accies1874 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 player tests positive for Covid and will miss the next 3 games. I wonder if they might also miss the Motherwell game if their isolation period ends that day or the day before, given their potential lack of sharpness/match preparation. Stirling and Thomas are the only players whose absence wouldn't be hard-felt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyBear Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 9 minutes ago, accies1874 said: I wonder if they might also miss the Motherwell game if their isolation period ends that day or the day before, given their potential lack of sharpness/match preparation. Stirling and Thomas are the only players whose absence wouldn't be hard-felt. Or McMann or Hughes or Johnston etc etc -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I meant starters but yeah probably not McMann either, although I'm not sure if Munro is up to it. He's got a great left foot but has struggled defensively in games and lacks a bit of intelligence with movement, runs etc. Hopefully he can learn these and then we could have a really effective wing-back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Tunbridge Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Friend of the club and star of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York - Donald Trump says once you’ve had it you are invincible. So it rules out Fulton and Munro. We’ll see who’s missing tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 The timing of this has to be a deliberate joke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yummy fur Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 5 hours ago, accies1874 said: The timing of this has to be a deliberate joke? Provocation, genuine ignorance of the response it would get or a distraction from the woeful performance whatever it was the timing wasn't great, however whenever it was posted - and it clearly had to be posted given the publicity it had received - the reaction would have been similar. I clearly am in the minority but I can't get my head round the seethe and hate that a charity pantomime raising money for good causes (including the Accies academy) has caused. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Red Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 3 hours ago, yummy fur said: Provocation, genuine ignorance of the response it would get or a distraction from the woeful performance whatever it was the timing wasn't great, however whenever it was posted - and it clearly had to be posted given the publicity it had received - the reaction would have been similar. I clearly am in the minority but I can't get my head round the seethe and hate that a charity pantomime raising money for good causes (including the Accies academy) has caused. Mmmm... “ Accies “ panto starring two old firm players ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Red Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Merry Christmas to all my fellow Academicals ..... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) Doing FB rankings and Scott McMann is coming out of it incredibly well... Edited December 26, 2020 by RandomGuy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 11 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said: In that case, I'd respectfully suggest that your rankings may not be the most accurate. Peace and love. Everything else feels right apart from him, and I can't explain why he's so high Been tweaking things and literally nothing drops him down the rankings so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdt Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Hi everyone, hibs fan in peace here. I was wondering how Ben Stirling and Scott Martin have been getting on and what your thoughts on them are? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academically Deficient Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 9 hours ago, jdt said: Hi everyone, hibs fan in peace here. I was wondering how Ben Stirling and Scott Martin have been getting on and what your thoughts on them are? Cheers Scott Martin is good in a poor team, wish we had more like him. I've not seen enough of Ben to comment. Also, while you're on, I hope you win the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepek 4 tellys Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Martin has improved recently after a very poor start to the season. As for Stirling, I really don't know what to make of him as he appears to be invisible when we play, if that makes any sense! Neither good nor bad, just invisible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdt Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) On 29/12/2020 at 07:56, Academically Deficient said: Scott Martin is good in a poor team, wish we had more like him. I've not seen enough of Ben to comment. Also, while you're on, I hope you win the league. I liked Scott but the midfield we had back then was ridiculous so it made sense for him to move. I heard a rumour ages ago about us having first refusal on him but it's most likely rubbish. Written in the stars yogi would come back and haunt us but that's been coming for weeks. Hope you boys manage to get some players back and form Edited January 1, 2021 by jdt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I really like Scott Martin. As stepek said, he struggled at the start of the season but that was because he was being asked to play three roles in one. I can definitely see him spending most of his career in the Premiership. He's actually like McGinn in that he's tenacious, a good ball-carrier, likes to use his body to beat pressing in a similar way and his technique can hold back his vision. He's been moved around positions because of his varied skills too - like McGinn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 33 minutes ago, accies1874 said: I really like Scott Martin. As stepek said, he struggled at the start of the season but that was because he was being asked to play three roles in one. I can definitely see him spending most of his career in the Premiership. He's actually like McGinn in that he's tenacious, a good ball-carrier, likes to use his body to beat pressing in a similar way and his technique can hold back his vision. He's been moved around positions because of his varied skills too - like McGinn. Scott Martin is like John McGinn? You've taken that way too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bert Raccoon Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Would be incredibly harsh now to drop Gourlay when Fulton is back, he's impressed since he came in and definitely looks to give the defenders more confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Good to see Gourlay finally settling into the position. He was always heralded as our future number 1 until Calum Ferrie came on the scene out the blue and just displaced him. He's since looked pish - but happy for Gourlay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Deals have fallen through for an English Championship midfielder and League One striker due to COVID restrictions. Really frustrating but nothing you can do about it. If we're shopping in England, do we just go for people without families or players whose families are up here? Or do we just try and get folk from the Scottish leagues? It's gonna be tough either way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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