Gordon EF Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 It's easy to see why most folk had Stranraer and Peterhead up there in play-off positions or at least chasing them. Minimal changes to their squads and the same managers, you expect teams like that to perform at around the same level as the previous season. Keeping a squad motivated is clearly a huge part of management though and it's something that's impossible for fans (or anybody) to predict at the start of the season, and it's much more difficult to judge than whether a manager's getting tactics or team selection etc correct. And in a competitive league where most games are close, even a slight drop in that collective motivation is going to have you shedding important points in a lot of close games. Maybe it's the case that the relative continuity of personnel at these clubs is leading to a bit of stagnation. Even with all our injury problems, you get the impression the squad was really pulling together in adversity before Barry Smith took over and have been able to continue that. Coming from behind to win tough games, grinding out wins when we're not playing well. Everyone seems fully committed and it's paying off. It's no surprise that's exactly the kind of thing folk are saying about the season so far's unexpected over-achievers - Queen's Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvz2000 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 15 hours ago, Piltanton blue said: I quite agree bold rover our players are decent but we have poor strikers and that's the problem.Sacking Reid is not the answer at this point of the season,but he needs to find two decent strikers ASAP. Just signed Craig Pettigrew again , now I'm a fan of Pettigrew but we have Barron and Robertson so don't quite get the signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piltanton blue Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 4 hours ago, kvz2000 said: Just signed Craig Pettigrew again , now I'm a fan of Pettigrew but we have Barron and Robertson so don't quite get the signing. Why?Barron injury prone,Mckeown nothing like the player he was. Surely a sensible signing to give us defencive cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Very sorry to read big Franko hasn't made an impact second time round at Stranraer. Before his move to Greenock Morton, he was one of my favourite lower-league players. Would have loved to have seen him at Stenhousemuir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue1870 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Terrible injury preseason at morton when he had just gone fulltime for the first time in his career...year out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an86 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 On 13/07/2016 at 15:39, an86 said: Completely understandable that we'll be favourites to go back down with many people. Underdog suits us just fine, though. We've a solid, hard working group of lads and an excellent manager. We may or may not go down, but we certainly won't be a walkover. Telt yeez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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