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9 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said:
It's an assumption right enough but I'm fairly sure that the agreement between the two clubs will not have been able to amend the operation of the Gregorian Calendar! It's 8 days. 8 days are more than 7 days. He's on his 2nd loan already.
Haha, well quite so, but it's not beyond the realms of possibility that they agreed to have him in up to and including match day 2, depending on what they knew about the extent of Rae's absence at the time.
Alternatively, he'll be on loan three come Saturday, or they extended it into a longer term loan and no longer a 7 day rolling one and haven't said so. Ultimately matters not; he'll be in goals, presumably, if Rae isn't back fit yet. We'll probably get an update on Friday when the match preview is published.
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3 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said:
2 Saturdays = 8 days. Even if he signed at 2:59pm on the Peterhead Saturday he wouldn't be eligible to play Falkirk at 3pm the next Saturday. He's on his 2nd loan already.
Josh will be desperate to play I'm sure and will get a good welcome hopefully if he does. He did well last season.
Shrug, probably right about that, without having seen the actual agreement signed by the two clubs I guess it's all academic now. Main thing is, looks likely he'll be in goal on the day.
More than happy for Murray Johnson to continue but a shame for Josh Rae, who has looked good and will be annoyed to have missed the opening league games. I expect he'll be there in some capacity right enough.
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1 minute ago, Diamonds_Are_Forever said:
Heard we are extending it for Saturday as rae still isn’t fully fit
I'd be very happy with that; two clean sheets. Not really had much to do, but looks comfortable.
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3 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said:
All emergency goalkeeper loans are 7 days. it doesn't stop you renewing it for a further 7 days if required. That was clearly already his 2nd 7 day loan given he played at Peterhead the week before. Given Josh Rae was in Spain last week you'd presume he's not particularly near a return.
Maybe; we announced his loan on the morning of the Peterhead game, so not sure, maybe Saturday versus falkirk was indeed included in that. No announcement as yet of a continuation of the loan but aye, doesn't preclude them from having done so and not announced it.
Rae I think was at the home game Saturday, no idea if he'll be ready or not.
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Bell made a difference to Partick Thistle in the shortened, closed door season when they signed him on loan in March for the last run of games that saw them win the league after the restart.
Not sure how much he has played since then, though.
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Two wins and two clean sheets obviously means we'll go into this with confidence, and a 0-0 with Montrose before playing us didn't do Falkirk any good, but it's that hazy, bonkers stage in the season where teams are still growing into themselves and settling down (as we found last year with a poor start) so it's by no means a given that we bag another three points here.
It had been an age since we'd won our opening two fixtures in a league campaign, so winning three on the trot would be some going. If we can get that interchanging movement from the forwards that we saw particularly second half last week and first half the week before, the stuff St Mirren couldnae handle and that carved out chances we wasted in Arbroath in the opening half of that game, I'd fancy our increasingly sharp looking strikers to capitalise again.
We'll go into it with great confidence, obviously, and it ought to be a long, dizzying day for the Queens defence if we get our game going the way we know we can, but I expect QoS to be significantly improved from their opening home game, where they looked absolutely abysmal.
Fancy us to score, but can we keep three clean sheets on the bounce? Here's hoping. Watson, Fordyce, Ballantyne and Deveney were all excellent on Saturday. Presumably we'll go same again in terms of the starting 11 (apart from the goalie, as that was only a 7 day emergency loan, wasn't it?)
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6 minutes ago, Ranaldo Bairn said:
Absolutely earth-shattering stuff there from the fat crooner.
We just need to recruit better, lads. Why have we not thought to mention that before.
Shrug. I thought it was a reasonable point from the Falkirk Daft lads and merely echoed it. Nobody in the Falkirk squad seems likely to have been in the position to capitalise upon any such moments had the shoe been on the other foot.
I did say I'm sure those questions were being asked. And no wonder.
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4 minutes ago, She who dares gins said:
I heard he won his slot in a lucky drip drawn by weans…That was a legitimate draw conducted under the highest standards of professional impartiality. Expect a letter from my legal representatives.
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20 minutes ago, She who dares gins said:
He’s actually shite.I heard he couldnae even make the opening game of the season at Peterhead. Part-timer.
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Regards the 'luck' of the goals, I actually think the Falkirk Daft podcast covered the salient point well; Airdrie had attackers in positions to punish poor defending/moments of luck. Falkirk don't appear to have anyone like that in their squad at the moment, despite their obvious advantage over Airdrie in terms of budget, which ought to raise serious questions regards the recruitment failure of their manager and/or recruitment team. No doubt it is.
