FifeSons Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 1 minute ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: See above. They’ve given us some great gifts over the years. Not only on the playing side, either… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarko_son Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 1 hour ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: Be very glad you don't remember Kevin Gaughan; unfortunately I recall both him and Graham Connell only too well. And yes, Gaughan was ex-Stranraer. Maybe he was just lost on me completely that season. In trying to find out who he is I noticed he's went on to have a good career outside of football so maybe it was never really his true calling... I can remember Connell, James Allan of course, and even Kevin McDonald 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 2 hours ago, FifeSons said: 3-0 down in 12 minutes was impressive. I can’t think of a time we’ve done that since, off the top of my head. That season was absolutely batshit crazy. We threw away 2 goal leads, to lose, on several occasions (Patrick away and home and Peterhead at home, at least) and only took 2 points from our last 13 games. Alloa were absolutely miles behind and then appointed Allan Maitland who gave them form that was polar-opposite to ours. I think we were maybe as much as 14 points adrift at one point and Forfar were actually the nearest team to us rather than Sons when Maitland came in. He made us hard to beat and Jamie Stevenson in the form of his life provided several great goals. Think he scored two winners against Dumbarton in 1-0 wins. This was all helped by Paul Martin having a meltdown and describing his Dumbarton players as "a bunch of f*cking losers". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 14 minutes ago, Waspie said: I think we were maybe as much as 14 points adrift at one point and Forfar were actually the nearest team to us rather than Sons when Maitland came in. He made us hard to beat and Jamie Stevenson in the form of his life provided several great goals. Think he scored two winners against Dumbarton in 1-0 wins. This was all helped by Paul Martin having a meltdown and describing his Dumbarton players as "a bunch of f*cking losers". Yep, think he got the only goal in the rearranged midweek game at the rock and in the penultimate game of the season at Recreation. I think he possibly got crocked in that game too and we got a red card, with Grindlay saving a penalty to keep it at 1-0. I remember quite a large Sons travelling support came through for that, which was impressive considering our form. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 15 minutes ago, FifeSons said: Yep, think he got the only goal in the rearranged midweek game at the rock and in the penultimate game of the season at Recreation. I think he possibly got crocked in that game too and we got a red card, with Grindlay saving a penalty to keep it at 1-0. I remember quite a large Sons travelling support came through for that, which was impressive considering our form. I remember the midweek game which felt like a real turning point, recall Chris Townsley and John Gemmell having a real go at each other coming off at the end. Stevenson scored a great curling effort in the second game and think it was Graeme Brown who missed the pen. The momentum from that run took us right through the play-offs to complete an unlikely escape. The Sons had a decent team on paper too, should have had enough to avoid being dragged into the relegation battle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordyBrow Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 44 minutes ago, Waspie said: The Sons had a decent team on paper too, should have had enough to avoid being dragged into the relegation battle. Aye but Paul Martin’s stint as manager is perhaps the lowest I’ve felt supporting the Sons, and my earliest memories are of the Fallon era followed by the Wallace era. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Russell, Rodgers and Gemmell was a pretty decent amount of firepower. Though, Gemmell could definitely be completely hopeless at times and I think Beany was injured for a lot of that season. Andy Rodgers is possibly an even bigger tosser than Paul Martin. McQuilken was absolutely hopeless. I still haven't forgiven him for missing that chance in the opening minute at Celtic Park. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 6 hours ago, FifeSons said: Russell, Rodgers and Gemmell was a pretty decent amount of firepower. Though, Gemmell could definitely be completely hopeless at times and I think Beany was injured for a lot of that season. Andy Rodgers is possibly an even bigger tosser than Paul Martin. McQuilken was absolutely hopeless. I still haven't forgiven him for missing that chance in the opening minute at Celtic Park. A mental season. The final game of the season was home against thistle and the back and forth scoring that day was similar to the aforementioned Ayr game, with Rodgers again getting a quick double in a loss. Partick brought loads with them and that win gave (I think, from memory) fourth place and they won the playoffs and went back to division one after back to back relegations. The atmosphere in the lounge afterwards was poisonous with Paul Martin giving a passive aggressive speech and someone from the trust likewise and aimed at him. One of the first games I went to the next season was Berwick away and we were horses three nil and so poor that it was almost like Paul Martin was still in charge, though it was actually the similarly talentless Gerry McCabe, who later threatened to sue the club for constructive dismissal when we sacked him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Paul McQuilken had a respectable career in the juniors. I think SFL was just too high a level for him. We took something like 1500 fans to Celtic Park that day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 