And some will still moan

10 games at home under McKinnon - 8wins, 2draws 0losses
Raith and Queens were the draws.

VDV looked really good in the early stages of the League Cup. For me this was for two reasons. Firstly, these games were played at not much more than friendly pace on pitches in excellent condition. Secondly, he played as a number 10 in behind the striker.

However, since the season started properly the pace of games has increased dramatically and he's struggled to cope as a number 10 with basically getting smashed if you dilly dally on the ball. Ray has tried switching him wide but apart from the second half against a very tired QOTS, he's clearly not got the legs for that role anymore. The last time I think he played well and had an impact on a game as a number 10 was probably Falkirk away. He's been poor and slowed us down most games since then.

I still think he can do a job up top provided you play the ball into his feet. I couldn't believe the amount of high balls and crosses we were trying to fire into him on Saturday considering he's not really a striker and the fact that their defence was absolutely huge. Even a good target man would've struggled on Saturday.

Last edited by lifesanocean (31/10/2016 10:42 pm)

Having watched us huff n puff again at the weekend, I'm struggling with understanding why we've never again tried the formation that we blitzed Partick Thistle in the League Cup with, ie Tope up front and then the runners coming through.  Can anyone explain?

Results have been good, performances less convincing. But if we huff and puff like this for the remainder of the season, we should do okay, as long as nobody else finds form.

But Morton are improving, winning all their league games since we beat them at Tannadice, and Hibs haven't dropped so many points recently.

Doing 'okay' might not be enough, as we've rarely been comfortable in matches.

We are without question a better team without Toshney who really hasn't impressed me at all since he came here, my worry is he's definitely a clear favourite of the manager and he will be put straight back into the team to its detriment.

We are winning ugly just now and hats off to all for this but if we are to go all the way we will need to find a few more gears, if we suffer a few bad breaks we will be seriously derailed!
We are now in a healthy league position and if we can extend this unbeaten run we should create a gap with the teams around us.

Unbeaten in 11 at home under ray