rhliston Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 This Saturday we make the short journey to Central Park to face a Cowdenbeath side below us in the League. First game since the sacking of Dave MacKay and the interim team of Darren Barr, Mark Stewart and Peter McDonald are in charge. Don't know what to expect this Saturday but hopefully an improvement on last weeks defeat at the hands of Albion Rovers . Can the team bounce back from that poor result and get the points I certainly hope so. Prediction Blue Brazil 1 Binos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberdeen Cowden Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 1 hour ago, rhliston said: This Saturday we make the short journey to Central Park to face a Cowdenbeath side below us in the League. First game since the sacking of Dave MacKay and the interim team of Darren Barr, Mark Stewart and Peter McDonald are in charge. Don't know what to expect this Saturday but hopefully an improvement on last weeks defeat at the hands of Albion Rovers . Can the team bounce back from that poor result and get the points I certainly hope so. Prediction Blue Brazil 1 Binos 2 From what I’ve seen recently, I wouldn’t dispute that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 A resounding win for Darren Barrs Albion juggernaut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headthebaw Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 not sure I can summon the energy to make this trip. Cowdenbeath have improved since last season and we... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minertaur Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 So who do we reckon will be in defence for us this week? Will Swann make a dramatic return? Will Deas play at centre half? Will Fraser Mullen continue to be ever present? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberdeen Cowden Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 32 minutes ago, The Minertaur said: So who do we reckon will be in defence for us this week? Will Swann make a dramatic return? Will Deas play at centre half? Will Fraser Mullen continue to be ever present? No,yes,yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhliston Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 11 hours ago, headthebaw said: not sure I can summon the energy to make this trip. Cowdenbeath have improved since last season and we... Just hope the team that beat Elgin turns up on Saturday and not the one that for most of the season has been underperforming. Surely professional pride will kick in and they will be out to prove they are a better team than the League position suggests they are. If they aren't embarrassed by the position they find themselves in then it makes you wonder why they were signed in the first place. They by their actions have managed to get rid of one manager and whoever takes over will not tolerate any more shocking performances like last week. Its time for the team to stand up and be counted, are they as good as they think they are or are they simply not good enough to cut it at this level. Time will tell but for a team with the 3rd or 4th biggest budget in this League we should be doing a LOT better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB_Bino Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 If we play as we did against Annan & Albion Rovers then it’s going to be a long afternoon for the Binos faithful and Cowden will have to be really bad not to get something out of the game.Not going to head through this week but keeping my fingers crossed for the 3 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 For me and from what I've seen (though I'm no footballing expert other than the early Championship Managers), position wise, I'd throw Talbot in the middle to add some much-meeded steel in the centre of the park (at the risk of the inevitable regular Cowden red card), freeing up Malcolm in the Middle to spread the ball about a bit more instead of chasing the game and his (pony) tail for frustrating lost causes. I'd have Sheerin and Cox up front to save Sheerin chases lost causes to balls aimed in his general direction, and hopefully save his arse burning out after the hour by having Cox share some of the leg-work up front, with the hope he can get in the box and snatch any chances Sheerin can't make due to his relentless harrying all across the front line. Defence would be the question for me, so I'll leave others to fill in the gaps... McGurn Swann, Deas, CB? RB? LM? Talbot, Malcolm, Buchanan? Sheerin, Cox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza81 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 McGurn Mullen (meh) - Deas - Marsh (Meh) -Talbot Scott - Malcolm - Fraser (is he signed?) - Swann Cox (meh) - Sheerin Subs: Miller, Pyper, Renton (actually did more than most at Ed City in his short spell), Buchanan, Smith, Skelly, Goodfellow Wouldn't be averse to giving Skelly a start over Cox alongside Sheerin but he didn't look particularly useful on Saturday. We actually have a very large squad, cant imagine our wage budget is cheap either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PELE Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 4-3-3 for me. For this match, I would have the following line up :- McGurn. Mullen, Deas, Scullion, Talbot. Malcolm, Fraser, Swann. Skelly, Sheerin, Renton. Subs, three to be used at some point, would be Smith, Buchanan, Marsh and Cox. Would have been good if it was Gilfillan in place of Scullion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecowden Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 A win is a win. I’m not bothered how it happened. Delighted with the battling. That’s