Same back line as ever.

Would like to see Murdoch and Sibbald with Archie in for Glass.

Middleton and Fotheringham out wide and Tony up top.

Shouldn't risk King Louis unless we really need to.

David_Blunkett wrote:

CCX2 2010 wrote:

Same back line as ever.

Would like to see Murdoch and Sibbald with Archie in for Glass.

Middleton and Fotheringham out wide and Tony up top.

Shouldn't risk King Louis unless we really need to.

All about opinions, but I don't think Glass has done anything to deserve to be dropped or Meekison has done anything to merit a start.

Fotheringham has a right to feel aggrieved though, re lack of starts.

Agreed.

On all points.

p.s. who's Murdoch? That name gives me PTSD 
 

Tek wrote:

David_Blunkett wrote:

CCX2 2010 wrote:

Same back line as ever.

Would like to see Murdoch and Sibbald with Archie in for Glass.

Middleton and Fotheringham out wide and Tony up top.

Shouldn't risk King Louis unless we really need to.

All about opinions, but I don't think Glass has done anything to deserve to be dropped or Meekison has done anything to merit a start.

Fotheringham has a right to feel aggrieved though, re lack of starts.

Agreed.

On all points.

p.s. who's Murdoch? That name gives me PTSD 
 

Really need to select that preview option, Docherty is the fella. I thought I had deleted Murdoch from my memory.

Glass has been decent  but we can only play 11 and Archie was a threat last week. We certainly need a threat with Tony no goals up top.

Game of 2 halves by us today. Queens were not good by any stretch of the imagination but we just couldn’t get going first half. Second half much more better, more drilled, great goals all round too. Kai’s header the pick for me.
With Moult a likely miss for next week on the plastic pitch it’s a massive positive that second half heading into that.

I'm nit a huge fan of 'assists' counting but how was Middleton with 4 assists?


We've all given him a slogging- signs of him coming into some form?

Cheers. Hoped he would come onto a game....🤞

Tek wrote:

CCX2 2010 wrote:

Some folk have extremely short memories, we have came on a mile since County away.

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Hmmm. 

Us sitting 10th going into the split then losing all 5 games (including 3 at Tannadice) to send us down is still very fresh in the memory.

Yes, this season is going well (if we discount the League Cup disaster), but i will refrain from lauding Jim Goodwin just yet, if that's ok. We are playing at a lower level and are sitting exactly where we should be in the league table.

Didn't see any of the game so can't really comment on today. Delighted with the win though. It's high time we started winning well at Tannadice in this league.

Good to see Tony Watt finally make a positive contribution in terms of goals and i'm also very happy for Declan Glass. It's been a long time coming but he's finally getting a regular run in the team and doing well by all accounts.


 

There's not much merit in digging through the bones of last season's squad. Goodwin has done a review and binned almost the whole lot of em.

It does hurt about last season but everyone in the Mallard after the County away match or travelling home new the writing was on the wall. As we know it the hope that kills you, that gang were gutless and so it proved in the end.

The manager turned it round and again that lot shat the bed.

This season though, we are just getting results,  I wouldn't say performance wise it's great apart from Arbroath away but like the games after the split from last season it's results that count.

Glass and Watt done well,  didn't think that Goodwin should have subbed him.

Just a general observation based on this season.

Football isn't simply about being the better and bigger team, I wish some of the folk who go to games listened to post match summations from the manager.
 
We've scouted our opponents, we know how they play and we counter that and really, in the two games we've drawn, missed chances means we should've won both.

It can come over as frustrating at the game, but in large spells Airdrie tried to frustrate us, but only once did one of our players bite, and they got through us, then we picked them off as they got sloppy as their keep the ball and do fuck all tactics never came to anything.

For a couple of short spells yesterday, Queens tried the same, fair enough if we're trailing and there's only 15 to go, press them, but with 30 minutes gone fans are screaming to close them down, make a tackle etc

A game lasts 90+ minutes, sure we'd all like to be sitting 4-0 up at half-time like v Arbroath, but some weeks it make take to almost the last kick, or we might score a couple in quick succession like yesterday.

