Thom & Gerry Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 As games go this just about falls into the must win category for Elgin if they are to harbour play off aspirations, particularly with QP to come next week and a likely 0 points. We have disappointingly performed and lost our last 2 games against teams we might reasonably have expected to beat. There has been no lack of effort from the players but apart from fleeting moments we have failed to click since lockdown. Don’t know why, not happened up front in the last couple of games , blend in midfield doesn’t look right and most worrying a previously pretty solid defence, including goalkeeper, has started to look anything but. Are we missing MacDonald? Not sure but we need to tighten up and fast. Albion Rovers are on a good run, they recruited well in the winter window, bringing in some good experience and are in no danger of being club 42. On form an away win but think Elgin will come good and keep us on play off tender hooks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elginer Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 I agree with Thom and Gerry this is a must win. The way we are playing we need every point we can get to have any chance of making the top 4. The standard of the league this year apart from Queens Park has been poor. We are a hard working team but lack quality. However if we do make the top 4 you never know! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloon Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 (edited) hopefully the team give it 100% from the get go theres also not been a lot of goals from the team recently but in this stage i'd happily take a battled out win forgot to add tomorrows program https://online.fliphtml5.com/lamol/dfeb/#p=1 Edited April 16, 2021 by cityloon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 The wide players on Tuesday played too deep, maybe partly down to the Stenny formation, and Hester did pretty well most of the time to hold the ball up given what little support he had. I can only remember O'Keefe running at their defence once, he's a frustrating player but one of the most dangerous dribblers in the league and we need to get him doing that more if we're going to win games. It's frustrating that although we have a good squad, not enough players this season have made themselves automatic picks with a good run of form. Too many players showing flashes but not performing consistently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Vic Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Interesting game this . Rovers didn’t half draw the short straw with the early ko. I thought Elgin were most unfortunate with the curtailment of last season - I really thought that was the best Elgin team I had seen since they joined the league and were playing really well until the pandemic hit. Our win at Cliftonhill earlier in the season was most unexpected and we have a totally different team now compared to back then. Hopefully our away form will continue an we can pick up something to pull us closer to safety. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negros y blancos Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 We were flying high , but that’s football [emoji460]️ if we can fly high again the next couple of games who knows where we’ll be . One thing I do know is in league 2 you can never take points for granted & I wouldn’t have it any other way [emoji460]️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Football7 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 The Albion Rovers manager must be sat there thinking, how on earth are we winning this game. Its taking "against the run of play" to a new level. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon9736 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I'd like to think whatever Elgin player is awarded the MotM award declines it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 That first half hour was a classic example of a team not taking their chances and being punished at the other end, made particularly painful as both came from terrible errors. The second half was abysmal. We can still make the play offs but in this form I don't see us doing much damage in them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Vic Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Ooft Rovers! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negros y blancos Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Fair play to Albion we took their chances in 1st half & they took over 2nd half [emoji460]️ was a hard watch at Stenny on Tuesday was more heartbreaking watching today . Still all to play for but no room for any more f ups [emoji460]️ now I’m off for a long walk off a short pier 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom & Gerry Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 27 minutes ago, afca32 said: That first half hour was a classic example of a team not taking their chances and being punished at the other end, made particularly painful as both came from terrible errors. The second half was abysmal. We can still make the play offs but in this form I don't see us doing much damage in them. I love your optimism. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Thom & Gerry said: I love your optimism. I'm certainly not expecting play offs now, but we're level on points with a team we've beaten twice this season with five games left. It's far from impossible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_the_rover Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 The Albion Rovers manager must be sat there thinking, how on earth are we winning this game. Its taking "against the run of play" to a new level. This was true till 50 mins or so, elgin keeper then made 2 fantastic saves and rovers took charge, well deserved result 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Raith_Raver Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I was incredulous watching the updates coming in as Albion kept scoring. When did they last get 5? I watch for their results and am glad they look certainties to avoid the possible drop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_the_rover Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I was incredulous watching the updates coming in as Albion kept scoring. When did they last get 5? I watch for their results and am glad they look certainties to avoid the possible drop.Fort William away in last seasons scottish CupFunny coincidence last scored 5 in a league game, 5-2 away to Alloa September 2017, and 5-2 away to Queens Park in August 2017, Amazingly in July 2017 we also won 5-2 away to East Kilbride in the league cupThough we did score 4 last week,Was it not for 2 brilliant saves from the elgin keeper it would have been 7 and there can be no argument with it either,It's got to be poor from Elgin's point of view, we haven't been good this year overall, we are the only team Brechin have beat in 30 odd games, we have however managed to sweep Elgin aside easily both home and away this season (3-1, 5-2) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telefunken U47 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) When did Elgin demolish the area behind the [right-hand according to their TV coverage] goal? Haven't been to Borough Briggs in a couple of years (unsurprisingly) but hadn't seen that before. Edited April 17, 2021 by Telefunken U47 Can't tell the difference between left and right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom & Gerry Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Telefunken U47 said: When did Elgin demolish the area behind the [right-hand according to their TV coverage] goal? Haven't been to Borough Briggs in a couple of years (unsurprisingly) but hadn't seen that before. Recently started, construction of all weather pitches. It’s a Community project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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