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1 hour ago, Hauftimedraw said:
Can't understand how dropping points at home when in a relegation dog fight can still feel like a win!!
For the first 60 minutes thought we were going to get a real doing. Was definitely a gulf in class the first hour. Falkirk seemed to lose their shape with their multiple substitutions and allowed us back in to it. Credit to the boys who kept playing football and looked dangerous especially on the left .
Still a relief to hear the final whistle and now look forward to next week's titanic clash
MotM - the ref!
Aye we're running a bit on empty just now with our defence down to the bare bones. One game left only thank god.
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No conspiracy just a couple of really poor performances from the refs over the last couple of games. Last season the standard was far worse in my opinion. .
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8 hours ago, the philosopher said:
Lets face it - last 2 games against them ,a team fighting relegation from League 1 (Annan) YOU could not beat them.
Mibs you're NOT the great shakes you think you are.
Can you handle the likes of Morton etc. ?
Championship is different gravy.
We certainly managed to pump Dundee united. Seems they did rather well in that league this season
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4 minutes ago, Springfield said:
Similar circumstance to big Donaldsons red, watched it a few times, first time it looks a bad one, however slowed down its no where near as bad. The ref broke into a sprint to show the red card, so no doubts from the ref. Listening to Kettlewells after match interview who certainly opposes the decision.
He does stud the boy right in the guts though . Colls one from the camera it's actually difficult to see where he makes contact with him . In today's game I don't see how you would argue the Motherwell one isn't a red even though like Colls it's harsh as another complete accident. Pundits like Neil McCann don't seem to ever realise that intent or playing the ball doesn't matter these days it's all about the result of the players actions which is why the ref red cards him. They criticise the officials for simply doing what they have been told to do.
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Watching sportscene this morning and there is a somewhat similar situation to last week's coll Donaldson challenge which again results in a red card in the Motherwell v Aberdeen game. All the pundits seem to think that it shouldn't have been a red though which surprised me. In today's game both harsh but intent has no bearing in today's game.
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17 minutes ago, Barr said:
Next week is going to be a case of trying to score 2 or 3 early, a makeshift defence with no height Alloa will be licking their lips
Getting out of next week undefeated will be a huge challenge! Fingers crossed the boys can do it
As mentioned earlier I doubt alloa will.be giving a feck. They will be happy to get through next week with a fit and full squad to choose from in the playoffs. I'd expect both sides to be hugely under strength. Them through choice and us through necessity unfortunately.
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6 minutes ago, LeodhasXD said:
Fancy Inverness in the final tbf.
Sorry meant Hamilton not Montrose.
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3 minutes ago, LeodhasXD said:
I'm playing left back next week so keep it under 10.
Yeah it would be crazy to risk your important players next week just to snooker our unbeaten season. Two big games against Montrose .
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36 minutes ago, Ranaldo Bairn said:
Sammon and Wales will be licking their lips!
My DOOM for this is unchanged; we'll just have to go out and outscore them. Probably will need 4 the way bad luck at the back and refereeing seems to be going...
Surely if alloa have any sense the likes of Wales and Stephen will be wrapped up in cotton wool on the bench next Saturday . It's an absolute nothing game for them and they can't risk an injury or red card putting someone out the playoffs.
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2 minutes ago, Harry Kinnear said:
Could we move Rosco back and put Shanley up top or is Ryan injured too.
Can't think of any reason why he wouldn't be on the bench otherwise.
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We're running on empty just about now with injuries and suspensions mounting up and luck seems to have deserted us some what. One to go though so let's hope we can raise our game one last time. The last two games show you why unbeaten seasons hardly ever happen.
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Just now, BPM said:
He was excellent first half give the lad a break he was filling in at CH.
Its not easy coming in for one game now and again especially playing out of position. You only have to look at the difference in Mackie after he's had a decent run in the side.
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14 minutes ago, Rugster said:
Must be. Not sure on Bilsland in for Yeats either.
Yeats perhaps not hundred percent. I doubt mcglynn would change it with both centrehalfs out too.
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Shanley injured?
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47 minutes ago, SuperTuesday said:
Why, that's what you do, you seem very argumentative?
Nothing wrong with a good debate about football we all have different opinions or it would be pretty boring. Bit different from asking for information regarding our youth players though. I'm sure bainsford can make up his own mind on whether he wants to reply or not.
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27 minutes ago, Bainsfordbairn said:
They all got two years deals last summer, as did Pearse Carroll the year before them.
I imagine the gaffer will look at their performances during preseason before deciding to either put them out on loan or retain them for part of his matchday squad.
Cheers. Good to know that. They seem to all be doing pretty well. If they aren't quite ready probs a loan deal at a higher level the next step. Would be great to see homegrown players back in the side in the future.