what we needed. I’m hoping we can kick on and get some confidence. I’m going for some beer now. It feels good not to be drowning sorrows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldincoo Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 battling performance. Not pretty but 3 points is 3 points. Thought Deas was immense at CB. Jeez how shit are Stirling ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GregStewart Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 1 hour ago, ronaldincoo said: battling performance. Not pretty but 3 points is 3 points. Thought Deas was immense at CB. Jeez how shit are Stirling ? Don’t tell me, a Celtic centre half is actually decent at centre half for Cowdenbeath fc? what an absolute moron Bollan is hanging him out to dry at left back until now. Imbecile. even if talbot wasn’t fully fit(who knows ) then Swann was player of year at left back last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulliemc Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Any other team bar Berwick would have overturned us after the red card today.We sat in needlessly and ought to have looked to kill it with a second which Marsh should have done with the header towards the end.Never a red card in a month of Sundays and later in the game if the linesman can flag for a Stirling elbow how it can only be yellow by comparison.As has been said, Stirling are really poor. Really poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 12 minutes ago, wulliemc said: Any other team bar Berwick would have overturned us after the red card today. We sat in needlessly and ought to have looked to kill it with a second which Marsh should have done with the header towards the end. Never a red card in a month of Sundays and later in the game if the linesman can flag for a Stirling elbow how it can only be yellow by comparison. As has been said, Stirling are really poor. Really poor. Poor red card Willie and as you say the Stirling boy should have also been sent off for elbowing Cox in the puss if the officials were being consistent. I think we would have won by a few if we had had 11 players for the full 90 minutes. Must be a long time since i've seen such a poor Stirling side their players seem to have given up considering most of them were there last season when they reached the play offs. A wins a win however which is the main thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PELE Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 We so often lose these type of games, so massive win for us today. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhliston Posted October 6, 2018 Author Share Posted October 6, 2018 45 minutes ago, wulliemc said: Any other team bar Berwick would have overturned us after the red card today. We sat in needlessly and ought to have looked to kill it with a second which Marsh should have done with the header towards the end. Never a red card in a month of Sundays and later in the game if the linesman can flag for a Stirling elbow how it can only be yellow by comparison. As has been said, Stirling are really poor. Really poor. We were poor today and even down to 10 men we did not have the guile to break Cowdenbeath down who hung on to get the win. Regarding the straight red card clearly the ref felt that the tackle by your player which almost cut Kevin Moon in half fully was worthy of a straight red. Regarding the other incident involving Cox and Jordan Allan did not appear to be much in it and maybe it was Cox`s over reaction to the challenge that made it a lot worse that what it was. Indeed he had to be pulled back by his own players as he was mouthing off at Albion officials at the dug out. Even your own manager had to tell him to calm down and keep the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PELE Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 19 minutes ago, rhliston said: We were poor today and even down to 10 men we did not have the guile to break Cowdenbeath down who hung on to get the win. Regarding the straight red card clearly the ref felt that the tackle by your player which almost cut Kevin Moon in half fully was worthy of a straight red. Regarding the other incident involving Cox and Jordan Allan did not appear to be much in it and maybe it was Cox`s over reaction to the challenge that made it a lot worse that what it was. Indeed he had to be pulled back by his own players as he was mouthing off at Albion officials at the dug out. Even your own manager had to tell him to calm down and keep the head. Cox has a short fuse, so it doesn't take much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberdeen Cowden Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 1 hour ago, cowdenbeath said: Poor red card Willie and as you say the Stirling boy should have also been sent off for elbowing Cox in the puss if the officials were being consistent. I think we would have won by a few if we had had 11 players for the full 90 minutes. Must be a long time since i've seen such a poor Stirling side their players seem to have given up considering most of them were there last season when they reached the play offs. A wins a win however which is the main thing. Correct. We’ve had a lot of hard games against Stirling over the years and taken a few pastings, but that is the worst Stirling team I’ve ever seen. Seldom can any team have had so much of the ball and been so inept. In the second half every time we got the ball we gave it back to Stirling but they didn’t have a clue what to do. Any other team in the league, apart from Berwick, would have destroyed us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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