Forfar Athletic v Annan Athletic

[Dan Steele]

Taking part in this week's Forfar's Basement Battle, Annan Athletic, arguably in a worse predicament than Forfar, are the visitors. Could this be the game where it all clicks into place for Forfar? Might the attack run riot with a goal spree? Will we delight in the big punt up the park? Or will it be another day of excuses?

[SlipperyP]

3-1 nae fuckin aboot.

[C_titz]

Meh 

[Guest]

15 minutes ago, C_titz said:

Meh 

My thoughts exactly 

[Bridie Vision]

1 hour ago, SlipperyP said:

3-1 nae fuckin aboot.

3-1 who? Does either team have the ability to score 3 goals in a game? I know Forfar scored 3 in the cup, but in the league?

[RateofKnots]

2-2 draw. Possibly 2 own goals, a red card and a managerial casualty in the aftermath.

[nofixedability]

Harkins? f**k that.

[Dan Steele]

Nice wee gift from Hutton there, ffs.

[LoonsYouthTeam]

Highland League, here we come

[nofixedability]

21 minutes ago, LoonsYouthTeam said:

Highland League, here we come

We deserve it, like groundhog day. How can this Board continue to back this clown?

[Bridie Vision]

4 hours ago, SlipperyP said:

3-1 nae fuckin aboot.

Even 3-1 Annan looks unlikely, Annan can get another but we're just useless.

With Harkins in the heart of midfield it's no surprise. 

[RateofKnots]

Other results also going against him.

[Bridie Vision]

36 minutes ago, Bridie Vision said:

Even 3-1 Annan looks unlikely, Annan can get another but we're just useless.

With Harkins in the heart of midfield it's no surprise. 

Guess I'll eat my words 

[Jupiter Jazz]

Nothing Irvine does makes any sense but imagine selecting Hutton and Harkins as your centre midfield!?

[C_titz]

How can this be allowed to continue . A ducking shambles 

[C_titz]

11 minutes ago, Jupiter Jazz said:

Nothing Irvine does makes any sense but imagine selecting Hutton and Harkins as your centre midfield!?

2 midfielders that can’t move & the front 3 or 4 that couldn’t fight sleep. The defence , well that’s just plain pish 

[Dan Steele]

Imagine having the brilliant idea at 3-0 down of shoring up your defence to avoid further embarrassment when your team is at last showing a bit of fight. And still gifting another goal. 

[Solway Star]

Great result Annan !  Well played onwards and upwards!

[Dan Steele]

19 minutes ago, Solway Star said:

Great result Annan !  Well played onwards and upwards!

Yep, well played. Even at the warm-up your team looked up for the game. Some tidy passages of play and some fine passing.

[fafc1885]

When the decision was made to start Gary Harkins, you just knew it wasn’t going to end well.

Hutton is mostly to blame for that bad pass for the opener, as well as Munro and Docherty towing caravans, but what was Harkins doing? Hutton is trying to play the ball out wide and he stands still in the way so he can’t play that pass, forcing Hutton to make that mistake.

Annan could have been more goals ahead before the penalty, which I don’t think was soft. More stupid.

McCluskey was very lucky not to be sent off as well for his kick at a player off the ball.

Slack defending yet again cost us the third. After that we started to play well? You do this at that start, not at 3-0 down.

As for going to a 5-3-2 at that point, oh my god.

We got a goal back but it looked more like Fleming was caught off guard by the fact we had a shot.

Annan could have had another couple before their fourth if it wasn’t for Marc.

Irvine really needs to go now, if we don’t get rid of him it’ll be too late to stop the rot. Another thing that needs to go is the constant insistence that injuries are to blame. The club statement recently said they’re not using injuries as an excuse yet every week it’s mentioned. Even on the tannoy it’s mentioned before the game.