The Toun Clock

Can you tell me where I sign up for this job please? Six figures for a day or two’s work sounds absolutely smashing. No doubt it’s a completely terrible act, I’m embarrassed to be a Pars fan this season due to some of the off the pitch stuff and of-course on the pitch this season but that’s not six figures worth of damage, not even close.

This is all very true. I was talking about the guy who does the Raith TV interviews on our match thread last week, he’s very good and as you say sounds like there’s natural rapport there.

Was on the dreaded dotnet there and noticed there seems to be talk of another meeting happening but again for supporters groups, patrons etc. Not sure why the normal ones where anyone can go have been binned for these hush hush meetings.

I was in the bogs at HT on Saturday and it was pretty busy, but definitely damage and graffiti free. There were a lot of young guys smoking vapes which I thought was odd, because Raith actually have a smoking area. At the same time there were plenty normal, older heads just in having a slash. It's a very risky gig to be going in and doing that sort of damage when stewards/police and other supporters who aren't complete idiots are only a matter of metres away, could come in at any point. Very disappointing.

Damage is so stupid, some really daft bellends in our support when it comes to derby games. As I said in a post yesterday when talking about fighting, these kids couldn't give a jot about the consequences if either they get caught or the repercussions the club faces after.

Thanks for that Poirot

Aye starting Saturday morning off already knowing it's zero points before anyone else has played is a sickener. I enjoy watching the Friday games but prefer watching other teams, or if we're away from home.

Fairly certain no one denied it was Pars fans, just making things up. Ridiculous behaviour from whatever wee fannies have done this. Quite intrigued by the writing on the seats, it looks quite near the front where there was a heavy police/security presence, not sure how they've managed that.

What time you wanting picked up on Friday?

Initially people thought Otoo must've been injured. If not then it's a very odd sub for a number of reasons, mainly becase Otoo was our best player. Also, Chris Hamilton was already on a booking, if it was tactical Otoo could have played wherever Hammy was being asked to play. He takes Otoo off and Hammy remains on the park for another 20 mins where he could quite easily have picked up another yellow given the circumstances of the game. All of a sudden we've got no holding midfielders on the park. I'm getting a wee bit fed up of the lack of transparency after games. The Rovers media guys asks a lot of questions about the team and I feel in our interviews a lot of the potential big questions get skimmed over. I'd like to see someone ask him about that sub, even ask what is up with Chris Kane.

I'm sure the Pars used to go to The Tipsy Cow, not sure if it's still called that. O'Connell's seems to have been a new thing this season. I was in it before the October game and it wasn't too bad. Suppose most away fans coming to East End use the Lizzie, makes perfect sense given it's behind the away end. I have to say, despite our appalling record, Kirkcaldy is still one of my favourite away days. Easy to get to, easy to get back to Dunfermline, pubs are a stone throw away from the ground and of course it's a derby so it has that wee bit of edge to it. If we were to compare to having to go to Grangemouth it's night and day.

Pars win on Friday and it helps our case to stay in the league. Pars lose and it doesn't help Raith Rovers quest for the title...

Aye we were in Beveridge Park when the big roar went up for the penalty. Well if anyone in here stayed around until FT can you let me know what the reaction was like? The boys didn't play badly but just curious if there was apathy from the fans towards the players and manager. I still can't get my head around the Otoo sub.

Much as Salvo says in the opening post, if Chris Kane is fit then he plays and we might take something. That's how big a difference he makes to us in the attacking third of the pitch. For anyone looking in, yes only one goal in three games but it's his all round play that makes the difference. Have to be honest, Friday is a free hit as no one will expect us to win the game. I think we're capable but also aware of the task at hand. After Friday we've played the top two for the last time this season and will have seven games left against the teams placed 3rd to 10th. That's where we need to be focusing.

Aye 100%! To be fair as soon as the second went in my mate (who was the designated driver) made a beeline for the stairs, however we jumped in a quiet row near the side of the stairs and watched for a few minutes more. As soon as Hammy hit that poor, floaty shot into the away end that was enough for me. I think if there was a set of full size goals on top of the original ones it would still have gone over the bar.

Just out of interest, what sort of reception did the players/managers get at full time on Saturday? We left as soon as Hammy launched one into the away end from outside the box, however I think there could have been still 5-10 mins left as we were back at the car on the other side of Beveridge Park by time the whistle went.

