BinoBalls

Did you notice any of our players celebrating the second the final whistle went? No. If you really want to see our fans celebrating then here’s a handy link from the weekend:

There must have been 600 away fans … don’t let a couple of wee jobbies get under your skin. Yes we are 99.9% likely to win the league but we will celebrate winning the league in full when it’s 100%.

We haven’t won the league. Hence we didn’t celebrate winning the league. We shouldn’t be using counterfeit vouchers obviously. But I don’t get the various omg-yoose-didnae-even-celebrate comments. We’ll celebrate properly when the time comes.

A draw probably about right. Not many chances at all. The time wasting right from the start was truly bizarre. What is Farrell telling them? “a draw suits us tonight lads”?

You're thinking of 5 years earlier. We lost a few at home but didn't lose an away game until the last game of the season at Ochilview. Though I barely remember that season. The 95/96 season was under Drinkell at Forthbank. We had 3 points after our first 3 games then skooshed the league.

Do you feel commentating detracts from your ability to enjoy the game as a partisan fan or are you so used to it by now?

It's the longest unbeaten league run we've had since 1995/96 when we went 27 games unbeaten. Ironically the game we eventually lost (0-1 to Stenhousemuir) was the one where we were finally promted. As for records before that, I've no idea.

I think there’s a pretty good chance that’s exactly what will happen. In the meantime Dumbarton are 33/1 to win the league.

As for the game. We are (as ever) not playing great but we are very hard to beat and we have Dale Carrick who is surely now due an international call up. Think this one will be a draw and we will limp over the finishing line on Saturday against Annan, and probably only because Dumbarton won’t beat East Fife.

At a recent Stirling game I was sat behind our own ultras and their main thing was singing songs about “jumping on the heads of Stenny boys”. Delighted to attract young fans but a lot of their ultra culture is ultra pish.

I think the bookies were hyper-risk averse to whoever came into the league because of the way Cove and Kelty romped the league previously. They would be anticipating a lot of people blindly backing Bonnyrigg and so they managed their liabilities accordingly, without necessarily knowing the intricacies of Bonnyrigg’s squad or the tactical acumen of their coaching staff. They started the season like a train but look a million miles from that now. Brutal football, limited creativity, and poor discipline. It’s a shame as they have a cracking support and are a welcome addition. I’m just surprised Albion Rovers are somehow below them at the moment.

Catastrophic ebola outbreak in West Dunbartonshire.

That confirms it. Comfortable home win.

Don’t give me facts when I’m trying to be irrational.

Should have been about 3-1 to Elgin but I’ll happily take it. Team looked tired in spells. Will be surprised if we win on Saturday but fingers crossed.

We need to be winning this game but I’ve seen us lose to Elgin so many times that I’m a bit scared no matter how their form is. Hester always scores against us. It’s like the Law Of Gravity, or Pythagoras Theorem — a constant that has been proven time and again. Therefore we will need to score at least twice to win. Hope we get at them from the start and score an early 5 goals to settle my nerves. In fact make it 6 then I can truly relax. Prediction Elgin 1 Binos 2, attendance 689.

I understand the lack of confidence right now but I really wouldn't abandon all hope just yet. Yes we are favourites and Dumbarton have injury problems, but we really aren't a super-force at the moment. All our games are tight -- we could easily lose on Saturday and you could be top again. And you still have to play us at your place. William Hill make Dumbarton 11/4 for the league at this point. We are 1/4. If you allow for the over-round on those odds, it suggests they think Dumbarton have about a 25% chance of winning the league, so it's far from over.

That’s a very sensible suggestion, which means it will never happen.

I think it was given as a corner because officials thought the ball skimmed off the head of the Dumbarton player who was challenging for the ball. But I’m not really arsed about debating marginal decisions. It was just a corner after all, not a penalty.

A week sure is a long time in football.

As an outsider, what seems strange to me is Dumbarton clearly have a large group of pretty fair-minded fans on here. I guess though the noisy, toxic element on your Facebook page are the ones that draw attention, giving a completely skewed view of the fanbase. Every fanbase has its seething messes of course. Usually guys in their mid 50s coming to terms with erection difficulties and taking out their anger on their football team.

This is a proper title fight. Said earlier on this thread that fans often judge their team by the last performance, but Dumbarton are clearly a streetwise and effective side who shouldn’t be defined by last weekend’s aberration. They proved that today. We haven’t been blowing teams away for quite a while. We’ve lost a lot of attacking threat since Kai Fotheringham was recalled to Dundee United. Fortunately we’re very good from corners which kinda makes up for it. We have experience all over the pitch and on the bench so we should win more than we lose in the run-in. Onwards we go. Great crowd today and fair play to the Sons fans. May the best team win.

Crowd prediction: 1172. Of which exactly 280 will be away fans, including FifeSons who will arrive triumphantly at the ground at 2.58pm.

Any idea what the head to head record is? I’m guessing Dumbarton probably edge it.