Berwick Rangers 2017/18

[Redcar]

Mcrorie  stays and O'Kane's signing confirmed.

Good news, with more to come methinks. 

 

[berwick-the-unbeatable]

Very excited to see O'Kane chokeslam some Cowden scum on the 27th

[A Believer]

Was certainly no shrinking violet last night.

[1320Lichtie]

McKenna not coming in January anyway. DC saying we won’t be signing anybody else.

[AJBRFC]

Hearing from an ITK source that Paul Willis will sign for Berwick next week.

[berwick-the-unbeatable]

1 hour ago, AJBRFC said:

Hearing from an ITK source that Paul Willis will sign for Berwick next week.

#Bolty 

I don't see Willo signing for us. I think he's probably Coldstream bound. As a wise man once said, 'I think he found his level in the East of Scotland'. 

[theSilverFox]

Ousman See has left us and signed for you. If you're in need of goals, good luck.....

[mo83]

Good signing for Berwick...

[berwick-the-unbeatable]

#BringJoshHome

[Hallowed Turf]

 

[A Believer]

Back to long term again. Tweedmouth Rangers, the acknowledged EOS League feeder to BRFC (with 1 BRFC loan player) lost heavily today again, with a shortage of players. The vast majority of BRFC u20's players either have no loan or spend most time on the bench. Factually, the %age of SPFL 20's players transitioning up to 1st team is lamentably low, so loans TO GET SENIOR GAME TIME is an imperative. More loans to TRFC? WTF not?? Discuss.

[Dm1991]

Stuart Allan 90 mins at Tweedmouth.
Ross Aitchison 90 mins at Arniston.
Grant Rose 90 mins at Gala.
Kieran Jack 75 mins at Preston.
Stuart Briggs 45 mins at Eyemouth.
Bradley Barrett 70 mins at Whitehill.
Macaulay Jarrett 90 mins at Kinnoull.
Ewan Herriot returned from a loan at Blackburn having been a starter every single week.
Of the loans only 1 Player was an unused sub today and the player has only trained with his new Team once.
Only 3 of the current squad currently have no loan. 1 is long term injury and another is coming back from a long term injury.

Fail to see how your information is correct.

[A Believer]

Stuart Allan 90 mins at Tweedmouth.
Ross Aitchison 90 mins at Arniston.
Grant Rose 90 mins at Gala.
Kieran Jack 75 mins at Preston.
Stuart Briggs 45 mins at Eyemouth.
Bradley Barrett 70 mins at Whitehill.
Macaulay Jarrett 90 mins at Kinnoull.
Ewan Herriot returned from a loan at Blackburn having been a starter every single week.
Of the loans only 1 Player was an unused sub today and the player has only trained with his new Team once.
Only 3 of the current squad currently have no loan. 1 is long term injury and another is coming back from a long term injury.

Fail to see how your information is correct.

OK; don't fail to try and see the logic here.

4 out of the squad played 90 mins. 2 got more than a half, and the rest got a bit part. Squad of, what, 18? 6 usefully employed; 12 not.

You know what I'm saying.

If you still don't, count up the minutes if ACTUAL game time v the potential EOS senior football game time likely at TRFC.

I just don't get the strange reticence (you display) towards the win/win of supporting the local club AND giving players senior game time!!

Just why shouldn't we?

[Hallowed Turf]

 

[Emfaefifeyahoorsur]

These highlights tend to indicate that Berwick were very much in the ascendancy. Is this a true reflection of the match ? If so, it would appear that Annan once again played it’s ‘smash and grab’ card leaving the opposition scratching heads wondering how they lost a commanding game .

[beaver1]

They did the same to Stenhousemuir before Christmas but it is obviously working for them. They are on a good run and it was a confident finish from Henderson.

[Yellow Feet]

15 hours ago, A Believer said:

Tweedmouth Rangers, the acknowledged EOS League feeder to BRFC (with 1 BRFC loan player) lost heavily today again, with a shortage of players..... More loans to TRFC? WTF not?? Discuss.

 

14 hours ago, A Believer said:

I just don't get the strange reticence (you display) towards the win/win of supporting the local club AND giving players senior game time!!

Just why shouldn't we?



 

I've all but given up on this website but i've a few points i'd like to make on this so i'm attempting a sensible post.

