Bo'ness United 2021/22

[Arnie]

10 minutes ago, Bonessdunn said:

When I saw the line up with no real bench I feared the worst.

Started well but fell out of the game and eventually they scored twice.

To be fair the second goal was cracker.

Any chance of comeback gone when Jamie lost the rag .

Great player but no use sitting in the stand.

Thought 3rd goal offside but they could have scored more.

The 10 players left battled hard and kept fighting. 

Been a season where a mixture of signings not performing,injuries and general inconsistent results. 

Also a bit of transition with donnelly Snowden and Campbell no longer there.

Don't think changing management would help.

Maxs record over the piece has been good with league cup, league and decent 1st season in lowland league against this season which has not been good.

In lowland league you get punished more for mistakes with teams a bit quicker and you need to be at it in every game.

I don't think we have played the same line up very often in games with injuries covid etc.

Have lost grant,Miller and locke to longer term injuries which hasn't helped and a factor in why our attack is weak. 

Hope we can get the best out of the rest of season get players in with  bit of experience and dig and preferably keep loan players to a minimum for start of preseason so we can get off to a good start next season. 

Hopefully we can get a stronger line up out on Saturday and get the win.

 

Totally agree injury’s have killed us this year can’t remember a season like it but to blame the manager for that is ridiculous 

[Bonessdunn]

3 minutes ago, Arnie said:

Totally agree injury’s have killed us this year can’t remember a season like it but to blame the manager for that is ridiculous 

Can't blame the manager regarding the injuries. 

When you look at performance against rangers civil service shire games our best 11 should be top 6 but with not much on the bench it shows .

We also used to change formations alot during games  but this season we haven't perhaps due to the lack of squad .

Need to get back to our junior mentality with being competitive physical and put teams under pressure. 

Our core of team is strong and we should be able to build on that.

Lowland league was never going to be easy

[seenitall]

27 minutes ago, Bonessdunn said:

When I saw the line up with no real bench I feared the worst.

Started well but fell out of the game and eventually they scored twice.

To be fair the second goal was cracker.

Any chance of comeback gone when Jamie lost the rag .

Great player but no use sitting in the stand.

Thought 3rd goal offside but they could have scored more.

The 10 players left battled hard and kept fighting. 

Been a season where a mixture of signings not performing,injuries and general inconsistent results. 

Also a bit of transition with donnelly Snowden and Campbell no longer there.

Don't think changing management would help.

Maxs record over the piece has been good with league cup, league and decent 1st season in lowland league against this season which has not been good.

In lowland league you get punished more for mistakes with teams a bit quicker and you need to be at it in every game.

I don't think we have played the same line up very often in games with injuries covid etc.

Have lost grant,Miller and locke to longer term injuries which hasn't helped and a factor in why our attack is weak. 

Hope we can get the best out of the rest of season get players in with  bit of experience and dig and preferably keep loan players to a minimum for start of preseason so we can get off to a good start next season. 

Hopefully we can get a stronger line up out on Saturday and get the win.

 

Time for an end to the excuses , injuries , covid , transition etc .

These things affect all teams .

Max has done well , not doubting that , but that is now history .The present is telling a different story .

The love in for Max is now receding and time for BU to act .

Act now before this season ends and get things sorted for next season .

[Bonessdunn]

12 minutes ago, seenitall said:

Time for an end to the excuses , injuries , covid , transition etc .

These things affect all teams .

Max has done well , not doubting that , but that is now history .The present is telling a different story .

The love in for Max is now receding and time for BU to act .

Act now before this season ends and get things sorted for next season .

I think last night summed it up.

Every team has its problems but we have had way more than our fair share this year.

I think we focus on getting our signings done early to let max build for next year so we get off to a good start. 

 

[Arnie]

43 minutes ago, seenitall said:

Time for an end to the excuses , injuries , covid , transition etc .

These things affect all teams .

Max has done well , not doubting that , but that is now history .The present is telling a different story .

The love in for Max is now receding and time for BU to act .

Act now before this season ends and get things sorted for next season .

