lionel wickson Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Yes. Got the round wrong! Come to think of it, maybe I should wish them well in the 3rd round too, as I have absolutely no interest in visiting Linfield, Crusaders, Bala Town, TNS or Celtic U20s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimistic Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 1 hour ago, lionel wickson said: Yes. Got the round wrong! Come to think of it, maybe I should wish them well in the 3rd round too, as I have absolutely no interest in visiting Linfield, Crusaders, Bala Town, TNS or Celtic U20s. that would probably be a cracking day out to one of those teams, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattmc Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Get that the competition has been made a bit of a farce but, would Dumbarton fans have more of an interest should they reach the semi final stage or final? Stevie Aitken did alright with Stranraer in the same tournament getting us to within a penalty shoutout of the final. For those asking about Nade and Agnew. Nade has yet to do anything other than a goal at Annan and an interview with our official website.Agnew isn't a patch on the player that left us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 7 minutes ago, Mattmc said: Get that the competition has been made a bit of a farce but, would Dumbarton fans have more of an interest should they reach the semi final stage or final? Stevie Aitken did alright with Stranraer in the same tournament getting us to within a penalty shoutout of the final. For those asking about Nade and Agnew. Nade has yet to do anything other than a goal at Annan and an interview with our official website. Agnew isn't a patch on the player that left us. Nope. Still wouldn't go. Nade and Aggy are two of the nicest guys you could meet in football. I hope they combine to knock us out tomorrow and hand you a local tie with a Northern Irish team in the next round. Surprised about Aggy to be honest, he wasn't great with St Mirren last year, but I'd have had him back in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Get that the competition has been made a bit of a farce but, would Dumbarton fans have more of an interest should they reach the semi final stage or final? Stevie Aitken did alright with Stranraer in the same tournament getting us to within a penalty shoutout of the final. For those asking about Nade and Agnew. Nade has yet to do anything other than a goal at Annan and an interview with our official website.Agnew isn't a patch on the player that left us. I'd happily take a semi or a final but chances are slim and only as long as it meant we avoided a c**t of a trek to Wales or NI. At this stage of the tournament I have zero interest in hoofing it to Stranraer for an overpriced game in what is now a bit of a joke of a competition where I'd rather go out than be faced with a costly, pain in the arse trek out of the country.I'd also far rather every ounce of effort and fitness went into retaining our status in the Championship. With the new farcical inclusion of colt teams and the need for points in the league I'd be more than happy to see a second string team sent out to avoid any injuries to our key players. Surprising to hear that Agnew is struggling, perhaps we also dodged a bullet with him. Weirdly enough I'm not hugely surprised about Nade. He was in the form of his life with ourselves and it was highly unlikely to be repeated. Add to that the fact he made it fairly obvious when he couldn't be arsed (see Rangers away with yourselves for a prime example of that) and his brutal injury record and then you see why signing him would be a risk we could ill afford unless he was firing on all cylinders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattmc Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Nope. Still wouldn't go. Nade and Aggy are two of the nicest guys you could meet in football. I hope they combine to knock us out tomorrow and hand you a local tie with a Northern Irish team in the next round. Surprised about Aggy to be honest, he wasn't great with St Mirren last year, but I'd have had him back in a heartbeat. Part of the problem is probably those around Agnew. He's in beside Ryan Thomson who's best suited playing an attacking midfield role. What we really need is a Grant Gallagher type player who'll buzz about and press everything. Agnew also very frustrating in that he seems to be able to pass the ball to one side. Too one footed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimistic Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 I've never heard the term one footed, about a right footed player, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 4 minutes ago, optimistic said: I've never heard the term one footed, about a right footed player, Have you not paid a lot of attention? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 2 hours ago, Sonsteam of 08 said: Nope. Still wouldn't go. Nade and Aggy are two of the nicest guys you could meet in football. I hope they combine to knock us out tomorrow and hand you a local tie with a Northern Irish team in the next round. Surprised about Aggy to be honest, he wasn't great with St Mirren last year, but I'd have had him back in a heartbeat. You seriously wouldn't go to a cup final involving Dumbarton? Not that it's likely to ever be tested but I reckon you would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 7 minutes ago, Nowhereman said: You seriously wouldn't go to a cup final involving Dumbarton? Not that it's likely to ever be tested but I reckon you would In this competition? Probably not, although I suppose I could get carried away with the romance of a cup final in Livingston against a team boasting Steven Saunders and Jon Routledge. Like you say it's unlikely to best tested, but I really wouldn't treat it like (for example) the Airdrie playoff matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 3 hours ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said: I'd happily take a semi or a final but chances are slim and only as long as it meant we avoided a c**t of a trek to Wales or NI. At this stage of the tournament I have zero interest in hoofing it to Stranraer for an overpriced game in what is now a bit of a joke of a competition where I'd rather go out than be faced with a costly, pain in the arse trek out of the country. If you aren't going to go to Stranraer then what odds does it make to you if the next game is in Ireland or Wales? You're not going to go anyway. If you meant costly to the club then the club travel will be subsidised by the SPFL. "pain in the arse", undoubtedly. There are some advantages to a weekend away in Ireland or Wales but on the whole I'd rather avoid it and it's probably less awkward for us than most geographically. As I've said before, I'm conceptually more against the Irish and Welsh inclusion than the 20's sides who were never going to