McNulty, Shankland and Clark all start, surely we can score today!

This is absolute torture

Trying really hard to no become a moaning face twat as that is probably a decent result however

That performance stinks, what is it we’re actually trying to do ? Are we a lump ball team with 3 small strikers? The passing today my god woeful, we bring absolutely nothing to these games is becoming seriously hard to watch united, it’s like from the very 1st minute we play not to get beats, come on to fuck weve got good enough players to at LEAST play a bit of football and have shots on target

Fucking torture

SuperMario wrote:

Trying really hard to no become a moaning face twat as that is probably a decent result however

That performance stinks, what is it we’re actually trying to do ? Are we a lump ball team with 3 small strikers? The passing today my god woeful, we bring absolutely nothing to these games is becoming seriously hard to watch united, it’s like from the very 1st minute we play not to get beats, come on to fuck weve got good enough players to at LEAST play a bit of football and have shots on target

Fucking torture

 
Yeah I agree but I have been to Mc Dermaid park when we had Cifti, Gauld, Armstrong, Russell and Daly at different times and would have been happy to come home with a draw. We are not the dominant team and until we can prove we can compete with these teams  3 clean sheets in a row is an improvement.

Positives - 3 clean sheets in a row

Negatives - Only 1 goal scored in 4 matches. And even the goal scored was against a Lowland League side. More worryingly, we are barely having a shot at goal in the past few matches.

Feels like Benji's performances are papering over massive cracks in this side.

As i said last week i fear for us up until January. And even then we'd need to get our business done quickly in that window and not drag our business out till late January.

We started well enough. Shots fae McNulty and Shanks. But then it kinda fell awa. There was a distinct lack of service to them.

The Johnies cane inta the gehm efter the half-oor mark.

The Johnies musta had a dozen or so attempts compared to 3 or 4. Canna believe we never had 1 shot in target. If it wasna for Benji they woulda won the gehm.

Apart fae blocking a dangerous shot fae Wotherspoon near the end, I dinna think Harkes contributed much the day. Far too many passes back to the defenders.

Nevertheless the point away from home is very welcome.

Possibly the back to back 4-0 hammerings showed MM just how limited the squad is. That is   clear relegation form.  He has just focussed on being hard to beat atm with the 5 at the back formation.
It opens up the debate are results more important than performances.
If we had had a go yesterday, created a few chances but ultimately lost would we be happier?

In saying that I expect a bit more attacking intention against RC next week.

The change in formation and approach has definitely coincided with a change in messaging from Mellon. Gone is the we are Dundee United and now we're getting a more realistic 'long journey ahead' type message. Which interestingly, is what we would have got from day one with Neilson.

​However, I think Neilson would be trying to get more from these players believing that they're good enough. Whilst Mellon has genuinely higher ambitions and no longer thinks that but is hamstrung by pandemics and finances. 

​I still think Mellon is the better long-term bet but he has to do something in the meantime to find a better balance between defence and attack. Just now we're seeing 5 at the back with 2 midfielders that are expected to protect the 3 CH's ensuring they're not exposed. It's working from a tightening up point of view but very difficult to then be up and controlling the ball, dictating the game.