Queens away March 2025

[Kind of Blue]

It’s now been confirmed that Bavidge will miss the remaining games of the season. Obviously a big blow but now for everyone else to step up take our chances and become hard to beat.

[Yngwie]

That’s a huge blow. We’ve seen what recent results have been without him, and it leaves us dependent on the most ineffective striker in the Scottish leagues.

[tm4tj]

Casualty List

1. Luis Longstaff (groin op recovery)
2. Alfie Bavidge (hamstring recovery)
3. Lewis Nicolson (knee op recovery)
4. Jake Davidson (knee op recovery)
5. Calum MacLeod (hip)
6. Ethan Cairns (appendix post op)
7. Jack Walker (tonsilitis)
8. Shae Keogh (calf)
9. Ben Corner (knee cartilage recovery)
10. No word on James Nolan yet

[IBM]

15 minutes ago, tm4tj said:

Casualty List

1. Luis Longstaff (groin op recovery)
2. Alfie Bavidge (hamstring recovery)
3. Lewis Nicolson (knee op recovery)
4. Jake Davidson (knee op recovery)
5. Calum MacLeod (hip)
6. Ethan Cairns (appendix post op)
7. Jack Walker (tonsilitis)
8. Shae Keogh (calf)
9. Ben Corner (knee cartilage recovery)
10. No word on James Nolan yet

Not good news but we will just have to get on with it with the remaining players we have and hopefully avoid the playoffs 

[big cherly]

18 hours ago, STFU said:

10 months of conditioning under the previous manager doesn't easily disappear.

Ah yes, of course! 

[bishbashbosh]

Big musa at fault for the equaliser. Their 3rd goal well crafted and well taken.

was planning cove next week instead of RC v a resurgent dons. Heading to Dundee instead to watch my grandson play for RC u11 

 

 

[bishbashbosh]

21 hours ago, tm4tj said:

Casualty List

1. Luis Longstaff (groin op recovery)
2. Alfie Bavidge (hamstring recovery)
3. Lewis Nicolson (knee op recovery)
4. Jake Davidson (knee op recovery)
5. Calum MacLeod (hip)
6. Ethan Cairns (appendix post op)
7. Jack Walker (tonsilitis)
8. Shae Keogh (calf)
9. Ben Corner (knee cartilage recovery)
10. No word on James Nolan yet

Seen Nicholson a few times when I used to go and watch the u18 games. Was impressed.  Is that 2 years now he has been recovering?

[STFU]

I thought Musa made the best choice he could given his positioning when the cross was made for the equaliser. The issue is that Nolan loses his man out wide and allows that to happen.

From the highlights it seems that we were weak across the entire team when it came to preventing balls into our box and that's what cost us. We're not normally as stand offish.

What I did like was that we seemed more willing to take chances from slightly further out and some of them came very close

Hard to see from the camera angle but the offside for our disallowed goal looked very tight. I don't expect referees to be perfect so accept it's one of them that can go either way.

Kell has to now make best use of the squad available and play to it's strengths for the remainder of the season. I couldn't hazard a guess as to what that is but he's lead us to this point and I trust he and the players will get us over the line.

Role on Saturday.

[bishbashbosh]

 3 weeks ago, I was thinking a win over Annan and Alloa, both home games, would have put us very close to a play off place ( turned out it would have been 2points). Wondering if it would have been Dunfermline, Hamilton or QP in the final.

now I am convinced it will be play off at other end and looking at all the E’s. East fife, Edinburgh city and Elgin. How do I fancy our chances against one of them 

[RednBlackComeback]

Play Bray or Stewart up front.

Drop Mckay to the bench, or move him into midfield if he insists on playing. There is zero point in continuing to play him as a striker, he offers no threat and all of our opponents know it!

[STFU]

14 minutes ago, RednBlackComeback said:

Play Bray or Stewart up front.

Drop Mckay to the bench, or move him into midfield if he insists on playing. There is zero point in continuing to play him as a striker, he offers no threat and all of our opponents know it!

We need all the experience we have on the pitch right now. Mckay may not be scoring but he's been a mainstay in the team that has dug us out of a 15pt hole. I honestly think some of the fans forget and don't appreciate where we've had to come back from since October.

