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Im not Chalmers biggest fan and Im not sure that he has what it takes to have a future at the club, but I thought he did okay when he came on yesterday. He clearly looks more comfortable in midfield than at fullback. I suppose thats all relative to his previous poor performances.

Lots of good performances. Thought Cadden was excellent particularly in first half. McHugh and Clay looked pretty good together too. Went for Heneghan though. He looks better and better every game.

Made it more difficult than it needed to be but a good 3 points in the end. Thought we were very comfortable first half and more than deserved to be in front at half time. The goal was a lovely piece of play and a nice finish from Lionel who had his best game in a long time. 2nd half we got a great start with another well worked goal albeit the Killie defender appeared to gift Cadden possession. But for an abysmal finish from Lionel we should have been 3 up and home and hosed before we conceded, setting us up for a nervy last 15 mins. Lots to be pleased about but still room for improvement.

I like what they have done with the league cup. Having the final in the first half of the season is good. Not sure about having the euro teams seeded as theyve already had preferential treatment by being given a by unto the knockout stages. Definitely an argument for making it an unseeded draw from there. I dont like the challenge cup revamp. As stated above it was a chance for the lower league teams to play for some silverware. Should have remained so. The U20s already have a cup competition.

Some of the subtitles are a hoot!

Home game for me. See you all in the Brass and Granite about 1pm!

Always difficult to tell what a player has to offer with limited gametime but for what its worth my assessment would be MChugh>Lucas>Clay All similar types of player and given we've already signed McHugh Im not sure what Lucas or Clay would offer other than keeping Campbell out of the first team. Might be harsh but I think the money can be better spent.

Cadden by a distance....

Clay was average. No where near as good as McHugh or the brief glimpses Ive had of Lucas. Only one game but against lower league opposition didnt impress that much.

Anyone know the best pubs in Stranraer? Preferably between the railway station and the ground!

I would imagine that most if not all of it will go to paying Les back and getting us on a firm footing for entering into fan ownership.

Pretty much this ^^^^

Thats the one!

Pretty comfortable victory. Result was never really in any doubt and the performance was solid if unspectacular. Night and day compared to East Fife last year in what was a pretty similar type of fixture, away to lower league opposition on a plastic pitch. Great away day though. Carlisle was pretty decent as was The Shed in Annan. Felt like a wee bit of an adventure. Loving the Jacob Blyth song. Hope he gets a few starts as it could have mileage....

Marvin played well but Moult was MoM for me. He led the line superbly and his work rate was superb. Youd never have known he was carrying an injury. To last 90 m8ns and get 2 goals, cant ask any more than that.

Always thought Chalmers had the look of someone supremely lacking in confidence. Maybe not surprising given his injuries lack of gametime and the poor form we were in at start of the season. However, if he hasnt been able to impress the manager enough in training to get a start on front of Marvin then I think its fair to say his days are numbered. Anyone know when his contract is up?

Exactly this ^^^

Sounds from reading that, that he feels fans were too comfortable with him owning the club that they didnt need to step up. By transferring the shares he is changing that dynamic and basically challenging the fans to make it work by making fan ownership the only game in town. From some of the posts on here it might already be working.....

This is a pretty significant change of direction 14 months into a 5 year plan. I fear there is a lot more to this than meets the eye. Deeply concerning......

First time Ive gone for null vote. No one deserving of it today Im afraid.

We were very poor today. The pitch didnt help. Ball bobbling all over the place, but some of our players look as if they'd never seen a football before. The long ball hoof from the centre halfs is also brutal to watch. We started very slowly but as the first half wore on started to get more of a grip of the game and after we scored we looked on the ascendency. Then we switch off defensively leave Cadden exposed, dont close Wotherspoon down he has all the time in the world to pick his spot and Ripley not paying attention beat at front post. Terrible goal to concede on stroke of half time. As for second half, less said the better. Our decision making in the opposition half is atrocious and our inabilty to close games out laughable. One parting shot for Bobby Madden. Terrible terrible performance. Murray Davidson allowed to foul with impunity all afternoon and his general inconsistency over what was a foul and not a foul was so frustrating. That said, we did more damage to ourselves than he did.

Whilst I agree that Pearo hasnt been great recently and Im not averse to dropping him if we can come up with a formation that doesnt weaken us tactically, I really dont think his performances are down to poor attitude. He has never been that sort of player. It could be that he has been playing carrying an injury. He did go off injured in the Thistle game. Folk need to consider these things before deciding he isnt pulling his weight.

I tend to agree with your first 2 paragraphs but the 3rd is a bit harsh. Without the Bois Fir Park would have been like a morgue yesterday. We havent exactly been taking the league by storm for the last 18 months but they still turn out and back the team from the off. Maybe they should have stuck around yesterday and tried even harder to generate a response from the players when we were up against it but that relationship also has to work 2 ways. The Bois make mistakes and get things wrong at times but I couldnt honestly blame anyone for leaving early yesterday.

Big concern for me yesterday was the number of unforced errors. Players seemingly incapable of finding a simple pass. Our set pieces were also truly pathetic. If you cant do the basics you give yourself no platform to play, regardless of tactics or how big a dick you think the manager is.