IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER

I suggest that you get one of the school teachers to help you to spell and write a formal letter - and then your lad will get a trail.

Should this not be in Rumours ?

Well that was the other end of the park but he certainly looked at fault - However I will stick to my original decision becos of the clear influence that he had on Duff and the defence in general.

Vigurs is in a position where he could get a run - especially if Royster drops back to full back - I would like to see a midfield five of Cowie - Black - Duncan - Imrie - Vigurs when we play away from home. Duff is raw potential but has flaws as most apprentices do - I suspect that Brew will revert to Maguire and Munro when they are both fit - but Duff is certainly going to put the pressure on them to play well every week - as the next chance may be his big chance. And what about Proctor - where can he go except the bench ??

Pity - if we had gone 4-5-1 with Barrowman up front we may well have hammered them. Does nobody else get frustrated by playing peeple on their weaker foot - shurely anyone at the game today must have seen how it hampered Vigurs.

Did in a rush Tonalt - COWIE :thumb04: :018: ;) MOM - Very close call but I will give it to Maguire - many peeple are raring about Duff - and to a degree rightly so - but Maguire was talking to him all the time.

My initial reaction was that it was the worst Falkirk side that we had ever played but in retrospect we were spot on tactically and never allowed them to play. If we had taken our chances in the first half it could have been a massacre. May have been different if they had their front men fit as our defence - apart from the wee pact **** - had a fairly easy day of it. It just shows what can happen when you plan to play football.

6-1 Sumtimes I hate being always spot on. :thumb04:

I will give the gaffer 8.5 out of 10 yesterday versus Falkirk. As I alluded to pre-match the Bairns adopt a system of a tight defence and midfield and play it from the back - That required us to press and harry from the start - it also meant that we had to hold a high defensive line - it also meant that we had to use width when we got possession - and we had to play the ball into the feet of the forwards. Well Mr Brewster - ya played that to the feckin tee - it was great to see us playing football again - playing the easy ball and quite a few 1-2's to boot. At times we looked like Falkirk in their own back yard. We may have fecked a few up but we kept trying to play it simple. The substitutions won the match - although having Barrowman, Bazza and Imrie on the bench was a "luxury" choice. I have never seen the defence keep such a consistently high line and Maguire marshalled them excellently. I have never seen the role given to Royster before and I suspect it was a one-off but again it worked. Benching Barrowman I suspect was a "disciplinary" decision and that appeared to work. Benching Imrie was a kick up the pants and that appeared to work. The only negative really pissed me off - Does Brew plan his width in a fecking mirror - I know that a lot of managers play their players on the wing of their less favoured foot - but thay also swop them too. I could not believe that Brew kept Vigurs on the right and Cowpe on the left throughout - both weer given acres of space - both were only too willing to steam down the wings - but how many times did they stop to cut back on to their favoured foot - and how many times, especially Vigurs, did they get in a deep position to cross but the delivery was poor as it was on their less favoured foot. And then he took on Imrie on the right and Wilson on the left. GET A FECKIN GRIP MAN - YA SWOP THEM THROUGHOUT THE GAME !!!!