Who would you bring in  since you want the club to act 

[seenitall]

11 minutes ago, Arnie said:

Who would you bring in  since you want the club to act 

Do the normal , advertise the job , take things from there .

Is that not what most clubs do ?

[Bonesschamp]

17 minutes ago, Arnie said:

Who would you bring in  since you want the club to act 

Gary Jardine, Calum Elliot,Stevie McLeish, Joe Hamill that’s 4 to start off with. Sure a lot of people would be interested in the job

[Bu bri]

We need to act sooner rather than later. This season is a write off as this team couldn’t win a lucky bag. It’s going to take a huge effort to get ready for next season. A new guy will have to assess and have targeted players to go for. Also needs to see who’s worth keeping and who wants to stay. All this can’t be sorted in 6 weeks during the summer 

[Arnie]

1 hour ago, Bu bri said:

We need to act sooner rather than later. This season is a write off as this team couldn’t win a lucky bag. It’s going to take a huge effort to get ready for next season. A new guy will have to assess and have targeted players to go for. Also needs to see who’s worth keeping and who wants to stay. All this can’t be sorted in 6 weeks during the summer 

Max might already have good player lined up and hope the committee will give him the chance to do so 

[Deanburn Dave]

Arnie,
"good player" ? .........assume you mean several good players" as we need:-
A right back
Two centrehalfs
Three midfielders
Two strikers
.........all at first team LL level.

Not to mention a back up keeper. We have ridden our luck with Andy all of this season.

[dolly]

Just a footnote to last night’s line of our strongest squad against what we actually got.

Murphy: didn’t play: illness
McCormack: started: sent off Again
McCauley: started after weeks out with injury
Skinner: didn’t play: suspended
Carstairs: didn’t play: internal problem
Jacobs: started m/f: switched to f/b
Hawkins: didn’t start: ??
Gemmell: started centre half from usual m/f
Galbraith: didn’t play: again
Locke: started f/b: switched to centre half: just back from injury
Grant: didn’t play: missed majority of season
Miller: didn’t play: long term injury
Stevenson: started f/b: needs a settled position
Flynn: started m/f: hasn’t started recently

Isn’t hard to see why we’re struggling

[boheesian]

10 minutes ago, dolly said:

Just a footnote to last night’s line of our strongest squad against what we actually got.

Murphy: didn’t play: illness
McCormack: started: sent off Again
McCauley: started after weeks out with injury
Skinner: didn’t play: suspended
Carstairs: didn’t play: internal problem
Jacobs: started m/f: switched to f/b
Hawkins: didn’t start: ??
Gemmell: started centre half from usual m/f
Galbraith: didn’t play: again
Locke: started f/b: switched to centre half: just back from injury
Grant: didn’t play: missed majority of season
Miller: didn’t play: long term injury
Stevenson: started f/b: needs a settled position
Flynn: started m/f: hasn’t started recently

Isn’t hard to see why we’re struggling

Add to that Smith out with what looks like a serious knee injury, Johnston out with a head injury from Saturday resulting in concussion and Hunts out with a strain. 
Max must dread his phone ringing.

On the stats side 15 wins, 15 losses and 7 draws perfectly  balanced.

[lithgierose]

43 minutes ago, Deanburn Dave said:

Arnie,
"good player" ? .........assume you mean several good players" as we need:-
A right back
Two centrehalfs
Three midfielders
Two strikers
.........all at first team LL level.

Not to mention a back up keeper. We have ridden our luck with Andy all of this season.

Any players committed to any other team for next season ?

[John S]

11 hours ago, dolly said:

Just a footnote to last night’s line of our strongest squad against what we actually got.

Murphy: didn’t play: illness
McCormack: started: sent off Again
McCauley: started after weeks out with injury
Skinner: didn’t play: suspended
Carstairs: didn’t play: internal problem
Jacobs: started m/f: switched to f/b
Hawkins: didn’t start: ??
Gemmell: started centre half from usual m/f
Galbraith: didn’t play: again
Locke: started f/b: switched to centre half: just back from injury
Grant: didn’t play: missed majority of season
Miller: didn’t play: long term injury
Stevenson: started f/b: needs a settled position
Flynn: started m/f: hasn’t started recently

Isn’t hard to see why we’re struggling

Hawkins injured 

[seenitall]

16 hours ago, dolly said:

Just a footnote to last night’s line of our strongest squad against what we actually got.

