Monkey Tennis Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 7 hours ago, Fae_the_'briggs said: I wish the person responsible would amend the "next fixture" info on the OS., still got EK on there. That's almost ahead of its time. The Lochfield Road sign still advertises our upcoming fixture in early May against Kelty. Just saying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fae_the_'briggs Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Piece in today's Standard, looks like Gav wants to stay and fight for his place. No confirmation or comment from Bartley though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonhamerDon Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Fixtures are out https://spfl.co.uk/league/league-one/fixtures Alloa (H) opening day, then Edinburgh (A) and Annan (H) Seems a reasonable opening few fixtures but after last year's shambolic opener I'm not going to take anything for granted at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Nesovic's Barmy Army Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, DoonhamerDon said: Fixtures are out https://spfl.co.uk/league/league-one/fixtures Alloa (H) opening day, then Edinburgh (A) and Annan (H) Seems a reasonable opening few fixtures but after last year's shambolic opener I'm not going to take anything for granted at all. Tasty early season derby that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Think that's a good opening fixture. I reckon Alloa will be right in the playoff mix again this season so it'll be a good marker to see where we are right off the bat. A couple of 'relegation candidates' in there as well so we could be feeling content by the end of August or really concerned again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qos1990 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 10 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: Think that's a good opening fixture. I reckon Alloa will be right in the playoff mix again this season so it'll be a good marker to see where we are right off the bat. A couple of 'relegation candidates' in there as well so we could be feeling content by the end of August or really concerned again. On paper good chance to get points on board, but similar feeling last year so apprehensive to get ahead of ourselves. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) 34 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: Think that's a good opening fixture. I reckon Alloa will be right in the playoff mix again this season so it'll be a good marker to see where we are right off the bat. A couple of 'relegation candidates' in there as well so we could be feeling content by the end of August or really concerned again. I tend to look first at the end of season. If we're anywhere near in the mix for it come season's end that's a decent finish. Three home, two away and neither Falkirk nor Hamilton in there. Not remotely surprised at the Annan games. We were always likely to get the first home one and the festive one due to the relative sizes of the grounds I think, not that we're likely to sell Annan out anyway but still. At the end of the day though, fixtures can be any order they want to be, our job is to win more than we lose! Edited June 30, 2023 by Skyline Drifter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetableman Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 31 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: Think that's a good opening fixture. I reckon Alloa will be right in the playoff mix again this season so it'll be a good marker to see where we are right off the bat. A couple of 'relegation candidates' in there as well so we could be feeling content by the end of August or really concerned again. I think we will take a while to get going ,difficult one for us and no Mciver to break your hearts 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Just now, Vegetableman said: I think we will take a while to get going ,difficult one for us and no Mciver to break your hearts Still Conor fecking Sammon though......... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetableman Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said: Still Conor fecking Sammon though......... take a draw now , will be interesting to see how you guys are , new manager bounce or much improved ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, Vegetableman said: I think we will take a while to get going ,difficult one for us and no Mciver to break your hearts Just now, Vegetableman said: take a draw now , will be interesting to see how you guys are , new manager bounce or much improved ? I hate Alloa fans and their false modesty that they'll struggle to get a result against us 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetableman Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Just now, 19QOS19 said: I hate Alloa fans and their false modesty that they'll struggle to get a result against us Honestly i think we will take a while to settle ,whole new defence barr Taggart and you lot seem to have improved , would have preffered a home game to start . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Vegetableman said: Honestly i think we will take a while to settle ,whole new defence barr Taggart and you lot seem to have improved , would have preffered a home game to start . Think we're in the same boat tbh. I doubt we'll hit the ground running (obviously hope I'm completely wrong) and think it'll be a slow burn. I just hope we kick into gear in plenty of time to at least reach the playoffs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie Mills Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Vegetableman said: Honestly i think we will take a while to settle ,whole new defence barr Taggart and you lot seem to have improved , would have preffered a home game to start . I’d would suggest it’s a push to say we’ve improved - we’ve lost our main goal threat and certainly haven’t signed an adequate replacement! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Dougie Mills said: I’d would suggest it’s a push to say we’ve improved - we’ve lost our main goal threat and certainly haven’t signed an adequate replacement! I think it's fair to say we simply don't know. Paton's a loss of course but he was always going to be. Anyone who thought we'd any chance of keeping hold of him another year was in cuckoo land really. Bartley certainly improved us organisationally and fitness wise and our last quarter was as good as anybody's outside of Dunfermline but there's been a fair bit of change. There are a lot of new players in the squad. That said, of the actual starting eleven we largely played in the back quarter of last season we've lost, Paton, Dabrowski, Hendrie and probably East, though he still has an offer on the table and I've not heard he's actually training anywhere else yet. He was at our game on Saturday past. Johnson should be a good replacement for Dabrowski and Church for Hendrie. It remains to be seen if McClelland is better than East (he certainly won't be as versatile). Whether the returning Gavin Reilly or Kyle Doherty can provide the goals we got from Paton is a far longer shot though. It's a young squad. Ideally I'd like to see an experienced organiser type centre back added, and if we're being greedy a goalscorer, but everyone apart from Montrose, and maybe Stirling and Annan, is looking for one of those. I don't think we're all that far away. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie Mills Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 26 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said: I think it's fair to say we simply don't know. Paton's a loss of course but he was always going to be. Anyone who thought we'd any chance of keeping hold of him another year was in cuckoo land really. Bartley certainly improved us organisationally and fitness wise and our last quarter was as good as anybody's outside of Dunfermline but there's been a fair bit of change. There are a lot of new players in the squad. That said, of the actual starting eleven we largely played in the back quarter of last season we've lost, Paton, Dabrowski, Hendrie and probably East, though he still has an offer on the table and I've not heard he's actually training anywhere else yet. He was at our game on Saturday past. Johnson should be a good replacement for Dabrowski and Church for Hendrie. It remains to be seen if McClelland is better than East (he certainly won't be as versatile). Whether the returning Gavin Reilly or Kyle Doherty can provide the goals we got from Paton is a far longer shot though. It's a young squad. Ideally I'd like to see an experienced organiser type centre back added, and if we're being greedy a goalscorer, but everyone apart from Montrose, and maybe Stirling and Annan, is looking for one of those. I don't think we're all that far away. I think we’ll certainly be more organised than we were last season prior to Bartley arriving but the squad does really look powderpuff on paper when it comes to goals - who knows for sure until the competitive action starts though! I presume there’s still some signings to be made so my pessimism may yet be dampened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 51 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said: It's a young squad. Ideally I'd like to see an experienced organiser type centre back added, and if we're being greedy a goalscorer, This. Absolutely this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katboy Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 On the face of it this is a decent fixture draw. We could have done worse. In terms of the squad assembled so far however. I'm sure that we'll be better organised than we were in the 1st half of last season (maybe not too difficult ). I think that last season we were too easily bullied on too many occasions, and I don't see anyone in there providing the necessary steel. It's a young squad, and ideally I'd like to see a bit more experience added. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwithnoball Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Connor Murray playing for Hamilton tonight as a trialist. Wonder if he has his Casper outfit on 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 16 minutes ago, Manwithnoball said: Connor Murray playing for Hamilton tonight as a trialist. Wonder if he has his Casper outfit on His agent must be a member of the Magic Circle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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