Jan Vojáček Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, Howlin' Wilf said: At that very moment...... Brilliant! My God I really was tiny 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewan_fife Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Brilliant! My God I really was tiny You big now ? 🤤 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 9 hours ago, ewan_fife said: You big now ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
++Ammo - Airdrie++ Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 You big now ? 🤤Oh I say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGD89 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Aye well, we’ve royally fucked it this season.It’s been bad luck after bad luck. Where do folks think we would have finished if we didn’t have any injury issues ?. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
++Ammo - Airdrie++ Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Aye well, we’ve royally fucked it this season.It’s been bad luck after bad luck. Where do folks think we would have finished if we didn’t have any injury issues ?. Hard to say really, as no doubt Aitken would have fucked it with a full squad, but I reckon if Duffy had NO injury worries since he arrived, the sons would probably be duking it out with Airdrie ATM in that kind of area of the table. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Aye well, we’ve royally fucked it this season.It’s been bad luck after bad luck. Where do folks think we would have finished if we didn’t have any injury issues ?. Hard to say really, as no doubt Aitken would have fucked it with a full squad, but I reckon if Duffy had NO injury worries since he arrived, the sons would probably be duking it out with Airdrie ATM in that kind of area of the table.It's impossible to say really. I'm not convinced we've been that much better under Duffy than we were under Aitken, although he is working with someone elses team which was ravaged by injury. A lot of our fans (myself included) thought Aitken should've been doing better despite the injuries so it would be a tad hypocritical of us to afford Duffy more sympathy in that regard. Aitken has to take the responsibility for signing the team of crocks mind you. Here's something for us to think about... should Duffy take us down to League 2 do we want him to continue as manager? For me it's a no (there are a few things that have left me less than convinced so far) but I'm interested to hear what others think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Scrotum Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Raith Rovers on 26th. https://www.dumbartonfootballclub.com/news/?mode=view&id=3943 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 How much better would we be without injuries? I think we'd have lost far fewer goals if Mango had been fit all year. Would that have made a huge difference? Even when he was fit, Loy wasn't playing well. Our midfield wasnt creating much. We weren't a good team at any point this season. We might have been in a better position purely down to having Mango there to avoid some of the closer losses but we probably wouldn't have been that much better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super-son Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 32 minutes ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said: It's impossible to say really. I'm not convinced we've been that much better under Duffy than we were under Aitken, although he is working with someone elses team which was ravaged by injury. A lot of our fans (myself included) thought Aitken should've been doing better despite the injuries so it would be a tad hypocritical of us to afford Duffy more sympathy in that regard. Aitken has to take the responsibility for signing the team of crocks mind you. Here's something for us to think about... should Duffy take us down to League 2 do we want him to continue as manager? For me it's a no (there are a few things that have left me less than convinced so far) but I'm interested to hear what others think. If Duffy was still in contract I certainly wouldn't be spending money to release him. I would be more than happy to give Duffy the chance to build his own squad and have a crack at it as I think we could do alot worse than Duffy. If he was out of contract which I believe that he is, I would definitely be inviting applications to see what else is available. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 1 hour ago, RGD89 said: Aye well, we’ve royally fucked it this season. It’s been bad luck after bad luck. Where do folks think we would have finished if we didn’t have any injury issues ?. 38 minutes ago, ++Ammo - Airdrie++ said: 1 hour ago, RGD89 said: Aye well, we’ve royally fucked it this season. It’s been bad luck after bad luck. Where do folks think we would have finished if we didn’t have any injury issues ?. Hard to say really, as no doubt Aitken would have fucked it with a full squad, but I reckon if Duffy had NO injury worries since he arrived, the sons would probably be duking it out with Airdrie ATM in that kind of area of the table. Yeh I'd maybe go along with this. Somewhere between Airdrie and Stranraer in the relatively comfortable disappointment of mid-table obscurity. Aitken built a horribly lop-sided squad, but having a fully fit Mango, Loy and even Ballantyne (given how much early football he missed) would probably have seen us record a few more victories - although I reckon those would've been picked up in the early season games with Brechin and Stenny. 