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Main was blameless for yesterday's fiasco. Absolutely zero service and Cosgrove would have fared no better. I'm not saying he will prove to be any good but he cannot be judged on that shitfest......the blame lies squarely with DM picking a clearly shit Wright, a clearly out of condition McLennan and a clearly out of position Ferguson.

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Main was blameless for yesterday's fiasco. Absolutely zero service and Cosgrove would have fared no better. I'm not saying he will prove to be any good but he cannot be judged on that shitfest......the blame lies squarely with DM picking a clearly shit Wright, a clearly out of condition McLennan and a clearly out of position Ferguson.

 

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A tough game to play in on Sunday and a thankless task last night, however, he's looked fucking useless. Counted 3 times he failed to control the ball last night before finally being able to get turned with the ball just to pass it about 2 yards behind a team mate and lose it.

 

I'll give every player a chance but he has looked fucking awful.

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I'd love to give him the benefit of the doubt and say it's down to a lack of confidence and game time, but I think it's just down to a lack of ability. 

 

Nae his fault. I find it hard to critisise players who are just not very good. This is on McInnes for signing and playing him. It's the same with Darren Mackie. You can't slate the guy for giving it a go when asked, we all would. It's the fact that these limited players are being signed/picked again and again.

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I'd love to give him the benefit of the doubt and say it's down to a lack of confidence and game time, but I think it's just down to a lack of ability.

 

Nae his fault. I find it hard to critisise players who are just not very good. This is on McInnes for signing and playing him. It's the same with Darren Mackie. You can't slate the guy for giving it a go when asked, we all would. It's the fact that these limited players are being signed/picked again and again.

 

Don’t forget,it’s the market we’re operating in etc etc...

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Said it on the other thread. He was (at least should have been) bought to press and harry. Essentially to replace Stevie May.

 

1/. He’s gash

2/. He is clearly being told to go out and pretend you’re Sam Cosgrove. The problem is not even Sam Cosgrove can believe he’s Mr ballon d’or so there’s not a chance Curtis’ going to cut it.

3/. His ONLY tactic is to wait for a high through ball and then bounce into the CH. that’s it. That’s all he does. Either play him to do that or get him to fuck.

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Don’t forget,it’s the market we’re operating in etc etc...

 

I mentioned this in the game thread, but how hard is it to find players with the ability to the ability to do the very basics of football? You know, pass it, dribble it and have an actual first touch? These aren't superstar attributes, it's something you should expect from EVERY professional footballer. We seem, in Scotland as a whole, have a knack of ignoring these attributes and going for height, build and athleticism. 

 

Rijeka had a side full of comfortable players, even their back 4 have the ability to knock it around without looking like they've never seen a ball before. 

 

Even the side we put out in the last round had players who were technically decent. If they had ability to defend I think we'd have struggled against them. 

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I mentioned this in the game thread, but how hard is it to find players with the ability to the ability to do the very basics of football? You know, pass it, dribble it and have an actual first touch? These aren't superstar attributes, it's something you should expect from EVERY professional footballer. We seem, in Scotland as a whole, have a knack of ignoring these attributes and going for height, build and athleticism.

 

Rijeka had a side full of comfortable players, even their back 4 have the ability to knock it around without looking like they've never seen a ball before.

 

Even the side we put out in the last round had players who were technically decent. If they had ability to defend I think we'd have struggled against them.

Can’t argue with the above.

The game has shifted from skill to athleticism.

It’s more important to be able to run around like a headless chicken for 90mins than pick a pass.

Scotland’s regression since qualifying for France ‘98 illustrates this perfectly.

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I don't think that Main will be a good signing however he's doesn't stand a chance if he's on his own up front, nearest team mate is 20-30 yards away and the defenders are launching balls up and over his head.

It didn't work with May, it occasionally works with Cosgrove and it won't work with Main.

If he wants to play with 1 up front, the 3 behind need to be a lot closer to the lone forward.

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Main should surely only play when Cosgrove is injured? McInnes clearly thinks he can play the same way when either Cosgrove or Main is on the pitch.

 

To throw Main on in games as an apparent attempt to chnage things is just fucking stupid. If it didn't work with Cosgrove it sure as hell won't work with Main.

 

Just another example of McInnes' lack of a Plan B. 

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