Best Team in Angus Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 From our prospective I never dreamed that we would be where we are at the moment, not sure where it will end but credit to the committee and Daren Dods so far!! long may it continue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Did you start this thread so you could slap yourself on the back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Team in Angus Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share Posted October 2, 2016 5 minutes ago, Francesc Fabregas said: Did you start this thread so you could slap yourself on the back? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendot Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 12 minutes ago, Francesc Fabregas said: Did you start this thread so you could slap yourself on the back? 6 minutes ago, Best Team in Angus said: Yes I don't think it would matter when the OP started this topic, we'd still be slapping ourselves on the back compared to last season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 14 minutes ago, Francesc Fabregas said: Did you start this thread so you could slap yourself on the back? You just don't like Brechin do you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Better, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 As expected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC13 Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Brechin are good at slapping diddies about this season but when it came to the big game they utterly failed I would expect them to disappear promptly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overthehedge1 Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Having seen most (not all teams), every game for us it a close game which could go either way livi and Alloa where hammering teams week in week out but seem to be conceding goals and there own goal scoring seems to have slowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylivi1 Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Exactly where I expected us to be, up there challenging. We have built a decent team, we've slipped up against the two newly promoted sides although where a unlucky to lose at Hampden, if I'd been offered 18 points after 8 I'd have been more than happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 As expected, more or less. Never thought we'd be right up there but thought we were more than capable of pushing for 4th and that's how it's looking after 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 53 minutes ago, andylivi1 said: Exactly where I expected us to be, up there challenging. We have built a decent team, we've slipped up against the two newly promoted sides although where a unlucky to lose at Hampden, if I'd been offered 18 points after 8 I'd have been more than happy. Really!! With Hopkin still our manager I wasn't at all confident of challenging up the top, been a big surprise to me that he's put a good balanced team together and generally played them in their best positions. Last season he had players playing all over the place and we looked a mess. Mullen has exceeded my expectations too, always knew he had potential to score lots of goals but he hasn't progressed any from two seasons ago until now, maybe dropping down a league has helped right enough but he's looking stronger on the ball now and you can see he's bulked up a bit too. Pittman has also been a big surprise, he's scoring some fantastic goals from midfield, the whole team has looked good going forward in most of our games and been scoring goals from all over and not just solely relying on our strikers, something else we weren't doing last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 A lot better, to be honest. Thought the first two games would be a real struggle for us, but I was surprised the way they panned out. We've built upon it and whilst we've dipped in the past two weeks, we're still a lot closer to the top than I thought we would be. Will be interesting to see if Brechin can continue this run on for the rest of the season, or if anyone else can make a break up the league. I would've said East Fife as dark horses after the first quarter, but their result yesterday surprised me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Very satisfactory for the Rovers. 11 points in less than a quarter of the season - if maintained, mid-table finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylivi1 Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 26 minutes ago, LIVIFOREVER said: Really!! With Hopkin still our manager I wasn't at all confident of challenging up the top, been a big surprise to me that he's put a good balanced team together and generally played them in their best positions. Last season he had players playing all over the place and we looked a mess. Mullen has exceeded my expectations too, always knew he had potential to score lots of goals but he hasn't progressed any from two seasons ago until now, maybe dropping down a league has helped right enough but he's looking stronger on the ball now and you can see he's bulked up a bit too. Pittman has also been a big surprise, he's scoring some fantastic goals from midfield, the whole team has looked good going forward in most of our games and been scoring goals from all over and not just solely relying on our strikers, something else we weren't doing last season. Yep I watched us pre season and throughout the league cup games and I felt we had the makings of a decent side. I also felt looking around the league that our squad is the strongest, I'm not necessarily saying we have the best 11 but we have a very strong squad, with players that can come in that won't effect the team when the injuries start coming. There is no doubt we struggled under Hopkin last season, I'm still to be convinced by him, his decision to start with the line up he did on Saturday was baffling but he rectified that very quickly and I'm more than willing to give him a chance, as I say 18 points is a decent return and if we win against Albion 21 point from 27 is an excellent return. My only concern at the start of the season was the defence but generally they've been very solid, I've been comfortable with Crighton and Lithgow at the centre and as you say Mullen and Pittman have been on fire. Brechin and Alloa have been superb though and deserve a lot of credit, they won't go away and we need to keep doing what we are doing to win the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 I saw all our pre season games and cup games too but still wasn't confident we'd be where we are just now, really don't see how anyone could. Esp with the way Alloa was doing in those games compared to us too, they hadn't lost a game in all comps till we beat them. As Afro said the first two games in the league were a bit of a surprise, we blew them away scoring for fun. The 2nd quarter should be a bit harder for us, the teams we won quite comfortably against in the first quarter will be a bit harder the 2nd time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 The 2nd quarter should be a bit harder for us, the teams we won quite comfortably against in the first quarter will be a bit harder the 2nd time around. What about the teams that won against you quite comfortably in the first quarter???[emoji6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 We're doing about as well as I'd hoped; you never know for sure before the season starts. There's always the nagging doubt that everything's going to go tits up. Seems like we all have our vulnerabilities, so it looks like we're in for a close race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 7 hours ago, King Kebab said: What about the teams that won against you quite comfortably in the first quarter??? Team, there was only the one team that won comfortably against us, but same goes in reverse, expect us to do better against East Fife. Esp as that will be a home game. The QP defeat was a close one and we were denied an onside goal, but i'd also expect us to do better playing at home in the next game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick1867 Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Well we're not in the bottom 2 at the moment, so will obviously be delighted if that remains the case at the end of the season. However we've now lost 4 in a row so it looks like we're now in a relegation battle which is what most fans thought would be the case. Most opposition fans did anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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