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| 21. Author: AdamAntsParsStripe Date: Fri 2nd May 2025. 22:37 Hunter78, Fri 2 May 19:35 I think even starting Wanyama tonight is a red alert as to future intentions. Chalmers too starting after being out so long. Clearly going to be rusty and cost the two goals. I get the result didn’t matter but if these players aren’t going to be there next season, why the hell play them? I still have this sinking feeling that Neil Lennon is going to be a Billy big baws type who thinks he’s too big for Dunfermline Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte  Reply |
| 22. Author: Murphy Date: Fri 2nd May 2025. 23:05 Yeah good point AAPS, that is a concern. I wonder if MOH was fit, he would have featured too. I think I’ll be waiting to see who out this squad is resigned before I renewing my ST, I have had enough of most of these players including the more experienced ones, I’m not willing to watch another manager persevere with them only to find out they’re not good enough. Reply |
| 23. Author: Berkey Date: Fri 2nd May 2025. 23:28 Got to agree, do we think Lennon has achieved anything that plenty other managers wouldn’t have? Airdrie were already miles behind and we Hamilton saved us from surviving purely on goal difference. Mcpake got that team scoring more goals in the first 7 games of the season than Lennon got in the last 7 games. We were still murder to watch but it felt better as it wasn’t tidser ball. Wanyama signing and actually getting on the park worries me, it tells me there no fitness standard being set and it’s a who you know not what you know type deal. Let’s see how it goes but he’ll have to build a whole new side from scratch for next season. The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity! Reply |
| 24. Author: DBA Date: Fri 2nd May 2025. 23:50 What a joy this forum is! Write off the season, clear out the squad then let`s see where we are. We may be better, we may be worse, but judging Lennon on the dross he`s managed to keep us up with is silly behaviour. Reply |
| 25. Author: Kba990309 Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 00:04 VW was only brought in to take the heat of NL easy to see that, big PR stunt which in my opinion worked. He sold strips for the club and let NL do what he needed to do without having the press round his neck and it was all paid by our online gambling sponsor. Keith allan Reply |
| 26. Author: da_no_1 Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 00:11 That`s 2 threads with the exact same Berkey dribbling on it. See you in July folks. I`m oot 😆 "Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark" Reply |
| 27. Author: Parfect69 Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 00:19 He was maybe looking at players he was undecided on tonight. Well he got his answer Reply |
| 28. Author: Berkey Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 00:42 For every post I make there’s always one from yourself, the resident champion of mediocrity! Let’s see how many of the players you have spent the season making excuses for are in the team come the first game of next season. The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity! Reply |
| 29. Author: AdamAntsParsStripe Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 00:48 Parfect69, Sat 3 May 00:19 No, he played his favourites in terms of Victor and Joe Anyone who has watched Wanyama in the past month knows he should be nowhere near the first team squad. Actually starting the game is amazing stupidity. That’s why I said it’s a red alert sign and don’t presume Lennon is the new messiah. Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte Reply |
| 30. Author: Parfect69 Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 01:38 AdamAntsParsStripe, Sat 3 May 00:48 Don’t think he is the messiah for one second, however he could, if he decides to stay help us improve and head in the right direction. Like a lot of others I’m glad this panto is over and I can only hope as I always do that this season we can improve Reply |
| 31. Author: PARrot Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 03:32 AdamAntsParsStripe, Sat 3 May 00:48 Lol. I have no idea why he played Chalmers or Victor, or any of the rest. He does though, and given his experience and succes rate, Im gonny guess he knows a wee bit more than any of his detractors on here. He had his reasons. Good enougg for me. It was a dead rubber. Reply |
| 32. Author: PARrot Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 03:34 Berkey, Sat 3 May 00:42 To be fair, I don`t think he does defend the folk you constantly schit on. He just constantly gets piszed at you constantly schitting on them. I hope you are stocking up on Dioralyte ready for next season Reply |
| 33. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 08:03 Good to see the honeymoon has ended!🤔 Just waiting on the "Lennon out" posts from our resident moaners. Reply |
