View Full Version : Saints vs. Ross County 26/08/06
blueheaven
24-08-2006, 02:58 PM
So, what are folks thoughts on how we should line-up for this game? Personally, I'd have Stevenson back into the starting line-up because I think he earned it with the enthusiasm and bite he showed when he came on during the week. I also think we need to get back to 3-5-2 so that we have more players in positions familiar to them. I don't think Coyle will make either of those changes, though - I reckon he'll go with...
_____________Halliwell
Lawrie___McManus__James___Stanic
Mensing___Hardie__Sheridan__Sheerin
__________Milne____Scotland
Steve Maskrey
24-08-2006, 03:09 PM
The sooner we get back to 3-5-2 the better! Judging by the positioning of some players against Hamilton, they'll be happier with 3-5-2 as well. Coyle hinted after the Elgin game that Stevenson may start on Saturday, does that mean he'll drop Hardie :?
Given that McManus will be injured, I'd like to see Ruti in the central position with Anderson on the right of the back three
Halliwell
Anderson Rutkiewicz James
Stevenson Mensing Sheridan Sheerin Stanic
Milne Scotland
saint5588
24-08-2006, 03:14 PM
I think coyle should put Mensing either in the defence or in the centre of midfield he does not look like a winger and can win the ball in the middle of the pitch.
Broggy Man
24-08-2006, 03:29 PM
So, what are folks thoughts on how we should line-up for this game? Personally, I'd have Stevenson back into the starting line-up because I think he earned it with the enthusiasm and bite he showed when he came on during the week. I also think we need to get back to 3-5-2 so that we have more players in positions familiar to them. I don't think Coyle will make either of those changes, though - I reckon he'll go with...
_____________Halliwell
Lawrie___McManus__James___Stanic
Mensing___Hardie__Sheridan__Sheerin
__________Milne____Scotland
Bh is that your hope or your prediction??
Dunfermline Saint
24-08-2006, 03:33 PM
I haven't been impressed with Lawrie so far, but think he will start on the right. Stevenson did well on Tuesday but maybe Coyle will stick him on the bench with a view to giving him the last 20 odd minutes if required.
You have to bear in mind that Stevenson came on and played against an exceedingly tired part-time team's defence. Yes, he probably couldn't have done much more than he did but I'm not sure if Coyle will think it justifies a start in the league just yet. Would like to see him come good though.
My friend was an official on Tuesday night and couldn't believe it when I said normally Stevenson was no where near the first team.
blueheaven
24-08-2006, 04:14 PM
Bh is that your hope or your prediction??
As said in my post, it's what I think Coyle will go with, not what I hope to see. My hope would be for Stevenson to start and a return to 3-5-2. If I was picking the team for Saturday it would be...
_________________Halliwell
_______Mensing___McManus___James
Stevenson__Young__Sheridan__Sheerin__Stanic
____________Scotland___Dobbie
SaintSam1884
24-08-2006, 05:08 PM
Do I really see Dobbie in your team, BH? Weird.
I'd go with...
Halliwell
Anderson McManus James
Young Stevenson Sheridan Sheerin Stanic
Scotland MacDonald
chopper
24-08-2006, 05:25 PM
My 2nd game of the season following the win at Queens a couple of weeks ago.
From what I have heard from various people I would think the team will be as follows:
Halliwell
____Mensing____McManus____James
Lawrie____________________________Stanic
____Hardie____Sheridan____Sheerin____
_________Scotland______Milne
Shaggy Jenkins
24-08-2006, 05:42 PM
_________________Halliwell
_______Mensing___McManus___James
Lawrie________Hardie_____Sheerin______Stanic
__________________Young____________________
____________Scotland___Milne
This is the on we turn our game round on....I have a good feeling
Broggy Man
24-08-2006, 05:45 PM
Bh is that your hope or your prediction??
As said in my post, it's what I think Coyle will go with, not what I hope to see. My hope would be for Stevenson to start and a return to 3-5-2. If I was picking the team for Saturday it would be...
