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Topic: Match thread ~ Falkirk 2-1 DAFC FT
121. Author: Berkey Date: Sat 26th Oct 2024. 19:40 lol they need time to gel? Only 2 outfield players today were new in this season. Doesn’t explain why do the other players play like they only met each other in the car park. 3 centre back on the bench and mcpakes preferred option is a midfielder. Again it feels like he wants paid off. The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity! Reply
122. Author: NMCmassive Date: Sat 26th Oct 2024. 19:51 pacifist, Sat 26 Oct 18:54 So, we have lost by the odd goal against the top of the league. They arent great but are somehow 20 points above us. There is no doubt the players were trying but there are continuous wee errors that are frustrating. The 2nd goal was absolutely inept. It came when it looked as though the 3 subs were making a difference in terms of speed and aggression. That goal took the legs from us. The subs came just after Hosler and Wighton almost created a goal. If the cross was an inch closer to Wighton it would have got it in. Hosler was also getting space to run at their defenders. Were the subs too early? Did the subs lead to the 2nd goal? So, not a lot is going for us despite the effort. There is enough for people to debate the decisions that are taken. But you don`t get debate in the stands - just constant abuse. I think we have a good squad. They need a reasonable amount to time to gel. But only so much. And MCPake has to fashion the team so they don`t make silly mistake but more importantly create and take chances. We have Tuesday to come. I have to assume everyone wants us to do well. If you want to boo the team and abuse the players can it not wait till the game is over. That’s a great way to conflate different opinions and smash them together to try stick up for a manager who has us 2nd bottom of the league. Individually there isn’t a lot between the two teams. As many Dunfermline players would get in that Falkirk team as Falkirk players would get in our team. The biggest difference between the 2 teams is organisation. Falkirk are a better organised team. We don’t have a plan. I’ll no even mention players playing out of position I’ve stuck up for James McPake on here saying he needs time but I’m not seeing enough for the time he has had (May 2022) Granted he’s been left hanging in the transfer market but the squad of players he has at his disposal are more than capable of being competitive in the championship. I don’t think we would be troubling promotion, I do think we should have had 5th in our sights. At the moment we’re on for relegation play offs. Thankfully Airdrie are worse than us. Hopefully Hamilton or Morton or someone will turn out to be as well 🤷🏻‍♂️ COYP Reply
123. Author: thebear Date: Sat 26th Oct 2024. 20:09 Accepting the financial predicament of sacking manager, but we have something very wrong, and we need a change. I don`t think we will get relegated but it`s not certain. We have good enough players, but often out of position and often on the bench, so the tactics And motivation are at fault. A few players I would not have in the team as they are completely not effective. Also many players should hold head in shame.. I think two games if no improvement we should get rid. Reply
124. Author: cammypar 1995 Date: Sat 26th Oct 2024. 20:25 Falkirk wasn`t streets ahead of us but shows how poor we were we couldn`t match them until it was too late. Mcpake is brutal but so are half of these so called professional football players we have under contract. c'mon the pars Reply
125. Author: JTH123 Date: Sat 26th Oct 2024. 21:00 Did Fogarty come back from NI duty with a knock? He`s strolled every game he`s played so I can only assume so. Reply
126. Author: AdamAntsParsStripe Date: Sat 26th Oct 2024. 21:06 The biggest difference between the two teams is definitely organisation and having a set game plan. We have individual players who can make a difference but we have others who have no idea what they are doing and that showed very clearly in the amount of balls we gave away in the wrong areas of the pitch. Why KRH was subbed is a real mystery as he was the only one putting decent crosses into the box imo. Wotherspoon is a waste of a jersey and why McPake rates him is another mystery. I have no doubts at all now we are facing relegation or playoffs at best. Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte Reply
127. Author: Big T Par Date: Sat 26th Oct 2024. 21:44 AA-M made a big difference when he came one. Very impressed. Him and KRH should be starting. Get the baw wide, to them, cross it into the box for the big man/men. Easy Peasy, naw Reply
128. Author: Alter Ego Date: Sat 26th Oct 2024. 21:51 Let’s get one point clear… McPakes record is a shambles this season and he should be sacked…we are left in limbo as our owners don’t care and our management team think our performance is ok…. Mon the Pars! Reply
129. Author: NMCmassive Date: Sat 26th Oct 2024. 22:47 AdamAntsParsStripe, Sat 26 Oct 21:06 The biggest difference between the two teams is definitely organisation and having a set game plan. We have individual players who can make a difference but we have others who have no idea what they are doing and that showed very clearly in the amount of balls we gave away in the wrong areas of the pitch. Why KRH was subbed is a real mystery as he was the only one putting decent crosses into the box imo. Wotherspoon is a waste of a jersey and why McPake rates him is another mystery. I have no doubts at all now we are facing relegation or playoffs at best. I think that’s a wee bit harsh on Wotherspoon tbh. Yeah he’s had a couple of stinkers but he does have ability others don’t. I just think he’s at the end of career that being said… I wouldn’t have made the KRH sub either. Honestly I’d love to see matty Todd back in the middle of the park and medube looked good on the left. I’d be playing Medube left, Todd in the middle and KRH on the right. Wighton can go kick stones for all I care COYP Reply
