kdyteejay wrote:

  
 
Great post mate. It would be a huge risk to replace him and anyway it ain’t gonna happen. I’d like to see Pawlette on the bench and Appere up front with Shankland. I have also been keen on Cammy getting more game time but it just doesn’t work for the boy. We need to try Sporle again in a central attacking mode as that made a massive difference yesterday.

Don't think Sporle was in a central attacking role, kdyteejay: was he not playing off the left, with McMullan taking on a central position?

That's PMcM's best position, for me, but we have too many players who seem to favour that area of the park, and not enough wide men. And I thought it was McMullan, other than Shankland of course, who changed the game, luckily, in our favour yesterday.

Maybe Sporle will be a good option to play wide left, he changed the dynamic down that side.

It’s fair enough supporting Neilson, at the end of the day footballs a results business and we’re top at the moment.

Folk criticising him or even calling for him to go aren’t booboys though.  If folk are honest then there wouldn’t be a United supporter alive that would agree with his starting tactics the last 2 weeks.

PatReilly wrote:

kdyteejay wrote:

  
 
Great post mate. It would be a huge risk to replace him and anyway it ain’t gonna happen. I’d like to see Pawlette on the bench and Appere up front with Shankland. I have also been keen on Cammy getting more game time but it just doesn’t work for the boy. We need to try Sporle again in a central attacking mode as that made a massive difference yesterday.

Don't think Sporle was in a central attacking role, kdyteejay: was he not playing off the left, with McMullan taking on a central position?

That's PMcM's best position, for me, but we have too many players who seem to favour that area of the park, and not enough wide men. And I thought it was McMullan, other than Shankland of course, who changed the game, luckily, in our favour yesterday.

Maybe Sporle will be a good option to play wide left, he changed the dynamic down that side.

 
Sorry, wide left was what I meant.

Couldn’t make the game yesterday, first game at Tanny I’ve missed in months. By all accounts we were s.hite. However, strongly disagree with binning Neilson. He does need to stop pissing about with the team and tactics though, also playing folk in their correct positions would help.

We are top of the league, have sometimes played some good stuff and gave the Fun 6 so there are positives.

Need to get behind the team and manager as we always do.

Seriously hope Neilson learns some lessons quickly. Still think he is the man to take us up.

MockChop wrote:

5 wins from 6 with a shitey manager.

think what we could do with a good manager eh

Well we'd probably be in the Premiership for starters.

Or have you forgotten about his negative as fuck tactics in both legs against St.Mirren?
 

Yeah, the end of last season was disappointing.
We have shown this season we can dig in & get a result, and away from home too.
15 points from 18 is an excellent start. And the manager is going nowhere.

You see the names in the hat for the Thistle job, that’s what we’d be choosing from.

Lennon, Hughes, Stubbs, Duffy, McIntyre etc

MockChop wrote:

Yeah, the end of last season was disappointing.
We have shown this season we can dig in & get a result, and away from home too.
15 points from 18 is an excellent start. And the manager is going nowhere.

You see the names in the hat for the Thistle job, that’s what we’d be choosing from.

Lennon, Hughes, Stubbs, Duffy, McIntyre etc

 
Whilst I am over the rant from the weekend, I still think our manager is found wanting at times( McCall has his measure) but even if he was to be fired, which he won't, I very much doubt our chairman would be going down the tired old route of failed Scottish managers. More likely some innovative American coach.

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I wouldn't this weekend, no.

But then, he actually went for it and played an attacking formation with attacking wing backs and we witnessed what the team is capable of.

Keep that up and any criticism's will dissapear.

p.s. he deserves a lot of credit for today. Even got his subs and their timings spot-on.

Credit to Robbie Neilson for the result today. It'd be churlish to try to dress it up otherwise.

As for the players (and this maybe should go on the match thread), although Shankland got the MotM from sponsors, McMullan was outstanding.

The defence wasn't under much threat, Brown did well on his home debut and Reynolds continues to concern me. Liam Smith covered well, but is very one footed. Watson too did a job, but generally Morton weren't seen as an attacking force.

Sporle is something else, very fit and with good feet from a life of training in the Argentinean Tango. Pawlett had a very good first 20-25 minutes but appears to struggle for fitness over ninety. Harkes was steady as was Butcher. 

The subs also performed well, but it will be easier making an entrance when the team is winning well.

Pleased to see the intent from the outset, hope we maintain that in every game where possible.

Finally, the referee: absolute shit again. A simple example: universally, each substitution adds 30 second to the match time. 6 subs used equals 3 minutes, then add on the players down injured in the second period (with Muir booking one for coming on the park without permission).

Yet he added around 4 seconds to the ninety minutes.

Last edited by PatReilly (28/9/2019 7:46 pm)

I get the feeling Robbie's napper will be on the chopping board after every game this season that we drop points. Which is a shame but its just indicative of the high standard of player he has brought into the club. With the players we have, every game is winnable. 2 games on plastic to come though so I expect some challenging matches coming up.

This thread stared after we won a game!

Goodie Conway 2 wrote:

This thread stared after we won a game!

 
Started before the game finished actually, whilst we were staring at a home defeat to Arbroath, just to be factual and in perspective 😉