Robert

I will defer to CaleyD’s greater knowledge, but I’m sure it was said at one of the Fans Meetings that the owners of the car park lease can exercise a right to give the club six month’s notice on the use of the car parks.

I hear that there was mention of a letter to Shareholders on Radio Scotland this morning. Did anyone hear it and able to share what was said?

I agree, but we aren’t. That’s why remembering how far we’ve come can help us stay positive and behind the players for the run in.

A disappointing afternoon. The early goal gave Annan something to defend, and a mixture of the woodwork, great saves and poor finishing cost us. I’d like to see the penalty incident when Savage looked to be clearly fouled again, along with the alleged foul that caused our “goal” to be disallowed. I’ve said before that we’d have bad days and setbacks, but we picked a bad day for this one. However, back on 26 October when we had -3 points and were 15 points adrift of 9th, we’d all have grabbed being 8th in mid March and in control of our own destiny. We need to put this behind us, regroup and focus on getting a win next week.

Musa has been called up by Gambia for their forthcoming internationals so will miss the Alloa game.

I think some of the recent comments are harsh. The focus has been on securing our League 1 status and loan players like Alfie Bavidge have done a lot to make that look increasingly possible. Of our own youngsters, Keith Bray has been the stand out, but others have done their bit, even if generally off the bench (Thompson, Cairns, Macleod and Strachan for example). They are still learning their trade and this season around the first team will have benefitted them and I’d expect some to make an impact next season. Macleod started ahead of Stewart last night, which must have boosted his confidence. We’ve been relatively lucky with injuries too, with Devine, Savage, Gilmour and Allan all being, quite rightly, first picks. I’m sure we’d all question team selection if any of them were benched at any game. If there’s talent locally at other teams, we are right to look at it. That’s how we got MacKinnon. If there’s talent locally are others who will make the squad stronger, I’m fine with that and it avoids accommodation costs too.

The support last night was terrific, with the youngsters behind the goal in the North Stand singing and chanting for the whole game. We need that atmosphere at our remaining home games. I’m not getting carried away about a play off push as turning round an 8 point deficit against Alloa in 8 games must be highly unlikely, particularly as they have still to play Dumbarton and Annan at home, games you’d expect them to win. If we can win our next two games (we have Alloa on the 22nd), things may get a bit interesting….. But most of all, let’s not lose focus as we are not safe yet, and that has to be our primary objective.

Really enjoyed that! It’s a long time since we’ve turned a team over at home, and Stenny were no mugs, particularly in a pretty even first half. If you weren’t there you missed some great goals and some very good play with a positive approach. Look out for Mckay’s clever assist for Allan in the highlights. The two early second half goals knocked the stuffing out of Stenny. Musa’s penalty save in stoppage time was the icing on the cake. I hope Bavidge is ok for Saturday. Picks for me were Allan, Brannan and Bray, not forgetting Dibaga. Roll on Saturday!

The issue is resolved so business as usual.

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They are on a good run but we’ve been grinding out results. I’m sure the players will be grounded and we’ll get something from the game. To be honest, I’d take a point as long as we beat Annan on Saturday, particularly if we have players with niggly knocks. It would be wise to let them recover so we have our strongest squad for Saturday.

He came off the bench last week against Montrose and looked good. He’d played in a semi final for Kilmarnock Under 18s the day before the Montrose game.

Graeme Shinnie for Aberdeen and Aribim Pepple for Chesterfield today, whilst Manny Duku got tow on his debut for Solihull.

Indeed, he’d already accepted we’d be relegated and had his excuses ready! As fans we all knew we’d clawback the gap and Scott & co have done just that. However, the job is not done yet and we need to keep the recent run going to ensure safety.

Happy with that. Well done all! Nice to be winning late points after all the late ones we’ve lost in recent seasons!

Two for Cillian Sheridan for Brechin last night.

That stems from the update at the Fans Meeting where Charlie Christie indicated that we cannot extend players contracts whilst in administration and a high proportion of the squad are out of contract in June. On the other hand, he also said that at least six of those had already advised Scott Kellacher that they wanted to stay with the club. Scott Young also said that, based on discussions with the Administrator, he expected an update from them on the way forward in the next two to three weeks.

It looked good in real time but even better seeing it back. I also liked Bray’s reaction after he scored, which showed how much it meant to him.

Noted today were George Oakley for Ayr, Nikolay Udjur for Queens Park, Shane Sutherland (2) for Brora and Garry Wood for Deveronvale.

I agree with the posts above. At half time, I’d have taken a point but I’m disappointed we didn't manage to get a winner. I wonder how things would have turned out if Bavidge’s wonderful strike had gone in rather then hitting the woodwork. Slack play was the cause of the goal we lost and Montrose seemed to fancy a second the way they started the second half, but we got ourselves back into it and deserved the equaliser when Bray finished after a great ball by Devine (making up for his slack pass that gave Montrose their goal). Bray did well when pushed further forward, and the early signs with Brannan are encouraging. I really hope Longstaff is not badly hurt as he’s been our creative spark, and MacKinnon took a sore one too but seemed to run it off. To end on a positive, that’s a game we would have lost in the last couple of seasons and the point keeps us in touch with Montrose. Interestingly it was our first draw since 2 November. How times have changed! Now we have a big fortnight with Dumbarton away, then Stenhousemuir and Annan at home. These games could define our season.

Let’s not underestimate Montrose. They are unbeaten away from home in the league in 2025 and in Stirton they have a the player with the best minutes per goal stat in League 1, and he’s scored 6 in 5 games. That said, there’s no reason why we cannot win this if we play as we have been in many games and play to our strengths. Three points would do us the world of good.

Zak Elbouzedi for St Patrick’s Athletic tonight. Jake Mulraney is also with them.

He played the full game which Carlisle won to get themselves closer to safety. I hadn’t realised that Mark Hughes was appointed as their Manager recently.

Cammy Harper has been included in Carlisle’s starting line up tonight for the game on Sky (channel 403) against Barrow. He’s typically been on the bench for the last few months. Sadly he’s facing a second successive relegation with Carlisle currently bottom of League 2 and 5 points from safety. Kick off is at 2000.

On Saturday I noted Adam Brooks for Queen of the South, Ross Draper for Elgin, Sam Pearson for Weston-super-mare, Shane Sutherland and Alex Cooper (2) for Brora, and Cillian Sheridan and Brad Mckay for Brechin. Last night Andrew Shinnie scored for Livingston.