Had any moments of bad defending/lucky brakes been given up by the Diamonds' defence, nobody in a Falkirk jersey would have been in position to capitalise, because despite being down here for a bazillion years, they don't seem to know how to sign a league one goalscorer. They get guys who fall over, instead (Alegria, not the precious Donaldson, before his lawyers jump in. So pleased that made the highlights by the by, really top stuff)
One of several reasons we've regularly cantered to wins; we recruit better with less resource. What's the point of that mahoosive support if a succession of managers keep spunking the budget on utterly guff players? The defence had been sorted this time, we were told, and I even believed it, until I watched those four goals roll in.
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1 hour ago, She who dares gins said:
Can confirm he is a very nice bloke.His heid is big enough as it is, don't encourage him.
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1 hour ago, Marshmallo said:
The Airdrie fan who was on it last week was excellent btw. Spoke really well, provided a good level of detail about your squad and manager and seemed a decent guy.
Appreciate that. Really enjoyed being on it, both the gents doing it are thoroughly decent and have put together a really solid podcast.
Now cut it out, we need to despise each other with extreme vitriol.
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16 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:
You're talking shite mate. I can obviously see he fell. He did so because the ball having deflected behind him and being unable to stop, it was the only way he could make any sort of attempt to get anything at all of the ball.
You carrying like he just "fell down hahahahaha" is just genuine nonsense.
I could get this if the ball had gone behind his trailing leg, but it appears to go between both of his feet. By no means am I saying he hasn't fallen over whilst trying to stop the ball, but I'd want my centre half to make a better fist of it than that because it does go right through him, rather than just behind or just in front of him, for talking's sake.
That's an individual error; he should stop that, for me.
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6 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said:
Does yer guide dug tell you what to type on here tae pal?
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1 minute ago, cb_diamond said:
Except if you are talking to a Falkirk fan. Then it kind of makes sense, as y'know, Falkirk.
*Insert crowdwank/big team/Holt's fault/navy blue pound comment as appropriate
The pitch is to blame for their injuries despite not having injured anyone else, the refs are against them, they were the better team, it wasn't really 4-0; all the sort of thing you'd expect supporters rattled by a defeat to hit out wi. Classic stuff, fair enough, par for the course. But saying the defender who quite evidently fell down in fact didnae fall down at all is a new one in the old denial stakes, for sure.
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17 hours ago, Bairnardo said:
He doesn't "fall down". He is running, knows he needs to try and throw anything he can at it, and does so. He fails to make contact as he is already past the point where he can actually do anything.
Why can't people, just because they are fans of a club, look at what's in front of them?
The ball literally runs through/underneath his feet as he falls down.
I'm not sure how you are struggling to see it, but it's quite obvious that he falls down. He goes from being upright, to being on the floor. That's falling down. He isn't sliding, he isn't diving. He accidentally goes from being upright, to being on the deck. The ball dribbles right through his legs. The fact that the pace has been taken out of it by the first falkirk defender is precisely why it is so simple for Gal to tap it in, once it has nutmegged the falling Donaldson.
An odd thing to deny, for sure.
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41 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said:
You made that up. Go ask the SPFL. They consider them League games of the higher division. That's why I used the word 'technically' .Goals scored count as League goals, bookings count as League bookings, etc. You lost a League game at Montrose in May.
You're welcome.
I'm really dull at parties. Which is why I'm never invited to them. You're unbeaten in 2 league games. 5 if you want to turn a blind eye to extra time in the Queen's Park one.
Airdrie have not lost a league game in this division since December.
The championship playoff games are not counted as league games in this division.
Hopefully that'll remain the case come fulltime on Saturday.
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23 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said:
I'd absolutely love to see you try to change direction in a split second when you're running the opposite way. Goalkeepers struggle to do it when they've took just the one step at the wrong time never mind whilst you're running. The goal was a fluke but if anyones to blame it's Mckay for letting Jamieson come inside on his left foot.
Mckay incidently missed the first header from the corner for your second goal but really we also missed the second and third ball after the initial header so blaming just Mckay would be a bit harsh.
That's no what happened, though. It bounced off McKay right towards Donaldson, who then falls down. No directional change needed. He just needs to not fall down and he clears it. As it happens he in fact does fall down, and the ball essentially runs right through him. Had he managed to stay upright, he is collecting the ball.
Instead, he falls down, and Gal scores.
