TxRover Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 2 hours ago, lichtie23 said: Kirk Broadfoot giving the w****r sign to the Arbroath support for questioning his footballing ability was a nice touch today Just ask Broadfoot to autograph this… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Blue Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 8 hours ago, lichtie23 said: Kirk Broadfoot giving the w****r sign to the Arbroath support for questioning his footballing ability was a nice touch today I'm sure he was misunderstood and merely asking someone to shake their tic tacs at him 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 1 minute ago, Mr.Blue said: I'm sure he was misunderstood and merely asking someone to shake their tic tacs at him Now I think of it you are probably correct. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colkitto Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Dougie has apologised to the support for yesterday's performance. It's too early in the season to say where we are going to end up in the league table. We must now talk of safety rather than promotion until we see a vast improvement or some decent signings or both in my opinion. Watching it yesterday was quite alarming to say the least. I know most teams in the league have that kind of performance in them at various points in the season. I can only hope it was a one off and we get back to the early season form we have shown so far. Injuries, suspensions and lack of signings have contributed to yesterday's defeat. That takes nothing away from Arbroath who were well worthy of their win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 6 minutes ago, Colkitto said: Dougie has apologised to the support for yesterday's performance. It's too early in the season to say where we are going to end up in the league table. We must now talk of safety rather than promotion until we see a vast improvement or some decent signings or both in my opinion. Watching it yesterday was quite alarming to say the least. I know most teams in the league have that kind of performance in them at various points in the season. I can only hope it was a one off and we get back to the early season form we have shown so far. Injuries, suspensions and lack of signings have contributed to yesterday's defeat. That takes nothing away from Arbroath who were well worthy of their win. Before yesterday we seemed to be completely written off and everyone seemed to be thinking that we wouldn’t be able to compete at all. It was a tough 3 fixtures to start and I get it looks bad from the outside looking in but in my first post on this thread I had said we were night and day from last summer in terms of recruitment. We won’t be pulling up any trees but we should be competitive side that can get results here and there. Also need signings in some key areas too and hopefully they come soon. This leagues a tough one for the coupon, actually backed Arbroath yesterday because the odds were way too high. Ourselves, Livingston, Queen of the South and Queens Park nearly returned me a hefty sum but unfortunately QP fucked that. I expect another crazy year for most of the teams again outwith Dundee United, who I think will be cruising to the title come March 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Blue Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 3 hours ago, lichtie23 said: Now I think of it you are probably correct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydeTon Posted August 27, 2023 Author Share Posted August 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Colkitto said: Dougie has apologised to the support for yesterday's performance. It's too early in the season to say where we are going to end up in the league table. We must now talk of safety rather than promotion until we see a vast improvement or some decent signings or both in my opinion. Watching it yesterday was quite alarming to say the least. I know most teams in the league have that kind of performance in them at various points in the season. I can only hope it was a one off and we get back to the early season form we have shown so far. Injuries, suspensions and lack of signings have contributed to yesterday's defeat. That takes nothing away from Arbroath who were well worthy of their win. Possibly a bit of an Ibrox hangover, as well. Only one player (Oakley) was out yesterday and the defense was back at full strength - although Baird evidently needs time to catch up. Arbroath turned up and we didn't. However, our lineup was much the same as the one that burst a gut for about 100 minutes at Ibrox. Going from a crowd of 40,000 to a crowd of 1,700 can't help either. We've not been bad in any game until now, and I don't really think it's down to the factors you've mentioned. Well, a wee bit. But they weren't the difference. We've had these problems everywhere; Against Kelty, Edinburgh, Stranraer and Ayr, who we got past. Against County and Rangers, who we gave a proper game to. Against Raith, who we fought hard against, and then threw it away courtesy of Kirk Broadfoot. This game is the outlier. It's the only one we can't take any positives from whatsoever. That being said, we really need another defender so we can get Broadfoot out of the lineup. Three weeks, three penalties (albeit Rangers and yesterday's seemed harsh), but he's a bombscare nonetheless. The defense has made more major mistakes this season, so far, than they did last season. Really concerning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScientificMethod Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) That's the worst I've saw us play in some time. Not having another option up front was noticeable today, Robbie had an off day and isn't as strong as that target man as Oakley anyway. Quitongo despite being on the bench is clearly still unable to play as the game was screaming out for his pace/disruption skills and he didn't get on. CB and proper RB needed to sort the defence otherwise we are in trouble. A stable backline gave us the basis of our season last year, we are leaking too many goals at present to be competitive. Edited August 27, 2023 by ScientificMethod autocorrect error! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptie Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Can't believe Kirk Broadfoot is still playing, or getting picked to play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colkitto Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 We had 14 corners in yesterday's game. Can't remember troubling Arbroath with any of them... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 52 minutes ago, Colkitto said: We had 14 corners in yesterday's game. Can't remember troubling Arbroath with any of them... I think Robbie headed one straight at the keeper in the first half, but the rest were poor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Just watched the highlights. The defending for the 3rd goal - deary me. The 2nd actually looks like an OG. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Colkitto said: We had 14 corners in yesterday's game. Can't remember troubling Arbroath with any of them... Baird missed the target with a free header in the first half from about 2 yards out - a sitter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydeTon Posted August 27, 2023 Author Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) 45 minutes ago, AyrshireTon said: Just watched the highlights. The defending for the 3rd goal - deary me. The 2nd actually looks like an OG. Too horrified by the third to even watch the highlights. The defending was criminal. Not something I'll say often but I really do hope Dougie got tore right into them after the game. ETA: I did notice that Dougie didn't actually speak to any of them after the game, just the silent handshake or whatnot, went to the fans and straight back in. Edited August 27, 2023 by ClydeTon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chippyminton Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 On 26/08/2023 at 22:44, lichtie23 said: “Wee Gayfield” Meant completely as a term of endearment My favourite away day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36-0 Maroon Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36-0 Maroon Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Going by the highlights it could and should have been 5 or 6 if we had our shooting boots on and were a bit more clinical ️ Was just constant wave after wave of attacks and a joy to watch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chippyminton Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, 36-0 Maroon said: You green-flagged my post expressing my undying love for 'Wee Gayfield', and then you promptly rewarded my compliment and kicked me in the baws with this. Ya smokie wee fecker. ETA - I've screenshotted this, so I can one day come back and haunt you when we finally figure out how to beat you. Edited August 28, 2023 by Chippyminton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Blue Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 On 27/08/2023 at 19:07, Colkitto said: We had 14 corners in yesterday's game. Can't remember troubling Arbroath with any of them... Bearne's delivery from corners in the first half was excellent. Just couldn't take advantage of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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