[Stenhousemuir FC - The Warriors - The 2023/24 Thread]

1 minute ago, Burnsythebinman said:

you seem very sensitive to this player, any reason? I only said he looked overweight, that's not cyber bullying, slandering or slagging off. isee you just joined to make these points, I ask again, any reason you want to share?

Just think the comments made about him have been very unnecessary & his skill & potential is being massively overlooked. 

Didn’t just join, re-joined. We’re here to talk about the game & the performance & some people seem to have forgotten that. If his apparent “weight issue” starts to affect his performance then batter in but until that time I think you should give the guy a chance to prove that he was a worthwhile signing

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No but I can spot an uneducated bully when I see one

18 minutes ago, Francesc Fabregas said:

Are you Jamie McKernon or related to Jamie McKernon?

 

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14 minutes ago, Burnsythebinman said:

I saw him at the kilby game and have to agree that he was noticeably overweight. professional players should be looking after them selves between seasons, its no up to the clubs to get them back in shape

Have you personally put the boy on the scales & have the medical knowledge to say he is clinically overweight? I didn’t think so..

You should be supportive of your teams players instead of slandering them online like some pathetic cyber bully. It’s a sad state of affairs when a footballers skill goes unnoticed & a group of grown men are slagging him off on his appearance. 

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11 hours ago, Francesc Fabregas said:

We started the match in a 4-1-4-1 formation:

- McGuigan -

- Cook - Gibbons - Halleran - Hopkirk

- McKernon -

- McIlduff - Munro - O'Neill - McLaughlin -

- Marley -

We had two trialists, Tiwi Daramola, Ryan Watters, Marky Munro and Brandon Luke all on the bench.

I thought that was a decent run out this evening. We should have won the match based on some of the chances we missed (although Vaclav Hladky made three or four brilliant saves) but a draw was probably the fair result. By the end of the match, St Mirren had virtually swapped their whole XI around so things became a bit disjointed but I think we should be happy enough with that.

The goalkeeper didn't have much to do, nor could he have done much to block Tony Andreu's well-executed goal. The back four looked fine - I presume Chris O'Neill filled in at centre-back to cover for David Marsh - with Scott McLaughlin and Aidan McIlduff putting in a decent shift at full-back. Neither of them were overly stretched, with St Mirren only getting in behind a handful of times towards the end of the game. I'm still unsure about the midfield. I was appalled by Jamie McKernon's condition - he looks about 18lbs overweight, with his gut visible beneath his shirt whenever he broke into a sprint, and I can't believe a player would return to pre-season in that shape. He did, however, look quite handy on the ball and played some nice passes. Thomas Halleran and Kieron Gibbons look like they've beefed up a bit during their time away but we're still lightweight and lack creativity.

Alan Cook could have scored a hat-trick, twice from free-kicks and another when he was put through on goal, only to be thwarted by Hladky. His delivery from corners was mince though, and most of his balls either didn't beat the first man or sailed right over everyone's head. David Hopkirk looked sparky to begin with and had a very good chance of his own before dropped out of the game. Mark McGuigan put himself about and held up the ball well but he should have scored before the interval when he unexpectedly found himself on goal; instead he hammed his shot straight at Hladky.

The substitutes were fine. Towards the end of the match, one of the trialists played in Ryan Watters down the left flank, who strode into the box and clipped a handsome ball for the other trialist to finish. I'm not sure if they're worth a second look. I do want to see more of Tiwi Daramola though - he was only on the pitch for about 10 minutes but he looked bright whenever he had the ball.

Roll on the Betfred Cup!

Your comments about Mckernon are absolutely disgusting, you should be ashamed of yourself speaking about anyone like that.. he was the best player on the park by a mile!