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Did Brechin have a player sent off after the final whistle?

Or the next goal? That was not pretty but was required. Both teams short on confidence but on the balance of play I thought we deserved it. When did the rules change such that grabbing and holding, and continuiing to hold, a shirt in the linesmans line of sight was not a foul? Maybe when it would result in a penalty? Can't gloat because we were bad, but marginally better than Brechin, who really offered nothing up front.

Nice statement from McMenamin on Twitter about the club, including a cryptic comment about returning to Ochilview as an opposition player!

There must be a plan. Got to be. Can't be in the same situation we were in last time. And whatever they do, please appoint a fresh face.

Gibbons has rejoined East Kilbride. Surprise surprise!

It is a huge game and probably last chance saloon for McMenamin. Something obviously isn't right. On Saturday if you look at our three so called big names, Munro, Gibson and McGuigan were all miles off it. Munro in particular has been disappointing to the extent that I'd suggest David Marsh has out performed him.

A disappointing signing. Wonder who will be next...

Thought the same yesterday about loan signings. Yesterday, two of the best players on the park were Cowdenbeath’s 9 and 10, both loans. Meanwhile, as you say, our loans aren’t good enough to get in our team. What a waste.

Blimey. How are we so inconsistent. Not just good to bad, but so bad. I thought Anderson and Halleran were our two best players, and neither finished the game, albeit Halleran looked to have taken a knock. And the comment about the keeper is correct. Second week in a row he is out of his box squaring up to opposition. Does he think it is helping? Next two are Brechin and Stirling. Still an awful long way to go, but fail to take anything from these games and the writing is definitely on the wall.

Yes.

Thomas was excellent on Saturday. Harry Paton lite. He has shown flashes of this in pre season. Hopefully he can get a run of games as he appears to have a lot of potential. As for the game, we did rely on Graeme Smith to pull off a couple of excellent saves in the first half, but it wasn't one way traffic and in actual fact, I thought, was quite an even game. After we scored they certainly had a lot of the ball, without really threatening. It wasn't like the night before watching Russia when goal(s) were inevitable. Having said that, when they went down to 10 men, it seemed like the worst thing that could happen. We look decent, and that performance built on the previous week against Annan. Hopefully a corner has been turned, but we really need to start winning these games. This was almost our undoing last time in this league, and certainly cost us last season. .

Anyone know where to Connor duthie ended up?

Was it a straight red? If that is the rules, then the rule is an ass. Least said about Kevin Nicol the better.

Not sure about the young bit, but otherwise fair comments I think. Annan had a period of sustained pressure after they scored and hit the woodwork either side of half time. Thereafter I think we were the better team and Munro and Hopkirk both hit the frame of the goal, while McGuigan had an almighty miss. Big improvement on the previous week, but it does feel like pretty much every season where we just don’t do enough to win games and end up drawing too many to make any sort of sustained challenge.

On the face of it that’s a great signing.

I think I could make a pretty good educated guess as to who this might be.

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The keeper isn't the problem

I really feel that beating Falkirk last season was the worst thing that could have happened.

I haven't seen much of the team this season, but based on results and comments I'm reading, how long can it continue? The budget is a decent one by all accounts but the results and performances aren't backing it up. And it takes a lot for our support to turn on the team. This doesn't look good.

Chris O'Neil spent a lot of last season playing in a back 3 at Airdrie - I think he performed better there than at full back - so probably not a surprise that we seem to be heading that way, although it looks like McLaughlin is ahead of him in the pecking order at the moment.

I don't have any insight into what the situation is with Hopkirk - apparently he was "ill" last week, and I was wondering if that will still be the case come Saturday.

Phew

Is Hopkirk still "ill"? Does the body rule the mind. Or does the mind rule the body? I dunno

Week 3 - Rangers