Cardle is Magic

I’d have us at a 4 or 5 tbh. Can’t lose three derbies, collect 23 points from 18 games and say we’re doing better than average. Considering they have only lost one game and have conceded just SEVEN goals, it’s remarkable that United are not top of the table. Of course, they win their game in hand and they would be 1st but still only on goal difference.

He had a couple of decent showings from the bench but in the handful of games he did start he was invisible. Fair play to him though, scored 7 in his last 9 appearances for an Edinburgh City side that’s circling the drain so would make sense that clubs will be looking at him.

Why are Otoo and Summers suddenly unavailable after playing on Tuesday?

Barely looked good enough at L1 so doubt he’d make much of an impact. We do need numbers I suppose.

If anyone else has a knock then Summers and Moffat may both have to play anyway.

are you better or worse than when we won 2-0 at Hampden earlier in the season?

If not being very good was considered a reason to not put a player on the pitch then we would be in deep shit.

Pretty much as expected from the update - no good news at all really and McPake even mentions issues with a couple of unnamed players that he didn’t want to expand upon. It’s not only the injured players that are the problem though; guys like Edwards, Comrie and Chalmers are needing to play every single game regardless of condition/form etc as we don’t have anyone else to choose from. Recruitments are essential this month or we’ll need to start giving some of the younger lads a chance, even if just to give the others a rest.

The League Cup game was a draw tbf so would *only* be seven defeats… If we’re being serious about it though, I highly doubt we will end up in the top four and even if we scramble in, I’m confident Thistle would make pretty short work of us over two legs in the quarter-final.

…and then lose to the Pars in the play-offs on penalties

A few bright spots dotted around but some large dark blots on our season so far. Defeated four times by Raith Rovers - so far! - and can only really claim to have been unfortunate to lose one of those games. Performances at home to Ayr and away to Thistle were the worst of McPake’s reign. The never-ending injuries have prevented the team from gaining any sort of momentum; we’ve not once come close to having our best XI on the park at the same time. The performance at Tannadice at the start of the season was impressive, as was the home win against Morton. We were apparently good at Airdrie as well but I missed that one. We have a period coming up where we need to pick up a few wins. Between now and mid February we play QP twice, as well as home matches against Airdrie, Morton and Arbroath. A spell which should see us banish any concerns of the bottom two or cause some to start reaching for the panic button.

Thistle have 18 points from their last 10 games and Arbroath have picked up 5 points during that time. It’s the Championship so no result would truly shock you but I’d imagine Thistle would be comfortable favourites for most people.

I can’t imagine the shame I’d feel if I had a son and he only behaved because he was afraid of his own father tbh.

I’ve said for a while that the club will eventually take action against those in the NW if they don’t start actively self-policing. I was in there plenty of times last season and the atmosphere was at times sensational. However, there was constantly an issue of people throwing objects onto the pitch, including flares, vapes etc. They are given a lot of free rein but there has to be some responsibility or it will clearly be taken away.

Add this to the abuse Ross McArthur received during the relegation season and you have to wonder if the German guys wonder why they even bother tbh. There can be no doubt that the club has suffered a damaging blow to its reputation over this incident and we can only wait and see what action will be taken as a result. I’m sure I am not the only Pars fan left completely disenchanted and embarrassed to be in any way associated with those cretins.

All these posts about some sort of mob justice are beyond embarrassing. Reads like the ramblings of simpletons in a Facebook comment section.

Anything less than seven points from the next three games would be a disappointment tbh and a real concern. QP have been atrocious for months; just look at the table over the last 15 games: Every team should be looking to beat them right now and Airdrie have the worst away record in the division.

I own a SNW hoodie but I don’t even sit in the NW. Me thinks a poor lawyer you would make.

Anything to distract myself from yesterday’s miserable on and off field embarrassments. This should be an absolute stinker between two sides in poor form. We have been awful recently but QP have somehow not won in this league since August; a truly remarkable feat in a division as poor as this. We will be missing at least six senior players - possibly more - and badly need reinforcements this month if we’re to avoid slipping further down the table. The Spiders will simply not get an easier chance for three points.

On a pretty bleak morning for the Pars, I can at least take some comfort from knowing I am physically incapable of posting a lamer joke than this.

Just felt absolutely scunnered last night after seeing the video tbh. It wasn’t even really anger just despair.

Nah, not having this. Can’t just dismiss them as nothing to do with us because it’s uncomfortable. Club statement is short but all that was needed.

It’s not the club’s fault they attacked the guy but they did just release a big glossy presentation about how we are a powerful force for the community and committed to fairness etc. Can’t go for the moral high ground like that and then turn around and say the behaviour of fans is nothing to do with them.