_________________Halliwell
_______Mensing___McManus___James
Stevenson__Young__Sheridan__Sheerin__Stanic
____________Scotland___Dobbie
Im not far away
_________________Halliwell
_______Mensing___McManus___James
----------------------Sheridan
-----------------Young____Sheerin
Stevenson__ ------------------------Stanic
____________McDonald___Milne
john1962
24-08-2006, 05:54 PM
_________________Halliwell
_______Mensing___McManus___James
Lawrie________Hardie_____Sheerin______Stanic
__________________Young____________________
____________Scotland___Milne
This is the on we turn our game round on....I have a good feeling
I think Young in the "hole" could be the key to us starting to score.
blueheaven
24-08-2006, 05:57 PM
Do I really see Dobbie in your team, BH? Weird.
Any more weird than your choice of Anderson over Mensing?
Of course I realise Dobbie is away on loan so won't play, but I was posting the team I'd pick, and if I was picking the team Dobbie would still be in contention.
john1962
24-08-2006, 05:57 PM
Reading the Telegraph will be hard to guess the side.
McManus out, Ruti very doubtful, Hardie and Mensing picked up knocks.
john1962
24-08-2006, 05:57 PM
Do I really see Dobbie in your team, BH? Weird.
Any more weird than your choice of Anderson over Mensing?
Of course I realise Dobbie is away on loan so won't play, but I was posting the team I'd pick, and if I was picking the team Dobbie would still be in contention.
Couldn't agree more.
Radford 72
24-08-2006, 06:00 PM
McManus is definitely out, Rutkiewicz is still struggling (i.e he hasn't trained since QoS) and Hardie and Mensing are also doubtful.
That leaves us no option but 4-4-2 as we are missing three potential centre-backs.
I think 3-5-2 is great away from home but at McD last year, it was part of the problem as we had no width from it so were very one dimensional.
I imagine we'll be along the lines of:
Halliwell
Lawrie - Anderson - James - Stanic
Stevenson - Young - Sheridan - Sheerin
Scotland - Milne
john1962
24-08-2006, 06:18 PM
Did I once read somewhere that Lawrie can play Centre Back?
Radford 72
24-08-2006, 06:22 PM
Did I once read somewhere that Lawrie can play Centre Back?
Yeah, he can.
208saint
24-08-2006, 06:29 PM
Did I once read somewhere that Lawrie can play Centre Back?
Has to be able to play somewhere I suppose, it certainly ain't full or wing back :***: :***: :***:
john1962
24-08-2006, 06:56 PM
As I think he is a cert to play and he has probably played there with James it might be worth a go if we lose all of those that are doubtful. At least he can concentrate on defending.
Cagey
24-08-2006, 09:24 PM
Given the injury situation i will go with Radfords choice.
If Mensing is fit play him instead of Lawrie . Keep Lawrie away from centre half as he does not look as if he could play there. We have Dyer for that position in case of emergency.
SaintSam1884
24-08-2006, 10:40 PM
Do I really see Dobbie in your team, BH? Weird.
Any more weird than your choice of Anderson over Mensing?
Of course I realise Dobbie is away on loan so won't play, but I was posting the team I'd pick, and if I was picking the team Dobbie would still be in contention.
When I put Ando in the back three, I meant to take out Sheridan and replace him with Mensing. Honest. :wink:
Kevin
25-08-2006, 07:53 AM
Did I once read somewhere that Lawrie can play Centre Back?
Nah, should be left back - in the changing room!! :***:
who are ross county.bring em on
Nairn Saint
26-08-2006, 09:09 AM
Spoke to a couple of guys up here in the frozen north who are connected with County. They are smarting a bit after their cup exit but fully expect to take full points from a side that couldn't score against Elgin Shity in 90 minutes.
Stuff the Dingwall tinks........
garydavidson
26-08-2006, 03:40 PM
oooft a milne double in 2 mins (37 and 39) :0) that makes up for having to type a dissertation all day
Watty
26-08-2006, 05:01 PM
10 times better today, could've and should've been more, Samson had 3 good saves but i'm alot happier at that performance than any other so far this season. Although Ross didn't look a shadow of the team they've been the last few seasons.
