WattersIsGod

I might just go along for this one. It's my closest away ground this year and not one I've been to. If we play like we did against Hamilton in our most recent game and like today.i think we've every chance of taking something. I'd like to retain the 4 5 1 type shape.

Getting the players to check the grass length is a bit much

If that doesn't do fhe trick, there's another match thread you can check out......

We are a bit away from that.. We could do with academy producing a few viable first teamers else it's always going to be a struggle to maintain a decent enough part time squad to challenge. Not impossible but difficult

100% agree with this. there was a thread recently on here about where you see your club and their ambitions. i said pretty much what you said, that the short term ambition this season has to be to stay up but longer term this is the minimum level we should be at. Comfortably staying in League One next season with the ambition of getting towards being the best part time side. it's frustrated me for years how much we underachieved in division 2 even when we had seemingly half decent squads. Darren Young has been our only decent managerial appointment in ages and it's made a huge difference.

Proud of them this season as well. especially given that it was only half way through the season we started to get towards a squad fit for the division. out of the home games, only the Alloa and Montrose defeats were ones where i really felt down about the performance. i thought we gave a decent account of ourselves against Falkirk at home last time. a couple of the home draws felt like ones we should have won but that's tempered slightly by Hamilton failing to beat us in either game. i'm cautiously optimistic of finishing at least 8th. i wish that Stirling being a decent sized one club town made a difference but it doesn't...... we are where we are....... as for tomorrow, it's going to be hard work for sure but if they play like they did against Hamilton then a point isn't out of the question.

unless we manage to injure your entire 1st XI on Saturday, i seriously doubt it.

i would hazard a guess that poster wasn't serious. i think you'll find that most of the regular posters on here have a pretty realistic view of where we sit. was interesting looking back at the thread though. props to CoveRangers72 whose prediction that there really wouldn't be much between 4th and 8th seeming to be the truest prediction of all. nobody predicted just how bad QOS would be.

I thought with all these navy blue pounds kicking about there wouldn't be any need for these buy one get one free type arrangements........

Lineup slightly different to SA45 this week. Geeks and Jojo fit so familiar back four. Milne and Mcpake out wide. Two Dale's up front

If I'm not mistaken Banner started one game at right back this season and did OK.. A home.game early ish in the season which I'm pretty sure we won. Kelty maybe....

i think Miller is a decent player but probably not the right one for this team. As the two above have said, he's a controlling type player, good at keeping possession, decent technically but not exactly dynamic. He'd suit a team that wants to keep the ball and play a slow patient build up. i thought he might have been some use away from home in tougher games but DY usually only plays one nominally defensive midfielder.

100% this. When we built out from the back last night we were usually decent.

Short term ambition is to stay in this league without need of the playoffs. Medium term I'd say is to stabilise in this division and be a comfortably mid table league one team. Longer term ambition has to be becoming the best part time side. I don't see the path to us being a viable full time side sadly. I'd love the support to grow a bit, at least enough to be filling most of the stand and one of the terraces but this season has shown we aren't there yet. Be good to see the academy producing some first teamers Where we are now is where I think we should be. Lower mid table in league 1. We've got a good set up stadium and pitch wise. Finally I feel we have a squad and manager good enough to go with it.

DY sure loves an attacking midfielder. We can add him to the list.

Wilson never seemed to fully gain Darren Youngs trust. There's definitely some talent in there though. Dunsmore has been a great servant and even this season performed admirably covering at right back. Wish them both all the best.

Tbf.... Scouse absolutely hammered that backpass at Currie and it wasn't the best. It wasn't me btw.... I was too far away for him to hear me.

Your welcome..... There's no way that team is catching youse anyway.

Can't disagree. A very entertaining 0 0 draw. Very little between the sides and you certainly would have struggled to pick out the part time team. Passed the Hamilton supporters bus on the motorway and got to see all the sad faces. I cam see why they want Rankin out right enough... Pleased with the point and going above QOS a bonus too. Hard to say which fanbase is more dissatisfied with their manager between Hamilton and QOS

I was wondering where they all were

Happy with that. Geeks back for Cummins at right back.. Midfield as I wanted it. Presume Carrick not quite fit if not starting.

Some things are more important than football. Hope he continues to recover and gets back to full fitness quickly.

Injuries may certainly dictate the exact lineup. Really did seem that DYwas reading here last week between your team selection and BPs desire to get lewis Milne benched. I'd personally be willing to sacrifice a striker for a midfielder but unlikely DY does that at home

Yawn..... Plenty rested after our Saturday stroll thanks.

I don't like Scouse at right back. He's neither good enough in possession or with his distribution to play there. He looks like a centre half playing full back.......unsurprisingly. I'd start same 4 in midfield but would definitely consider starting cooper off Carrick rather than hilson or spence. This will be a very different game to Saturday where we won't have as much of the ball and an extra midfielder might help. Hamiltons form should give us some confidence. A draw and an increase of the gap to Annan and going above QOS would be a great result.