SuperMario wrote:

Moaning for the sake of moaning

 


Far from it.

As said earlier post happy with the win but the performance was shite once again as has been most games so far

Even before we sold off the talent after the phase we  chanted "we only score 4" we didnt deserve to win by the margins we won by.

In this division it's mair about grinding results out as Hibs have experienced.

Valid opinions fae some who know the game and expect more but we have less cover than we need and it's always going to be a topsy turvy  season.

Hope the poor start has the opposition underestimating us more than parking the bus.

Expectations v hibs are lower than playing QoTS who are top of the league.

Fuckin  roller coaster of a year for sure. Few will gauge the season as it is.

Time to support mair than greet like spoiled bairns.

Not pretty but after the week Utd have had, I'll take it. I thought the goal we lost has put a dampner on what was a big improvement defensively.

We deffo need to play VDV up front until we get another striker in. Obadeyi wide on one side and an other on the other side. Keep VDS at rb and put Toshney (who played well today) at ch when Flood/Murdoch come back.

Another abysmal refereeing performance again. The boy Quitongo got away with about 7 fouls without being booked. Gunning wiped out Obadeyi unpunished right before one of our players did the same thing and was given as a foul, leading to their goal.

Don't agree with you entirely EHA, about the time-wasting corners. Think it was as much about an element of low-confidence in the squad and a kinda desperation to try to hold onto the 3 points.

If Morton had scored off them, well that woulda been a different story. In the end of course, we got a 2nd goal.

Agree that it was a better performance than Falkirk. (wasna at the game during the week). Ref was totally dangle-berry. Agree we what you sayed about Katanga. Shoulda been carded much earlier defo. He books Durnan and Edge for mere trivia.

Last edited by Billy_Hainey (25/9/2016 10:11 am)

I'd agree it was a combination of both. If we were full of confidence we wouldn't be doing that, however i don't get how we come away from the game with a much needed win and this is one of the biggest talking points.
I still think we are very wasteful or lack a cutting edge. Murray up top on his own doesn't link well with the midfield. Neither plays to each other's strengths.
He started to look better when moved to the left.
How spittal starts over obadeyi - I don't know.
I liked the final 3 we finished with yesterday.
Special mention to durnan. When he kept it simple he done very well. Tackles were good. Still to ponderous on the ball but he seems to recognise that and just quickly moved it out to VDS most of the time. I thought he got a bit of the ball on his booking. Ref was at the wind up

Quick edit- VDV had been subbed by the time of the corners. We weren't pushing up our ch's either in case of a counter. If we whipped in a corner who would realistically win it?

Last edited by Ex Houston Arab (25/9/2016 10:28 am)

it was a very nervy performance yesterday, which was to be expected.  it was potentially a pivotal 3 points a defeat really would have got the glass half empty boys frothing at the mouth.  Cant decide whether Dixon or Durnan was MOM But im going for Durnan as he has been out of the team for a month 

I've been fairly positive this season so far. I've seen enough to think there's a good team there.

I can't say I enjoyed it on Saturday though, still too "tippy-tappy" for my liking with VDV being the biggest culprit. One incident springs to mind when he tried and failed to to a drag back (for no reason) then fouled the Morton player when he lost the ball. My 6 year old learned some new words after that!

And the corners at the end? If it had been 90+ mins on the clock, then OK. But 85, at home to Morton? A bit over-cautious I thought.

And finally, was impressed with Quitongo. Like Murray with a football brain.

Im not entirely sure why people are unhappy at the short corner. Its called game management. You're 1-0 up with 5 to go, you keep the ball. If you have the ball, they cant score. Its just common sense IMO. 

Positives - Durnan was imperious in the air and tackling., Made a couple of really good last ditch tackles/blocks. Won every header. Was asked to keep it simple and did it to the letter, bar his wee slip. 

Andreu will keep us in the promotion hunt single handedly. If he gets injured, we're fucked. 

VDV upfront meant we had something to hit and kept the ball well/won headers. Something Si couldnt do. 

VDS is better at RB than CB.

Tosher is much more comfortable in the middle, either CB or CM. Not RB.

Negatives - Spittal is a waste of a jersey just now, seems to be lacking confidence. Didnt take his player on and hit byline. Didnt want it IMO. I'd have him out for next week. 

Some of Cammy bells kicking was Szromnik-esque. 

Was a poor first half, no quality but once VDV went central we looked like a different side. 

 

I've been watching United since the late 70s and I can't remember them using the short corner tactic so early in a game. To me, it sends a signal to the opposition that we are scared of them. Ray McKinnon was quoted as saying last week that there would be no fear in his team.

 

The only reason I know the time is because at the game I thought WTF are we doing. I then looked at our glorious scoreboard and saw it was 86:30something.
I can understand the frustration but the Dillon of upset me a lot more.
I think Ray is fully bought up member of the sfa training.
This identifies 'turnovers of possession' as the best scoring chances. Corners and opposition throws are seen as prime opportunities for this. After the turnover the next 30secs is seen as critical.
I imagine Ray was playing the percentages.
Quitongo was starting to get some joy out of edge. He probably didn't want to see him have another crack.
Our corners had been pish (when did we last score off one? Was it durnan in the 5-1 against killie? ) I'd like to think it was a one off but it might not be.
As long as  tony is fit it shouldn't matter haha

Maybe due to our last 2 managers having little or no true proven clue we are in danger of dissing the manager quicker.

Last edited by Arabnophobia (26/9/2016 11:21 pm)

A win's a win's a win as they say.
There was still a lot to like besides the obvious one of the three points.
A draw or a defeat there would have had the half-empties raging.
There were good mentions for Durnan, Dixon, Edgy then Frank & Toshers too.
And Tony of course. And Nick, I like Nick a lot. Those two are going to be pivotal this season.
I'm enjoying the C'ship, 11 of the 12 in the Prem are wasting their time.