Decent performance, should have won by more though.
Milne should've scored 4 with the chances he had, was eventually subbed after he went to the physio complaining of either an injury or upset stomach- went straight to the club doctor as well.
Scotland did well, but was still trying to walk the ball into the net.
Lawrie was garbage again however, fresh airing the ball twice when he tried to control it- Ross County's tactic of kicking the ball at him seemed to cause us more bother than their attackers did.
The same performance as all other home games this year, but we managed to win for a change.
Radford 72
26-08-2006, 05:19 PM
10 times better today, could've and should've been more, Samson had 3 good saves but i'm alot happier at that performance than any other so far this season. Although Ross didn't look a shadow of the team they've been the last few seasons.
Not much to complain about today. Not so sure that we were any better in any attacking sense than against Accies but Ross County offered very little threat. I agree with you, that's the poorest I've seen them, even in the season they were almost relegated they were better than that.
Samson has somehow learnt to keep goal and made a few good saves but they are probably classed as shocking misses by Savo (2) and Jason.
Oldmuirton
26-08-2006, 05:27 PM
Some decent football at times but we really make things hard for ourselves with the number of easy chances we miss
The big disappointment continues to be Lawrie. He is dire and certainly not worth a place ahead of either Anderson or Stevenson
Maybe he is a good player going through a bad spell (I don't really want to believe OC's judgement is that bad) but he should not be in the team on present form
Cagey
26-08-2006, 06:04 PM
Played well today as it was 3 going on 10. It was a bit worrying that most of the misses came when we were 2 0 up & the pressure was off a bit & no need to snatch at chances.
I liked the look of the County No 7. think he would sold our midfield problem.Plenty pace & skill.
blueheaven
26-08-2006, 06:07 PM
Good improvement today, let's hope it continues. Up until we scored I had a feeling it was going to be another one of those days where we dominate the entire game but can't score, particularly after Savo's first missed sitter - but once we got scoring there was no way Ross County were coming back into it. I don't know what's happened to County, but they were absolutely clueless today and easily the worst I've ever seen them.
Thought we had quite a few strong individual performances - Hardie still doesn't look like the player he was last year but was much better today, Mensing looks like he's turning into Mr Consistant for us, Anderson was rock solid at the back, and even Lawrie, I thought, was a bit better. And Paul Sheerin has been fan-bloody-brilliant for us this season. Wizard for Scotland. :wink:
Not sure what to say about Savo. You can't argue with two goals, but that was two superb chances he passed up and, for me, he still just doesn't look good enough as a striker. Also, the lack of any pace in our team is really obvious at the moment. Hardie and Sheridan are a solid central midfield pairing, but they're never exactly going to produce a creative spark. Again, today, I think we missed Stevenson's pace and drive.
Still, great result though - with forum over-reactions being as they are, I'm surprised nobody's started a thread asking for Coyle to be knighted yet.
P.S. I'd been waiting the entire first-half to find out who this "legend" was that was going to be making a presentation to Geoff Brown. I was thinking maybe Roddy Grant? Paul Cherry? Maybe even a flying visit from Nicky "Dazza" Dasovic? But no, it was Aggie Moffat. On the legend pecking order, I put her somewhere between Jordan Tait and Isaac English.
Radford 72
26-08-2006, 06:08 PM
I liked the look of the County No 7. think he would sold our midfield problem.Plenty pace & skill.
Loan player from Celtic, Michael Gardyn. He did look lively.
dave mc
26-08-2006, 06:11 PM
Played at a much better pace today,movement for each other was much better, especially 1st half.Thought County at least tried to play an open game and didn't just sit in,this helped Saints as we weren't facing a packed defence. Hard to believe a team can miss so many chances in so many games,but it would be worse if we were not creating them.Defo an improvement!
Steve Maskrey
26-08-2006, 06:26 PM
A far better performance today with a great determination to play the ball on the deck. Passing and movement was good, the midfield were great and good to see them using Hardie as a target at set pieces as an alternative to James.
