onandupthepars, Tue 8 Oct 14:42

Regarding Deniz - if I remember right he`d been in excellent form for a good while when he got the extension. It didn`t seem a bad idea at the time.

I think we`ve got good enough players, but some haven`t been here long. We`ve not had a settled team - one where you know more or less what the team sheet will be, and it`s just a case of an occasional swap, due to injury or suspension. McPake has got it right sometimes, and the players have gelled sometimes. They can do it, but we need it more consistently. Settled team, consistency. McPake to see out the season and then look at options.

I recommend reading Chris Hamilton`s write-up, it`s encouraging:

`Captain Reflects on Hard-Fought Draw`

https://dafc.co.uk/captain-reflects-on-hard-fought-draw/

Rusty Shackleford, Tue 8 Oct 14:31

I have a number of competing thoughts:

1. McPake has no doubt made mistakes with contract extensions - the most obvious being Mehmet - which has had a negative impact on budgets.

2. He`s also naturally pragmatic/cautious.

3. So are our soon-to-be-ex-owners. That`s quite a toxic combination when things aren`t going well.

4. The injury situation was simply awful for a huge chunk of last year and it does no-one any credit to play it down. It was just the most awful situation I can recall seeing since I started watching in 1988.

5. He deserves credit for getting out of League 1 with one defeat.

6. But he`s also presided over some all-timers in terms of performances and defeats. Not quite Hafnafjordor in Perth levels of despair but some of our performances and results at home have been stinking.

7. I think he`s really suffered with losing progressive/difference-making players to injury at crappy times. Todd, KRH and to a lesser extent Otoo have had their development hampered by injury. There`s so little between the teams in this league that we could be in a fundamentally different place with even a little bit more luck. Laterally Tobi as well.

8. Calling folk happy clappers or willing to accept mediocrity is terrible patter.

Is he still or was he ever the right guy for the job? Maybe not. Increasingly looking like a probably not situation. Is a change in management a silver bullet? Try asking Raith that. Is going for one of the fashionable next-big-thing bosses a silver bullet? Try asking Airdrie that. It`s really, really difficult. Running a football club is a nightmare.

Not your average Sunday League player.

wee eck, Tue 8 Oct 18:44

`Topic Originator: Bazzler1981 like
Date: Tue 8 Oct 17:47

I think we should get some boys fae here running our club we would European champions in no time 🤣`


Great idea, Bazzler!

Put Berkey in charge of recruitment. That way we wouldn`t sign any duds or `old pals`.

cammypar 1985 could be Head Physio. Any talk of injuries would be given short shrift.

And wee mike would decide the formation and game plan and give the team talk. Pity anyone who questioned or contradicted him though. We don`t want any argumentative types in the dressing room.
😊😊😊

onandupthepars, Tue 8 Oct 16:08

He kept us in this league last year, and he can do it again. I wouldn`t risk a change and go down, that could be fatal.

cammypar 1995, Tue 8 Oct 19:10

wee eck, Tue 8 Oct 18:44

`Topic Originator: Bazzler1981 like
Date: Tue 8 Oct 17:47

I think we should get some boys fae here running our club we would European champions in no time 🤣`


Great idea, Bazzler!

Put Berkey in charge of recruitment. That way we wouldn`t sign any duds or `old pals`.

cammypar 1985 could be Head Physio. Any talk of injuries would be given short shrift.

And wee mike would decide the formation and game plan and give the team talk. Pity anyone who questioned or contradicted him though. We don`t want any argumentative types in the dressing room.
😊😊😊

As long as DA No1 isn`t doing the team talks nothing would be relevant.

da_no_1, Tue 8 Oct 20:13

cammypar 1995, Tue 8 Oct 19:10

wee eck, Tue 8 Oct 18:44

`Topic Originator: Bazzler1981 like
Date: Tue 8 Oct 17:47

I think we should get some boys fae here running our club we would European champions in no time 🤣`


Great idea, Bazzler!

Put Berkey in charge of recruitment. That way we wouldn`t sign any duds or `old pals`.

cammypar 1985 could be Head Physio. Any talk of injuries would be given short shrift.

And wee mike would decide the formation and game plan and give the team talk. Pity anyone who questioned or contradicted him though. We don`t want any argumentative types in the dressing room.
😊😊😊

As long as DA No1 isn`t doing the team talks nothing would be relevant.

Quality retort. I`m sure it made sense in your wee head.

onandupthepars, Tue 8 Oct 21:07

Ref: Dave_1885
Tue 8 Oct 19:37


"So you wouldn’t risk a change that MAY see us stay up... talk about a negative mindset!"

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You mean we`re already dead in the water! 🤔

Another gem from Dave 1885`s Big Bumper Book of Positivity. 😃

weemike, Tue 8 Oct 12:18

He got criticism and rightly so after morton 5-0 and QP 3-0 both at home, which were an abomination. 2 of the worst performances I`ve seen at EEP. That set the alarm bells off for me.
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onandupthepars, Tue 8 Oct 23:05

We`re all passionate Pars supporters Dave - we just have different ways of managing our feelings about it. Took me a long time to get used to us playing in the same league as the likes of Cove Rangers, Kelty, Edinburgh City etc. We`ve moved on a wee bit from there, we`re a bottom half Champ team now - it`s where we finished last season and where we`re likely to finish this season. We`ve been tae fitba` hell and back - still trying to make our way back up - keep having setbacks. I think there`s a mood of determination among our players - that`s according to our Captain, Chris Hamilton, and that geez me a wee lift. We`re better than we were in the League cup, that`s for sure. If we were still that bad we`d be justified in screaming blue murder!

I like it that Hamilton`s where he likes to be, at centre half. That`s another wee positive. Matty`s getting there. Tobi must be getting closer to coming back. We`ve got a few new players that can improve us. There`s room for a wee bit optimism afore we clash wi` the mighty maroons o` Kelty.

LochgellyAlbert, Wed 9 Oct 10:36

weemike, Tue 8 Oct 12:18

He got criticism and rightly so after morton 5-0 and QP 3-0 both at home, which were an abomination. 2 of the worst performances I`ve seen at EEP. That set the alarm bells off for me.
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Obviously you haven`t been supporting the Pars for long!🤔😲