| 34. Author: Indiapar1 Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 08:05 I think if you are a manager of people, you have to give everyone the opportunity to demonstrate what they can do. It will be part of his thinking and decision-making for next season. There are many valid perspectives on this forum, but the way I see it, he has to give everyone a chance, whether he initially believes they will be in his future plans or not. He calls out poor performances he praises players who play well. He wants high standards first and foremost. He has only had a few games to turn things around and try and get the best out of the group of players that he has. If I were to reflect, I would say that he has done what was expected of him. It`s about looking fng you can do is write people orward and putting the systems and processes to build the club and squad to compete in the championship and ultimately the premiership. It`s a team game it takes a team effort. Every player and member of staff need to feel they can play a part in that and should be given the opportunity to do that. Good morale is vital because it gets you through the tough times, that you will have in any season. The worst thing you can do is write people off without giving them opportunity. That`s not good for morale. G Wardrope Reply |
| 35. Author: veteraneastender Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 10:52 kozmasrightfoot, Fri 2 May 14:26 Need to get this “big club” mindset into perspective. We are middle of the road. Reply |
| 36. Author: DBA Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 11:04 veteraneastender, Sat 3 May 10:52 Nonsense. Every signing tells us, we`re a big club. They wouldn`t all say it if it wasn`t true. Reply |
| 37. Author: jake89 Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 11:17 We`re not a big club but need that mind set. This season, even from pre-season, has been pretty pathetic. We weren`t ready, we weren`t drilled, we were like a bunch of guys who hadn`t played football before. It was a disgrace. If we want to succeed we need to aspire to do better rather than just get by. Reply |
| 38. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 14:52 Berkey, Sat 3 May 00:42 Id say me and da don’t see eye to eye on everything on here, but he certainly hasn’t been making excuses for this lot over the last 3/4 months. What he has done is called out the consistent berating and negativity shown by some towards the same players every week - even when they don’t play. Your constant barrages towards the same players every week just makes you look like a bully that never made it in football so try to take it out on young lads who have “made it” in comparison to you. If you have kids, I hope your personality is different around them than on here or heaven help them. Reply |
| 39. Author: cammypar 1995 Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 15:28 Now the season from hell is over it`s crazy how this season transpired from where we were to where we are now. The early warning signs in those League Cup debacles were glaring, and the lack of pace and no cutting edge in the squad under McPake was evident from the start. The attempt to play this possession-based, build-from-the-back system without the technical players to support it (especially someone like Benedictus trying to play out under pressure) made the whole thing predictable and easy to defend against hence why he got his jotter which should really have been done earlier. Tidser’s appointment was a bizarre gamble. Coming from Kelty with no real track record of turning around a Championship level side. Doubling down on the same flawed style that got Mcpake the bullet only added to the frustrations of the supporters. His public scathing comments about the players character after the Hamilton defeat followed by a weak backpedal a few days later screamed of a man out of his depth. It was painfully obvious he wasn`t going to last. The board do deserve credit for owning their mistake and swiftly pulling the plug and bringing in Lennon, even if it was late in the day with safety looking less and less likely. He brought in some standards and made us difficult to beat. With a mixed bag of results we somehow managed to finish 7th. That said we were helped massively thanks to Hamilton’s off-field implosion rather than any true change in form. As for what comes next is anyone`s guess although I expect Lennon to continue. If Lennon does stay it gives Dunfermline a solid platform and a manager with pulling power in the transfer market. But if he doesn`t, it could be another grim campaign. Shedding the deadwood from the McPake / Tidser era while adding real pace and a cutting edge in the final third and sorting the pitch out are all non-negotiable IMO. c'mon the pars Reply |
| 40. Author: thebear Date: Sat 3rd May 2025. 17:10 Mcpake was poor but even worse due to Germans and cooks financial management, stuck with poor players from lower leagues. Tidser, sadly out of his depth, man management, he publicly blamed the players, the truth, but at that point, they should have tried motivating the team. He lost his way, and players were appalling who effectively gave up. Fortunately, we were taken over by a team who could see the issues and knew that a big hitting manager was needed. Lennon arrives, down to earth, did not promise the world, but he got his team fighting for him, under the cumstances his results were OK, goal scored were appalling, and by the skin of our teeth we survived. He is a Name and will attract players, sadly 7 or 8 new faces needed. However, if he goes, thanks Neil, and let`s find an equivelant replacement. The future is rosy. Post Edited (Sat 03 May 17:13) Reply |
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