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In ordinary circumstances a point away at Montrose would be a good result, but I felt Montrose were there for the taking today, particularly first half. We played a lot of aimless punts up the pitch but they really struggled to deal with them and were extremely open at the back, and with a bit of care in the final third we had plenty 2v2 and 3v3/4 opportunities that we easily could’ve capitalised on. So frustrating watching us constantly sit off and refuse to press. That said we did make a good clearance off the line and rode our luck at times in the second half so a point was probably a fair result. Point doesn’t really do us a lot of good in the scheme of things if we’re looking for a play-off place, but need to hope the point can breed a bit of badly needed confidence for the coming weeks. Next week against an out of form Queens Park is another massive game in terms of getting away from the bottom and starting a run of form that can push us up the table, I’m just not sure Ferguson can set us up positively enough to take the game to them and win.

No interview with Barry this week? Or do we only get them after 5-0 wins?

Absolutely no chance Ferguson will turn our season around, doesn’t have a clue tactically. Only plus point is we’re still only 6 points off the play offs, punt him and give a new manager January to put his stamp on it.

I’d be happy to chip in for Falkirk to take him.

Could have been very different had Bonnyrigg scored that chance in the first 15 seconds, but overall an excellent performance and scored some great goals. Not a surprise to anyone but big Andy was excellent and didn't put a foot wrong. Not sure what the story is with Durnan and whether he'll be back for next week, but (hopefully) looking forward to a Durnan-Andy partnership at the back, with Mendy still looking a bombscare today. Get the feeling Henderson is easily frustrated, and rightly so when long balls go flying over his head, but when he starts running with the ball he is frightening and a level above the rest. Plenty of positives from today, need to back it up with an important game coming up next week.

And also the fact he didn’t even do the press questions after the game on Saturday, Paddy Connolly did it! Doesn’t have time to talk about how we were rotten on Saturday but has plenty time to talk about his anger at rangers performance, just wrong for me.

Think the issue is more that he is completely unlikeable and has gotten rid of perfectly competent players who have been terrific for us for years and replaced them with lower league jobbers who are yet to show anything close to being title challengers. Results haven’t been the worst but this is mainly down to late goals papering over the cracks, sat in and blew it against Queen’s Park and 2 freak goals got us the 3 points there, and a goal straight from kick off to get a point at Falkirk with a minute to go. Montrose last week could be seen coming a mile off with his love of sitting in and defending a lead despite being in control of the game. Genuinely worried for us this season, don’t look like we have any idea how to break a team down, feel like we’re going to concede from every attack due to us being all over the shop and we completely bypass the best part of our team, the midfield, with aimless punts to a 5 ft 6 striker. Will be interesting to see if Mendy comes straight back in after his suspension seeing as Howie (not his signing) has struggled to get back in after his sending off, but would not be surprised in the slightest to see Mendy (his signing) come straight back in despite Andy Graham sitting in the stand twiddling his thumbs every week.

Gets plenty of criticism, from myself as well, so feel it's only fair to give him praise but when Mendy plays like that he is unplayable. He's erratic and all over the shop positionally a lot but today he won every header and blocked every shot, a terrific performance from him and our motm by a mile.

As much as I said a point would be a good result before the game, and it still is, that feels like a missed opportunity. Never really got going and played into Falkirk's shaky centre half's hands by giving them as much time as they wanted on the ball. First half we never got going at all and it was pretty much one way traffic, despite probably having the best chance of the half when Henderson broke through. Second half was a bit better and although it looked a penalty, was a blatant foul 20 seconds earlier in the middle of the park. But fair play to the players, they are clearly playing for the manager as it would've been easy to chuck it in the last few games, great scenes at the equaliser. Can only hope Barry will learn to start cawley and not to sit in, defenders at this level are rotten when pressed, pointless sitting off them.

Cawley dropped, that’s a bold/mental call.

Because we've only got one and he's rotten. Robbo might be no world beater at left back but he never lets us down and is solid enough. Big game after a couple of great results, and we can certainly play better as well. Saying that would snap your hand off for a draw, 7 points out of 9 from Queens away, Airdrie at home and Falkirk away would be a great return.

Big game for us and sort of getting to must win territory - lose this and we’re 9 points off top already. Despite a terrific result last week I fear that it was just papering over the cracks and prolonging Ferguson’s stay, but a win here and things look a bit more positive. Few big decisions to make with team line up, Sena back surely has to come in but he is pretty ordinary in front of the defence, as he was on Wednesday, so has to play further up. Hoping that Cawley isn’t the one to make way as he is still quite blatantly one of our best players, but Barry didn’t sign him so wouldn’t be surprised to see him dropped.

