Waspie

Yeah, whatever happens this time the games last year are utterly irrelevant. For starters we had a different manager and pretty different team, and as you say, in the second game ended up with 1 defender on the park, our current manager who was backup CB throughout the season. The rest of the defence was made up of strikers and attacking midfielders . To be honest we did well to keep it to 5, I thought at half time it could be double figures. But even though we were far from being a vintage team, I think we'd have gone through had we had anywhere near our normal side available for the second leg. And we'd have been pumped by Airdrie in the final. We're a much better team now and when it all clicks can be very good. There are weaknesses in there too though and there's also plenty of quality in that Accies team. They will rightly be favourites. Hopefully we turn up and give it a right good shot anyway, can't ask for more than that.

Great effort by Annan over the last few weeks and they deserved to stay up that based on that. I thought based on our early season meetings with the Binos that they looked like a League Two side, but had enough experience and spirit - and crucially should have goals from the likes of Carrick and Hilson - that they should be fine to shitfest to safety and strengthen as they went on. The strengthening didn't seem to work, the spirit didn't seem to last, and the attack looked pretty toothless. League Two looks quite weak and not beyond Stirling to still stay up through the play-offs. Quite hard to shift downwards momentum though and that's a big challenge for them. I'd have really fancied Annan to come through the play-offs had they landed up 9th. Not so sure with Stirling.

Well done folks. Situation looked dire with the mess left by Jim Duffy and co and the McCall revival then seemed to take almost too long to kick into life. Great effort to reach 9th in the end. Hope you can stabilise a bit on the park now and hopefully make some real progress regarding a permanent home too.

The match between Alloa and Accies last week was pretty low key with Alloa making changes to the starting line up and then four subs at half-time. I'd be very surprised if we are going with the strongest team tomorrow or busting a gut to win. And we didn't do very well in the other games against Falkirk when we actually did need the points. I think your unbeaten record is safe enough.

Agree with this, he's come on a lot since Andy took over. Games and a settled shape and partnership definitely help but would imagine Andy is a great influence on a young centre half in particular. Hopefully still more to come from him but deserves a lot of credit after a rather rocky start at Alloa.

It was a bit like a pre-season game throughout and the four subs waiting to come at the start of the second half added to that! No bad thing to give a few lads a break though and also minutes for those who haven't been involved so much. Of those players I thought Stevie Hetherington did well, all the good defensive and anchoring work you expect from him as well as providing the cool head in the middle we have lacked at times. He looked so rusty off the bench at Forthbank, and understandably so, but like his old self here and a really good option for the weeks ahead. We clearly missed the energy of Kurtis Roberts in there but nobody deserved a rest more than him. The other one who impressed was Ally Roy. Bobby Wales has rightfully claimed the number 9 slot but I always felt Roy was worth more of a shot in the three behind. He showed potential there again today and another who is capable of doing a job. The rest who came in maybe didn't catch the eye so much but the minutes will help. Couple of excellent saves from PJ.

Agree with this. They say history is written by the winners and I think there's probably an element of that with the theory of us putting everything into the final league games of 2017/18 and that taking us through the play-offs. In truth we probably peaked in the semi against Raith and started to look a bit leggy in the second half of the second leg at Starks. The two matches in the final against what was a poor Dumbarton side by that point were a bit of a slog with injuries also taking their toll. We didn't score until the 93rd minute of the second leg. Had Ross Stewart not sclaffed that one in the chat would probably have been that we put too much into meaningless games at the end of the league season and had nothing left in the tank for the final! And there was probably some truth in that. Thin lines! I thought Goodwin got it wrong the year before but he perhaps went too far the other way in 2017/18 and it was a rather high risk strategy, unnecessarily so. Somewhere in between would make sense and by the sounds of it that's what Andy is looking at. We had lots of good players on the bench on Saturday who haven't played much. Giving them some minutes while keeping everyone else sharp (and resting anyone with any kind of knock) would be ideal. Certainly don't want to see Alloa busting a gut against Falkirk on the last day.

