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| 21. Author: Par Date: Sat 31st Jan 2026. 22:25 Andy Geggan springs to mind, captained the team during the dark days. Reply |
| 22. Author: Jeffery Date: Sat 31st Jan 2026. 22:53 Said to my son after about an hour today that you couldn`t hear our players communicating with each other in or out of possession. All you could hear in EEP was Airdrie players. Reply |
| 23. Author: thebear Date: Sat 31st Jan 2026. 23:57 Bene is probably out based on football skills, Hamilton, I`ve never been a fan of, today summed him up, he will miss games now could be him not getting back in Reply |
| 24. Author: Never10yairds Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 02:19 For me one of the big problems with mentality is the tendency to turn backwards so often. It’s infuriating. There were numerous occasions today when Fraser or Todd could have took a defender on/played for a corner/played a ball into the box towards a waiting Rudden or other pars players but instead turned and played it backwards to Hammy or a centre back. On the captaincy issue, Gilmour is the glaringly obvious choice watching from the stand but I don’t know him so his personality may not be suited. At least he’d get less bookings. Reply |
| 25. Author: Sacktheref69 Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 06:41 Hamilton’s aggression gets romanticised far too much. There’s a fine line between passion and recklessness, and yesterday was well over it. It wasn’t “showing passion”, it was sheer stupidity and it put us under pressure when we didn’t need it. You can’t be giving the opposition cheap momentum like that, especially in tight games when we have struggled to get into the game upto that point. The contrast between the two wing backs was glaring. Todd’s body shape was a killer, every time he received it he was already opened up towards his own goal, so everyone in the ground knew the ball was going backwards before it even reached him. Far to predictable and slow. Fraser, on the other hand, at least tried to play on the front foot. First touch forward, looking to commit someone, massive difference even if it didn’t always come off. What worried me most was the extreme regression. I get that championship teams generally struggle for consistency but yesterday was so far below the standard set by the same team for the last 3 games. Watching us struggle to complete simple five yard passes under no pressure was pure Tidser/McPake era stuff. That lack of confidence on the ball, players snatching at it, hiding instead of showing, it’s not what we’ve been used to under Lennon. The only silver lining is Lennon. You’d like to think there’ll be no brushing that performance under the carpet. I can absolutely see them being hauled in today and some long, uncomfortable sessions throughout the week. Whether it translates on the pitch against Kelty is the big question, but at least there’s someone there now who won’t accept that as the norm. This is Andy Tod`s world and we are lucky to live in it. Reply |
| 26. Author: Berkey Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 08:35 Agree on the body language and how the first look when they get the ball is sideways or backwards. It’s okay to have 1 or 2 doing that but you can’t have most of your team doing that or you’ll get nowhere. Front 2 were poor yesterday, rudden’s control and hold up play was non esistant and well Andy Tod might aswell have been a traffic cone so we didn’t have many out balls to move us up the park apart from just going long down the channels as a play it’s prob demoralising when you look up and there’s very few options or movement. Is there a collective tiredness in the team? Some perhaps not fully fit and the youngsters struggling as first full season at this level? Not convinced, after 5 minutes yesterday you could see airdrie wanted it more. The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity! Reply |
| 27. Author: parsmad68 Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 08:56 dd23, Sat 31 Jan 20:32 I thought Mullen was maybe the captain as he was away. A last nod to his performances. That is how I read it yesterday as when Gilmour and Hamilton being on the park, I found it a strange call. Reply |
| 28. Author: Indiapar1 Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 09:13 I think given NL is looking for a defende, that suggests to me JCM is away in the summer. He is not the finished article in my view and plays well with Nuru and Kieron. Another year at EEP would make sense to me to build a reputation as a defensive unit. They could all work together collectively to build their reputatiins individually. Not sure in the world of short term contracts, agents etc such things are taken into account. It seems to be more about short term gain. Its no surprise under these conditions that players can move to other clubs and on into relative obsurity. Its a fine line and a decision that neds to be considered very carefully. Its a bit like a club, sometimes they are just not ready for promotion as tgey just come straight back down. Thats where we are at the moment. G Wardrope Reply |
| 29. Author: preston par Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 15:22 Thought Andy Tod really struggled today. If I didn`t know any better, it looked like her was carrying a knock or something. A good few yards off it, not where he should be in attacking situations, and generally seemed uninterested. I know his style of play can look like that anyway but just seemed like he was feeling sorry for himself. Reply |