130. Author: Berkey Date: Sun 27th Oct 2024. 12:03 lol he chased wotherspoon for 2-3 years and when he does come his legs have gone so he’s a benchwarmer at best. Where’s that wage thief o’hallaran? Quite a few players playing full time football this season due to relationship with manager and his assistant instead of ability at this level. It’s no surprise we are where we are. The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity! Reply
131. Author: wulliepar57 Date: Sun 27th Oct 2024. 12:19 Just for you Berkey , reading your post about wotherspoon and mcpake getting him after 2,3 years when his legs has gone , ( that`s how mcpake caught up with him he couldn`t run away anymore lol) Like most on here I am PI55ED of with the team selection and the way we are set up as well as the slow tempo and tippy tappy way we play , keep hoping it will change but never does Reply
132. Author: JTH123 Date: Sun 27th Oct 2024. 13:08 What I struggle to understand is signing Wotherspoon when the team badly needed pace in midfield. I`m sure he had a plan but I just don`t see it. Reply
133. Author: NMCmassive Date: Sun 27th Oct 2024. 14:40 Berkey, Sun 27 Oct 12:03 lol he chased wotherspoon for 2-3 years and when he does come his legs have gone so he’s a benchwarmer at best. Where’s that wage thief o’hallaran? Quite a few players playing full time football this season due to relationship with manager and his assistant instead of ability at this level. It’s no surprise we are where we are. I think without hearing anything O’Halloren has been frozen out of the squad. I think him and McPake don’t see eye to eye. He’d probably be your best pal. We all knew Wotherspoon is at the end of his career. Still, he’s the only player of ours I’ve seen turn defenders inside out. The quality of his delivery also far exceeds anyone else in the squad. The ball he put in for McCanns header was top drawer. All of his corners were dangerous. The crosses he put in were causing issues. We had just substituted the only player we had on the pitch that offered any threat in the air by that point. COYP Reply
134. Author: NMCmassive Date: Sun 27th Oct 2024. 14:41 JTH123, Sun 27 Oct 13:08 What I struggle to understand is signing Wotherspoon when the team badly needed pace in midfield. I`m sure he had a plan but I just don`t see it. That’s a fair point. Since then Medube has been added and if anything, I thought he offered glimmers of hope once he came on. COYP Reply
135. Author: saltonsgonagetu Date: Sun 27th Oct 2024. 15:04 Mcpake has built a team with absolutely no pace in the team , if you bring in players at the end of their career , at least have legs and pace around them, we will never score a breakaway goal ,with this team. The wide players for Falkirk were in acres of space anytime they picked the ball on the wings, played it into our box and players were once again in space , to big a gap between the defence and midfield. The only way we were going to score was free kicks, our corners and throw ins are shocking . Maybe we produce something special on Tuesday? Reply
136. Author: NMCmassive Date: Sun 27th Oct 2024. 15:43 saltonsgonagetu, Sun 27 Oct 15:04 Mcpake has built a team with absolutely no pace in the team , if you bring in players at the end of their career , at least have legs and pace around them, we will never score a breakaway goal ,with this team. The wide players for Falkirk were in acres of space anytime they picked the ball on the wings, played it into our box and players were once again in space , to big a gap between the defence and midfield. The only way we were going to score was free kicks, our corners and throw ins are shocking . Maybe we produce something special on Tuesday? Falkirk play with width. Their wingers hug each touchline. Their full backs back them up. One of the CM drift wide, they use the other as a pivot in the middle and switch the ball through him or even just play one right over the top of everyone. They had a 3v2 all day doing it. The issue for me about us isn’t whether the players are good enough because I think they are. It’s that we don’t seem to have any strategy or tactics until we are the point where we are chasing a game then start going very direct. It’s at that point it looks like we could score but not before where we look aimless. Makes us look like we have no spirit which is unfair on the few players who are trying to dig in but are up against it. COYP Reply
137. Author: OorWullie Date: Sun 27th Oct 2024. 17:28 A good manager would have this squad of players much further up the table. I have no doubt about that Reply
138. Author: Andrew283 Date: Sun 27th Oct 2024. 17:34 OorWullie, Sun 27 Oct 17:28 A good manager would have this squad of players much further up the table. I have no doubt about that Possibly a mid table side, but we are really lacking width. A Cardle and Gibson would be great for us... Reply
139. Author: Berkey Date: Sun 27th Oct 2024. 17:51 Or a dom, anyone who is exciting to watch and does something a bit different. KRH finally showing signs of life and hopefully mebude adds something on the left as we’re pretty much playing McCann there as there’s no other options. Not sure how much further we would be up the table as think a fair few are not good enough or certainly on thier way down but I think we’d be better to watch and look more like a cohesive unit. The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity! Reply
140. Author: gordi-b Date: Sun 27th Oct 2024. 18:23 KRH showed glimmer of hope late on , needs to do more from the start, Mebude offers more on the other wing, but alas Mcpake will revert to norm on Tuesday and will start with Wighton leading the line. G.B Reply

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