Just on that, I think after what happened at the derby at New Year, the club reached out to some of the older guys who started SNW and had a word as they’ve been well behaved since. Even on Tuesday at home to Airdrie, the section was packed out, Airdrie players were doing their upmost to wind up the home end and that section and their behaviour was really good I have to say, nothing thrown, still singing but no nonsense. Hopefully that continues and hopefully you lot can get a permanent fixture for a section. The railway stand would be handy in the future. Had to laugh at the stadium announcer coming on yesterday and just saying “please don’t be idiots, throwing flares on the park”

I just went through in the in the car yesterday with a couple of mates, parked at the other side of Beveridge Park for easy exit. Was speaking to someone in the ground who’d been out in Kirkcaldy beforehand and said the trouble was as bad as it’s been for a good while. It’s always been there but yesterday was apparently very bad. As a Pars fan you’ll leave whatever pub you’re in and get to that corner where the Dutchess is and there’ll be several police vans, cars etc and you think nothing will happen, the police are on top of it today. Then you walk two hundred yards up Pratt St to Estuary and it kicks off. If they just closed off that road for visiting fans and punted them up a different road they’d have a relatively trouble free afternoon. It seems more younger guys that are the bother these days. I remember my first Rovers away game was the 1-2 game in November 2009, Craig Wilson scoring a last minute OG winner for the Pars. It kicked off between the Pennyfarthing and Starks, it was chaos easy 30 on 30 with police in the mix too, but from memory it was all men, guys in their mid 20’s up to 40’s. Now it’s teenagers, heavy puffing on hubba bubba vapes, not really aware of the consequences.

This is the weirdest take I’ve read on this website in some time. Are you okay?

It’s a strange one, the cards dealt this season would impact any club, just as you found out last season so he deserves some slack for that. Some of the players are back now and it’s helped, we really were so bad a handful of weeks ago, but we signed Chris Kane, got some guys back and all of a sudden had some positive results. When Chris Kane is missing it’s like we just do not function in the final third, absolutely hopeless as you would have seen yesterday. Some and I count myself in that think he deserves more time with the squad he actually built. Falkirk haven’t really had any competition this season. Hamilton Accies didn’t put up any fight at all and rolled over and got their bellies tickled anytime they played Falkirk. Whereas when we won League 1 we still had Falkirk and Airdrie to deal with. Without both Dunfermline and Airdrie there it’s a much easier league. No doubt they’ve made it look good but they chucked more cash at it this season and it finally paid off. One criticism I will have is last season we were fairly toothless up front but still managed to grind out wins every week. We all knew that wouldn’t be allowed in the Championship yet it wasn’t addressed. Wighton and McCann got new deals, Todorov was wrongly let go as was O’Hara’s which I completely agree with. We dicked about the whole window and finally opted for the out of contract Alex Jakubiak who isn’t a bad player but isn’t a proper striker that’ll get you 15-20 goals a season. We opt for the signing of an untried Blackpool kid, take a couple of pastings and all of a sudden the club panic, dip into their pockets and sign Chris Kane. The Otoo sub was wild and was rightly met with criticism. Now Otoo could have had a knock, been asking to come off etc but we’ll need to wait and see. If it was tactical then that would be enough for me to change my stay or go opinion on him. Otoo was easily our best player. We don’t have a bad squad. The back four yesterday were absolutely fine. The midfield was fine, once guys like Todd and Richie-Hosler get some more minutes they’ll bring more, but at the business ends of the park we’re poor. Deniz Mehmet is a butter-fingers b*****d who’s always blaming everyone else but himself. At the opposite end, Chris Kane is the only one I really class as a proper striker. McCann doesn’t know what he wants to be, Wighton isn’t a proper #9 (at this level anyway) and is also out for the season, the boy Holmes is just a young guy from down south who is physical but hasn’t looked like scoring and Jakubiak is better as a wider forward or playing up as a two, which we’ve not really done yet. I like McCabe as manager but at the same time I think he’s quite suited to Airdrie, if he did move it might not work as well for him, not yet anyway. He has a team who all seem to be singing from the same hymn sheet, a team of grafters who play good football. Our board are stubborn. They appointed Peter Grant following him relegating Alloa. Then waited too long to sack him. They appointed Yogi and despite him having from early November to fix things, we still got relegated. They weren’t going to sack him until he resigned. The McPake appointment raised eyebrows at first but he won us all over. I can’t see them sacking him with eight games to go.

Any reason this game is on the telly, noticed earlier it’s going to be on the BBC Scotland channel. Quite happy about that as I think it could be a cracker!

Good day Sir, could I interest you in the managers role at Dunfermline Athletic Football Club?

Someone let off/threw one of those firecrackers from our end at the start of the second half, very nearly shit my pants.

Directly after that, 05:35 on your highlights, ball is loose, Todd touches it and is wiped out. He probably didn’t purposely dive but it doesn’t look like he was touched. Another Craig Napier shocker.

Just watched it back, Brown isn’t on the ground, not sure what you mean? The first one is debatable and the ref deemed it a dive, the second one is a penalty. Just had a look at the penalty you got (first time I’ve watched it back) and it’s more of a dive than Todd’s was early on.