The Mantis

Richie Foran

Wow. Borders man buys £500 helicopter on eBay 😂 p.s. they also have these things called trains…

Excuses, excuses my boy 😂. The A9 is better than it ever was…

I’ve always wondered which finger they put the ring on. I mean they’ve got a choice.

Crystal Palace. Jesus wept, there’s two of them now. Go for who put the O and Y. The tune is “What shall we do with the drunken sailor” which is probably meaningless to anybody under 50…

We’re all agreed that the board need to grow a set and sack the charlatans that are bleeding us dry so forgive me my moment of euphoria as I’ve just spent several weeks in hospital and Saturday was a real treat. A real pint in a real pub and a real fitba stadium in a real fitba city. However my comment was aimed at stayaway ST holders of whom there must be a fair number going by the deserted stands which are at odds with the crowds announced by the club. These fans have already spent the money anyway, as I did in a moment of madness, although I hardly ever get up the road these days. They may as well be at the stadium lending a bit of atmosphere laced with hopefully a few anti- Gardiner chants rather than the morgue it is at present. Alternatively, go and back the team at away games where it’s only the players that benefit, not the club. The main thing for me is to compete in the championship. To use your analogy, if the paper stops covering the cracks we’ll soon be part time in the seaside leagues.

Exactly. Time for the stayaways to dust off the season tickets and get along on Saturday to give Ayr a doing. Not normally a happy clapper and that was the most I’ve enjoyed an ICT game for a long time.

@ymipand I had a problem deciding what formation we were playing too, thought at kickoff it was 3-5-2 but then looked more like a 4-4-1-1 at times. Of course it often changes in or out of possession. That was a classic away performance and some of our passing was superb, back to middle we look a good side but as always we are going to struggle to get goals. Billy struggled to get service unless he came deep for the ball and Shaw was our biggest threat. Not sure what Sheridan is going to offer although maybe he lacks fitness but he contributed very little. The goal was a thing of beauty as Cammy threw off the shackles and galloped forward. Very few weaknesses today and I have been ill and missed several weeks, so was impressed by seeing Ujdur, Anderson and Boyes for the first time. Duffy came on for Carson and did a decent job on Middleton. Louis Moult hardly got a sniff. Their goal came when Holt was given space to head home from a corner but why are we substituting defenders when we have conceded a corner? Apart from the first 10 minutes and the last 15 you wouldn’t have known which team were at the top of the table. Another great day with CaleyAway. ETA: Mark Ridgers MoM Big Dunc 💙❤️💙❤️💙

Many thanks @Robert. Can’t say I’ve been behind the goals there since it was terracing.

Can’t find any sign of online tickets for away fans for this game. No biggie though…

We were comfortable against Bonnyrigg with probably a weaker team than now, although they made us sweat a bit at the end. But Bonnyrigg would easily take about 5 off Cowden. A team that’s 9th in the LL and in their other major Cup, the South Challenge Cup, recently beat a tier 7 side 4-2. Just start at a tempo and get it done early.

Quite happy to take the points under any circumstances after the game at Airdrie where we gifted them 2 goals of a start and missed a hatful of chances. They’ve not got a great squad but Rhys McCabe has got them playing in the right way.

No surprises given the climate down on the Clyde Riviera… still, could benefit us getting players back, especially Boyes.

Great stuff. I’m kind of indisposed atm or I would have trekked through for this. Hopefully the boys can emulate the team of 2022 which narrowly missed getting to the final at Hampden…

Gardiner’s body language 💩

Had a quick look at Robbo’ s last spell. He kind of got us challenging eventually but the first 3 years or so we had players that would struggle to break into the current team… the era of Matty Elsdon, John Baird, Susan, Seedorf, Calder, Austin, White, plus Oakley whom some people rated but he couldnae hit a coo on the erse wi a banjo. It got better when Shane & Billy & Walsh came along but they were backed up by the likes of Allardice, Danny, Roddy and Welsh and even Deas.

He managed Clyde against us a few times but wasn’t a very good manager. Think he inherited Alan Mainland’s side who were full of cloggers from the Juniors.

Gardiner has poisoned our club. If we didn’t have him as CEO we’d never have had Dodds. I’d take Ian McCall or Neil McCann if there was any chance.

Pinched off p&b. Us in January compared to us yesterday…

Could easily be doing hospitality at Tynie, I’ve got a Jambo mate who was getting selfies with him last season. I nearly fell out with him as he seemed to think it was ok.

I shudder to think where we’ll end up if we sell Shaw who has been our best player this season and the only scrap of quality we have in the team while Sean Welsh is out.

Pretty much nail on head. Thought Longstaff looked decent when he came on. Full of confidence and running.

Dodds is a tactical genius. He noticed that the two goals were defensive howlers so he switched to 3 at the back because that reduced the number of defenders so fewer howlers. Devine will get pelters for the second although Davidson had about 3 chances to hoof it before putting Devine in trouble with a pass he obviously wasn’t expecting. Airdrie are obviously buzzing right now but what a limited side on that showing, although apparently they took County all the way. They won’t get an easier 3 points all season and they don’t half like a niggly foul. Can’t really blame them for timewasting although their keeper took it to a new art form. Nathan Shaw was the best player by a mile so expect Uncle Roy’s Mercenaries to come calling before long. Apart from that very little to praise apart from Longshanks 😜 the sub, and possibly Gilmour who needs to keep the heid. I thought Ethan Cairns showed in flashes but was kept quiet by the no 2 Ballantine. If Danny is the best defender we have, you know we’ve got problems.

We’re going down. You probably didn’t hear it here first.

Accies got the plum tie. We got the steak & black pudding pies though. And the smokies.