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Yeah we did. Just think that with vastly reduced travelling supports that behind both goals should be the norm not the exception. Sure, if for some reason an opponent is going to bring 300-400 then give them behind the goal but otherwise give it to us. From a personal point of view, I’ve always preferred the Switchie end too.

Ridiculous isn’t it. I think segregation is here to stay but even in the championship there were many games where the opposing fans could have easily been accommodated in the stand with perhaps a wee bit of terracing. To give 1/4 of the ground to 40-50 fans is crazy. We should be using every advantage possible and having the fans behind both goals can only be a good thing. Only Montrose should get behind the goals at Gayfield and even that shouldn’t be a given.

My first game of the season and the difference compared to last season is night and day. Definitely not the finished article but we were so much more energetic and dynamic today than any time under McIntyre. Nice to see all the players out on their feet at the end of the game too. Loads of effort all over the pitch. Very impressed with the new guys and Spalding looks excellent. Stewart superb today as usual but I don’t think there was a bad performance from anyone. Noticeable though that there is a massive crisis in confidence in attack. Had some amount of good possession in and around the Alloa box but never really tested the keeper. Several times it just needed someone to have a pop or swing a leg at it. Want to watch it back but don’t know why Reilly didn’t stick his head on that cross, he appeared to be indicating that he got a shout but a confident striker would have ignored that and went for it. Perhaps it was slightly behind him? Also Gallagher needed to go for goal instead of chipping it to Coulson. Also on Coulson - looks really good but needs to have the confidence to take on his man more and try to hit the byline. Defending crosses from there is so much harder than from 15-20 yards out. Overall pretty good, continue to play like that and the goals and wins will come.

I’m very happy with Flynn coming in. Could be a superb signing and just what we need positionally. Well over 400 appearances at a much much higher level, including a very large chunk of his career at Sheffield United yet some folk are disappointed ffs. We’re not at the pointy end of the Championship anymore, what kind of player do some folk think we should be signing in our position?

Flynn has some pedigree and might be just what we need in CM. He’s no spring chicken but neither were Sheerin or Low etc. Disappointed with Steele leaving to a competitor but if Sinclair is as decent as Morton fans thought then might be ok. Squad of 18 I think so room for 2-3 loans.

WTF!!

Any pub will accept away fans. Personally I like the Foundry for a pre match beer. 5 minute walk from the ground on East Mary Street, just off Millgate Loan. There’s Tutties Neuk of course right across the road, I prefer it post match as it gets very busy pre match but pretty decent. Plenty others to choose from if your coming by train?

I get what you’re saying and normally I would be quite open to giving a young inexperienced guy a punt - worked a treat with Sheerin after all. However, I feel with the way we are at the moment, that a more experience head is what is needed. All we need this season imo is someone to steady the ship and move us out of danger. Who that could be though is another matter and some of the names being bandied about are depressing. As things stand, I would be more than happy for Gold and Hamilton to continue, so long as there’s obvious and immediate improvement.

Why on earth would we want someone like Mulgrew? What relevant experience does he have at this level? Out of that list only Robson stands out for me but he probably wouldn’t be interested - unless he wants another crack at management and fancies going down the leagues to build a name again. Young has a decent track record but then again McIntyre had some decent achievements on his cv too. The most important thing is that we get this right. The board have proven that they will continue to back a manger waaaaaaayyy beyond the point where they should be catapulted into the North Sea. So get this wrong and things could be very depressing indeed in a few months time.

Of course I have. I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve ripped individual players to shreds on the terraces and in the pub etc (and probably will on Saturday too)… and I’ve probably done it on here too although I try not to. I think we can all agree that we’re a mess at the moment and have been for a very long time. Very few (if any) players have covered themselves in glory this past while, so singling out individual players on a public forum isn’t going to help their confidence or make them play better. As I said, ultimately it’s the guys that pick the players on the pitch who are to blame not the player himself.

Even if we think, or it’s obvious that certain players aren’t good enough, targeting them for abuse is hardly going to help matters. Being young guys, I’m sure they all see, or hear about, what’s being said about them on social media. Imagine how they must feel having to play knowing that a large chunk of the support think they’re pish. Is that really going to make them play better? Yes, I’ve been guilty of criticising individual players in the past - most notably Hilson and Donnelly but that was more out of frustration because I thought they had more to give. Don't blame the player, blame those picking them to play in the first place. I didn’t blame Deri Corfe for being mince, I blamed Dick Campbell for signing him and playing him over Bobby Linn.

Yeah I’ve seen the same and hinted at it in my original post. The fact that they actively publicise that you can’t buy a ticket at the ground will inevitably put people off though. It would be as simple as printing off a stack of paper tickets pre match, one person at the window with a card machine, £20 card payment then destroy any unused tickets. As you say, they likely do this anyway so why not say? I don’t think it would mean hundreds of folk turning up without a ticket but would enable folk to go without the perceived hassle of buying an e-ticket or printing one out at home. My dad for example - he wanted to go to a game last season but when I explained the ticket situation he decided against it, even though I told him I would do it for him. Too much technology and hassle for a lot of, particularly older, folk.

Ok, well just make ticket purchases card only. Loads of other clubs do it.

It would be impossible to use cash at the new gates/turnstyles. I’ve said this before but I can’t understand why we don’t have a ticket office/window to allow folk to buy tickets with cash or card on the day. I kind of think you probably can but it’s certainly not publicised. Yes, loads of clubs are ticket only but Aberdeen for example have a ticket office where you can buy a physical paper ticket right up until kick off. Seems mental to put hurdles and barriers in the way of folk attending games. Loads of older fans won’t have smart phones or computers for example.

Strange to say it, as it’s never pleasant to chuck a 2 goal lead, but pretty happy with a point today. We’ve been such a mess that it was unlikely that we would suddenly start winning games after 2 years of pish so 2 goals and a point will do me at the moment.