[Graeme P]

Game of two halfs really. Arbuckle put us 1 up with a well taken finish, chipping the ball over hinchcliff. We then went on to creat many chances but couldnt put them in the back of the net ( story of the season) Imrie then gave away 1 of his many stupid free kicks which was poorly defended and thislte equalised.

Second half thistle were the better team but didnt create that many clear cut chances. What was chaplain sent off for? 2 booking?

Thought arbuckle had a better game and bestvina was also quite solid.

[MTJ]

Fair result. Clyde had the better until we scored against the run of play there on in we had the better. Don't think it was worth a yellow card that led to a red.

Need to start turning these draws into wins pronto.

[Fast_Action]

I thought that we were brilliant in the first half - it was a soft free kick that led to the goal, but Imrie will never be given the benefit of the doubt. I could see the equaliser coming. If we do not mark....

Second half, not such a good shift, and the team was crying out to be freshened up. Could not CH see that? And what difference would Roddy McLennan make with three minutes to go?

Thistle were but a shadow of the team that humped us earlier in the season. I would have settled for a draw before a ball was kicked. I left the game feeling that we chucked it away.

[Günther]

Fast_Action, on Jan 2 2008, 17:51, said:

I thought that we were brilliant in the first half - it was a soft free kick that led to the goal, but Imrie will never be given the benefit of the doubt. I could see the equaliser coming. If we do not mark....

Second half, not such a good shift, and the team was crying out to be freshened up. Could not CH see that? And what difference would Roddy McLennan make with three minutes to go?

Thistle were but a shadow of the team that humped us earlier in the season. I would have settled for a draw before a ball was kicked. I left the game feeling that we chucked it away.

Pretty much spot on about the game.

The vocal at the game was superb. But the Thistle fans were too quiet, only a couple of shitey efforts but nothing to write home about.

Hinchy got some amount of abuse - No wonder though, how fat is that c**t for a professional football player?

[Fast_Action]

Who was the ref?

[Hebridean United]

Fast_Action, on Jan 2 2008, 17:51, said:

Second half, not such a good shift, and the team was crying out to be freshened up. Could not CH see that?

Who could he have brought on? Not one of these subs were ever going to be used unless one of the starting 11 broke both legs. In two places.

[Mushroom]

How exactly did the team line up, with 4 wingers, obviously 2 of them (one of them being Div McGowan I suspect) were being played out of position.

It seems like the same old story tbh, many chances, not enough taken. Still need a striker. That about right?

This post has been edited by ochil-clyde: 02 January 2008 - 20:18

[The Arch]

Terrible game imo. Destined to be a draw from the minute Roberts scored

Clyde dominated even more in the first half, than we did in the second, but a draw was probably about right

Sick of drawing. I'd rather lose than draw at home at the moment. Just anything for a change in fortune, because we are dull at the moment

This post has been edited by Tescojag: 02 January 2008 - 20:26

[Nizzy]

A fair result, given the pattern of play.

Clyde had us camped out in our own half for much of the first 45, with a Dougie Imrie cut back being blasted over and a header scooped over the bar before Arbuckle chipped Hinchcliffe who'd left his line before hesitating. Our equaliser was classic Mark Roberts. The ball was whipped in from the right-hand side, flicked on in the box, with Marko waiting at the back post to sidefoot it into the net.

The second 45 was mostly ours, but we failed to turn our pressure into anything resembling a decent chance. I've said it before, but these home draws are killing us. A few weeks ago we were talking about biting into the lead of the leading two. Tonight we're sitting 19 points behind Hamilton, 16 behind Dundee, four behind St Johnstone and two behind Dunfermline, of all teams. Add the fact that we're playing at McDiarmid at the weekend (Christ still walked the earth the last time we took even a point there) and you can bet you're bottom dollar that we'll find ourselves further adrift on Saturday evening.

It's worth pointing out that the treatment dished out to Dougie Imrie isn't reserved for games against Hamilton Accies. Two really poor challenges on him today from Chaplain (within the first 2 minutes - stupid boy) and Rowson, who I thought was lucky not to be booked. The Thistle fans also had a pop at him at any available opportunity. However, like Rae, Lennon and countless others before him, he seems to thrive on the attention.

