[The Minertaur]

First game I miss in ages and look whats happens!

How was the game? Starting to feel a bit worried when you look at the league table and we seem to be slowly slipping away from the others above us.

We need to get a result next week against Airdrie. Its at home so I am confident we can at least take a point.

[number one wasp]

was a good game cowdens 2 goals were a bit sloppy the 1st 1 came back off the post and was slotted home and the 2nd one was just poor all round by alloa we looked far better team and just hopefully we keep this up raymond jellemma should never have been booked he clearly won the ball

[Tonsilitis]

How did Coakley play? He's not thought to be up to much at Cappielow so if you guys like him you will probably get to keep him come the window.

[stockcar willie]

don't seem to be going for us at the minute.have to start getting results soon.

[number one wasp]

Tonsilitis, on Sep 22 2007, 17:52, said:

How did Coakley play? He's not thought to be up to much at Cappielow so if you guys like him you will probably get to keep him come the window.

coakley looked pretty decent showed a few nice touches got subbed off after about 65 minutes

[centralparker]

number one wasp, on Sep 22 2007, 17:16, said:

cowdens 2 goals were a bit sloppy

What? The second Cowden goal was a 35-yard screamer, as good a strike as you're likely to see all season. Worth the admission price alone.

[number one wasp]

centralparker, on Sep 22 2007, 18:16, said:

What? The second Cowden goal was a 35-yard screamer, as good a strike as you're likely to see all season. Worth the admission price alone.

keeper still shouldve got a hand to it at least with the height it was and i forgot to as what the hell is with copying the celtic huddle another comedy moment was one of the cowden fans why the hell did he hold the ball so long with 5 minutes to go when his team was 3-2 down

This post has been edited by number one wasp: 22 September 2007 - 17:39

[bob the tank]

For the second home game in a row Alloa played as a team with good passing,fairly good movement and excellent covering.The change since the Airdrie game is huge and I for one am most encouraged by the improvement and by the obvious potential we have. BTW Cowdens second goal was an excellent strike which the keeper had no chance to get near.(I was right behind it).

This post has been edited by bob the tank: 22 September 2007 - 18:31

[centralparker]

number one wasp, on Sep 22 2007, 18:37, said:

what the hell is with copying the celtic huddle

Yes, that does look incredibly naff.

[number one wasp]

centralparker, on Sep 22 2007, 19:41, said:

Yes, that does look incredibly naff.

naff is a understatement looked fuckin stupid from where i was

[Father Barrys Sign (Top Half)]

Very vital and well deserved victory for Alloa. Thought the first half was pretty even, bit annoyed Alloa conceded so soon after opening the scoring though. In the second half we looked fairly comfortable after going in front through an excellent finish by Dougie Wilson, and indeed it took a wonder goal from Cowdenbeath to get them level. Got our noses back in front from a headed goal from Fraser Forrest though and dealt well with any Cowden attacks.

Big bonus that we look threatening from set pieces and we have midfielders capable of taking players on. The team is far from the finished article but signs are encouraging that we can achieve at least a mid table finish this season if we continue to progress.

[BlooCoo]

Was right in line with the incident with the keeper/Scott Dalziel and the keeper should have walked for the last man lunge as Scott played the ball past him then was taken out. Quite simply the ref bottled it - wasn't a penalty but was definitely a sending off.

Other than that, Alloa deserved their win. Our midfield failed to compete and allowed them to run the show in the second half.

Good to see Pat Clark back, hopefully his fitness will improve over the next few weeks and we can start to benefit from it.

[number one wasp]

BlooCoo, on Sep 23 2007, 00:51, said:

Was right in line with the incident with the keeper/Scott Dalziel and the keeper should have walked for the last man lunge as Scott played the ball past him then was taken out. Quite simply the ref bottled it - wasn't a penalty but was definitely a sending off.

was never a red card the keeper clearly played the ball you could see it move back from where the run was made

[vince sinclair]

We are under performing at the minute, but at least our injury list is now clearing up. When Pat Clarke gets match fit, hopefully he’ll make a difference.
Yesterday we didn’t deserve to take all 3 points; perhaps even 1 would have been an injustice. Why we never went for shots on goal beggars belief, looked what happened with our equaliser. There was a strong wind on the pitch, but we never took advantage of this.
We’ve dropped some silly points so far; we need to start getting a few wins starting with a tricky game next week against Airdrie.

