thing that is glaringly obvious to me, is that most of us and I include myself in this, is how little we actually know about the game, we absolutely love, oh it's about page 109, where the carnage begins

    Looks like 1320 was the man of vision in hose days.
  3. Aye I think players who win lots of headers get too much of a boost in it so I've always planned to weight it more towards touches in the box and headed goals, but never really get the time to spend an hour or so experimenting anymore.

    Chris Hamilton doesn’t so much win headers, through sheer determination he doesn’t lose them.
  4. Colin Hamilton is our left back, 30 year old and been here forever. Runs his own car garage. Definitely wouldn’t go full time now 
     
    You’ll be meaning Chris Hamilton. He was a centre half at Hearts and Scotland youth. Had heard Dunfermline were interested in him but pre relegation. Martindale and DC are very close though, Martindale signed Ben Williamson after we had him and I think a lot of that down to Dick

    Ben Williamson signed for Livi?
  5. You cant beat uncle Dick wanting 5 strikers for one position.
    I mean, i keep being told, we cant argue with his track record ( which of course is true )
    But yeah 5 strikers, one position is excessive, especially when he doesnt rotate.
    We threw this away, how he wins manager of the year is just down to how bad the league is, we have the pick of the best part timers in the country, dominate the league, and old uncle fester wont change it up.
    Dont change a winning team i hear you moan, we were not winning, we were throwing points away all over the place.
    Guys sat on a bench and have little to no chance of coming on, poor b*****ds moved up here aswell
     

    Seriously? Are you saying we’d have won the league playing Ford and Bakare more?

    Dick is a terrific manager and our results have been outstanding. His “weaknesses” are he’s quite defensive (so Bobby gets few minutes because he has no defensive side) and he is over-loyal to established players (eg he could have tried Henderson at left back and he persists with Donnelly). But his strengths are a very solid defence and a strong group who will play for each other and for him. Two sides of the same coin. They have been the basis of our success.
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