[RednBlackComeback]

45 minutes ago, STFU said:

We need all the experience we have on the pitch right now. Mckay may not be scoring but he's been a mainstay in the team that has dug us out of a 15pt hole. I honestly think some of the fans forget and don't appreciate where we've had to come back from since October.

An inexperienced 18 year old has come in and been our top scorer in the few games he's played. This is one of the (if not the main) reasons we've clawed back the 15 point deduction.

Don't worry, I havent forgotten and do appreciate what's happened since October.

[ICTPaisley]

Mckays hold up play is still exceptional. It’s just unfortunate there’s no one else to play alongside him to feed on that.

[Ronaldo]

We need to remember that Billy is due a goal. Born goal scorers like him cant go on forever without scoring and now could not be  better time.

[CELTIC1CALEY3]

If you freeze the play when the pass is made for our disallowed goal Bray is clearly onside. 

[caley100]

2 hours ago, CELTIC1CALEY3 said:

If you freeze the play when the pass is made for our disallowed goal Bray is clearly onside. 

Such is the standard of match officials ....  Totally feckin clueless!

Didn't get to see our pen claim, Bet it was another crap ref.decision.

[+snorbens_caleyman]

On 3/31/2025 at 12:52 PM, tm4tj said:

Casualty List

1. Luis Longstaff (groin op recovery)
2. Alfie Bavidge (hamstring recovery)
3. Lewis Nicolson (knee op recovery)
4. Jake Davidson (knee op recovery)
5. Calum MacLeod (hip)
6. Ethan Cairns (appendix post op)
7. Jack Walker (tonsilitis)
8. Shae Keogh (calf)
9. Ben Corner (knee cartilage recovery)
10. No word on James Nolan yet

I'd still be curious to know if we suffer more and/or worse injuries than other teams.

Seems to be an injury crisis every season - even when we didn't have a thin and inexperienced squad.

[ICTPaisley]

4 hours ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

I'd still be curious to know if we suffer more and/or worse injuries than other teams.

Seems to be an injury crisis every season - even when we didn't have a thin and inexperienced squad.

I’m surprised the non playing staff aren’t included on that list. I’ve not seen half of them play and we’re supposed to be counting them like they are missed. 

[tm4tj]

They are common names around the squad these days since administration.

Obviously, Longstaff, Davidson, Bavidge, Nicolson would all be pretty much first choice, with MacLeod the promising newbie coming through this season but has been injured a few times. 

Cairns has floated in and out of illness, presumably this appendix op might take care of that. Jack, Shae and Ben Corner have all taken their place on the bench in our time of needs. Nicolson has carried that injury over from last season and would probably have been a shoe in at left back for this season.

It's not their fault they have been thrust into the spotlight in our hours of need. These are the future of the club and have given us a bench this season. We have been running with a bare bones bench for a while now.

 

Time to get behind them rather than knock them.

[ICTPaisley]

47 minutes ago, tm4tj said:

They are common names around the squad these days since administration.

Obviously, Longstaff, Davidson, Bavidge, Nicolson would all be pretty much first choice, with MacLeod the promising newbie coming through this season but has been injured a few times. 

Cairns has floated in and out of illness, presumably this appendix op might take care of that. Jack, Shae and Ben Corner have all taken their place on the bench in our time of needs. Nicolson has carried that injury over from last season and would probably have been a shoe in at left back for this season.

It's not their fault they have been thrust into the spotlight in our hours of need. These are the future of the club and have given us a bench this season. We have been running with a bare bones bench for a while now.

 

Time to get behind them rather than knock them.

I don’t mean any disrespect to the players out injured. I just meant that we seem to be playing on the fact we have so many injuries when only a handful of these would even be getting game time if fit.

[CaleyD]

There's also an impact in training where things like mini/small games can't be undertaken to the same extent through lack of numbers.

Players may also be less likely to commit as physically during games because they know if they pick up a knock (or a booking that leads to suspension), there's less cover available.

Whatever way you look at it, having a third (or more) of your squad out, no matter who they are, is bad.