O'Kelly Isley III Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 I see that Matthew Lindsay in previewing the QP v Dundee game in today's Herald has described Ochilview as 'ramshackle'. What is it about these tossers that they have to sink to this stuff, I'm guessing he's not best pleased at having to do some genuine research. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted May 4, 2023 Author Share Posted May 4, 2023 Ochilview's a class wee ground and a great place to watch football. There are many words I'd use to describe our ground but "ramshackle" isn't one of them. What a fool! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashioned Stramash Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 At least we ended a disappointing season with a win. Yates gets goals back playing where he should be. Shame we couldn't get the wins the previous weekends, season feels like a waste. The team and board need to set out clear aspirations and actually look to achieve them. We need to get our recruitment right, do better in the loan market and find players that fit Naysmith's tactics/shape. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted May 6, 2023 Author Share Posted May 6, 2023 That was a decent way to finish up a garbage season. A good laugh. Something for all the family. A bit Soccer Aid-y. Matty Yates took both his goals very well, Mikey Anderson had a good game, Ross Forbes almost scored from 40 yards, and it was nice to see Conor Brennan playing for the final 10 minutes after missing four months through injury. I'm not sure how seriously Annan Athletic were taking it - they finished up with Wullie Gibson playing in central defence (?) - but nevertheless, I think everyone who watched the game will have enjoyed themselves. Nicky Jamieson has agreed terms for next season. According to the player, this was done weeks ago but hasn't been announced by the club. Anyone who hasn't signed up for the new year will meet with the manager next week to learn their fate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashioned Stramash Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Great news regarding the re-signing of Jamieson. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Blackwell Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Jamieson is a solid centre half at this level so, yes, good news. But I’m not sure I want too many more of this squad resigned. They’ve been such a let down this season (and last season, for some of them) that other than Jamieson and Yates I think I’d be quite happy if none of them were here next season. Maybe Corbett as well. Something doesn’t work with that squad. I guess that’s the challenge for Naysmith. He needs to build a team. He can’t really start from scratch so it’s a case of identifying those players he trusts and building around them. Problem is I’m not sure who he can trust. As a team they are so weak. If they ever score first you just know 9 times out of 10, they are not going to score the next goal. How many of our victories were single goal wins? They were incapable of dominating teams; putting them under pressure. Making the goalies make saves. Having shots, creating chances. It was just awful. I think this season, other than the covid season, has been the worst, partly because it should have been so much better. We finished 8 points from the bottom of the league. Almost every week, no sooner had I left the ground and the game had gone from my memory bank. There were no highlights. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted May 7, 2023 Author Share Posted May 7, 2023 Unless someone can correct me, here's the list of players signed up for next season: GOALKEEPERS Curtis Lyle DEFENDERS Nicky Jamieson (not officially announced) MIDFIELDERS Adam Brown Mikey Miller Nat Wedderburn FORWARDS Euan O'Reilly Matty Yates I've heard from a couple of people that Michael Anderson has also agreed terms (although, like Jamieson, this hasn't been officially announced yet). From the rest of the squad, the only other player I'd like us to retain is Adam Corbett - I appreciate he's a little injury prone but I do think he's got the ability to make it as a high-calibre full-back with Stenhousemuir. The rest can leave with my best wishes. They're generally a likeable group of players but we've had two years of failure so moving on the goalkeepers, Sean Crighton and Ross Forbes means we can start again and reinvest their wages elsewhere. I've no doubt Gary Naysmith has been thinking about the new campaign for months and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard Graft Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Another season ends in basically abject failure. I think everyone had high hopes that this would be our year given that there appeared to be no other outstanding squad but again we fail. Much of the blame must lie with Swift and the fact that the board stuck with him for too long. In addition many of the players need to take a long hard look at themselves and what they actually contributed. Big season ahead for Gary Naysmith as it will be his team. Priorities must be a half decent goalkeeper and a decent centre half to play alongside Jamieson. No doubt GN will have his eyes on a few targets so we will see what we get. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashioned Stramash Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 I'm surprised Anderson has been offered a new contract. He's good at breaking up play and regaining the ball but the rest of his game is lacking, especially his distribution and crossing. Think he can restrict our play. I'd keep Corbett, is quite versatile and a decent all rounder. Wonder if we'll make an attempt to get Yeats back for another season? