Onthefringes

After match comments an honest assessment? Screams not learning from mistakes and managing any change to me.

To be fair, the previous claret kit knocks the 2028/18 offering out the park.

Not to piss on your parade, that wasn’t the last claret kit? 2018/19 had the Roma influence I'm sure.

Oriam centre

Close. Goes by the name ‘Justin’ and is a winger.

Hard to gauge as most have spent this season kicking their heels? Interested to see how the management team drive the development moving forward rather than the soundbite offered thus far.

All about minutes in the legs for most. Lawless the only January signing with game time. Trialist played also.

He’s injured?

The referees’ union? They all talk...

He never you know. Was brought to the club having excelled in a wide position during youth football.

Well, bit personal that. Thanks for offering little to the debate, glad you aren’t on our coaching staff.

A poor one. Reasons given elsewhere. His inclusion for me is symptomatic of poor recruitment last summer. I’m not sure he’d make the first team of many in the same league.

There may be something in it. I don’t know. It’s certainly not used as a tool to appease the mock outrage of some. List I seen posted on Saturday morning looked professional (albeit not from the club) and was shared amongst a fairly big circle. Details certainly aligned with information club had given with a few extras. Fairly certain Burrows offers reply when asked... We’ve been unlucky with types of injuries. Had we competed in last 2 fixtures I doubt it would be up for discussion.

I work on the ‘don’t let appearances fool you as there’s always only one reality’. You’ve mentioned one game. His efforts in others were way below what was asked of him. Another swayed by an ability to cover a bit of ground & not do a lot. I’d doubt he’d even feature were Donnelly fit and capable. Are you seriously saying having O'Hara available on Saturday with all the players we had out would have improved our chances? Certainly not with the formation played. That has little to do with any bite as you put it. By your own admission Alexander has to find out who are the players he can trust. My hope is he has sussed out using a sizeable amount of our budget on a so called utility player who doesn’t fit much utility into his game is folly.

As mentioned, with O’Hara it’s concussion related. Grimshaw has had glandular fever. Smith - knee, Foley - back & Nolan - calf.

Poor analogy. Both different types of player so it’s a notion easily dismissed. Running around a lot doesn’t make you an asset. Now, running around a lot, tracking others, improving positional sense & not being caught in possession may, just may convince me he has attributes. Some folk are just easily pleased.

Granted discipline and battling qualities are not the same thing, not the point I was making. Definitely no evidence of either in my opinion. He got stuck in? That should be a given. Unsure how anybody can come to the conclusion he’d have saved us from any capitulation on Saturday. Not to hide? Well, certainly offered little influence on games by and large, Campbell has been so far removed from his natural game for so long this season, it’s been painful at times.

There may be, but, not asked to do the job expected of O’Hara. Hasn’t the discipline to play as deep sitting midfield offering protection to the back four, hasn’t the discipline to maintain positional sense in defence. So I’m not sure where the fighting/battling qualities the original poster mentioned come from?

Fighting/battling qualities? O’Hara? That’s a bit of a stretch...

Glad you got that off your chest. Been time for them to man up all season & it’s yet to happen. Time will tell...

Not by much I hasten to add

What does it even mean? Fairly self explanatory... The club don’t have to release every bit of information do they? The salivating of some for titbits of information is laughable. Give the in-the-know stuff a by. There’s plenty information out there without having to dig for it. You’ll get no apology from me if my part answers or hints irritate you. Not for the first time, some news that comes our way can’t always be leaked in the way some do. Offers protection for those who’ve offered it & belies the inaccuracy of plenty that makes it way onto this chat. I’ve been consistent in my approach with the new management - just not bought into their soundbite. I'm not the only one who has mentioned discontent... Stephen Craigan’s post match comments were pretty telling for me. Certainly aligns with a few things that came our way recently & not from those not being involved. No smoke without fire?

It doesn’t have to be reported. The key stakeholders knew.

Naive in the extreme...

It’s been known most of the week.