el Gringo Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 30 minutes ago, AndyDD said: Haha cheers, couldnae resist Is that your thing from now on? I can imagine "It's Now or Never or "Always on my Mind" being easy enough, but if you get "Polk Salad Annie" or "An American Trilogy" into a commentary I'll be seriously impressed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyDD Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 24 minutes ago, el Gringo said: Is that your thing from now on? I can imagine "It's Now or Never or "Always on my Mind" being easy enough, but if you get "Polk Salad Annie" or "An American Trilogy" into a commentary I'll be seriously impressed. I guess we'll have to wait and see... If Rhys wants to help me out by signing three yanks, that'd go a long way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys McCabe Hype Train Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 9 minutes ago, AndyDD said: I guess we'll have to wait and see... If Rhys wants to help me out by signing three yanks, that'd go a long way. 3 signings would be grand, but don’t get ambitious, now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She who dares gins Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 3 signings would be grand, but don’t get ambitious, now.One feels ambitious right now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Reed Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 hour ago, She who dares gins said: One feels ambitious right now Suspension's and injuries will ofcourse be a problem, on the other hand the smaller squad can maybe be a happier squad knowing that they are not just there to warm the bench and is bringing the best out in them, manager seems to know what he is doing, long may it last, you would think that any player signed would have to be as good if not better than our starting 11, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossm25 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 I'm still hoping for 3 players. 2 defenders and maybe another midfielder would be good. If we brought in Taylor-sinclair as a squad player another decent loan signing as cover for left back maybe and I think we will be well placed. Hopefully Mcmaster is back soon also ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenacres Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 On 21/08/2022 at 17:28, airdrieman said: How good is Adam Frizzell btw? Against Queens he was easily your best player night and day from the player we had on loan a few years ago. He controlled the game especially in the 1st half. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moses1924 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Reed Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 16 hours ago, moses1924 said: No but keep looking and hoping 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLDiamond Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Slow days on p&b. Only a couple of days away from a big league fixture. At this point, not expecting anymore signings this week and fully expecting The Pars to come out this weekend with a view to stamping a bit of authority on the league by beating a favoured team who will be challenging. Think this will be a draw but was hoping for some new signings to bolster the squad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionate Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, FLDiamond said: Slow days on p&b. Only a couple of days away from a big league fixture. At this point, not expecting anymore signings this week and fully expecting The Pars to come out this weekend with a view to stamping a bit of authority on the league by beating a favoured team who will be challenging. Think this will be a draw but was hoping for some new signings to bolster the squad. Totally agree visiting EEP you would always want to play there with a fully loaded squad , The time to strengthen is always when things are going well, not wait until the tide turns...... Looking forward to the game, big crowd expected 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She who dares gins Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Slow days on p&b. Only a couple of days away from a big league fixture. At this point, not expecting anymore signings this week and fully expecting The Pars to come out this weekend with a view to stamping a bit of authority on the league by beating a favoured team who will be challenging. Think this will be a draw but was hoping for some new signings to bolster the squad. Same. All the talk including in our own club interviews was one or two shortly coming in. Obviously there’s still time. But disappointed we’ve not done any business since Ben Wylie in July. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Reed Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 1 hour ago, She who dares gins said: Same. All the talk including in our own club interviews was one or two shortly coming in. Obviously there’s still time. But disappointed we’ve not done any business since Ben Wylie in July. A couple of Dunfermline posts hope we don't just park the bus, obviously not seen us play this season, play like we can and take our chances, just hope no more injuries have been picked up, 1-3 Diamonds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyDD Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Pleased Gabby didn't suffer any consequences from the rib knock, as even bruised ribs puts you out for 6 weeks or more. Took his goal so well last week and great to have a full complement of attackers available for the game. McMaster coming back, if indeed he's ready for the bench, is a boost to numbers, as well, albeit away to Dunfermline might be a bit much immediately. Our attack has not struggled to create chances so far, but they've not come up against a defence of much note yet, either. You wouldn't say Dunfermline have had the hardest opening fixtures ever, but managing not to concede at all over 4 league games is still good going. Be interesting to see if either our attack is as potent or their defence is as solid as the opening fixtures would suggest when they collide tomorrow. Wary of this one, they have some decent weapons of their own at least on paper and at home will be expecting to win the game. A victory for either side would cap off an outstanding August. Get at them, lads. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airdrieman Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Alex Henderson, Taylor-Sinclair (presumably) and McMaster all on the bench. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD1711 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Got to be happy with the start to this campaign.Drew away to QOTS and Dunfermline and pump Falkirk at home, realistically that is your top four. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) Our record against the strongest team in this league in the last few seasons has been poor. 2019/20 we lost our three games to Raith Rovers. 2020/21 we lost our three games against Partick Thistle. 2021/22 we lost our first two against Cove and drew the last two. Starting with a draw away to Dunfermline (who I assume will be the strongest of the nine teams that aren’t us) is a big improvement on that. Early days but looks like it’ll be us and Dunfermline at the top end of the table, though Falkirk might not be too far behind. Edited August 27, 2022 by ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr November Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 9 minutes ago, ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds said: Our record against the strongest team in this league in the last few seasons has been poor. 2019/20 we lost our three games to Raith Rovers. 2020/21 we lost our three games against Partick Thistle. 2021/22 we lost our first two against Cove and drew the last two. Starting with a draw away to Dunfermline (who I assume will be the strongest of the nine teams that aren’t us) is a big improvement on that. Early day but looks like it’ll be us and Dunfermline at the top end of the table, though Falkirk might not be too far behind. When Dunfermline scored I very much had the fear that this was going to be another one of those but fair play to the players, after a few minutes of panicking they got going and McCabe changing to a 3-5-2 allowed us to dominate again for a short spell which was enough to get goal. I’m not getting too carried away yet but to be unbeaten five games having played the three full-time teams, two of them away from home, is undoubtedly an excellent start. I felt Dunfermline were the better team today but looking at these opening games, there certainly isn’t anyone who seems like they’re going to run away with the league and after being written off by a lot of people during the summer, we’re doing a good job of proving we’re still challengers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossm25 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Happy with that today , reacted well and didn't result to a Murrayball esq throw the kitchen sink at them but instead went back to playing football. Gal should have done better with his chance and I've no idea what happened at our 2 stramashes near the goal line. I think we need a left back (Euan is fine when we are dominating but struggled with Mcdonald today) and maybe another Cm ? Although again our midfield is playing some great football at times. Yes we rode our luck at times but so did they , need to deal with that long throw when they come to Broomfield. Sign ATS as a squad player if he's up for it and I think we will be fine for the season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds are Forever Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 11 points from 15 is a great start considering the fixtures, I'd say we've had the hardest 5 fixtures of any team in the league (Montrose perhaps similar but they've had 3 home games) Dunfermline, QOS, Falkirk and ourselves were the top 4 favourites going into the season and we're the only side out of the 4 to have played the other 3 so far. To come out of those games (2 of them being away) with 5 points and winning the other 2 games is excellent. We all know about our head to heads against Cove/Partick/Raith costing us in recent years, for me the aim has to be to win the 4 game head to heads against those 3 teams this year - so at least 7 points against each. Easier said than done obviously but we've had the ideal start to do that, if we do that we wont be far away. The results so far show our first 11 is as good as anything in the league on its day, it's just a case of how our squad holds out, I'm still worried as we move into the winter we'll pick up injuries and suspensions and I don't think we'll have the depth that others have to cope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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