Brummo Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Big game for the Mo. Balmoor: never a happy hunting ground in the past. Can Stuart Petrie's revitalised Montrose finally banish the miseries? Thoughts ahead of Saturday? Heading home after a typical Saturday watching Montrose at Balmoor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOFOREVER Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 I'd feel more confident of at least avoiding defeat if McAllister wasn't playing. He makes all the difference in what would otherwise be a routine L2 side. But, he played in their L1 team (I think) and still ended up relegated. This Montrose team is fit and well organised this season so should do better but I still worry about our lack of threat up front if the opposition score first, or at all. I've decided to make the long, long trek up there however as a true fan should - but it had better be worth it. It won't have avoided anyone's attention that we have Stirling next week so these next two games might well define our season - are we up to it, or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 1 hour ago, MOFOREVER said: I'd feel more confident of at least avoiding defeat if McAllister wasn't playing. He makes all the difference in what would otherwise be a routine L2 side. But, he played in their L1 team (I think) and still ended up relegated. This Montrose team is fit and well organised this season so should do better but I still worry about our lack of threat up front if the opposition score first, or at all. I've decided to make the long, long trek up there however as a true fan should - but it had better be worth it. It won't have avoided anyone's attention that we have Stirling next week so these next two games might well define our season - are we up to it, or not? 4 years and 8 games ago since Montrose beat us. Fully expecting a loss although how any team with Watson in it can win games I will never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 17 hours ago, strichener said: 4 years and 8 games ago since Montrose beat us. Fully expecting a loss although how any team with Watson in it can win games I will never know. I don't think we won a single game that he played in when he was with us. Probably a game you might expect us to win but I am sure Montrose won't want to slip up after their good start to the season, and we have been vulnerable a the back so who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo83 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 4 years and 8 games ago since Montrose beat us. Fully expecting a loss although how any team with Watson in it can win games I will never know. That bad a player??? Come on now it's a team game remember!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueone Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 TBF I quite liked Paul Watson. Some quirky skills and could score some cracking goals. Wasn't the best as a defender but you could say that about nearly all our defenders in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 53 minutes ago, blueone said: TBF I quite liked Paul Watson. Some quirky skills and could score some cracking goals. Wasn't the best as a defender but you could say that about nearly all our defenders in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 A draw here would be sufficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueone Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Last minute equaliser... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blootoon87 Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 We were the slightly less pish side. What is the point in Russell McLean? Anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO7S Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 A draw here would be sufficient. It was. Shame you could not beat Clyde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummo Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Left it late but Templeman did what was askit of him. Thanks Big Man! (90 + 2)! Cheerio wee blue mannie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 It was. Shame you could not beat Clyde. Still top, sets up next weeks game up nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo83 Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Well done today lads! good point indeed the messiah Christopher' Templeman strikes again...... Mon the mo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Beautifully stolen point at the end. Second best, created little, and bullied off the ball for most of the game, but the difference this time was our defence not collapsing at 0-1 and shipping more goals. Sets next week up very nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 I thought we were pretty poor today. I am not sure why Mclean started after his cup performance last week. Bringing Jordan Brown on also looked to be a mistake as we were completely exposed down the left whilst he ran around like a headless chicken for the last 20 minutes. We now play the bottom 3 teams and if we want to be serious about going back to L1 we need to do a lot better than we did today as we will need to win all 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Team in Angus Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 14 hours ago, NewBlue said: I thought we were pretty poor today. I am not sure why Mclean started after his cup performance last week. Bringing Jordan Brown on also looked to be a mistake as we were completely exposed down the left whilst he ran around like a headless chicken for the last 20 minutes. We now play the bottom 3 teams and if we want to be serious about going back to L1 we need to do a lot better than we did today as we will need to win all 3. You must be happy then with the huge improvement as you were absolute pish last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivo den Bieman Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 A very poor quality game- niggly, attritional, full of histrionics and mock-anger. Very poor quality officials for both teams, too. I feared the worst when Peterhead went ahead but credit to the side, they don't know when they are beaten and are probably the toughest Montrose side, mentally, since the early 1990s. It's the kind of game we would have been absolutely buried in 2-3 seasons ago. Peterhead played well enough- much better that in the recent highlights of theirs that I've seen- hit the bar early on and had two or three other good chances from close in that they spurned. They passed and moved well and had some pace and menace down the flanks. For Montrose, Sean Dillon had a really good game, Cammy Ballantyne came into it down the right in the second half, and Templeman is always tireless in trying to create opportunities. Iain Campbell gave the ball away far too often for my liking at the back- although he did come very close with a well struck free kick towards the end of the first half. Will take the point and move on. The game was forgettable stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Best Team in Angus said: You must be happy then with the huge improvement as you were absolute pish last year Is that based on watching us in between 0 and 4 games against 1 side? I think you might want a bigger sample size to get a true reflection of how we played last year. Absolute pish is not a really a fair assessment on how we were last season....we were worse, much worse, than that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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