FifeSons Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Are we now in unanimous agreement that avoiding the bottom two would constitute success for Duffy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeezeboxson Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 12 minutes ago, Ross Forbes said: He's signed for Berwick Rangers on loan, not Cowden. Ah, I just had a quick swatch over the latest match preview. Oh well, whoever it was it doesn't really matter too much now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFARAB82 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Our lad Scott Allardice still at Dumbarton ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumbartonTheSons Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Our lad Scott Allardice still at Dumbarton ?I understand he wasn't available yesterday because he'd returned to Tannadice as his loan was up.He's no great loss other than being another player we can call on. He'll go down in the long list of loanees we've had who are in the 'he was alright' camp and most won't remember much of this time next year.He plugged a gap in terms of our lack of numbers but as to what sort of player he is/will be, who knows really, he didn't make much of an impact with us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFARAB82 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, DumbartonTheSons said: I understand he wasn't available yesterday because he'd returned to Tannadice as his loan was up. He's no great loss other than being another player we can call on. He'll go down in the long list of loanees we've had who are in the 'he was alright' camp and most won't remember much of this time next year. He plugged a gap in terms of our lack of numbers but as to what sort of player he is/will be, who knows really, he didn't make much of an impact with us. Fair enough maybe returning for RN to look at him before being punted into the reserves thank you and good luck for the season bud 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Day 7 - still no rumours or any sign of potential activity. Delirium setting in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Young sons are getting some good publicity on Twitter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Moonster Posted January 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2019 On 05/01/2019 at 22:59, sonsanorak said: I don't think Duffy has given up on the players. He's severely limited with who he can play and how he can alter things just now, he needs additional, fit players to get that competition for places. If he could get a tune out of Rory Loy that could take a lot of the pressure off. I really hope he's been made assurances about this transfer window and he doesn't become frustrated. I'm not aware of anything changing so I imagine we're still seriously financially challenged. I think we can abandon all hopes of Rory Loy doing anything in a Sons jersey. I also think we can abandon all hopes of Duffy converting any of the current bunch into a "season saver", it's now down to who he can add this month and we have to hope they hit the ground running. In hospitality on Saturday John Steele touched on strengthening the squad this month and said that the board have been working hard to try and give him the support he needs, so hopefully we'll see some movement soon, preferably before Brechin because if Thomas goes back to Killie we'll have 11 fit players (not including Chris Smith), we really can't go into a relegation 6 pointer with that as a squad. John Steele also touched on some of the flak certain board members have been taking in recent weeks and I kind of wish the support as a whole had heard his words. It was quite a passionate defence of his fellow board members. He made it very clear that we would be far worse off if it wasn't for the hard work of our board members who are still trying to work around legacy issues from previous boards, he also touched on the different skill sets each board member brings to the table and honestly, this is the best board we've had at DFC in my lifetime. They are Dumbarton fans, they have the knowledge and passion to run the club and anything they implement is in the clubs interests, not in theirs. Add to that the fact that transparency with fans has improved 10 fold then I struggle to see why we have so many complaints about board members. There is still a bit of an "us and them" mentality from the fans in my opinion. We need to remember that this board don't have huge personal wealth to call upon, they are looking to make DFC completely self sustaining which is the only way to safe guard our future, aforementioned legacy issues are pretty much a direct result of not being self sustaining and it can really strangle the club. Our board are volunteers doing all of this work for the good of the club and working under owners who would more than likely rather see us die than succeed, I'm not saying that exempts them from criticism, but I think some fans could do well to take a deep breath and consider the bigger picture before lunging in with some two footed criticism in future. 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Going to Brechin with 11 fit players and minus Dom Thomas gives me the fear. Even more so than every other game this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGD89 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Young sons are getting some good publicity on Twitter Good to see. Much better crowd of lads than those other wee bevy merchants that used to try and bring an “atmosphere” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 18 minutes ago, RGD89 said: Good to see. Much better crowd of lads than those other wee bevy merchants that used to try and bring an “atmosphere” Can they do it in a cold midweek at Arbroath though? Only kidding, yeah, it's great to see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeezeboxson Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 7 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: Can they do it in a cold midweek at Arbroath though? Only kidding, yeah, it's great to see. Would depend on their parents writing them a letter for a "Doctor's Appointment" to finish school on time to make the bus... Not that I ever done that when I was younger for a midweek game... Good times! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 With thanks to @HibeeJibee for his post in the Premiership thread, here's a breakdown of our average attendances, at ten year intervals, since the war. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 With thanks to [mention=11024]HibeeJibee[/mention] for his post in the Premiership thread, here's a breakdown of our average attendances, at ten year intervals, since the war.That's some drop from the 50s to the 60s. What the hell happened? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said: 27 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: With thanks to [mention=11024]HibeeJibee[/mention] for his post in the Premiership thread, here's a breakdown of our average attendances, at ten year intervals, since the war. That's some drop from the 50s to the 60s. What the hell happened? I was born, '66. EDIT - or, **** found their bus fare, by the looks of things. Edited January 8, 2019 by Boghead ranter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Boghead ranter said: With thanks to @HibeeJibee for his post in the Premiership thread, here's a breakdown of our average attendances, at ten year intervals, since the war. Celtic's attendance more than doubling, whilst the turnouts at clubs relatively nearby absolutely plummet. Sad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimistic Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Celtic's attendance more than doubling, whilst the turnouts at clubs relatively nearby absolutely plummet. Sad.There’s the problem, too many locals from towns and surrounding areas quite prepared to get on a bus or train to go to parkhead or ibrox. Has the football, or entertainment in these places always been better than a Dumbarton or Falkirk, for example? It’s not just from us they’re deserting, it’s hearts, hibs, Aberdeen, Dundee United. How do you stop this, fucked if I know 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons FC Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 This is only a snapshot though. I remember when home attendances in the early to mid seventies were closer to 3,000. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons FC Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, optimistic said: There’s the problem, too many locals from towns and surrounding areas quite prepared to get on a bus or train to go to parkhead or ibrox. Has the football, or entertainment in these places always been better than a Dumbarton or Falkirk, for example? It’s not just from us they’re deserting, it’s hearts, hibs, Aberdeen, Dundee United. How do you stop this, fucked if I know The problem is there are so many other attractions now that weren't available in previous decades. The only alternative to going to the football then was the Rialto (and you really didn't want to go there very often). There was no live football on TV, Sportscene showed only half an hour of highlights on Saturday night on one game, there were no updates or programmes like Sky Sports Saturday. If you went to the pub on Saturday afternoon, you had no idea what was happening, except for one game on the radio. Edited January 8, 2019 by Sons FC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Live scenes from the DFC Transfer Graphic department. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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