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Opposition was poor but there was some great football played 1st half. Crawford, Stanway, Logan and Stevie were excellent. Concerns? Fitzy. And Luke is lost in midfield.

With MacBeth and OReilly either side, Ashcroft’s lack of pace is not badly exposed. He’s an old fashioned Jim Holton defender who dominates in the air. Play a back 3 with Luke striding out like a thoroughbred.

I agree with your thoughts, the only exception being your consideration of MacBeth in midfield. He’s not very good in midfield. He’s one of the best central defenders in the league, especially in a back 3 where he’s allowed to carry forward. Let’s leave him there.

So why is this to deal in place? Can someone from the league please explain the rationale? Can someone from the club explain whether we have protested vehemently about this arrangement? Can anyone estimate how many Saturday games that season ticket holders will miss? We need to know what we’re buying.

Agree. With Graham away, hopefully we’ll have a striker making runs off central defenders. Graham tried but he was always overtaken. Also, hopefully Wilson will be able to get more out of Fitz tactically, mentally and motivationally. Other teams’ movement was far superior to ours. Perhaps even Crawford might become useful.

Get on with it, Mark. Congrats! We’ll certainly miss his goals and his 100% effort but without Graham we can change our style, get our striker running off defenders and getting on the end of through balls. He’s a contracted player so we should screw Falkirk(or whoever) for a substantial fee and we’re saving a fortune on his salary (ies). Surely we can now attract a striker with pace and agility (Adeloye, Ollie Shaw?) I suspect Wilson will bring the dressing room together which only happened in times of crises(Livvy, Falkirk, Ayr). A lack of unity was evident during the season.

I suspect the referee was being provided with ‘entertainment’ by Ayr after the match. His display was extraordinarily biased throughout.

That’s a frighteningly weak, slow, non-productive midfield. But I have no alternative suggestion. Worrying against such a physical and aggressive team,

Wilson is exactly the type of midfielder we need. We never win a challenge. We need somehow to get rid of all our midfielders except Banzo. Crawford, Stanway, mcKenzie and Turner offer absolutely nothing.

I agree wholeheartedly. How are Airdrie bottom? They have young, fast, energetic players and Frizzell. They were miles ahead of us today. Reid should have been subbed earlier as all the trouble was on his side. Sorry, he’s not up to it. Whatca difference when the subs came on. The game became entertaining and either side could have won.. We were caught on the break after we nearly scored from an excellent move. We shouldn’t panic. We should pump Accies. But if we don’t we’re in trouble.

I was at the Morton game today. We should really beat them as they’re crap. But they do have some momentum. Spiders are rank rotten and could easily go down. The pitch was excellent though and it was a much more entertaining game than last night. We should be able to get the ball down and play. Morton are not the team of hackers of old. They’re quite a small team who try to play football. Adeloye played well when he came on and may well start against us.

Friday night live terrestrial football should not be permitted. Whoever signed that bbc contract is a fool. We don’t have var thank God but we do have FNF. Ridiculous!

Graham has had a while to put his stamp on the team. So this is a big one for him now. It’s also a big one for the players. Did they just not turn up for Dools or are they just not up to it?

Very encouraging tonight. Graham was a good role model for a change and showed that he’s still a pretty good footballer. We played a team of hammer throwers and stood up well physically. Substitutions were similar to rugby when they all emerged with fresh legs. I thought we should have matched them. Changed the game. MacBeth motm for me

Is OBrien still with Arbroath?

This is the very reason that players shouldn’t’stay down’

I’m afraid Doolan has left us in a helluva state. I’m not a huge fan of Graham but he’s been hung out to dry. It’s been apparent all season that the players aren’t mentally or physically fit so I don’t have a problem with him blurting this out. He’s probably the fittest which is an indictment on all those 10/15 years younger. And of course the previous manager. The players have individual responsibility to be fit. They’re a disgrace to the jersey and have let us all down, especially the young team who turned up in good numbers again. Chalmers and Oreilly were good. Stanway has an eye for goal but needs to be much fitter. The loanee full backs were ok but the rest were bloody dreadful. It’s vital for the fans’ morale that we make the playoffs. It’s something to target. But I just can’t see it with this shower.

Frustrating but it would be good for us if Diack scores regularly for Airdrie.

Our non performers need to step up now. Megwa, Turner and Fitz have so much talent but they certainly ain’t been showing it.

I recall some folk posting this bullshit before we pumped them in the playoffs.

Milne must believe that he’s leaving a sinking ship. It really looked like that on Saturday when the senior players (I’ll name them), Ashcroft, Turner, Robinson, Graham and Fitzpatrick could all have been subbed at half time. Motivation appears to be a problem. I recall Martin coming to blows with a Hamilton player after we scored at New Douglas. He’s a good wee competitive growler who takes no crap, just what we need. I’d have preferred Wilson of Morton who dominated us on Saturday but I think Martin will do fine. Milne was fantastic and Robinson did a job but I agree that a football club needs regular freshening. If we don’t make 4th we need a huge clear out of players and management in the summer.

I agree. Couldn’t believe he didn’t start at Ayr after his great goal vs Accies. Could he play 10? Robinson was 100% man but was exposed recently for a lack of pace. Perhaps the board watched his recent performances.

Are these people still running the club?

He was bloody dreadful before his RB spell. He’s one of the senior players to have let everyone down. But he should have taken Saturday’s penalty!

I remember the discussion at school that he could both hang in the air, somehow defying gravity, and jump higher than the bar, particularly when he towered over Bobby Moore when scoring vs England. He was part of my growing up, rather like Pele.