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Lets hope we can control this fresh air swipe before it starts an epidemic. I wonder if Jimmy-Jabbi will start this weekend after Hastings exertions last night and all the travel that goes with it.

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There is no more of him, that was yer lot.

That was the real disappointment last Saturday, playing for ninety minutes without creating any clear cut scoring opportunities, and that against a team tipped along with us to be relegationn candidates. Stark contrast to the incisive play of the week before when we played well on the counter, and defended well when required.

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Having regained my sight and swam home....................In hindsight, maybe I should have cleared it myself....... All good and well saying someone should have been covering, but we can only field eleven players at any given time. Lets say we play Duff at the back, he is taking care of things while we get a corner or free kick near the box, the big guys go forward, we lose the ball, it gets humped up the park........................inexplicably, our man asked to guard the home goals duffs up big style, (no pun intended)...............................so, what is the answer, do we need someone to cover the last defender. If so then he is not the last defender. Who then covers the last defender who is covering the last defender in case he also makes a mistake...................the list is goes on. Lets all make Jamie feel better at the expense of a couple of easy targets, Duncan and Hastings, christ McGuire is even getting dragged in as well. While we are at it, why not undermine his confidence by placing three or four defenders behind him in case he makes a mistake, vote of confidence not. This only became a problem because he missed the ball, not tackled and lost it, not under any great pressure, he missed it. I am sure he will go on to become a decent defender, it's a steep learning curve, and the process has begun. ajs, you can focus all you want, but mistakes cost points at any level. Agree about our physical presence in the heart of the defence. Bottom line and answer to the original question is Duff looks very assured, he played very well, made a great tackle early on, distributed the ball neatly and made one mistake which we never managed to recover from due to the whole teams lack of urgency.

aaaaarrrgggghhhhhh OK OK OK I submit, you are saying the same thing and I am giving the same answers, therefore I am going to jump off the Kessock Bridge. Corcorran did not connect with the shot though. Offiong did and from Duffs error. Please don't reply I have gone blind.

good point well made.

Sorry captain, we are going round in circles. He was allowed to run 40yds in on goals because Duff did make that mistake, end of story. Do I think Duff was at fault, yes. Do I blame him, yes. Should he play again , yes. whatever.

Duff did well enough to merit more games. But the point about nobody being behind him............we did not need anybody behind him, he was there, he was that man, he missed the ball completely, not caused by a physical challenge he simply missed the ball and as we had been attacking prior to that and he was the player mopping up nobody else was required............unfortunately he fresh aired and put Duncan and Hastings in touble. If we keep making comments about players not going forward we will never threaten the opposition goal. We had guys forward for a free kick or corner, but they hoofed the ball forward. Duff made an error simple as. Nobody died so we/he just have to learn from it and come back stronger.

But Ron, if you adhere to segregation for SPL games, then 2,350 could not get into the South Stand taking into account Accies only had around 120-150 max. Which leaves us with our hard core of around 3400 home fans for run of the mill home games, which were there. And, being a testimonial, there are always a few additions to the crowd figure (gudgies etc). So it would appear that the loyal faithful fans did turn up on Saturday, but the away support was akin to Motherwell and Kilmarnock, very poor indeed. To summarise, it's not such a good point after all. Mind you, the winker gives it away :thumb04: Did you really expect any more on saturday? And RIG has been singing the wrong words all these years

Bingo, scored an absolute scorcher of a volley in the legends game, Bobby and Brewster sprayed the ball around liike the Kaiser, Jimmy Calder made at least five sensational saves Billy Ferries showed all his old trickery and 10CC displayed his talents in the middle, Billy Urquhart has lost nothing.....................well done guys. Did I see Hercher as well, the man who started the ball rolling................

Nope P&J online has a good write up CALEY THISTLE – Fraser (Esson 46), Proctor, Djebi-Zadi, Duff, Mann (McGuire 37), McBain (Imrie 46, Sutherland 80), Wilson (Wagaluka 78), Cowie (Black 46, Gillespie 80), Ritchie (Wood 20, Barrowman 61), Bingham (McAllister 20, Rooney 61), Sheerin (Vigurs 33). LIVERPOOL – Bouzanis, Kelly (Mendy 46), Darby (Scott 72), San Jose, Huth (Ayala 46), Spearing (Irwin 69), Crowther (Lindfield 46), Flynn, Brouwer, Pacheco (Simon 46), Weijl (Eccleston 46). Referee – W Collum. Attendance: 7,352.

