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Post by bucky on Aug 24, 2019 18:24:50 GMT
I recognise what Smart brought to the table and saved us from oblivion.For that,I am eternally grateful,but he is a liability at present.No heart in his game-frightened to be physically involved. I don’t think Smart had a good game today and was guilty as the rest of the strikers for missing chances today. And let’s face it we had a barrowload of chances. Again we lose a really poor goal today with dismal defending . Really soft goal. Smart has been best this season coming on as a sub - absolutely terrorised the Stenny and Cove defences. So yeh there’s a debate to be had there. His strength is actually with his back to goal holding the ball and running at defences. This nonsense about he never wins a header is for the birds. Playing in the air is not his strength and especially chasing big punts when you have commanding defenders like today. It’s utter nonsense. We’re all entitled to our opinion but it’s typical football fans. One player is picked out and shoulders the whole team. McLurg started this last week with Smart and everyone jumps on the bandwagon (and it’s not for racist reasons I hasten to add) Looks like we will have to agree to disagree on this occasion.
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Post by hugh on Aug 24, 2019 18:37:52 GMT
It was frustrating today and a game of two halves. Smart Osadolor never has set the heather on fire this season añd found wanting today again. Is he a Team player? Questionable at times.
Gary Philips cannot really understand why he is benched so regularly.
A bit of a shakey performance with Bryan Wharton but for me should have more match time.
However the manager has a handle of what's going on outwith match days and that has to be respected.
Will Graham's MOM well earned.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2019 18:57:54 GMT
I would normally would not pick out one player and say the team in general was very poor.Our team on their day is as skilful as the next team,but heart is not there.2 veterans-McManus and Nade,have undone us in last 2 weeks,so a lot to be said for experience.....
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Post by harriskid44 on Aug 24, 2019 18:59:41 GMT
Don't just blame one player, what about the players at the back that have being doing a crappy job for the team and not helping the goalkeeper out when needed, I wish PM was available, so he could stop these silly goals going in.
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Post by Rovergrant on Aug 24, 2019 19:14:40 GMT
Certainly PJ Morrison hasn`t been replaced....but he was always a hard act to follow
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Post by Rovergrant on Aug 24, 2019 19:31:29 GMT
Maybe that`s why he is a `Man of Many Clubs`
Transfer history 19/20 Jul 1, 2019 Queen's Park FC Queen's Park Albion Rovers FC to Albion Rovers - Free Transfer 18/19 May 5, 2019 Albion Rovers FC Albion Rovers Queen's Park FC Queen's Park - End of loan 18/19 Feb 28, 2019 Queen's Park FC Queen's Park to Albion Rovers FC Albion Rovers - Loan 18/19 Jul 1, 2018 Clyde FC Clyde FC to Queen's Park FC Queen's Park - Free Transfer 17/18 Jul 15, 2017 Annan Athletic FC Annan Athletic to Clyde FC Clyde FC - Free Transfer 16/17 Jan 7, 2017 Rossvale FC Rossvale FC to Annan Athletic FC Annan Athletic - free transfer 16/17 Sep 2, 2016 East Kilbride FC East Kilbride to Rossvale FC Rossvale FC free transfer 16/17 Aug 8, 2016 Stranraer FC Stranraer to East Kilbride FC East Kilbride - Free Transfer 16/17 Jul 1, 2016 Annan Athletic FC Annan Athletic to Stranraer FC Stranraer - Free Transfer 15/16 Jul 9, 2015 Tiffin Dragons (Tiffin University) United States Tiffin Dragons to Annan Athletic FC Annan Athletic - Free Transfer 12/13 Jul 1, 2012 St Anthony's FC Scotland St Anthony's to Tiffin Dragons (Tiffin University) United States Tiffin Dragons - free transfer 11/12 Jul 1, 2011 Irvine Victoria FC Irvine Victoria to St Anthony's FC St Anthony's - free transfer 10/11 Jul 1, 2010 Partick Thistle FC U20 Partick Thistle FC U20 to Irvine Victoria FC Irvine Victoria - free transfer
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Post by Prof on Aug 24, 2019 19:44:21 GMT
Well hey ho we’ve lost two games and it’s all Smart’s fault. One of the key players who saved the club from oblivion last season all of a sudden is not a team player . Some of the comments are utterly ridiculous. Totally agree Bucky. I'm a BIG fan of Smart. He's a huge talent. Loved his reaction towards us when he scored against Cove last week-great goal.
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Post by d7 on Aug 25, 2019 5:52:33 GMT
Yeah that was fairly brutal yesterday. We dominated the first 15-20 minutes maybe and had a couple of chances. Hit the post after a bit of a scramble. In that period, Brechin were as bad as we were last season and I was sure we'd beat them comfortably in the end. As is often the case though if you don't take your chances when you're on top then you pay the price.
It then quite quickly went to sh1t. Brechin hit the bar and then McManus decided to make his presence felt. In truth we never coped with either his physicality or movement the whole game. He took his goal extremely well too.
