It was nice to see a team come to BB and try and play football. Both teams gave everything today and made it an entertaining if not nerve racking game.
Malin was outstanding, he seemed to play for a long time with an injury, and with just a few minutes left still managed to race from his box to prevent
Spartans forward being through on goal. Whilst the whole team desrve credit I thought Cammy did well today. On more than one occasion he could have lost it but
I thought he showed maturity today in staying out of trouble.
Overall a great result and City still in the cup with a good chance of progression against Airdrie.
0 Kudo
Well done City
| Author | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 Joe |
Well done City |
Lead | |
|
Posts: 385 (06/12/2008 19:41:37) |
|
||
|
andy71 |
|||
|
Posts: 6 (06/12/2008 20:38:18) |
i second your commments joe enjoyed the game thoroughly and spartans were a credit to football and if places come up for admission to scottish leagues i for
one would not be dissappointed if they got status, their fans, board memcbers who i was lucky to talk to and the way they try to do things were sheer class
|
||
|
Black and White Minstrel |
|||
|
Posts: 447 (06/12/2008 23:08:41) |
Well said lads, it was a cracker and i'm delighted City got through.
Interesting to note the comments re Craig Campbell, who got pelters on this website a couple of weeks ago. He was outstanding today, but thats not a surprise to me as he's been one of our most consistent players all year along with Ross O'Donoghue. We had our moments but its the result that counts. Credit to Robbie, Kenny and the players who stood up to be counted when the chips were down. Bring on Airdrie |
||
|
Davie D |
|||
|
Posts: 65 (06/12/2008 23:45:54) |
Totaly agree sprake, Lets hope it kick starts our season.
Man of the match performance from Joe Malin in my opinion. Yes we rode our luck at times but hey we aint had a lot of that down at Borough Briggs for a long time. Well done. |
||
|
WeAreElgin |
|||
|
Posts: 17 (07/12/2008 01:07:24) |
Today made me so proud to support Elgin, we made some great chances and I'd say Robbie got the team spot on, especially with bringing Ally MacDonald on at
half time.
The only downer was the two sending off, Kenny was stupid to go in with his head and it did seem to change the game, but we were able to hang on well. Well done lads. edit: Also, how well has David Niven been playing recently? He made some great challenges today and I was really impressed by him. 
Last Edited By: WeAreElgin
07/12/2008 01:10:06.
Edited 1 times.
|
||
|
JDanielR1875 |
|||
|
Posts: 26 (07/12/2008 02:29:11) |
the half time change was a well made change Macdonald played pretty good Keny Gilbert looked uninterested to be honest. Sorry if that sounds harsh but thats
how i feel looking back at his performance.
|
||
|
WeAreElgin |
|||
|
Posts: 18 (07/12/2008 03:19:26) |
I don't think it was that he was disinterested, it was more that he was struggling to get involved into the game.
|
||
|
stewartelgincity |
|||
|
Posts: 307 (07/12/2008 03:19:40) |
Is Ally McDonald a youth player ? Also lets hope Malin stays awhile this time ,maybe 10 years would do ,lol :-)
|
||
|
WeAreElgin |
|||
|
Posts: 19 (07/12/2008 12:41:00) |
I think MacDonald joined us from Inverness at the start of this season.
Also, I had a wee laugh to myself when I read the match report in the sunday mail, where apparently Kenny Wright was sent off for "dissent". It won't have anything to do with the headbutt! :P |
||
|
Mark Selbie |
|||
|
Posts: 1 (07/12/2008 23:51:06) |
Kenny Wright actually lashed out with his fist before the head-to-head. He didn't make contact, but the raised fist was enough. I have seen too many
selfish acts like this from City players this season. Please think of your team before yourself guys. This spoiled what had been a great game from Kenny, pink
boots aside. At least he scored with the white boots on, and what a good goal too.
|
||
|
Noall |
|||
|
Posts: 977 (08/12/2008 11:18:53) |
Congratulations to the team but let's not get carried away, we scraped a win against a non-league side, with the help of a keeper from a higher division
and a second yellow for King kept the teams at even numbers. They are not a great side, but we would be in a right mess today if it wasn't for Malin.
Hopefully though, the club can give some of the prize money to the manager so he can get players in the January transfer window. It showed last season that we need better players to acheive anything in this league. We would have struggled badly if it wasn't for the loan players (especially Sutherland) last season. Come on Tats, give Robbie some money so we can get off the bottom of the table and put an end to the rumours about the club wanting to finish bottom and return to the HFL......! |
||
|
Citymad |
|||
|
Posts: 642 (08/12/2008 21:11:15) |
The win was the most important thing on Saturday and not how it was achieved as i feel if we had lost we would be looking for a new manager today as i feel
sure that Williamson would have resigned had we lost this game,that was how important the win was.A couple of wins in the league before xmas would see his
position secure to at least the end of the season.
|
||
|
Noall |
|||
|
Posts: 978 (08/12/2008 22:35:08) |
The win was the most important thing on Saturday and not how it was achievedTrue, football is a result based business and it really doesn't matter how it is acheived, all I'm saying is the rosy specs can't come out just yet, we need to be realistic and keep our feet on the ground. All the match reports I have read described the game as the Joe Malin show and without him we would be out of the competition. i feel if we had lost we would be looking for a new manager today as i feel sure that Williamson would have resigned had we lost this game,that was how important the win wasI have a feeling you may be right. A couple of wins in the league before xmas would see his position secure to at least the end of the season.Getting a County keeper on loan shows how hard it is to get out of this league and what standard of player needed. We had a great season last year and that was down to the three loan players, Sutherland, Frizzel and Malin. if we had a couple more of their standard we would be in the 2nd Div. What ever happens we must not finish last. I couldn't bear to see Elgin take the drop to the 2nd Div HFL. |
||
