Nicholas Rage Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Great finish from young Lucas Larbert and consistently threatening. Looks like he'll be fun to watch if he keeps this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 Porteous off. Louis Kennedy on. Changed the trialist keeper as well for second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 Lucas, Malcolm and both fullbacks off. Irving, Rutherford, Heeps and a trialist on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 Trialist Scott Dalziel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 4-0 McArthur header. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 4-0 FT......could have been 7 or 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 So that's four friendly games played .......what do we think ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boheesian Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 53 minutes ago, Deanburn Dave said: So that's four friendly games played .......what do we think ? Only friendly I’ve seen but quite impressed with what looks quite deep squad and by the way the changes didn’t really make all that much of difference. Of the new faces, Henderson (lots of energy)Lucas (puts himself about), Kennedy (pacy), Rutherford & Irving look good full backs plus Heeps looked good on the ball. First three games will give us an indication on how the squad will gel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUrambler Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Number 11 looked quality the day, some good football played the day , also seen trialist in goals for tranent , is that musa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 Here are my thoughts on the BU's state after 4 friendlies :- Musa will be the #1 goalie. I hear he is coming back on Thursday so he will be starting without any preseason games. Far from ideal. Heard that we do have a back up goalie but don't know who.... Centrehalfs.....we only have 2 and one of them (McArthur) is well below his usual standard !! McCauley and Rutherford have been drafted in to assist there but neither looks comfortable there. Really surprised that Big Hunter hasn't signed "a big un". Fullbacks.........plenty of options for the 2 and 3 shirts. Could be an issue keeping everyone happy. Irving and McCauley probably my top pairing. Defensive midfield......JJ and Johnston to start most games....Gemmell comes on to kill off games and assist the referees. Attacking mid.....plenty of options. Up front......"Lucas" and Malcolm are both making the type of runs that create goals. Heeps looks a different player as well now he has been freed from Max's manacles. In summary I reckon the BU's will be a decent watch this season and will score a good number of goals......but we will lose a lot of goals too. We will finish somewhere between 5th and 8th. Roll on Saturday !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 7 minutes ago, BUrambler said: Number 11 looked quality the day, some good football played the day , also seen trialist in goals for tranent , is that musa? Musa supposedly out the country on holiday. Back in UK on Thursday was what I heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seenitall Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 22 minutes ago, Deanburn Dave said: Here are my thoughts on the BU's state after 4 friendlies :- Musa will be the #1 goalie. I hear he is coming back on Thursday so he will be starting without any preseason games. Far from ideal. Heard that we do have a back up goalie but don't know who.... Centrehalfs.....we only have 2 and one of them (McArthur) is well below his usual standard !! McCauley and Rutherford have been drafted in to assist there but neither looks comfortable there. Really surprised that Big Hunter hasn't signed "a big un". Fullbacks.........plenty of options for the 2 and 3 shirts. Could be an issue keeping everyone happy. Irving and McCauley probably my top pairing. Defensive midfield......JJ and Johnston to start most games....Gemmell comes on to kill off games and assist the referees. Attacking mid.....plenty of options. Up front......"Lucas" and Malcolm are both making the type of runs that create goals. Heeps looks a different player as well now he has been freed from Max's manacles. In summary I reckon the BU's will be a decent watch this season and will score a good number of goals......but we will lose a lot of goals too. We will finish somewhere between 5th and 8th. Roll on Saturday !! Well that’ll be 6th or 7th then Dave , lol . Only seen 2 games but disappointed in our ‘record’ signing . Looks like a player that’s made the wrong decision coming to BU . We will see what happens going forward , defence is still a problem in my book and don’t rate JJ as much as others do . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boheesian Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 36 minutes ago, BUrambler said: Number 11 looked quality the day, some good football played the day , also seen trialist in goals for tranent , is that musa? Unless the flew him over from Spain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 36 minutes ago, seenitall said: Only seen 2 games but disappointed in our ‘record’ signing . Looks like a player that’s made the wrong decision coming to BU . Porteous looked very sluggish today and contributed very little. He is much better than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Rage Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Quite excited for the season after the games, football looks far more entertaining than it was under Max with some great interplay with the forwards. Definitely going to have issues at the back but goals galore is fun to watch at least. Heeps looks a different player today, also thought despite a couple of tricky moments early on Stevenson did well, didn't let his head drop like he has before. Worried about Kyle Johnston though, 6 position isn't suiting him and it looks like he knows it. Hopefully Gemmell can help develop him there. All in all looks like a fair bit of skill in the team and they don't seem afraid to try things, hopefully that stays and we're in for a fun ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Rage Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Stenhouse confirmed on twitter, on loan until January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 Lucas Stenhouse has been named at last. Lucas was on loan last season at Gala Fairydean Rovers who we play on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted July 16, 2023 Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 14 hours ago, BUrambler said: ..... , also seen trialist in goals for tranent , is that musa? Tranent highlights on YouTube. Definitely NOT Musa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boheesian Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 18 hours ago, Deanburn Dave said: Here are my thoughts on the BU's state after 4 friendlies :- Musa will be the #1 goalie. I hear he is coming back on Thursday so he will be starting without any preseason games. Far from ideal. Heard that we do have a back up goalie but don't know who.... Centrehalfs.....we only have 2 and one of them (McArthur) is well below his usual standard !! McCauley and Rutherford have been drafted in to assist there but neither looks comfortable there. Really surprised that Big Hunter hasn't signed "a big un". Fullbacks.........plenty of options for the 2 and 3 shirts. Could be an issue keeping everyone happy. Irving and McCauley probably my top pairing. Defensive midfield......JJ and Johnston to start most games....Gemmell comes on to kill off games and assist the referees. Attacking mid.....plenty of options. Up front......"Lucas" and Malcolm are both making the type of runs that create goals. Heeps looks a different player as well now he has been freed from Max's manacles. In summary I reckon the BU's will be a decent watch this season and will score a good number of goals......but we will lose a lot of goals too. We will finish somewhere between 5th and 8th. Roll on Saturday !! Think you could be right regards Heeps might be one that needs encouragement and the odd pat on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leomessi1984 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 On 15/07/2023 at 15:17, Deanburn Dave said: Trialist Scott Dalziel. Big Dazzler will still have some quality but you'd need to play quite direct now for him. He's been confirmed as leaving Armadale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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