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  1. I guess the real problem is how poor an already poor league has become in the last two years. Clubs like ours can't compete with even English |eague 2 on player salaries, which raises the question of why do so few young players get a decent run in this league? Sitting top 6 at this time of year with a goal difference of -9 or worse shows how poor it is for the supporter and the fact that only 3 teams have made it into positive figures shows a wider problem. No room for talent, poor managers and coaches across most clubs and a league set-up that is designed to kill competition. This is the result of the deals done years ago on structure & finance.
  2. It's nice to keep a positive view, as long as we don't delude ourselves. Top 6, absolutely true and also level on points with 2 teams below us and not many points ahead of teams currently in real trouble. "We don't draw enough games". I'd say that is a valid reason for yesterday's positive slant, up until the point you realise we were never in danger. There are games we have lost that we should have drawn, however most fans seem to say that this is a game we drew that should have been a win. Squeezing the maximum from the players? So many bad signings this year have left the squad under pressure so I'd agree, the players are being asked to give, in some circumstances, more than they have to give. My positive from yesterday is that we made far fewer defensive mistakes than we have in most games we either lost or drew so far this season. That is the big positive and if it continues then there are a few more wins to be had before the split. The lack of goals is worrying, the majority of our opponents have a tactic that nullifies our main threat and we don't have an alternative plan. There is some hope in Mandron's re-birth as someone who can hold the ball up and link with a team-mate, we really should be trying to capitalise on that since he is actually quite good at it.
  3. I'd have some confidence if we had a decent delivery from wide areas and a playmaker in midfield, we lack both and that means we rely again on long-ball huff & puff. Don't get me wrong, it has worked in some games and will work again in others, we just seem to engage in wars of attrition and see how the breaks fall
  4. Hemming is also a loan player and won’t be replaced cheaply
  5. Add the loanees to that list such as Phillips and Alebiosu and non -performers who still get on the team sheet simply because they are available
  6. Depending on whether the next few weeks yield a surprise result or two, we probably need to win 4 of our last 5 pre-split games to keep us near 7th place and that would allow the manager to try different things with the younger players, maybe phasing out the loanees who wont be back in the summer.
  7. The manager plays that style and somehow fails to recognise that you need absolute machines to keep that up for 90 minutes. I said at the 50 minute mark that Hearts were starting to behave as though it was only a matter of time before they scored and they obviously read us well.
  8. Even back-to-front it reads better than most of our 1st team stats
  9. A brief episode in the 60s where there were several rock acts or pop acts in the rock end of the spectrum charting regularly. I still listen to Cat/Yusuf these days as some of those songs are sublime.
  10. She passed a group of us on the prom in Scarborough in 1980 (ish) and when she heard the accents she obviously wanted to talk, however her now discredited chaperone physically hauled her off up a set of stairs and she was carted away by "handlers" at some speed. The wee soul was nothing more than a commodity to her family, management and eventually her husband.
  11. "The game becomes a lottery" when it goes to penalties? Really? Pity we never bought a ticket for the "penalty lottery"
  12. many players get a game most weeks, seemingly without ever attaining match fitness. Maybe one or two carrying injuries and definitely a couple who just don't have the stamina. This leaves us vulnerable I thought Phillips did well, but was shot by the 65th minutes and could have been hooked ahead of O' Hara. Same goes for Olusanya, he faded from the half-time mark onwards and in those conditions you need to be on top. I wouldn't be surprised if he decided to protect his hamstrings in the cold. In any event, his finishing has gone back to where it was 2 years ago. On the plus side, Ryan Alebiosu looks a good signing and Declan John was good. Mandron and Gogic kept us in it and Hemming was largely in control. Aside from that, we don't have the squad that will keep us out the bottom 4 and any injuries and suspensions will hit us hard. I can see that we need to use Penman, Kenny and Mooney as much as possible for the remainder. Apart from the lack of fit and able players in this squad, If they can improve then that might reduce the number of new signings required for next year and we can go for better quality. The signing policy is now discredited. Foyle, Robinson and Gillespie have brought in too many players who either flatter to deceive or will never be fit enough for the kind of game played in the SPFL. There is some obvious talent there, just not fit enough.
  13. I am coming through for the game, allowing myself a wee bit of hope that we at least compete with them. As long as we aren't out of touch by the last third of the game then I might allow myself to even be optimistic.
  14. Got tickets for Dunfermline carnegie hall, which is a great theatre, for July Also signed up for the mailing list for the planned all-seated gig in Glasgow that is yet to be announced.
  15. With everything that has been happening, I took my eye off the ball and didn't get tickets for this. They are an awesome live act. Benny Gallagher has been championing them for a year or two, which brought them to my attention They do play live pretty regularly and I will definitely be getting to a show sometime soon.
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