Forgot. The bit of skill from Middleton where he skinned 3 of them looked GMSesque. Opposite end of pitch from me - was it as good as I thought?

Aberdeen is my favourite fixture. Atmosphere is brilliant. In the shed yesterday again and it makes so much difference to the team I think.

Thought we were poor most of the match. Especially first 35 mins.

Watched Babunski close first half when he was right in front of me. He took up so many good positions outside the box to link the play and could see who frustrated he was at the constant punts and pointless cross field diagonals to the opposite wing. No point playing him at all if that is how Jim wants us to play.

Wing backs - the contrast was worrying. Most of the threat aberdeen had all day came down Strain’s side. They got almost nothing down our left. It looked like a noticeable tactic that Strain was tucking in next the centre backs and often leaving Trap 2 on 1. Can’t understand the logic if that was tactical.

Based on end of season I think we offer Doc an extension. He leads and organises the team. Links the play. Is good ant breaking up opposition attacks And is experienced. We are losing a lot of experience.

Why can neither of our keepers kick the ball? Few really good saves yesterday. Especially the point blank header at 2-1.

Delighted with the season overall. Can’t wait for Europe and would be amazing to win a tie.

With how bad we have been I just can’t believe a win V aberdeen should get us 4th. They have been just as bad as us. We could do it.

CCX2 2010 wrote:

redford_must_score wrote:

Slotbadger wrote:

Hope we go back to 3 at the back. Pack the midfield with sibbald, doc, sev. I’d have Babunski playing off dalby and dropping back to midfield at times.

Play ugly. It is what has served so well this year.

Won’t be easy. Hibs are decent.

 
Agree about 3 at the back but does two of them need to be Gallagher and Graham to release Svelj into midfield?
Is Graham fit?

 
Nope, still injured.

Got two centre half ( one of them not 100%) and a young laddie.

 
Wishful thinking then. Do we not have Gallagher, Harding and Mani? We just haven’t been very solid at all playing 4 at the back this season.

redford_must_score wrote:

Beardy23 wrote:

Tony Watt off the wage bill

 
Missed that, a major plus.

 
Had also forgotten that one. Major plus and major wage if rumours are true. We could well get 2 or 3 decent players for his wage.

Tek wrote:

RogerTheAlien wrote:

Tek wrote:

Aberdeen almost certainly getting the Shed on last game of the season. Due to safety concerns i.e. them throwing stuff at Goodwin.

Hopefully United hold back the Fair play and Jerry Kerr for our fans to buy a block at a time.

Assuming the game still has importance, of course.

 
We get 1700 in that shitehole of a corner. They get 1900 behind a goal. Get to fuck with that United.

If they can’t behave, give them nothing.

It's more a Police decision from what I hear, not a United one.

It's still very annoying that they are essentially being rewarded for scum behaviour.
 

  When we are forced to pay for the police to be there why are we not telling them to just do their job, focus on that section close to Godwin, and drag people out that are seen throwing things?

3 x tight 1-0 wins in a row just what we needed.

I know folk have said Saturday wasn’t his best game, but when Docherty plays he changes the whole team. He must be a very good leader. If you just look at the the stats,  can anyone remember one player having that much influence on our results? Maybe Robson is his last 2 seasons?

Seems clear we are a better team whenever we keep it tight and hit teams on the break. Not what I want us to do, but it gets us results.

So I would go similar to last 2 games. And similar subs to Tynecastle after an hr. If the game is tight. Maybe Luca at right back instead of Strain?

And absolutely press St Johnstone high up the pitch for the full 90 mins. They lose a goal a game from pissing about at the back.

Wasn’t there. Watched highlights.  Looks like we dominated at a difficult venue. Sure bbc said we had 20 shots to their 5, so deserved win even if game was poor. 

Docherty is our captain for a reason. Ever since he joined the stats with him in the team and out have been clear. I really like him as a player and a leader. After 2 full seasons of playing a few games and then being out for a month I think it is time to move on. Maybe a pay as you play deal if he can stay fit until end of the season? Anyway, that type of player I think is one Scotland are actually quite good at producing and I would hope we could find a younger, fitter version of him in the lower leagues. Won’t be easy.

