Poet of the Macabre Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Watford vs Arsenal? Roma vs Empoli? Eibar vs Sevilla? Don't even suggest South Africa vs Wales at the hand-egg. No chance, BBC ALBA is the place to be on Saturday evening. We need to bounce back from a truly awful display at St Mirren in the Challenge Cup last week. That performance pissed me off big time and I have no doubt we'll lose again if we play anything like that this weekend. Can't imagine Wallace can possibly start again and you'd have to have doubts over Rooney over Geggan at right back, although I expect AJ to give him a bit more time. McCabe should come back into the middle of the park, Faissal has to be a doubt after coming off in Paisley as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car number 7 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 No doubt Dunfermline are favourites for this,but Mr Reid now seems to know his best team and after our recent away victories to Forfar and Airdrie confidence seems high in the camp.Watched the highlights of pars at Paisley they will want to bounce back from that,interesting game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I think F el Bak is out for a few weeks. Have Pars ever been anything but atrocious when live on BBC Alba? Can only think of playoff defeats and a pumping by Morton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 I think F el Bak is out for a few weeks. Have Pars ever been anything but atrocious when live on BBC Alba? Can only think of playoff defeats and a pumping by Morton. We did beat Alloa in the second leg of the final I guess? Was totally irrelevant though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Martin Hardie 3-3 game. Sha hoor ser, hardie the boi free kickus goalashi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 Martin Hardie 3-3 game. Sha hoor ser, hardie the boi free kickus goalashi. That wasn't live on ALBA though, it was just extended highlights at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Are Pars Fans! Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 We have been shite for a few weeks now. Tough game, will watch on Alba I reckon. Hate the drive to Stranraer and being a later kick off has prob ended my thoughts of attending. Not confident for this one tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordieBoy80 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Yeah, I think we'll lose. Stranraer have improved after their poor start, while we are showing signs of returning to the abysmal team we were last season. Obviously injuries have stretched us big time but we weren't great against Airdrie, poor against Albion Rovers and fucking dreadful against St.Mirren. If it wasn't for the injuries I would suggest that Wallace should be left out of the squad completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Genuinely starting to think we've turned shit again and the good start was down to other teams being disorganised. Hope it's just a blip and not a copy of last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigi Alabocheré Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 This will test the team's character IMO. Fans starting to get impatient and a tough fixture against an improved Stranraer side. A win here would boost confidence on and off the park. I'll go for a tight 1-0 win for the pars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 I enjoyed Hopkirk's post-match comments after St Mirren. Basically the starting XI haven't been good for weeks and it's time for him to get a shot, although not obviously as blatantly as that. The players all talk about how good the team spirit is at the club but I'm ready for them to get ugly and grind out a few good results & performances. A pishy display and a loss on Saturday will get everyone thinking we're back to last season's shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 This will test the team's character IMO. Fans starting to get impatient and a tough fixture against an improved Stranraer side. A win here would boost confidence on and off the park. I'll go for a tight 1-0 win for the pars. That would do me nicely. Not convinced we could hope for much more right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 If fit, get MAC and Moffat to start up front. Hopkirk in might be a shout. We definitely need to win this one. Long ball pish has to stop. What's the deal with Falkingham? Still injured? What's with all the injuries anyway? If we were near the bottom of the league the usual reactionary morons would be questioning the coaching and fitness of the team. Hope the recent shiteness is just a blip. Might be good to calm the arseholes in our support who were getting massively carried away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Would like to see MAC and Hopkirk start up front. Regardless of our lineup, I don't think I've ever been confident about an away trip to Stranraer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas 62 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Yeah, I think we'll lose. Stranraer have improved after their poor start, while we are showing signs of returning to the abysmal team we were last season. Obviously injuries have stretched us big time but we weren't great against Airdrie, poor against Albion Rovers and fucking dreadful against St.Mirren. If it wasn't for the injuries I would suggest that Wallace should be left out of the squad completely. Stranraer a few key injuries as well, won't be a walk in the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Forgot that Hopkirk can also play up front seeing as we usually play him out wide. Gives another option. Hopefully in training the team have been working on passing and movement to hammer out this long ball bollocks. In previous games Geggan has often come short for the ball and helped begin moves, so if he is the midfield I'd like to see that. However as someone else said, Geggan might be used as right back leaving McCabe and Byrne in central midfield. Byrne could the one to drop short to ensure there are no aimless long punts and start some passing. Can't see Cardle being dropped. He's second top scorer and there is always a chance he can pull off something special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I wouldn't drop Cardle for that latter reason. It's been mentioned in another thread that no matter how pish we/he are/is playing, he always seems to have that capability to pull off a piece of magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Several issues need sorted IMO. BRE - the guy is a liability if left to his own devices. McAusland needs to get him told not to mess about. Also he wins every header but mostly just heads it anywhere. Fullbacks - need to get Rooney fit before judging. Thought Martin looked good in both positions. Still not settled yet. Midfield - apart from Geggan where is the dig needed to battle through games? Plenty skill and talent but no protection. This might sound daft but I noticed when Wallace was dropping deep he was winning every single tackle. Worth considering him in midfield for tougher games? Seriously watch out for him at games, he wins every ball. Strikers - who is our best two? MAC needs more game time, Moffat has completely lost his confidence in front of goal yet does so much good work apart from that, Wallace has suddenly gone terrible for some reason, Fais our best striker but out for a couple of weeks? MAC and Hopkirk might work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 I don't think Wallace "suddenly" went terrible. More like he was really shite, then injured for ages, then had a decent run and has now resorted to his normal standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Would freshen things up a bit for this. We've not been convincing for a while now. Murdoch Talbot BRE McAusland Rooney Cardle Geggan McCabe Paton Moffat MAC Not confident tbh. Would take any sort of victory in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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