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21 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:
Even the third goal you mention, and specifically what about it that you mention, I already posted about on this (or maybe the Falkirk) thread when the highlights came out.
It's one of the oft mentioned culprits, Hetherington, who let's the scorer simply run off his shoulder. The defence can't do anything with that. They all have a man, in fact Hetherington even pointed to Mackie that someone else was coming in down the right, and he STILL just let the scorer wander off into the box unattended.
Certainly not Hetherington to blame for Donaldson making a tit of himself. Is Hetherington in charge or organising your players at corners and frekicks, as well, for the other goals?
Gal got a lot of joy out of Donaldson in particular, and he couldnae cope anytime he was faced with a running Callum Smith, nor could any defender in the falkirk backline. I suppose it's entirely possible that the falkirk defence has improved, just not to the extent many thought.
Certainly, not improved enough to cope with Airdrie.
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30 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:
The resistance to the second half performance came directly as a result of our midfield conceding time and space wherever you wanted it. If you allow any defence to get turned and overran repeatedly, they will get horsed.
Our defense is absolutely, MILES better than last seasons. Even Brad Mckay has stopped making calamitous errors.
Theres only so much you can do though, in the same way that a competent keeper can't compensate for a completely gash defence.
The collapse in discipline once McGinn went off is a much bigger concern than the ability of the players in defenceWhilst I think you're undoubtedly correct that the midfield weakness was particularly telling second half, it was a really poor error from Donaldson at the first goal and shocking defending from set plays for goals 2 and 4. It was also hilariously easy for Gabby McGill to ghost through the centre of your defence for goal 3.
Put it this way, I hope the Falkirk defenders are just as good the next time we play as they were on Saturday.
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My pre-match feeling that Falkirk would be significantly more solid defensively following their significant recruitment was made a mockery of, that's for sure. Shows what I know! Predicted a tight game, chuckle, what a daftie.
Donaldson cunting it pathetically when in an ideal position for a simple clearance at the opening goal put paid to any such concerns, and their tissue-paper like resistance to our improved second half display only served to underline just how soft they still are despite all the 'we won't concede many' patter.
Really enjoyed watching us second half. The scorers rightly getting praise, but I thought Frizz was unplayable at times and really ran the game. Beyond delighted we got him to sign back up this year. Outstanding.
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Brilliant start to the league and whilst it's important we don't get too carried away given our poor start last time was followed by a brilliant league campaign overall, the players and management deserve a huge amount of credit for how we're shaping up. Two very good wins, playing excellent football, impossible to live with at times.
That second half, we absolutely murdered a falkirk team that hadn't conceded a goal from open play right through their league cup group and opening fixture. It was a joy to watch, that second 45. Delighted for the goalscorers, especially Sal for obvious reasons. Also delighted for Euan Deveney, who really stood up. Best game yet for him.
Roll on Saturday.
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Alloa Athletic 2-0 FC Edinburgh
Clyde 1-1 Kelty Hearts
Dunfermline Athletic 1-1 Montrose
Falkirk 1-0 Peterhead
Queen of the South 1-3 Airdrieonians
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Airdrieonians 1-0 Falkirk
Alloa Athletic 1-1 Kelty Hearts
Clyde 1-0 Peterhead
FC Edinburgh 0-1 Dunfermline Athletic
Montrose 2-0 Queen of the South
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The Official Airdrieonians Thread - 2019/20 and beyond
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Is the tribunal about the idiotic behaviour of some Airdrie supporters surrounding Yaxley-Lennon, back before Paul Hetherington was involved with Airdrie?
Is the tribunal about the idiotic behaviour of some airdrie supporters at Gretna... in 2006, before the current owner or board were involved?
Is the Tribunal about the Airdrie supporters at all?
Or is the tribunal actually about the club investigation into the accusations of racist abuse, and whether the club itself discriminated against Quitongo?
I'm fairly confident it is that last one, not the other three.
On that basis, Yaxley-Lennon, Gretna, the Trump flag, none of that has ANY bearing on the actual issue the tribunal is about.
Unless the suggestion is that the people who dressed up in the Klan outfits are now the ones who conducted the investigation, or the people who got selfies with Yaxley-Lennon are the ones who conducted the investigation, then they are absolutely irrelevant to the tribunal which is currently ongoing.
You're not daft, you must be able to recognise that.
Those contemptible episodes, embarrassing though they are, have zero to do with the current board, current owner, and most of all, the current tribunal, which is about the investigation, and the investigation only, from last year.