... bring on the play-offs

It was a great night at Cove and what a brilliant goal to seal the play-off place, even if we made it harder than it maybe needed to be! I was really disillusioned with the previous manager. I'm not so bothered about whether or not Alloa are winning or losing as long as we have someone in charge of the football side who has a clear plan about getting the best out of what they have, with a well organised and committed side on the park. Even as a novice manager Andy has had that pretty much right from the start. His team isn't perfect but everyone knows what they're doing, they are pulling together and when it works they are playing some lovely football. You couldn't ask for more. Obviously going to be a big job in the summer to replace the rather fantastic loan players - whatever league we're in - but will be fun to see how Andy approaches it. Have absolute faith in him to work well with whoever he brings in. Not even that bothered about going up as that would make for a really big rebuild but great to make the play-offs and absolutely no pressure on us now, can just go and have a real crack at it. Well done to everyone involved, it's been a terrific few months.

Felt like it must have been really enjoyable for neutrals but a bit more frustrating for Alloa who had to win it twice! But what a high at the end. Whenever we got the ball in attacking positions we were extremely dangerous and could have had more goals. We did struggle further back for control in midfield and had dropped out of the game after going 2-0 up. Still looked like job done anyway until we allowed Cove back into it with a gift and we were rattled for a spell there. It's to the great credit of the players that they bounced back and started creating chances again. The cross from Sutherland and header from Wales for the winner were fantastic, as indeed were Steven and Wales for the second. It's a terrific achievement to be back in the play offs and with two games to spare. Andy has been superb and the team (and several players) unrecognisable from what he inherited. When we are at it we have a side capable of giving anyone we might meet here a game. At the same time we can also be quite vulnerable at times. The lack of control and a cool head in the middle is an issue against better teams and Cove had us in there today. That's something to look at. But everyone involved today gave everything and it was a huge win. Well done Andy and the lads, absolutely brilliant .

Can certainly make a case for that swap at LB. Can make a case for Ethan there too though, or further up! I would leave Taylor Steven wide. He is well capable central but he has been so effective on the flank and a big part of our improved performances. I'd be loathe to change that. Hopefully get a big performance from the boys anyway. We are good enough to win but equally a defeat could make things very sticky indeed the next couple of weeks. Mon the Wasps

The two Alloa examples here provide a good insight. The 05/06 team were a shambles under Tom Hendrie in the first half of the season. Allan Maitland came in but we were 12 or 14 points adrift of 9th in late January. He tightened the team up and we started scraping points. As we got closer the arse fell out of Dumbarton's season and we secured 9th on the last day. With the momentum and feel good factor growing we got past Arbroath in the semi and pumped Berwick 4-0 in the first leg of the final. It was a good Berwick team, they'd got 76 points and lost the title on goal difference, and probably had a better squad than the Wasps, but Alloa were just flying by that point. The 2010/11 Alloa team had much better players and were in the top 4 at Christmas but had fallen apart and hit 9th on the last day. They had much better players than the pretty weak Annan side who beat them in the play off semi but they had no confidence, belief or fight. Momentum and form, or lack of it, is crucial, more so than overall quality of player I think. Of the sides currently battling it out to avoid 9th Annan might well be best placed in that respect, they've been doing really well to get back into the mix. Stirling or QoS might well find it a bit harder to get a head of steam up for a potential play off battle.

Well done City! The new team that McIndoe put together in very tough circumstances are better than the table suggests. With a wee bit of experience (had they kept Fontaine and See even) I think they would have picked up more points. Obviously did us a wee favour there tonight but I'm glad for players and fans regardless. Be nice if you could grab another one and make it back into double figures for the season.

Certainly one for debate! Bit of a frustrating afternoon for Quinn on Saturday with his final ball not coming off. He wasn't alone in that respect though. The diving is frustrating and on both occasions he has been booked for that of late we could have been in really good positions had he just kept going. I'm sure the management will be speaking to him about that. He is a dangerous player and a good option and I'm sure there's still more to come from him. Sutherland for me ideally a better option further up the field and can be a bit heart in the month at times further back. Cammy is a more solid LB - even though he isn't a full-back either. However, Ethan will bring more pushing on from LB than Cammy and he is coming on all the time. On his day a real danger coming from deep and a nightmare for defences to have to cope with a left sided attacker and Sutherland from further back. Tough call for the gaffer but great to have different options. I'm sure a strong LB will be a priority in the summer whatever division we're in.