The Moonster Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 2 hours ago, Sweet Pete said: Bright and sunny here in the jewel of West Dunbartonshire. Looks like there's been some overnight light rain. But we always get more rain here in the valley than Dumbarton does. Looks like ideal fitba conditions. It was absolutely hammering it down early this morning but it's been dry since 10. I don't think there will be any need for watering the goal mouths today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Looks like a 4-3-3 for us I think. Interesting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 (edited) Lovely finish by Ruth Edited August 10 by Silverton End 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 How can a ref overrule a linesman for offside?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Another gift from Alloa and Finley Gray makes an arse of it. Got to bury that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 Just now, Silverton End said: Another gift from Alloa and Finley Gray makes an arse of it. Got to bury that And now we’re behind… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 11 minutes ago, FifeSons said: And now we’re behind… I don't like how we are standing off Alloa whenever they are near our 18 yard box. Both teams defending has been honking. Ruth should have scored, free header. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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squeezebox-son Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 It must be quite tough playing into that wind, but defensively we have been a disaster. Full back pish, centre back rotten and Brett Long has had a nightmare. Going forward we look dangerous and although we have missed 2 guilt edged chances (Gray and Shiels) I think it's safe to say our issues are at the back. I would hazard a guess at some kind of change of shape at half time. The wingers haven't had much of the ball and we need more composure at the back. We should also have the wind so hoping that doesn't hamper us too much, which is a very Dumbarton thing to do 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Great through ball for our goal. Ruth finished nicely. Their equaliser looked dodgy, but the Alloa 2nd was shocking from us. Allowed far too much space to run at us. Gray manages to fluff a great chance by wanting too many touches. Shiels also wastes a good opportunity. Alloa don't look great. We're not testing them enough. We're giving them far too much space and we're doing a poor job clearing the ball. Hilton isn't working in midfield. McGuffie and Orsi haven't been involved enough either. We're also giving Ruth no help, so anything he does win is being picked up by an Alloa defender. Need to change it. We need to be better in midfield. We could go to the back 3 again Shiels has struggled at left back today and we'd get more from him further forward. If we want to stick with 4-3-3 then get Young on at left back and bring Mumbongo on. Have Ruth and Orsi either side of him. Too many mistakes and giving Alloa too much time and space to pick out passes or run into. We need to be more aggressive closing down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlloaAdam Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Could be one of the lowest quality games I’ve seen in a long time. We’ve been utterly dreadful and yet are somehow ahead. Fingers crossed we can hold on and Hetherington can come out with his boots on the right feet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 I'll take getting one free kick in this second half as a moral victory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Superb strike by Hilton Come on Sons 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 40 minutes ago, squeezebox-son said: It must be quite tough playing into that wind, but defensively we have been a disaster. Full back pish, centre back rotten and Brett Long has had a nightmare. Going forward we look dangerous and although we have missed 2 guilt edged chances (Gray and Shiels) I think it's safe to say our issues are at the back. I would hazard a guess at some kind of change of shape at half time. The wingers haven't had much of the ball and we need more composure at the back. We should also have the wind so hoping that doesn't hamper us too much, which is a very Dumbarton thing to do It's part of the game, we shouldn't feel bad about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 Frustrating not to see that out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 Only 3 mins added on for 3 second half goals is odd. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 I'd just like to say what a thoroughly horrible c**t that referee was. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 45 minutes ago, FifeSons said: Frustrating not to see that out. Aye, I thought we should have won today, could have been 3-2 up at h/t but we were'nt unfortunately. Had a good spell second half eventually going in front, both teams seemed determined to make as many mistakes as possible lol. Big Mumbongo looks useful, strong, quite fast for a big fellow, I would love to have seen his shot go in, good save by the Alloa keeper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 I might be going against the grain a wee bit here, but I found that quite an entertaining match. Not particularly great quality at times, but frenetic and competitive between two similarly matched sides. Some decent goals as well. I'll need to wait for the highlights to see our first as I was a few minutes late and missed it. I felt a draw was probably fair, but either team could probably have edged it at times. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 3 minutes ago, Sweet Pete said: I might be going against the grain a wee bit here, but I found that quite an entertaining match. Not particularly great quality at times, but frenetic and competitive between two similarly matched sides. Some decent goals as well. I'll need to wait for the highlights to see our first as I was a few minutes late and missed it. I felt a draw was probably fair, but either team could probably have edged it at times. No, I'm with you Pete, and if both sets of fans are being honest then a draw was the correct result as both teams produced fitful performances. Once again the wind at The Rock played a big part, but getting to 3-2 ahead deep into the second half with it in their favour only our guys can explain why they retreated and enabled the Wasps to conjure a late equaliser. And I'm not sure replacing McGuffie with Wallace was a wise substitution. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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