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the philosopher Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 That soup is the best in the league & Ochilview Bar spot on - bar staff brilliant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted May 12, 2023 Author Share Posted May 12, 2023 Stenhousemuir have provided an update on the squad as we head towards the 2023/24 season: Conor Brennan, Jay Cantley, Adam Corbett, Sean Crighton, Ross Forbes, Dan Higgins and Tam Orr are all leaving the club (and Orr has already agreed terms with Stranraer). The loan players - Jacob Blaney, Gavin Reilly, Kian Speirs and Callum Yeats - have all returned to their parent clubs. The club have announced contract extensions for Mikey Anderson and Nicky Jamieson, and they're in discussions about a new deal with Jordan Lowden, for some reason. I wish the outgoing players well - they all seem like good lads and I've no doubt they'll get new teams very soon. I'm especially sorry to see Adam Corbett moving on. He was my favourite player in the team and someone I thought had a high ceiling. I'm sure he'll move on elsewhere and be a big success. I hope to see him and his family back at Ochilview soon. I'm also surprised to see us offer Jordan Lowden a contract. He did nothing in his short time with us to suggest he's worth pursuing. Nevertheless, we go again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted May 12, 2023 Author Share Posted May 12, 2023 So here's how the squad is shaping up for 2023/24: GOALKEEPERS Curtis Lyle DEFENDERS Nicky Jamieson MIDFIELDERS Mikey Anderson Adam Brown Mikey Miller Nat Wedderburn FORWARDS Euan O'Reilly Matty Yates There's a lot of work to be done. We need a new, undisputed first-choice goalkeeper, about five defenders, legs in the middle of the park, an attacker to play wide right, and two forwards. Fair play to Gary Naysmith and his team but they certainly have their work cut out for them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Blackwell Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 I am disappointed that Corbett is away from that bunch, but there is no doubt a rebuild is required. I am a little surprised to see Brown and Miller being retained. Good players but they’ve been key parts of what has been an underperforming squad for two seasons now. Looking forward to hearing who our new recruits are, as ever! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted May 12, 2023 Author Share Posted May 12, 2023 9 minutes ago, Nigel Blackwell said: I am disappointed that Corbett is away from that bunch, but there is no doubt a rebuild is required. I am a little surprised to see Brown and Miller being retained. Good players but they’ve been key parts of what has been an underperforming squad for two seasons now. Looking forward to hearing who our new recruits are, as ever! Mikey Miller signed a two-year deal last summer and Adam Brown agreed a new contract months ago, so they were always going to be sticking around. I do agree with your overall point though - they're good players who have only flickered over the latter part of the season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard Graft Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Corbett is the only real surprise of those leaving. Would have been tempted to keep him. Lowden - 11 clubs in 12 years would appear to tell its own story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Carrigan Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Francesc Fabregas said: I'm also surprised to see us offer Jordan Lowden a contract. He did nothing in his short time with us to suggest he's worth pursuing. Quite disappointing to see this. The season BF was putting together what looked like a steesher of a Clyde squad (the one where we ended up finishing 9th, yikes!), he signed Jordan Lowdon and he looked like an absolutely superb player for the first couple of games. He done his cruciate in the August, missed the whole season and doesn't seem to have been able to claw things back. A real shame. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashioned Stramash Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Disappointed to see Corbett go but expect him to move onto better things. The others, I'm not bothered about. Lowdon hasn't demonstrated enough to merit a contract for me but Naysmith/Ferguson obviously have seen enough of what he can do in training. Wonder where Forbes will end up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Blackwell Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 I saw the announcement we are to sign someone at the same time I read Ross Philp has left Kelty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted May 13, 2023 Author Share Posted May 13, 2023 We've made our first signing of the summer: Matty Aitken has joined from Forfar Athletic. Not sure what to make of this. I liked Aitken at Albion Rovers and thought he was a very useful lower-league striker, but he looked mince at Forfar and I'm sure their supporters will be delighted to see the back of him. Nevertheless, let's hope he can reprise his form from his spell at Cliftonhill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RateofKnots Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Francesc Fabregas said: We've made our first signing of the summer: Matty Aitken has joined from Forfar Athletic. Not sure what to make of this. I liked Aitken at Albion Rovers and thought he was a very useful lower-league striker, but he looked mince at Forfar and I'm sure their supporters will be delighted to see the back of him. Nevertheless, let's hope he can reprise his form from his spell at Cliftonhill. Hahahahahahahahahahaha Unlucky lads. I wish you all the best. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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