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Skyline Drifter, on Sep 29 2007, 21:07, said:
Definitely two points dropped for me though it seems as usual I was at a different game from most. 
Thought we started very well and were passing through Stirling very easily in the first quarter hour without ever looking like finding the killer ball or forcing a save out of Hogarth to be fair. Somewhere in there the ref turned down one of the most obvious penalties I've ever seen when the defender took Tosh's legs away in the box when he burst forward. It was SO obvious a penalty that I was already celebrating it when I realised we were still playing.
I can't believe he didn't give it.
Needless to say Stirling got out of their half for the first time in 17 minutes, Paton was too deep and played Easton on, McGowan didn't get there, Paton slipped trying to cover, the boy hit it striaght at MacDonald but somehow the ball deflected off the keeper and into the net. A ridiculous goal to lose.
To be fair after that I thought Stirling, whilst understandably hardly pushing forward (why should they?), always looked dangerous on the break and we never looked much like equalising in the first half.
Second half and Bingham (I think) poked Sean through past the offside trap to equalise though the finish was fortunate in that Hogarth dived over it and it went through the covering defender's legs I think. From then on we dominated and should have scored at least once with an O'Connor header (thought we had a lot of success with high balls today, even Scally was continually winning headers in the box) before Dobbie came on. Our second was a thing of beauty, Dobbie took it out of the sky, nutmegged his man and then curled it round Hogarth and in off the post. Superb goal.
We had the odd chance to finish it as a contest but as the last ten ticked on we started to drop far too deep and when McGowan made a pig's ear of a clearance we were sunk though it was still a fine finish from McBride from outside the box I think.
Thought we played quite well at times but there were a few passengers. We really really missed Lauchlan at the back, McGowan sorry to say had a nightmare. I thought Bingham was poor again though he did improve when we got him playing behind the front two after Dobbie came on rather than up top. He's never a forward for me but creating behind he can do a job for us. Gilmour again looks decent on the ball but I'm still waiting for any dangerous product after two months.
Thought we started very well and were passing through Stirling very easily in the first quarter hour without ever looking like finding the killer ball or forcing a save out of Hogarth to be fair. Somewhere in there the ref turned down one of the most obvious penalties I've ever seen when the defender took Tosh's legs away in the box when he burst forward. It was SO obvious a penalty that I was already celebrating it when I realised we were still playing.
I can't believe he didn't give it.Needless to say Stirling got out of their half for the first time in 17 minutes, Paton was too deep and played Easton on, McGowan didn't get there, Paton slipped trying to cover, the boy hit it striaght at MacDonald but somehow the ball deflected off the keeper and into the net. A ridiculous goal to lose.
To be fair after that I thought Stirling, whilst understandably hardly pushing forward (why should they?), always looked dangerous on the break and we never looked much like equalising in the first half.
Second half and Bingham (I think) poked Sean through past the offside trap to equalise though the finish was fortunate in that Hogarth dived over it and it went through the covering defender's legs I think. From then on we dominated and should have scored at least once with an O'Connor header (thought we had a lot of success with high balls today, even Scally was continually winning headers in the box) before Dobbie came on. Our second was a thing of beauty, Dobbie took it out of the sky, nutmegged his man and then curled it round Hogarth and in off the post. Superb goal.
We had the odd chance to finish it as a contest but as the last ten ticked on we started to drop far too deep and when McGowan made a pig's ear of a clearance we were sunk though it was still a fine finish from McBride from outside the box I think.
Thought we played quite well at times but there were a few passengers. We really really missed Lauchlan at the back, McGowan sorry to say had a nightmare. I thought Bingham was poor again though he did improve when we got him playing behind the front two after Dobbie came on rather than up top. He's never a forward for me but creating behind he can do a job for us. Gilmour again looks decent on the ball but I'm still waiting for any dangerous product after two months.
YAWN
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