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Centre half area is vastly improved - Hamilton was just a joy to watch today.
Fullback areas, especially on the left - well, less said about that the better!
And what's with Dunachie - decent at times but sadly lacking on the old i.q. front. When you have the opponent pinned right back in their own third, with their back to goal no less, stop charging through the back of players and giving away monumentally stupid infringements!!!
Second game in a row when the drop off in centre mid when one had to be be subbed was vast.
Up front - ball control people.....come on. And need to be more clinical.
Need at least 5 players in before Spartans away.
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7 minutes ago, JIMMY CHOO said:
Can’t see any of this making a difference.
the shits has already hit the fan.
Elgin strengthening and 6 points behind. It’s all to late. Being optimistic will only prolong the pain. The only thing that would have made a difference would have been to replace the chairman. It’s all smoke and mirrors and the attention has shifted away from him. Very clever stuff but the end result will still be the same Lowland league.
I'm sorry but the quality of players coming in versus those who have been let go is like night and day. You've obviously not seen these players if that is your assertion. And a 6 point gap is hardly insurmountable - there's 19 games to go!
Yes relegation is a distinct possibility but McCall has a great eye for a player and by the end of the window he can truly say it's his team and needs the fanbase to be galvanised and 100% behind the team.
To write them off when we're only just into January, already upgraded the squad with the promise of more signings to come, is just comical!
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2 hours ago, FREDDYFRY said:
Much that I’m also desperate for new bodies but even the 3 players in already makes us infinitely better than we were until now. Whether that makes us good enough to get 3 points on Saturday remains to be seen.
Another couple at least before Saturday would make us a lot happier I have to say.
I assume they are trying to get them “across the line” as they say, Fingers crossed they do quickly.Exactly this! Whilst still some work to be done, defensively should be far more solid with the new centre backs. Spine of the team is critical.
Midfield could argue has been significantly upgraded too. Leitch will hopefully hit the ground running plus the return of Ray Grant feels like a new signing in itself.
New keeper, left back and preferably a striker too and all of a sudden things could be looking up. I note that Elgin are aiming to bring in around half a dozen signings too so will be an interesting good few months ahead.
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On 17/12/2023 at 14:51, Marten said:
That's football, it's tight and as there are some big differences between the better and weaker sides in the league there aren't that many games in which top sides are likely to drop points.
We looked very good yesterday though, getting some more experience in is now benefiting us. Still all to play for, we are still playing Broughty twice. Broughty have a few tough games coming up. Time will tell!
Do you know if there is a realistic timeframe as to when the two matches v Broughty will at least be announced to be played?
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10 hours ago, theoriginalhedge said:
I think our club are hoping to submit an application in January . We are heavily involved with our local community clubs and will be looking to share with them as well as being available for general public use.
With my greenkeeping background it took a lot of persuasion to sway my opinion away from our grass pitch but it makes more sense both financially and playability wise to go down this route .
Fab news overall for the club.
Always sad to see another grass pitch go, but at non league level (and even above) it just makes sense. The near guarantee of games going ahead (a rarity in the HFL) combined with the extra revenue from renting it out just makes sense.
And arguably the most important aspect is the community element - being able to bring is so many local sports teams/clubs under the one umbrella to create a pathway.
Best of luck - hope the application goes well.
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On 02/12/2023 at 12:24, theoriginalhedge said:
That'll be us next season hopefully.
Are you saying that in hope or do you mean there are genuine plans to install a 3g in time for next season?
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1 hour ago, annan4eva said:
Thank you, so them Creetown, Dalbeattie and ?
Wigtown & Bladnoch
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15 hours ago, PossilYM said:
Certainly a lot bigger number of clubs have floodlights compared to 10 years ago.
Absolutely, it's like night and day, with in all likliehood many more to come over the next 10.
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4 minutes ago, Ginaro said:
No idea of their progress other than Largs have planning permission, Maybole haven't applied.
Numbers - 39/80 with yes on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–24_West_of_Scotland_Football_League but some
Great thanks, much appreciated.
I had it at 40 but I think that's because I saw pylons up at Kilsyth Athletic last season but I guess they may not be functioning lights as such.
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Does anyone know if Largs and Maybole now have floodlights - I know there was reports a couple of years ago suggesting that they were hoping/likely to get them, but I'm not sure if this ever happened.
Not sure if anyone has an updated figure on how many of the 80 have lights?
