Huisdean

There are 2 types of pitch invasion. The first is out of joy at winning a league, cup etc. The second is to cause trouble and that is the one we want to stamp out. Both our recent pitch invasions against Hamilton were for different reasons. The first one was out of genuine anger at the board and manager over getting relegated. Nobody predicted that invasion so it would have been difficult to plan for what actually happened. The second was more predictable and the club should have been more aware of the possibilities. There was a third factor, which has largely been ignored. I would maintain that some Hamilton fans were looking for trouble on both occasions which made the situation worse. Obviously not condoning out moronic Dan's who got needlessly involved, if they can be identified, they should be publicly named and shamed by the club, or even better, by their fellow supporters as some will know who thd morons were.

Thanks for the thoughtful and respectful reply. Don't disagree with most of what you said other than, from where I was sitting in the main stand, some Hamilton fans were looking for trouble as they were masked and did run towards our fans. Anyway as you say, let's get back to football in the new season as you say.

Cove aren't full time as far as I'm aware.

Don't think that's a fair summary. Some of our fans as well as some of the Hamilton fans were simply looking for a fight and if these fans can be identified, then they should be punished. If under 16/18, then someone needs to name and shame them. Damaging your own seats is moronic and should not happen. You could see, from the main stand, that fans were going to charge on the pitch and, to be honest, no amount of police or stewarding would have stopped that. What was sad that there were older adults with kids coming onto the pitch as well putting their kids at risk. Certainly the stewarding was inadequate, although I think the stewards did a good job. Had their been stewarding at the Hamilton end to stop their idiots invading the pitch, then the situation may have been diffused. A few police at their end would have helped hugely as well. The club do need to be honest about why so few stewards and police were in place and what they are going to do in future.

Quite simply, those found to have damaged seats etc, should be named and shamed, with photographs etc. Too many young people, for they are not fans, think they can do anything they want in today's society and suffer no consequences as punishment seems to be frowned upon by the authorities. Rant over.

Thanks

Clicked on the link but won't let me vote or enter anything. Am I doing something wrong?.Tried from the official club page as well but same issue.

I'm afraid Kellagher doesn't seem to accept responsibility for his decisions which have got us into this pickle. His constant chopping and changing of the team since New Year has, in my opinion, contributed to the amount of draws we have had. His lack of substitutions at times is also baffling. More concerning perhaps is that he doesn't seem to learn from his mistakes.

But Kellagher set the team up to play, by the looks of things, to not get beat. As seen against Peterhead, let the team off the leash and let them play.

Poor game and we seemed lacking in energy and urgency on the first half. Substitutions and change on formation helped in the second half but we started to sit way too deep after we scored. Thus gave Kelty plenty of space to attack us but fortunately they were so poor. Felt Kellagher should have been telling yhe team to get higher up the pitch but for whatever reason we didn't. A better team than Kelty could have punished us. Still, a win is a win so let's go and finish the job next week Finally the referee, he was simply dreadful and inconsistent with his decisions. We definitely got done by him.

There will be criticism of the ref from me. Thought he was poor and very inconsistent. Some of the bookings were ridiculous and could easily lead to a sending off. As for the game, deserved win. Peterhead are one of the poorest teams I have seen in this league.

If you can see how that penalty was given, your a better man than me. Even watching on TV, it didn't look like the Stenny player was anywhere near the ball. Given there was a blatant push on Sole near the end when he was possibly breaking clear just highlights how inconsistent the ref was.

After praising Kellagher for his tactics tactics, how he didn't use his bench sooner is inexcusable Penalty decision was, not for the first time, this season was poor, it simply wasn't a penalty. Ref was poor all night and gave us nothing

Job half done, now go on and finish it early in the second half. The difference playing Bavidge through the middle is huge ad is playing at a quicker tempo. Wotherspoon has also made a difference. I think we have also been more physical and aggressive against Stenny which is good as they normally try to dominated us. Ref looks a bit card happy but inconsistent with them. Kellagher also looks to have learned a lesson to to let the full backs bomb forward as much leaving Devine and Savage exposed. Game tailor made for Sole to use his pace if Stenny tire.

Simply don't feel he adds more than Mcleod does at right back. He was also poor defensively against Raith. Failing to see what extra he gives us when ge plays. Was decent against QOS but nothing special.