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12 hours ago, DUAFC said:

So sorry to hear that mate  

Sadly you're 1 of the 1 in 10 as UB  40 once said. 

Hopefully you'll be fine.  

I had mine over Christmas  & New Year  ☹

Cheers. 6 days in and still feeling sh1t and testing more positive than Maradona in ‘94.

Gutted I can’t be there today but will be cheering on from the sofa. Extra gutted as it’s a perfect day and I was supposed to making a boozy day of it.

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3 hours ago, lichtie23 said:

Weather is set to be perfect so hopefully get a few extra bodies through the gate. Encouragement from kickoff for every player 

Perfect for us too, from a playing point of view - it's the one thing going for us.

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7 minutes ago, the west curve said:
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Inverness now in a battle for 2nd.

 

We haven’t got enough games left. Arbroath need 2 wins from 5.

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That was a lively game and credit for the fight back..  Seems we have gone more direct in recent games - long balls forward and then every throwin launched high into the box.  Is that because the double striker arrangement leaves less scope for a wide player?  We have a proper footballing team that can make some lovely passing combinations so mixing it up more would be preferable.

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That was a lively game and credit for the fight back..  Seems we have gone more direct in recent games - long balls forward and then every throwin launched high into the box.  Is that because the double striker arrangement leaves less scope for a wide player?  We have a proper footballing team that can make some lovely passing combinations so mixing it up more would be preferable.
We have played 2 forwards all season though in Nouble/Mckenna, Nouble/Dowds or Donnely then Hamilton/Wighton. Bringing Donnelly on yesterday at left midfield was a bit bizarre considering what we had on the bench.
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33 minutes ago, Hammerafc said:
4 hours ago, farflung lichtie said:
That was a lively game and credit for the fight back..  Seems we have gone more direct in recent games - long balls forward and then every throwin launched high into the box.  Is that because the double striker arrangement leaves less scope for a wide player?  We have a proper footballing team that can make some lovely passing combinations so mixing it up more would be preferable.

We have played 2 forwards all season though in Nouble/Mckenna, Nouble/Dowds or Donnely then Hamilton/Wighton. Bringing Donnelly on yesterday at left midfield was a bit bizarre considering what we had on the bench.

To be fair, the lad Donnelly had a good game.  Fantastic ball in for the equaliser.

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On 26/03/2022 at 18:39, Hammerafc said:
On 26/03/2022 at 17:18, lichtie23 said:
We can still do this. Fantastic fightback today 

We certainly can. The team spirit is excellent.

So hope you guys do it. The Goalie blunder was awful. Not often you also  see Tam  been left on his heels  for the 2nd!- is he fit?

Kilmarnock are no great shakes- but you need to go on a winning streak. The draws of late would of been wins  earlier in the season.

Whilst Hamilton is scoring  and Wighton busy- actually believe you would be miles ahead  if you had managed to keep Nouble and Dowds- they just kept the ball in the final 3rd that Dick Campbell loves- also resulting in Mckenna scoring loads.

But , stay close, you can beat Killie and then who knows…

 

ps some season though👏👏👏👏

 

 

 

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Killie are only still in Arbroath’s sights due to their abysmal form v Arbroath. Take those games away and Killie would be 10 points clear at the top. Three games and only two goals in total. 0-0 and two 1-0 games in Arbroath’s favour. 
And Arbroath would be at least 2 points in front if we had won 3 of the 13 games we have drawn so far this season.

To say that Arbroarh are only in sight due to Killie's poor record against them is a massive stretch.
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Killie are only still in Arbroath’s sights due to their abysmal form v Arbroath. Take those games away and Killie would be 10 points clear at the top. Three games and only two goals in total. 0-0 and two 1-0 games in Arbroath’s favour. 

That must be very worrying for Killie.
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2 hours ago, the west curve said:

Killie are only still in Arbroath’s sights due to their abysmal form v Arbroath. Take those games away and Killie would be 10 points clear at the top. Three games and only two goals in total. 0-0 and two 1-0 games in Arbroath’s favour. 

It's due to our abysmal form in many games over the season, including the games against Arbroath, where they have been much better than us. 

We have absolutely nothing to be arrogant or self entitled about as we are simply not good enough to be like that - part from that is is totally wrong to behave like that. 

I still think if we win our 2 home games we will go up as Arbroath will then most likely have to win all their other games, but we have to earn it by ourselves. 

 

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2 hours ago, the west curve said:

Killie are only still in Arbroath’s sights due to their abysmal form v Arbroath. Take those games away and Killie would be 10 points clear at the top. Three games and only two goals in total. 0-0 and two 1-0 games in Arbroath’s favour. 

The above statement is wrong on so many levels.

Firstly, Arbroath are where they are on merit - few people will dispute that.

Secondly, Killie have lost 8 league games this season ( in contrast to Arbroath only losing 4).

Thirdly, Arbroath would have been sitting top of the league, but ( like all other teams) went through a short period of under performing in a number of games.

There are 5 games to go, 15 points to play for and Killie are only 4 points ahead of Arbroath.

Killie will almost certainly drop points - Arbroath need to be ready to capitalise on this.

The Killie Vs Arbroath match on Fri 22nd April could potentially be a league decider - depending on how the games play out between now and then.

Whatever happens, Arbroath have had an amazing and outstanding season.

The roller coaster ride is far from over yet.

 

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2 hours ago, RedLichtie86 said:

And Arbroath would be at least 2 points in front if we had won 3 of the 13 games we have drawn so far this season.

To say that Arbroarh are only in sight due to Killie's poor record against them is a massive stretch.

None so blind as those who cannot see.

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35 minutes ago, clashcityrocker said:

The above statement is wrong on so many levels.

Firstly, Arbroath are where they are on merit - few people will dispute that.

Secondly, Killie have lost 8 league games this season ( in contrast to Arbroath only losing 4).

Thirdly, Arbroath would have been sitting top of the league, but ( like all other teams) went through a short period of under performing in a number of games.

There are 5 games to go, 15 points to play for and Killie are only 4 points ahead of Arbroath.

Killie will almost certainly drop points - Arbroath need to be ready to capitalise on this.

The Killie Vs Arbroath match on Fri 22nd April could potentially be a league decider - depending on how the games play out between now and then.

Whatever happens, Arbroath have had an amazing and outstanding season.

The roller coaster ride is far from over yet.

 

Not bad for a hybrid team. 

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