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Don’t know if posted already, apologies if yes. footy adventures

I'll echo what's been said by others about the game. We played really well for an hour, moved the ball well, looked threatening and were the better team. A couple of bad errors, losing a ball in themiddle of the pitch for the secondgoal and leaving a man at the back post for the third goal, saw us go down. It'll be a lesson learned and I think that we'll benefit from having Danny Devine back in the middle. Positives are that I thought Longstaff and Bray had good games, particularly in the first half. It's probably the best I've seen Longstaff play for us. Both faded when they were switched in the second half though. In midfield, the structure was good with Allan dropping deep and MacKinnon and Thompson ahead of him. Think Thompson might have been a bit match rusty. The negatives were that we might have had a lot of the play but we didn't score when we were on top, we didn't press home our advantage. We also didn't force their keeper to do much - he had one save I think in the second half that you thought we might have scored but nothing beyond that. We really are lacking in attacking over - our only centre forward is Billy Mckay who is getting on. We don't even have anyone to play up front from the bench. Chatter before thegame was that Adam Brooks was one of our highest earners, up to £1000/week, so from that viewpoint I get why he was made redundant but it leaves us very thin up top. Thought our fans were great, good to see a healthy travelling support who mainly stayed to the end.

Need to try and get a settled team as much as possible, no more chopping and changing unless injuries and suspensions dictate. Young players need to learn in a more stable formation/style of play and then after 4 or 5 games they can relax and develop. This has been lacking for years, for example Bray started last season in attacking roles then was dumped after DF came in. He has wasted a years development. Similar for other fringe players who came in over the last 18-24 months , occasional sub appearance, some bench time then off to the HL. I've certainly seen encouraging signs from many of the academy boys, one or two have been scouted by Premier teams so we're lucky to have kept them so far. As its been said already, patience and support...lots of it required.

Agree. The critical aspect for this season assuming survival is to set the foundations and strategy for moving forward. Whether we are league 1 or 2 seems less important than having the fundamentals in place for a sustainable future.

Wasn’t at the game yesterday, gave RC v Killie a miss also to watch my grandson play for RC u11 in a tournament at cormack park, dons new training facility v Dundee Utd elite a and b, Aberdeen elite a and b and ICT a and b. ( county asked him first , ict were a day later with their request, prev tournament was other way round) encouraging reading the post from people there that we were decent for an hour. looking forward to next home game to see it for myself. Starting to get cold so need a bit of jumping up and down to keep warm. ps……… learnt a life lesson yesterday watching the young boys. Never judge a book by its cover. dons and DU had some big boys, 6 footers, then I saw this wee boy who was about 2ft 6, DU strip too big for him and thought you are going to battered by these giants. the wee guy was fantastic, getting stuck in, scoring some great goals, quick, never gave the defenders a seconds rest. in boxing terms he was the best player pound for pound I have seen for a while, including Scotland v Portugal at Hampden a couple of weeks ago.

I've decided I'm going to ignore the league table and try and just enjoy the football in the hope we get effort (never doubted it from players) and style that generates a bit if excitement. I think if the support can give the team that kind of freedom and not lump 'survival pressure' on then we'll see the best from them. Let's treat it like a 25 game pre season in preparation for next year. Financially there's not a great deal of difference between L1 and L2 and Savage has already said the plan is preparation for relegation so I have no additional concerns there.

We should have had Scott in as manager instead of Dodds or Ferguson. A local lad who knows the club inside and out. No brainer really. Sadly, the board and the CEO were the no brainers - as in hard of thinking. No matter what happens this season and next season ... I will be right behind Scott, Billy, and the boys. We have to be positive every step of the way and give them our 100% support. None of this booing crap. We still have a club and we still have these boys working hard to get us out of the mess others created for us. Togetherness!!!

Forgot to vote last week Probably would have been the same outcome anyway…