Alloa 5.30pm this Saturday

[Threefivetwo]

Awful game but 3 points so hopefully able to kick on a bit now however it's all been said before.

Re the subs, who else on that bench are you bringing on that improves the team?

[ALBERTZ_11]

Best time to score right at the end of injury time.

[jardi]

For a start, the boy from Kilmarnock! If you don?t give players an opportunity then the parent club will find plenty that can!
At 0-0, and 6-4 to Queens on yellow cards, the next false move could see a red card, - I?m surely not the only punter who thinks you?re playing a risky game? Fresh legs equals fresh opportunities.
Yes, we got 3 points, but no thanks to our manager?s tactics.

[fatfan]

For a start, the boy from Kilmarnock! If you don?t give players an opportunity then the parent club will find plenty that can!
At 0-0, and 6-4 to Queens on yellow cards, the next false move could see a red card, - I?m surely not the only punter who thinks you?re playing a risky game? Fresh legs equals fresh opportunities.
Yes, we got 3 points, but no thanks to our manager?s tactics.

Jardi you are talking about what ifs. What if a player was sent off. What if the manager had made a substitution and created further chances. What if the manager had changed his tactics to win a game. Well what if the manager changed the tactics and we got pumped. What if the substitution came on and got a straight red. Or what if that substitution cost a goal. The bottom line is that queens won so give them and the manager a bit of credit. Was it a great performance. Far from it but it was three points so maybe celebrate it a bit. We have a small squad with some talented but soft players. For the first time this season I noticed some players having a pop at each other. The most noticeable being the keeper ripping into mckenzie in first half. I don?t mind this cos it shows they care a bit

The one thing I have noticed this season and it?s maybe a sign of the way the game is going, but qos, or any other side I have seen this season don?t, have a solid hard midfielder. A player that would kick his granny to win a tackle. A McKenna type player. I sometimes think we are way to soft in the middle of the park but with the way the game has turned, maybe these players couldn?t see out 90 minutes these days without getting a red card.

[jardi]

I?ll give the players on the field credit and the manager for making them more gutsy, but the obvious retort to your ?what if? discourse is quite simple, - what if the referee had blown his whistle 30 seconds earlier?

[jardi]

Fatfan, you and I will always disagree and that?s what makes football interesting. However, there is no point in the manager complaining about a small squad if he doesn?t try alternatives, - especially when you are handed a player on the fringe of the first team at Kili. Every other team uses their subs, whether they have quality or not, simply to bring on fresh legs, avoid injuries to the top players, or refereeing sanctions, or believe it or not, to see if they can make a contribution. Today?s match was heading for a 0-0 draw, or possibly even a sneaky Alloa win, so it was a complete shock to take 3 points. Unless the lad is still unfit, he should have been given a few minutes in my humble opinion, along with the young striker to stretch the opposition.

[fatfan]

I?ll give the players on the field credit and the manager for making them more gutsy, but the obvious retort to your ?what if? discourse is quite simple, - what if the referee had blown his whistle 30 seconds earlier?

But he didn’t blow the whistle 30 seconds earlier and qos won. I honestly can’t believe the arrogance of some who seem to expect Qos should win every game in this league at the moment and when we don’t then it’s the managers fault. And when we win then it’s the managers fault that we didn’t win more comfortably. The man just can’t win.

Am I the managers biggest fan? Far from it. I have regularly questioned his ability in making this team better. But I do realise this. We are a club with a small squad with a smallish budget for a full time team. And with that we get what we pay for. Generally young inexperienced players who are going to produce a mixed bag of performances. And although today’s game was a hard watch at times, it was a win that may well prove to be priceless at the end of the season to get us into a play off spot or more. I wonder how many fans will say the manager was right with letting the lads fight to the bitter end and get the win. I don’t suspect there will be many!

[Threefivetwo]

Jardi, if he'd have blown his whistle 30 seconds earlier he'd have been in breach of every rule going. QoS scored within the permitted timescales.

As for the boy Leslie, again, who are they bringing him on for. The most obvious would be Dickenson, Kennedy or Smith, none of which I would replace. I've not seen enough of him to decide if we've got the second coming of George Best but I would suggest if he's on the fringes of the Killie first team he wouldn't be in Dumfries

[jardi]

None of the paying fans are going to see him if he?s not on the pitch, precisely the point I?m making. For the love of God, why does every other team in every other league make use of their 5 substitutes?

[arrol1919]

Not the prettiest of games but what a way to win the 3 points. Fantastic ball in from Stott , great assist from Douglas and superbly taken by Hewitt.

Hopefully this will give the team a confidence boost.