aftershocker

he had a pretty good game on saturday, and arguably we got worse when he was bafflingly substituted. We are still trying tio find our best team, so theres a fair bit of tinkering going on just now with players

Time has caught up with him but if he's played along side other defenders with pace, then his experience will get him through. He reads the game really well but its painful to watch when a winger leaves him for dead in one on ones

Am I the only one who's little disappointed by Andy Graham? It is quite clear from seeing how he finished last season and has started this one, that his legs have gone Aitken seemed happy enough to use him sparingly and it was quite likely given Darren Barr has a reputation for being injury prone that he would get games this season Now obviously we don't know what was promised when he signed at start of season or if there's been a falling out but football is a squad game......we can't just let everyone who's not getting a game go surely?

Kane would be brilliant if he comes back none of us have seen Miller, so its hard to comment on him. Smith has hardly played either, although hasnt overly impressed me when hes been on - perhaps a division too high for him big Andy was clearly struggling for pace at the end of last season, but got away with it most of the time due to his experience and excellent reading of the game. We do however have pretty much a brand new defence, so whoever plays there will take time to bed in what is clear however, is that we dont have great strength in depth in our squad, so pleased to see Aitken looking to bring new players in

Ok. Cheers. Do u know if grounds open tomorrow?

Does anyone know when season ticket books get posted out?

is Fraser Wright a centre half? i had it in my head he was a full back? I understand he is experienced, but we already have an experienced and slow centre half....i would have thought we would be trying to bring in a bit of pace to compliment Andy Graham

I would guess he has at least 1 more season in him....if he can stay injury free

little surprised Gils away....not so much Van Zanten,,,,,after a slow start, I thought he did quite well, but perhaps the fact that he missed the end of the season through injury was a factor Gils always one of my fave players.....missed very few games which was surprising given he had been injury prone before signing for us....all the best wherever he ends up

always sad to see players moving on, but probably the right move for all three Campbell always put in a good shift, but over the season showed he isn't the natural goalscorer we were needing. Rumoured to be heading to Clyde....probably his level Linton another one who put in a good shift, and out of the 3, the one I'm most surprised by. Murray seemed to like him, and he generally played when fit Megginson has had a frustrating season, and didn't get anywhere near the highs of the previous season. Probably a good move for him to move on to try and secure a starting place wish all three the best wherever they end up

despite what it said on website, Castle Street actually wasnt closed last night, so perhaps common sense prevailed

thats only in cup competitions....and only when we're 2 up.....we'll be fine in league games lol

Think its a little more complex than that...it may be that a few of the players individually are suffering a loss of self confidence, e.g. a striker who has missed a few chances, or a defender who has made a mistake which caused a goal. This can then manifest across the whole team, and heads can go down when playing well, but conceding a soft goal Players may also be lacking in confidence due to personal issues I would guess that teams who do well, have the vast majority of their players with high levels of confidence. That said the guys who are on the bench and are not getting a game, are perhaps in a totally different frame of mind...they may only get last few minutes, and may try too hard because they are trying to force their way into a winning team yes...of course its the manager's job to try and instill confidence in a team....sometimes that happens by winning games.....or by playing the correct formations that suit the players abilities Who'd be a manager?

the Moonster Arena?

Darren Petrie comes in on a development loan from Dundee utd.....left sided midfielder according to OS

I like Garry Fleming, but to state he is our best player is perhaps stretching it when comparing him to Kane, Graham (albeit he has gone off the boil a little in recent games) or Rogers I'm still not sure where his best position is....he certainly isnt a striker

if we had stuck to our 442 we would probably have won....instead we played some weird 541 or 3241 or 550 and the team had no shape I understand peoples frustrations with Nish, however, we have generally played our best games when he has been part of a 442

and how did that work out for us today playing with no striker?

Easton loan deal now up on OS

how has he been for you?

i see from the OS that noth McCallum and Whitefield have been handed squad numbers for rest of the season not sure if we should read anything into this. Does this indicate there may be no more signings / loan deals? have we overspent in the 1st half of the season, and now have to trim the squad, albeit Murray was getting nowhere near team, and McDougall was obviously looking to have more game time before he emigrated

according to OS.....Kieran MacDonald returned to Hamilton

another point just to lob into the debate...what happens if the proposed move falls through? Do Brabco say f*ck you DFC and offload us...sometimes its better the devil you know given some recent troubles at other clubs - Rankine....Charles Green etc

there is no scope whatsoever to expand the current set up...the council will not allow any additional seating capacity due to the single road leading to the site - this was the main reason why we were not allowed to erect temporary stands for this seasons esteemed visitors

I think theyre only against certain types of immigration, ie Farage's wife is German, which is OK, but apparently having Romanians moving in next door is not. I also saw something the other day saying approx 2M UK ex pats live abroad...presumably if UKIP gets its way, these other countries will do the same, and we will instead be swamped with UK ex pats?