peasy23 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Just our luck I'm afraid. At the start of the season I looked at the 40-point benchmark from previous seasons and thought "yes, no problem we can do that". We did and more, but this time it wasn't enough.That's football though, and we just have to accept it and prepare for next season in the new "Championship" (still ridiculous names for the leagues below the top one, by the way).Three straight up and three straight down out of 16 teams, instead of (prior to this season) two straight up and a play-off and four straight down out of only 14 teams. It'll be interesting to see how that affects the dynamic of what has been (until now) the most competitive league in Scotland.Tbh after getting 48 points and coming 4th last year, we always had a target of 50 points minimum this year. With so many promotion spots up for grabs we always felt it was going to be more competitive than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 Tbh after getting 48 points and coming 4th last year, we always had a target of 50 points minimum this year. With so many promotion spots up for grabs we always felt it was going to be more competitive than ever.Yeh, that's a fair point. We got 45 points last year and finished 5th (after being top going into our last game), this season 43 points and we'll finish 7th or 8th.The incentive of potentially 6 teams going up certainly raised the bar, and unfortunately we went backwards very very slightly. Last season we didn't score enough goals which cost us promotion with too many draws. This season we solved that problem with Smith, McKay and Gormley banging them in, but we lost way too many goals (46) and never really replaced Ryan Docherty who was a huge loss for us.From my conversations with the gaffer I'm confident he knows where we need to strengthen and, if he gets what he wants, then we'll certainly be contenders next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeverleyHills Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 On 28/05/2018 at 00:09, peasy23 said: It's a hard one to pin down exactly why there is such a big difference where 40 points or so would get you in previous seasons compared to this one. It's very noticeable though that there is a big points gap from 8th to 9th this season which isn't apparent in others, and also the bottom 2 are well behind the rest. Looks like the top 8 have all had a big gain in points taken from the bottom 6, and ultimately it will be the teams that haven't fully capitalised on that that will most likely be missing out on promotion and playoff spots. Our downfall last season was our away form, and Glencairn and Cumbernauld have suffered this year from that, Glens losing 6/13 and United 7/13 on their travels. both sides had home records equal to or better than Meadow and Troon. Troon were unbeaten away from home all season, can't be many teams to have managed that in this division over the years. We lost 7 but won the other 6 so a return of 18 points away from home would be acceptable, our home form at the start of the season was the problem 2 points from 12,we have won our last 6 home league games and finish with Largs on Sunday. Looking forward to this game hopefully get a decent crowd,1pm KO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graemeb Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Didn't want to start new thread for this hope it's okay to post link here Photo s of shettleston v largs... https://m.facebook.com/monthe.yowes.7/albums/239824793453607/?ref Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL2 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 So one last game in the division as Largs travel to Cumbernauld on Sunday knowing a win sends them to the Premier at Meadows expense. Cumbernauld will want to spoil any party and also finish on a highPredictions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNauld Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Cumbernauld win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Can anyone else feel Glensmad's tension these days? He must be DESPERATE to start next year's thread but can't until the teams are almost confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darvel legend Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 On 01/06/2018 at 09:51, BL2 said: So one last game in the division as Largs travel to Cumbernauld on Sunday knowing a win sends them to the Premier at Meadows expense. Cumbernauld will want to spoil any party and also finish on a high Predictions? Come on Largs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 Can anyone else feel Glensmad's tension these days? He must be DESPERATE to start next year's thread but can't until the teams are almost confirmed. [emoji38] There won't be a Super League Division One next season. [emoji6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 1 hour ago, glensmad said: There won't be a Super League Division One next season. I know that but I’m guessing you have it all written under another name ready to click “submit”.....correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 I know that but I’m guessing you have it all written under another name ready to click “submit”.....correct? Lol, this season isn't finished yet. Give me time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stuart. Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 So it’s Arthurlie v Meadow and Girvan v Troon.Would be nice to know when they’re being played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darvel Pie Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Girvan Troon is Weds And Friday... so Troon were told last week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troon Portland Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Girvan Troon is Weds And Friday... so Troon were told last week That is what our Secretary was told by SR...but then he scheduled Girvan v Talbot the next day for this coming Wednesday.So, the earliest Girvan are available would be Friday or Saturday this week. My guess would be next week.But it would be nice to know for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darvel legend Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 So 3 out of the 4 autos went to teams who play on plastic , massive advantage for them and no sure it’s entirely fair but well done to them all and just glad we don’t have to play on those parks next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 So 3 out of the 4 autos went to teams who play on plastic , massive advantage for them and no sure it’s entirely fair but well done to them all and just glad we don’t have to play on those parks next season Aye, they were a huge advantage to Largs and ourselves when we were relegated in the last 2 years. Surely it's up to every team to try and get an advantage from the pitch they play half their league games on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemanwolfpack Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 15 minutes ago, Darvel legend said: So 3 out of the 4 autos went to teams who play on plastic , massive advantage for them and no sure it’s entirely fair but well done to them all and just glad we don’t have to play on those parks next season I'm sure Petershills record was equally good away from home if not better. That includes playing on some excellent grass parks, some dry bumpy parks and muddy parks as yours was when we won 3-2 early in the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 I'm sure Petershills record was equally good away from home if not better. That includes playing on some excellent grass parks, some dry bumpy parks and muddy parks as yours was when we won 3-2 early in the season. Won 10, drew 2 at home, won 9 and drew 2 away. We have had seasons where we took more points away than we did at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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