Also, did Ardrossan get their 3g pitch installed or is that still in the pipeline?
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46 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said:
Interesting to note the proportion of clubs with match floodlights by division next season:
Premier Division 12/16 75%
First Division 11/16 69%
Second Division 9/16 56%
Third Division 1/11 9%
By my reckoning is the first time 3 divisions in the East have had majorities with artificial illumination.So trying to work it out but I've obviously got a discrepancy in the Premier League - do one of mine either not have lights or since moved to a ground without them.
Prem (13) - Broxburn, Dunbar, Dundonald, Haddington, Hill O Beath, Hutchie Vale, Inverkeithing, Jeanfield, Kinnoull, Musselburgh, Penicuik, Sauchie, and Tynecastle.
1st (11) - Blackburn, Camelon, Dunipace, Heriot Watt, Leith Ath, Newtongrange, Preston, Rosyth, St. Andrew's, Vale of Leithen and Whitehill.
2nd (9) - Armadale, Bo'Ness Ath, Burntisland, Coldstream, Dalkeith, Easthouses Lily, Edinburgh College, Kennoway, Stirling Uni
3rd (1) - Hawick
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19 hours ago, Pyramid Watcher said:
I would be willing to bet a considerable amount of money that Gala will be nowhere near the bottom of the league, I expect them to be top 7.
I'd be very surprised if they were top 7, but you may well be right, but then again, you may not be. That's the beauty of this thread don't you think......that its ok to have different opinions.
Perhaps instead of singling out one very small part of someone else's 18 team prediction, maybe you too could be brave enough like many others here to post a full predictions list (with or without the B's) rather than just a top 4 and bottom 2 as noted above......and then we'd all be in no doubt as to where you believe each team will finish.
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For what it's worth, my predictions are as follows:-
1. Celtic B
2. East Kilbride
3. Tranent
4. Linlithgow Rose
5. Berwick Rangers
6. Albion Rovers
7. Stirling Uni
8. Bo'ness United
9. Civil Service Strollers
10. Hearts B
11. Cowdenbeath
12. Caledonian Braves
13. East Stirlingshire
14. Broomhill
15. Gretna 2008
16. Cumbernauld Colts
17. Gala Fairydean Rovers
18. Edinburgh Uni
Going forward, EK to beat Brechin City in Tier 5 play-off, and then onto beat Elgin City (Club 42).
As far fetched as it gets, but it's my best guess!
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25 minutes ago, Footballfirst said:
I disagree about Hearts communications. They choose their statements very carefully and avoid being contentious. FOH can't even make a statement on topical issues without it being approved by the club Board. Now who owns who?
As far as the EOS is concerned, I have suggested it to Hearts coaching staff previously as an alternative to CAS U18s and above, although there were concerns about its impact on SFA funding of "elite" academies. I have previously posted about the benefits of a pathway that involved playing EOS football rather than academy football for the first and second year professionals.
I agree on your last point that those who are going to make it with a premiership club need to be playing at a higher level than tier 5.
Re Hearts B team least season, they were generally younger than the OF B teams and took half the season to come to terms with playing against adults. They only had 11 points from the first 15 games, but turned it round and ended up with 37 points from next 21. Had they maintained the later rate of points accumulation for the whole of the season, then they would have finished on 63 points, just below EK.
I've also spoken to a couple of SFA staff who are involved in player development and they both believed that Hearts got better development outcomes for their B Team players than either of the OF.
Dictionary definition of contentious - "likely to cause disagreement or argument". I mean they literally took legal action against the SPFL - not exactly playing ball and falling in line with their masters.
The updates on the website on various issues are both frequent and very welcome.
Had they maintained that form screams of if's, buts and maybes. I guess next year we'll have a better idea of said progress - I really hope you're right on that issue for what it's worth.
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1 hour ago, Pyramid Watcher said:
I reckon you will a see a few clubs come out, who may previously have been yes, against it. They’ve waited to the last minute to see which way it was going and will now declare to allow them to be on the winning side.
Completely concur with that summation.
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29 minutes ago, stanley said:
I'm not sure the EoS would have accepted them. I believe the last time they accepted any new B teams into the league was in 2013 after the formation of the Lowland League. Spartans and Stirling University left behind reserve sides, Hibs came in for one season only and Berwick had their last of a four season spell in the league. Since then, Spartans have gone and Stirling University remain just because they were already in the league.
