Robert

You’ve summed it up nicely tm4tj. A draw was a fair result but both teams will feel they should have won it. The wind messed the whole game up and meant it was a game of two halves. We did pretty well when under pressure in the first half, but conceded a late goal, ironically after the wind messed up a free kick for us. After equalising so early in the second half, we should have gone on to win comfortably, but we did not really capitalise on the elements and Arbroath grew in confidence towards the end, and the post saved us late on. If anything, I think the tactical mistake we made was switching Sutherland, Storey and Mackay round after we got the equaliser. Storey had the beating of the defence whilst Sutherland is a finisher, but we lost our way after Sutherland went wide and Storey was through the middle. Like others, I’ve no idea why MacGregor is not featuring. Whilst Allardice did well, MacGregor would have been the logical replacement for Keatings when he got injured. Duffy and Harper did well at full back, with Duffy having a good long throw and Harper setting the goal up. We can’t fault the central defence in terms of the goal and they handled the pressure. We should have won the midfield battle. Time for Carson in my opinion. Up front, we created chances and with more clinical finishing could have scored more. Yet another one that should have yielded more points. A recurring theme this season!

The commentators keep picking him out as our key player. Decent effort by Harper. Possibly our best player tonight.

Good save to keep Sutherland out. Weve gone a bit flat: need to pick this up.

Doran on for Mackay.

And Sutherland just needed to get weight on Harper’s free kick and we’d have been ahead. Duffy booked.

Allardice shot very close.

Changed things round. Sutherland right, Mackay left and Storey more central. Mirror image of first half. We need to kick on and use the wind to our advantage.

Storey has ball in net but offside earlier in the move.

1-1. Sutherland. Great cross by Harper. Header in box by Sutherland.

Holding out against the wind!

Don’t write us off tonight. We’ve seen what the wind can do to games at home, and the Arbroath home game this season was a good example of that. We turned that game round and I think we can turn this round if we play to the conditions. If we don’t, our promotion play off hopes are probably gone and we need to focus on staying in the Championship.

Me and my big mouth: 1-0 for Arbroath at half time. Quick break after the wind messed up a free kick for us. Good play and finish by Hamilton. We can’t fault the defence for it. We came so close to holding out, but as Wyness101 said we switched at the toss to have the wind advantage second half so it is up to us to make use of that. We will soon see how much impact the wind had as we should have the bulk of the territory and possession after the break. I still think we can win this, but we need to play quick football and shoot on sight.

In the second we need to shoot on sight and use the wind advantage. We’ve coped pretty well so far but have been under real pressure and will do well if we go in level at half time. Storey’s pace has been our main threat. Highlight for me is the commentary team. They are great fun with some priceless lines.

Sutherland up top still and Storey wide left with Mackay wide right. Mackay has just come close with our best chance so far.

Keatings off injured. Allardice on. Keatings had been looking good too.

Arbroath throw ins going further than our goal kicks. Anything could happen in this game!

It looks like it is in Arbroath’s favour this half so we may be under a lot of pressure. Hope we can keep it tight and use the wind to our advantage in the second half.

Where is Gregor? Goal and assist for Jordan White tonight and a goal for Billy Mckay.

Nice interview on the Arbroath TV build up with Paul Sheerin talking about a certain night in Glasgow!

Devine has done ok so could be a loss. We did win the last time Toddy started at centre half but we played 3-5-2 that night. Really surprised that Allardice is only on bench but assume he has a slight knock. Vincent had a good first half at Morton: we need a good 90 from him tonight. Hopefully Keatings is in the mood tonight. I must say I’m a bit nervous!

Thanks. Beers chilling and I hope my £12 proves well spent!

No word of an inspection or postponement so presumably the game is on: fingers crossed!

HT 1-1 FT 1-2 ICT Sutherland Arbroath Hamilton Yellow Mckay

The full list of signings is here: https://spfl.co.uk/news/transfer-window-signings

No real news on the club’s preview: https://ictfc.com/match-preview-arbroath-a-03-02-2021 It includes the PPV information: https://www.arbroathfc.co.uk/arbroath-vs-inverness-caledonian-thistle-pay-per-view-live-streaming/ Presumably we need to await a pitch inspection at some time tomorrow.