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| 81. Author: GJS93 Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 12:33 "I heard from a good source that we had agreed a permanent deal with Bristol City to bring Olly Thomas to EEP but the player didn`t want to come." a Bristol City fan posted on twitter a couple of times weeks ago saying Thomas was coming back until there was "regime change" down there, whether that was new manager being appointed or that Brian Tinnion was retiring from his role at the club who was the link with John Colquhoun. "Corbally has impressed me from when I first saw him and certainly keeps things ticking over in midfield similar to Amade with their passing ability" its the closest in comparison so far with Amade and gives a bit extra balance in there being a natural left footer, not getting carried away with the performances so far thats for sure. a couple more goals over the two home games would have been handy going into the weekend in terms of trying to win the group, might still be a chance of a best runners up spot though. Post Edited (Wed 22 Jul 12:36) Reply |
| 82. Author: KnebworthPar Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 12:41 That’s some front line we have for this division. Oli shaw looks like a proper finisher. Finish was on his left foot for his first goal last night. Reply |
| 83. Author: Westies squint kicks Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 12:49 Tod`s shot off the underside of the bar looks in on the replays. To be be fair that linesman was struggling with the sun, not sure if we had a camera behind the goals. Reply |
| 84. Author: JnrB Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 12:51 The build up for that effort off the bar was sublime. Would have been some goal. Reply |
| 85. Author: BlackLight Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 12:57 A couple of additional thoughts on last night, with the benefit of some reflection. Obviously the defence was pretty tight, but I thought we got the ball forwards from defence much faster than last season. We all loved JCM, but he did tend to hang on to the ball quite a lot. All three at the back last night looked like they were comfortable to find an early pass. Completely unrelated, but I thought the ref was excellent. None of the usual posturing that a lot of the male refs indulge in. Quietly effective and got almost all of the calls right. I think she slightly favoured us, but also could have given a second yellow for the blatant hand ball in the second half. She probably felt a bit sorry for Cove by that point. Reply |
| 86. Author: Indiapar1 Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 13:20 Josh Cooper is a very good striker of the ball, sk hopefully if he can improve his consistency this season we will see more of that. Shea Kearney had a very good game but sometimes some of his crosses just let him down a little bit. With the better movement we have up front now, hopefully he can pick the strikers out. We kept Cove very quiet and that is testimony to the team performance. G Wardrope Reply |
| 87. Author: AdamAntsParsStripe Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 13:52 Sacktheref69, Wed 22 Jul 08:40 Rudden’s work rate is brilliant and yeah more goals would be good, but he reminds me of Lyndon Dykes in being that presence up front and brings others into the game. He’s still worth the start for those reasons alone imo Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte  Reply |
| 88. Author: StevenPar77 Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 14:13 As much as Cove weren`t much of a threat I though SCH dealt really well with the unit that was the Cove number 9. He actually seemed to enjoy the physical battle. Reply |
| 89. Author: Hay Fever Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 14:39 That Unit being Jordan White, experienced player at a good level. So more kudos to Sam for keeping him quiet Reply |
| 90. Author: McCaig`s Tower Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 14:59 Well, I was disappointed there was no half-time show. The football was fine – a traditional bashing of a lower division side. We could have had more as ever, but five isn’t bad. A great first goal from Tod and a good second, A terrible spot-kick from Shaw and he was lucky the rebound fell for him, but dispatched with composure. Cooper got his usual goal, but again Rudden missed a gilt-edged chance as did Morrison. There was an argument in favour of giving Rudden the penalty, but I think that can be a bit artificial and disrespectful. If Shaw is on pens, he takes them. Rudden will get his goal soon enough if he’s patient. Having two goalscorers on form and scoring is great – who do you try to keep quiet if you are facing them? We stuck more rigidly to our usual formation even with the subs, although there was a little bit of rotation of the front three. A little run-out for Kane and Gilmour. Macleod seems to be being developed as a LWB. Was there a yellow card shown? Was it to Amade? It’s unlikely to be an issue unless we qualify. Reply |
| 91. Author: AdamAntsParsStripe Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 15:05 Only remember one yellow card to a Cove player Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte Reply |
| 92. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 15:13 Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe like Amade`s one came from a bad foul in the middle of the park, it was given after the ref had played advantage to Cove as they were attacking.  Reply |
| 93. Author: wee eck Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 15:14 Amade was shown a YC early in the second half for a foul near the halfway line. The ref played advantage but when played stopped she showed him the card and called the physio on as the Cove player was still down. The Cove no 5 was also booked later in the second half. Reply |
| 94. Author: Parsdaft21346327964 Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 15:17 Hay Fever Jordan whyte wasn’t number 9 you should have seen the size of number 9 Jordan whyte never done anything all game tbh Reply |
| 95. Author: StevenPar77 Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 15:17 Hay Fever, Wed 22 Jul 14:39 Yeah, he did well against him too but I was talking about the sub who came on at half-time. Oladipo, I think it was. Reply |
| 96. Author: allanwilson10 Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 15:32 Felt a little bad for the Cove player who was injured by Amade. He only came on at HT, and had to go off not much later. Looked accidental - but obviously bad enough for the ref to book him after play had stopped. Wouldn`t mind seeing the ref get more of our games this season - much better than the usual dross we`ve been getting! Reply |
| 97. Author: wee eck Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 16:09 There`s quite a bit about the ref, Abbie Hendry, on the internet. I think the SFA are using her pathway to encourage other women to take up refereeing. She became a ref because her mum was one and because it paid more than serving coffee! She seems to co-own a gym (possibly with her mum?) which must help with her fitness. She certainly had no problem keeping up with play last night. At one point she was being mentored by Nick Walsh and she is now FIFA approved and has done women`s Champions League games. She seems an unflappable character and not prone to the officious behaviour we see from some male refs. Reply |
| 98. Author: Sacktheref69 Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 16:59 AdamAntsParsStripe, Wed 22 Jul 13:52 Absolutely, I`m not knocking his performance at all. Last night, he did everything right apart from getting on the scoresheet. I said it after the Dumbarton game: at least he`s getting into those good positions, and goals come to players like that. I hope he gets off the mark soon, as I believe he can be a great asset to this team. This is Andy Tod`s world and we are lucky to live in it. Post Edited (Wed 22 Jul 17:00) Reply |
| 99. Author: kozmasrightfoot Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 17:08 By the sounds of it Corbally is the player that Tash should have been. Good and bad if the Olly news is true. Bad that he isn`t coming but good that there is scope to bring in yet another forward. I agree about this format. Clubs going out with so many points just doesn`t sit right. It asks for pretty much a perfect run. They could easily add one more round to the cup. It would only be one more game and would allow more clubs to qualify. "Too many games moan whine etc", it would just be one more. Pars fan. Magpies fan. Mens tennis fan. Alternative rock fan. Not a fan of much else. Reply |
| 100. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Wed 22nd Jul 2026. 19:13 Topic Originator: kozmasrightfoot like Given the numbers it`s a bit more complicated than at first glance The first knockout round is 16 teams, so you`d have to double it to 32. -4? for the Euro participants places. So you`d need 28 teams qualifying out 8 groups, which seems sketchy. Add more non SPFL teams? Seems OK, but you need 16 to make the home/away fixtures even so we`d be up to 6 games per team from the group stage. I`m sure there is a solution to all this, but not quite as simple as chucking in another round. Reply |
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