Murphy: didn’t play: illness
McCormack: started: sent off Again
McCauley: started after weeks out with injury
Skinner: didn’t play: suspended
Carstairs: didn’t play: internal problem
Jacobs: started m/f: switched to f/b
Hawkins: didn’t start: ??
Gemmell: started centre half from usual m/f
Galbraith: didn’t play: again
Locke: started f/b: switched to centre half: just back from injury
Grant: didn’t play: missed majority of season
Miller: didn’t play: long term injury
Stevenson: started f/b: needs a settled position
Flynn: started m/f: hasn’t started recently

Isn’t hard to see why we’re struggling

Injuries are not the only factor with these players .

Murphy - good goalie

McCormack - liability - get rid

McCauley - not sure if LL standard

Skinner - Decent player but lack of pace questions if LL standard .

Carstairs ???

Jacobs - great servant but no longer LL standard .

Hawkins , not LL standard .

Gemmell - Been great for us but struggling now at LL level .

Galbraith - part timer on the pitch .

Locke - good player but never plays in his correct position behind the striker , looks pissed off . Play him in his best position and you’ve got a player .

Grant - good player in flashes , not LL standard .

Miller - we will see next season .

Stevenson - good player but gets played all over the place , another player that looks pissed off .

Flynn - not LL standard .

 

 

[dolly]

According to “seenitall” it’s maybe just as well that we haven’t had our strongest team available cos in his opinion most of them are crap along with the manager.
Teams need money to compete in this league, Kelty, East Kilbride and Bonnyrigg to name examples of this, and my point was that our squad, with some good players, have not been playing to their potential. Danny Galbraith for instance came to us with a really good pedigree but never seems to play either a full game or two games running. Just one example.

[boheesian]

1 hour ago, dolly said:

According to “seenitall” it’s maybe just as well that we haven’t had our strongest team available cos in his opinion most of them are crap along with the manager.
Teams need money to compete in this league, Kelty, East Kilbride and Bonnyrigg to name examples of this, and my point was that our squad, with some good players, have not been playing to their potential. Danny Galbraith for instance came to us with a really good pedigree but never seems to play either a full game or two games running. Just one example.
 

IMHO the biggest disappointment has bee Galbraith, expected more from him. Played 22 out of 37 ie app 60%.

[seenitall]

2 hours ago, dolly said:

According to “seenitall” it’s maybe just as well that we haven’t had our strongest team available cos in his opinion most of them are crap along with the manager.
Teams need money to compete in this league, Kelty, East Kilbride and Bonnyrigg to name examples of this, and my point was that our squad, with some good players, have not been playing to their potential. Danny Galbraith for instance came to us with a really good pedigree but never seems to play either a full game or two games running. Just one example.
 

A pretty good take on my views .

League stats back me up .

Theres teams well above us that haven’t had the money and teams below us also and they are beating us too .

Money doesn’t guarantee success anyway .

Better hope Gretna don’t beat us on Saturday as that surely would be last chance saloon .

.

 

[Deanburn Dave]

IMHO the biggest disappointment has bee Galbraith, expected more from him. Played 22 out of 37 ie app 60%.

............and how many times in those 22 games did he play the full game ? Be surprised if it was more than 10.

We were expecting a player who would control games, create chances and drive the team forward. Only two or three flashes of that this season.

[boheesian]

2 hours ago, Deanburn Dave said:

............and how many times in those 22 games did he play the full game ? Be surprised if it was more than 10.

We were expecting a player who would control games, create chances and drive the team forward. Only two or three flashes of that this season.
 

Thanks for noticing my clerical error - for played read started. Probably Comrie was the biggest loss IMO whatever his reasons for disappearing only he knows only for him to resurface and join Sauchie.