callum-ayr Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 16 hours ago, superbigal said: I hope you took the cashout as they would likely have voided after postponement and refunded your stake. Yeah tripled my money, didn't bother with the re arranged game, 25/1 into 9/2 was not worth it and by that point the generous 50/1 on Darvel was gone! Hopefully we will get by Cove next week and welcome Elgin to Somerset Park! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Matheus Machado ladies and gents, what’s he like? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Surprised he has got a move up the way tbh, but he did show flashes of talent and seems to have done pretty well at Rothes. Elgin were poor last season so it wasn't a great team to come in to and he's younger than I thought so could be a reasonable signing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1993 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Can’t believe he’s going to Montrose. You surely can find better. HL is his level. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 hour ago, afca32 said: Surprised he has got a move up the way tbh, but he did show flashes of talent and seems to have done pretty well at Rothes. Elgin were poor last season so it wasn't a great team to come in to and he's younger than I thought so could be a reasonable signing. 5 minutes ago, 1993 said: Can’t believe he’s going to Montrose. You surely can find better. HL is his level. A friend who goes to almost every Elgin game has made a comparison between Machado and Antoniazzi, both tidy on the ball but probably not the man you want if you’re trying to grind out games. We’re short on numbers having lost a few of our loan players as well as 2 of our own players leaving so we’ve had to fill the bench with academy players, I’m guessing he’s shown enough in the training sessions he’s had with us recently to at least improve our options off the bench. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1993 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Good luck to him. Wee bit older now, occasionally showed a bit of flair but very rarely made any impact on games. Playing with better players might help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percyboy Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 I thought he was a decent enough player but wasn't given enough chances. Good luck to him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochwood Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Just thought I’d give you a shout and to say very well played on Saturday, we robbed you with the last gasp goal, all the best going forward and the boy Hester would take him to play with Dipo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1993 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 About 50 grand would get him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elgin Macca Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 I've watched some dross served up at BB this season but Saturday is right up there. As soon as Kanes hearing/trial is done we are either losing him to a massive ban or another team at which point we are going to be in big trouble. The squad isn't good enough. And the club/recruitment need to start thinking outside the box rather than just 'sign anyone that's been released by Caley or Aberdeen'. Back to looking over our shoulders again.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1993 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Can’t really argue with your post but our geographical position makes it really difficult to recruit from other parts of the country. Strong relationships with County, Aberdeen etc are a no brainer as again geographically this is our area, also wages being paid to decent LL and HL players makes recruitment difficult from there as other teams have found out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elgin Macca Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 22 minutes ago, 1993 said: Can’t really argue with your post but our geographical position makes it really difficult to recruit from other parts of the country. Strong relationships with County, Aberdeen etc are a no brainer as again geographically this is our area, also wages being paid to decent LL and HL players makes recruitment difficult from there as other teams have found out. That's a fair reply and I agree to an extent but we've watched Caley,county,perterhead (to a lesser extent cove) all get out of this league with similar issues. I've always got the feeling we, as a club ,are just happy to plod along without having much ambition to do more but with relegation now in play this is very dangerous as I genuinely believe without Hester we would be rock bottom by some distance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon9736 Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 Saturday's game was probably our worst performance in a while by far. I don't rate either of our January signings, Reid, for his height, rarely wins a header (OK he scored from a header on his debut) and when he does, it's a flick on to nobody. Taylor is fast and strong, but can't cross a ball. Anderson, who I initially liked, has turned into David Wilson, and is a bomb scare. Dingwall seems off the boil imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1993 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 6 hours ago, Elgin Macca said: That's a fair reply and I agree to an extent but we've watched Caley,county,perterhead (to a lesser extent cove) all get out of this league with similar issues. I've always got the feeling we, as a club ,are just happy to plod along without having much ambition to do more but with relegation now in play this is very dangerous as I genuinely believe without Hester we would be rock bottom by some distance. I know where your coming from but it’s down to finance. Inverness has a far bigger population and therefore fan base. County have their sugar daddy, Peterhead were mega sponsored by oil companies, some of whom have migrated to Cove, hence Peterhead’s struggles and Cove now heavily backed by said oil companies, although that will wain with the downturn in oil work. Elgin haven’t got these income streams. I think we are a well run club living within our means, frustrating as that is. Eventually County and Cove will find their level according to their fan base ie Div 1 & 2 same as Elgin’s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Don't like saying it as I like him as a person but that two year deal for Gav is starting to looking a bit daft. I think 7th is a pretty fair reflection of how we've performed this season, other than a good spell in September/early October it's been pretty mediocre. The tactic of lump it towards Hester and hope he produces some magic is getting particularly tiresome but I don't think our centre backs (who are both good at defending IMO) are composed enough to play out from the back like we've done successfully in the past. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1993 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Midfield is the problem for me. Only one person in there that can retain possession and pass the ball. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 We've signed Andrew Tod on loan from Dunfermline. Central midfielder who's just turned 17 so very young. He's played a few games off the bench for them this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1993 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Bit young to have any influence in this league I would have thought. Must be to cover injuries in the midfield area. Soapy is out and I think Dingwall and Mcewan are carrying injuries. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, afca32 said: We've signed Andrew Tod on loan from Dunfermline. Central midfielder who's just turned 17 so very young. He's played a few games off the bench for them this season. Neat and tidy player, I saw him play against Darren McGregor in a Hibs reserve game and he was okay. Where do Elgin train as it seems like a hell of a commute for Tod Edited March 1, 2023 by 101 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 18 hours ago, afca32 said: We've signed Andrew Tod on loan from Dunfermline. Central midfielder who's just turned 17 so very young. He's played a few games off the bench for them this season. Interesting to see you say central midfielder, is that your take or did the club say that on the announcement? When he's played for us at under-21 level, in the reserves and his very brief first team appearances he's played as a forward - either up top in a two, in the hole behind one or two out and out strikers or in a wide attacking role (although very much not a winger). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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