40 minutes ago, Sweet Pete said: A mental season. The final game of the season was home against thistle and the back and forth scoring that day was similar to the aforementioned Ayr game, with Rodgers again getting a quick double in a loss. Partick brought loads with them and that win gave (I think, from memory) fourth place and they won the playoffs and went back to division one after back to back relegations. The atmosphere in the lounge afterwards was poisonous with Paul Martin giving a passive aggressive speech and someone from the trust likewise and aimed at him. One of the first games I went to the next season was Berwick away and we were horses three nil and so poor that it was almost like Paul Martin was still in charge, though it was actually the similarly talentless Gerry McCabe, who later threatened to sue the club for constructive dismissal when we sacked him. Gerry also threatened a well kent Sons fan with a battering up at Elgin after said fan told him to chuck it. He won over 40% of his games in charge which compares quite well with folk regarded as a good manager, but his loss percentage was almost the same. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Gerry also threatened a well kent Sons fan with a battering up at Elgin after said fan told him to chuck it. He won over 40% of his games in charge which compares quite well with folk regarded as a good manager, but his loss percentage was almost the same. In the last thirty years, only Carson (47.1%) and Fairley(44.1%) have a better win record than McCabe(42.1%).On the other side of the coin, his loss record (40.4%) has only been bettered by MacLeod (39.3%), Carson (32.4%) and Fairley (39.7%). Which shows how misleading stats can be at times. And that maybe we should be locating Tam Carson to bring him back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWL Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 8 hours ago, FifeSons said: .McQuilken was absolutely hopeless. I still haven't forgiven him for missing that chance in the opening minute at Celtic Park. We'd only just lost Dobbie (loan ended and he went to QotS I think) a couple of weeks before and I remember thinking that's the sort of chance he would have buried with his eyes closed. Best natural finisher I've seen in a Sons shirt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarko_son Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 I thought this what the video analyst role we had was meant to cover but I might have misunderstood that? I like that we are trying to use this kind of stuff and exploring opportunities to improve. I don't particularly like that we're looking for someone to do that on a voluntary basis because it seems like it would surely take up a lot of time? But that might just be me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thommo90 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, Clarko_son said: I thought this what the video analyst role we had was meant to cover but I might have misunderstood that? I like that we are trying to use this kind of stuff and exploring opportunities to improve. I don't particularly like that we're looking for someone to do that on a voluntary basis because it seems like it would surely take up a lot of time? But that might just be me 6/7 years ago I would have been all over this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'mon_the_Sons Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 14 minutes ago, Clarko_son said: I thought this what the video analyst role we had was meant to cover but I might have misunderstood that? I like that we are trying to use this kind of stuff and exploring opportunities to improve. I don't particularly like that we're looking for someone to do that on a voluntary basis because it seems like it would surely take up a lot of time? But that might just be me Seems like the same role. Maybe the guy that was doing it has chucked it for whatever reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Quitely Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 32 minutes ago, Clarko_son said: I thought this what the video analyst role we had was meant to cover but I might have misunderstood that? I like that we are trying to use this kind of stuff and exploring opportunities to improve. I don't particularly like that we're looking for someone to do that on a voluntary basis because it seems like it would surely take up a lot of time? But that might just be me 'Individual player reports' and 'travel with team to games'. That could be interesting 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 4 hours ago, microdave said: . And that maybe we should be locating Tam Carson to bring him back. We love a good old keeper debate! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Someone looking to get back into the game. Well, Stevie Aitken and Jim Duffy were both at the game on Saturday [emoji85] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 5 hours ago, PWL said: We'd only just lost Dobbie (loan ended and he went to QotS I think) a couple of weeks before and I remember thinking that's the sort of chance he would have buried with his eyes closed. Best natural finisher I've seen in a Sons shirt. Absolutely. Even Gemmell might have put it away, but I think he was injured and only made the bench. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 6 hours ago, The Moonster said: Gerry also threatened a well kent Sons fan with a battering up at Elgin after said fan told him to chuck it. He won over 40% of his games in charge which compares quite well with folk regarded as a good manager, but his loss percentage was almost the same. I remember that. That game was absolutely horrendous. My pal got punched by some wee neddy teuchter on the way back to the station. He wasn’t even a Sons fan. He was a Falkirk fan, though, so maybe fair enough… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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