Only disappointing thing was when some fans booed when Savo went off, despite it being blatantly obvious that he was knackered from all his running. Sheerin and Hardie were feeling it late on as well
Shaggy Jenkins
26-08-2006, 06:27 PM
THATS IT.....Well first half anyway
More of the first half for the rest of the season please. I even bought the whole Mensing concept today, he was good
Only down point was we started the seond half on a lower tempo, we cant do this we must work for the 90
Steve Maskrey
26-08-2006, 06:35 PM
I actually thought the ref was good today. He was very fair, got himself close to potential trouble spots at set pieces and didn't stand for any nonsense. Best i've seen this season and would go as far as saying he's welcome at McDiarmid anytime :shock:
Hazel1884
26-08-2006, 06:36 PM
Much better today and glad to see Saints come away with the 3 points - worthy winners indeed.
County were poor, but as all their fans were saying before/after game they are in a transitional period and had to get rid of a lot of older or more experienced players in a cost cutting attempt and play youngsters who have none or little experience in the first team. However, they had a few nice moves today and will more than likely improve as they play together! Would love to know what the average age of County's starting 11 was today!
As for Saints, glad to see the players carrying on their good performaces - special mentions to Anderson, Mensing and Scotland today who will receive my 3-2-1 points as well as Hardie, Milne and James playing fairly well. Once Milne scored the first i could see us going on to win, which we did, and could have been wrapped up by half time if we had that little bit extra luck in front of goal!
Bit of faith restored today, albeit against a poor side. But hopefully with Milne getting two goals his confidence will be higher hopefully, but why they booed him going off was ridiculous. Shouting for Scotland to come off instead. Savo was shattered, and he had done the job whilst Scotland still looked lively. I still heard faint boos at half time. Whoever it is deserves a knock in the jaws.
Sheridan should have been off for Young though!!
All in all, a good 3 points with most of the others dropping points!
Bring on El Starko and his men!!
Radford 72
26-08-2006, 06:37 PM
I actually thought the ref was good today. He was very fair, got himself close to potential trouble spots at set pieces and didn't stand for any nonsense. Best i've seen this season and would go as far as saying he's welcome at McDiarmid anytime :shock:
Agreed and said as much on the ref thread on P&B. Had never heard of him before today but was really impressed with the way he handled the game. Not sure how the County fans will take to him since he booked five or six of their players!
Nairn Saint
26-08-2006, 06:37 PM
Great result that will make my life in the frozen north a bit more bearable next week. Sounds like a season of transition for the Dingwall Tinks, although they will take points of some teams, especially at home.
If you get divorced in Dingwall, is she still your sister?
templeofsaints
26-08-2006, 06:38 PM
Excellent performance today - we came a lot closer to making more of our chances as well. Three good goals although the County one was preventable if we'd been marking McKinlay (or perhaps kick him all over the park like he seemed to want to do to a blue shirt today).
Thought the entire defence was solid though. Midfield was interesting with Hardie not looking 100% fit but played well enough although both he and Sheridan tired towards the end. Savo was excellent up front and despite some of the slagging Jason was getting I thought he was a lot less selfish today in front of goal.
Only weak point I thought was some of Halliwell's play. Even allowing for the wind, I'm starting to brick it every time he has to deal with a back pass.
More than happy with the overall performance though. County looked ok at times but a poor side overall. Certainly their defence is weak and Samson, for all his blocks, looked suspect a lot of the time.
Skeeter
26-08-2006, 06:42 PM
I actually thought the ref was good today. He was very fair, got himself close to potential trouble spots at set pieces and didn't stand for any nonsense. Best i've seen this season and would go as far as saying he's welcome at McDiarmid anytime :shock:
Agreed and said as much on the ref thread on P&B. Had never heard of him before today but was really impressed with the way he handled the game. Not sure how the County fans will take to him since he booked five or six of their players!
That's hardly surprising though, going by Ross County's tactics. They seemed determined to turn it into a dirty game at times. Thankfully the Saints players didn't bite this time!
