Loondave1 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Pressure is on.....Too much pressure obviously.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondman Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 That'll do nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbsouth Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 If you think about it, JW signed the whole defence that let us down time and time again last season, not only that but having signed a decent looking Left back from Thistle he then plays the decent Right back-midfielder at Left back to accommodate the new Right midfielder....anyway the collapse today came as no surprise as this has been on going for years. Oh and Airdrie are strong but still Airdrie albeit not the real Airdrie, a sort of Clydebank Airdrie. On a positive note, we beat Airdrie last season 1st game and almost got relegated so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Well that was disappointing. Pretty much dominated the whole of the second half then a meltdown.On a positive note we are a far better side than last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airdrie76 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 5 minutes ago, tbsouth said: If you think about it, JW signed the whole defence that let us down time and time again last season, not only that but having signed a decent looking Left back from Thistle he then plays the decent Right back-midfielder at Left back to accommodate the new Right midfielder....anyway the collapse today came as no surprise as this has been on going for years. Oh and Airdrie are strong but still Airdrie albeit not the real Airdrie, a sort of Clydebank Airdrie. On a positive note, we beat Airdrie last season 1st game and almost got relegated so.... You having a good day aside from all that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bernardblack Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Put the kiss of death on that before the game.....We looked very very good for 75/80mins but fair play to Airdrie getting 3 chances and scoring all them. Two subs that came on changed the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loon00 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Thought we played really well with Dale, Murray and the new boy Moore being particularly impressive but need to be putting the game to bed while we were on top, bit of a meltdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee_62 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Bl**dy McIntosh. Every time he plays against us - Peterhead, Arbroath and now Airdrie. Could see it coming after we passed up at least 3 very good chances to take the game away from Airdrie. Early season optimism disappeared before 4:45pm on day 1. I hate football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbsouth Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 27 minutes ago, Airdrie76 said: You having a good day aside from all that? Yeh i even managed to avoid the #FREETOMMY mob... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond8 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Yeh i even managed to avoid the #FREETOMMY mob...[emoji23] salty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond8 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 We were poor for 80 minutes, our subs gave us a different dimension though and the work rate of McIntosh and Vitoria was followed by goals. McIntosh looked offside for his goal, would be good to see that again in the highlights, I’ll take it though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Thornhill Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 1 hour ago, tbsouth said: If you think about it, JW signed the whole defence that let us down time and time again last season, not only that but having signed a decent looking Left back from Thistle he then plays the decent Right back-midfielder at Left back to accommodate the new Right midfielder....anyway the collapse today came as no surprise as this has been on going for years. Oh and Airdrie are strong but still Airdrie albeit not the real Airdrie, a sort of Clydebank Airdrie. On a positive note, we beat Airdrie last season 1st game and almost got relegated so.... 1 hour ago, tbsouth said: Yeh i even managed to avoid the #FREETOMMY mob... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bernardblack Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Easton looks a different player this season. Moore pulled out of a couple of challengers which is never good to see. Decent game from him though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulloch Gorum Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Away on holiday so missed the game - shame, as I always like trips to Forfar. Such a nice change to see us scoring late goals rather than letting them in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbsouth Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 1 hour ago, bernardblack said: Easton looks a different player this season. Moore pulled out of a couple of challengers which is never good to see. Decent game from him though No idea how he got MOTM though, Murray was our top performer, new guys not any better than what we have (as per usual) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFC1878 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Away on holiday so missed the game - shame, as I always like trips to Forfar. Such a nice change to see us scoring late goals rather than letting them in!At 1-0 down with 10 minutes to go, previous teams would have just conceded the game! Last season, we would make substitutions for the sake of it but to have players like McIntosh and Victoria who can come on and actually influence games this season shows the strength and depth we have. Very early days but to win championships, you need to be able to dig out a result when you’re playing poorly which is exactly what we did today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapelhall chap Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 9 hours ago, bernardblack said: Very excited for this today. If we score first it’s game over Up until the Airdrie subs you were almost right in that pre match optimism. Thought the first half was very even although Forfar had the better chances and did score a good counter attack as our back three were posted missing. At half time Airdrie needed to change from 3=5-2 to something else so that Meechan at RB was exposed to some sort of attacking threat and so it proved when Vittoria came on. Had Forfar got a second I don't think we would have responded so well. Felt that Wilkie never gave us any attacking width and high balls to Carrick?Duffy were predictable. It was only when we went 4-4-2 that it turned in our favour. Until the 80th minute the howls of frustration around me for each mis placed pass and long bouncing balls on their way out the pitch, were perfectly justified. Vittoria turned the game with a great individual move tho the goalie looked weak in spilling it. Conroy is on way to being my hero this season as that equaliser changed the whole game. A long ball from Crighton ( I think) managed to fool the Forfar CB and if McIntosh was offside he did what was needed by that cute lob. Only the Lino will know if he got it right or wrong till highlights appear. The third was a good cross from Conroy which Vittoria did well to create space and score. If the game had finished at 80 minutes we would all have been entitled to be annoyed but it lasts 90+ so I was delighted on home journey. Showed quality of competitive squad. Forfar looked a solid side with Baird and Hilson looking good up front and will be a tough match for everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbsouth Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 2 hours ago, loon00 said: Thought we played really well with Dale, Murray and the new boy Moore being particularly impressive but need to be putting the game to bed while we were on top, bit of a meltdown I wonder how many footballing cliches JW will use during the post match interview? "we need to stop giving away soft goals".."inexperience showed today".. "we have got to be stronger in defensive positions" etc etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodwin Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Was that robbery or the good use of subs The Loons front 3 will trouble a few defences this season but then again how many saves did our goalie make? Edwards I hope will have learned much from today, including perhaps that he's not really a left back; we missed Kieran The Forfar defence and midfield nullified our attack until the subs came on and ultimately we had 4 forwards on the park. Cred to Findus for doing that and at least going for a victory that looked unlikely after 80 mins. Victoria and McIntosh are unpredictable but effective so why not give them a start in place of Carrick and Duffy? Scottie and Wilkie and Gallagher will have better days. Will Conroy become the new fans' favourite??? Maybe a tight pitch affected the play. Let's see what happens when we have Forfar on the larger surface of Nou Broomfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapelhall chap Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 3 minutes ago, goodwin said: Victoria and McIntosh are unpredictable but effective so why not give them a start in place of Carrick and Duffy? Scottie and Wilkie and Gallagher will have better days. Will Conroy become the new fans' favourite??? Agreed with your debate about robbery etc but I can't see the Carrick/Duffy front two being replaced. They both worked really hard today largely on scraps and the change was justified if only to use McIntosh's physical edge, which allowed Carrick to drop into where Wilkie had been. I wonder if Stewart was fully fit? Gallagher seemed a bit off from last week but I do like his role and efforts. As for Conroy it has been a remarkable turn around as he seems so much better with experienced players around him- I would quibble by saying he does not have to take every free kick? Impact subs a la Andy Smith are always welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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