These games on that awful BBC Scotchland channel are hit or miss stuff. Was out a few weeks ago and caught the second half of Morton coming back from 0-2 to beat Partick 3-2. Told my cuz ICT/Morton would be worth watching. Didn't see it myself but apparently a truly awful game of football with a crowd of about 100!
Maybe it's the international break making me desperate for any real football of any sort whatsoever but here's why this is worth keeping an eye on.
Start of the season pretty much everyone thought Arbroath will finish bottom by some distance. Alloa tipped to finish in the play-off spot, even with the bonus of that awful 5-a-side pitch, unless a full-time side really, really screws up massively.
Three of the full-time sides have had an abysmal start. Bosses at Thistle (H), Dunfermline (Stevie Crawford) and Queen of the South (Gary Naysmith?) will really be feeling the heat if Arbroath and Alloa start to pull away from them.
The Heid was under big pressure last year. He was appointed in October and Thistle were a good shout for relegation at the start of March with fans wanting shot of him. Wee run in the league and a cup QF draw with Hearts before losing the replay saved him but a few months later and it's back to joke defending and tactical blunders with the Firhill crowd saying the only reason he's there is the cost of sacking him.
If Arbroath win they're 9 ahead of Thistle in mid-September. Would be a great start by Loyal and True, Orange and Blue, Staunch Brother Dick Campbell. Don't know any Partick fans personally and I've only seen 45 minutes but could this be the one that sees the Heid join fellow bastard Barry Smith in the sacked manager list for 2019/20? Fingers crossed!
Maybe it's the international break making me desperate for any real football of any sort whatsoever but here's why this is worth keeping an eye on.
Start of the season pretty much everyone thought Arbroath will finish bottom by some distance. Alloa tipped to finish in the play-off spot, even with the bonus of that awful 5-a-side pitch, unless a full-time side really, really screws up massively.
Three of the full-time sides have had an abysmal start. Bosses at Thistle (H), Dunfermline (Stevie Crawford) and Queen of the South (Gary Naysmith?) will really be feeling the heat if Arbroath and Alloa start to pull away from them.
The Heid was under big pressure last year. He was appointed in October and Thistle were a good shout for relegation at the start of March with fans wanting shot of him. Wee run in the league and a cup QF draw with Hearts before losing the replay saved him but a few months later and it's back to joke defending and tactical blunders with the Firhill crowd saying the only reason he's there is the cost of sacking him.
If Arbroath win they're 9 ahead of Thistle in mid-September. Would be a great start by Loyal and True, Orange and Blue, Staunch Brother Dick Campbell. Don't know any Partick fans personally and I've only seen 45 minutes but could this be the one that sees the Heid join fellow bastard Barry Smith in the sacked manager list for 2019/20? Fingers crossed!
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