Chuck Norris
26-08-2006, 07:41 PM
P.S. I'd been waiting the entire first-half to find out who this "legend" was that was going to be making a presentation to Geoff Brown. I was thinking maybe Roddy Grant? Paul Cherry? Maybe even a flying visit from Nicky "Dazza" Dasovic? But no, it was Aggie Moffat. On the legend pecking order, I put her somewhere between Jordan Tait and Isaac English.
Absolutely agreed. For those of us in the West Stand, the presentation was a bit of a mystery until the rain went off, and Geoff/Legend decided to make an appearance on the pitch.
Aggie - a legend, built on a constantly-perpetuated urban myth.
dunblanemike
26-08-2006, 07:46 PM
presumably Geoff bought his own presentation?! Or did the Duffster buy it? And who paid Aggie's appearance money?
:***: :P
Ray Blair
26-08-2006, 08:18 PM
Today we were very good first half but fell away a bit under the expected County pressure.
Delighted with the win with most players pulling there weight.
The Referee was very good,If he had started booking early on the game would have been a farce!His advantage decisions were on the whole good.
The best bit of the game was Sampson and his defence discussing the second goal.
Bring on Billys boys! :roll:
today was the usual shite. we are pish. 3 goals dosent cover the mess we are. martin hardie was a total piece of shite. savo was well good. halliwell looked dodgy too.
the only positive part of today was the fact the county showed the benefit of on loan signings with their no.7. very good player
mainstand
26-08-2006, 09:26 PM
today was the usual shite. we are pish. 3 goals dosent cover the mess we are. martin hardie was a total piece of shite. savo was well good. halliwell looked dodgy too.
You have obviously been sniffing the barmans apron Muzz.
We have won a game we are still undefeated and played some good football in the first half, give the boys a feckin break for god sake.
today was the usual shite. we are pish. 3 goals dosent cover the mess we are. martin hardie was a total piece of shite. savo was well good. halliwell looked dodgy too.
You have obviously been sniffing the barmans apron Muzz.
We have won a game we are still undefeated and played some good football in the first half, give the boys a feckin break for god sake.
no, playing well for 15 mins in a half dosent cover up the rest of a bad performance. dont kid yourself mainstand
Cagey
26-08-2006, 09:35 PM
I liked the look of the County No 7. think he would sold our midfield problem.Plenty pace & skill.
Loan player from Celtic, Michael Gardyn. He did look lively.
This is the kind of player that Coule with his contacts should be picking up.
Two Js
26-08-2006, 09:35 PM
today was the usual shite. we are pish. 3 goals dosent cover the mess we are. martin hardie was a total piece of shite. savo was well good. halliwell looked dodgy too.
Can I remind you Saints are a Scottish 1st Division team. :?
mainstand
26-08-2006, 09:40 PM
no, playing well for 15 mins in a half dosent cover up the rest of a bad performance. dont kid yourself mainstand
We'll agree to disagree. Well if we win 3-1 against a team playing as bad as you seem to think then things look good for the future. I think you need to have a reality check on what you are expecting from the team .
Blues Brother
26-08-2006, 09:40 PM
Noticed we've got a new free kick/corner specialist. Paul Sheerin appears to have taken over the mantle from Sheridan although I would prefer that the chore could be spread to include Stanic for the sake of variety. One player hogging free- kicks / corners tends to become too predictable.
Blues Brother
26-08-2006, 09:57 PM
The same performance as all other home games this year, but we managed to win for a change.
Spot on!!!!!!! I didn't think last week was as bad as made out, and I would not go over the moon about todays performance. The main difference being that three chances were converted against a barrowload being missed last week. We are still passing up far too many opportunities, but at least we are creating them.
SaintSam1884
26-08-2006, 11:18 PM
today was the usual shite. we are pish. 3 goals dosent cover the mess we are. martin hardie was a total piece of shite. savo was well good. halliwell looked dodgy too.
