[Albiondweeb]

Well done Lads. Coco keeps the dream alive.

Was well pleased with the first half performance. On another day and with a less inspired goal keeping performance we could have been two goals up. Unfortunately it was not to be.

Raith had the better of the second and if they had scored when on top they could easily have won. Overall if you look at the shots on target etc we were worthy winners.

I hope we can keep this form right up till the end of the season and make Morton work for the title.

I must admit Snodgrass did take a dive in the box early in the second half. However the second penalty claim looked decent to me. The Raith player had a handful of his jersey from what I could see. Maybe the dive earlier on was held against Snoddy.

As for the sending off Snoddy was lying on the ground and the Raith boy fired the ball right off his cranium from about 3 yards away. It was a total cheap shot and the ref made the right call. The Raith fans must be wishing that there Strikers were as accurate as the man that perpetrated this evil deed.

Anyway I shall enjoy the rest of my weekend and look forward to the visit of the Champions Elect next week.

[StewartyMac]

west rover, on Mar 10 2007, 19:12, said:

Why would an Albion Rovers fan be angry about this?

Another Buckfast spill in Coatbridge is it?

[miketheheadlesschicken]

Was Davidson's sending off a straight red? Can't remember seeing the ref produce two cards.

[Mon the Rovers]

miketheheadlesschicken, on Mar 10 2007, 19:12, said:

The free kick had already been given.
The referee had been extremely lenient with him. He warned him after he had kicked the ball away for a 3rd time. Should have been booked then. He even got away with another one before finally being booked at the incident you mentioned.

That as it may be, he did kick the ball away a couple of times. But he then PASSED the ball to the Stirling player to take the free kick. He was then booked. Are you not allowed to give someone the ball?

[RedWeb]

miketheheadlesschicken, on Mar 10 2007, 19:15, said:

Was Davidson's sending off a straight red? Can't remember seeing the ref produce two cards.

Think it was...not totally sure though

[StewartyMac]

Looked like a straight red to me.

[Mon the Rovers]

Albiondweeb, on Mar 10 2007, 19:14, said:

Well done Lads. Coco keeps the dream alive.

Was well pleased with the first half performance. On another day and with a less inspired goal keeping performance we could have been two goals up. Unfortunately it was not to be.

Raith had the better of the second and if they had scored when on top they could easily have won. Overall if you look at the shots on target etc we were worthy winners.

I hope we can keep this form right up till the end of the season and make Morton work for the title.

I must admit Snodgrass did take a dive in the box early in the second half. However the second penalty claim looked decent to me. The Raith player had a handful of his jersey from what I could see. Maybe the dive earlier on was held against Snoddy.

As for the sending off Snoddy was lying on the ground and the Raith boy fired the ball right off his cranium from about 3 yards away. It was a total cheap shot and the ref made the right call. The Raith fans must be wishing that there Strikers were as accurate as the man that perpetrated this evil deed.
Anyway I shall enjoy the rest of my weekend and look forward to the visit of the Champions Elect next week.

1) Snodgrass dived the whole game, so all of that was held against him

2) Yes we do

I must admit I thought the sending off was harsh at first, but obviously the whiste sound takes longer to come to the stand than Davo thumping the ball of Snodgrass's puss. I must also admit I thought it hit his legs

[miketheheadlesschicken]

Mon the Rovers, on Mar 10 2007, 19:17, said:

That as it may be, he did kick the ball away a couple of times. But he then PASSED the ball to the Stirling player to take the free kick. He was then booked. Are you not allowed to give someone the ball?

Yeah, but suggesting he was unlucky to get booked isn't correct. Anyway, I don't think it matters as I think he was given a straight red card.

[AberdeenRover]

very disappointed with the result iday!

[Mon the Rovers]

StewartyMac, on Mar 10 2007, 19:19, said:

Looked like a straight red to me.

He had definitley been booked, but I din't see what card/cards were shown as I was too busy shouting at everyone around me to stop clapping off a player who had just been sent off. I don't think anyone who gets sent off deserves to be applauded of the pitch.

[Hank Scorpio]

Had to chill out and watch fot tele before coming on here as i was absolutely fuming after the match. But here goes:

Very disappointed not to come away with a point today.

Fahey - Kept us in it in the 1st half. Two brilliant saves.

Fotheringham - Wasn't at the races. Hid infield when we needed him to be getting the ball outwide. Pelosi has to start next week. Much more attack minded.

Wilson - A few good balls into the box. Apart from that, pretty inefectual for the most part though.

Campbell - Won the ball in the air and did as he is asked to do. Nothing special. Didn't see his substitution coming though. Did he take a knock or something? Or was it tactical?

Lumsden - Won the ball in the air and made a few good tackles.

Big Marv - Makes me nervous when he tries to skin players in his own half. Never did anything too daft though and kept it tight throughout the game.

Davidson - One of very few with any passion out there today. Shows it week in week out and was just a very frustrated lad today. You could see his sending off a mile away. Could have done without it. Big game against Brechin next week.

