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Where would Allardice fit in here?

That was an atrocious performance. I didn't even see the equaliser as I decided thawing out was more important than watching another five minutes of that dross. Turns out I missed the most exciting part of the game! Far too many players off form at the minute. Maybe Deas, McAlear, Allardice and Mckay get pass marks. The rest of the guys were well below where we need to be at if we are to sustain a title challenge or at least maintain our spot in the playoffs. Harper and Walsh created precious little of note although their roles did change when we move to 3 at the back at the start o the second half and both defended well but we desperately needed them to create more of note for the likes of Mckay who was living of little to no service. I cannot agree with some earlier comments that Duku and Sutherland did well. I thought they were both really poor and I am surprised that Jamieson continues to be overlooked for both of them. The move to 3-4-3 did seem to lead to a slightly more improved performance in the second half but I felt that Walsh and Harper became too preoccupied with having to defend and weren't able to create anything of note down the flanks. For the most part we seemed content launching long balls towards Mckay, Duku and Sutherland. The latter two almost never won a header and Mckay was absolutely dominated by the excellent Berra, Musonda and Benedictus. A big difference between the sides was the Raith back three were able to find their midfield and forwards with well struck passes along the ground whereas we seemed panicked by the fact we were losing and thumped aimless balls forward with little reward. With Gardyne and McDonald moved on in the last couple of days we desperately need reinforcements in the wide areas and after unimpressive showings again from Sutherland and Duku I wouldn't be against additional competition for the strikers and perhaps looking at moving one of them on. Duku just doesn't seem to offer anything in this side for me. That we appeared to have scored with our first shot on target a few minutes from the end is incredibly concerning.

Raith's 22 was Ethan Ross ex of Aberdeen. Do you mean number 20 Williamson?

Looks like he is heading to Edinburgh City.

A 2 and a half year deal with Montrose! Maybe we will come up against him in the future!

Allegedly sleeping with a team mates partner is in no way comparable to battering a woman with a shoe. One is a criminal offence the other is not (albeit it's not exactly stand up behaviour).

We can't just release someone because we fancy it. This isn't Football Manager. The club will have tried to work something out between Carson and Gardyne, clearly it hasn't worked, maybe something else has happened behind the scenes that we aren't aware of and as a result the club have decided to move one of them on. Getting an agreement that works for all parties won't happen overnight, especially if one of the parties doesn't agree to what is being proposed, so perhaps it's not that surprising that it hasn't happened quickly. Anyway, it's done now and we now need to take whatever monies may be left in the budget and seek to improve the squad as our rivals are already getting reinforcements in for their own title / promotion pushes.

Given it seems he is set to sign for Montrose I suspect it is unlikely we will be playing against him any time soon.

I was making a light hearted dig at the poster who suggested a few weeks back that Carson was the one who would be leaving the club...

Fully expecting news of David Carson leaving the club to be breaking any day now...

Fairly sure he's already "matched" so no need to keep browsing Tinder. Allegedly anyway.

Always happy to promote #content. When the system was crashing there were around 380 folk watching. Not exactly a robust system if a few hundred folk logging on causes it to fall apart. Even our Pixellot system was bett....nah I couldn't bring myself to seriously finish that

There over 1,000 watching because the Vimeo link quickly got shared round social media so a load of people got to watch it for free.

Arbroath have redirected folk to Vimeo...

Streaming worked okay for the first 10 minutes then I got punted onto a random Arbroath v Saint Johnstone game and it's now died. Website totally down. Already asked for my money back.

Could you visit a friend who may also be watching the game or use your phone as a WiFi hotspot?

Perhaps announced before they had officially confirmed it? Anyway, whatever happened it's the 22 January. Hopefully we can go...

I could have sworn I saw this announced yesterday but could find no trace of it. I think my brain has turned into a roast potato.

Got my ticket

Very late? Come off it. The team were probably an hour into the journey at most.

A Christmas pod is out for your listening pleasure packed with December themed goodness! Mark Ridgers and Robbie Deas drop by for a chat and we hear from Louis Lockhart, a regular at ICT home and away matches, on the Young Teams move to the West Stand, we look back over some of the recent matches, including the recent debacle against Hamilton, preview the festive fixture list and have a bit of a laugh trying to think of Christmas gifts for Championship managers and players as Christmas films. And if that isn't enough you can be in with a chance of winning a signed Robbie Deas shirt if you follow us on Twitter, retweet and like the tweet below! Disclaimer: This was recorded before the most recent announcements on restrictions on attending sporting events.

As if the result wasn't bad enough. Clocked this on the higlights...

Surprised McMullan was able to header the ball considering he has no neck to generate any power.

Very true. Sadly, one of the many morons on Radio Scotland each Saturday, Allan "Biscuits" Preston, thinks nothing of trying to move on his players whilst on Sportsound and he's talked up MacGregor no end by all accounts. He's being watched by other teams and we've turned down bids for him recently as well. Enjoy him while you can.

Can't help but feel that Allardice was overlooked. He might not have scored at the weekend but he was absolutely sensational.