Tekel Towers » Alloa V's DUFC ~ Friday 14th February (7.05pm)

Tek · 10/2/2020 6:16 pm

This Friday evening we are back at Alloa's Indrodill for our 2nd visit of the season against The Wasps.

We of course lost the previous meeting 1-0 on a very dissapointing evening, which also happened to be televised on a Friday night by the BBC.

Can Utd dish out a 'Valentine's Day Massacre' and gain revenge for that result, at a stadium that hasn't proven a 'happy hunting ground' for Utd over the years? Or will Alloa continue to be a bogey team of our's?

Team Gents?

LarsErikKjell · 10/2/2020 7:10 pm

Hard to know with injuries etc but if a full squad then MY team would be:

----------------Benji
Smith Watson Butcher Robson
McMullan Harkes Powers Appere
-------Shankland Bingham

Likely RN team though will include Connolly and Pawlett.

TheShed · 10/2/2020 7:27 pm

. Siegriest
Smith. Watson. Butcher. Robson
McMullan. Glass. Powers. Sporle
Shankland. Appere

Mehmet, Connolly, Reynolds, Harkes, Bingham, Pawlett, Freeman.

McMullan needs to get back on it, been brutal recently.

If RN plays 2 defensive CM’s in this game he should be sacked.

Tek · 10/2/2020 7:30 pm

LarsErikKjell wrote:
Hard to know with injuries etc but if a full squad then MY team would be:

----------------Benji
Smith Watson Butcher Robson
McMullan Harkes Powers Appere
-------Shankland Bingham

Likely RN team though will include Connolly and Pawlett.

That's the starting XI i'd like to see too.👆

LarsErikKjell · 10/2/2020 7:32 pm

TheShed wrote:
. Siegriest
Smith. Watson. Butcher. Robson
McMullan. Glass. Powers. Sporle
Shankland. Appere

Mehmet, Connolly, Reynolds, Harkes, Bingham, Pawlett, Freeman.

McMullan needs to get back on it, been brutal recently.

If RN plays 2 defensive CM’s in this game he should be sacked.

What if he does and we win?

Although I agree Butcher and Powers is not the correct pairing for this game (as per my team)... the last game down there we didnt get near them in midfield and had no control. Its important that doesnt happen again.

TheShed · 10/2/2020 7:43 pm

LarsErikKjell wrote:
TheShed wrote:
. Siegriest
Smith. Watson. Butcher. Robson
McMullan. Glass. Powers. Sporle
Shankland. Appere

Mehmet, Connolly, Reynolds, Harkes, Bingham, Pawlett, Freeman.

McMullan needs to get back on it, been brutal recently.

If RN plays 2 defensive CM’s in this game he should be sacked.

What if he does and we win? . Would sack him anyway

Although I agree Butcher and Powers is not the correct pairing for this game (as per my team)... the last game down there we didnt get near them in midfield and had no control. Its important that doesnt happen again.

Get the ball forward and attack, we should be controlling this game in the last third, not with defensive midfielders.

PatReilly · 10/2/2020 8:20 pm

I wouldn't have Peter Pawlett or Mark Reynolds in the squad, given their injury problems in the past and the plastic pitch, and would probably rest Mark Connolly as well. Other than that, it's hopefully our last outing on a fake surface this season, and I'll be happy with any sort of win. It'd be good to give the entire team a shake up, with Bingham, Mochrie and Freeman getting a start, and also Sporle and Glass, if fit.

Cannae be bothered going, they won't accept fake money for a fake surface.

Arabdownsouth · 10/2/2020 9:48 pm

PatReilly wrote:
I wouldn't have Peter Pawlett or Mark Reynolds in the squad, given their injury problems in the past and the plastic pitch, and would probably rest Mark Connolly as well. Other than that, it's hopefully our last outing on a fake surface this season, and I'll be happy with any sort of win. It'd be good to give the entire team a shake up, with Bingham, Mochrie and Freeman getting a start, and also Sporle and Glass, if fit.

Cannae be bothered going, they won't accept fake money for a fake surface.

I agree about Pawlett and Reynolds but as for drastic changes, no thanks. We need to get the consistency back.

Beharder · 10/2/2020 9:54 pm

We got the shit kicked out of us last time at Alloa. Stanton Harkes & C Smith bullied out of the game.
We need Connolly, Butcher & Powers in the team.

