by Willie Wastle » Sun Jul 15, 2018 12:07 pm
I wasn't at Annan, so I can't comment on the game, but people are so quick with the recriminations! Of course it's a disappointing result, and of course we shouldn't be losing to a team like Annan. I understand everyone feels crap about it - I know I do. But let's get some perspective.
Freak results happen, and maybe that's what that was. I'm reading that we hit the woodwork twice, Cunningham had a penalty claim turned down, and Annan scored with practically their only chance. I've no idea what the performance was like, but I gather from various comments it wasn't good. Still early days, and seems like our new-look team will take longer to gel than we'd all prefer.
We only have two loan players, and only one of them played yesterday. Sounds like the game passed Bloomfield by, but he's a unit - not just a lead-the-line, hold-the-ball-up striker, but a big, old-fashioned, goal-scoring centre forward. He got off the mark in the Stenny friendly, and I'm hopeful he's going to be our best striker for a while. Pointless to judge him after one competitive game.
I think MacKinnon is a good choice of captain. His appointment is part of the process of him maturing. A young nutter, he seems to have settled down a lot, but his passion, his winning mentality, remains unmistakeable.
I'd like to see Cunningham start soon, and I think he will. Looks like we'll play both the young players we've acquired from English clubs, and some we've developed ourselves - and why not?
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