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13 minutes ago, BowenBoys said:
One tie still to be played. Queen's Park v Bonnyrigg Rose Girls will be played on Wednesday 17 January. Scores will be up after that.
Cheers, mate 👍
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Not worth going over that scrap too much.
In terms of line-up having McInroy and Alston in midfield gives an advantage to the opposition.
Alston seems to be all about what he does off the ball and the runs he makes.
Drew a couple of fouls and did make a good run into a scoring position early second half.
I'm not too sure what McInroy contributed, especially in a game you need your central players digging in and passing the ball.
I thought Bannigan was the best of the three and found he was fighting fires at times especially the first half. Rightly subbed as he was on a yellow and maybe lucky not too get another.
Also up front, Brian Graham is isolated and also doesn't have the pace to threaten the opposition back line. He needs someone playing closer and I would not be against Adeloye getting a run of starts.
I would have Stanway back in the starting line-up. Robinson has done well in last two games so I'd like to see what he can do in the #10 role.
I can see a few changes for next week, what they are not so much.
The positive too take is we have a good squad with options available to the manager.
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18 hours ago, BowenBoys said:
Thanks guys. Not late at all, DD. Hard to keep track, I imagine. Easy for me as it's all laid out in light and dark pixels forming a representation of letters and numbers.
What we're the scores for the last round of the women's Scottish Cup, mate?
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7 minutes ago, javeajag said:
Maybe one or two at the most
I would think so. Depends on if anyone moves out too, I suppose.
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1 minute ago, javeajag said:
Indeed ! Shows we can compete for decent players.
Yup, a solid start to the transfer window. Not sure how many more we can expect, but some interesting names linked so far.
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Raith credited with an interest in Andy Halliday, who has been mentioned in dispatches, with ourselves. 32 now and not played much for Hearts this season.
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4 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said:
Anyone know if he is cup tied for the Ross game
I do.
Played for Raith vs Dunfermline so no day in the Hampden sun for Danny Boy 😬
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11 hours ago, javeajag said:
Only that our goals against is very poor.
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14 minutes ago, jaggy said:
I’m sure he will as he’s obviously not displacing Sneddon and probably feels he’s the better keeper.
Ross Stewart’s stats are hardly inspiring. 28 years old and his only regular first team football was for Albion Rovers 2015-2017
Definitely someone happier to sit on the bench 😬
Mitchell is a decent keeper but may be hungry to get back between the sticks.
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22 minutes ago, JAG1970 said:
Doolan confirmed Mitchell has an injury but you could be right, maybe Mitchell wants away regardless
Anyone know how many other players we have under the same representatives? I'm sure Harry Milne is 😬
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7 minutes ago, JAG1970 said:
Mitchell is injured but we have two other keepers, clearly Doolan doesn’t have confidence in Sneddon / McCready as first choice + sub or vice versa (assuming both fit). Unfortunate since limited funds will be partly used to pay the wages of 4 goalkeepers when we have other areas on the park to strengthen
Or is he? Same agent as Dowds...
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6 minutes ago, javeajag said:
Milne, muirhead, neilson , McMillan, lawless , Fitzpatrick, Graham will start every game unless injured or suspended which leaves three spots for bannigan, stanway, mcilroy and Alston …..no evidence so far this will change
Yup, seems to be Bannigan and Stanway and one of the ghosts 2.0 😂
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Third place is ours 😂
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7 minutes ago, javeajag said:
Agreed
Hopefully we can see a rabbit or two pulled out the magic hat this January.
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7 minutes ago, javeajag said:
You seem to be supporting my point that recruitment has been poor.
I gave it a generous C- rating 🤣
For me it is the main reason we aren't where Raith are. They recruited better. For a variety of reasons which you stated most of on your previous post, but seem to disregard?
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4 minutes ago, javeajag said:
You seem to be supporting my point that recruitment has been poor.
I said most of this in my half-time/ end of year report on page one of the thread.
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7 minutes ago, javeajag said:
They also signed players who were free agents after the window shut … none of which explains why they have they played. Better than us
They signed a solid set of players to add to the core they retained.
We lost the core and replaced them with young untried players or more experienced players with dodgy injury records.
Unlike the plug and play strategy McCall enjoyed when the budget he was given, allowed.
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1 minute ago, javeajag said:
They also signed players who were free agents after the window shut … none of which explains why they have they played. Better than us
They have had an insane number of late goals but have gone off the boil lately. Even losing one to Arbroath's reserve keeper who had to play outfield as they were short of numbers.
Football is non-binary apart from results and the league table.
They have won more games than us but how do you know they've played better?
We've played poorly in games but still won them this season.
I wouldn't be too surprised if we finish above Raith come season's end but that could be pie in the sky thinking.
I'm struggling to get what point you're trying to make?
Why not give your half-time report card as the thread suggests?
The truth is usually somewhere in the middle of opinion.
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30 minutes ago, javeajag said:
Correct….land the issue is whether the difference in finances are sufficiently large to in itself to make a huge difference in performance and between us and Raith there is no evidence it is.
but let’s not focus on team performance, player recruitment or management.
With regards to Raith, they have gone from a club making an annual loss of around £150,000 per year in front of 2000 crowds, to almost double that this season. They've signed at least three players with recent Premiership experience.
They have new owners who bankrolled Kelty and are now doing the same both on and off the park.
They have been able to take less chances in the transfer market, a bit like us over the previous two seasons as they had the ability to sign players outwith the budget of other Championship clubs. May be partly down to timing as they knew where they'd be playing way before us. Mostly will be done to a very healthy budget.
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25 minutes ago, javeajag said:
Correct….land the issue is whether the difference in finances are sufficiently large to in itself to make a huge difference in performance and between us and Raith there is no evidence it is.
but let’s not focus on team performance, player recruitment or management.
I did before you took the thread in a slightly different direction, mate. There are many factors to take on board. I feel taking them into account the league table is about right. The only games I think we could have taken maximum points in, but didn't were against Raith which could have put a whole different spin on our league position.
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Last year's showed 4th wasn't great and we probably underperformed compared to our opposition, but we picked up in form when the new manager came in, attendances inproved and we also had some good attendances in the playoff games.
Then there is off field investment as you would struggle to be anywhere near self-sufficient of crowds of 1000 and paying full-time wages without a rich benefactor.
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Nobody outwith the actual clubs know their accounts for the season to date. We can only look at logic. One key indicator of income is match day attendance.
The following would suggest we are performing above expectation when compared to punters coming through the gate. It also suggests Raith are over-performing with United and the Pars underperforming based on attendance and their perceived income, at the moment.
Then again football isn't played on balance sheets...
Again, just opinion but that is the nature of football forums.
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He had a match with PTFCW team the same day we played Rangers, last season I'm sure.
His priority for now is the first team, so he'll certainly be available for selection on that score.