Have read all the posts on the Match thread and I can see that all lot of peeple may have been carried away wiv the elated aftermath of the game but - as per usual - I will provide a post alcohol haze summary: FRASER :D :D Hardly had a thing to do becos of a solid defence but his distribution was draedful at times. He has to do a bit of Target golf like practising with his kick outs. ROSSCOE :thumb04: :018: ;) Sooperb - hopefully he realises that he has to maintain that level of performance with peeple breathing down his neck. But he was a "tower" today and won every 50/50 ball tha was going and played some great through balls as well - wish somebody could grab a clip of the brilliant individual foray in the first half - if he had scored it would have been the best feckin goal ever. MAGUIRE :015: :D :P Not one of my favourites but he was the mainstay of the defence yesterday. He led the line brilliantly and Rosscoe and Dicky were with him all the way. Ya could also see that he was marshalling young Duff throughout as well. The defence held its highest line it has done in years. Plus Maguire was a constant offensive thereat in the air from dead ball situations. DUFF :021: :D :D Potential yes - endeavour yes - aerial prowess yes - positional sense will learn. The lad looked the business yesterday and won nearly evry aerial challenge and put himself about. However he almost got caught three times in the first half when the forward got goal side of him and fortunately the through ball was poor and he got to all of them. Still he is only young and will learn and wont let us down if called upon. HASTINGS :D :D :D Solid enuff defensively but he still gives me the jitters and his distribution remains hoofish. All the Falkirk threat came from their right and Dicky. VIGURS :D :D :D I really like the look of this lad. Would be great to see what he could do on the left !! (see ma tic tacs post). Full of running and skill to boot. BLACK :D :D :D :D Commanding, always looking for the ball, defended and tackled well, distribution was excellent - played the "playmaker" role to the tee. ROYSTER :D :D :D :D A one man feckin midfield yesterday - Bet he couldnt maintain that feckin role fer too long - How many feckin yards did he cover yesterday - he was popping up all over the place yet still appeared to maintain his position !! COWIE - Would be gerat to see what he could do on the right. Quietish first 20 but came to life thereafter. His pace always threatened. Scored a goal when ya thought we would struggle to find the net. WOOD :D :D Sorry but he is NOT SPL yet - has to work on his pace and movement. He is a big lad who can certainly hold up the ball well but needs more time - good squad player. ROONEY :D :D :D I suspect and/or I feckin hope that he is not yet match fit. He was off the pace yeterday but showed enuff to say that if he hits fitness he will be an asset - appeared to know what position to move into but slow getting there. BARROWMAN :D :D :D :D His introduction won us the game eventually. He had more moveement in his short time than Wood and Rooney combined - He could certainly play the lone striker role away from home. BAZZA / IMRIE :D :D :D Their arrival simply brought that extra bit of edge and determination. Feckin cracking finish from Imrie.

Xausa or Niculae ?

I miss Ian as he was a bigger feckin idjiot than I was but he was pure class at leading the away band off - even tho he was a dirty feckin weegie. But I was an innocent professional till the **** led me astray. BRING BACK THE COIA BUS.

I suppose the same goes for the Mercenary.

I hope Maimie showed off her reduced boobs (and waist) and told them to **** off.

A club museum - old feckin hat - it is open between the hours of 13.00 - 14.30 in many feckin bars across Sneck - old gits with their half and halfs whingeing.

:018: :thumb04: Hope Caley100 joins in.

or Netto

hugh

Ya just lpy me with "Cheeky Beaties" ya tube.

Perfect for us this season - cheap and nasty, low wage, on the shelf, potential squad player.

Falkirk tend to play it on the deck from the back - and in the last few games I have been at - we have allowed them to do that - we have also sat far too deep and also allowed them to pay pretty patterns in the midfield - we cant allow them to do that. Brew has a lot to make up fer his tactics at the last Falkirk away match - so his selection will also be interesting - will he stick with his "faves" or will he rightly rock the boat. I would also like to see Bazza playing as Westfields appears to suit him and has alwasy been a happy hunting ground for him - especially as Falkirk appear to have a tight back four, one central holder and midfielders who sumtimes go forward too much - in the past Bazza has been the perfect foil. We have also failed miserably in the past when we have tried to play a target man up front - especially when we launched the hoofs - Rooney has the pace to unsettle a towering Bairns central defence - as long as the supply hits him and not in the sky. I fear that Barrowman would be in their pockets. Falkirk have also clearly targetted Rosscoe and Hastings in the past. This will undoubtedly not be Brews choice and I am only going on hearsay this season but I would go tactically with: Fraser Proctor Duff Munro Royster Wilson Cowie Duncan Black Vigurs Rooney

Bring Back the Budvar Tent and the Away supporters "cage" at Brockville.

One of my fave players - probably cos I mainly watch away games. Away from home he can usually sit in his little hole in front of the defence and he can be quietly effective - if you get a chance just watch the ammount of covering that he actually does - when he has a ball player with him he usually resorts to the short pass to that player - when he has wide players he usually resorts to spreading it wide, again all quietly effective. Unfortunately his inconsistency shows when he has to be more of a playmaker and the majority of the time he pings balls to the opposition. At home he is sumwhat negated and has to take on a more forward driving role which he isnt that good at. But another "skill" is that he can fire a good screamer from 25-30 yards and he does Have "leadership" in the sense that you can often see him slowing things done or getting fired up if he thought peeple were not putting in the effort. Hope he is back tomorrow - with Black and Cowie and Wilson (wide)

Aye the drumers and the BENI were always "leaders" - minded by "The Mob" of course.

Palmerston Park please.