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| 81. Author: Berkey Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 18:46 Firstly a really timely win against a Queen’s Park team who looked much improved on last time I saw them. Teams separated in the end by a pen which Didn’t look like a pen but credit to Gilmour for selling it, the type of dark arts we just don’t have but see against us all time. First half could have finished 2-2 it was a very open game, we looked shakey at the back and struggled with todorov in the air and our keeper made a great save and they hit the bar. We have some tidy players but gee whizz when they are off it they look like amateurs, thought mullan was very poor today, particularly in possession and the less said about Andy Tod the better. Tod in particular seems to have added diving to his game this week but he’s terrible at it. Needs to stand up and fight for the ball, and maybe make the occasional challenge in the air would be nice. Mostly an empty shirt just now but we don’t have options to give him a rest. Found myself watching amade and gilmour in the second half as we picked up hardly any second balls and they were caught positionally numerous times. They were both guilty on numerous occasions of marking the space and not the man so queens always had a man to pass too. Not sure why we don’t push up and try marking queens centre midfielders and force them back like every team does to us. I like amade but he does struggle physically against the big players in this league. Throw ins from us 99% of the time lead to a loss of possession and yet other teams find a way to keep possession. We’ve had this same problem for years. Same with poor decision making and a poor touch at vital times but that’s down to lacking the quality in the team where it counts. Cooper deserved man of the match, nice touches, prepared to drive forward and importantly alway had the head up. Thomas, Morrison and tod upfront are proving to be just too lightweight at this level. Kane made a big difference when he came on and showed how to hold the ball up and keep possession. Hopefully Morrison comes onto a game now he’s scored but unless he’s hiding a yard of pace he’s just getting eased out of everything and I can’t see a player who is an integral part of next seasons team if we have designs on progression to competing for top 3. A wins a win though, we’ve played better and lost this season! The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity! Reply |
| 82. Author: Pars Athletic Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 18:46 We could be doing with a strikers coach coming in. We struggle to score goals from open play. Reply |
| 83. Author: veteraneastender Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 18:56 An important win considering a few individuals were not performing much - Andy Tod needs rested - and Morrison runs about a lot achieving little. Fortunately the dependable players were in evidence. Reply |
| 84. Author: Socks Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 19:17 For the most part I found that to be an absolutely dire, lifeless game. But we won, so it`s OK - any win against a team close to you is big and that was an important result. We`ve seen it a lot with Lennon when we have a midweek game - midweek and the game after often see us trying to play in a way that minimises the energy we expend. It doesn`t make for an exciting game but not really a surprise to see it go that way today in a heavy run of games. We effectively spent the second half trying to defend with the ball when we had it. Although I was a bit nervous near the end, we never really looked like losing an equaliser after the scramble early in the second half and, as 1-0 wins go, it was pretty comfortable. Reply |
| 85. Author: Indiapar1 Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 19:32 Pars Athletic, Sat 28 Feb 18:46 Id pay someone like Shearer a consultancy fee to come in for a couple of weeks. G Wardrope Reply |
| 86. Author: NMCmassive Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 19:44 Ahoy!Ahoy!, Sat 28 Feb 18:41 I’d agree with that. I wouldn’t be overly harsh on Thomas, Queens moves shape at half time and we had to adjust. He lost all service in second half. Cooper played well but his shot at end of first half should have been on target. I do prefer us with him in the team, he’s got a little something about him nobody else has. Morrison was good. Honestly out of the starting team felt Tod let the guys roundabout him down. He gave up too many attacking opportunities with bad passes or bad touches COYP Reply |
| 87. Author: Indiapar1 Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 19:55 Good penalty today taken by Callum Morrison. Hopefully thats one of many more to come. We played well first half and missed a few chances. I thought we should have had a couple more first half. Alfons played will in midfield with Gilmour who is Mr Consistent. Alfons put a couple of good balls through their defence to create goal scoring opportunities. Olly is improving but for a big lad he is pushed off the ball to easily. He needs to anticipate a bit more but that comes with tome. JCM unusually poor today I thought. An off day perhaps. A Todd goes down to easily, his touch was poor today and decision making wasnt great. He needs to move the ball a little quiker or take fewer touches. At this syage in the season players have sussed how he plays so he needs to mix it up a bit. Overall the points were more important than the performance. G Wardrope Reply |
| 88. Author: Paralex Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 20:19 No use crying over spilt milk but I think Barney Stewart being there brought the best out of our other strikers, Andy Tod, in particular. Don`t think Andy has done anything special since Barney left and I also see that he knocked in another two against Kilmarnock today. Reply |
| 89. Author: AdamAntsParsStripe Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 22:16 BouncyPar, Sat 28 Feb 16:27 He was outstanding today imo. Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte  Reply |
| 90. Author: JTH123 Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 22:17 I felt today was a more offensive performance than recent home games but we were very wasteful throughout the midfield and forward areas. Too often promising positions were spurned by poor touches or decision making and on another day we could have had 3 first half goals. I think there are good things about Thomas`s game but he still has a lot to learn. Don`t know how he managed to turn a fantastic pacey cross into such a poor header. Josh looked as if he just needed to pick a spot at the far corner but missed the target. But we thankfully saw the game out and despite recent results we find ourselves in 4th although God only knows how. We seem to be reliant on attacking down the flanks with no real drive down the middle of the park. Maybe this will be addressed in the summer. Reply |
| 91. Author: parsmad68 Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 22:22 Queens are our bogey team. Glad we have got the monkey off our back. Reply |
| 92. Author: JohnnyLatics Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 22:24 Paralex, Sat 28 Feb 20:19 How did we manage to grab him on loan in the first place? Definitely a class above player and showing since the loan ended. Shame we couldn`t extend but he`s doing the business at Falkirk so... I blame Andy Rhodes for this! Post Edited (Sat 28 Feb 22:25) Reply |
| 93. Author: jojo Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 22:27 First league win over Queens’ at EEP for 40 years Reply |
| 94. Author: Ahoy!Ahoy! Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 22:36 Mullen? Outstanding today? Far from it in my opinion. His distribution/decision making lately has been terrible, usually resorting to punting it the park. Abdulai is the rock that holds that defence together. Reply |
| 95. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Sat 28th Feb 2026. 23:11 Thanks for the updates on the thread today. I`d love it to include the East Fife and Kelty scores, that Fife Flyer is long overdue.  Reply |
| 96. Author: par_33 Date: Sun 1st Mar 2026. 01:58 JCM’s levels have dropped drastically since he cut his hair, or been given the captaincy, yous decide which makes more sense. Reply |
| 97. Author: OzPar Date: Sun 1st Mar 2026. 02:14 If only Matty Todd had better directed that shot in the second-half. He received a perfect knockdown from Chris Kane, and he hit it like a rocket. If it had gone in, it would have ripped the net. Favourite moment in the game for me. Reply |
| 98. Author: da_no_1 Date: Sun 1st Mar 2026. 02:21 OzPar, Sun 1 Mar 02:14 From the Norrie I thought that was Gilmour! I bow to your view on ParsTv! "Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark" Reply |
| 99. Author: OzPar Date: Sun 1st Mar 2026. 04:52 You could well be right. We`ll soon find out in the highlights. :) Reply |
| 100. Author: Raymie the Legend Date: Sun 1st Mar 2026. 07:08 It was Matty Todd and it should have been on target.  It`s bloody tough being a legend Ron Atkinson - 1983 Reply |
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