Wow................he is some size now. But you know what, he read everything and never wasted one ball out of defence. He looked as though he still had Viduka Wright and Fuller in his back pocket. Masterclass for Jamie Duff, (just don't eat this much at home kids)

or was it just smelly seamen

Our starting eleven was something like Mike Fraser Proctor***Bobby Mann***Jamie Duff***Jimmy-Jabbi Bazza***Bingham***Cowie***Roy(right foot)McBain Paul Ritchie***Paul Sheerin Roy McBain scored the first with a low right foot shot from the edge of the box. Mix up for second with an own goal passed into the net from the keepers right, Wood and Rory after they came on for twenty minutes in the second half and someone else...........oh aye Proctor poked home the fifth. Disappointingly, Barrowman missed two good chances, and Esson made two or three great saves. Dan Wagaluka played for ten minutes or so, looks quite tidy, small but tidy player. Wood took his goal well, and Rory knocked a free header back across the keeper into the net, so well done lads. And well done Barry, good crowd tonight despite the rain.

Lets hope the fans give him a night to remember, lots of great memories of Barry, he enjoyed himself the night we won the first division and his goal against Motherwell in the cup gets further out every time it's mentioned. We've got BARRY BARRY BARRY BARRY WILSON ON THE WING.............ON THE WING

Liverpool promised in the contract to take a minimum of 2 first team players to the game so it was understand by the caley end 2 firnge first-team players but infact they have just talen the reserve team I think I got the gist of that rant, you are not a happy bunny.

Yes, Zibi...............he was handed his chance and blew it big style. The difference with the Zibi comparison is that Zibi was well known for making bloopers big time. However, in his defence the ball was hit through the defenders legs which maybe gave him less vision of the ball and he let it squirm over the line. Duff on the other hand has nobody to blame but himself, not Duncan or Hastings or McGuire, or even Offiong and I am sure he knows it. He did pick himself up and performed reasonably well after it though and another game will do him no harm ................unless he repeats the error. Zibi di play well every week for the reserves and his distribution by hand was excellent.

Once again the boo boys berated Rory when he came on last Saturday. He will gain nothing from these actions and if anything you are only helping to erode his confidence. Grow up and get behind the player, you are not helping the cause by booing every time he appears...............leave it out.

Ho hum, I posted something which has disappeared on me. Anyway, it went something like this. Brewster will be in a no win situation with this one. Whoever plays next week will have a tough job, Colin Nish being the aerial threat from Hibs. If he drops Duff he may shatter his confidence. If he throws him straight back in we may have to take it on the chin if his inexperience costs us the game. The fans will be quick to turn on Brewster if it goes pear shaped. For what it's worth, I think he should keep Duff in the middle and take the risk that his job will not be on the line if he errs again. McGuire did play better than normal on Saturday but I did notice the ball headed into Corcorans path, if McGuire had left it Tokely would have cleared it away from the onrushing player. Maybe that was when captain Rossco burnt McGuires ears. On another theme whilst we are knocking McGuire (on Jamie's thread), Rory another player who gets a hard time was audibly booed by the wonderful section G support when he entered the fray..............sort it or shut up. I have been quick to criticise these players myself, but it has got to a point where we only see the errors now and not the positives they sometimes display. I'm off to put a thread on the Beni board.

The stadium is a brisk twenty minute walk from the nearest bar. The Innes bar which is generally a home bar. Across the road is the Portland bar, a Rangers stronghold I believe. The town centre is where most away fans go and Deeno's Sports bar seems the popular choice, maybe twenty five minutes Olympic Walking, straight back along the dual carriageway distributor road. There is parking at the stadium, a bone of contention normally as it sometimes takes ages to clear the car park and tonight will be a full house. Use google maps and you will see the route to the stadium from the town centre. enjoy.

Sorry CaleyD, there is nobody else to blame but Duff, he completely missed the ball which allowed Offiong to run through on goal. No blame attached to Duncan who was never going to be powerful enough to outmuscle the big lad and Hastings also had no part to play in it. I am not apportioning blame, merely stating fact. That said Duff did play no worse than some of our regular guys if you remove that blip. Unfortunately it did happen and it cost us the goal which won the game. Offiong still had work to do, but he is powerful with a bit of pace and a composed finish was all that was needed. Great to back Duff to the hilt, but that is where the buck stopped yesterday. Our ineptitude only added to the frustration of the whole day. Everyone including Duff and Offiong expected the defender to clear the ball or knock it into touch but he made the mistake and he shoulders the blame. I felt gutted for him, but thats life. He will come back a better player after these things. The man that never made a mistake has never been born.

I don't ever remember Paul Ritchie disappearing for a whole game. Shockerooney

Graeme Bayne scored for Dunfermline yesterday as they beat Perth 0-3. Bavidge scoring for Blue Loon Tooners in a 2-2 draw with Brechin. Prunty scored his second goal in two games for Ayr United. the flip side, Wyness played last ten minutes for Saints and failed to impress.