If allowed in, they certainly wouldn't have been allowed promotion to the Lowland League.
You may well be right about not being accepted, but Hearts are very good at communicating with their supporters and it doesn't look like they even asked the question of EOS participation in the first place.
Hearts struggled in the Lowland League and in all honesty going forward as the bigger clubs (albeit slowly) replace the smaller community clubs, then Hearts B would likely be just a little out their depth. In short I'd have been absolutely fine with a hearts B team that was capped at EOS Premier level as I think that's about right for them.
If they have any youngsters that they truly believe are real standouts then I'd be expecting them to be going out on loan much further up the football league.
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45 minutes ago, Footballfirst said:
Alternatively, the SFA asked the PWG to come up with options which would subsequently be put to the member clubs, thus making it a Board resolution.
I fully accept that the OF and possibly Hearts have been pushing for such an outcome.
As far as Hearts are concerned, I think they only took the B Team route when clubs failed to agree on a Reserve or Development League for 2022/23 as their youths had nowhere else to play (a limited Reserve League was subsequently created a few weeks after the start of the LL season).
You could well be right concerning the SFA. I just think it all seems a tad fishy.
What disappoints me most about Hears is that they could have started at the bottom and worked their way up the pyramid on merit.
Infact If they had done that a few seasons back when there were Conferences, it would have been far easier to have made rapid progress, were they to have been succesful on the field of course.
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6 minutes ago, Footballfirst said:
Have you seen the actual resolution to see who is proposing it (not the explanatory note)? I suspect that it is an SFA Board resolution, which would be why Maxwell has been doing the rounds seeking support and not Celtic Rangers or Hearts.
Aberdeen says all 42 SPFL clubs were invited. That wouldn't be the case if Hearts or any other club was proposing it.
Are you seriously suggesting the SFA came up with this idea all on their own? I'm not sure they are even capable of coming up with a suggestion like that. Clearly this is all being satisfied satisfy two clubs at the very least and likely Hearts too - all three are huge proponents and are champing at the bit to do this.
If say Arbroath, Annan and Stirling Albion - to randomly select three smaller clubs were the ones wanting this conferences and the Old Firm and Hearts were dead against it, would the SFA still have come up with this magical idea and be such proponents.....even though we all (well mostly all) know that the SFA are not the brains behind this.
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1 hour ago, Footballfirst said:
Thank you for that link........which backs up word for word what I just said.
ie they weren't formally behind proposing this....they were invited to join as the fourth club and rejected it, as per my previous post.
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4 minutes ago, welshbairn said:
Aberdeen were supposed be on message but publicly rejected the deal along with its rational for developing young footballers. Maybe Hearts think their lads will get some useful experience in the EOSFL the season after next?
Supposed to be according to whom exactly? Was all hearsay - nothing official from the club. They were merely invited to be the fourth club.
Hearts on the other hand have a B team in the pyramid and are one of the three clubs, again, actually proposing the Conference - that's a pretty big difference right there!
Either way, I'm more confident than ever now that this absolute monstrosity will be voted down within the next 48 hours or so. (personally I'd then kick all 3 out the LL immediately after this farce but that's perhaps my pettiness coming through).
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1 minute ago, welshbairn said:
Excellent stuff from Clyde, now from Hearts that would properly kill it off.
Curious.....why would Hearts vote against it when they are one of the three clubs that's actually proposing it??? (much to my despair!).
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Apologies if this has been answered before, but with people confirming that Blackburn have been relegated, does that mean 4 clubs will be promoted into the EOS Premier as Linlithgow head to the LL?
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4 hours ago, Deanburn Dave said:
Playing in a 10 team league with 4 B teams would be as enjoyable as drinking pints of somebody else's vomit. It's a firm NO from me.
Or even worse..........Tennents!
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Belated congrats to Spartans for their Lowland title victory!
Ordered tickets online tonight for the home leg of the play off v Highland champions - should be a cracker!
Much as I vehemently disagree with the convoluted play-off system with the mere hope of ending up in the SPFL, it doesn't half make for some excellent play off matches both between HL and LL champs, and again between winner of that match-up and Club 42. (tho longer term I do hope this is resolved).
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Under that scenario, 2 would be relegated from the LL to accommodate both Brechin and the champion of the EOS/WOS/SOS play-off.
However it's distinctly possible that no team is relegated - ie East Kilbride defeat Elgin City. (using both clubs merely as an example).