lorenzo71
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14 minutes ago, FifeSons said:
f**k off Farrell, you massive loser.
This absolutely.We are only going down with him.
I warned a lot of you after the Stirling game that we had been found out or more to the point SF had been found out.Shitefesting our way to 1 nil wins with eyesore football.He talks the talk but cannot walk the walk.Big games and we shite it.
We need change NOW.Otherwise the only winner in this will be Hosie and the demise of our club.
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Great result that builds towards the playoffs.
Despite what some say we can Definitely win the playoffs as we are going into them with a fuller squad . Most injured players returning next week and given we have a few signed up the desire will be there( ok it should be there anyway because their pros but every little helps) to be playing in L1 as that will probably mean extra wages too.
Looking likely to be Annan which will be tough but it is winnable providing we have a reasonably fully fit squad.
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Perhaps predictably the season is ending in a bit of a shit show both on and off the field.There is very little we as fans can do in the short term to solve off field problems other than pressure the board.What we can do is get behind the team and SF for these last few games
.Im almost certain we will make the playoffs and we shoud be looking at getting as full a squad as possible for them.Getting promotion I feel is an absolute MUST as life in L1 will mean more finances and also a barrier to dropping into the LL.If we stay down I genuinely fear for next season as I think finances will dictate a smaller or poorer squad than we have now.Although I have been a strong advocate of sticking SF in the Leven right now all we can do is back him and the players for the genuine sake and future of our club.
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This falls into a must win category.A very tall order given our injury situation.We will set up ultra defensive to try and snatch a goal on the break but really I cant see us having many chances.Forfar have gone ff the boil a bit but are still very hard to beat.A draw might be possible but wouldbnt be of much use to us.
What we really need is a ref that gives us everything to keep the title race alive.
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4 hours ago, microdave said:
Billy Traynor.
Definitely Gayfield.Happened inside the Arbroath box.He seemed to kick the ground and not the ball.I can still hear his cry of 'AH..SHITE'.Realised it was a sore one.
I met him some years ago by chance at Edinburgh airport and he immedieately rattled of the date that it happened.Obviously a tipping point in his life.
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10 hours ago, Jan Vojáček said:
Maybe I'm reading too much into it. But I've watched the Binos' goals from last night (and followed their Twitter during the game) and they look like a side in a promotion battle.
Busy stadium, buzzing atmosphere, fans right behind the team on Twitter and players celebrating goals like they've won the league (and I mean that in a good way, not in a 'aw youse think youse have won the league in March' way).
Compare that to us. When we were winning there was no buzz. Just a sense that the winning run will stop. Now we aren't winning there's a strong sense of misery. We had less than 500 home fans at the game on Saturday too.
I've only seen us win a league once, but the atmosphere was nothing like this. Nor was it like this in 2011/12 when we won the playoffs. If I read the posts on FB correctly too we've not even filled a supporters' bus for Forthbank. First v Second. First title fight in over a decade. And we can't get fans to go to the closest away day in the league (or one of them anyway).
If you were shown Tweets and Facebook posts and asked which team in the league they related to, you'd say Bonnyrigg.
We don't play scintillating football. We have a dire pitch. And we have a manager who splits the fanbase. That's before you delve into the mess behind the scenes. I understand all that.
But my God. We've spent near enough the last eight seasons battling relegation. I'm just glad there's absolutely no danger of that this year.
@Francesc Fabregas mentioned it to me the other week after the Stenny game at home. There is an overpowering feeling of misery around the club at the moment, and it's as bad as I can remember it. Despite the fact we're in a title hunt. I stand by what I said last night, there's a section of our support that enjoys defeats so they can moan. Because when we win games and play well, that Facebook group is almost silent.
I agree with what you say Jan and I think this feeling of dread that is hangin over the club is a hangover from last season.Fans on here can say what they want that its a new season, different league , different squad but the thing that hasnt changed is the manager and lastyear was such a debacle that that trauma doesnt go away over one summer.Its like we are expecting the inevitable decline or bubble to burst and when you are living in anxiety its hard to be enthusiastic.The Binos on the otherhand are coming from a totally different viewpoint , they are having a good season and are things are positive also because they have a good manager who has them playing decent football and not the kind of performances we usually put in.We win and it seems like a defeat at times as we suck the life out of the game to win 1 nil.
Some might say who cares as long as we win but this way of playing just adds to the gloom mentioned by others on here.
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29 minutes ago, microdave said:
Groundsman Jim Paton will be working on the Dumbarton Football Stadium pitch today, and with the weather forecast looking reasonably promising, there is hope that the game will take place tomorrow.
Not 100% sure about this at all. The forecast is for very little let up in rain from now until Saturday night.
If it does go ahead, Wallace, Wilson and Gemmel will be missing.
https://dumbartonfootballclub.com/dumbarton-looking-to-return-to-action/
Div being out is a blow .He brings another dimension to our play in some games and Wallace is also effective on his day.The only silver lining to these PP fixtures is it gives the 2 of them time to recover.
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Probably the forecast for the bahamas
.If this is off we are going to have a pretty big fixture pile up in April.Great for a promotion push.
