Optimist or Pessimist

[Kingsmills]

Alloa play Dundee in the live TV match this evening.

Interesting to view it in the context of being an ICT fan. Are you a pessimist, worried about relegation, hoping that Alloa get beaten to create some more breathing space between us and them ?

Alternatively, are you an optimist, hoping for an Alloa victory, to enable us to close the gap on Dundee in the race for a play off place ?

Personally, whilst I am aware that there is still the possibility of getting sucked into the relegation fight if we are not careful, I find myself very firmly in the latter camp.

[+DoofersDad]

I'll go for a 3rd option - the pragmatist.  We are just 3 points away from the play offs at both ends of the table.  I'll settle for a draw so they share just 2 points between them rather than the winner getting 3.

[Satan]

Entertaining draw so far...

[Robert]

Not watching it but I see Dundee are now 2 up. It is very unlikely Alloa will catch us. I’m more keen to see Arbroath not getting too many points, and we have them up here next weekend.

If we can get a result tomorrow, we can be optimistic. Even if we don’t win, with the inconsistency of all the teams, we can still make progress.

I’m in the optimistic category!

Edited March 19, 2021 by Robert

[Satan]

Alloa still play attractive passing football at times,  but Dundee have dispatched them like the bottom of the table part time team that they are.

We should look to do the same with Arbroath.

[caleyboy]

3 points against Arbroath and we are keeping pressure on top 4. You never know, other results may help us.

[Robert]

Dundee and Dunfermline play each other next Saturday, with Raith Rovers playing Dunfermline the following midweek. Saturday’s game is an evening kick off so if, and as always with us it is a big iff, we beat Arbroath we will be ahead of Dundee before that game starts.

However, we’ve not won three consecutive league games this season....

[Kingsmills]

1 hour ago, Robert said:

Dundee and Dunfermline play each other next Saturday, with Raith Rovers playing Dunfermline the following midweek. Saturday’s game is an evening kick off so if, and as always with us it is a big iff, we beat Arbroath we will be ahead of Dundee before that game starts.

However, we’ve not won three consecutive league games this season....

No we haven't but what better time to start.

[RiG]

If we can get 3 points against Arbroath then that will round off our best run of form in the league since the start of the 2019/20 campaign.