You don't half talk some overwhelming rubbish. You make points, but don't back them up with any evidence. "Jason Scotland is a prick" "We are pish". How old are you? You act about 12. :roll:
We played the best we have done this season, and won a game at home - where we'd drawn twice previously and failed to beat lower league opposition in the 90 minutes, twice having to go to extra time to do the job. I think that shows that there was a marked improvement there today. So long as we continue to improve, I certainly don't think there's any call for post such as that drivel.
was working missed it ,3 points and dundee lost.yabadabadoo am away to get blotto :D
Steve Maskrey
27-08-2006, 12:37 AM
today was the usual shite. we are pish. 3 goals dosent cover the mess we are. martin hardie was a total piece of shite. savo was well good. halliwell looked dodgy too.
What would it take for you to be actually quite happy about a result :? Saints beating the opposition into submission :?
You've either been on some funny drink or set some bizarrely high standard for Saints. I thought Hardie had his best game for Saints today, in what respect do you believe he was 'a total piece of shite' :?
today was the usual shite. we are pish. 3 goals dosent cover the mess we are. martin hardie was a total piece of shite. savo was well good. halliwell looked dodgy too.
You don't half talk some overwhelming rubbish. You make points, but don't back them up with any evidence. "Jason Scotland is a prick" "We are pish". How old are you? You act about 12. :roll:
We played the best we have done this season, and won a game at home - where we'd drawn twice previously and failed to beat lower league opposition in the 90 minutes, twice having to go to extra time to do the job. I think that shows that there was a marked improvement there today. So long as we continue to improve, I certainly don't think there's any call for post such as that drivel.
my serious opinion is that today jason looked a lot lot better, although at times still too greedy. savo worked his arse off and deserved his 2 goals. we won deservedly although i still feel we looked very poor for the majority of the game and ross co. helped us due to their shoddy defending. halliwell, although looking solid so far, looked very shaky today.
IMO, and it is only my OPINION, for the squad we have(and i dont expect miracles) we are punching well below the weight we should be.
thank you
no, playing well for 15 mins in a half dosent cover up the rest of a bad performance. dont kid yourself mainstand
We'll agree to disagree. Well if we win 3-1 against a team playing as bad as you seem to think then things look good for the future. I think you need to have a reality check on what you are expecting from the team .
we had a decent spell for a part of the game. we probably just about deserved the win. what annoys me is the way people think wins like todays are so good and emphatic, when in reality we struggled for a great part of the game. county had players with pace and vision we could only dream of having. shoot me if i'm wrong though mate.......
I thought Hardie had his best game for Saints today, in what respect do you believe he was 'a total piece of shite' :? hardie is a player i admire for saints, however, today his passing and lack of creativity let him down.
Hazel1884
27-08-2006, 01:46 AM
We got a performance we wanted today - some nice flowing fitbaw with GOALS at the end of it. We got the three points and a pretty decent performance so what more do we want??? Apart from Sheridan out the midfield of course! :wink: :P :wink:
And i might be pished at the time of writing this, and suspect Mr Muzzerino is on the wind up but there is no pleasing some people. But we have had performances that should have seen us wrap things up by half time if we had the luck in front of goal!
Never mind, the majority of us are behind the club, behind the manager and behind the players - so Mon the Saints! The faith is back, and it's gonna stay!
We are Unbeatable, We are unbeatable....tra la la la!!
SaintSam1884
27-08-2006, 10:26 AM
[quote="Ray Blair"]Quoting MUZZ
snippedquote]
He's not 15, he's a married man with a child. :wink:
snipped:
He's not 15, he's a married man with a child. :wink: yer right :wink: you know i'm only on the wind up :twisted:
i hope :?
Shaggy Jenkins
27-08-2006, 11:45 AM
The difference yesterdat was pretty much the lack of long balls from the defence rto the forwards, we got the ball in midfield and they passed it forward, everything was linked...........well like I have said before untill we came out in the 2ndhlaf thinking the game was won and then seeming to get a bit gittery after they scored. You culd put that down to the midfield tireing a bit too. Wish Scotland would fight to get infront of his man more 5 times a ball came to him and the defender came infront of him and got it. I dont know if he is trying to anticipate the defender not getting it or what....
