Katboy

Edinburgh are due to get a result against someone with all their games now being something of a free hit. This could well be the game. I am sure Bartley is already working on a masterplan which will see us create nothing. Following this he will tell us how its all the players fault for not following instructions.

After the Annan debacle I thought that it was not possible to get any worse. Then along comes Bartley to prove that it is entirely possible. What on earth is he trying to achieve with his negative tactics? Chopping and changing personnel every week, little or no organisation. A complete and utter charlatan who should be long gone. Edinburgh next week sets us up for another shambles. I have given up listening to the post match interviews, the same tame questions every week. Hardly surprising that the answers are the same.

Should be an interesting game then, as our home form is pretty bad. From our view 3 points for us would be also be welcomed.

Don't see us getting anything from this game. Customary home win for Alloa. The pre match beers will probably be the highlight of this day.

The way things are going I think its safe to say we will feature in the playoffs. Annan have come in to a bit of form whereas we are in freefall with a clown at the helm. Stirling and Kelty I think have enough about them to finish above us.

Not much I can add to this that hasn't already been said. We were ok in spells but when Falkirk inevitably scored we collapsed like a beach hut in a Benny Hill sketch. A blind man could see that playing such a high line was going to prove suicidal. Just what was Bartley hoping to achieve by that? When our board made the decision to appoint him they deprived a circus of its clown!

Wullie Gibson makes some valid points. However I find the timing of it a little strange. It would be nice to hear both parties version of events. Very much doubt that we will though.

I'm surprised to read that Hartley has 2 years left on his contract. Genuinely didn't know his deal was so long. Do you think your board are capable (unlike ours who clearly aren't) of binning him if necessary?

Prices yesterday were extortionate.

Falkirk fans will probably outnumber us.

Another chance for Bartley to show off his own unique style of anti football live to a grateful viewing public. Game being on TV and our car crash of a season will probably result in our lowest attendance in years.

Am I the only one that finds myself scanning facebook pages and the official site desperately looking for news of his sacking? Surely not even he can survive yesterdays shambles.

Deliberately waited until today before posting, in order to let yesterdays debacle sink in. Just when you think it is impossible to be any more of a seething mess along comes Bartley to demonstrate that this is indeed possible! Starting Mumbungo wide right and McKay in defence was beyond logic. Reilly became more and more isolated as the game progressed. Both goals perfectly avoidable if we do the basics of marking. What on earth do we do in training all week? It should be obvious to Bartley by now that he has lost the respect of his players. Can't blame them for not playing for him given his willingness to throw them under the bus at every opportunity. Haven't watched his after match interview but no doubt it will consist of more of the same about game plans and individual errors. Well done to Annan, they were due a win against us. They wanted it more, and have a team spirit and commitment that we lack.

Hard to see anything other than an Annan win here with our solitary striker spending the entire game chasing scraps. While their team is limited in quality they are at least showing a bit of fight. Something of an alien concept to our team.

While I'm not a listener to Super Scoreboard I know he is a regular on the programme. It always makes my blood boil when managers talk with such authority on other teams affairs (and ignoring the failings in their own teams). Maybe they should spend a bit more time on their own teams affairs and a bit less pontificating about others. I agree with the rest of your post also. You are no different from most of us when you can't understand why he is still in the post. He must be talking a very good game to our BOD! No need for you to panic though, this will probably be the easiest 3 points you will get all season.

Not sure that right now we're that attractive to incompetent experienced managers either.

I think at this rate we will be lucky to get 8th place. I can see us easily losing to Stirling and Annan which would place us in a struggle to avoid 9th. This charlatan can't be allowed to continue to the end of the season. Action is long overdue from a board that is known for inaction.

Sadly it is getting harder and harder to find motivation to rock up at Palmerston these days. Hardly surprising when we are treated to Bartley's own unique brand of negative football. Tomorrow however is his big chance to showcase his talents live to an entire nation. On the subject of players arriving late, I agree with a previous poster that this seems to be used as a convenient excuse following a poorer than usual performance. It is clearly something that needs to be dealt with but keep it in house. Continually outing this as an excuse does not do us any favours and points to a lack of professionalism.

This is where Bartley gets to show off his brand of anti-football live to a grateful viewing public. Will he chunter on about adhering to the "game plan" on live TV? To get anything from this game a massive improvement from yesterdays shambles is needed. Can't see much of an improvement coming though. I think a number of our players have long since stopped playing for him.

What could possibly go wrong

As you say this is the sort of game we need to be winning. More likely though that we will have more of the tried and failed coupled with a rigid adherence to the "game plan".

Saturday was another master class from Bartley on how to set up to not attack your opposition. I have long since came to the conclusion that he is deluded. I think he will get to the end of the season given that we have little danger of relegation. Sadly though I think that 4th place is now beyond us.

Going by the poor reviews from Hamilton fans on here this is hardly a ringing endorsement of Bartleys recruitment. However, I will wait until I see him in action for us before making any judgment. Hopefully he can hit the ground running.

Difficult away game here, Cove seem to have improved a bit since we were up there earlier in the season, in the same time we have regressed.. Given Bartleys negative approach to away matches (and matches in general) this is likely to be another turgid watch from our point of view. The highlight of the day will probably be the pre match drinks.

I too was at the St Mirren game, and agree with the points that you have made. Taken in isolation a narrow defeat away to opponents 2 leagues above us is not a terrible result. The game plan may have been understandable had we been playing Celtic at Parkhead. However St Mirren although decent are hardly at Celtics level, and were very much there to be got at. Once we went a goal down we should have opened up a bit more and tried to get back in to the tie. A continuation of Plan A was never going to achieve that. At least trying to make the keeper work is a reasonable expectation. I wasn't at the Motherwell game due to work commitments. Annan away we were ok for the 1st half then completely fell out of it 2nd half. Montrose away was a decent performance. Sadly performances of this nature are in the minority, with utter dross being the normal. I see it as a sad indictment of how far we have declined when not having a shot on target (or a shot at all) is seen by some to be acceptable.