Written by Administrator Saturday, 22 March 2008 18:24

The last time I visited Ochilview I witnessed one of the most excruciatingly boring games I had ever seen. Things were better today, but not by much.

The playing personnel had certainly changed since Jim Chapman took over and as this was my first game since my last visit to Stenny there were lots of new faces. I was impressed by centre half Gordon Lennon. He barely put a foot wrong during the 90 minutes and he marshalled the defence very well. But his defensive partner, Mick O'Byrne, was pretty average I thought.

Along with the new faces with still have some of the old. Tommy Coyne must be one of the most frustrating players I have ever seen, even more than Robert Docherty. He works his socks off during the game but his finishing is just rubbish. And why do we still have Chris Gentile on the books?

Anyway, on to the game. The first half was all Sons. I mean total dominance. Unfortunately there was only one goal to show for it, when Andy Geggan bulleted a header past the keeper from a cross by triallist Kenny Wright.

The second half was completely the opposite. Stenny had control of the midfield for vast quantities of the time. Luckily they only had one goal to show for their efforts. Sub Jose Quitongo skinned Gentile on the wing and whipped over a cross that the Sons defence failed to get to. Ian Harty got to it first and despite keeper Crawford's great reactions the ball went in off the crossbar. A draw was probably a fair result.