MP_MFC Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 No, you're laughing at Jake Hastie turning out in the tunnocks caramel wafer challenge cup.A hearty gut laugh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, MP_MFC said: 1 hour ago, thisGRAEME said: No, you're laughing at Jake Hastie turning out in the tunnocks caramel wafer challenge cup. A hearty gut laugh. Substituted after roughly an hour for being terrible, btw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellboy1991 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Substituted after roughly an hour for being terrible, btw.And he also missed an utter howling sitter. But it’s cool he has a good pension to fall back on.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) Had a wee smile at Robinson's pre-match comment: Quote “I believe it was the right decision on Saturday. We did 11 v 11 between ourselves on the astro on Saturday so we got another 45 minutes into Tony Watt. He becomes a live option but Chris Long is still unavailable. Mikael Ndjoli is still out.” “Nobody has mentioned Devante Cole or James Scott,” said Robinson. “A lot of physical presence has been taken out of a very successful front three so we’re still trying to find the right combination." I mean, granted I've not been reading the club's mentions and I've been giving Steelmen a wide berth for a long time so maybe it's being viewed as some great mystery but I thought it was obvious to everyone that removing the physical elements Cole and Scott offered from the front three was one of the main issues we were having. Tbh, there's something vaguely reassuring in Robinson emphasising that point I suppose. I'd be a bit more concerned if he didn't see there was a problem to solve. Edited February 17, 2020 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boozyBJ Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Charles Dunne back in for the reserves 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) Like a new signing... In all seriousness, delighted to see the big man back. Hopefully he can get an injury free run at things. Edited February 17, 2020 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Assumed yous were talking about Turnbull ffs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Dunne, a presence up front? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Put him in defence and big Bevis Mugabi up front again? Maybe not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, ropy said: Dunne, a presence up front? I see he's steadied the ship defensively at least 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, YassinMoutaouakil said: I see he's steadied the ship defensively at least Gave away the pen for the 2nd I think. Subbed after 58 mins according to Viva Motherwell. 2-0 down at H/T, go 3-2 up with Killie down to 10 then lose 4-3. 2nd week in a row they've conceded 4. Some bois. In fairness the Reserve League seems to be an absolute shambles. The team selections are getting chopped and changed every week (when we're actually playing). It's some difference compared to the Dev League when there seemed to be a regular XI playing. Edited February 17, 2020 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 ach fitba is rubbish the now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoss Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, capt_oats said: Gave away the pen for the 2nd I think. Subbed after 58 mins according to Viva Motherwell. 2-0 down at H/T, go 3-2 up with Killie down to 10 then lose 4-3. 2nd week in a row they've conceded 4. Some bois. In fairness the Reserve League seems to be an absolute shambles. The team selections are getting chopped and changed every week (when we're actually playing). It's some difference compared to the Dev League when there seemed to be a regular XI playing. It seems to be a massive inconvenience having to scramble about to fit in these games when we're struggling to get the first-team games on. I'm not sure what the arrangement is with Airdrie and Clyde, but I'd imagine it's quite costly as well having to accommodate them too. The teams are very young, wonder if there would be more merit in just organising bounce games and playing in the Youth Cup and Reserve League Cup to get the guys out of the team or those who have been injured back up to speed. The guys at 16-17 will be featuring for the youth teams already, it seems like reserve football is a waste of time. Edited February 17, 2020 by AndyRoss 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, AndyRoss said: It seems to be a massive inconvenience having to scramble about to fit in these games when we're struggling to get the first-team games on. I'm not sure what the arrangement is with Airdrie and Clyde, but I'd imagine it's quite costly as well having to accommodate them too. The teams are very young too, wonder if there would be more merit in just organising bounce games and playing in the Youth Cup and Reserve League Cup to get the guys out of the team or those who have been injured back up to speed. The guys at 16-17 will be featuring for the youth teams already, it seems like reserve football is a waste of time. Absolutely. I mean, I'm not having a go...it was pretty clear from the start of the season that the plan was to run with a smaller group so by extension you're not expecting the same sort of results as when we had essentially a full u20s side (Turnbull, Hastie, Maguire, Livingstone, MacLean, Scott, Mackin, Thomas et al). Maybe half of those listed on the Reserves page are u18s - Devine's out on loan and Semple's injured (incidentally in a perverse way it's notable how much the Reserves seem to have missed him since he dropped out the side). There just seems to be a lack of regular football at that level on account of teams having sacked off the League although I imagine there's still games going in the u18s that aren't being reported. They decided that the Dev League wasn't fit for purpose as you were just essentially getting age group playing age group which is fair enough but the 'Reserves' rebrand has been a half-arsed mess. The whole argument you were hearing from ex-pros about how there needed to be a return to 'Reserve' football has been shown up for the misty-eyed nonsense it always was. Looking at the list of fixtures - there are gaps in the schedule all over the place. Edited February 17, 2020 by capt_oats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Mind the Reserve league was going to save Scottish football? Brilliant. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 The reserves was great back in the day, Monday nights up at Fir Park seeing some utter diddies playing as trialists. Celestine Babyaro's brother in goals was a particular highlight.Incidentally, I noticed an O Donnell playing for the reserves today, any connection? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 A Fir Park cup tie under the lights. You love to see it. Tonight is where we get our season back on track. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, Desp said: A Fir Park cup tie under the lights. You love to see it. Tonight is where we get our season back on track. Why would you have to say that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 50 minutes ago, thisGRAEME said: Why would you have to say that Come on the journey with me, Graeme. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 14 hours ago, MP_MFC said: The reserves was great back in the day, Monday nights up at Fir Park seeing some utter diddies playing as trialists. Celestine Babyaro's brother in goals was a particular highlight. Incidentally, I noticed an O Donnell playing for the reserves today, any connection? did that happen? I love wee things like that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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