Enough said, really!
We competed well for the first forty minutes. Then, with time needing to be seen out until the interval, we gave away a ridiculous goal, when the Franchise winger was allowed to twist and turn and deliver a cross from the byeline, when the ball should have been shepherded out long before. The ball was cracked home from in between the six yard box and the penalty spot.
The second half was a protracted nightmare, with Montrose simply torn apart by a fit, confident and determined Franchise XI. They scored four well worked goals and exposed our glaring deficiencies in the process, with surgical ruthlessness.
Loathsome they might be as a club, the Franchise showed that, on the pitch, they were worthy champions at the weekend- just as we delivered a "performance" in keeping with a side seven points adrift at the foot of a terrible league. I was so dismayed by the whole pitiful collapse that I just went straight home, and gave the end of season do a miss. I really wasn't in the mood.
I thought Coutts did as well as could be expected, Collier tried hard in the middle of the park, and so did Gemmell in the first half. Aaron also had a decent first forty five minutes but faded away badly after the break. Other than that, our overstretched, thin squad looked exhausted, jaded, and in need of the end of this dreadful season a fortnight ago.
I'm not going to Elgin next weekend, so for me the season is over. Once next Saturday is out the way, there will be time enough to assessed the "released" list when it is made public, and a way forward from this dire shambles of a season becomes a bit clearer.
Bring on the football-free Saturdays! For the first time that I can remember, I'm actually really looking forward to the close season this year.
Team: Coutts, McNally, Fleming, Hegarty, Tweed, Collier, Milligan, Davidson, Tosh, Gemmell, Sinclair.
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