The squad we have is more than good enough to be challenging at the top end of the table, and from what we've seen of the other teams there is absolutely nothing to fear from anyone in this division. All makes it more frustrating that we have a manager who is incapable of getting the best out of the squad and is too arrogant to drop players he signed. All very well saying that players aren't guaranteed to start if they are playing poorly and dropping (and releasing) Parry, Andy and Howie, but when he continues to start Mendy, King and Church his argument goes out the window. His substitutions are even more bizarre, playing with 10 men and needing a goal and he decides to take our 2 quickest players off is just baffling. Taking Taggart off has to be one of the strangest substitutions I've seen in god knows how long. There is still plenty time left in the season, and a decent squad for someone to work with. Can only hope that Barry is away soon to let someone with some tactical knowledge come in and work with the players.

Building up or not, was completely bizarre to do so on Saturday when every single fan got behind the team and there was no abuse what so ever. Barry may go on to be a good manager for Alloa and our performances have been decent, but he has a lot of making up to do as far as I’m concerned, very disrespectful and just an embarrassing situation for the club.

What a fanny Barry Ferguson is. Team played really well first half and dropped a bit deep second half, goal was coming and Barry comes over asking who’s been shouting abuse and trying to fight the supporters. Fans were singing and getting behind the team, went a bit flat in the second half, and certainly weren’t directing abuse at anyone. He’s made his bed as far as I’m concerned, get him so far to f**k.

I’m convinced the cliche ‘good feet for a big man’ was made for nouble

Think the main positive point is that we actually looked like a team today, moved the ball much quicker and the players looked like they knew what their roles were, a vast improvement on the last few weeks. Sena was brilliant and picked up every second ball, and despite being a bit erratic first half (think we'll need to get used to that), Mendy was absolutely unplayable in the second half and didn't put a foot wrong. Henderson looked really promising in the first half and seemed to be more effective as a striker rather than out wide, although understandable that we didn't have too much choice with 2 first half injuries. Definitely the best performance under Ferguson so far, and if we can play anywhere close to that over the next few games then there's no reason we can't put a decent run of form together and climb a very tight league.

Niang been unplayable in the middle of the park, winning every second ball. Disappointed not to be more than 1 up. Falkirk players don’t half love a dive[emoji23]

You don't say everything you see though, as you didn't post anything after we beat East Fife or after we got a very decent point after Howie's stupidity a few weeks ago. I don't think anyone would deny that this season has been a bit bleak at best and no one is a huge fan of the manager after certain decisions and the performances thus far, but the constant negativity every 2 hours becomes very tiresome and boring to read.

Realistically Craig McDowall is not good enough to be a number 1 at league 1 level, but in terms of finding a keeper who is happy to be backup and sit on the bench all season you probably wont find many better. Can only assume that due to Ferguson's love of signing new players that there is a new keeper coming in on loan, probably to be the new number 1 based off of Hutton's performances so far. On the plus side though Henderson looks to be a really exciting signing and if we can get the best out of him, it could be the type of signing that turns a mediocre season into a decent one. Time will tell.

Would love to see the logic behind moving both our best players out of their best positions

Not sure how anyone else see's it but the one thing that frustrated me about his interview on Saturday isn't the cliches (which 95% of managers do in interviews anyway), its the way that he refers to O'Donnell as a 'young player', as if he's someone who is just there to make up the numbers at the minute. O'Donnell has been one of very few bright spots so far with his direct running and tricks, and should be due a start IMO. Doesn't sound like that's how the manager see's it unfortunately.

Probably the poorest I’ve seen us in a long, long time. First half was an absolute shambles, defensively we were all over the shop with Church on the wing, Armstrong at left back and Howie at right back. Had a few aimless punts up the park which resulted in absolutely nothing and it looked like the players didn’t know where they were playing. Put O’Donnell and the young guy Webster on up front and for the first 10 minutes in the second half we were slightly better, pressing a lot higher, but taking Trouten off was a mistake as he had been one of our better players first half. Second goal killed us and game just fizzled out, don’t think we had a shot on target in the 90. Badly need a few more players, getting rid of Williamson for church and Armstrong, neither who look better and are probably worse was a mistake, need to add players in midfield which was non-existent today (King arguably the worst player on the park), and need a striker who can actually have a shot. Whether the manager can get players in who are of sufficient quality is yet to be seen but none of his signings have been particularly impressive so far. Think it’s safe to say my early season optimism has dwindled, and if we play like that for the rest of the season then the relegation spots will be calling.

Still think after a fairly disappointing league cup group stage on the whole there is plenty to be positive about. Taggart looking as good as we've seen him and finally back in his natural position, Scougall finally looking fully fit, got decent depth in defensive areas and have looked fairly solid defensively in the group games. Need to take a bit more care going forward, and hopefully Trouten and Cawley will be back soon to help with that. Still need another 1/2 strikers/attackers to give us a few more options but I'm sure the manager is working on that. Still struggling to wrap my head around the Parry situation, obviously something has happened behind the scenes but Hutton had a good game on Saturday and should hopefully do a job for us. First 3 games are big for us though, Peterhead (A), East Fife (H) and Clyde (A). Should be looking for at least 7/9 if we're going to be going for promotion, so should have a clearer idea of how we'll get on after these games.

What a bizarre signing, Fernandy Mendy signed from Raith as well. Probably the 2 positions on the park where we had most cover as well.