In saying that, I'd like to see him concentrate on playing the game instead of trying to officiate it, and the way he jumps up and puffs out his chest after putting in a challenge is laughable.

This post has been edited by Nizzy: 02 January 2008 - 22:47

[MTJ]

Imrie is a decent player, but he could start a fight in an empty house.

[Nizzy]

Tescojag, on Jan 2 2008, 20:25, said:

Sick of drawing. I'd rather lose than draw at home at the moment. Just anything for a change in fortune, because we are dull at the moment

I wouldn't say we're dull. Fair enough, today's and Saturday's performance were far from sparkling, but we played some exciting attacking football against Morton, Dunfermline and St Johnstone. I'll take drawing at home over the poundings we found ourselves on the receiving end of under Campbell any day.

This is a season of transition, but there are already signs that McCall knows what he's doing. I'm as exasperated with the home draws as you are, but fairly happy, all things considered.

[The Arch]

I think Imrie's quite a good laugh really. The way he camply runs around the park, kicks the ball away when we have a free kick and runs away from the ref in a "chase me, chase me" kind of way

Also kept trying to kick our balls out of Firhill, the b*****d

[Nizzy]

MTJ, on Jan 2 2008, 20:28, said:

Imrie is a decent player, but he could start a fight in an empty house.

He's a very good player at this level, imo. We didn't know what to do with him when he was on the ball bar foul him.

[Nizzy]

Oh, I meant to say, well done to everyone on an impeccably observed minutes silence. A truly poignant moment.

[Fife Saint]

Nizzy, on Jan 2 2008, 21:07, said:

Oh, I meant to say, well done to everyone on an impeccably observed minutes silence. A truly poignant moment.

We had an applause with both sets of supporters singing his name together. Good to hear the silence was uninterrupted.

[Larbert_Par]

Fife Saint, on Jan 2 2008, 21:11, said:

We had an applause with both sets of supporters singing his name together. Good to hear the silence was uninterrupted.

As did we. Everyone at Almondvale joined in the applause- really nice to see.

[ColinM]

Did Dosser (McKeown) play for Thistle today and if so how did he play ?

[Nizzy]

ColinM, on Jan 2 2008, 22:40, said:

Did Dosser (McKeown) play for Thistle today and if so how did he play ?

Went off injured after about 40 minutes. Doesn't look afraid to put his foot in and seems to play the quick simple pass, which is good to see. However, it looked at times asif the game was moving too fast for him. A wee bit concerned by that, but I'll reserve judgement until I've seen more of him.

[Günther]

Are the students normally that quiet at firhell these days?

[Nizzy]

Duff Man, on Jan 2 2008, 22:47, said:

Are the students normally that quiet at firhell these days?

There was plenty of singing in Section 1. Didn't hear much from your lads after we equalised.

[MTJ]

Duff Man, on Jan 2 2008, 22:47, said:

Are the students normally that quiet at firhell these days?

Its not our big game, so I didn't expect it to be.

[Günther]

MTJ, on Jan 2 2008, 22:48, said:

Its not our big game, so I didn't expect it to be.

The singing from our end was superb today.

"YOU'RE ALL ON STUDENT LOANS!!"

Superb!

[Nizzy]

Duff Man, on Jan 2 2008, 22:49, said:

The singing from our end was superb today.

"YOU'RE ALL ON STUDENT LOANS!!"

Superb!

You're quite simple, aren't you? I bet you nearly wet your pants with glee while the Clyde fans were singing about methadone and signing on.

[MTJ]

Duff Man, on Jan 2 2008, 22:49, said:

The singing from our end was superb today.

"YOU'RE ALL ON STUDENT LOANS!!"

Superb!

All 12 of you.

[Günther]

Nizzy, on Jan 2 2008, 22:50, said:

You're quite simple, aren't you? I bet you nearly wet your pants with glee while the Clyde fans were singing about methadone and signing on.

Glad you heard it . It was me who made up the Methadone chant at Morton earlier on this season. Seems to get sung by the others now. So I happily join in now