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Yes he cleared it - well out of the box. Please explain why the goal is then his fault. The ball is returned into box and our defenders don’t deal with it and the shot takes a lucky deflection away from Balcombe. Think highly of Ox and hope he turns out to be our goalie in the future. But don’t understand why Balcombe is the new scapegoat. Do you really think Ox would have made a difference today? Recall Ox making errors but he had more than made up for those in other games. He had credit in the bank. Don’t think Balcombe cost us any goals today. In fact he made some good saves to keep us in the game. Even the fourth goal took a deflection. So why pick on him? Shades of some on this forum who took delight on castigating Liam Kelly.

Do you really think Ox at his best would have mad any difference? And do you not remember the errors he made?

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And that would be my opinion as a spectator. Could add StJohn, McBride et al. Think McCormack was commenting only on those he played alongside and from his point of view of Porter being the best at bringing others into play. Recall fondly second-half of 2-2 cup-tie at Tynecastle (post Phil) when Porter and McCormack ripped Hearts a new one.

Link to article on Mika. Hope it works! Wish he could have stayed longer. Also heard Ross McCormack rating Chris Porter as the best CF he had played with. Agree? https://www.dailynewsupdate.com.ng/arsenal-have-been-criticized-for-making-the-biggest-transfer-mistake-of-the-decade-after-selling-mika-biereth-to-sk-sturm-graz-in-july-2024/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2e8yZ2mQUCcNje89DBMo5LgAsb5hWbO_yVomn6cEksF8jey6raKsstAM4_aem_58mg_m_Hzpct_AMkMZ4hgw

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So if we are pish what are the teams below us? 🤔 Shit? Some things/people don’t change. Recall same comments (same people?) on here going on about how pish/lucky we were to finish 5th under Alexander. And under Robinson. And under McCall. And…….🥱

Comments on here so predictable. First loss at County in 11 games I think. Fine lines. Better to lose 1 game and won 1, than draw 2. VAR ridiculous. Score a goal and lose momentum because it takes over 5 minutes to give not offside. Should be automatic. Opponents get chance to reorganise and we try to keep warmed up. 🤬

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After Patterson’s performance last night, SOD should cancel any summer holidays and prepare for a recall. The ex-R##### made more errors in each half of the game than SOD made in total in all his appearances. But haven’t heard mention of it anywhere.

Ally MacLeod? We were supposedly the big fish in the league and MacLeod had money to spend. He did sign some good players for that level but failed to get the setup right and promotion. He boasted when he took over that we would be challenging for first division title within 2 seasons. It took Davie Hay to mould the players into a winning, entertaining team.. (And Jock Wallace to reverse it.) My biggest gripe against MacLeod was that he played Willie Pettigrew out of position and May have been part of the reason that Willie left for Dundee United. (NOTE Only my opinion) Think MacLeod’s personality required himself to be the ‘big noise’ (and nose) at a club.

Think we all know the answer. First 45 minutes should be used as an instructional aid for wannabee refs on how NOT to referee a match. Contained so many bad calls - too many to list. Possibly the worst I have seen - and that’s saying something. Thought the captain was allowed to ask respectfully an explanation for a decision?

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