Bonar - I feel that he hides a lot of the time and that he has no purpose in the team. Just what is his job?

Carcary - Not as good as previous weeks but whenever he got the ball you felt as if he could create something. His turn and cross at the South Stand end where we went just wide was excellent. Torments defences with his pace. As said previously, would be much better suited out on the wing.

McManus - Another one that wasn't at the races today. Needs a goals to get his confidence up.

Hislop - If he was any slower he would be going backwards and thats about the end of it. Didn't hold the ball up at all today which is surely what he is there to do? Some arsehole giving him pelters after about 15 mins got me a bit pissed off aswell.

Subs:

Fairbairn - Before the backpass he looked like the Fairbairn of all, using his pace and skillt o take players on and get to the bye-line. One mistake cost us the game today and it was his. You saw him at full time. He was distraught and dejected. Good to see him applauded rather than booed.

Pelosi - Never got very long and i never really noticed that he was on the pitch.

McLaughlin - Another forward with very little pace. Another one that needs a goals aswell.

I never really had Stirling down as cheats but after today i'm in two minds. Snodgrass hit the deck every time he went up for an aerial challenge and the lad with the long hair that came on (is it Tomana?) i had to laugh at his attempt. The pools along the Prom pal. Dying swan.

I have no words for how awful, disgusting, dire, inconsistent and pish the officials were today. Two mins before Stirling scored the ball was slipped though by Carcary and McManus ran onto it from atleast a yard onside and ws pulled back for offside. 9 times out of 10, we score, game over, 3 points.

Never mind. There's always Brechin next week.

[RedWeb]

Even if we somehow fail to win the title I think today showed we are better than Raith and would be favourites to beat them in the play-offs. Raith were on a decent run but came up short against a team who have been playing well for most of the season B)

[Mon the Rovers]

miketheheadlesschicken, on Mar 10 2007, 19:20, said:

Yeah, but suggesting he was unlucky to get booked isn't correct. Anyway, I don't think it matters as I think he was given a straight red card.

He was unlucky to be booked for the 'offence' that he commited then

And you may be right. He is out for three games anyway

[keyser_soze]

As good a player as Davo is he can be a bit hotheaded at the best of times, he has been booked in the last 2 or 3 games as well, could do with him keeping his cool and not picking up so many silly bookings, that said he does care a hell of a lot for this club (local lad who supported them as a boy I believe)

suspensions can be a killer at this time of the season.

[Albiondweeb]

I think we are better than Raith, but I still think they could beat us in the playoffs on a bad day. Let us all pray for the binos!

[miketheheadlesschicken]

MonTheRovers! !, on Mar 10 2007, 19:22, said:

Snodgrass hit the deck every time he went up for an aerial challenge

I don't blame him. Some of Lumsden, Campbell and Andrews' challenges are reckless, especially Andrews who is danger of injuring someone in every game.

[Mon the Rovers]

RedWeb, on Mar 10 2007, 19:22, said:

Even if we somehow fail to win the title I think today showed we are better than Raith and would be favourites to beat them in the play-offs. Raith were on a decent run but came up short against a team who have been playing well for most of the season B)

I'll go back to what I said before- WE'RE GONNAE f**k YOU'S IN THE PLAY-OFFS (hopefully )

[RedWeb]

Mon the Rovers, on Mar 10 2007, 19:26, said:

I'll go back to what I said before- WE'RE GONNAE f**k YOU'S IN THE PLAY-OFFS (hopefully )

Quite possibly but if we're on our game then you've no chance

[keyser_soze]

Hasn't been mentioned yet but I thought it was a cracking game today, end to end stuff at times, 2 evenly matched sides.

[StirlingScott]

moro photos later tonight on www.stirlingalbionfc.co.uk

[RedWeb]

keyser_soze, on Mar 10 2007, 19:27, said:

Hasn't been mentioned yet but I thought it was a cracking game today, end to end stuff at times, 2 evenly matched sides.

Aye....it was a decent game...seen better but not bad all the same B)

[Lang Toun Lad]

What was up with Rocksteady today?
One of them came up to us at the start of the game and said that if we stood we would be chucked out. It looked like the Fife Finest lot were told the same as no-one stood for the rest of the half. That made the atmosphere to be crap even when people tried to bring it up with a song. It got better once everyone started standing toward the end but by then the game was dead and buried. I think the team may have played better with the fans behind them but it was impossible.
You don't think they found the threads here and on the Rover's board do you?

This post has been edited by Lang Toun Lad: 10 March 2007 - 19:31

[RedWeb]

Looking forward to the video footage on the Rovers site later...assuming it works...didn't last time we won at Starkers

[Mon the Rovers]

RedWeb, on Mar 10 2007, 19:27, said:

Quite possibly but if we're on our game then you've no chance

You haven't seen us on our game

Neither have we As good as the run was, with the exception of the 1st half against Alloa, did anyone at any point ever think 'we are playing brilliantly here0?

[Hank Scorpio]

StirlingScott, on Mar 10 2007, 19:29, said:

There was about as many away fans there today as there was at the home game where we beat you 1-0.