Deanburn Dave Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 2-0 at halftime. Fair reflection on the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 2-1 Penalty for handball. Harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 Gemmell and Fin off JJ and Mitchell on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 3-1 MITCHELL !!!!! A proper strikers run and finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Rage Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 That's a striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 McArthur off Rutherford on. McArthur's last game for the club as he is bound for Edinburgh City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 3-2 . Not for the first time Stirling University get the break of the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 Grant and Stevenson off Kennedy and Hamilton on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Rage Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 12 minutes ago, Deanburn Dave said: McArthur's last game for the club as he is bound for Edinburgh City. That sure is an interesting choice. Could be back in the Lowland in 12 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 3-2 FT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seenitall Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Well done to BU for what has been a really good season with some very good performances . Nobody could have forecast a third place finish . Enjoy the break guys 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 (edited) Where to even begin?? What a great season. From where we were last May, the job Stuart and Michael have done putting that squad together and achieving what they have done is fantastic Ignoring Hearts B because they shouldn’t even be in the league, finishing in second place behind Chequebook FC and ahead of a couple of other bankrolled teams on a tiny percentage of their budgets is outstanding work. Let’s kick on from here. Thank you Hunts and Gemmell. Mon the BU! Edit - Have to finish with one minor gripe; It’s rubbish the season ending in mid April! Football should run until the end of May! Edited April 20 by 8MileBU 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowenan Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Crookies Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 2 hours ago, Deanburn Dave said: McArthur off Rutherford on. McArthur's last game for the club as he is bound for Edinburgh City. Any news about Musa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 I heard that the BU's offered Musa a new contract but the goalie isn't signing as he thinks he may be able to secure a full time contract elsewhere........possibly down South. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-U-tiful United Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 On 04/06/2023 at 08:21, boheesian said: Fill in the gaps Digaba Stevenson, Hawkins, McArhur, McAulay Johnston, Gemmell, Grant Malcolm Whoever gets the position has a big rebuild in front of them. V close to the starting line up today Bo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Rage Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Less than 11 months since Ian Little walked away and left the team without a manager and the absolute bare bones of a squad, it cannot be overstated what a phenomenal job Hunter and Gemmell have done, hopefully this is just the start of something good. They deserve so much credit and I hope they can enjoy the summer, though I'm sure in reality the hard work starts again first thing Monday morning. Couldn't be prouder of who leads our club. On the players, if Musa is away he's going to be a big miss. He's prone to a gaffe, but if he wasn't he wouldn't be here. He's a great goalie who can pull off the spectacular and I can see him making the step up this summer. Ryan Stevenson has had a great year after quite a difficult end under Max/Little, he provides such forward impetus from fullback and is a great attacking threat. When we picked up Michael Travis from the Berwick fire sale I wasn't sure what to expect, but he's become an absolute rock at the back, knows when to play and when to lump it. Hope we've got him tied down. Captain material. McArthur is a funny one. Really thought he'd excel this season but fell out of favour and every time he got a chance he'd repeat the same mistakes overplaying the ball. Frustrating as you know theres a great player in there. Goes with best wishes and good luck at a plummeting Edinburgh City, he'll certainly get a chance to play. Hawkeye - Mr Reliable in defense, knows his role, his strengths and importantly his limitations and just does the right thing. Kier Macaulay is a great left back and balances well with Stevo on the right hand side, when he plays Bo'ness are a better team. Shaun Rutherford and Dan Irving have had stop start seasons and despite them being quite different in appearance for some reason I mix them up constantly, so I'm usually so confused about which one it is I miss their actual contribution. If either of you for some reason read this, apologies that's my bad. Michael Gemmell - next season might be a season too many, but my god I love watching him smash into tackles and moan at referees. As long as he's assistant, give the man a shirt. JJ Henderson has been a good signing, clearly managers man on the pitch and generally seems a great guy from his work at Raith Rovers to attending the BU kids training. One of those guys you love on your team and hate on the other. Kyle Johnston has had a funny season. At times he's run games, but I don't think he's done it enough. That's part of having a young player though, I'd be happy to see him back again next year. I unashamedly love Tom Grant. A classic Number 10 who plays with a smile on his face (or his tongue sticking out) Kier Foster is now in Finland and absolutely fair play to him, great to see players take a leap of faith. Ryan Porteous has flattered to deceive, but I've no idea where we'd be without his goals from left wing. Hopefully with this season under his belt he can progress next year, though even just keeping up the goals if we have a striker contributing as well would be very valuable. Louis Kennedy blows hot and cold like most wingers, but can't fault him for effort plus a last minute winner over the hill and inspiring a great comeback away at Edinburgh Uni, can't ask for more. Honourable mention for Lucas Stenhouse, electrifying at times early in the season and got us points early in the season when we weren't firing on all cylinders. Wish we could get him back next year but suspect Livi might keep him for off the bench in the championship with that pace. Scott Dalziel has worked his creaking body to the limit this season, the lack of goals I'm sure disappoints no-one more than himself but he's worked so hard and created so many chances for his partners... ...which leads me to Fin Malcolm. Bit of an enigma, has everything that you want a striker to have, but can't seem to quite put it together. There's space for him at this level, but not leading the line yet and it's cost us. Kieran Mitchell might well be that man for next year, that goal today just showed what he's capable of, he looks a player playing below his real level right now. Looking forward to seeing what he can do next year. Why have I typed out all this? Who knows, I've never played proper football in my puff. I'm just a jobber who pays his £8 every week, so I know f**k all really. But it's the end of the season ans if there's not a time to type a lot of shite about a great bunch of lads who I've loved watching this year, when can you? Can't wait for next season to start already and to be back at Newtown with you all. In Hunter we trust. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 Good post NR. I want to mention Jamie Hamilton's appearances toward the end of the season. Encouraging to see him getting back to 100%. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Rage Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 You're absolutely right and it's been a pleasure to see him return from injury and bag a couple of goals. A fully fit and firing Jamie would be a real asset to the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Jones Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 7 hours ago, 8MileBU said: Where to even begin?? What a great season. From where we were last May, the job Stuart and Michael have done putting that squad together and achieving what they have done is fantastic Ignoring Hearts B because they shouldn’t even be in the league, finishing in second place behind Chequebook FC and ahead of a couple of other bankrolled teams on a tiny percentage of their budgets is outstanding work. Let’s kick on from here. Thank you Hunts and Gemmell. Mon the BU! Edit - Have to finish with one minor gripe; It’s rubbish the season ending in mid April! Football should run until the end of May! Who do you think are the other bankrolled teams in the league? I'm not so sure that a bankrolled team automatically wins the league. Yes, EK spent more (certainly brought in loads of players), but players have to gel to make a team and sometimes egos will get in the way so no guarantee on the playing/winning front. In saying that, I found it funny; comments made by some of the Tranent fans on their supporters Facebook page. Nose was certainly out of joint with EK. But, only a few weeks ago, some were saying that if they beat EK away, then they were back in the running for the league. Today, Tranent sit 24 pts behind - bit of a capitulation. I've transgressed somewhat, but in the past few years, Tranent has also spent a fair bit on their squads / management teams, bringing in loads of players / shipping out at nearly same rate. However, it took a few years before they were promoted to the Lowand League - coming back to thought that large investment in funds doesn't guarantee league success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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