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55 minutes ago, SuperTuesday said:
Don't answer him Bainsford, he'll argue for 5 pages of why that's the wrong period of time for them.
What a load of pish.
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4 minutes ago, Bainsfordbairn said:
He and Liam Carmichael are the two centre-halves for that team and are both young enough to still play for the team next season. He's a big lad (I think he's taller than Logan Sinclair) so he'll have a chance of making it. As I said earlier, I'm really curious to see who gets apprenticeships this summer.
What's the situation with the current apprentices? They will return from their loans this summer but how long does the apprenticeship last for? I presume there is a time when a final decision has to be made regarding signing them for going forward.
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1 hour ago, BPM said:
I am not arguing with that. My point is that looking back at the incident a number of times whatever decision Donaldson made he was going to cause the team a problem. The only thing he probably could have done was to pull out and let the lad through but that possibly leads to a goal. These decisions are made in a split second. That is why I think he is really unlucky.
He'd have been better from his point of view simply clattering into bavidge and clearing him out with his body. Probably a yellow card at worse. He doesn't come over as that type of player though. If there's a ball to be won he'd rather do that but his decision to play the ball rather than the man unfortunately cost him on this occasion.
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Just now, BPM said:
I am not really arguing against the decision but players do make split second decisions and like yesterday they sometimes don’t come off. Really not sure what he could have done yesterday that didn’t work against him/the team.
Exactly. I don't think for a minute that coll knew he was endangeting his opponent by making that challenge. It was a split second misjudgement which unfortunately cost him dearly.
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11 minutes ago, Disco Duck said:
But that’s the whole point. If you can’t do it without endangering an opponent, don’t do it - or take the consequences.
that’s like saying how was Suarez supposed to stop that shot going in without palming it off the line.
I would like to think though that Coll had no idea that he was endangering an opponent when he went in for that challenge. He certainly doesn't come across as that sort of player. His disciplinary record this season has been exemplary.
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7 minutes ago, Disco Duck said:
Please tell me you are nowhere near refereeing games any more.
I officiate regularly and follow the laws to the letter doesn't mean I agree with them all. I'd have sent Coll off but I'd have felt incredibly harsh doing it. I mean some of the examples of red cards these days are hard to agree with. A player is running with the ball for instance . Another player tackles him sliding in from the side. The player with the ball in controlling it whilst running forwards foot bounces off the ball and on to the tacklers foot on the deck. Thats given as an example of a red card to be given against the player running with the ball. It's crazy as it's completely unintentional and the player with the ball has no idea that his foot is going to bounce off the ball on to the player on the deck. It's nonsense.
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9 minutes ago, Jimmy1876 said:
Ah well you know what they say about making assumptions. You don't know me or if I have or have not played. And it's irrelevant. Sport moves on as I'm sure it has from when you played. It's nice to live back in the days sometimes but dinosaurs do become extinct. As I've mentioned the reason there are fewer dangerous tackles these days is because of a fear of red cards and players being capable of making far safer decisions despite what you seem to believe. It's okay to admit you weren't capable of making fast decisions but we are lucky that players can now. And I'll repeat myself, clearly you have no respect for the safety of players and you've shown it a number of times so I will leave the conversation here. I am just glad the players and referees at the very least have more care for preventing injuries than you.
The vast majority of fouls in every match at any level of football are caused by players making the wrong split second decisions during a match. I can nick that ball away, I can get to that ball without getting the man and so on.Doesn't matter what level you are playing at players simply cannot with the pace of the game get every decision they make right. Quite rightly the deliberate leg breaker foul has just about been eradicated from the game but we are still seeing more red cards now than ever before at the very top level of the game. despite your claim that players are far better at making decisions than ever before.I'm all for red cards for the really bad tackles but I also want to try and keep 11 men on the park .
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24 minutes ago, Jimmy1876 said:
You are doing a huge discredit to the players. They train probably their whole lives to be knowledgeable and skilled enough to make those split second decisions. Of course they have time to think, that's literally where the talent in decision making lies. We've seen the improvement Morrison has made in that regard. It's just a fundamental of any job really, relying on training to make fast decisions so I don't agree with what you're saying at all. The decision made by Donaldson was the wrong one. He looked to make a tackle and probably didn't forsee the player falling into him which is why it becomes a freak accident. But are you seriously trying to argue that Donaldson hasn't seen the player running with the ball and decided to make the tackle with feet high enough to get the ball?
I can only presume that you have never ever played football at any competitive level if you think that.
Bavidge didn't have the ball. If he had the ball it would be a completely different scenario he is running towards the ball coll is running towards the ball. Coll kicks the ball cleanly over the head of bavidge and then collides with bavidge. Neither player is expecting to collide with the other one or it would never have happened.
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Bairns v Wasps….1 to go
in Scottish League 1 General Chatter
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There will be someone complaining about something mate always is.
No enough championship strips being the latest.