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Really want the club to bold in appointing the next manager. Eva Olid is a great shout for the Cowden job. Great tactician, motivator and played/coached at highest levels in women's game. Confident she could take that experience into men's game and get Cowden up to 10th in LL

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59 minutes ago, PELE said:

Mac1, Matty McDonald, McLaughlin, Healey, Berry, Rodden all signed for next season. Sure Robbie and Jordan are too.

And don't forget the kit men have signed on for next season too. 

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1 hour ago, Cowden_T.I.D said:

Wish the Gaffer all the best , Yes the timing is not ideal but we have a strong squad signed up for next season for whoever comes in to work with and put his stamp on things. Calum will do well in his career he is very driven and a very good coach. Please keep the faith we have good people working hard behind the scenes to constantly improve the club 

Echo that statement from my fellow kitman. 

Rest easy, the kit room is in safe hands. The players will be looked after by Dale & I.

 

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Loving the tears and snotters from the anti B team fanatics on here.  The Cowden board have made the best decision for our club. IMO f**k the rest of the tinpot clubs making up the shit show of the SPFL. 

So what if others think its been made about the £££££, our board have weighed up the evidence and arrived at what they feel best for Cowdenbeath FC.

I don't care about other teams in Scotland and this anti B team pish.

In fact I'd have put out a statement saying THIS " we've only done it for the cash and we're aw Ranjurs fans anyways WATP NO SURRENDER COWDENBEATH ORANGE LODGE MASONIC LODGE NO. 141 LOYAL COWDENBEATH FC " and sent it to everyone in Scotland by post. 

Merry Xmas and aw that pish to my fellow snake fans of CFC. 

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51 minutes ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said:

Why did the club vote for B teams @Cowden Cowboy?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. 

That and cos I said so. 

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4 minutes ago, berwick-the-unbeatable said:

Fair play, Cowden look like real title favourites and rightly so with the eyewatering money their players are on. I was speaking to a Cowden official pre-game just as the away team bus arrived about former Berwick man Ciaran Chalmers. I joked about the amount of money he was on and was told it was actually quadruple what he was getting while he was at Shielfield. No wonder he was motivated to bury us! 

Ciaren Chalmers is a very good electrician. Sorted my dodgy kitchen lights out in no time. 

[Berwick Rangers 23/24]

The volunteers and club officials at Berwick Rangers are different class. Really good people at your club who are a credit to the Black & Gold.  Great welcome and really helpful. 

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1 hour ago, ronaldincoo said:

Hmmm. Better hope we don't get too many injuries to the regular backs during the season. We do look a bit light still on defenders.

Fear not Cowden fans. Nelly and our Physio are decent defenders who can hold the fort until injuries, etc

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Let's just concentrate on ourselves and not other LL sides management teams. Big game vs Edinburgh University next Saturday for us to build and further momentum.

Fans backing is excellent and the players and staff really appreciate it.  

 

 

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24 minutes ago, silkybeath said:

Keeper is a local lad. Lochgelly I think.

The Cowdenbeath FC physio  knows his Dad. 

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9 minutes ago, Vimto90 said:

31 minutes ago, Aberdeen Cowden said:

Cowden five times. Stenny the only club never to have won a league title.

If that gives you guys solace just now then fair play, yous deserve some.

Solace I'm taking are the umbro home & away shirts this season are both cracking. 

[Stenhousemuir FC - The Warriors - The 2023/24 Thread]

On 20/08/2022 at 22:28, Francesc Fabregas said:

It's not looking good for Stephen Swift. Three consecutive defeats from has left us in a precarious position, even at this early stage, and we might need to recalibrate our expectations already. I think this was the first season since 2005/06 that I thought we could mount a title challenge but that's looking increasingly unlikely on the evidence we've seen so far this season. I've said it before in numerous posts but our defenders are being asked to do things they're uncomfortable with, our midfield is unbalanced and lacks creativity, and our forward line lacks presence. We've only performed well in short spells, most notably the games against Annan Athletic and Dumbarton, most notably when we were already two goals down. Given the obvious outlay on the playing staff, it's not really good enough.

Last season was undoubtedly a disappointment but Swift could perhaps be given the benefit of the doubt after having to assemble a virtually brand new group of players (and even then, it's still a bit of a stretch given the number of opportunities we had to overtake Edinburgh City in the final play-off place). This time around, he retained the core of last term's squad and apparently added quality, including a former Scotland international and someone who'd scored 41 goals in his previous campaign; on paper, we had done the best business in the division. For the first time in three years there was no monied, obvious favourites for the title, and we looked the most promising out of an uninspiring bunch. There really were no excuses.

While Swift has been able to attract good players, squad building seems to be a perennial problem, with too much of some things and not enough of others. This means our team lacks balance and we're compromising in certain areas to accommodate players. I thought he might have learned after last year's struggle but this time around we have too many players who liked to operate through the middle, and we haven't brought in a specialist right-winger. And, just like last season, as the manager tries to find a successful combination, personnel and systems are being chopped and changed on a week-by-week basis in the hope that something might work. We've already used three different players at right-back in four matches! I don't think he knows what his best starting XI is - but then, who does? What's our best formation? It's hard to believe that, 12 months on, little has changed and we're all still scratching our heads at how we can make this work.

