printer Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Remember an Arbroath captain coming out with that nonsense of better players/team than Cowden, how did that go again?? No idea. In what way is it relevant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I think with Oyenuga, Fraser and Gallagher in the side we will do better than the 1st meeting. Will they not give up if you make an administrative error? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowdenConvert Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 I've often said that I believe we were significantly better than Cowdenbeath last season in every area except attack. Our top scoring forward last season scored 5 goals. How many did Hemmings and Stewart get? Cowden had far superior attacking options to us and that's what left very little in it between the sides in the end. Obviously those players are gone but with Alloa's defensive unit weakened by the loss of Scott Bain things are evened up a bit. We do have more of a threat up front than we did. Ultimately I agree with printer that we are a better team but the fact is that our points tally doesn't reflect how well we have played and we need to change that. Playing nice stuff and getting plaudits is of very little use if we're 10th tomorrow night. If the players need any further motivation they should recall the stuff peddled by some Cowden fans about Alloa playing anti football and this new one that Alloa only won at Central Park because Cowden weren't trying Mon the Wasps. We've also got decent attacking options in again to replace Hemmings and Stewart. Of course the last time we played you your anti-football thugs took out our centre-forward which led to the substitution that caused our players not to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecowden Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Will they not give up if you make an administrative error? We are hoping for a team sheet that reflects the actual team and the actual substitutes. That would be a good start to the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 We are hoping for a team sheet that reflects the actual team and the actual substitutes. That would be a good start to the day. That always helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I've often said that I believe we were significantly better than Cowdenbeath last season in every area except attack. Our top scoring forward last season scored 5 goals. How many did Hemmings and Stewart get? Cowden had far superior attacking options to us and that's what left very little in it between the sides in the end. Obviously those players are gone but with Alloa's defensive unit weakened by the loss of Scott Bain things are evened up a bit. We do have more of a threat up front than we did. Ultimately I agree with printer that we are a better team but the fact is that our points tally doesn't reflect how well we have played and we need to change that. Playing nice stuff and getting plaudits is of very little use if we're 10th tomorrow night. If the players need any further motivation they should recall the stuff peddled by some Cowden fans about Alloa playing anti football and this new one that Alloa only won at Central Park because Cowden weren't trying Mon the Wasps. I genuinely disagree alloa are a better team than us. Can't say I am ever really impressed in recent times with alloa even though our head to head record is poor. Dumbarton for example have genuinely really impressed me on occasion. Last seasons league table shows very little between us and this table is the same. We have added 3 decent loans from celtic, rangers and dundee utd and if they play well you will be surprised. Don't get this playing well talk either. Scoring goals is playing well, its the whole point of the game. On that theory, we were superb at dumbarton as we 'played really well' and missed loads of chances. Reality is we were wasteful so deserved what we got, only 1 point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevennil Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 How will Cowden cope with the pitch? Hopefully not very well. Of course the last time we played you your anti-football thugs took out our centre-forward which led to the substitution that caused our players not to try. I'm sure Simmy is already on top of this for tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Murray Park is a synthetic pitch Not all of it I think there 1 synthetic pitch there the rest are grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Alloa's should be due changing soon anyway.. Aye I think you laid your pitch the year after Stenny and they redone theirs in the summer. A bit off topic but does anyone know why Alloa didn't get rid of all the slope when they put the synthetic pitch down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencils Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Aye I think you laid your pitch the year after Stenny and they redone theirs in the summer. A bit off topic but does anyone know why Alloa didn't get rid of all the slope when they put the synthetic pitch down? As far as I was aware we had? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 As far as I was aware we had? Nah you can still see a bit of a slope it runs down towards the railway end. Its not a dig by the way I was just wondering if there was a reason. I have actually been quite impressed at the amount of work Alloa have done redeveloping the Recs over the last decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspy Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Nah you can still see a bit of a slope it runs down towards the railway end. Its not a dig by the way I was just wondering if there was a reason. I have actually been quite impressed at the amount of work Alloa have done redeveloping the Recs over the last decade. I heard last week that the concrete underneath was sinking. Quite possible when we have had tractors and snow ploughs on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencils Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Nah you can still see a bit of a slope it runs down towards the railway end. Its not a dig by the way I was just wondering if there was a reason. I have actually been quite impressed at the amount of work Alloa have done redeveloping the Recs over the last decade. I see, I see. We did remove quite a bit of it which is visible when you stand at the corner flag near the home turnstiles which has quite a drop to the pitch. That was pitch level when we had grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I see, I see. We did remove quite a bit of it which is visible when you stand at the corner flag near the home turnstiles which has quite a drop to the pitch. That was pitch level when we had grass. Aye you really notice the change there as well its a fair drop. I take it there must be some reason for leaving a wee bit of the slope - could be for drainage reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kierkegaard Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Aye you really notice the change there as well its a fair drop. I take it there must be some reason for leaving a wee bit of the slope - could be for drainage reasons. Or advantage reasons, Andy? The Recs is a great wee ground. Always liked it. When the fitba is terrible you can enjoy the view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Or advantage reasons, Andy? The Recs is a great wee ground. Always liked it. When the fitba is terrible you can enjoy the view. That was another one that I thought of Ron, although if your playing the same opposition on a regular basis teams would get used to it anyway. As you say if the games bad you can enjoy the view. Remember walking up the Ochils on a school trip back in the day really enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdencolt Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Don't want to see us in that red top again this week.Sure it's jinxed. Also Alloas pitch is shit and has always been an unfair advantage to the home side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowdenConvert Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Away win. Nap. Wasps1 to spontaneously combust when Alloa concede 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Don't get this playing well talk either. Scoring goals is playing well, its the whole point of the game. On that theory, we were superb at dumbarton as we 'played really well' and missed loads of chances. Reality is we were wasteful so deserved what we got, only 1 point. I didn't say we deserved to get more than 7 points. By missing chances and then conceding stupid goals we ended up getting what we deserved. That doesn't mean though that we haven't played good football and competed well in most of the games. Scoring goals and winning does not always equate to playing well either, it's possible to play well and lose and to play poorly and win, that's what happened in the Alloa Hearts game. All that said, I wouldn't be at all bothered if we are awful tomorrow and win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Cowden- Alloa threads; always good for a laugh Any news when you lads will be getting a decent new pitch? You passed Dunfermline off the park last season, so that ought to help with any 'unfair advantage' when coming to the Recs. Anyway, let's hope both teams concentrate on getting these Franchise c***s relegated before the season's out. Peace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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