[Slipmat]

Crichton 2 Annan 0

Montgomery penalty and Beattie

1-0 at half time

Crichton team was Muirhead, Wilson, Stankovic, A Milligan, Johnstone, Clark, Nicol, Kerr, Montgomery, Beattie, True

Crichton solid Annan rarely threatened tho they did hit the post near the end

[I'm blue dabededabada]

Newton beat athletic 3 1.

[DG7]

Yep. It is all to play for. The game at Meadow was quite good. Threave had the better of the chances but I was impressed with Stranraer. They look like a decent side and I'm not surprised they're in the position they are.
Going to be an exciting finale to the league. Some big games left.

[DG7]

threavefan, on Mar 22 2008, 17:44, said:

threave 1 srtnr fc 1


strnr dominated first half then threave the better team 2nd half, draw a fair result although threave did have the better chances to win it

Look at that post. Utter laziness writing strnr rather than Stranraer. And then using words like dominated and although. threavefan needs to take a long hard look at himself. lol

[Hoss]

What about the result at Wigtown?.........surely if the league look at this there must be questions asked? No disrespect to the home team but Nithsdale are now whipping boys to them? Can anyone fill in what the Dale team was or have Wigtown signed half a new team from the Juniors or S.F.L?

[tuckersloan]

Good result for us and once the games in hand are caught up one that probably will count as a 6 pointer in the fight for mid-table places.

Surely Nithsdale must have had one of they away days when the have a real sub standard team out. Wigtown are improving and no disrespect to them but I can't see how they could beat Nithsdale by such a wide margin. At full strength no team would rack 7 up against Nithsdale.

[P.A.F.C]

tuckersloan, on Mar 22 2008, 19:13, said:

Good result for us and once the games in hand are caught up one that probably will count as a 6 pointer in the fight for mid-table places.

Surely Nithsdale must have had one of they away days when the have a real sub standard team out. Wigtown are improving and no disrespect to them but I can't see how they could beat Nithsdale by such a wide margin. At full strength no team would rack 7 up against Nithsdale.

Nithsdale only had 11 players total ,2 of them seemingly coaching staff at 50 and 60 years old and only a couple regulars in the 11 but you still have to beat what,s against you and Wigtown did that and the 3 points registered on the league table.

[tuckersloan]

P.A.F.C, on Mar 22 2008, 20:34, said:

Nithsdale only had 11 players total ,2 of them seemingly coaching staff at 50 and 60 years old and only a couple regulars in the 11

Makes sense now, but as you say it is still 3 points and Wigtown will have taken some confidence from it as well.

[DG7]

P.A.F.C, on Mar 22 2008, 19:34, said:

Nithsdale only had 11 players total ,2 of them seemingly coaching staff at 50 and 60 years old and only a couple regulars in the 11 but you still have to beat what,s against you and Wigtown did that and the 3 points registered on the league table.

Is that not a bit of a disgrace? Having only 11 players and forced to get old lads from the coaching staff involved. On top of that the fact that Nithsdale couldn't put a team out earlier this season. If they can't get a team together then kick them out. It's an embarrassment to the league. And well done to Wigtown for punishing them for it!

[P.A.F.C]

DG7, on Mar 22 2008, 19:44, said:

Is that not a bit of a disgrace? Having only 11 players and forced to get old lads from the coaching staff involved. On top of that the fact that Nithsdale couldn't put a team out earlier this season. If they can't get a team together then kick them out. It's an embarrassment to the league. And well done to Wigtown for punishing them for it!

Isee where you are coming from DG7 but there is nothing worse than you being stripped ready for a game and the opposition don,t show up so i reckon its better to show up understrength than not at all .

[Hoss]

P.A.F.C, on Mar 22 2008, 20:06, said:

Isee where you are coming from DG7 but there is nothing worse than you being stripped ready for a game and the opposition don,t show up so i reckon its better to show up understrength than not at all .

So what about the teams they have taken points from this season,especially at home? I know all teams have selection problems at times but feel Nithsdale take the mickey at times..........can anyone give their starting 11? and reasons for the multiple players not travelling?

[hoss_1873_rfc]

I agree, It's better that these team's do attempt to get a team together. Even if it mean's a whipping!

I've had the unfortunate task of playing, in the Annan 18 Newton Stewart 0 game a few seasons back. We had our 40 odd year old Physio having to come on!!


Well done though to Newton Stewart, cracking wee result over Stranraer!

