Falkirk 0-0 Dumbarton
Posted in Dumbarton FC at 16:36 on 25 February 2018
SPFL Tier 2, Falkirk Football Stadium, 24/2/18.
Well it wasn’t a defeat, but it wasn’t a win and realistically, while for them it was a mustn’t lose, for us it was a must win.
And it could have been a lot worse. They hit the woodwork four times.
I’ve been resigned to the playoffs for weeks now. We’re not going to make up nine points, not to mention sixteen goals, in the twelve remaining games.
What’s really killed us though is that Brechin haven’t been taking points off the teams above us. The tenth placed side in our previous seasons in this division all managed that sometimes. Without that it’s a hard grind for a team like us.
Given the almost inevitability of us finishing ninth I’d have liked to see us play with a bit more ambition. When we did get forward in the last ten minutes or so we looked like we could have troubled them at the back. Still, I have to admire they way we defended. We might have ridden our luck a little but it was dogged.
Loanee Liam Burt certainly made a difference when he came on – as he did in Oswestry – and we looked sharper with Mark Stewart up front or in wide midfield. Sam Wardrop at right back also makes an enormous contribution. We badly missed him when he was out through injury.
Froxy didn’t make it on. I suppose Stevie Aitken thought that in a tight game his lack of defensive ability could have hurt us. I know he won the semi-final for us but he had a very poor clearance thereafter which almost gave them an equaliser. In a sense he’s a luxury player for us.
I still hope we have a more positive attitude on Tuesday night against Inverness though.
Tags: Brechin City, Dimitris Froxylias, Inverness C T, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Liam Burt, Mark Stewart, Sam Wardrop, Stevie Aitken