Jilted John

Sam Stanton will need to get used to playing deep as, when Matthews or Brown are fit, he will be back on the bench. He’s not going to play in the number 10 position assuming our attacking players are all available.

Hi Mr Masson. How’s young Adam tonight? Is he in his bed yet?

I’d echo that. Corr has all the attributes needed apart from actual experience. If he gets 15 or so games under his belt this season he might just turn out to be a cracker.

Vetle Andersen

McGill struggled in the first half, was a bit better in the second half but he is still miles ahead of Masson for the RB cover.

I’ve not seen him fluff a kick out yet since he joined us.

The only downside of it is that theres no moderation. The chants of ‘Paedo’ aimed at Bene would probably have been shouted down after the first airing!

A couple of other points from today, our social media updates claimed, at lunchtime, we had sold 4500 tickets and only a few remained in the railway stand. The official attendance was given as 4,000 and the railway stand was half full at best. While I fully understand trying to put a positive spin on things, let’s just stick to facts. Secondly, fair play to Bene today. He hit a woman in the face with the ball who needed medical attention. When the HT whistle sounded he went right over to check she was ok.

I’m normally a glass half empty kind of guy, particularly after a derby ‘defeat’ but I took a lot of positives from today. We got stuck in, played with a lot of passion and probably should have scored at least one more than we did. Once the league starts I think we will be just fine!

Ffs now I need to split that box of 6 eggs between him and Bene! Booooo

So Patterson is still under contract? I’m surprised they were ok with him playing as a trialist for us. Imagine he’d got injured!

https://twitter.com/jamesenglish0/status/1679948897312014336?s=46&t=-vZTWqka6sP__s2TSMHRWg

Ahh fair enough Zen. I hadn’t factored that into my thinking.

On the subject of making Starks Park look a bit better, I’ve often thought that we should have our TV gantry at the main stand side (it was there briefly when we were redeveloping the ground). It’s better than seeing a half stand than a row of houses. Albeit half of the railway stand sits empty with no seats but it’s still a better view. I’m not sure if the Raith Tv guys would know whether it’s ever been discussed?

I wonder if the fudge donuts will be available tomorrow. Maybe we won’t be able to get our hands on any until the league stuff starts. We might even just take a couple of sugar donuts and re package them as fudge donuts for these games.

I’m actually surprised we have stuck with Blair, the sports science/strength and conditioning guy. I’m in no way blaming him for our injuries but I’d have thought we might have gone down a different route. There’s only so long we can put it down to bad luck!

That’s a silly argument to make. There will be literally hundreds of players available in that position. Us as fans don’t know individual contract situations but we pay someone specifically to manage that side of things.

You still get that in Baynes

It wasn’t me coming out with nonsense chief

Deary me…

He was ok, not terrible and not great either. Pretty fast and strong but not much in the way of technical ability.

I don’t think the Considine had any truth in it. It doesn’t add up given the age of him and Watson. I’d heard it was Euan Murray.

Yeah you’re probably right tbf

I think programmes are a bit outdated now. Just because it’s been done for 70 odd years isn’t a reason to continue something unless it’s benefiting the club. On another note I’m guessing the new signing that Murray alluded to isn’t happening.

Is Matty Todd related to Andy Todd (formerly of both parishes) I see they also have another Andy Todd. Are they related?