Almost confirmed as top 6. In first season up that is good. Get the criticisms about style, but don’t really understand what anyone would realistically expect from Goodwin more than comfortable promotion in first season and top 6 in first season back in top league. For me doing fine.

redford_must_score wrote:

Tek wrote:

Slotbadger wrote:

I can only assume Goodwin did see most of the issues described.

He signed 2 midfielders that are meant to be forward thinking. And another striker.

They all look like poor signings is the problem. Goodwin has a good record in summer transfer windows. Like just about every other manager, not so much January.

I don’t think it was his decision to sell Holt. But has been his decision to ditch Babunski for no apparent reason. I haven’t even seen a rumour about attitude. I don’t think he was even close to being as bad as some make out. The facts are pretty clear. He was subbed at half time V aberdeen at home when I thought he played well. We won that game. He hasn’t really played again. Our complete loss of form coincides almost perfectly with this. Not saying that is the only reason, but do think it’s part of it.

Goodwin was quoted two days ago praising Babunski's attitude, saying he 'sets the standards' at training etc.

His omission is just all the more bizarre.
 

 
When Campbell is getting starts in midfield after these terrible performances ahead of Babunski either we're not getting told the truth or there's something wrong with our manager.  It's either one or the other.

 
All football fans and forums come up with rumours. Like Doc on the booze or butcher being a shagger. I haven’t seen any about Babunski except that he has never stayed at one club long and this hints at an attitude problem. Maybe. 

I am generally pretty pro Goodwin, but given the lack of rumours and what TEK has noted above, it does suggest Goodwin believes Campbell and Fiorini are bringing more to the team than Babunski some how.

Stillliving wrote:

Slotbadger wrote:

Tangy wrote:

Just watched the highlights to see if it was as bad as I thought.... it was. They had runners all first half and nobody picked them up. Not that it would change the result, I'd question if the throw in leading to the Walton drop was a foul throw. Walt9n for as good as hes been this season had a clanger. Hope he picks up. Ferry got skinned for one of the goals and just gives up running.

Var worked! Good for the league getting it right for once.

Adeboyega should never have put his hands on murray - we all know what hes like. Any excuse to fall down
At the 4th, it's a pointless push. He is going wide and Walton has a chance to save.

For me. The difference for me is we need our players to be more like Goodwin was as a player. They were all very nice whereas dundee were tugging holding down. Elbowing and being generally dirty bastards. I hate to say it but we need somebody like murray to orchestrate the chuntyness.

 
Generally Murray ripped us apart all game. Wish we had got him in the summer. Exactly the kind of stricken we need.

 
I would doubt we could have come up with the transfer fee.

Maybe if we had saved the money from Jort 😁

Everyone was just shite. But special mention to: Walton - not just flogging the goal, couple of pathetic flaps from shots he punched right back into the middle of the goal. They scored from one that got VAR’d. Biggest problem was staying on his line at all costs for every cross and long ball. This created some of the problems for our defence.

Campbell. Is not fit and in a team playing utter pish yesterday he still looked like one of us had been given a strip and asked to play professional football.

Manny - has to be the worst of the lot. Got about 20 mins. Managed to get booked, get a straight red give away a pen and had another 50/50 pen where he half pushed the boy right in front of me in the shed and I was convinced was going to VAR.

Don’t blame Goodwin for how shite the players were or selling holt as I doubt it was his decision. But his transfer window was terrible and he keeps playing those players.

Tek wrote:

Slotbadger wrote:

We better get Stirton tied down on a long term contract if he isn’t already.

If he keeps on like this he will be away in the summer for peanuts if we don’t.

Can see him going to a Norwich or Fulham in July for an 'undisclosed fee'.

Hope I'm wrong.


 

 
BBC gossip today saying Celtic are looking at him.