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Some of our fans really need to give their head a shake. Talk of 'we should have been doing this' or 'should be doing that' or 'our manager is tactically unaware'. Are you living in the real world? Read Roberts post above. We were dead and buried in October due to a truly inept manager the 15 point deduction no money and a variety of associated factors. The very fact we've managed to claw ourselves back to a position on the park where we even have hope at surviving in this league is a near miracle. Yet we have fans wanting to turn on those same coaches and players who have achieved that. Seriously? Some of the vitriol being spewed across social media is disgusting and a lot of it coming from so called diehard fans. Shameful.

I think we all are terribly disappointed but we just need to pick ourselves up, dust down and get back onto the task in hand. The players absolutely feel the same as could be seen in the bar post match. Hopefully this puts all the talk of promotion to bed and we just concentrate on getting safety. We would have taken this position when we entered admin. Folk are entitled to whatever views they like but the club existence is probably at stake here. Annan we're anti football imho and the ref was terrible but the problem really was we couldn't score? Hopefully a bit more positive at 4.45pm next Saturday.

People are quite entitled to express disappointment at the result but that can be done without the nastiness and character attacks. You can say the team played poorly and talk about errors without broad sweeping statements suggesting they are useless. You can question whether the manager got the tactics right for one game without claiming he's entirely tactically unaware. Why does all decency and gratitude from some need to go out the window after a loss when the people involved have done way more right than wrong in the last 6 months or so?

A disappointing afternoon. The early goal gave Annan something to defend, and a mixture of the woodwork, great saves and poor finishing cost us. I’d like to see the penalty incident when Savage looked to be clearly fouled again, along with the alleged foul that caused our “goal” to be disallowed. I’ve said before that we’d have bad days and setbacks, but we picked a bad day for this one. However, back on 26 October when we had -3 points and were 15 points adrift of 9th, we’d all have grabbed being 8th in mid March and in control of our own destiny. We need to put this behind us, regroup and focus on getting a win next week.

It's a football forum. They were rightly praised for the performance against Stenny. Unfortunately this was the Polar opposite and the fact that it came in the first game after our best performance of the season amplified our frailties on the park. It is abundantly clear we struggle without Longstaff's creativity and the pace and power of Alfie Bavidge, yet they both missed most of the Stenny game. MacLeod was also another good option that missed out. Through no fault of the players or management that left us with a fairly limp bench. Such is life. It's where we are at just now. We can bounce back again as we have done before. It's going to be a tougher run-in than most fans envisaged and it's the same for every team fighting for their existence.

Bit of a reality check all round, our defensive line didn't cover themselves in glory for the calamitous defending ( not defending?) which led to the corner and again for the goal. Everything that followed was fairly pedestrian stuff giving the Annan team plenty time to pack the box whenever we were trying to break through. Plenty saves from their keeper, but I wouldn't say he was particularly over extended - simple stuff really. The ref wasn't of a decent standard at all, not much worse than Tuesdays but we won that didn't we. Well done Annan. Pick it up next week. Hopefully Macleod is back.

I agree, but we aren’t. That’s why remembering how far we’ve come can help us stay positive and behind the players for the run in.

Camera work from Annan like their team... feckin pysh. Billy Mackay must be having nightmares about missing that chance, lift it above waist height and its a goal and he batters it off the defenders leg.... doh. Very unhappy with the results yesterday.

Football can be a cruel game at times. Think Annan had 1 shot on goal and scored whereas we must have had well into double figures yet only hit the target on 2 occasions. Paul Allan was desperately unlucky to hit the post but Billy should have scored. The majority of the other chances were all of the half chance variety and their keeper had 3/4 reallgood saves. Felt some players were just off their game today, Bray, Stewart, Gilmour and Billy for example and, to me, Devine is a mistake waiting to happen in most games at the moment. He almost cost us another goal due to a poor needless pass and his delivery into their box was poor. Finally the referee, who again I thought was poor. Blatant penalty denied in the first half and let Annan get away with murder on time wasting. Pick of that was one of their defenders going down in his box clutching his head only to ge treated for cramp. Too far away to see why the goal was disallowed but pretty sure if it was for a foul, it wouldn't have been given outside the box. At least we now know what we have to do now and that is secure 8th place as a minimum.

Went along to Saturday's game fully aware there might be a negative reaction after Tuesday's 4-star performance and boy, was I right! We were just so slow and many an advantage lost by pratting around with the ball where a strong run up the park may have been more effective. At our current level I can't help thinking a Mark Ridgers style hoof up the park might offer better scoring opportunities than tippy-tappy. Well we are where we are and the team have done a great job getting us to a position where we will probably survive in Div.1, but just can't help thinking that, as a full-time team among mainly part-timers, we should be pretty much setting the pace!

Totally agree. Think you misunderstand what I was trying to say? I meant that given our minus 15 deduction we would have been happy enough with where we are now?

Typical over the top and loud reaction to fans who are just posting their own points of view. After all this is not what football is all about the highs of Tuesday and the very lows of Saturday. Of course supporters are going to be gutted that was a f***ing sore one,not helped by the way Annan conducted themselves.

Know what you mean Huisdean, I just hope when they are announced, our new owners pay big money for striker Cirberz Gas.

CTO take on a grim afternoon of anti football. Time wasters wasting our time Was this going to be the game that breaks the Donkey's back? A home win would put Inverness in the driving seat whilst a win for Annan would revive their ailing hopes of avoiding the relegation play-off slot. Inverness were without Luis Longstaff, Alfie Bavidge and Calum Macleod, not forgetting long term casualties in Lewis Nicolson and Jake Davidson. Annan had their own injury issues with Tommy Goss. Undaunted they opened the scoring in the third minute, a deflected effort from Paul Smith. Virtually their only attempt over the ninety minutes. We, on the other hand were usurped by their tedious time wasting eleven behind the ball tactics and couldn't hit a coo on the arse with a big stick. Sean Murdoch, the referee, using the term loosely, was so far out of his depth it was unreal. A couple of penalty claims ignored and allowing the time wasting was his speciality. Paul Allan hit the post at the end of the first half and Jamie Smith made a handful of saves. Not a great day at the office as the temperature dropped before the end and the Donkey's took all three points. Meh

What an embarrassment to football Annan were. Time wasting anvil throwers. On the other hand, we were pretty honking and could have played for another week without scoring.

What an opportunity to close the gap on fourth place with a win . No where near good enough to lose at home to a really poor team, let's be honest they offered next to nothing. However, we just plodded on more out of hope than expectation. The changes we made were ineffective and far to late. Appreciate the bench was young but IMO they deserve a chance when things are going not to plan, not just the last 5 minutes Possibly some of the more senior players need a wee kick up the arse, get their hunger and desire back.