offer significant opposition to senior first teams anyway. I hope we beat Stenhousemuir and advance in the competition. If we are in Ireland or Wales next round I intend to go if I can wangle it but it's a pest and will mean missing the Scotland v Lithuania game too which is annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 If you aren't going to go to Stranraer then what odds does it make to you if the next game is in Ireland or Wales? You're not going to go anyway. If you meant costly to the club then the club travel will be subsidised by the SPFL. "pain in the arse", undoubtedly. There are some advantages to a weekend away in Ireland or Wales but on the whole I'd rather avoid it and it's probably less awkward for us than most geographically. As I've said before, I'm conceptually more against the Irish and Welsh inclusion than the 20's sides who were never going to offer significant opposition to senior first teams anyway. I hope we beat Stenhousemuir and advance in the competition. If we are in Ireland or Wales next round I intend to go if I can wangle it but it's a pest and will mean missing the Scotland v Lithuania game too which is annoying. 4k will be covered by the SPFL from what I'm hearing. Is that really enough to cover travel, accommodation and any other costs we have to pay players for having to take day(s) off work? I'm not sure. The 4k shout may be rubbish but I'm sure I've seen that mentioned more than once, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.I mean it's a pain in the arse in terms of the hassle it causes the squad. Days off work, travel, costs, hindering the prepration of a potentially vital league match. As a part-time side I'd rather conpletely avoid it. I most likely wouldn't be travelling due to the fact I've recently purchased a house, although I do agree that it would be an absolutely fantastic away day and if I could afford it I'd consider being there, simply for the piss up and the novelty of travelling outwith the country for a Sons match (something I've never experienced).I'm probably equally against the colts and Welsh/Irish inclusion. It just all seems a bit 'gimmicky' if you catch my drift and I'd hate to think it was a gateway to having the colts in the league setup. I actually quite liked the previous basic format despite it's lack of tv deal and our utterly disgusting record in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimistic Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 2 hours ago, itzdrk said: Have you not paid a lot of attention? You always hear it about left footed players, it's a nonsense statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 52 minutes ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said: 4k will be covered by the SPFL from what I'm hearing. Is that really enough to cover travel, accommodation and any other costs we have to pay players for having to take day(s) off work? I'm not sure. The 4k shout may be rubbish but I'm sure I've seen that mentioned more than once, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I mean it's a pain in the arse in terms of the hassle it causes the squad. Days off work, travel, costs, hindering the prepration of a potentially vital league match. As a part-time side I'd rather conpletely avoid it. I most likely wouldn't be travelling due to the fact I've recently purchased a house, although I do agree that it would be an absolutely fantastic away day and if I could afford it I'd consider being there, simply for the piss up and the novelty of travelling outwith the country for a Sons match (something I've never experienced). It is £4k travel expenses. I'd imagine that would very easily cover a trip to Wales even with an overnight and there's absolutely no reason part time players would need to take time off work to go to Wales either. Ireland is complicated by the need to take a ferry or flight (more likely the former). That's both greater expense and curtails flexibility in travel. Pretty sure £4k would cover it though it might need some more active budgeting. Guess it depends when the game actually is but I'm not sure anyone would need to take days off work (certainly less hassle than for instance a trip to Wick Academy in the Scottish Cup which could even be midweek but nobody thinks that shouldn't be allowed). I guess if the games take place on Saturday afternoon there may be a desire for teams to travel Friday rather than early Saturday and also a temptation to stay a second night though that's clearly unnecessary and up to clubs if they do. If the games are on Sunday there's no real need for time off work though it will be a later return Sunday no doubt. Scotland play on the Saturday night at Hampden on the next round date so I'd presume most clubs will play Sunday though I haven't checked to see when Wales and Northern Ireland play and what effect that might have on dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftershocker Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 I'm quite looking forward to tomorrow's game Stranraer's one of the few grounds in Scotland I've still to visit New format interesting especially as most of the colt sides already outYou never know.....we might even end our away win drought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeezeboxson Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 4 hours ago, optimistic said: You always hear it about left footed players, it's a nonsense statement You at the wind up again? Aggy is both left footed and as one footed a player you will ever see. For what it's worth, he always has been and as much as it was a pain at times, it didn't hamper his overall play too much when he was with us. Aggy actually played more defensively in his final season for us, and was very good especially in the 2nd half of that season. Perhaps he has struggled to settle after the year playin FT didn't work out as he had hoped. I was surprised someone like Morton or another FT team at our level didn't take a punt on him for this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 9 hours ago, aftershocker said: You never know.....we might even end our away win drought It's bound to happen, with only a handful of us there to witness it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeezeboxson Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said: It's bound to happen, with only a handful of us there to witness it Possibly a bit ambitious there BBPF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleslie99 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Could the crowd be under 200 today seeing as no one actually give a f**k about this? Even Stranraer don't seem that interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted September 3, 2016 Author Share Posted September 3, 2016 Looking at the team it would appear that DFC are certainly taking it seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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