ScottishLoon

We're not actually that good at defending are we

We're 11 games unbeaten yet we still have the same amount of wins as the current worst team in the league bonnyrigg who have only won once in 13 games since Christmas... Speaks volumes as to how our season has been. Also here's another fact that is mental, when it hits April 1st we'll have officially gone a whole year without a consecutive league win... Now that should be considered sackable. This unbeaten run is the definition of papering over cracks.

Ray McKinnon is the manager for the job, he's currently leading the very grateful forfar athletic on an absolutely incredible 10 game unbeaten run whilst playing some unbelievably...[insert adjective] football what's not to love am I right guys....guys?

Ray Laughably trying to blame wind for how we played again.... Yet he's the one having players punt it in the air the majority of the time. I never even noticed the wind affect the ball once yesterday. Our quality players are feeding off f**k all is the problem, hopeful diagonals and punts in the air to wingers who are desperate to get a foot on the ball and run at people is the issue ray, Scally and Allan look desperate to try and get the ball and create but almost the only time they get it to feet is with their back to goal from full backs.

People are so fickle on this, they criticise money clubs like cove, kelty and edinburgh for what they spent and then have the cheek to criticise a brilliant club like bonnyrigg for being the one that's tried to live within their means.

I'm sorry but as disgusting as spitting at someone is, anyone who thinks that leathering them is a reasonable response might want to have a wee look in the mirror at how they deal with being disrespected.

Clyde supporters having the gall to criticise a clubs home makes me chuckle.

Best unbeaten run in 7 years whilst simultaneously being the worst football and least enjoyment we've had from from a forfar team in 15 years.... Make it make sense. We don't even look like a team that's on a 10 game unbeaten run, you'd think we'd not won in 10 games when you look at the players body language, they don't look particularly happy or confident and surely that comes down from the atmosphere/environment from the manager and the way they're being made to play by him. If ray is indeed here next season I think it's looking increasingly likely that a lot of even the local players would rather move on than sign on and continue to be forced to play like that under him. The atmospheres and performances for games at station park in the last 12 months (Arbroath and Hibs games apart) have felt so apathetic from the lack of enjoyment from watching the team under ray that the board needs to think of the bigger picture and sack him because of it.

As eye bleeding it is unfortunately we're very much in if it ain't broke don't fix it territory with this unbeaten run. As long as we keep scoring these bundled into the net goals he's got a reason not to change it. And to be clear I fucking hate that fact.

Terrible game of football but can we mention how brilliant Hutchinson was today and in general has been since the turn of the year, he's been a massive reason this unbeaten run has happened.

Our best hope at this stage is with the mess going at queen of the south right now, they finally bin Bartley and come in for ray thinking he's a safe pair of hands but i feel like I'm clutching at straws here. Never thought I'd see a forfar manager get a manager of the month award and it feel like a negative. The best part is me feeling like that isn't even me being that negative it's just the reality of the last year of watching us scrap our way to mid table mediocrity with set piece and penalty box scramble goals where our only reliable goal sources are from our CB turned DM.

Tbf we're playing stenny next so there's always the chance that could happen anyway.

Definitely has something about him looks lively and wants to be direct, would be good for a team that plays football and uses their wingers properly so I could see him suiting a team like Montrose.

You don't get it do you just because me and others don't believe the board intentionally make kit decisions to spite fans, doesn't mean we're happy with the decisions At the start of the season and in the summer plenty of us made it clear that we want the home kit to always be majority sky blue and also that we don't like how we shoehorn ourselves into this rinse and repeat Pendle catalogue cycle. At the end of the season we'll be probably speak about it again when the new home kit will be due, right now my main problem with the board is that they never sacked ray before we went on this effectively unsackable run because that's the biggest issue.

This sort of opinion is really getting boring. Do you also happen to believe the moon landing was filmed in a Hollywood studio?

How have we possibly lost only one League game in the last 12?! It's actually mind boggling. We've not lost a home league game since before Christmas yet this has continued to easily be the worst forfar team to watch in over 15 years, so many performances including even todays have been chronic to watch that it's just shocking how we've managed this unbeaten run.

Anybody else starting to think about the contract situation for players? As of now I think the only players contracted for next season are McCallum, Allan and McLean. I know it's common that the decision gets made at the end if the season, but can also not be a great sign when players are either hesitant to commit or the manager/club is acting very slowly. When things are going well at a club you'd expect to see a good core of the squad to have renewed by now, especially when you consider so many of them are pretty local. Ultimately I hope this isn't going the way of ray palming off blame being like "the players have been the main problem this season" and him overhauling the squad because that's just going to put us back to square one with the another group of players who will end up being poorly managed/utilized.

Such a strange season, two weeks ago Clyde looks gone then start banging in goals, and then before last night Stranraer were looking likely to finish bottom then they go and pump dumbarton. If the trends continues expect Elgin to hammer bonnyrigg something like 5-0 too.

We've drawn 13 games and that's already more than anyone else has drawn in a full season in this league for the last 10+ years... we still have 9 left to play The most self inflicted playing with the handbrake on season I can remember.

Enough with obsessing on this "happy clapper" stuff, people are allowed to be happy/happier after a win. Not everyone has to stay cynical about the team and think a certain way.

Nothing against brindley he's still been really good going forward but we definitely need a more reliable in defence left back in the summer. I know theres not a load out there these days but I don't fancy having to rely on a loan or playing someone out of position for another season.

Ray hung brindley out to dry today, they were targeting his side the whole game and he didn't do anything to stop it and it cost us with that 3rd goal Would of had Allan go to lb and bring nditi on

So much of it was wrong, McLean staying on too long, lobban coming on over Whatley then looking headless, Thomson put out on the left, taking too long to switch to a back 5 and letting us get overrun down the wings and specifically our left every time... Am I missing anything?

The substitutions and tactics in that second half were a shambles