And Neilly's right, some (most?) of the players require a period of introspection after the kind of performances they've turned in over the past month. In today's post-match interview, Swift said the players are lacking in confidence, but these are largely experienced SPFL campaigners who have enjoyed varying degrees of success elsewhere. Just what is going on? As bad as some of them have been, however, the buck stops with the manager - he's the one who brought them together, he's the one who's encouraging them to play the ball out from the back, he's the one who signed Ross Forbes on a two-year contract and still hasn't figured out how best to use him, and he's the one who deploys Tam Orr as a back-to-goal striker, despite him having a chaotic first touch.

Iain McMenamy's tweet early tonight is ominous but Swift will know this current run is nowhere near acceptable and that his position is under threat. I don't know what the tipping point will be - I suspect we'll see a fringe side fielded in the SPFL Trust Trophy against Elgin City on Tuesday night, with the outcome being pretty inconsequential, but a loss and another poor performance against Forfar Athletic might finish him.

I hope this isn't the case and we can use today's defeat as a turning point. I just want to enjoy watching my football team!

Could be worse, you could be a Cowdenbeath FC fan. I'm sure Stenny will turn it around. You have a good team, just need a bit of luck.

 

 

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52 minutes ago, Mon_The_Fife said:

The fact that the season is already pretty much over for Cowden and it’s still August is pretty grim. 

It's grim stuff knowing we are in a relegation fight yet again. 

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The last 2 home games have been dreadful. Not one positive from today's game. Poor decision after poor decision, basics not done. 

We are struggling big time.  We need experienced players fast to get us out of the shite. Those young lads are being flung to the wolves every game we play. 

Honestly htf is signing another 18 year old defender helping us ? Ross bewilders me. 

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That was the worst game of football I've seen. Both sides will be relegation candidates. 

For the last few seasons in SPFL we had a side that would have finished mid to lower table in the Lowland League.

Now we have a boys club playing Lowland League and it's playing out as I expected. Ross and the youth experiment is not working. 

Another long painful season for Cowden and Eosfl football next season. 

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2 minutes ago, Cowdenleith said:

Wipe the slate clean, season starts at the weekend.

Got Dalbeattie, Edinburgh Uni and Gretna at home in the next few weeks, these will be a true representation of how the season will pan out, in my opinion.

I for one am not underestimating any of these teams. It will be tough, these teams will be up for it. Just hope we are. 

 

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7 minutes ago, Cowdenleith said:

Had hoped for a bit better tonight, but the B team opponents Cowden seem to be up against every other game recently are all full time, they don’t have to go to college or work during the day.

I know the family of one of the Rangers youngsters and was staggered to find out what he was offered to sign for them, and I doubt he is an exception, how can you compete with that?

However, the fixtures going forward now will maybe paint a truer picture of how the team are doing, and if any progress is being made.

Saturday against Dalbeattie is obviously a really important game, I hope the supporters turn up in some numbers and get behind the team, looking forward to it.

Dalbeattie Star will be a tough game. We need a win, otherwise it's last season all over again and Cowden will be relegated to Eosfl. 

I know we are up against but so are other Lowland League teams. Ross needs to start delivering results fast. 

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What's the players performance like tonight?

Knew this season would be a struggle but I didn't think it would be this bad.

We've had enough games now for the team to gel and start playing. Excuses stop now. 

Not a great fan of Ross. He needs to get us results soon. 

 

 

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10 hours ago, iateallthepies said:

Good effort by the team against some talented youngsters. Playing against a strong wind in the second half. Failed to close players down on the edge of the box twice and paid for it both times. Sinclair, Robinson and Newman all played well but no failures really.Only problem really is we are slow to get up and support the front players. Would still like to see Sinclair and Chris together up front.

1 point from 5 games is disappointing.

Good signs from the team but we need to stop the rot fast. 

Saturday will be a tough game, 3 points is a must

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That was fucking painful following the game on Twitter. 

Wasn't there but did we just chuck it away through mistakes and by being soft?

I know it's a young team but it's basics to defend a lead. Massive game next Sat for Cowden vs a team that has had a poor start too. 

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Football: f**k off. f**k OFF. 

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2 hours ago, NELLY 1 said:

I may be wrong and happy to be clarified if so but I'm sure I was at a meeting where a committee was muted with Donald  findlay suggesting he would support this. As of yet people at that meeting have not put together a committee and although some parties have stepped forward as volunteers to help it's still shy in numbers.

Saying and doing are 2 completely different things.  We must do this and must do that is very easy to say. Putting it into action is another matter.. 

I take my hat off to any volunteer at this club whether they do 2 hours on a match day or some people who do 25 to 30 hours a week on top of their normal working life. That's commitment and should never ever be taken for granted.

Mon the cowden

P.s extra money helps too lol  so anyone with a big win recently u r defo welcome.....lol

Spot on Nelly. 

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2 hours ago, Cowden316 said:

My opinion is if you start being the tenants at another ground the club quickly loses it's identify and risks it's connection with the community. Different story if there was concrete plans to develop something elsewhere for Cowdenbeath in Cowdenbeath.

It's just a shame the club don't own both stock cars, stadium and club as there could be lot's of innovative potential with this but as we know would need someone with a lot of cash to buy the stadium.

Face facts there is no connection between the town and it's football club.

Leaving vs staying at the ground, both arguments have their good and bad points. Leaving means we save costs but imho the current owners would love it as they could sell the land to build houses.

I help out but if we could get some more folk to volunteer, it would be a big help as the current board are in need of a helping hand.

 

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I fucking hate football. 

[Bsc Glasgow]

From folk at the game on Saturday, who were the best players for Open Goal Broomhill? Just interested for their game tomorrow night.