We'd plenty of possession after that but rarely threatened. Too many had an off game and I thought we looked knackered from about midway through the second half.
I don't think it was Kevin's finest day either if I'm honest. It seemed fairly obvious from just before half time that we needed to change things. I also don't think he knows his best team yet either judging by the continual chopping and changing of the starting eleven. The subs took waaaaaaaaay too long to make and I thought Gary Phillips did well when he came on.
It's still early days and maybe that was just a bad day at the office. We'll know more in a few weeks. If we perform like that every week though we'll be in trouble.
Brechin did just enough to win this. They are pretty dire themselves but did more than enough to limit our chances to more or less a few long range efforts. We did have a goal chalked off for offside which looked fairly marginal.
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Post by chris on Aug 25, 2019 8:30:35 GMT
The full team has been poor 2 weeks in s row I cant see how you could pick smart out and say hes to blame,
For the goal the left mid picked up the ball our right back didnt close him down, he swung a half hearted ball into the box both center halfs missed McManus got it the keeper flung himself at it and missed totally and it was passed into an empty net,
That's where every bit of criticism should go, we have scored 13 in 9 games seems going forward we are doing ok not the best but ok
Conceeded 22 in 9 games and nobody on this board has picked out a defender to blame
Smart hasn't been amazing but as it stands I would get rid of every defender and keeper in the squad for conceding daft costly goals
Before I picked out smart I would pick out Wharton krones goodfellow wilson smith potts Clark and fagan, each 1 has directly cost at least 1 goal this season some costing more than 1.
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Post by jaydee on Aug 25, 2019 9:11:20 GMT
The full team has been poor 2 weeks in s row I cant see how you could pick smart out and say hes to blame, For the goal the left mid picked up the ball our right back didnt close him down, he swung a half hearted ball into the box both center halfs missed McManus got it the keeper flung himself at it and missed totally and it was passed into an empty net, That's where every bit of criticism should go, we have scored 13 in 9 games seems going forward we are doing ok not the best but ok Conceeded 22 in 9 games and nobody on this board has picked out a defender to blame Smart hasn't been amazing but as it stands I would get rid of every defender and keeper in the squad for conceding daft costly goals Before I picked out smart I would pick out Wharton krones goodfellow wilson smith potts Clark and fagan, each 1 has directly cost at least 1 goal this season some costing more than 1. Who has Pottsy played against this season, let alone cost us a goal? Ross has a bad game yesterday, like most of the team, but has been brilliant since he came in, very very few better left backs in this league. Fagan has been man of the match at least twice and while it wasn’t his best game yesterday is a great talent to have. I’m not going to go through the merits of each player individually but I will say this, unfortunately as a defender and even more so as a goalkeeper a mistake costs a goal, elsewhere on the park you can get away with it more.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2019 9:40:17 GMT
I'm not happy with the defence either,as my initial post yesterday after the game made reference to needing 2 new centre halves.We also need a competent keeper who inspires confidence in his defence.Still think Smart needs dropped,if only to fire him up to come back to his normal standards.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2019 17:21:59 GMT
The full team has been poor 2 weeks in s row I cant see how you could pick smart out and say hes to blame, For the goal the left mid picked up the ball our right back didnt close him down, he swung a half hearted ball into the box both center halfs missed McManus got it the keeper flung himself at it and missed totally and it was passed into an empty net, That's where every bit of criticism should go, we have scored 13 in 9 games seems going forward we are doing ok not the best but ok Conceeded 22 in 9 games and nobody on this board has picked out a defender to blame Smart hasn't been amazing but as it stands I would get rid of every defender and keeper in the squad for conceding daft costly goals Before I picked out smart I would pick out Wharton krones goodfellow wilson smith potts Clark and fagan, each 1 has directly cost at least 1 goal this season some costing more than 1.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2019 17:28:10 GMT
The full team has been poor 2 weeks in s row I cant see how you could pick smart out and say hes to blame, For the goal the left mid picked up the ball our right back didnt close him down, he swung a half hearted ball into the box both center halfs missed McManus got it the keeper flung himself at it and missed totally and it was passed into an empty net, That's where every bit of criticism should go, we have scored 13 in 9 games seems going forward we are doing ok not the best but ok Conceeded 22 in 9 games and nobody on this board has picked out a defender to blame Smart hasn't been amazing but as it stands I would get rid of every defender and keeper in the squad for conceding daft costly goals Before I picked out smart I would pick out Wharton krones goodfellow wilson smith potts Clark and fagan, each 1 has directly cost at least 1 goal this season some costing more than 1. Potts hasn't played a first team match this season but still gets blamed for bad results. Doesn't matter what the kid does it isn't good enough for some people. At least he's had a clean sheet pre season but again probably not good enough
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Post by jaydee on Aug 25, 2019 18:19:48 GMT
He also played well, including a couple of really good saves last Monday for the reserves against Airdrie.
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Post by Roy of the Rovers on Aug 25, 2019 21:20:03 GMT
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