squeezebox-son Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Are Elgin going to try take 3 points off of us with the "new manager affect" for the second time in less than 3 months? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 I'm not sure if it's to do with our sports science, our recruitment approach or just a coincidence. But Saturday was the third time in a few weeks (Clyde and BoD being the others) where we have looked physically far superior to our opponents. We have some absolute monsters in the squad who look to be in superb shape. Big Sean Crighton has the most muscular chest I've ever seen and Mark Durnan is a huge presence. Matty Shiels and Tony Wallace are very imposing looking guys, Blair Malcolm looks absolutely solid - and even further forward Michael Ruth is very, very physical. Carlo Pignatiello might not be the biggest either, but his upper body strength and balance when he's running with the ball at his feet mean that he's holding players off like they are kids. That's before you get to the amount of ground guys like Finlay and Ruth are covering judging by their data. It was just one of those things that popped into my mind. I can't remember seeing us have a team with so many guys over 6 foot. Let alone over six foot and built like brick walls. Fair play to the sports scientist if that's his doing. We look a very well conditioned team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 I thought Carlo was different class on Saturday. I just want him on the ball as much as possible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 25 minutes ago, Jan Vojáček said: I'm not sure if it's to do with our sports science, our recruitment approach or just a coincidence. But Saturday was the third time in a few weeks (Clyde and BoD being the others) where we have looked physically far superior to our opponents. We have some absolute monsters in the squad who look to be in superb shape. Big Sean Crighton has the most muscular chest I've ever seen and Mark Durnan is a huge presence. Matty Shiels and Tony Wallace are very imposing looking guys, Blair Malcolm looks absolutely solid - and even further forward Michael Ruth is very, very physical. Carlo Pignatiello might not be the biggest either, but his upper body strength and balance when he's running with the ball at his feet mean that he's holding players off like they are kids. That's before you get to the amount of ground guys like Finlay and Ruth are covering judging by their data. It was just one of those things that popped into my mind. I can't remember seeing us have a team with so many guys over 6 foot. Let alone over six foot and built like brick walls. Fair play to the sports scientist if that's his doing. We look a very well conditioned team. Didn't someone (maybe OKI?) say Luca Vata has bulked up massively, too? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 4 minutes ago, FifeSons said: Didn't someone (maybe OKI?) say Luca Vata has bulked up massively, too? Yes, it was me. And just to back up what Jan said I may already have mentioned that a local sitting behind me at Methil said that it looked like an U-21 team playing a league side. We certainly have a welcome physical presence about us just now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Was chatting to Tony Wallace for next week's paper and he said he's aiming to reach double figures before Christmas. Got me thinking who the last Sons player was to achieve that. So I looked it up. I think it's Stephen Dobbie, who bagged 11 before leaving in 2006. If anyone can find anyone else (I tried Bryan Prunty, Ross Clark, Jim Lister and others) before then, then please shout before I put it in print! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 54 minutes ago, Jan Vojáček said: I think it's Stephen Dobbie, who bagged 11 before leaving in 2006. If anyone can find anyone else (I tried Bryan Prunty, Ross Clark, Jim Lister and others) before then, then please shout before I put it in print! That will be yersel then @microdave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 7 minutes ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: That will be yersel then @microdave Can neither confirm nor deny if that's who I was hoping to catch with this... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 (edited) Looks like you're right @Jan Vojáček. Ross Clark is closest with nine in 08/09. Eta three goals in six games should be do-able. Edited November 14, 2023 by microdave 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WattersIsGod Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Fitness is massive I think.. last season was the fittest I'd seen us looking in years. I noticed even the warm up stuff was really high tenpo You looked like quite a big team last year compared to us but I thought our fitness was better. We took a lot of late points and played quite relentlessly and it definitely took it out of teams. East Fife looked small last season too but boy were they faster than us. .... Decent start again for you lot so far. Let's hope the weather doesn't destroy your pitch and hopes again this season. 