redford_must_score wrote:

 
Tek, have you actually considered he's been told there's no money for players until the summer?

Reddy, not to rail road this thread, but just seen this post again.

10 days after Goodwin said in the press he wouldn't be looking to add a Striker we sign Russell (and then barely use him).

There clearly was a bit of money there, and i 100% think that signing was made over his head. Hence why he's stubbornly not used him.

He has form for this. When he first came in the door it was common knowledge that there was cash there to sign a Goalie who is without a club. He then literally rejected the American Keeper coming over to sign and put his weight behind Birighitti instead.

A decision i still blame him for.
 

Match Day 44 -

1) Wee Bobo - 35 PTS
2) Tek - 32 PTS
3) Kdyteejay - 30 PTS
4) Redford - 28 PTS
5) Stillliving - 26 PTS
6) Roger the Alien - 25 PTS
7) Lifesanocean - 25 PTS
8) Motherwellarab - 23 PTS
9) BMT - 23 PTS
10) Dyed In The Wool - 18 PTS
11) Shakey Isles Arab - 17 PTS
12) David Blunkett - 16 PTS
13) United Arab Emarite - 15 PTS
14) Morphman - 14 PTS
15) United23 - 13 PTS
16) Jim's Beard - 12 PTS

redford_must_score wrote:

Watching Well v Hearts reminds me that another indicator of a lack of proper coaching is our terrible decision making on the ball.
It's been evident all season but today was the worst I've seen it.
It's not something that's just down to the quality and skill of the player, it's something that can be coached even to average players.

Makes you wonder what's going on at St Andrews .

Spot on, i’ve wondered this myself.

Instead of taking a mediocre player and improving them like other teams do, we actually seem to get a player that shows some quality/good strengths and make them worse.

e.g. Sapsford at the start of the season looked like a real find, took guys on for fun, had a decent shot, Always gave 100% and linked with play nicely. He hasn’t shown anything like this in months.

Things can probably be speculated for Sapsford like he is being overplayed and he has a lack of service but what about Dolcek, Camara and others. Its like they are getting all technical ability coached out of them to the point where they can’t even link up play, or make a simple pass.
 

Arabdownsouth wrote:

punched the ball behind himself, I'd say he was the worst myself

Not disagreeing with your point of course

Yeah i can understand that and also agree, i’d say myself there isn’t much of a difference in quality between them though.

Kucherenko most definitely made worse mistakes towards the end of his United career which were somewhat unforgivable but i think it was a confidence issue with Kucherenko mainly and at times showed he was good in certain aspects of goalkeeping and given time on loan could’ve maybe cut those mistakes out of his game, maybe.

This doesn’t mean that i thoroughly believe Kucherenko would have ever been good enough for us or that I think selling him was the wrong decision. I just don’t see any future with Richards at Dundee United, he is so stressful to watch and i actually had more faith in Kucherenko than I do Richards. Kucherenko was awful though. 

The 2 first deals that need to be made in the summer are getting real quality at both ends of the pitch, Striker and Goalkeeper. I can’t watch the likes of Watters and Kuch/Richards/AMB next season. Defence is also very, very important. No more Ross Graham, KK, Strain.
 

United23 wrote:

Must be about 4 times Richards has had an easy save and pushes the ball right into the path of the striker leading to a goal, he is the worst of the three goalkeepers this season.

There is no argument for offering him a deal, even as a backup.

 
Another reason why Adams should have been in goal, we have seen Richards making mistakes ALL season why on earth has he been giving the these split games, truly baffling

Started the match with no fewer than nine players who have played in defence at some point in time and/or are defensively minded players. An utterly disgraceful line-up that tells me that Goodwin went there to not lose rather than to try and win. He's deployed this demoralising tactic many, many times as United Boss.

To once again not start Johnny Russell is two fingers up to the fans as far as i'm concerned. It's becoming obvious that the signing was made over his head and he's stubbornly decided he just won't use him. His stubbornness will be his ultimate undoing. He's done this in reverse with players like Jordan Tilson and Max Watters whereby everyone has questioned what they bring and he's played them consistently anyway, almost as if to say 'i'm in charge'. Stevie Clarke does similar, of course.

The penalty we were denied on Dolcek an utter disgrace, but that doesn't mask what was another pathetic performance away from home.

That he is wanting to offer new contracts to Richards, Graham and Keresztes should alarm everyone. It has been a complete anti-climax of a season, but Goodwin is seemingly embracing this acceptance of mediocrity. Surely that must be a huge red flag to even the staunchest of Goodwin supporters out there?

My player ratings -

Richards 6 - Yet another goal shipped because he can't strongly palm a ball away or catch it. To offer him a new contract is bewildering.

Strain 5 - Slow as a week in Barlinnie.

Iovu 5 - Poor

Graham 5 - Simply not good enough. Positionally all over the place at times.

Keresztes 5 - Weak as fuck and just constant braindead decision making.

Ferry 6 - Poor by his recent standards.

Agyei 6 - Probably our best player, but you could see a mile away he was going to get a red. Goodwin fucked up big time taking Vicko off and not Manny. He's being asked to do far too much in midfield btw. 

Sevelj 5 - Poor

Farrugia 6 - Said it once, i'll say it a thousand times. A tidy enough player, bu

United23 wrote:

Must be about 4 times Richards has had an easy save and pushes the ball right into the path of the striker leading to a goal, he is the worst of the three goalkeepers this season.

There is no argument for offering him a deal, even as a backup.

 
Kucherenko punched the ball behind himself, I'd say he was the worst myself

Not disagreeing with your point of course

Wouldn’t keep any the defence/goalkeepers that are out of contract, all brutal inc the captain.

dyed in the wool wrote:

2-0 them

 
Defeat never tastes good but well done on the 3 points.

redford_must_score wrote:

Morphman wrote:

Absolutely shocking performance. Just seen Richards flog the second as I type, wtf is he doing.

Big summer coming up... as always!

 
But folk saying we should keep this hopeless keeper because he's cheap and good in the dressing room? Joke keeper. Joke decision to keep him.

Anyway, a disgraceful absolutely rotten performance today.
No clue. No football. No coaching. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Zero.

Very worrying. Very very concerning.

Do we win games because we're well coached and lose them because we're badly coached. No, we're badly coached all the time.
He's going to empty Tannadice at this rate.

 
Glad I bailed out early. We are absolutely shite. Goodwin is a fud

1 win away from home in 2026!

Rank rotten.
An embarrassment to Dundee United Football Club

Can't control the ball
Can't pass the ball
No shape
No cohesion
No idea

Aberdeen fans taunting Keresztes at every touch

Uncoached garbage.