Parscelona Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Following an unexpected draw for the title favourites, its important that we bounce back with the three points in this one. Some will bring up our indifferent record at Station Park yet truth be told, it means jack shit. If we play like we did against Raith then we should win without too much trouble. Forfar of course being managed by Dick Campbell, unsurprisingly have some former Pars rejects in their ranks, most notably Husband who joined them following his release by us in the summer. In regards to the starting line up, fingers crossed that Buchanan’s injury isn’t too serious as we need him to deal with the carthorse that is Chris Templeman. Expecting Williamson and Whittle to return in place of both Millen and Drummond, Falkingham to replace Forbes following his suspension and Stirling getting some game time would be nice as we badly lacked some width yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogs_Dollox Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Following an unexpected draw for the title favourites, its important that we bounce back with the three points in this one. Some will bring up our indifferent record at Station Park yet truth be told, it means jack shit. If we play like we did against Raith then we should win without too much trouble. Forfar of course being managed by Dick Campbell, unsurprisingly have some former Pars rejects in their ranks, most notably Husband who joined them following his release by us in the summer. In regards to the starting line up, fingers crossed that Buchanans injury isnt too serious as we need him to deal with the carthorse that is Chris Templeman. Expecting Williamson and Whittle to return in place of both Millen and Drummond, Falkingham to replace Forbes following his suspension and Stirling getting some game time would be nice as we badly lacked some width yesterday. You're right , our draw was unexpected . 2-0 home win for the title favourites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parscelona Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 You're right , our draw was unexpected . 2-0 home win for the title favourites Great banter m8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George W BUSH Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Really looking forward to this one. Certainly won't decide anything but neither side will want to lose ground on the other. Personally and from behind my Loon-coloured glasses, I'll be rooting for a home win. Despite a poor first half, after a bit of tinkering from Big Dick, I felt we equipped ourselves well and would be quite happy to see the post-tinkering eleven against the Pars. I can imagine some will beg to differ but it was our first result (draw, I know) of the season. Roll on Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cresto11 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Always amuses me to hear Chris described as a carthorse , hopefully we can follow up yesterday's draw with a home win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Always amuses me to hear Chris described as a carthorse , hopefully we can follow up yesterday's draw with a home win. Nah more like an awkward newly born giraffe trying to find his feet ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Easy home win, pars wee boys bullied again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingapar Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Nah more like an awkward newly born giraffe trying to find his feet !Pretty sure that "good feet for a big lad" is the official line. Will be interesting to see hubby line up against us, I think I'd rather we'd kept him than forbes were it an option, hopefully Forbes finds some form and proves me wrong at some point. Watching him trying to run is incredibly frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogs_Dollox Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Pretty sure that "good feet for a big lad" is the official line. Will be interesting to see hubby line up against us, I think I'd rather we'd kept him than forbes were it an option, hopefully Forbes finds some form and proves me wrong at some point. Watching him trying to run is incredibly frustrating.Husband looks like he's lacking match practice just now not having had a pre season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I like Templeton, very intelligent and good player, fantastic option to have in this division. Forfar are my picks for second place, we should win but a draw would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Honestly no idea why Forfar are getting tipped for 2nd but I'm sure they'll go out and ride us stupid to make me see the error of my ways. I'm going to go for a narrow 2-1 Pars win in all seriousness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cresto11 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I havent seen anything so far to indicate we would finish 2nd. The defence still remains a concern for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forfarfred Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Grant228 is the only person to have mentioned this--- I will settle for 4th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordieBoy80 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Forfar to win with Husband scoring a long range shot. Shaun Byrne to soil himself every time he gets within shooting range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Someone has to finish second, I don't fancy the squad Duffie has assembled whereas I like the one Forfar have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_no_1 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 In regards to the starting line up, fingers crossed that Buchanan’s injury isn’t too serious as we need him to deal with the carthorse that is Chris Templeman. Expecting Williamson and Whittle to return in place of both Millen and Drummond, Falkingham to replace Forbes following his suspension and Stirling getting some game time would be nice as we badly lacked some width yesterday. Josh will come in for Byrne not Forbes. If Swankie is still at Forfar we will need full backs who can primarily defend so Millen may keep his place. Think you're right about Whittle though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Feet Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Following an unexpected draw for the title favourites, its important that we bounce back with the three points in this one. Some will bring up our indifferent record at Station Park yet truth be told, it means jack shit. If we play like we did against Raith then we should win without too much trouble. Forfar of course being managed by Dick Campbell, unsurprisingly have some former Pars rejects in their ranks, most notably Husband who joined them following his release by us in the summer. In regards to the starting line up, fingers crossed that Buchanan’s injury isn’t too serious as we need him to deal with the carthorse that is Chris Templeman. Expecting Williamson and Whittle to return in place of both Millen and Drummond, Falkingham to replace Forbes following his suspension and Stirling getting some game time would be nice as we badly lacked some width yesterday. Nah more like an awkward newly born giraffe trying to find his feet ! he is more like Bambi on ice and does enjoy a wee tumble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafcburty Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I'm guessing both Buchanan and Whittle will miss out for us due to injury. Whitts twisted his knee in the warm up on Saturday and had to be replaced on the bench by Allan Smith, while Buchanan was sent to the hospital for an xray after it appeared he jarred his ankle. We desperately need to either recall O'Kane from his loan at Montrose or bring in another CB - whether it be permanent or on loan. A tough match just got even tougher, imo. Not really that confident, tbh. I like the look of Forfar this year and I think they might be up there come the end of the season. My provisional 18, without seeing any team news and discounting any possible new CB / O'Kane returning, I'd go: Scully Millen Page Martin Drummond Geggan Spence Falkingham Stirling Ugwu Moffat Subs: Goodfellow Williamson Thomson Byrne Forbes Wallace Faissal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parscelona Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Josh will come in for Byrne not Forbes. If Swankie is still at Forfar we will need full backs who can primarily defend so Millen may keep his place. Think you're right about Whittle though. Based on what exactly? Forbes was the one who got hooked with twenty minutes to go and never played against Raith, a match in where Byrne put in a decent performance alongside Falkingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Not confident about this. Forfar away and Airdrie at home are the toughest games we'll get this season, and we've got them back to back. Play like we did against Brechin, and Forfar will just bully us to victory. We need to put some energy and width in the team, we were far too slow and pedestrian against Brechin and they coped really easily when we eventually got it into the danger areas. Is Buchanan going to be missing for this one? Haven't seen any news on COWS unless I've missed something. He wins absolutely everything in the air, we'll miss that if he's out because Martin can be culpable for letting it drop over him. Chris Templeman regularly scores against us and I wouldn't be surprised if he grabbed himself one on Saturday. He is no cart horse, he's actually quite an intelligent striker who can still put them away, we just need to cancel that out. Gavin Swankie will also cause us problems, as he regularly does. This is going to be a tough match. Would keep the same team as the one that faced Brechin but would change Forbes for Stirling, Byrne for Falky and El Bak for Wallace up top (or Ugwu if Wallace isn't fully fit yet). Would have been ideal to change the full backs as well but Whitts is injured and we need a right back who can actually defend against Forfar, so Millen gets the nod against Williamson. Would settle for a draw in all honesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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