| 30. Author: Berkey Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 15:34 Agree Preston, really noticed a lack of strength yesterday so easily eased out of it, constantly on his heels and was rarely showing or interested in getting involved in the game. Hindsight would suggest someone else should have started as even a half fit Kane would have given us more. It’s his first season at this level and he won’t have played this many first team games before so is bound to struggle as the season goes on and he gets wee knocks etc. The very large variance in his performance levels is a bit worrying but hopefully consistency comes as he gains experience etc. The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity! Reply |
| 31. Author: wee eck Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 16:18 In the 10 minutes of highlights Tod was involved in setting up three decent chances in the first half. Reply |
| 32. Author: Indiapar1 Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 17:19 I think the players we hace are good enough. We should have taken confidence from the last two games. When we went one down there was no real response. Airdrie out foxed us, and despite sitting back they scored two goals and deserved to win the game. G Wardrope Post Edited (Sun 01 Feb 17:35) Reply |
| 33. Author: GJS93 Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 17:24 ^^ that shows they are not good enough then. Reply |
| 34. Author: Sacktheref69 Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 18:24 Berkey, Sun 1 Feb 15:34 I think you’ve made your point about Tod not offering much, Berkey, and fair enough, plenty seem to agree he wasn’t at his best yesterday (me included). But I think it goes too far to say he wasn’t trying. That’s nonsense. Rudden, Morrison and Tod had next to nothing to work with and still had to graft to try and make something happen. Saying Tod was “rarely interested in getting involved” feels like a wild take and unnecessary once the original point about how poor we were had already landed. It’s hardly his fault that Kane can’t be relied on for more than a token 10 minute appearance off the bench, or that Barney is back at Falkirk and there’s nobody else stepping up to ease the burden of providing goals. In an ideal world, I’m sure Lennon would love to manage his minutes the way he’s done with John Tod, but the reality is we simply don’t have the personnel at the required level. January is a tough window, and players rarely come in match-fit or sharp enough to make an immediate impact. We all know we were hopeless yesterday and I don’t see many arguing otherwise but Tod is still our best chance of a goal at the moment. There’s no need to invent a narrative and suggest he wasn’t trying. I’ve faith in Lennon and the squad to put in the work this week and put things right next week. We are still a young team unfortunately your going to get games like this every so often. It`s how we react to it we should be judging them on. This is Andy Tod`s world and we are lucky to live in it. Reply |
| 35. Author: GG Riva Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 18:45 ^^^^Good post^^^^^  Not your average Sunday League player. Reply |
| 36. Author: twin par Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 19:15 I am all for getting it sorted in training this week.No doubt they would get a rollicking on Saturday,and rightly so.Lets move on,and let’s get the attitude and moral right for next Saturday.No player wants to play badly,so let’s go again. Reply |
| 37. Author: onandupthepars Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 19:55 Do players have a problem with choosing between possession and getting forward? Not just our players - I noticed St Johnstone seemed to be guilty of it against us, sideways and backwards, slow in their own half, slow build-up overall. They call it `recycling the ball`? I don`t suppose it depends on experience so much, e.g. the likes of Bene and Hammy are both guilty. It might be to do with lack of confidence in the moment. And it might be to do with coaches telling players to keep the ball? If it`s a different kind of game we face against teams at EEP than when we play away - what should be our basic approach at home? Shouldn`t we have two or three different approaches, or game plans, we can call on in-match, to overcome problems and get the better of oppositon? Do our players sometimes look as if they`ve been told `keep the ball at all costs`? Aren`t the best coaches ones who tell the players - go out and express yersel !! It looks like it was said to Barney! Post Edited (Sun 01 Feb 19:59) Reply |
| 38. Author: Indiapar1 Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 21:42 GJS93, Sun 1 Feb 17:24 I think the players are good enough. What this league shows is that you have to be on it every time you step onto the park otherwise teams will punish you. G Wardrope Reply |
| 39. Author: thebear Date: Sun 1st Feb 2026. 23:19 We struggle when teams come here to not lose, but when stupid keeper mistakes, we can`t win either. The thing that bugs me is the manager knows it`s not going well and know some players are off it, but does not change tactics or players. Reply |
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