SuperMario · 10/2/2020 10:06 pm

Benji
Smith Watson Connolly robson
Butcher
Mcmullan glass harkes appere
Shankland

MockChop · 10/2/2020 10:33 pm

The last game was smack bang in the middle of the ‘square pegs / round holes’ bonanza.

He best have learned from that.

Win & a clean sheet please.

Arab87 · 11/2/2020 1:44 pm

---------------Benji
Smith Watson Reynolds Robson
--------------Butcher
----McMullan Harkes Sporle
------Bingham Shankland

The conditions and the pitch combined with Alloa's high pressing game, won't allow us to play football. We need to hit the front 2 for them to either chase down the channels and cause mistakes, knock it down or flick it on for McMullan, Harkes and Sporle running from midfield. Alloa will also narrow the pitch so we'll have to go down the middle and only use the wider areas when we can. Won't be pretty but 3 points is a must.

Arab93 · 11/2/2020 2:25 pm

Big result needed and a strong performance too off the back of the two games before the break. Maybe not the best game to come back to, particularly with the conditions.

id go -

benji

smith connolly watson robson

mcmullan butch power sporle

bingham shankland

only Sporle ahead of appere for more balls into the box, need to get it wide and provide Shankland with service. Be interesting to see what Bingham will be like, pace and power can only be a good thing, just hope we dont have another Lying on our hands.

Still think that we should have more than enough to see this one off as long as we dont go 1 nil down again to a soft goal.

LarsErikKjell · 13/2/2020 11:47 am

McMullan apparently back in training but unlikely to feature tomorrow.

14/2/2020 2:21 pm

Got a bad feeling about tonight....

Last edited by Goodie Conway 2 (14/2/2020 2:21 pm)

14/2/2020 3:38 pm

Goodie Conway 2 wrote:
Got a bad feeling about tonight....

Nah we'll be fine GC2, we're due a performance at the Recs.
On the contrary, I've a good feeling.

LarsErikKjell · 14/2/2020 5:23 pm

Shanks hasnt scored against Alloa this season. That in itself is enough to tell me he is going to score at least 2 to get himself caught up.

Flash quiz: who is the one other team that he HASNT scored against this season?

Last edited by LarsErikKjell (14/2/2020 5:24 pm)

14/2/2020 5:47 pm

LarsErikKjell wrote:
Shanks hasnt scored against Alloa this season. That in itself is enough to tell me he is going to score at least 2 to get himself caught up.

Flash quiz: who is the one other team that he HASNT scored against this season?

Got it LEKky with a minor check.
A team we're drawing 4-4 with after 3 games.

Arabdownsouth · 14/2/2020 7:12 pm

Pawlett still getting a game, three defensive mids against fucking Alloa! Good vibes!

Last edited by Arabdownsouth (14/2/2020 7:12 pm)

LarsErikKjell · 14/2/2020 7:13 pm

Arabdownsouth wrote:
Pawlett still getting a game, three defensive mids against fucking Alloa! Good vibes!

Harkes isnt defensive mid mate. Would expect him to be much more advanced than usual.

Arabdownsouth · 14/2/2020 7:21 pm

LarsErikKjell wrote:
Arabdownsouth wrote:
Pawlett still getting a game, three defensive mids against fucking Alloa! Good vibes!

Harkes isnt defensive mid mate. Would expect him to be much more advanced than usual.

It still didn't work out too well last time he played all three together

Beharder · 14/2/2020 7:29 pm

It will be to try and match up with their 4-5-1 formation. Very unwise to say only Alloa. We've lost 3x here in the last couple of years.

Arabdownsouth · 14/2/2020 7:31 pm

Beharder wrote:
It will be to try and match up with their 4-5-1 formation. Very unwise to say only Alloa. We've lost 3x here in the last couple of years.

Not saying only Alloa, but by christ we should be

Arabdownsouth · 14/2/2020 8:48 pm

We've not kicked the fucking ball since the rain started

TheShed · 14/2/2020 8:55 pm

TheShed wrote:
. Siegriest
Smith. Watson. Butcher. Robson
McMullan. Glass. Powers. Sporle
Shankland. Appere

Mehmet, Connolly, Reynolds, Harkes, Bingham, Pawlett, Freeman.

McMullan needs to get back on it, been brutal recently.

If RN plays 2 defensive CM’s in this game he should be sacked.

Neilson out!