snorbens_caleyman

Dougal seems to be carrying a long term grievance

Jeremy *unt?

At a superficial level, it's actually very easy for me, in a densely populated and cultivated area 20 miles from the centre of London, to be amused at concerns about "loss of green space". It's the Highlands of Scotland, FFS But, yes, I do understand - it's loss of readily accessible green space.

4 players booked on each side. That plus the injuries would suggest that the referee didn't have much control of the game.

Just tell Big Dunc not to disrupt the team by bringing on subs....

Yes, but the problem, as CB states, is that there are two such clubs. Very close to each other - Bing maps says it's 13.7 miles between the postcodes of the two grounds. And the roads are half-decent. Long gone are the days of my childhood when it was a slow trek round by Beauly and Muir-of-Ord. In terms of pulling power, ignoring those of us who have history before 1994 - and who are inevitably becoming a smaller proportion of the support - then I don't think it's unreasonable for someone, especially an incomer, to choose which of these local teams to support. In which case County, at the moment, will win out. And Dougal has already pointed out the differences in the companies that support the two clubs. Even there we see that Uncle Roy is keeping them going to the tune of more than £500K a year. I suspect that when he pulls out - he's 71 now, so who knows what his plans are - then if there are no similar sugar daddies for either club, then a merger/takeover will follow soon after. And that's before we look at the problems of attracting the best players and coaching staff to the north, where, unlike the Central Belt, there are no other top clubs within 100 miles. I wish it were otherwise, but it's difficult to argue with geography!

BBC stats say 12 shots in total - 6 each - in the game. And only 1 on target - presumably the missed penalty. Commiserations to those of you who were there.

Have a scramble on the pitch at half-time tonight? Should be lucrative for the few spectators there, and will possibly be the best action on the pitch.

What the **** do we do to them? Would be interesting to see stats comparing injuries across clubs. Full-time clubs - and also Championship clubs because they are who we compete against week in week out.

Tony Soave, if Wikipedia is correct. Took over from Johnny Prosecco

Ironically, Big Dunc's last club often refers to itself as FGR. https://www.fgr.co.uk/ And of course there are plenty with just initials and city name - AC Milan, PSC Eindhoven, AEK Athens, etc etc....

Now we'll see. Hope you're right!

All 90 years of them And Samuels is only 23....

Only five subs named. Presumably no one else is fit?

If we signed a calamari we'd get ten tackles in every game....

From the BBC website, I don't think it was insipid and boring today!

Was just about to question bringing on subs in the 51st minute.... and we score! Brilliant, big Dunc!

I've always assumed that that was partly why Big Dunc was brought in - for his knowledge of and contacts in English football. Possibly easier to get inexpensive or loan players from there than from the Central Belt of Scotland. Let's face it - he wasn't hired on the basis of his managerial record!

Voice of doom here. I can't see us penetrating through a Premiership defence, especially if Samuel is out. At least 2-0 to Hibs, with one of our players sent off. Go on - prove me wrong! And check their eligibility....

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/08/love-me-for-a-season-boyzone-set-to-become-face-of-non-league-chorley-fc I can only think that IHE ruled himself out. How could he not be "the face"?

Ian Broadfoot would have written "Going Electric"!

I didn't follow his career as an assistant manager, nor his brief tenure at FGR. (And I note that FGR have already gone through two other managers since he departed.) But that is a valid question, and one which I have been asking myself recently. Yes, he must still be learning, but we could just be finding out that he's simply not a good manager. I sincerely hope not!

Most of them have. 3 newcomers today? 4 if you count Samuel. BBC says we have had 15 shots, and Queens have had 3

> I give you Aribusitamunoipirim Emmanuel "Aribim" Pepple. Thank heavens that's his forename. Imagine getting that on a jersey! Looking forward to seeing the line-up tomorrow. As you say, we can probably count on Ridgers in goal, but after that...