IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER

You are beginning to sound like a Glover

Aye there are far too many outspoken olde gits on here

Great news for a fellow Howden Ender.

6 goals should boost everybody.

McGregor and Harper ON

Well that is the way to shut up yer critics ?

Their keeper still hasn't made a save - Surely even we cant feck this up now ?

Well thank feck that their keeper hasn't made a feckin save ?

This is the new start to the season.

And here was me thinking that the "leavers" were going because of the standard of football on display plus frustration of watching (and paying for) lackadaisical team and individual performances on a regular basis. If "affinity" is said to have been lost then I would suggest that it was never actually (truly)been there in the first instance. This is NOT about the Club-Fan relationship. I basically do not give a feck about that and harping on about it (at every opportunity) is driving people away as well. You don't lose affinity because the pies were cold, you disagreed with the water-sprinkling methods or dust on the seats. Get a team on the pitch that plays for the shirt, shows "true fan" like commitment / application and provides a degree of entertainment. And it is happening at practically every club in the lower leagues. People want success not survival and the more that you have been used to it the more you expect it.

Who feckin cares as long as we are winning or performing. The future is bright irrespective of the win, draw and lose figures.

As far as I am concerned Ridgers has been our Player of the Season BUT he fecked up the first two goals and the defence clearly lost concentration and positioning for all three goals. And then Oakley should have netted a hat-trick. Robbo cant give allowances for individual mistakes. We are having a poor season albeit I bet that most of us would have taken our league position and our points tally in pre-season. I recall some positive comments about our squad at the start of the season as well. It is probably as much bad misfortune that we have had more than our share of injuries and some unforeseen losses. It is always a gamble going for the cheaper option of bringing in potential with a history of injuries. I also feel that the "unbeaten run" nonsense was having a negative effect and lets hope that getting the monkey off our back will pay dividends. I would suspect that we had two "goals" at the start of the season - to avoid relegation and to bring back some financial stability. Watching the purse strings and improving is evidently a very difficult task. We have brought in a management team who have been tasked with balancing the finances. That must be both understandable but very frustrating for Robbo. I was disappointed but not surprised that he kept the yoof on the bench yesterday BUT here are my suggested New Year Resolutions. Ditch the "hangers-on" (There must be spondoolachs for OFW ?) - take an increasing risk on blooding some of the Under 18's and look at spending a bit more cash on two journeymen - one with some midfield panache and one with a striking record.

I now expect us to beat both Ayr and the Arabs.

White for Doran and Trafford for Wesh - No surprise - but Oakley doakley nets against the Bairns again !! Its a feckin draw.

Possible feckin draw !!

Fer fecks sake - we are rudden useless !!

Please, please show a killer touch now.

A full bench with the majority of young loons for Falkirk - Will the substitutes used be White and Trafford only ?

Will be interesting to see the formation - Oakley up front by himself or are we finally going to play Polly in a Number 10 role ? What is the combined ages on the bench minus White ?

Squads win leagues - Injuries and Suspensions lose leagues BUT there are no excuses - at the end or beginning of the day it is 18 v 18. It is not always about the 11 starters, it is often about the substitutes. But as you say warming yer erse on a bench with no hope of getting own (apart from the second keeper) is worthless.

Have you checked yer footwear ?

Going to be a White Christmas then ?

Austin is OUT !!