Robert

It doesn’t sound like it will be playable any time soon so moving it to another ground where it is guaranteed to go ahead on Wednesday would be sensible. I do worry all this will hamper our preparations for important league games, whilst East Fife will have missed a good payday on Saturday and Dumbarton have been messed around too. Would we be allowed to host it?

Would it? 😂😂

If it gets postponed on Monday it will be rescheduled for Wednesday. The game at Dumbarton is put back a week. This must all be a risk to our preparations and readiness for two important league games against Hamilton and Stenhousemuir.

Must admit this is very uninspiring. Apart from the Scotland games (and maybe Wales , Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland if they qualify) I don’t see me watching many, if any, group games.

Last week it was described as a precautionary inspection too….. Another postponement means we are building up a fixture backlog, which is not at all helpful. I understand if it’s off again it will move to midweek, but that means the KDM game at Dumbarton will need to be rescheduled too. With Hamilton and Stenny to play in our next two league games, we have scores to settle so we don’t need distractions.

There’s a pitch inspection at 0800 tomorrow.

Yes, all the last 32 games are at 1945 on the Tuesday: https://spfl.co.uk/news/kdm-evolution-trophy-last-32

Spartans away if we beat Tranent.

Disappointed we couldn’t win after leading but I’d have taken that before kick off. Sounds a pretty even game.

Ha ha. I had 0-1 at half time.

A bit surprised we’ve made three changes but I can’t argue that Longstaff, Bavidge and Stewart deserve to be in the team. It’s great that we have options and competition for places. Mckay back earlier than expected too so it’s a very strong bench.

I’d have been at this match if international call ups hadn’t intervened. Our away record is very good, with just that blemish at Hamilton, and I think we can get another win. Alloa don’t concede many (at 8, the same as us) but don’t score many either. It could be tight and getting the first goal could be key to it, as that will make them come at us and open up space for us to cause them further problems. We are in a good place, let’s make it even better!

He was the sponsor’s MoM too.

I’ve been at that chippie and made the mistake of not reading the menu and realising before I ordered that a large fish supper had two big fish whilst a small one just had one….. Next time it’s a small one for me as the big one was far too big for me (and my wife). If you can eat a large one, then respect!

I enjoyed that! A commanding performance and I think we made Queens look a poor team as we were really good. Four goals, Sole’s one the pick, but a lot of good play. Some slack passes that could have cost us but we were comfortable and it was good to see us on the front foot all game. I’m happy with MacKinnon as MoM but I thought Allan was pulling all the strings in midfield, and great to see Bavidge on the score sheet. I hope those who can’t make many or any of our games enjoyed the TV experience too. If we can get a result at Alloa on Tuesday the table will look really good indeed.

I’m looking forward to this but just hope it being on tv doesn’t reduce the size of the crowd. We’ve hard to work hard for recent league results but I’m hoping we turn it on for the cameras tonight and get a great performance and result.

During our idle time, the postponed games in the Challenge Cup have been played and it is now official that we have won the league stage. I’m not an expert on how the draw works, but as Dumbarton have dropped below Elgin, I think we will face either Dumbarton or Annan, but I’m sure someone more knowledgeable will confirm. Hopefully a home draw.

I’m curious: would you have preferred us not to qualify?

I thought there was some irony in the incorrect second yellow. A key part of McGinn’s game is suckering players into conceding fouls against him. The ref last night was not really giving any of those and then when he did he picked the wrong one and the sending off ensued. We definitely got the rub of the green, and why not, it doesn’t happen very often. And we still had to score the goals to get the win, and what goals. What a game, what a night.

Hey, that’s my line!

And that’s three out of four major tournament qualifications for Clarke.

This thread has certainly gone off topic, but….. Somehow we’ve done it and turned what looked like being glorious failure (again) into qualification. To win in stoppage time and then seal it with the last kick of the ball makes it more special. And three wonderful goals from McTominay, Tierney and McLean (plus a tap in by Shankland). McTominay’s was the pick for me and I had McLean as our MoM. Losing Gannon-Doak could have been our downfall, but credit to all involved for the win and qualification.

Wow, makes my trip to the Sarens PSG Stadium a real dawdle!

I enjoyed that. A dominant performance and we should have been more than 3 up at half time, missing a couple of sitters and rattling the woodwork twice. By half time the ball was starting to stick badly on the stand side and that got worse as the second half progressed, making the conditions and play farcical at times. If it had been a league game I’m sure it would have been abandoned. The players stuck to the task though and got the scoreline up to 6, along with the woodwork being rattled again. Good game time for the likes of Alonge, plus the youngsters who came on in the second half. I’ve enjoyed the games in this competition but really wish it was Highland League teams we were playing rather than B teams.

Hate to admit it but I’ve actually enjoyed our games in this. It’s been good to see the fringe players getting game time along with some of our Academy Graduates. Hopefully tonight we go not only for the win but we score enough goals to secure first place.