PS IMO the Alloa keeper won the ball, Dalziel sh@t it, if he had a bit more belief he could have won the ball and possibly scored.

[Cowden Cowboy]

Disappointing yesterday - we faded as the game went on although Alloa looked more comfortable on what seemed to be a very big pitch compared to Central Park. Our away record is poor so far. Need to see Gilfillan in midfieldd as we need a tackler in there. Dalziel was brought down by the keeper and booking was correct decision. It was right in front of me - Dalziel nicked it past him and keeper raised his leg to trip him. However, well outside box ball went wide on the left past the keeper and not a clear goalscoring oppportunity - ref spot on with yellow card/free kick decision. Brian Welsh is right to ask how they got their winner - no way he should have scored with a header like that - defence were slack there.

[Oweny]

A good game yesterday and an excellent 3 points for us . Cowden are a tough team to beat and have plenty height throughout their team and I was surprised we got 2 goals from set pieces given their height advantage .

A screamer of a 2nd goal from Cowden . Perhaps the boy should have been closed down but still a wonder strike for me .

Alloa are finding their feet and improving with every match. A difference with a settled keeper between the sticks has made all the difference also .

[number one wasp]

Oweny, on Sep 23 2007, 16:34, said:

A good game yesterday and an excellent 3 points for us . Cowden are a tough team to beat and have plenty height throughout their team and I was surprised we got 2 goals from set pieces given their height advantage .

A screamer of a 2nd goal from Cowden . Perhaps the boy should have been closed down but still a wonder strike for me .

Alloa are finding their feet and improving with every match. A difference with a settled keeper between the sticks has made all the difference also .

hope AM tries to make jellema a permanant fixture in our squad after the loan spell

[Waspie]

number one wasp, on Sep 23 2007, 16:38, said:

hope AM tries to make jellema a permanant fixture in our squad after the loan spell

Its not a loan deal number one wasp, Jellema signed a 1 year contract with Alloa and is our player. He's still training full-time with Accies though and if he was to have a really good season with us and was offered the chance to be number 1 at NDP next season it wouldnt be a surprise if he moved back in the summer. He's an Alloa player at the moment though and has been doing well so far. Good to have a safer pair of hands...crazy the number of points we dropped last season due to terrible goalkeeping errors.
Good result yesterday and we seem to be improving as all the new players settle in. What makes the last 2 wins more satisfying is they were achieved without a number of lads who are out injured and our squad certainly looks to be stronger than last season. Need to keep it going now and get some real momentum.

This post has been edited by Waspie: 23 September 2007 - 15:52

[TerraceWasp]

Father Barrys Sign (Top Half), on Sep 22 2007, 20:21, said:

through an excellent finish by Dougie Wilson

this quote will be getting brought up in future matches mate!!!

[centralparker]

Must say I was impressed with the artificial pitch. Light years ahead of the carpets of old.

[mikey]

centralparker, on Sep 23 2007, 22:07, said:

Must say I was impressed with the artificial pitch. Light years ahead of the carpets of old.

played on the stuff in a 5 aside tournment in zante (which we won to get it right up the english). was good stuff, wasnt afraid to dive around in it anyways. must say that the rec looks good now though. how much does it hold now since the redevelopement?

[number one wasp]

mikey, on Sep 23 2007, 22:48, said:

played on the stuff in a 5 aside tournment in zante (which we won to get it right up the english). was good stuff, wasnt afraid to dive around in it anyways. must say that the rec looks good now though. how much does it hold now since the redevelopement?

still holds the same over 3,000

[CooCoothenoo]

No complaints about the result but the Alloa keeper should have walked for his challenge on Dalziel. I was about 20 yards from it and he clearly took him down. Underhill shat it plain and simple.

Apart from that it was a very disjointed performance from Cowden. Alloa passed the ball well, especially in the second half.

This post has been edited by CooCoothenoo: 24 September 2007 - 00:54

[NELLY]

i thought the surface was pish. no bearing on result to be fair. I hate the artificial surface and always will. Not blaming alloa or any other teams who have it. It makes financial sense. Im sure cowden will go down this route when we get a new stadium.

Saturday was dissapointing - really thought when we went 2-2 we would go on to win. Welshy through everything at them e.g all strikers got a run out. defensively we were shocking and it aint often cowden can say that. Our crossing and shooting were poor also ( outwith scullion) We need another win very soon. We do play "nice" football sometimes but with no real killer end product this is the big problem.
mone the cowden