Fizzy Pop v Crusaders

[RAM1971]

A new manager coming in should normally have a bounce effect in performances. My concern is, granted it was a weakened team, these players didn't respond positively and I don't want the new manager mystique to evaporate quickly. I maintain it would have been better preparation for next week playing a stronger team and on the back of a win.

As Stokes (not Anthony by the way!) says, it's all about opinions. You see things how I see them. Others think differently. That's their prerogative.

[stokearab]

A new manager coming in should normally have a bounce effect in performances. My concern is, granted it was a weakened team, these players didn't respond positively and I don't want the new manager mystique to evaporate quickly. I maintain it would have been better preparation for next week playing a stronger team and on the back of a win.

Well if the selected 11 go out on Sunday and give a poor performance and get beat you will be entitled to say you were right

[Mr_Brightside]

Result means nothing, don’t believe it will have a negative affect. Ray said last year our downfall was winning that stupid cup so I recon it’s best we are out of it. However as Shabba said it was the performance of every player on the park. My worry is that apart from Fraser and occasionally king/mcmullan we have no players to create anything attackingly. Their keeper yesterday was 42 years old and all our best chances were long range efforts.

[SmedDUm]

The Saviour must have been impressed with the 3pm fire drill.
And just over 2,000 present for his first game,
Wonder what kind of draw we'll get in the Williehill this season, do we have to play in it?

[shedboy71]

The Saviour must have been impressed with the 3pm fire drill.
And just over 2,000 present for his first game,
Wonder what kind of draw we'll get in the Williehill this season, do we have to play in it?

You comparing the scottish cup to the diddy cup????

[shedboy71]

Stokes, Re the above. I will gladly accept your view if we trounce Falkirk next weekend. Yesterday could have been a huge confidence booster for the Falkirk game, had there been a performance of note from the players selected. However, the poor performance (back to the old ways) has caused a lot of apprehension.

and shabbas reaction to what we already knew with many of our players is the positive here. Wont take it - Keatings, McMullan, Quinn, edge, Nkoyi - unacceptable. Up to them. Seriously stoke is right 1st 11 we get beat, even in this joke of a cup, fair enough we have issues. momentum? reserve football shouldnt affect our first team but our reserves are crap so we need to get strength in depth.

[shedboy71]

A new manager coming in should normally have a bounce effect in performances. My concern is, granted it was a weakened team, these players didn't respond positively and I don't want the new manager mystique to evaporate quickly. I maintain it would have been better preparation for next week playing a stronger team and on the back of a win.

there was no ground available for a bounce. Sunday provides that concrete. Diddy cup immaterial except shabba now knows he has a lot of wasters in the periphery. Good - a win win as some of them could actually help us get up.

[jjaflup22]

A new manager coming in should normally have a bounce effect in performances. My concern is, granted it was a weakened team, these players didn't respond positively and I don't want the new manager mystique to evaporate quickly. I maintain it would have been better preparation for next week playing a stronger team and on the back of a win.

Yep, totally agree.

[SmedDUm]

You comparing the scottish cup to the diddy cup????

A player might get injured and hinder our run for promotion.
And what if we draw Celtic, what's that going to do to our confidence/momentum?
Email the SFA.

[jjaflup22]

Just shows how awful the press are up here, surely anyone doing the slightest bit of research would see we played a completely different Xi to the last two league games and the headline would reflect the reality

"shadow United side beaten by Crusaders"
etc

Yeah, you know that and I know that but for everyone else it just looks like a really sh1t result for our new manager.