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Doubtlessly the club will have a counter argument to what Dumbarton Rock has said.But bottom line look at the pitch he left ( like a bowling green) to the shit show we have now.The groundsman obviously takes a lot of the blame but he is working alone and the club have not prioritised the pitch despite the importance it has in a footballing sense ( not to mention financial as mentioned above with games off hospitality revenue lost etc).
What they have prioritised is giving SF et al a new and I assume improved contract( albeit from next season) for a season that is very far from over.So there is cash, probably and likely , for that, but not the pitch.As Moonster mentioned above it is self-defeating to abandon the pitch the way they have .Maybe I'm wrong about the new contract but one thing SF is excellent at is talking the talk and lets be honest everyones in it for themselves and what they can get out of the game.
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5 minutes ago, Dumbarton Rock said:
For the rest of the season yeh, it'll get chewed up big time. Temps have to go to freezing by 7pm so could start it then abandon it. Stirling boys would love that
LOL that would be great ...Binos fans singing the Addams Family while tossing our entire board in the Leven.
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16 minutes ago, Dumbarton Rock said:
It was only one row he put down. It's getting vertidrained just now which is dangerous if it's went soggy with the rain and snow. Defo gives the game a chance but at what cost is the worry.
What would be the long term implications of that? Pitch totally screwed?
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Any chance this will go ahead?
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Awful Dyslexia or ripping off Fawlty Towers i'll continue to follow microdave's request of silly misspelling.
Rovers fans take no offence BTW ...you're my 2nd fav club and Cliftonhill one of my fav grounds.Really want you to stay up by hook or by crook.
Anyway , any chance of this going ahead?I'd call a pitch inspection now or move the game to the Bahamas.
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13 minutes ago, O'Kelly Isley III said:
Well that looks pretty much in doubt I would say based on Friday's forecast.....
f**k all will be done about it.Groundsman will turn up saturday morning and say ..games aff...then go back to the 19th hole.
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34 minutes ago, The Moonster said:
There was nothing on our official site at 6.30pm, there were folk arriving at the pub being told the game was off and not believing us as the websites last story was the preview. The OS is a shambles as it is but it really should be the first thing that is updated, not everyone uses Twitter.
Our OS went from being one of the best inall the leagues to a shithouse that i dont even bother going on now.Why dont they just go back to the old one which was perfect as far as i am concerned.
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23 minutes ago, Silverton End said:
The person (ex Chairman Steele) who appointed his golfing pal as our groundsman has long gone, anyone with any nous at the Club would have binned this current clown who lives in Ayrshire, which is really fucking handy, and reached out to Dumbarton Rock again, but that's sadly not how these muppets do things.
Reap what you sow as they say
Im probably way off but wasnt this guy appointed after Steele left? Lockdown has thrown me off sync with dates etc
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8 minutes ago, Silverton End said:
The person (ex Chairman Steele) who appointed his golfing pal as our groundsman has long gone, anyone with any nous at the Club would have binned this current clown who lives in Ayrshire, which is really fucking handy, and reached out to Dumbarton Rock again, but that's sadly not how these muppets do things.
Reap what you sow as they say
Whats more I think DR would still be interested in the gig..knows the ground really well.But politics politics politics...
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1 minute ago, Binos said:
The greens were probably in play at the golfy so he assumed would be fine
The bunkers were playable deffo..so therefore.....
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13 minutes ago, Flybhoy said:
Just seen a tweet from Kevin Budanuskas, referee turned up just after 5.30, no sign of the groundsman and no contact from Dumbarton all day to request an early inspection, the pitch for the entire length of the stand about 4 metres in from the touchline was frozen solid so game never stood a chance, that no one from Dumbarton thought to check the pitch earlier and for their joke of a groundsman to be nowhere near the place all day, never mind to think of maybe putting covers down on that section of the pitch is nothing short of shambolic and, one thing is for sure said groundsman needs his jotters.
Its obvious we need a groundsman that cares and not some croney who is golf buddy with members of the DFC board.
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I am no expert but if Dumbarton Rock were still groundsman im quite sure todays shambles would not have happened/Im not saying the game would be on but at least some fore-warning would have occurred.I do feel disappointed at the game being off.
I know there is an issue with Antonia which is a real shame as I think she is doing a good job at the club as far as I can tell from off-field activities.I wish she could live up to her surname and welcome DR back with open arms!!!
As for us it might be good for the players to get a rest and maybe recover a bit for saturday.Sometimes a PP is a blessing but sometimes it backfires.Binos certainly going to have a wee glut of midweek games.
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47 minutes ago, super-son said:
I don’t even think there will be a pitch inspection. I’m sure it’ll be game on no problem
You lot are just bricking it.
Aye but our pitch is New Boghead ..anything is possible..infact if a dug pees on it, its waterlogged.
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1 hour ago, microdave said:
You should've misspelt bridie to keep it like last week's winning thread and only correct it when a Frofar fan points it out.
You're on!!
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Will continue with thread thing until we lose.Hopefully not anytime soon.
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Superb result
Well done Sons...looks like a great team effort.
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Annan vs Dumbarton, Dumbarton vs Annan
in Scottish League 2 General Chatter
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That performance was inexcusable..like the worse pre-season dross.