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Stenhousemuir vs East Kilbride


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Should be a decent game and I one I expect us to win. We're in really good form at the moment and I'd expect that to continue against more modest opposition. Although it might tempting to give some of the fringe players a shot - guys like Euan Murray, Jon Roberston, Anthony Marenghi, Carlos Manzana Martinez etc - I'd keep the same starting XI that's taken us on our good run. There's no reason to upset things at the moment and God knows, we've had some shocking results against non-league sides in the cup over the last decade. There's always the worry it might happen again here.

I don't know much about Eat Kilbride but I recognise a couple of players in their team - Barry Russell was always a decent player at Albion Rovers, Martin McBride was superb at Queen's Park about four years ago and I'm surprised Sean Winter didn't join another senior team after leaving Stranraer in the summer - and they seem to be doing pretty well in the league. This is the wrong side to underestimate.

I'm hoping to see a committed, professional performance from Stenhousemuir on Saturday. All the pressure is on the Warriors to get the win here and I echo the above prediction of a 3-1 win.

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A disastrous performance from Stenhousemuir today saved by a late salvage. Make no mistake, East Kilbride were streets ahead of the Warriors and should have qualified for the next round. They're a good ball-playing side, they have pace in attack and they're adventurous. Bernard Coll's goal was a sweetheart.

As for Stenny, only Ross Meechan and Kieran Millar played well. The rest of the team appeared to have completely underestimated EK and moped around in a half-hearted way. Stuart Malcolm, his equaliser aside, was particularly dire.

I would fancy the Warriors to win the replay - today's showing will have been a major wake-up call to a lot of the players and I doubt we'll turn in the same performance when the sides meet again.

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Took in this game yesterday. Surely there was enough EL fans to give them behind the goal? The stand was pretty full.

Ek probably deserved to take the lead cause right at the start they had two chances straight away and they were playing really well on the counter. How has Jason Scotland been since he signed? Didn't look up to much yesterday.

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Took in this game yesterday. Surely there was enough EL fans to give them behind the goal? The stand was pretty full.

Ek probably deserved to take the lead cause right at the start they had two chances straight away and they were playing really well on the counter. How has Jason Scotland been since he signed? Didn't look up to much yesterday.

Jason Scotland has been excellent since joining the club - take a look at the highlights from the Peterhead match a couple of weeks ago - but you're right, he was poor yesterday. Didn't really win any aerial duals and his runs forward with the ball didn't really come off. He certainly wasn't the worst player on the park.

The club are trying to save money so the stand's only open for "big" teams (Dunfermline Athletic) but it should have been open yesterday.

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