BigMartyn86

It looks like it would be a good choice for one of the segments on A View From The Terrace.

A good result but a strange performance and day out. It felt like watching a pre season game at Lornshill. I was quite impressed with the number 8 for Edinburgh, Sambou. I would take him at the recs next season.

Did we not announce it just before Rangers were due to start plastering Sports Direct all over Ibrox for a pound to wind them up prior to playing them? Sure there was a bit of fanfare over it and we also got some rubbish player from the Philippines who looked like Neymar or similar?

On a positive note both Taylor Steven and Bobby Wales are a joy to watch. Here’s hoping they keep the head screwed and go on to have decent careers.

Our defending at times is terrible. We looked so much weaker today with Scougall back in at holding midfield instead of Virtanen or Robbo. Scougall is a tidy player but is absolutely wasted in the holding role. Also Kevin Cawley has been a great servant for Alloa and a proper club legend but he has seen better days and shouldn’t be starting games now. Here’s hoping we learn the lessons from today and regroup for next week.

A great result yesterday and Roberts goal was a screamer! I hope Miko is ok after going off as the team has looked better for his inclusion, he protects the centre backs well by sitting in whilst others attack. I’d be interested to see how both him and Robbo got on in midfield and push Roberts further forward but I’ll leave those decisions to Andy as he has the team playing some great stuff just now. Also we looked dangerous in attack when Sammon came off the bench and Wales went out on the left. We are hitting form just at the right time so here’s hoping it continues and the physio room doesn’t become busy between now and May.

We should take a leaf out of Peterhead’s book and engage with the young fans to encourage them to keep attending the games but behave responsibly. No point in trying to kick the young fans out and turning the noses up at them because they come from the rougher area of the town. As a club we need to encourage younger fans through the door not chase them away. Those in charge at Alloa have to engage with their fanbase as a whole for a change and not treat us with complete contempt.

Hope they hung around and belted out a few hymns afterwards. Give me oil in my lamp keep me burning….

I suspect it won’t be the last time a game is called off this season on our all weather pitch. A sign of where the club is heading under the new chairman after Mike losing interest in Alloa to focus on his role at the SFA. No more publicity stunts or back breaking effort from the ground staff is required now at Alloa since Mike is at the top table of Scottish football. It was fun whilst it lasted I guess.

Andy is an Alloa legend and possibly the best centre back I’ve seen play for us since I started attending games in the mid 90’s so I hope that he is a success as a manager and he will get my backing. However, I am underwhelmed by the appointment, it’s the 4th managerial appointment in a row that has been underwhelming and it’s a lazy appointment in all honesty. There has been plenty of good players that have turned out to be terrible managers so I hope that he will be successful and we can kick on under him and it doesn’t turn out to be like Darren Dods at Brechin.

MM also made plenty of promises over the years. How many years in a row did he mention ground improvements and that temporary stand was getting moved to the railway end? Also Mulraney didn’t take over Alloa in a similar state to the likes East Stirling. In the recent years before he joined we had 3 promotions (1 of those a title) a challenge cup win and another challenge cup final with some shocks in both the big cups as well. Mulraney has done a lot of good for Alloa and deserves great credit for the things he has done but in my opinion he quite simply hasn’t been interested in recent years as he will have realised he will get more of his personal wealth and business going by being at the top of the SFA.

What a complete dump The Recs is nowadays. It’s hardly been a pristine lower league ground but has always been in reasonable condition. No wonder the place is empty, shite on the pitch and literally shite on the terraces. Who the hell would pay £18 to attend nowadays? It’s no coincidence that as soon as Mulraney has reached the top of the SFA that Alloa are back to being dross and also rans. We’ve served our purpose of getting him up the ladder and now the interest is no longer there on his part.

If we want to challenge for the promotion play offs then we either need to recruit the right players to play the 5-3-2 formation or go to a back four to shore up the defence. Both Durnan and Graham are far too slow to be playing together at the back in the same team. The strongest back four available right now would be Church, Stanger, Taggs, Robbo. Hopefully Muir is fit sometime soon so that he can replace Hogarth in goals. We look OK going forward but a complete shambles at the back.

About time! It'll be the usual names trotted out no doubt but right now I wouldn't really mind Andy and Trouts until the end of the season although they might be needed on the pitch more than in the dug out. I personally wouldn't be against the likes of Kettlewell or Duffy getting the job. Duffy with Andy as player assistant with the view of passing over the reigns one day? Although if Mulraney fancies another left field appointment then the likes of Andy Kirk and Stephen Simmons at Brechin spring to mind, two ex players who know the club well. Probably see the likes of Marvin Bartley, Jon Daly in the betting as well. As long as Bob Malcolm isn't caretaker then I couldn't really care right now. I'm just glad that we have a chance of staying up now.

We are rudderless. He will never walk as his ego won't allow it and he also knows that he's finished after this.