But on the whole, much more like it. Our performance in the firts is more what I would like to see from a Saints team, ball on the deck Defence to Midfield midfiled pass forward/wide and create chances..GOAL! (tis an easy game)
john1962
27-08-2006, 12:12 PM
I thought we played well. For me one of the big differences was that Sheerin took the dead ball kicks. Not for their quality because they still weren't great but the fact that Sheridan only had to run half his normal distance. That let him get on with the job he is paid to. The unglamorous breaking up of Ross County's play. I though he did that well in the first half and that made sure they didn't pressure us. Second half he did fade and should have been subbed.
I thought the midfield actually functioned with people knowing what they were meant to do and sticking to it.
Would love to know what the average age of County's starting 11 was today!
It was 22.
Only two players aged over the age of 24. Derek Adams (31) and Alex Keddie (25) but he is only playing his third season in preoffesional football.
I've not problems with the result yesterday. Saints were the better team and probably should have scored a few more.
Defensively we were a shambles, and the number of times you won headers on the edge of our penalty box to flick onto Milne or Sheerin was really worrying.
But then I think we made one or two mistakes in the team selection !
Why was young Moore playing left back ? Never played there before a couple of games ago.. played all pre-season as a forward, and scored about 15 goals last season for the Under 19's.. It's not as though we were lacking in that area as Hugh Robertson was sat in the stand just in front of me, and he wasn't injured. :shock:
Mark McCulloch has not been getting a start this season, yet when he comes on (which is rare) he plays really well.. And IMO much better at defending than Dowie and Keddie !
A disappoining result for us, and added to the other defeats we have had some alarm bells are beginning to ring with some fans.. but we have just played the three pre-season favourites to win the league, two of them away from home.. So maybe it's just been a tough start for us.
However this mid-weeks game against Alloa is now huge, we just lost to them last week in the CIS Cup, another defeat would have the knives really out, a win would give the team something to work on over the weeks rest for the international matches.
208saint
27-08-2006, 05:19 PM
Thought it was by far the best performance from the team so far. Not great, certainly nothing like table toppers but a vast improvement on the previous few games. Actually came out of McD yesterday feeling good and looking forward to the next game for the first time in ages.
Still before you think I'm getting too positive Lawrie is still shucking fite :wink:
chopper
27-08-2006, 07:18 PM
TJE - who was the number 7 for your lot yesterday as he looked a half decent prospect for a 12 year old!!!
Radford 72
27-08-2006, 07:40 PM
TJE - who was the number 7 for your lot yesterday as he looked a half decent prospect for a 12 year old!!!
If you'd read the thread you'd have seen it was Michael Gardyne, on loan from Celtic! :roll: :P
Watty
28-08-2006, 10:03 AM
170 Ross fans there on Saturday if anyone who is interested in these sorta things wants to know. Does not look like there will be many sizeable away supports at McD this season. Partick if they keep doing reasonable enough and Dundee, but their numbers will dwindle as they get more and more disillusioned with the pish they are getting served up on the park.
Radford 72
28-08-2006, 12:23 PM
170 Ross fans there on Saturday if anyone who is interested in these sorta things wants to know. Does not look like there will be many sizeable away supports at McD this season. Partick if they keep doing reasonable enough and Dundee, but their numbers will dwindle as they get more and more disillusioned with the pish they are getting served up on the park.
Do you know how many there were from Clyde and Accies, Watty?
Considering this was County's closest game, I would've thought they'd bring more.
Watty
28-08-2006, 12:54 PM
Do you know how many there were from Clyde and Accies, Watty?
Considering this was County's closest game, I would've thought they'd bring more.
Nope, but accies was approx 100 i think, Clyde not got a clue but it looked about 350.
Raith was 196, East Fife 205, Elgin 86 :wink:
Will try and mind check in the future though........East Fife 2nd biggest support at McD this season after Clyde :shock:
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