LeodhasXD Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 One thing I'm really shocked about is the number of fans that Edinburgh brought. There were more directors and staff than paying fans. Cracking day to watch football and only 22 in the away end. A shame because it's a tidy team on the park. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetableman Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 "2 stupid mistakes and we are chasing the game Edinburgh coped well with the little we had to offer put this down to a bad day and learn from it ? Rice just as much to blame as the players . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 14 minutes ago, LeodhasXD said: One thing I'm really shocked about is the number of fans that Edinburgh brought. There were more directors and staff than paying fans. Cracking day to watch football and only 22 in the away end. A shame because it's a tidy team on the park. Just wait 'til they head through to Grangemouth for the first time. OYF. Prepare yourself to be shamed like never before, City fans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeodhasXD Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, BFTD said: Just wait 'til they head through to Grangemouth for the first time. OYF. Prepare yourself to be shamed like never before, City fans. Knew I was veering too close to the crowdwank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencils Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 One thing I'm really shocked about is the number of fans that Edinburgh brought. There were more directors and staff than paying fans. Cracking day to watch football and only 22 in the away end. A shame because it's a tidy team on the park.It's madness the whole railway end is shut off to home fans, especially on a day like today, for the sake of 22 fans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, pencils said: It's madness the whole railway end is shut off to home fans, especially on a day like today, for the sake of 22 fans. Have the rules changed below the Championship, or is that the club's decision? Doesn't seem like long since we were swapping ends at this level. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 49 minutes ago, LeodhasXD said: One thing I'm really shocked about is the number of fans that Edinburgh brought. There were more directors and staff than paying fans. Cracking day to watch football and only 22 in the away end. A shame because it's a tidy team on the park. No surprise. Myself and other Edinburgh CITY long standing regulars who would have been there have better things to do than support a team whose directors change the name with no consultation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) On 11/08/2022 at 20:16, Kevchenko said: Already plugged on the Alloa thread, but for the Edinburgh guys, we had @AllyMonc on our new podcast previewing Saturday's game. Some Alloa v Kelty stuff up first then Edinburgh preview from about half an hour onwards. https://waspsnest.buzzsprout.com Still working through this but really enjoying it and looking forward to hearing more. 1 hour ago, BFTD said: I remember one of the things the Hamilton fans warned us about Brian Rice was that he stuck with players in positions they weren't effective in. You'd really, really hope he's learned from that. I don't think he will. He played Taggart left centre back in his first game and although Taggs did his normal steady job he clearly wasn't entirely comfortable and was also missed on the flank. Was then deployed there and LB on a few more occasions before the end of the season. You could make an excuse for that and Kev as emergency RWB when Rice had come in mid-season but we're now 7 competitive games into a new season and it's been obvious enough already that neither player is anywhere near as effective as they can be in these positions. Taggs is class on the right and Kev is needed further up the field (and more central too). Ultimately the reason for it too is that Rice retained Church and didn't sign another LB either. He needs to sort that. Managers have their quirks and Rice has plenty of positives as a boss as well but I'd expect more players out of position (and too many positional and formation changes through games) from him. Very poor result today. I remember doing a feature on Alloa being upset by Edinburgh City at City Park in the 30s then losing to Spartans there decades later in the Scottish Cup, then of course losing to City a few years back over the road from City Park at Ainslie Park. Getting pumped at home by the dodgy new incarnation a new low. Edited August 13, 2022 by Waspie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 That's just bizarre. He's not the first manager to stubbornly employ players in odd positions, but surely he must still be expecting to bring in a few better options in those positions. It doesn't make sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 1 minute ago, BFTD said: . It doesn't make sense. He assisted John Hughes to relegate us so probably picked up some bad habits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tenkay Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, LeodhasXD said: One thing I'm really shocked about is the number of fans that Edinburgh brought. There were more directors and staff than paying fans. Cracking day to watch football and only 22 in the away end. A shame because it's a tidy team on the park. Politics mate! All a bit pathetic and sad really. Others on here better qualified than me to answer your post! Edited August 13, 2022 by Tenkay 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeodhasXD Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, Tenkay said: Politics mate! All a bit pathetic and sad really. Others on here better qualified than me to answer your post! I know the story behind it all. It was just stark seeing it in real life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylstheref Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Not good at all. I agree with most let's have players in their best position, bed in a shape and sign a left back. 2 nights training a week is no time to be changing things for every Saturday. Hopefully get back on track soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevchenko Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Too many off days across the pitch yesterday, but got to say Edinburgh played well and were good value for their win. There was a couple of times they tore us to pieces on the counter and it probably could have been more than 4. Tough one coming up next week as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMartyn86 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) If we want to challenge for the promotion play offs then we either need to recruit the right players to play the 5-3-2 formation or go to a back four to shore up the defence. Both Durnan and Graham are far too slow to be playing together at the back in the same team. The strongest back four available right now would be Church, Stanger, Taggs, Robbo. Hopefully Muir is fit sometime soon so that he can replace Hogarth in goals. We look OK going forward but a complete shambles at the back. Edited August 16, 2022 by BigMartyn86 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 I don't mind Durnan and Graham together when we play 3 centre backs, especially with someone like Stanger as the third with a bit more pace. I'm imagining Muir signed up believing he'd be #1, he was in the stands on Saturday so hopefully he's not too far off match fitness. Just hope Taggs starts at right back this week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KierenAAFC Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) On 16/08/2022 at 13:11, Rory said: I'm imagining Muir signed up believing he'd be #1, he was in the stands on Saturday so hopefully he's not too far off match fitness. As much as I agree with some parts of the above, especially Taggart on the right, I don't really agree with this. Muir signed as No.2 and Hogarth has been signed as No. 1 IMO. You don't take these players on loan from the Old Firm and sit them on the bench. Firstly, it would cost an extra little fortune, and secondly, he wouldn't be here if that was the case. We have to appreciate we have a young keeper in the net and with the manager wanting to play a certain style, unfortunately these mistakes will happen. Let's not forget his heroics only a few weeks back. He will only improve. Muir is a good goalkeeper but he hasn't started a competitive game of football since last October, and has spent a bit of time on the bench of both Queen's Park and Airdrie in recent years. An excellent back-up and someone who will feel he can push Hogarth all the way, however, I can only see Muir being No.1 if Hogarth's loan was cut. It's been a shame the way Muir's Alloa career has started but he will play his role. Edited August 18, 2022 by KierenAAFC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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