BB_Bino Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Was going to go on a rant about Mike Roncorn but what's the point. I just hope that there was an assessor at Forthbank tonight and I also hope the club put a complaint in about him. I hear that he phoned for a police escort out of Forthbank this evening, I've honestly got no sympathy for him this time (if true). Poor refereeing decisions aside and I thought it was an entertaining game. Both teams created chances and both teams had their keepers to thank at some point during it. Still more twists and turns to come I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-be-oh-nee Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I can understand Stirling fans frustrations but to make it out that you were the only harshly treated by poor officiating is a bit off. Your goal itself was yards offside in he build. That came direct from a Stirling fan. Nope. Clyde number 5 played our boys onside both times in the build up. He seemed too busy shouting at the linesman to notice he was a yard or 2 behind the rest of the defenders. Match as a whole was pretty entertaining. First half was end to end. Second half the ref took over and ruined the game. Bad decisions all over the place for both teams. Dont think either team were entitled to any penalties tonight. Surprised it ended with only 1 player being sent off. Im sure we'll play worse this season and get 3 points. Its just how it is in this league. Checking the ref stats from previous games, he seems pretty card happy. 74 yellows and 9 reds in 19 matches. Man of the match was the Clyde keeper - Won them the 3 points single handed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawfield shed boy Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Was going to go on a rant about Mike Roncorn but what's the point. I just hope that there was an assessor at Forthbank tonight and I also hope the club put a complaint in about him. I hear that he phoned for a police escort out of Forthbank this evening, I've honestly got no sympathy for him this time (if true). Poor refereeing decisions aside and I thought it was an entertaining game. Both teams created chances and both teams had their keepers to thank at some point during it. Still more twists and turns to come I'm sure. Spot on. Ref was as bad for both teams and no matter who lost the posts would prob be the same... Impresses with stirling going forward but our slow midfield in 1st half im sure gave a helping hand... Game could have finished anything with chances created n missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alessandro Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I'm not a Stirling supporter, was there as a neutral. That was one of the worst refereeing performances I've seen in 40 years of football. I won't forget his name in a hurry. Clyde are an absolute gang and the celebrations at the end as if they had done something worthwhile, were laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawfield shed boy Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I'm not a Stirling supporter, was there as a neutral. That was one of the worst refereeing performances I've seen in 40 years of football. I won't forget his name in a hurry. Clyde are an absolute gang and the celebrations at the end as if they had done something worthwhile, were laughable. We lost one of our main centre mids before kick off due to family situation, won a game with 10men & from 1-0 down and a big win at that against a decent home teamRound ye and yer tartan army Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcuk Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I'm not a Stirling supporter, was there as a neutral. That was one of the worst refereeing performances I've seen in 40 years of football. I won't forget his name in a hurry. Clyde are an absolute gang and the celebrations at the end as if they had done something worthwhile, were laughable. so who do support then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcuk Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I'm not a Stirling supporter, was there as a neutral. That was one of the worst refereeing performances I've seen in 40 years of football. I won't forget his name in a hurry. Clyde are an absolute gang and the celebrations at the end as if they had done something worthwhile, were laughable. dry your eyes neutral ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headthebaw Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 so who do support then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Snake Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Had it finished two each I could understand the Stirling fans frustrations a bit more, but with the number of chances they created to only finish with one goal they should look at themselves first. For the first penalty if was a definite handball, whether their player was fouled I couldn't tell from my angle. To be honest, I assumed he was seeing as he was up against Bolo who does throw his arms about a bit. Plus, more than anything, Bolo loves getting in peoples face when he's fouled (or commits a foul himself) but when the penalty was awarded he said nothing and walked slowly and quietly all the way back to the centre circle. Bit of a giveaway. I did think the second was a penalty, as it looked like the Stirling defender had his arms well away from his body, though it was from pretty close range. Didn't think either of Stirling's claims were anything like penalties (Bolo's arms couldn't have been closer to his body when it came off him) and Gormley probably should have had a penalty early on, but doesn't help himself the way he throws himself to the ground. We still should have scored at least two besides that, if Gemmell hadn't stupidly touched the ball inches before it would have gone in anyway, or if he finished his one on one, which was the best chance in the match (penalties aside). Man of the match between Waters and Smith, both of whom bailed us out on a number of occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcuk Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 ? said he was a neutral ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanMck Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Hahhaha mon the champions ????⚪️⚫️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanMck Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Right I've not even read what anyone has said so far so I can say my fair point of view. Our goal in first half was in but why did the beast feel the need to nod him home !!! FS!! We woulda been cruising. Then they score which was a good few feet offside as you can tell by both sets of players reactions. The ref gives us 2 penalties which are stonewallers. He sends off marko for two yellows which was correct. But he shat himself at so many other decisions luckily the linesman managed to keep him on track. The thistle boy in goals done well again. Draw woulda been fair but a win for us can't be complained about under those circumstances. ????