That'll do.

Need to strengtgen the squad and try and kick on now.

Good win, nervous last 25 minutes though, although we had chances in that period to increase our lead.

Need to see it again, and Reynolds obviously made an error, having had a decent game in my view, for the goal. But did Edwards misjudge the ball coming through in the lead up as well? We seemed to lose confidence after the loss of the goal, which maybe indicates our mental toughness is suspect.

But some good performances, and the shape was a good bit better than the last match, which wouldn't be difficult.Also, very happy to see a lot more efforts on goal and on target: we really should have scored more. Logan Chalmers showed more of what MM sees in him, for I was beginning to doubt he was cut out for this level. And pleased to see Declan Glass get on the pitch for his first minutes of the season.

Very happy with the result. Not seen the game but sounds like some encouraging performances and of course it's great to see Lawrence Shankland get off the mark, many more to come hopefully.

10 points from 8 games having played 3 of our toughest opponents already is perfectly acceptable to me. Especially when we take into account the limited changes to the squad and Shanks missing the best part of six games with injury.

Couple of things to mention

Firstly I remember a season in the early noughties where we didn't win our first game until November and still stayed up that season.

Secondly, does anyone remember how many points we had after 8 games the season we got relegated?

Oh, and 3 wins out of 8 is way better than 4 wins in 30 😂😂

Goodie Conway 2 wrote:

Arabdownsouth wrote:

Very happy with the result. Not seen the game but sounds like some encouraging performances and of course it's great to see Lawrence Shankland get off the mark, many more to come hopefully.

10 points from 8 games having played 3 of our toughest opponents already is perfectly acceptable to me. Especially when we take into account the limited changes to the squad and Shanks missing the best part of six games with injury.

Couple of things to mention

Firstly I remember a season in the early noughties where we didn't win our first game until November and still stayed up that season.

Secondly, does anyone remember how many points we had after 8 games the season we got relegated?

Oh, and 3 wins out of 8 is way better than 4 wins in 30 😂😂

 
When we last went down, we won our second game of the season on Halloween (v Ross County) to go to 8 points. We didn't win again until 5-1 at home to Kilmarnock in January.

This season looking far more promising in terms of staying up.

 
Cheers for that 👍 definitely looking more promising.

PS. Wouldn't mind giving them cunts 5 again some time soon 😉

A big win after some really tough losses, I thought we played excellent for 30 mins after the break, seemed to get worse after the sending off with some nerves creeping in.

Big concern for me is how many we've conceded from 'wee mistakes' at the back lately. Must be really tough for Benji to take given he has been more than reliable this season, and stopped it being a rout at Ibrox.

MoTM for me probably Sporle who looked excellent on the ball and always fancied trying to beat his man. Think many in the team should be trying to emulate him instead of blasting it 60 yards to Shankland.

Some decent play in the second half and a Good result, and at the moment that's all that matters.

Last edited by Morphman (20/9/2020 9:00 am)

Shankland made a big difference to us aside from just the goal. All the chances we had in the second half came from men that were spare in and around the box. His reputation means he causes fear and panic amongst the defenders leaving space for others. Makes a huge difference.

We looked a bit uncertain at times in front of goal. Made the wrong decisions on a few occasions but hopefully that comes.

Shedtastic wrote:

Great finish by Sporle, the lad could get more goals he has that composure in front of goal that other players lack.

I like the fact that when we are on the attack he actually gets in the box and in and around the 6 yard box looking for scraps and to score.

Very few of our midfielders ever do this. Actually run into the box and try and support the attack. Too worried about losing our shape probably.

But it's time we started taking a gamble and hunt in packs.

Yesterday shows it pays off and we can create/score goals.
 

It would be massive if we can win our next 2 games. One game at a time of course but Accies and Livi occupy the bottom 2 places so a great opportunity to put a bit of distance between us and them.

Tek wrote:

Arabdownsouth wrote:

It would be massive if we can win our next 2 games. One game at a time of course but Accies and Livi occupy the bottom 2 places so a great opportunity to put a bit of distance between us and them.

I don't think Livi are as bad as their bottom of the table position would suggest.

Kept a clean sheet against the Rangers and almost came back to snatch a point at Parkhead yesterday.

Think they'll also add to their squad before they meet us as they have a bit of money to play about with after selling Dykes. Though it's a game we should look to win of course.
 

 
True, but I expect us to have a decent chance of victory against teams with average crowds of about 1000 (normally obviously) so one game at a time but its an opportunity we need to be taking.

PatReilly wrote:

Great to see Adrián Sporle getting plaudits, remembering his competitive debut against Hearts and the slagging he was getting at that time.
 
He’s certainly got something about his character, positivity and determination, stuff which might be coached out of some young Scottish lads, who appear to look for the safe option rather than being forward thinking as Sporle. Where lots of players harass opponents, Sporle tackles when it’s not really the done thing in Scotland, and he has a drive which maybe gets knocked out of young players here.

 
Would agree with a lot of that. He’s a bit risk and reward. At times he surprises you with quality and doing something unexpected. If he had that consistently he wouldn’t be with us. There will be a lot of games that don’t go his way this year too, will require patience.

Lilley01 wrote:

PatReilly wrote:

Great to see Adrián Sporle getting plaudits, remembering his competitive debut against Hearts and the slagging he was getting at that time.
 
He’s certainly got something about his character, positivity and determination, stuff which might be coached out of some young Scottish lads, who appear to look for the safe option rather than being forward thinking as Sporle. Where lots of players harass opponents, Sporle tackles when it’s not really the done thing in Scotland, and he has a drive which maybe gets knocked out of young players here.

 
Would agree with a lot of that. He’s a bit risk and reward. At times he surprises you with quality and doing something unexpected. If he had that consistently he wouldn’t be with us. There will be a lot of games that don’t go his way this year too, will require patience.

good summation lilley
and good that mm has noticed this

capital-free monday, cup of tea in other hand