venga1 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Hard to take losing that. Played ok and dominated for the last hour. Didn't take chances though. Bad goal to lose though was clearly off side. Penalty was a definite hand ball, called it myself a fee seconds before the award but referee and assistant main stand side were very poor. Malky has been our top performer by miles to date but it was an awful penalty. Our centre defence is still a concern and not sure Bell and McKeown compliment each other with a lack of pace. Agnew was disappointing again as was loaner Thomson on the right. Young Turner has to start, we can't keep holding him back. Think both sides will be between 3rd and 5th come May but the top 2 are fighting out for the title already and no one will get near them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mybitchunderprotest Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Don't understand why Schmidt was taken off at half time either thought he looked positive and had a good work rate. Maybe due to the injury he got 2 minutes before halftime which required treatment and which, when allowed back on the pitch, he didn't look like he'd recovered from. Or maybe it was tactical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondman Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 15 minutes ago, venga1 said: dominated for the last hour Dream on with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el Gringo Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Just watched the footage. Absolutely onside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue1870 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Fair enough but we were inline so thought it was off. Camera is in centre of pitch. However stand corrected if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Oracle Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Just watched the footage. Absolutely onside. That's fine - I'm sure the Stranraer supporters will come up with another excuse [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondman Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Noted. Moving on to the mystery penalty award???? What is the opposite of "stonewaller"? Are we in the realms of a "soft" award ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el Gringo Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondman Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Denifinitive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felicien_Singbo Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 22 minutes ago, Mybitchunderprotest said: Maybe due to the injury he got 2 minutes before halftime which required treatment and which, when allowed back on the pitch, he didn't look like he'd recovered from. Or maybe it was tactical. didn't see he was injured as I nipped away to get a pie early fair enough in that case then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Oracle Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 didn't see he was injured as I nipped away to get a pie early fair enough in that case then. He was sitting up at the back of the stand with the young boys in the second half - he's definitely injured. He had to be helped down the stairs at full time.Hopefully not serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venga1 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Dream on with that one. You were barely out of your own half after you scored. Stranraer weren't great by any means but dominated territory and possession, had more efforts and chances and deserved a draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waysider Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Got to agree with that. It was backs to the wall stuff from us apart from Ryan's miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlukediamond Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Stranraer goalie should have been sent off. Just for being a dick. It was nothing short of assault on Ryan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Oracle Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Stranraer weren't great by any means but dominated territory and possession Utterly dominant in possession imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper81 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Airdrie were the better team we opened up the stranrear defense more and our chances were more clear cut. Ryan and Russell will admit by their own high standards they could have scored another goal or 2 between them. Stranrear had a penalty which I would need to the highlights to se if it was a penalty. The Stranrear player had a leg breaker of a challenge and others refs would have sent him off. I said at beginning of season I thought stranrear would struggle this year so far I'm proven to be correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulloch Gorum Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Last season's team would have thrown that game away in the last ten minutes. It wasn't pretty at times, especially in the second half, but we wanted three points and we got them. I think that in general how people perceive the second half of a match colours how they perceive the entire game, but we shouldn't forget that Airdrie were dominant the first half, and worth the lead. The goal was, as the picture shows, clearly legit. Stranraer had a couple of close chances - Gibson's looping shot onto the bar, and another that hit the bar as well, but so did Airdrie. One that sticks out from the first half was when the rather rotund fellow in the Stranraer goal (whom I assume they found in a pub somewhere. No way is that man a senior footballer) spilled a rather innocuous-looking cross and should have been punished.We didn't play well in the second half, and were lucky that Stranraer were actually pretty honking in attack. We were clearly the dominant side in the first half, though, and overall were worth the three points. Scott Stewart played well. Boateng looked more assured (albeit against a weak attack). Conroy impresses with every game - looks like being a cracking signing for us. Fitzpatrick is much better in defence than in midfield, and Ryan, if he keeps this form up, will score jobby-loads of goals for us this year.There's work to do, however. Brown seems too easily pushed about, and won't always get past them on pace alone. Stewart, despite a good game overall, needs to work on his crossing. Still, three points and a clean sheet will do me fine for today. Also - well done to all involved in getting the Legends banner done. It looks really good, and it's good to have that there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper81 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Brown set up the winner with a nicely timed pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulloch Gorum Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 He did indeed. I like his passing, and I like his running, I just think he needs to be able to fend off players better than he does now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper81 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I'll admit I've not noticed Brown getting pushed of the ball it's not to say he doesn't. However if it's area to improve good because I think we have allready have a really good player in Brown and I believe he's going to create a goalscoring chance or score when he's on the pitch. I believe at times this year he will go on a we goalscoring runs but creating is just as crucial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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