Written by Administrator Sunday, 29 April 2007 22:03

Well, that's that then. Yesterday, Sons continued their dismal record against Queen's Park, going down 2-1 at home. So Sons finish in 5th place on 59 points, 8 behind East Fife. Not a disaster but hardly great.

Our results against the top 4 just show that Dumbarton just did not have the quality to compete with these teams. Sons took 1 point out of a possible 12 against Queen's Park, 3 out of 12 against Berwick, 3 out of 12 against East Fife and 5 from 12 against Arbroath. In total, 12 points out of 48.

Dumbarton's performance in March didn't help either. The fixtures computer was particularily harsh, with Sons basically playing two games a week for the whole month and back to back matches against Berwick, East Fife and Stenhousemuir. Eight games played with one win and two draws to show for it. Not good.

And it could have been worse. For the first half of the season, Steven Dobbie was playing for Sons on loan from St. Johnstone. In the January transfer window, he was signed by Queen of the South. But despite only playing for half the season, he still ended up as Dumbarton's top scorer with 11 goals. Without him, Sons would have ended up near the bottom of the league.

So where do Dumbarton go from here? Personally, I think McCabe has been OK and should be given another season. Dumbarton's record under his reign has been W19 D5 L17 which is not terrible. The key will be who he brings in for next season and who he lets go.