1-2 to us, close game but we just edge it

He is that big bullying striker we have been needing for some time - rough round the edges maybe, but I ma impressed by his start and hopefully he can carry it on

DU Peligro wrote:

Head 0-1. Out muscled by the hammer throwers like cupgame last year.
Donaldson 87 m winner. Robbie out brigade swells significantly.

Heart 4-1 Utd Shanks hattrick bring on the Dees

Either way please God at least attack them!

I'd go and buy a lottery ticket for tonight if i were you  

Macho Man wrote:

The thing is, if he was seen to be trying different formations and was a bit more positive in his approach to improve our performance levels and the results then he would be offered some serious slack from the fans, but his problem is that he keeps trying the same negative tactics over and over again.  Also, I think the the fact that he lines up the same way regardless of who we are playing doesn't endear him that much to the fans 

In saying that, if he tried too many different tactics, he might be labelled as not knowing what he was doing, so there would have to be a happy medium in there.

I agree with you on the tactics it is one of my biggest frustrations in the last number of years that we seem to stick to the same tactics and nothing evolves or changes based on how we feel we can exploit the oppositions weaknesses.

I think some of the signings are positive and while i am not overly enthused by them I am optimistic we are signing more selectively over the January scatter gun approach where only a few added to the team.  Also optimistic about Appere he seems to be a reasonably physical striker that can impose on defenses, early days yet for him but what we have been crying out for in recent seasons

JerryDungle wrote:

There doesn’t seem to be any sort of cohesive plan other than hopefully having 11 players that are better than the oppostion’s, and hoping their quality sees them though. That’s not enough IMO, and if we do end up winning the league, it’ll be down to the poor standard of the league rather than anything we’ve done. Meanwhile these stupid results to the Alloas and the Arbroaths and the Mortons on the league will keep happening.

It has been the same for as long as we have been in this division, sideways slow build up that allows the opposition time to get all the players behind the ball and we struggle to break them down. 

Teams are working out how we play as we never seem to change tactics or approach, two weeks ago we draw with East Fife they work out our structure and then come to Tannadice and beat us, it may have been an exceptional performance from them but did they work out our tactics and build from there?

PatReilly wrote:

Yes. I helped in the building of that structure.

Any plans to go back and finish it?  

blackandtangerine wrote:

https://twitter.com/dundeeunitedfc/status/1146502792837832704?s=19

This is actually quite funny fae utd

great reveal, the old bait and switch!!

Tek wrote:

LarsErikKjell wrote:

A Neilson quote from the Courier:

United are having to show patience to make further signings, with Neilson saying: “It’s quiet just now. There’s a bit of a lull.

“The English teams aren’t back yet. After they start up again the market moves about a bit.”

Seriously. What a lot of shite.

Just in the last few days i've seen players from England sign for Celtic, Dundee, Hibs, Hamilton, Sevco, Motherwell, Inverness, Livi etc etc.

 

Makes it sound like we are talking to players who want to see what they get offered in England before making a decision!!

Macho Man wrote:

Rumours of Scott Fox joining don’t look like they’re going to happen. It looks like he’s joining Partick.

Looking for a club in the central belt for family reason - will rule him out for us if the distance from Dundee policy is still in place

kingdomarab wrote:

League - Winners

League Cup - Winners

Scottish cup - Winners

Irn Bru Cup - Winners

Euro 2020 - Winners

Phoenix Pub Quiz - Winners

I know Reynolds just got his degree but pub quiz winners, we need to set realistic expectations!!

Tek wrote:

MockChop wrote:

I don’t get the Connolly hatred to be honest.

I know he didn’t play well in either leg there, no one did. But it’s like we round on one player then move on to the next one.

Hardly 'hatred'.

I just don't think he's very good.

But he's not the only one who has been poor. Pawlett, Sow etc have all received criticism for their perfomance levels too.

Can't expect players to be free of criticism tbqh after 2 Play-Off Final performnces as poor as that back to back.

If anything i think our supporters have taken the whole thing quite well.
 

 
I agree, i think he was good against weaker opposition but has been exposed a bit against stronger opponents and had we gone up would have moved down the pecking order or been a liability

In my opinion the jury is out on some of the January signing and expect a better performance this summer,

blackandtangerine wrote:

kingdomarab wrote:

tbf he wasn’t the only one that was bad today, team full of jobbers, they got what they deserved.

The fans, on the other hand, short changed, again....

Correct he wasnt but hes been consistently shite imo.
 

falls in to the category what does the manager see in him that we are all clearly missing