Row S

The last 5 or 6 posts say it all. That old summer football chestnut has come up again too, but I'm not convinced it is the answer given that we barely get 1000 for July League Cup matches nor do we have the lucrative pre-season friendlies against bigger clubs to pull in the potential new fans at that time of year. 

On the bright side, our newly appointed Director, Gordie Fyfe, may have some good PR ideas and help with better communications between the Board and the fans.   

1 hour ago, jed5697 said:

Team are out in Newcastle tonight for a bit of r & r. I hope they have a great night. Well done today in the circumstances. Team spirit is thriving and long may it continue. 

Yes and obviously making up for being deprived of food and liquid during yesterday`s traffic delay. A long enough journey without what happened.

I also agree with Robert's comment above about the A9 dualling taking too long. I can't see it being completed in 2025 despite what Scottish Ministers believe.

1. Warren, Bell and Doran.

2. Adam Rooney and Billy Mckay - I know we probably couldn't afford them but their current clubs don't seem to see them as first choice any more.

I still have a headache and next to no voice from all the shouting I did at the ref. I was seething and was still mumping long after I watched the recording of Scotland whipping the Wallabies at Murrayfield.

24 minutes ago, Yngwie said:

Whilst we are still on track to be gifted the stands, the statement makes it appear likely that our landlord is hoping to develop the current car parks into something else. What’s that all about?

They started turning them into a car and mini-bus hire storage lots months ago.

All very quiet about this match. I assume it's still on. Perhaps a chance to rest a few or push on to extend the clean sheets record?

My selection is as follows: -

C MacKay

Raven B McKay Donaldson Tremarco

Mulraney Trafford Vigurs Doran

Bell Oakley

Subs 

Ridgers  Warren Chalmers Seedorf Polworth BaIrd D MacKay 

On 12/11/2017 at 10:02 AM, snorbens_caleyman said:

Can they score goals?  Should be good at headers...

Probably more chance of scoring than Baird or Oakley. ??

Yes and his link play with Gary Warren at centre forward would be interesting.

Winning ugly was something we couldn't do under RF. Otherwise we might still have been in the Premiership. Job done tonight even if we did ride our luck in defence and without a goalscoring centre forward.

Crusaders away, yes, as long as we don't use a Flybe Bombadier 800 to travel. Might be safer to take the ferry.

On 11/8/2017 at 11:08 PM, DoofersDad said:

County had a fairly strong starting line up and I thought we did very well with a totally new starting XI.

What I find amusing is the Ross-shire press and some posters on the Jail End thread on Overthebridge thinking that it was more or less our strongest XI that played. Shows how much they know.   

Much improved from 5 weeks ago, yes, but oh how we desperately need a forward who can score regularly taking these chances being created by our resurgent and rampant midfield.  The misses by Mulraney and Bell were woeful. That said I didn't see how Bell was off-side for his "goal" in the first half.

I see that Alex Fisher was warming the bench yet again for Motherwell on Saturday. This may increase our chances of getting him back (at least on loan) in January.  

Big cup game on the Saturday after, hence why low key and our fringe players more likely to be involved?

Wrong thread? I trust you're talking about United's inept performance yesterday rather than the dugout punch up at the TCS 2 weeks ago. 

6 minutes ago, forresjags said:

On a brighter note lets hope we have found a rising star in Daniel Mackay. Appreciate he only got 5 minutes but during that time he had the crowd on their feet at least twice. Cannot remember the last time I genuinely felt that good when we scored. Of course this kinda thing is not going to happen every week, but if we can progressively  bring one of our own through instead of wasting our meagre  finances on journeymen that must be progress. 

 

  

This was the highlight of the match for me. He was effectively brought on to help run down the clock but in the 5 minutes he was on he brought more energy to the team than I've seen all season. I don't blame him for trying to score with his first chance instead of passing to Baird. He should get a lot more than a 5 minutes run out against Falkirk.  Please note Gordon Strachan,  he is not a big lad either.

Mmm, it wasn't a convincing display with disquiet from some fans justified. If we had a decent forward we would have won about 7 or 8 nil. Polworth, Chalmers and Calder sluggish most of the game. Donaldson and Daniel MacKay were the plus points.

I am aware the disharmony is coming from Robbo's style of management. Polworth hasn't exactly helped with his poor attitude as he doesn't want to be there.

I also saw Gary Warren with his hand in plaster today. Training ground accident or another bust up? He was sitting with Ross Draper in the Main Stand in the second half.

Wow, amazing lack of interest in this thread. Sign of the difficult times we have sunk to.

Still a travesty he wasn't fit to play in the cup final. 

From what I've been told in the last few days Robbo might be binned long before January which could see Dave saved again to serve for longer. I'd like to see him and Seedorf in midfield operate on the right side. 

Welcome back Don!

Was the land not made up of ash from burned refuse? This was the way that waste used to be dealt with before the practice of tipping it straight into a landfill area without any treatment, like the reclaimed land to the south east the actual 'dump'.  Being mostly ash could also explain why the land drains quite well.

Given the current state of things down by, The Graveyard might be appropriate.   

I won't say anymore than has already been said about the lacklustre performance yesterday. If Gary Warren is a liability in defence then why not play him up front with Connor Bell next week? He can't do any worse than the current front two. The Sunday morning water resistance training at the Aquadome clearly isn't doing the players much good, certainly not in fitness terms.

On 9/26/2017 at 10:11 AM, Biggin said:

That's an excellent article and shows why he was sacked - and in any fans view it was Boyce that kept them out of trouble last season

No mention of the big spat over MacIntyre's treatment of Scott Boyd though, which led to three other players leaving at the time.    

I said that a few weeks ago.

12 hours ago, Scotty said:

Correct me if I am wrong but aren't the car wash guys - along with others - responsible for some of the much needed freshening up around the stadium ..... 

https://www.facebook.com/ictfcproject 

If the club can make a little cash by renting space or getting some form of quid pro quo arrangement then surely that's a sensible arrangement. As noted the stadium is only in use for games maybe 20-25 days a year so something that generates revenue year round should be welcomed. 

On the club shop developments .... looks fantastic. long overdue and hopefully generates more sales. 

 

 

Fair enough. As long as all they are paying something to the club and have the necessary planning permissions and trading licences, then it's fair competition with other similar businesses across the city as well.  

So where in the stadium is the new shop?

Will be glad to see the back of that portakabin. Just need to get rid of the burger van, car wash and Thrifty car/van hire parking and the place will look more like a football stadium again.

9 hours ago, MuirtownJaggy said:

Not sure Robbo is the type of person to walk awAy.......

Did he not do that at least twice, at C##nty and East Fife?

I have been told on good authority that the players won't play for him and that Terry Butcher is waiting in the wings to take over. It just gets worse!

This all begs the question about the role of our Directors in the last two years. Are they deliberately trying to get us back to part time football to keep the overheads down to a more manageable level?

I used to be so proud of the fact that we had kept on improving year on year after being admitted to the Scottish Senior Leagues. Now it's just hugely embarrassing to see how far we have fallen since we won the SFA Cup.

Time for Robbo to be binned along with his poor signings before we become even more of a laughing stock.