[P.A.F.C]

Hoss, on Mar 22 2008, 20:35, said:

So what about the teams they have taken points from this season,especially at home? I know all teams have selection problems at times but feel Nithsdale take the mickey at times..........can anyone give their starting 11? and reasons for the multiple players not travelling?

Have teams not cancelled games this season because they are short all i,m saying is at least Nithsdale fielded a side rather than cancel.

[Hoss]

P.A.F.C, on Mar 22 2008, 20:48, said:

Have teams not cancelled games this season because they are short all i,m saying is at least Nithsdale fielded a side rather than cancel.

Which teams have cancelled cause they are short mate? Its like putting parks off conveniantly,,,,,,,,,,,,,no wonder the schedule is as it is............we need to look for patterns.........sure if we did the teams at it would be outed.........dont you agree?

[P.A.F.C]

Hoss, on Mar 22 2008, 20:53, said:

Which teams have cancelled cause they are short mate? Its like putting parks off conveniantly,,,,,,,,,,,,,no wonder the schedule is as it is............we need to look for patterns.........sure if we did the teams at it would be outed.........dont you agree?

I agree if a regular pattern is showing clubs cancelling matches then they should be asked for a reason but Nithsdale turned up for the game and i didn,t say teams HAD called off due to player shortage i asked HAVE they.

[DG7]

P.A.F.C, on Mar 22 2008, 21:24, said:

I agree if a regular pattern is showing clubs cancelling matches then they should be asked for a reason but Nithsdale turned up for the game and i didn,t say teams HAD called off due to player shortage i asked HAVE they.

I agree with the points made above that it is better to put 11 players out on the park than to call off the game and lose the points anyway.
BUT I can't understand how they allow it to get to that point anyway. It's pub-league at its worst!! You half-expect that from hungover boys on a Sunday morning.
Out of order. Makes a mockery of the league. There must be a few amatuer teams in the region who would love to get in on the SoS scene. Unless they have a damn good excuse, get Nithsdale out!

[DG7]

Mr Ed, on Mar 23 2008, 11:57, said:

I have absolutly no idea why Nithsdale struggled to put out a team but put out a team they did. To suggest that that you want them out is absolutely ridiculous, they have a cracking set up up a Sanquhar much better than most of the clubs in the League. If they are having internal problems then let them overcome them. I can think of many teams over the years that for one reason or another have struggled to put out a team, or because of other reasons nearly folded. It is always easy to be critical of a club when it is struggling but I have absolutly no doubt that in Nithsdale,s case they will bounce back stronger than ever. I dont know if Threave have still to play Nithsdale but if they have then I would suggest that the manager used some of the comments used on here to motivate the players.

If they've got such a great set-up then how can they only scrape together 11 players for a game? I don't WANT to see Nithsdale kicked out the league, but this isn't their first offence. I think that clubs (ANY club) who fail to get a squad together repeatedly should be spoken to by the authorities. If this means a '3 strikes and you're out policy' then so be it, no matter how amazing their set-up is.
Do you think it is acceptable for a team not to show up due to lack of players? Do you think it is ok to go to a game with only 11 'players'?

Also, I doubt very much if the Nithsdale team talk will be "Right lads, someone on the internet said it was a disgrace that we couldn't put a team together for a league match (again). Let's go and beat Threave!" Aye right. If the manager has any sense, he won't read anything on this forum.

[DG7]

Mr Ed, on Mar 23 2008, 21:23, said:

I seem to rememember somebody telling me that Threave went up to Civil Service Strollers the other week ( the game got cancelled) with 12 players and that the manager might be on the bench. Does that mean that Threave are a club in crisis of course it doesnt. Think back a few years and you might remember that your club were on the point of folding if you hadnt pulled out of the East League. Threave are a club that I really like and get on well with all their players and committee but your comments are just so f-----ng self rightous it beggers belief. And if I were the manager of Nithsdale you bet your bottom dollar I would be reading out your comments even if it is on an internet site. As far as I can remember Nithsdale have not been able to field a team on one occasion hardly a hanging offence, by the way you really have pissed me and other people I have spoken to OFF by your comments.

You're going a wee bit over the top here. I didn't say it was a hanging offence. I am not saying Nithsdale should be ejected from the league with immediate affect. All I am saying (if you read my posts and not just the parts you want to read) is that someone should have a word in their ear about fielding scraped together teams, if they cn even get 11 players.
Nithsdale have struggled on a few occassions to do so. I suppose their punishment is getting beaten. Fair enough. BUT, is it fair that they do it again and again?
How often can a club do this without being pulled up about it?
I am talking generally. I have nothing against Nithsdale and my comments are not self-righteous.