Last season is still fresh in the memory, still raw and I get folk are angry, but I wish the crowd would be a bit more encouraging or patient, with the quality we have over other teams, most weeks it'll pay off.

It's almost completely a new team, almost all the main culprits from last season are gone and a couple of those who remained, who most of us wouldn't have been upset at leaving, have shown they can make big contributions, maybe they thrive on confidence.

It's been this way for years, but it does seem at times that from my seat anyway, a lot of the boys that go don't get to speak in the hoose, so they spend the whole game moaning like fuck at the players.

Away games, even when sober generally are a better experience, as most are choosing to be there, rather than a sense of obligation from buying a season ticket and having to attend.

It would be great if we could make Tannadice a place opposition teams fear coming to, rather than our own players having the fear of being berated for making a simple mistake.


 

David_Blunkett wrote:

Just a general observation based on this season.

Football isn't simply about being the better and bigger team, I wish some of the folk who go to games listened to post match summations from the manager.
 
We've scouted our opponents, we know how they play and we counter that and really, in the two games we've drawn, missed chances means we should've won both.

It can come over as frustrating at the game, but in large spells Airdrie tried to frustrate us, but only once did one of our players bite, and they got through us, then we picked them off as they got sloppy as their keep the ball and do fuck all tactics never came to anything.

For a couple of short spells yesterday, Queens tried the same, fair enough if we're trailing and there's only 15 to go, press them, but with 30 minutes gone fans are screaming to close them down, make a tackle etc

A game lasts 90+ minutes, sure we'd all like to be sitting 4-0 up at half-time like v Arbroath, but some weeks it make take to almost the last kick, or we might score a couple in quick succession like yesterday
Last season is still fresh in the memory, still raw and I get folk are angry, but I wish the crowd would be a bit more encouraging or patient, with the quality we have over other teams, most weeks it'll pay off.

It's almost completely a new team, almost all the main culprits from last season are gone and a couple of those who remained, who most of us wouldn't have been upset at leaving, have shown they can make big contributions, maybe they thrive on confidence.

It's been this way for years, but it does seem at times that from my seat anyway, a lot of the boys that go don't get to speak in the hoose, so they spend the whole game moaning like fuck at the players.

Away games, even when sober generally are a better experience, as most are choosing to be there, rather than a sense of obligation from buying a season ticket and having to attend.

It would be great if we could make Tannadice a place opposition teams fear coming to, rather than our own players having the fear of being berated for making a simple mistake.


 

 
Good post but it’s a no from me. I don’t go to games to moan I want to be watching my team playing fast attacking football on the front foot , getting in the opposition players faces when they have the ball and at the very least putting in the effort that you would expect from a professional player. I know this isn’t always possible and Jim has a game plan but the first 35 minutes of Saturdays game had none of that and I can’t fault anyone who pays there hard earned money for letting the players know that it wasn’t good enough. When the team actually put some passes together and created some decent play the fans were quick to acknowledge this .
I’m all for  Tannadice being a place teams fear coming too but I would rather they feared the team on the park first and a boisterous home support who have been noised up by watching good attacking football from Utd.

Shakey Isles Arab wrote:

Meekinson's v Airdrie .

Fotheringham 
 

Shakey Isles Arab wrote:

After 36min mark you'd write a page or two of positives about game, but here's another:

What's making a big difference this year is with the exception of mebbe Cudjoe v Dunfermline and Meekinson's v Airdrie all goals are well worked quality team (I'll include dead ball) goals the like of which we haven't seen week in week out in such good measure for years.
Highlighting this we've goals coming from all over the park, Holt top equal, Watt finally coming good, Glass assists (hate the term) I'd make him just about top equal.
Other highlight which I literally cannot remember since when we last had it was the emphasis on width on both wings.
I'm no wantin tae get carried away wi maself here and really you've got to wait tae Raith, Partick games and full round is played but for me I'm quietly confident.

I think the fact is that this league is very poor.  I'm hoping that we see that continue with a comfortable win against the apparent best of the rest.  Whilst we need to be encouraging the right type of play (which JG is clearly encouraging too) I fear that we just won't have the quality, if promoted, next season to benefit from it and we risk reverting to type.  That said, let's enjoy it while we can.