4 hours ago, Jan Vojáček said: I'm not sure if it's to do with our sports science, our recruitment approach or just a coincidence. But Saturday was the third time in a few weeks (Clyde and BoD being the others) where we have looked physically far superior to our opponents. We have some absolute monsters in the squad who look to be in superb shape. Big Sean Crighton has the most muscular chest I've ever seen and Mark Durnan is a huge presence. Matty Shiels and Tony Wallace are very imposing looking guys, Blair Malcolm looks absolutely solid - and even further forward Michael Ruth is very, very physical. Carlo Pignatiello might not be the biggest either, but his upper body strength and balance when he's running with the ball at his feet mean that he's holding players off like they are kids. That's before you get to the amount of ground guys like Finlay and Ruth are covering judging by their data. It was just one of those things that popped into my mind. I can't remember seeing us have a team with so many guys over 6 foot. Let alone over six foot and built like brick walls. Fair play to the sports scientist if that's his doing. We look a very well conditioned team. Fitness is massive I think.. last season was the fittest I'd seen us looking in years. I noticed even the warm up stuff was really high tenpo You looked like quite a big team last year compared to us but I thought our fitness was better. It certainly doesn't hurt. We took a lot of late points and played quite relentlessly and it definitely took it out of teams. East Fife looked small last season too but boy were they faster than us. .... Decent start again for you lot so far. Let's hope the weather doesn't destroy your pitch and hopes again this season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 1 hour ago, WattersIsGod said: Fitness is massive I think.. last season was the fittest I'd seen us looking in years. I noticed even the warm up stuff was really high tenpo You looked like quite a big team last year compared to us but I thought our fitness was better. We took a lot of late points and played quite relentlessly and it definitely took it out of teams. East Fife looked small last season too but boy were they faster than us. .... Decent start again for you lot so far. Let's hope the weather doesn't destroy your pitch and hopes again this season. Fitness is massive I think.. last season was the fittest I'd seen us looking in years. I noticed even the warm up stuff was really high tenpo You looked like quite a big team last year compared to us but I thought our fitness was better. It certainly doesn't hurt. We took a lot of late points and played quite relentlessly and it definitely took it out of teams. East Fife looked small last season too but boy were they faster than us. .... Decent start again for you lot so far. Let's hope the weather doesn't destroy your pitch and hopes again this season. You can say that again. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Did Lister only really score 12 goals for us? It felt like he was scoring a brace every week towards the end of that season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 19 minutes ago, The Moonster said: Did Lister only really score 12 goals for us? It felt like he was scoring a brace every week towards the end of that season. He got 15 in all competitions. Or 18 if you include his hat-trick against Stirling Albion in the Stirlingshire Cup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarko_son Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 1 hour ago, The Moonster said: Did Lister only really score 12 goals for us? It felt like he was scoring a brace every week towards the end of that season. That hat-trick against Raith as well was a thing of pure beauty. Think it was the second where he took a punch in the face while heading it in? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 That's us down to third after Stenny's win tonight but still just two points off the top. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeezebox-son Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 13 minutes ago, microdave said: That's us down to third after Stenny's win tonight but still just two points off the top. Yeah, keeps both in touch. I don't think I'd have preferred for Peterhead to have a gap opening up so soon, whereas 2 points can be turned around in 1 match day, if results go the right way! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarko_son Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 14 minutes ago, squeezebox-son said: Yeah, keeps both in touch. I don't think I'd have preferred for Peterhead to have a gap opening up so soon, whereas 2 points can be turned around in 1 match day, if results go the right way! Peterhead away then Stenny at home to start December could be very interesting as well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeezebox-son Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 8 minutes ago, Clarko_son said: Peterhead away then Stenny at home to start December could be very interesting as well For sure, last year we didn't really show up vs the eventual league winners and it really threw any chance of momentum out the window. Big games where we need to perform if you want to win titles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Hopefully now Farrell seems to have more of an idea about his strongest side, we can get a bit of consistency. What we also really need, though, is for the pitch to hold up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 5 hours ago, Clarko_son said: Peterhead away then Stenny at home to start December could be very interesting as well I was looking at that Peterhead game, thinking I might come up, given the importance of it, but probably too much risk of a call off. Think it makes more sense to put that travel cost into Young’s surgery fund. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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