[GoTeamGaz]

Better than expected, fantastic clearance off the line towards the end of the game from Haswell. Gerry still needs to go.

650 attendance L O L Z

[Boghead Ben]

Certainly a much better performance today. We raised our game and based on the 2nd half we should have won.

Fife are a big, strong side and have a cracking midfield and dominated the game first half. McManus' goal was top drawer.

We have to take something from the game ; Campbell had his best game for Dumbarton and Geggan was good too. Much better, but still short of what we need.

[Howlin' Wilf]

Agree with your synopsis Ben. One piece of good news is that we have signed former QP keeper Crawford who played as a trialist pre-season. Only reason he didn't play today was lack of clearance from Luton/Tranmere.

[Tam EF]

Not long back,and have to say based on your 2nd half peformance you deserved to win.We looked very comfortable prior to going 1 nil up and then we decide to stop playing and sit too deep.

We have arguably the best squad of players in the league,but IMO we have a manager out of his depth. The next 2 home games are crucial to us and could determine Baikie`s future.

Still top,but still p!ssed off!

[C'Way The Mo]

Tazz1903 ---- how was the pitch?

[montrose 5 forfar 1]

C'Way The Mo, on Sep 23 2007, 00:57, said:

Tazz1903 ---- how was the pitch?

[bobbykdy]

GoTeamGaz, on Sep 22 2007, 17:22, said:

Better than expected, fantastic clearance off the line towards the end of the game from Haswell. Gerry still needs to go.

650 attendance L O L Z

According to TWO newspapers today I have seen the attendance was only 192.

Is this true or is there a hey diddle diddle going on?

[edinlichtie]

Blew my coupon for £250

[the_russian]

edinlichtie, on Sep 23 2007, 11:05, said:

Blew my coupon for £250

[Neilly]

bobbykdy, on Sep 23 2007, 09:19, said:

According to TWO newspapers today I have seen the attendance was only 192.

Is this true or is there a hey diddle diddle going on?

Go away you ruddy flange.

[The Moonster]

Was really bad first half. Much better second half. Our squad is far too thin, Gerry really doesnt have any options to change the game. His time may be up.

There was more than 650 there yesterday nevermind 192.

[Trawler Rum & Weetabix]

Boghead Ben, on Sep 22 2007, 17:59, said:

Certainly a much better performance today. We raised our game and based on the 2nd half we should have won.

Fife are a big, strong side and have a cracking midfield and dominated the game first half. McManus' goal was top drawer.

We have to take something from the game ; Campbell had his best game for Dumbarton and Geggan was good too. Much better, but still short of what we need.

My most obvious interpretation of the reaction following yesterday's result is just how far we have slumped under McCabe when a home draw versus a team whom we should be rivalling to escape this Division is hailed as some sort of success. The reason why of course being that everyone expected Sons to lose, and probably badly too.

Interesting to note too that last week's winners here, Stenny, were turned over at home yesterday by Montrose. What does that say about McCabe and Co ?

Two wins versus Montrose and Forfar would give us a pisspoor 14 points from a possible 27 in the opening quarter. I don't expect two wins, in which case I would expect a P45 or two to be forthcoming.

[Boghead Ben]

bobbykdy, on Sep 23 2007, 10:19, said:

According to TWO newspapers today I have seen the attendance was only 192.

Is this true or is there a hey diddle diddle going on?

The newspapers picked the 192 figure from teletext. Total rubbish of course.

692 is the correct figure. 150 of that from East Fife.

Given that the previous week's attendance was 907, and that the East Fife support was treble that of the Stenny troops, the 692 is rubbish. A lot of people who came the week before simply opted out yesterday. Shame and a real disappointment.

[F_T_Y]

Aye it said on the bbc site the attendance was 192.Glad to hear it was more.

[kiwififer]

We looked very comfortable first half, scored then switched off. Second half, we were a team with one eye on the Rangers game, and totally disinterested. Dumbarton came at us, and fair play to them, they deserved the draw. Either side could have won it with late chances. The worrying thing for me is that we don't appear to have a lot of pace at the back, and if Rangers play Nacho or someone nippy, they will play balls over the top and potentially score a barrowload. The midfield looked very good.

One niggle, was the late challenge in the first half that your player was yellowed. Not only was it late, it looked cycnical and it would have been a straight red on another day. Wasn't a dirty game either.

Sort your pies out, they are mingin

[ShakehandsTom - DFC]

On the game:-

East Fife were really good first half, and in the midfield took us to bits in spells. We took a while to get going, and carved out only a few real chances.

McPhee, again, was wasted as rightwing-forward. I can't understand why we play someone who has scored all of his goals in his career as a forward, on the right wing!

The East Fife goal was a very well worked piece of play and a deserved goal imo. We were cut open at alarming ease for it too.

Second half, we got better and got into the game much more. We created more and got a deserved point. /

That said though, East Fife could and certainly should have won it at the end with McManus' chance from 2 yards being excellently blocked... /

Mind you, looking at our bench and even the starting 11, it is obvious that our squad is threadbare and there isn't really anything coming off the bench to worry opponents, and that, is a worry.

Still, there was improvements from previous games and that's a positive. There will need to be much more improvement from yesterday though, if we are to get anything from an 'on-fire' Montrose team.

This post has been edited by ShakehandsTom - DFC: 23 September 2007 - 18:18

[The Moonster]

Shit_Squeak, on Sep 23 2007, 20:51, said:

who r we going to get if McCabe leaves?? b honest we r not going to get any1 special so i hink we shud jus stick wae him till the season is done.

but we shud sack the board

I sort of agree, but there must be someone out there. Def sack the board.

Oh and leave Niall alone ya bully!

[Bring Back Paddy Flannery]

sack the board, we could have won, east fife could have won, fair result imo. thanks very much for the burst lip during the goal celebrations.

[montrose 5 forfar 1]

Told you they wernt world beeters. Dont Think EF hav had a game where they hav actully won comforbaley apart from forfar but c'mon that aint to hard

[King Kebab]

montrose 5 forfar 1, on Sep 23 2007, 23:15, said:

Told you they wernt world beeters. Dont Think EF hav had a game where they hav actully won comforbaley apart from forfar but c'mon that aint to hard

e' ea ' e e a ta F ' o

[kiwififer]

10.15? You've started early mate.

[Mon_The_Fife]

Really disappointed to only get a draw.

Like other people have said we were comfortable in the first half and dominated with the Dumbarton defence looking really shakey. McManus's goal was a good finish and we should have went on to create more chances but instead sat back on a 1-0 lead.

2nd half we were really poor and invited pressure from Dumbarton and they eventually scored when our attempted clearance bounced off Smarty I think and came back into the box, McDonald cleared off the line but it was a free header into the net from 2 yards.

Dumbarton missed a good chance before Smarty somehow hit a players erse from 3 yards out in the last minute.

Another poor performance and I will be glad when this Rangers game is over so the players can get back to concentrating on the league.