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The penny has dropped, - the team now look like they know what they are doing, - I can see further improvement as we progress, - and will go for a 2-0 for the Pars 

27 minutes ago, Piracy said:

Please be assured that as a community football club we fully acknowledge this signing has divided opinion amongst our loyal fans and commercial stakeholders; we aim to rebuild that trust.

So after careful consideration and listening to all view points and reading what Goodwillie and Robertson subjected the Lassie to we have cancelled his contract with immediate effect, - or something similar would do  😞

Cant believe I'm reading this, shaking head here. There has to be a furious backlash, What on earth were the board thinking about ??

Now seeing Dorrans as the player we knew he was. - Thats the most together I have seen the squad for a long time I know its easy to be happy when we win but they all dug in and played for each other. - Yogi has them buzzing -  and the fans who made the trip played their part as well C.O.Y.P. 

Liked the Laddie, I wish him all the best, lets hope he can find a club and continue playing 

Wind down to 21 at 3 o'clock in Dumfries should be ok to go ahead
Its 60 here just now :-((

That's a good post Berry, I have been in a similar situation and the bad times always drag you back to Family and home 

I wish him all the best 

Welcome to the Pars Family Bobby, hope you enjoy your experience, wish you all the best and many goals 

On 20/01/2022 at 22:25, Piracy said:

Is big Jim Rockford still doun Pettycur in his caravan 😂

😂😂

Based on what I've seen the last 2 games I. fancy us for a 3-0

2 minutes ago, Grant said:

Based on Ayr fans having watched him play over the past two seasons? 

I have seen him play yes. 

🤷‍♂️ There were negative comments about the Grant appointment, and his summer buisness, was that the reason it failed? No, it failed because it was bad. If you're going to shut your eyes and just clap along at whatever it makes any opinion pointless. 

We've signed a player, from what I've seen of him, and from what the fans of his other clubs say it doesn't seem like a very good signing, it's really not that deep. 

Fair enough Grant, ye can take the Laddie out of .net etc. 

1 minute ago, SanguinePar said:

The R in VAR is "referee" though. So it absolutely IS the fault of the VAR.

People always seem surprised when VAR makes terrible decisions, but it's still just the same people as before. It's solved nothing, but it has made games worse due to interruptions and uncertainties over celebrating a goal, AND it's made incidents like this even more annoying than if the ref had just got it wrong in real time.

With respect S.P. VAR does not make the decisions, VAR gives the Ref, assistant Refs and assistant video Ref the opportunity to re- asses, re-visit, re-consider at various angles in slow - mo to help the on field Ref re-evaluate his real time decision, If he still makes an erse of it its not VARS fault, just saying 

5 minutes ago, Grant said:

🤷‍♂️ No point ever passing comment on a signing then really. 

A comment based on what tho Grant ? You have obviously seen him play ?  and also know a lot more about him to post such an early negative comment 

Gee Whiz at least give him time to get in the door !!

1 minute ago, DougieDave said:

An absolutely farcical decision - it utterly beggared belief - VAR at its absolute worst…..

But its not VAR at fault  D.D. Its the incompetents that are analysing it 

45 minutes ago, Grant said:

If we're being honest, there's not allot to suggest that'll be a good signing. 

Time will tell Grant I'm prepared to wait and see before I judge the Laddie 

30 minutes ago, GG Riva said:

How on earth can two EPL refs watch Jota deliberately run into the Palace keeper on the ground and award a penalty?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWUeOaz30d8

Considering they both watched it several times, it`s beyond astonishing.

If you watch the replay he looks at the keeper and changes direction slightly to barge over him 

Superb Eddie,  well done,  a fantastic initiative 

17 minutes ago, Grant said:

And from reading those who watched him in Australia, he didn't set the heather alight out there either. You'd have to go back years, and years to try and find performances that justify him being our best paid player, while ignoring years worth of average performances. I'm also guessing that we would've offered him on the contract based on his history, rather than us having a scouting network in the Australian league tipping us of? 

 

He's alright, we don't particularly miss him when he's not playing, and when he does he's more likely to slow the tempo down than he is to progress us up the park, as with most things they need blanaced up, for what we'll be giving Dorrans he quite frankly isn't giving enough back, that doesn't necessarily make him a bad player, but it does mean he's not been a good signing. 

You say you don't talk down to people, however you then say in the last paragraph that you know what you said is condescending? 

I didn't imply that at all, my post was clearly about how midfield was our biggest problem, asking you to ask Yogi about that while showing evidence about the whole team structure is done with the centre midfield deficiencys in mind is inferring exactly that, centre midfield is our biggest problem, don't get angsty because you're looking so deeply into posts to try help your own narrative. 

There's a good amount of justification for criticising Dorrans performances, unsurprisingly when we've been stinking the league out for most of the season. Likewise it's pretty hard to say whether Yogi has been a good, or bad choice. There's sadly some worrying signs in his tenure though that people were worried about when he was appointed. However he might turn out good. 

 

Or maybe, just a thought, that merely playing as a centre back doesn't make you an oracle of knowledge for everything there is to know about the game? I played as a defender but its not like me yeeting balls into the channel for a striker to chase gives me special insight into the game. It also doesn't make me more likely to criticise a midfielder, than it does for me to criticise a goalkeeper, a striker or, a defender. 

 

I won't take your advice because I already am calm, now if I capitalising random words? That would come across as angsty.  there'll be opinions I have on our state of play that absolutely won't align with what other posters think, and that's alright, it doesn't mean that they don't know what they're talking about, that's football. I don't hold my opinion of it in such a regard that I think what I say, is. 

Oh Jings guys I thought I had logged into .net 

Could be the making of him, the re-birth, regular game time and scoring goals for fun, would help him no end.  Its the baggage that would worry me but on the right terms I would risk it 

49 minutes ago, GG Riva said:

Aye, that was a real shame for the poor Bairns - I think I cried myself to sleep every night for a week....

I'm thinking the league must have been tightly bunched at the bottom, as it is this season, so safety will need a similarly high points total. 🙁

5th   Morton  46 points

6th   Partick  43

7th   Pars      41

8th   Alloa     39

9th   Doonhamers  38  -7

10th  Falkirk           38  -12

20 minutes ago, Raymie said:

Quite different from working with a small squad and no money and no expectations this season, to dealing with massive expectation and spending big money on players 

Aye but its a start Raymie, and he has worked under and learned from top managers, similar to Gerrard, something has to rub off, stick, and influence his managerial style based on his past as a player,  Iv'e never been in the (he is inexperienced camp), Based on Everton's previous 10 managers since Moyes left in 2013 he is worth a chance 

3 hours ago, Raymie said:

Rooney?

I think that would work Raymie 

8 minutes ago, DougieDave said:

Contract terminated - no surprise there then…..

 

reported in Liverpool Echo 

Big Dunc taking over in the meantime, They should just give him the job, he will sort them !!

51 minutes ago, Raymie said:

only downside for me is that our goalie is a weakness. I’m always fearful with balls into out box from set pieces 

My thoughts for a long time as well Raymie, He is a big Lad but cannot command his box/area, also indecisive when to come for  ball. Once he coaches himself in that particular weakness he will be a great keeper