Firstly, we used to have our own team in EOS and the best it produced was Josh Morris. What you're suggesting is pretty much turning Tweedmouth into BRFC 20s. The whole point of loan deals  is to get the boys mixed in with adults and learn from it. If they're all in the same team that's not going to work so well so one or two max at each club is probably much better. By  that logic we'd be as well not sending anyone to Tweedmouth and playing friendlies on Saturdays.

That leads me on to point two. We're not a charity. The whole point is to develop the players and get them (hopefully) ready for SPFL football. The 20s don't exist to prop up our neighbours. 

Which leads on nicely to point three. Local football is absolutely fucked. I've nothing against any clubs but they're having a real struggle to attract players etc. I watched Tweedmouth v Eyemouth fairly recently and Eyemouth won 5-0. The same Eyemouth were boasting on Twitter about having 12 players at training. Why should we be sending all of our prospects to play in teams full of folk who can't be arsed? they're going to achieve nothing. I assume you'll have watched plenty this season so you'll know fine well. With Kelty pumping everyone in sight and Dalkeith applying to join the party sadly I don't see the likes of Eyemouth and Tweedmouth lasting long.

Now i'll admit at this stage I don't know a huge amount about football at this level but it appears to me that most of the 20s have been loaned out to teams at a better level (or certainly a better team) than Tweedmouth. This kind of links to point two here but surely they should be sent to the best possible level. The age old saying train with people better than you etc etc etc. 

I'll finish with location as my final point. Tweedmouth play at Shielfield, same as the first team. We struggle to attract players to the first team due to being so far away and that is with wages. I can't think of any reason why players from Edinburgh and the central belt would come to the 20s if we then told them they'd be travelling that far week in week out. Especially to get pumped every week. 

I've absolutely no problem with sending a couple to Tweedmouth. As i've just said with location they're probably ideal for the local youngsters but hopefully you realise that what you are suggesting really isn't a win win situation at all. 

 

Edited to add: I wouldn't want them to go to Tweedmouth purely to guarentee game time either. Yes they need to play but it's important to have them fighting for places too. The competitive aspect is needed.

[berwick-the-unbeatable]

The GoPro is a good addition to the highlights. Though neither O'Kane nor McCrorie cover themselves in glory for the first, I wouldn't blame either for it. There's a huge opportunity to reorganise and instead defenders switch off at a key time - Henderson shows clever movement but could be covered far better, whilst the Annan 9 has a free run at it too. It's mad to think the amount of criticism Henderson used to take at Berwick. I'm almost certain I'm right in saying we haven't had a forward with a better goal to game ratio since, and given our goal drought at the minute we could really do with someone who takes his chances up top. Hopefully big Ouzy can start notching after he gets his fitness up. A hat-trick at Cowden would be just lovely.

On the youth side, why over-complicate things ? Surely it's a simple case sending the players to the club that will aid their development best. Different players will have different development needs at different times. No one club is ever going to be a perfect hub and be able to satisfy all of those development needs. Tweedmouth are a shambles and unless there's a player who has a development need of being pumped every week, I don't really see the point in sending anyone there atm.

[Redcar]

Todays post from the club suggests that Robbie Horn has a more positive view of the development team than previous managers. Herriott might have played yesterday if he wasn't injured, and the very promising Jack Simpson came on as sub. If we are actually going to give them a chance, the current set-up seems sensible.

I suspect more of the development squad will get first team minutes this season than ever before. Especially if Beath continue to be pish.

In other news, O'Kane's early entry for unpredictable cock-up of the season has been rejected by the committee because there were too many assists.

[ShiPi]

36 minutes ago, berwick-the-unbeatable said:

The GoPro is a good addition to the highlights. Though neither O'Kane nor McCrorie cover themselves in glory for the first, I wouldn't blame either for it. There's a huge opportunity to reorganise and instead defenders switch off at a key time - Henderson shows clever movement but could be covered far better, whilst the Annan 9 has a free run at it too. It's mad to think the amount of criticism Henderson used to take at Berwick. I'm almost certain I'm right in saying we haven't had a forward with a better goal to game ratio since, and given our goal drought at the minute we could really do with someone who takes his chances up top. Hopefully big Ouzy can start notching after he gets his fitness up. A hat-trick at Cowden would be just lovely.

On the youth side, why over-complicate things ? Surely it's a simple case sending the players to the club that will aid their development best. Different players will have different development needs at different times. No one club is ever going to be a perfect hub and be able to satisfy all of those development needs. Tweedmouth are a shambles and unless there's a player who has a development need of being pumped every week, I don't really see the point in sending anyone there atm.

Some good points.