Forfar Athletic -vs- Stenhousemuir (Saturday 27 August 2022)

[Guest]

Only player that gets a pass mark for me today was Roberto. 

Midfield were grim. Munro was extra grim. And the Hanratty/Brindley partnership down the left is easily the best physical example of a wetwipe ive ever seen. 

Id say matty was horrendous but we all know that. 

Biggest worry, Irvine sitting on his arse whilst we're getting diddied at home. He's no interest & I'm guessing he knows he's safe in his job. 

[Bridie Vision]

15 minutes ago, fafc1885 said:

Disagree with Hanratty, he looked gutless today, especially in the second half where he refused to try and take on the right back.

Hanratty was brilliant on Tuesday night, making great runs taking on players, cutting inside playing short incisive passes. Today, useless, no runs and always played backwards.

He wasn't the only one to do that, Moore didn't attempt to go forward like he did previously, all our passes were sideways and backwards today, real negative stuff.

Matty was Matty, move on.

Munro is in horrid form right now and needs to be dropped as a punishment, the problem is, he's our only fit CB so is effectively undroppable right now.

McCallum is a shadow of his former self, maybe that's because he has no competition (don't know who the Trialist was on the bench today).

How many times have we said it. We probably have the best squad in League Two but it clearly isn't delivering on pitch. As the old saying goes: "you can't win football on paper."

[lwh]

2 minutes ago, Bridie Vision said:

Hanratty was brilliant on Tuesday night, making great runs taking on players, cutting inside playing short incisive passes. Today, useless, no runs and always played backwards.

He wasn't the only one to do that, Moore didn't attempt to go forward like he did previously, all our passes were sideways and backwards today, real negative stuff.

Matty was Matty, move on.

Munro is in horrid form right now and needs to be dropped as a punishment, the problem is, he's our only fit CB so is effectively undroppable right now.

McCallum is a shadow of his former self, maybe that's because he has no competition (don't know who the Trialist was on the bench today).

How many times have we said it. We probably have the best squad in League Two but it clearly isn't delivering on pitch. As the old saying goes: "you can't win football on paper."

Spot on imo. Munro looks like a shadow of the player he was  last season 

[tbsouth]

Hanratty should have been hooked when he couldn't be arsed stopping the ball for the corner that led to the goal, the left side is simply not good enough, Slater and Stef the only true quality within this squad, can a new management team do anything with this squad....I don't see it but something has to change quickly or the trap door will start creaking open.

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, lwh said:

Spot on imo. Munro looks like a shadow of the player he was  last season 

He was average last season, get overlooked because he scored 9 goals. 

[Loon7474]

No club announcement yet   

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Loon7474 said:

No club announcement yet   

If you're waiting for one, you'll be deed by the time it arrives. 

[RateofKnots]

5 minutes ago, Loon7474 said:

No club announcement yet   

Only announcement you'll get is Irvine proclaiming that he doesn't know how they lost it. 

Which is the issue.

Edited August 27, 2022 by RateofKnots

[Dan Steele]

On 20/08/2022 at 16:59, The Skelpit Lug said:

Looks like I picked a good week to go on holiday.

Looks like I picked a good week to still be on holiday.

[Strongbow392001]

Nae danger he is getting sacked 

[terracingtam]

24 minutes ago, Strongbow392001 said:

Nae danger he is getting sacked 

Minimum 6 points from next 3 games or the axe must fall

[Strongbow392001]

He's no getting sacked, only way he goes is if he leaves of his own accord, given his attitude on the touchline today he is clearly not giving a feck

[Guest]

Just now, Strongbow392001 said:

He's no getting sacked, only way he goes is if he leaves of his own accord, given his attitude on the touchline today he is clearly not giving a feck

Maybe he's actually gone mental? He did claim after the east Fife game we created plenty of chances & played really well.... 

[Strongbow392001]

3 minutes ago, TheClosingArguement said:

Maybe he's actually gone mental? He did claim after the east Fife game we created plenty of chances & played really well.... 

I don't think he watched the game his head was down only Gary h was watching. He did a bit more in the second half but that's doenst actually mean a lot 

[Loon From Outta Toon]

Surely he’s got to go before he gets pushed if he has any sense.

1 win in 14 in sackable form regardless what league you’re in, but the board seem happy to just keep plodding along.

[RateofKnots]

The board are either too complacent about or just disinterested in the performances AND the results.

There's a state of absolute apathy around the club at the minute, and it's heading the same way as Brechin did.

[Guest]

Irvine saying the there was a lack of energy today. 

Pot, kettle. Bloke spent 90 minutes sitting on his arse. 

Spouting the same delusional crap. 

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, Loon From Outta Toon said:

Surely he’s got to go before he gets pushed if he has any sense.

1 win in 14 in sackable form regardless what league you’re in, but the board seem happy to just keep plodding along.

As long as hospitality is full, the football is irrelevant to the board. 

[fafc1885]

That interview with Irvine reads as a lot of empty words.

[Francesc Fabregas]

Fair play to Stenhousemuir FC today. That wasn't the most convincing of performances but it was a positive result and a step in the right direction. A good first-half display was followed by a gritty showing in the second, followed by an unnecessarily anxious ending. I'm still not sure about Stephen Swift, and I don't think a three-man defence is viable in the long term, but the three points was gratefully accepted.

Our two first-half goals effectively sealed the contest. The first saw Nicky Jamieson stoop to head home a corner kick from close range; the second saw Will Sewell out-pace Andy Munro and score with a sensational finish, angling the ball across Marc McCallum and into the net. It was a really deft strike and I hope there are more to come from him. The second half was scrappy, with neither side showing much fluency, until Craig Slater's late free-kick hit the post and Robert Nditi reacted quickly to prod home from close range. It was the fourth goal we've conceded from a set-piece in the league and it set up a nervous finish, but Stenhousemuir largely kept their hosts at bay.

Forfar Athletic are the worst side I've seen in the division so far this season. I thought they were the poorest side we encountered last time around and nothing has changed. McCallum is a good goalkeeper and he made some brave, decisive saves, and Craig Slater is a superstar midfielder, but the rest look less than the sum of their parts, somehow - they're a poor defensive unit and light up front. I find it remarkable that Gary Irvine is still in employment because there's no indication this club are moving in the right direction under him.

Stenny weren't amazing but I was pleased with the performance of individuals like Nicky Jamieson (the best player on the park), Mikey Miller and Callum Yeats, as well as the impact of substitutes Mikey Anderson and Tam Orr (who probably should have scored). All five have fallen below the standards the set last term and I hope, to quote Swift, that "the season starts now". They're good players and a lot is, rightly, expected from them. Elsewhere, Sewell and Matty Yates played well in the opening spells before falling away as the game drifted on, Clangers Brennan made some decent saves, and Nat Wedderburn put his big frame to good use to waste time at the death.

When I saw the team and the formation, I thought Swift was done for but this result has bought him another week at least. I'm not sure if his tactics won us the match, or if Forfar are such a poor side that we'd have got the victory anyway, but fielding Dan Higgins at right centre-back isn't the answer, that's for sure. I expect us to line up with the same system against Stranraer next week, and to lose, somehow.

Football, bloody hell!