That's Never 10 Yards

🆕🎙️ #DAFC got back to winning ways at EEP with another victory over Raith. ⚽️ We also preview the Arbroath game, a tricky encounter – and there is the little matter of a certain Olly Thomas rejoining the club. 🤝 Shares appreciated. Enjoy. 🔗👇 open.spotify.com/episode/7lt…

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🏆 Cup runs are nice, but the Pars seem to be drawing a lot of similar teams recently. 📅 In the last year, the club has played... ⚪️ Kelty Hearts at home twice. ⚪️ Queen of the South twice away and once at home. ⚪️ Dumbarton home and away in the League Cup group stage.

That places the game in-between Queen of the South (A) and Partick Thistle (A). Not ideal, but better than the alternative.

As previously pointed out by @ScotlandStewart, the U21s do have a couple of fixtures inked in for the international break. Both Andrew and John Tod as well as Allan Oyirwoth (Uganda) and Alfons Amade (Mozambique) would miss Arbroath, therefore #DAFC can request a postponement.

Perfect use of Benedictus and ideal for some of young and fringe players to get a run out. Next round of the competition is three days before the Scottish Cup tie against QoS. Clydebank would be nice; not played them since 2000.

AS A FAN OF #DAFC, I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT WE MAY ONLY BE DAYS AWAY FROM WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE SMASHING THE "IN CASE OF EMERGENCY BREAK GLASS FOR NEIL LENNON" UNIT AT CELTIC PARK.

The qualifier to this is because #DAFC had previously scored five in a Championship game at EEP after this when beating Partick Thistle 5-1 in November 2019. However, the Jags were reduced to 10 men after four minutes and Kevin Nisbet scored the resultant penalty.

Yesterday's 5-1 win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle was the first time the Pars scored five in a Championship game at East End Park against 11 men since the 12th of August 2017 when they also beat Inverness Caledonian Thistle 5-1.

Somebody was due a doing; I just wasn't expecting it to be Inverness today. The Pars increased their Championship goal tally by 50% in one 45-minute half. A rare come-from-behind victory (the second under Lennon), and most pleasingly, Adams getting a much-overdue goal the club.

He scores goals.

Including the Premiership play-offs this is Neil Lennon's 60th divisional game in charge. In 27 of those games, the Pars have trailed – and from those matches #DAFC have clawed back nine points (six draws and one win; Morton 3-1). A good a day as any to make it double-figures.

21 points from 12 Championship games represents #DAFC's best start to a league season at this level since 2020-21 under Stevie Crawford. The Pars lost their 13th game against eventual league winners Hearts. Allan Johnston had the best dozen game spell with the club (27 points).

Since the beginning of the last year's League Cup stage, the only sides to go to Ochilview Park and come away with a victory have been Alloa (twice), Falkirk, Hearts, Motherwell, and now #DAFC A big three points, with the Pars hosting the other form side, Inverness, on Saturday.

How the Pars started their run last season. So may as well do it once again.

You will take that in those conditions before going to a bruised Stenhousemuir side who are no mugs at Ochilview Another sign of pointing in the right direction: for the first time since Park Bench took over the club, the Pars have won more Championship games than they have lost

Since the beginning of last season, the Pars have conceded 11 goals in seven meetings with Thistle...eight have gone in before the 26th minute.

For me, Partick Thistle pose the greatest threat in the division, and remain the most likely winners of the Championship. Another 0-0 at home would bring about groans at full-time, but I believe where the Pars find themselves at the moment. It would still be a positive outcome.