35 minutes ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said: It's impossible to say really. I'm not convinced we've been that much better under Duffy than we were under Aitken, although he is working with someone elses team which was ravaged by injury. A lot of our fans (myself included) thought Aitken should've been doing better despite the injuries so it would be a tad hypocritical of us to afford Duffy more sympathy in that regard. Aitken has to take the responsibility for signing the team of crocks mind you.Here's something for us to think about... should Duffy take us down to League 2 do we want him to continue as manager? For me it's a no (there are a few things that have left me less than convinced so far) but I'm interested to hear what others think. Nope for me too. I don't think he'd want to stay on either to be honest. I kind of get the feeling that he didn't realise how bad a way we were in when he arrived, and would probably be pretty keen to absolve himself of any blame if we were to drop down. If we go down then a hungry older-pro with seriously high standards and a real desire to make a name for himself (like Muzz with us or, given the League, Paul Hartley at Alloa, but not him now) would be my preferred option. If we stay up then I'm happy to trust Duffy to build a more suitable squad than Aitken managed. 24 minutes ago, Old Scrotum said: Raith Rovers on 26th. https://www.dumbartonfootballclub.com/news/?mode=view&id=3943 A whole day of watching presentations at Uni, followed by watching Dumbarton in the cold. Marvellous. Can't wait. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 1 hour ago, BallochSonsFan said: How much better would we be without injuries? I think we'd have lost far fewer goals if Mango had been fit all year. Would that have made a huge difference? Even when he was fit, Loy wasn't playing well. Our midfield wasnt creating much. We weren't a good team at any point this season. We might have been in a better position purely down to having Mango there to avoid some of the closer losses but we probably wouldn't have been that much better. It might feel like we've not created much, but we've scored 1 more goal than the team sitting 5th and we're only 3 goals behind the team in 4th (where we wanted to be), whilst we've conceded 5 more goals than Montrose and 11 more than East Fife. Airdrie have scored the same amount of goals as us yet have amassed 10 more points by conceding 10 less goals. Defending has been our issue all season, I'm not sure a fit Mango would have solved all of our problems but I'm confident we'd be at least a few points better off with him in the team. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 The last twelve months have truly been our Annus horribilis. I wonder where we will be in twelve more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albundy Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 It's impossible to say really. I'm not convinced we've been that much better under Duffy than we were under Aitken, although he is working with someone elses team which was ravaged by injury. A lot of our fans (myself included) thought Aitken should've been doing better despite the injuries so it would be a tad hypocritical of us to afford Duffy more sympathy in that regard. Aitken has to take the responsibility for signing the team of crocks mind you. Here's something for us to think about... should Duffy take us down to League 2 do we want him to continue as manager? For me it's a no (there are a few things that have left me less than convinced so far) but I'm interested to hear what others think.Difficult one, Duffy's experienced, likeable and has dealt a shitty hand but the stigma of taking a team down is usually followed by a parting of ways. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 5 minutes ago, FifeSons said: The last twelve months have truly been our Annus horribilis. I wonder where we will be in twelve more. There's a cream for that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, The Moonster said: There's a cream for that. I had my money on Boghead Ranter being first to make that joke 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 1 minute ago, FifeSons said: I had my money on Boghead Ranter being first to make that joke f**k, is that the level I've fallen to? I'm away to hang my head in shame. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMusic Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said: It's impossible to say really. I'm not convinced we've been that much better under Duffy than we were under Aitken, although he is working with someone elses team which was ravaged by injury. A lot of our fans (myself included) thought Aitken should've been doing better despite the injuries so it would be a tad hypocritical of us to afford Duffy more sympathy in that regard. Aitken has to take the responsibility for signing the team of crocks mind you. Here's something for us to think about... should Duffy take us down to League 2 do we want him to continue as manager? For me it's a no (there are a few things that have left me less than convinced so far) but I'm interested to hear what others think. I think there's been more endeavor under Duffy. Under him we look like we want to win, but a dodgy defence has let us down. Some of the performances under Aitken were abysmal, with the team looking utterly disinterested. The first home game this season was the worst I've seen them - the team looked like they'd been on the bevvy till 3am the night before. That hasn't happened under Duffy so I reckon there's been improvements there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleslie99 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Defending has been our issue all season and I think the main problem is the GK. We havnt really had one all season. Adam has been crap, Smith very meh, McGowan Crap even as back up now we have Brennan sitting on the bench. A settled GK that was half decent would've solved half our problems 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Defence has been a problem all season for sure, but defending starts further forward than the back four/five.Far, far too often this season (and last for that matter) opposition midfield runners have run riot through our mid line, but as long as everyone is fixated with what the likes of Willie Dyer is up to then they'll continue to avoid scrutiny. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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