⚪️⚫️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanMck Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Just read all comments - ... they were clear penalties from where I was sitting. You could say They were a bit lucky but at the end of the day they are both PK's. And I love the rage from the Stirling fans- away and have a look at yourselves after losing that from 1-0 down ! Best of luck to You's you are nothing special ????. BEAST MODE ACTIVATED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I really enjoyed that game because I hated it. Nerve wracking, horrible stuff. Brilliant feeling at full-time though. Firstly, ourselves. The first half performance saw us create quite a few chances but we weren't anywhere near good enough. As said at half-time, our midfield was nowhere near Stirling's (not that they particularly used the midfield) and there were a host of poor performances. I really am struggling to see why we're playing Marsh on the right side. Second half we were much sharper to it and although Stirling had a fair few efforts on goal later on (hitting the woodwork a couple of times) I thought we were the better team between our two penalties and Gemmell had an absolute sitter from 6 yards. For all that he was poor in the first half, Higgins had a great second half. Worked hard and some excellent passing into the right areas. Waters and Gormley our other better performers; Waters in particular was outstanding; the save in the first half was absolutely top notch. Gemmell missed a fair few chances but he had chances, which is more than any Clyde striker since maybe Pat Clarke? He's nowhere near full sharpness yet. Stirling; Played some nice, direct stuff at times; got the ball wide quickly and at pace. Caused us real problems. Again, although they had efforts on goal, they turned into an absolute rabble by the end of the game with absolutely no shape and the sole game plan of giving Lamont the ball. Probably had understandably lost the rag a bit at the referee. Credit to Doris as no striker in this league has battered our centre halves about as much as that. The referee; absolute waste of space and whichever team lost was always going to blame him. It looked like both penalties were handballs but I did suspect a bit of a foul at the first, whilst the second probably counts as unlucky because of the distance involved but his hand was definitely out and not in by his side. Poor decisions, if they were that, happen. What was more concerning was some of the other stuff. Five minutes into the game Ross Smith stamped his studs right down the back of Gemmell's leg; not even a free kick, when it was a certain yellow and verging on a straight red. Then, the same player, having been booked at the penalty (rightly or wrongly), halves down Gormley a few minutes later and gets away with it. The booking of Doris for going off the pitch too slowly having received treatment; is that even allowed? Was there some dissent that we missed? Giving a yellow to Gormley for moving the ball to where the free kick should have been; did he seriously think Stirling would be defending a free kick from just inside their half, 10 yards outside their box? Marko should have been booked much earlier (one foul in particular near the halfway line on Doris) and no complaints that he ended up getting a red eventually. Were people actually complaining ? That said, I thought he was fouled before he got his first yellow; seemed to be a bit of a fifty-fifty. There was even wee small decisions, like the host of free kicks he gave for the tiniest of nudges. Suppose he was consistent in those at least. Can't believe we celebrated a great result that keeps us in with the slimmest of shouts of winning the league. I'm not going to get to sleep for a while. £10 for that was a bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWC14 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Stirling Lolbion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headthebaw Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Classy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullyweehutch Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 First penalty to me was a stonewaller but I never saw the second properly as I was checking the other scores. Two very good finishes from Linton. The ref was shite both ways and the Stirling goal looked well offside. No complaints about Marko getting sent off, after his yellow I could tell it was a matter of time. The midfield in the first half didn't turn up and tbh I am still to see why s.McLaughlin gets played every week. Higgins, I am his biggest critic and was giving him pelters at half time but fair play he impressed me in the second half. If only he played like that for 90. Waters was great! Shame he will be heading back to the great unwashed of Maryhill soon but delighted he was over with the team celebrating at the end (maybe piss off thistle enough to stay with us?) Plenty created for both teams but a massive 3 points tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullyweehutch Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I'm not a Stirling supporter, was there as a neutral. That was one of the worst refereeing performances I've seen in 40 years of football. I won't forget his name in a hurry. Clyde are an absolute gang and the celebrations at the end as if they had done something worthwhile, were laughable. laughable? Neutral my arse! Dry your eyes and go back in your hole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I'm not convinced the Stirling goal was offside when the ball was played wide. However, I did think that Smith messed up his earlier clearance though as he was being closed down by a player who looked offside. Even if he wasn't in this case, it's still a decision that linesmen need to give more often as it's definitely interfering with play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I'm not a Stirling supporter, was there as a neutral. That was one of the worst refereeing performances I've seen in 40 years of football. I won't forget his name in a hurry. Clyde are an absolute gang and the celebrations at the end as if they had done something worthwhile, were laughable. First jamesy now this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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