Replays Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 At least fans of both sets of supporters can sit back and laugh at Falkirk.* *Please don’t sign DGW though, Falkirk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixtyten Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 It was some 11 years ago under Allan Maitland, when the Alloa support watched on helplessly as their team sleepwalked complacently towards relegation to the 4th tier. This season has a similar feel about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamtora Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Is Howie enjoying his time at Alloa? He was keen to have a spell in a team not fighting off the threat of relegation so left Clyde. How's that going for you, Craig? 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dink Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 First half was dreadful from us, constantly trying to get something from the long diagonal from Graham to Sammon. Clyde's goal was a neatly worked free kick but I felt that we should have reacted to the fake out s bit better. Second we came out, increased the tempo and started to look like we might do something. Unfortunately the lack of quality up front was telling and we failed to make the most of the very good positions that we got into. Mid way through the second half the we started to lose our momentum and by the time Clyde scored I'd already resigned myself to defeat. I'd left before we got our consolation so I've not got much to say about it. I do worry that unless we change our manager we're going to be in serious trouble. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevchenko Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Another brutal watch in the first half but better signs in the second. Ferguson has changed us from a really good passing team who were good to watch (even in defeat) to a team doing nothing but lump up long balls either for Henderson (previously) to run on to, or to Sammon (now) to try and win in the air. It’s utterly turgid stuff. Felt Hutton was certainly at fault for the 2nd and may have done better with 1st, although was probably unsighted. On the same day his predecessor up the other end had a blinder, great stop from long range early on and then several decent saves in the 2nd half. Also noticed him giving it big licks towards the Alloa dugout after Clyde scored their second and I don’t blame him one bit for enjoying it. Thought Riley-Snow had a good game in the middle, spraying passes about for fun and winning the ball back a fair amount, but it looks like anyone with a bit of pace is going to breeze by him and leave us exposed. Great to see O’Donnell getting half an hour but decision to take Cawley off was baffling. Any of Boyd, Scougall or King should have made way. Was great to see us actually create a lot of chances in the 2nd half but the wastefulness in front of goal epitomised a team that is severely lacking in confidence. Great steak pie today so there’s that at least I suppose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 How was Nick McAllister for Clyde today? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 44 minutes ago, Mamtora said: Is Howie enjoying his time at Alloa? He was keen to have a spell in a team not fighting off the threat of relegation so left Clyde. How's that going for you, Craig? It was a reasonable enough call from Howie based on the last few years and strength of squads and relative budgets. He was taking a risk though making the move without knowing who our manager was going to be. That turned out to be a really bad decision. It looked questionable by Alloa themselves at the time to retain players and even add to the squad before finding a new manager. Followed then by a bizarre appointment. Strange calls from a club that has got so much right over the past decade. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 The first part of the game was beautifully refreshing; a well-worked free-kick goal, a great headed chance for McAllister and an excellent save from Hutton to deny Jamieson. I get that we might sit back a bit with the lead, but the drop-off was staggering. I think we've defended well in the past few months but I didn't think we defended well today in the second half. We were all over the place at times; illustrated by the number of last ditch saves that Parry made. We were sitting as deep as any side, yet they still got in behind us. It doesn't help that teams now know that Page is absolutely awful at right-back, so whilst the idea of attacking him with Sammon in the first half didn't really work, the changes in the second half did. On top of that, Livingstone seriously struggled up against Taggart on the other side. Whilst accepting that we are a scrappy, defensive team, that still doesn't excuse some of the woeful distribution and ball retention which could ease the constant pressure we find ourselves under, accentuated by the sorry excuse of a striker who was bullied off every ball in his stroll-about today. We shouldn't be going 43 minutes of a home game against a poor side without mustering a single meaningful attack. That said, there's no doubt that Gomis, Cuddihy, Cunningham and Goodwillie (who barely broke into a run bar winning the free-kick from which we scored) would make a massive difference to that side offensively, even Kennedy who can keep the ball quite well, so maybe it is just a case of accepting the points regardless of how we do so. We are now in a position where if we can't manage the gaps that we have to one of Peterhead, Alloa and Dumbarton, then we'll firmly deserve to be in the relegation play-off and I think we have enough about us to be comfortably clear. Positives; Parry was outstanding again and deserved a clean sheet. It's great to see we've done work on our set pieces as our record has been absolutely shocking. McAllister also had a good debut; anyone with pace will standout in our team but he got around the pitch well and is good in the air. Hopefully we'll get enough players back that we can put him at right-back soon. Finally, I'm delighted for Tade who is clearly just playing because he enjoys the game now. He deserves that moment. As for Alloa, well Hutton had an absolute nightmare with the second goal. The lad Riley-Snow will be ripped to pieces against the slick midfields of Airdrie, QP and Montrose; I couldn't believe we stopped playing around him. Also, whilst appreciating his outstanding career in the Scottish lower leagues, Andy Graham has been absolutely rotten on three occasions against Clyde this season. I think Barry Ferguson will rightly feel a bit unlucky to have seen his team lose today but his record speaks for itself. Also, where was Trouten? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) Can't agree with that comment about Graham at all. He got skinned by Goodwillie at the end and committed a cynical foul - which led to the 2nd goal - but otherwise he was excellent today. Read the game really well, made a terrific tackle when Clyde were almost in, and started a good few moves from the back. No surprise that he isn't the player he was at this stage of his career and after a very serious injury two seasons ago, but still more than capable. Just a week since he was outstanding against Celtic too. Can only assume Trouten wasn't available as he was brilliant after coming off the bench against Celtic. Edited January 29, 2022 by Waspie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawfielder Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 2 hours ago, D'Jaffo said: How was Nick McAllister for Clyde today? Good debut, played well , looks like what we need, played in midfield 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Replays Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Clyde goals 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_bully_wee Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) Some effort by Docherty for the second, that. Postage stamp in those conditions and from that position is no mean feat. Clever routine for the opener as well, though you only really get away with those once! Edited January 30, 2022 by the_bully_wee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 The Alloa YouTube has full highlights of the match up as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Replays Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 14 minutes ago, David W said: The Alloa YouTube has full highlights of the match up as well. Thanks David. The second half didn’t get any easier to watch the second time around. Well done to Neil Parry for some great saves. Poor Tade being described as “the old man”. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 There was more to the Love v Ferguson tête à tête than there first looked. Still crazy from Love and extremely lucky to not be sent off at some point today 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawfield shed boy Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Yer Mithers Pride..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeodhasXD Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde85 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Well worked free kick for the first and Hutton gifting us the winner. Lovely stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adolfo Rios Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 That's quite the identity crisis Lewis Jamieson had yesterday. Fair enough being called Nick McAllister as he was at least on the pitch but Euan Deveney is some going when he left the club weeks ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeodhasXD Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 24 minutes ago, Adolfo Rios said: That's quite the identity crisis Lewis Jamieson had yesterday. Fair enough being called Nick McAllister as he was at least on the pitch but Euan Deveney is some going when he left the club weeks ago. I do it from memory when I'm commentating as I've not got a teamsheet from your esteemed media guys. Missed Deveney leaving but also mistakenly had McAllister 7 and Jamieson 18. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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