Aloysius Snuffleupagus

Not really. It's been the old Rovers story this year: world beaters one week; panel beaters the next.

... and deservedly so. We were abysmal, but the Uni played really well and dominated large parts of the game. The winner did look well offside, but these things happen. That's nine points for the season now, four of them from Rovers. We really are pish against underdogs.

I'm pretty certain the signing deadline is 31st March at this level.

If he's a natural left back, I reckon he'll go straight in. Our only natural left back is just back from injury, and actually has played further forward since he came back. Is he coming out to us as he's likely to be released in the summer and we're his level, or is he on a longer contract?

I had this recently. Daft woman asked why I couldn't just step onto the busy road as her dog gets anxious when it meets other pedestrians. That was a firm "Naw" as well

Explain the situation when you get to the gate. You may get lucky and get someone pragmatic who is willing to take you at face value. Quite looking forward to seeing the Shire again; your support were always good fun in the days when we were closer rivals

To be fair, I think most of us do think like that. We deserved to go down, and we're unlikely to be back anytime soon, so might as well get some good days out from it.

We've no chance of going back up for the foreseeable future. I quite like the look of the South Challenge Cup though; doing well in that might be our best chance of success in the coming years; cue us getting fcuked out by Newburgh next month. Coatbridge Shamrock hasn't had the death it deserves yet, but it's hard to see how it could succeed given our ownership structure. People with good intentions aren't able to purchase control, which means the same should hold true for fantasists.

I can. It's a nice easy 'frighten the horses' type story, with some renta-quote on hand to give it some 'credence' in between knocking up a howling badge on his ZX Spectrum. Thankfully, the same Rovers share structure that makes new investment from those with better intentions almost impossible, has seen the death of this too.

Yeah, I think that's how most if us see it, or will come to see it as the new season approaches. We're in the Lowland League, because we aren't good enough for League 2 at the moment, and we'll probably be here for a while. Best to make the most of it.

Really? We were awful and Spartans seem to know how to stop us playing (fair play to them for that). I have a really bad feeling that we might be fcuked!

I know lots of Rovers fans (me included) boycotted the last visit, but today is too important to miss. Another must win for us, but I do have a bad feeling about this one. East Fife having the chance of cementing their playoff slot worries me.

He's a smashing talent but the Premier League is some step up, so I'm not sure I see him rampaging past top-flight right backs next season.. However, over time (assuming he does get time and isn't expected to perform within a year or be let go to find his way down the leagues, like has happened to a few that have moved on from us to the top level in the past), he could be a very good full-time player His only weakness is he can be a little huffy if things aren't going away, but that's improved over his time with us. He's also pretty much had to carry us at times in terms of a goalscoring threat this year, so maybe getting annoyed with lesser players is understandable. Now he's earned us a development fee, his next trick needs to be to keep us up; that will earn him the freedom of Coatbridge (I'll make the "that'll teach him" joke myself)

Aye, but when you're desperate, you're desperate. There wouldn't be too many willing to put their reputations on the line, by risking taking someone else's side into the Lowland League. Here's hoping he can shake the players up a bit.

Panic? Frightened of being the board to take the club down, so covering their arse a bit?

Yeah, we are where we are though. Here's hoping there is a plan, and more importantly, one that can be executed in a couple of days.

Yeah, I'd second that. Always very frank with supporters, and in after-match interviews. I also don't like this tendency some supporters have to kick ex-managers when they're down. We have a few that are describing Brian as a disaster etc. which just isn't true or fair. It hasn't worked out this season, and we've done the right thing in moving to change things at this late stage, and Brian should therefore be thanked for his efforts and wished all the very best. Time is of the essence here, and the aim needs to be to have a leader in place for our next training session (Tuesday, I reckon). I hope our board are capable of doing that, and the situation doesn't drag on unnecessarily. If it means Michael Paton being the only candidate available in that timescale, as he's already there, then we might just need to suck that up and pray for a 'dead cat bounce'. A more considered appointment could then follow in the summer

That's bollocks! We made the most of that today, just like we try to do at Cliftonhill, but Rovers are far better on astroturf and have been under the last few managers; Brogan and his lower tier juniors aside. That did the heart good today. Nobody will ever predict the Rovers, that's for sure. Great stuff, and 5-1 didn't flatter us. Now watch us lose to Stranraer on Tuesday and get fucked by Bonnyrigg next Saturday - it's the rovers way! Oh and I feel conflicted over the Sons. I do like to see them doing well, but I also like getting bevvied with their supporters, so um yeah, come on Stirling, I suppose

Hope this is on; if only so I can get pished with the Sons of G60.

There's still a handful of us. I didn't make Saturday's game, so had nothing to say about it, However, it does sound like the usual hard luck story that looks like taking us into the Lowland League

I've blanked him from my memory, which doesn't suggest he's a world beater. however, his stats show he was signed just before Brogan was sacked, got two games in November 18 under Kevin Harper and then disappeared. Was he injured or just crap?

I'm another who thought that was a decent game, and I reckon any neutrals attending with an open-mind would have been impressed. Champions League, it clearly isn't, but its young fit and committed guys doing their absolute best, and there was some pretty skilful players on show. A draw was fair, to my mind, although losing a goal late on is always a sickener. I did think it was a penalty and sending off at the time, and I still think that having seen Stenny's excellent highlights, which as close to VAR as we're going to get. Our two wide players (Reilly and Wilson) were the stand-outs for me, but they all passed muster, with Scott Robers doing his absolute best as a makeshift striker. However, We really need a natural one and soon. We're off the bottom again, but I'm not sure we'll stay there, especially is we don't get someone in up top to take more of the chances we create. I had a dream the other night that we beat Brechin in the playoff final, but I'm not sure my delicate constitution could handle that level of drama.

It's all about the aesthetics these days, auld yin. I'd rather have had white trim / panel borders, but it wouldn't have looked as good on that design.

He looks really fit and has lost a right few stone. Not sure I see him as a coach, but he definitely looks likely to be signing for you as a player

That was more of a general comment than anything else, as the officials are poor at this level. I didn't see the red card properly but I do think the penalty was soft. That said, if I think differently when (if?) I see both again, I'll happily post just that.