Cardle is Magic Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) Massively early to be talking about titles/promotion. It's a competitive league and we are only a handful of games in. If we're top with six games *left* then I'll start to get excited. Edited September 3, 2022 by Cardle is Magic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA-go Par Adonis Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 What if we're 20 points clear by then? You'll have missed all the excitement... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 It’s just a case of putting points on the board and building momentum. We’re doing that well currently, another 3 games we’ll have played the first round of fixtures and being top at that stage would be a good marker but still nothing over the grand scheme of things. keep ticking over, keep grinding out results and see where that takes us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 2 hours ago, DA-go Par Adonis said: What if we're 20 points clear by then? You'll have missed all the excitement... I would happily take a one-sided romp to the title but I feel that is extremely unlikely for any side in this league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA-go Par Adonis Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 We're 4 points ahead of Falkirk after 6 games. When that trend is repeated for the rest of the season, it equates to a 20 point gap by game 30. It's simple maths... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Was that just two McPake signings in the starting 11 yesterday? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 By this time last season we were probably through around 5 centre backs and two goalies. Great to see the consistency now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 (edited) Fair play to Breen and Mehmet. Would imagine most fans would have been happy/indifferent to see them leave in the summer but can't ask for any more from them so far. Let's hope they can keep it up. Still feel Bene is the key man though. His leadership and experience have helped foster a far more resilient and organised back line. Edited September 4, 2022 by Cardle is Magic 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Benedictus has been some signing. Breen and Mehmet have totally turned it around. Could argue Breen has been our best player so far. He should have a good few more goals to his name. Big threat from set pieces. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 hour ago, DAFC. said: Benedictus has been some signing. Breen and Mehmet have totally turned it around. Could argue Breen has been our best player so far. He should have a good few more goals to his name. Big threat from set pieces. Yup, missed a sitter at Kelty and then had that last-gasp winner outrageously ruled out vs Airdrie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbychops Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 (edited) Having been forced to watch Efe Ambrose fanny about doing tricks in his 6 yard box last season and then have a solid centre back like Bene come in you can see why things went so badly wrong last season. The difference between those two players basically refects the difference in their respective managers. Yogi cared more about his team completing 700 passes a match to no effect, so that his pals in the media could massage his ego by commenting on the good football Yogi's teams play. McPake is more interested in winning football matches and not what outsiders think about our style. It's about his team not about him, unlike Yogi. Edited September 4, 2022 by Chubbychops 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA-go Par Adonis Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 That doesn't fully stack up. Yogi also signed Donaldson, who was pretty much a no-nonsense centre back too. McPake is doing really well, and Benedictus and Hamilton are great additions, but he was dealt a squad with Comrie, Breen, Edwards and MacDonald - all of whom should be able to excel at the level we're at. I was always pretty confident that he'd have us pretty well drilled defensively. The issue was always going to be scoring goals rather than keeping them out. Also, yet to see how we respond to losing the opening goal in a game. That will be a test when it happens. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 02/09/2022 at 12:25, parxyz said: Notice James Craigen has left Arbroath on a free. Not expecting him to drop down a division but his versatility would be exactly what we need imo. Tbh players that are that age and established as part time it would be hard to entice them back to full time without serious cash 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 I’m confident in this squads character, we’ve already shown we can do enough against sides holding on to what they have. Not got the outright quality going forward to blow teams away, but we are regularly doing enough to make teams crumble under pressure. Give me a hardworking organised side who give up very little over a pretentious ‘playing the right way’ side trying to score the perfect goal and wanking over possession stats every single time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy Daquin Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 4 hours ago, DA-go Par Adonis said: That doesn't fully stack up. Yogi also signed Donaldson, who was pretty much a no-nonsense centre back too. McPake is doing really well, and Benedictus and Hamilton are great additions, but he was dealt a squad with Comrie, Breen, Edwards and MacDonald - all of whom should be able to excel at the level we're at. I was always pretty confident that he'd have us pretty well drilled defensively. The issue was always going to be scoring goals rather than keeping them out. Also, yet to see how we respond to losing the opening goal in a game. That will be a test when it happens. Tbf lost first goal against Thistle and Ayr in final part of last season and came back to win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA-go Par Adonis Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Last season was a whole different ball game to this one though - thankfully in the main. We also had one or two more threatening players in the squad, although you wouldn't have known it for the majority of the time. If I remember correctly, Thomas played well in the Thistle game. We absolutely stole the Ayr game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy Daquin Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Last season was a whole different ball game to this one though - thankfully in the main. We also had one or two more threatening players in the squad, although you wouldn't have known it for the majority of the time. If I remember correctly, Thomas played well in the Thistle game. We absolutely stole the Ayr game.Got a big slice of luck in the Thistle game as well tbf, them scoring an OG straight after they scored. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 On 04/09/2022 at 00:39, Cardle is Magic said: I would happily take a one-sided romp to the title but I feel that is extremely unlikely for any side in this league. Really didn’t see us being contenders this season but we are very fit and organised. Not quite the flair of the 2016 mob. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Really didn’t see us being contenders this season but we are very fit and organised. Not quite the flair of the 2016 mob.oh stop it [emoji7] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toun Clock Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 4 hours ago, Shandon Par said: Really didn’t see us being contenders this season but we are very fit and organised. Not quite the flair of the 2016 mob. Something from the QoS Vs Pars thread that really pleased me was a Queens fan saying how aggressive we looked. Genuinely can't remember the last time we had a team that I thought had that about them, no pushovers etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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