For sure Steven. Maybe i have been a bit blinkered against them and took Ayr to beat them on Saturday. Cue another resounding Stirling scoreline
I never liked them before Sat and after reading about things just falling right for them it still makes me a bit negative against them. Thistle havent been the best at home this season and barr McCulloch they were pretty poor. Can they be poor 2 home games in a row? I just feel that there will hve been harsh words and possible a few changes this week and Partick might have a point to prove especially after Morton losing last week and them coming back. The defence is a worry mind and as you say Hay and Connollly will be there to lap up any xmas gifts from the Partick defence. I cant get involved. i really cant. Im glad ive been talked out of putting my xmas money Partick mind.
Looking at prices i can only take St Johnstone and Morton (4/7
Ladbrokes) at the mo. Montrose have started scoring and have an ok record up at Elgin. From memory they should have won that game up there in January and i dont think therres too many negatives in the 0-0 there earlier. Need to check. Elgin havent been beaten in 4 mind. they were up against it v Berwick in the draw, i cant comment on their 2-0 win at Albion, Arbroath didnt turn up in that fatefull day and i'll have to read up on the 1-1 home draw with a poor East Stirling side at the mo. Montrose bounced back nice after getting rid of Hall but again they'd have to be taken on trust. I might not bother and just watch from the sidelines.
Stenhousemuir i want to back but again its down to the team sheet. Stenhousemuir should have all their forwards available again and Frankie Carroll is bound to grab one back at Hampden. Again i dont know and im just talking off the top of my head. I need to try to get some order in this disorder. Lemme try
Albion (9/5) Draw (13/5) Arbroath (11/8)
The only thing stopping me from backing Arbroath is their poor away form. After looking so bright in their 3 home games (new manager and players back from injury) they put in a lifeless performance at Elgin. Down to 10 men at Cowdenbeath they stole the lead but got beat. Albion aint my fav team at home but they seem quite tenacious and seem to put in a shift every game. I suppose this has 1-1 or 2-2 writen all over it to me. I cant ge involved. Reading about how Albion dominated at home to elgin but just couldnt score.
No bet for me on this one unless theres a bout of the plague in one of the camps.
East Fife (9/5) Draw (13/5) Berwick (5/4)
Not often i've been interested in Berwick this season but i might be this week. The big thing to me is East Fife seem to do murder without Craig Smart in the midfield. Maybe its just me but thats my initial interest in this one. He was due to be out for the postponed game last weekend. Need to check. East Fife are no mugs at home mind only losing to Stenhousemuir 3-2 and to Berwick 4-0 1st game of the season. Berwick beat them 3-0 at Berwick but its berwick on the road i like. They havent scored a goal in their last 4 but im hoping for some team news to sort that out. Bring back Cowan and errrr...the others their missing and that 5/4 will be mine. Sounds mad to consider them on their current form though
Elgin (8/5) Draw (13/5) Montrose (13/8)
Bollocks i really want to back Montrose at 6/4 (13/8
skybet) aye i might just shut up about this one and slip Montrose on my line last minute. Nah need to look. Hard one to see anything barr the draw in but ive got a wee feeling for Montrose and i always get into them at Elgin. If your interested read the reports of their last visits and im sure you'll find that ther due a win up there. I havent but will. 56k aint much fun. Hopefully be back on 2mb for xmas
Queens Park (10/3) Draw (13/5) Stenhousemuir
Again team news for me. I'm such a fan of QP with Harvey playing that again i'll put this one down to wether he's back or not (been out for about the last 4 i'd say mind) Sod it Stenhousemuir's strikers just dont know how to not score at the mo i could be on them whatever. after putting in about 12 mediocre performances at the start of the season and still being in the top 2 theyre starting to play a bit now after losing their captain to injury for the season and a bit of a reshuffle. Players coming back etc i gotta have a wee interest. Aye i went on abou them on the seasonal thread for the league at 7/1 and their looking good at about evens now i think. Aye theyre gonna start turning the screw on Cowdenbeath and Berwick. Cowdenbeath look good though especially with the other brother being (cant spell Pataleinan) available in the new year. Anyhow i could well be on stenhousemuir and why not?
Alloa (3/1) Draw (13/5) Peterhead (5/6)
Firstly i have to mention Alloa's goals against record in their last 8 games. It reads 4,4,4,3,4,3,4,3 goals conceded in each
Come on thats a team with probs. I know we're all quietly expecting them to bounce back and maybe go on a wee run but surely it aint gonna happen till they sort that defence out? Peterhead hopefully will have a few players back to help bobby linn up front and theyre starting to look pretty steady. Their 4-1 defeat at Alloa was a bit of a fluke from memory and as Mickeypaul well knows they played ok that day. Aye i have to have Peterhead but it could be one of them days we're all left scratching our heads a bit.
Gretna (1/7) Draw (6/1) Forfar (14/1)
I'd love to be into Forfar. Actually what price ht/ft as they gotta be worth a couple of quid. Forfar/forfar @ 40/1
Thats brilliant. Im for some. that would be my biggest ever football winner i reckon. They went one up last time at raydale before the Gretna steam roller steamrollered them. At Forfar though the gretna manager admitted that Forfar gave them a hell of a game and im gonna just take a wee bit of it and hope for an upset. I aint so convinced of gretna at home but they proibably havent been beaten in about 20 games at home. Sod it come on the Forfar
Ayr (11/10) Draw (13/5) Dumbarton (11/5)
this is a horrible game to me. Could be anything. Thinking about it Dumbarton's 6-0 thrashing of Ayr will be hanging heavy in the air. Ayr were a bit depleted that day and im sure will have a point to prove. Thing is to me Dumbarton can be as tight as a
virgin turkeys arse before its laid an egg. Well maybe not away from home. I dunno. Dumbarton gave Ayr a solid enough game last time at somerset. I wouldnt like to pick a winner on this one.
Morton (4/7) Draw (3/1) Raith (5/1)
To me it just feels like a morton going day. Raith seem to have no attack at all and Morton will be wanting to get back to winning ways. Strong home side and Daizel seems to have fcuked about with the raith team and made them all hate him (no doubt) To me Mortons a cert but are they really worth heir 4/7 price? Maybe just to me.
Brechin (11/2) Draw (3/1) Clyde (1/2)
To me this is gonna be a lot tighter than the odds suggests. Prob a draw to me so im sitting it out barr throwing it on a 3 from 7 draw perm. Aye 3/1 for the draw is a nice wee bumper. I'll take a chance. Bah i can see Clyde wining it now.
arrrgh im going mad :loon
I better stop for a moment.