torry_battery_ram Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 2 hours ago, BonnieDon said: Longstaff wasn't his best today however he's young and his confidence is shot. A run of games and an improvement in results should bring the best out in him. So glad Watkins is back. Such a good player at this level. Was our best player last season prior to his injury. Absolutely vital we keep Watkins, Ramirez and Hedges fit this season. Longstaff is playing for his future as there is absolutely no chance he will make it at Newcastle especially now they are awash with dirty Saudi money. I have nothing against loans if they are of the quality of Danny Ward, Michael Hector and James Maddison but to me Longstaff is no better than what we already had on our books. If Watkins wasn't so injury prone I reckon he would be playing at a club in England. Link to comment
afc1903mad Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, South Stand Seagull said: Good atmosphere - Hibs never really had any sniff.. good professional game on our end. wish this was very week! They had a couple of heart in the mouth moments where the put the ball right across our goal in dangerous situations. Just needed a tap in. A few of their crosses where they were targeting Lewis was also worrying, but glad that we curtailed them as far as we did. Link to comment
afc1903mad Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 20 minutes ago, Dom Sullivan said: Bonus points for hoofing their McGinn in the goolies Can't believe he was booked yet the boy that wiped out Watkins at the edge of the box didn't even get a talking to. Link to comment
Big Hat Logan Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 24 minutes ago, fine-n-dandy said: Did Glass/Cormack not promise better showings/no more lay downs v arse cheeks? Not much evidence of this bravado yet. If anything we have gone backwards from even the Mcinnes attitude in this respect. you should go support a wee club like St Mirren where being very easily pleased is more normal You are a fucking thick cunt ? 1 Link to comment
Don_Corleone Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 That was much more like it today - not perfect, but definitely better. The 3412 formation that lots of us on here had been calling for for ages worked significantly better than the 433 we've been wasting our time with for the last couple months. Bates still looks like a bombscare at times, but McCrorie is much better in a back 3 and was very good today. Brown was excellent. Watkins was excellent. Ramirez took his goal very well and was much more involved because he had Watkins and Hedges much closer to him. The main worry is the injuries because we don't have another central defender, or right wing back, so it might make the 3 at the back formation impossible to play. Against a "lesser" team we might get away with Brown playing as a sort of sweeper in a back 3, but not against Sevco or Hearts. Link to comment
afc1903mad Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Just watched it back again and I'm sticking to it not being a traditional back 3. I can see why you guys are thinking that (He was a sitting LB, instead of an attacking LB), but the reality is that up until Gallagher went off, it was a back 4, with Ramsay / Ojo pushing forward). He sat in to nullify Boyle, which he did brilliantly and when Boyle went inside, he tucked in. For the last 5 minutes of the first half, Brown then dropped into defence and they adjusted the formation. They kept this at the start of the second half and it simply was not working. We were getting deeper and deeper and was changed when Glass re-organised when Lewis was down injured getting Brown to step back forward into midfield, just ahead of the defence. There are plenty of screenshots I could take to show his positioning and how it differed when he went into LCB at the end of the first half / into the second, but here's a clear point where it shows the back 4 of Ramsay, Bates, Gallagher and McCrorie The formation is always fluid as the game plays on, but as a defensive set-up it was a 4-4-2, but would appear like a 3-4-2-1 when Ramsay bombed on and we were attacking. Had McKenzie played today, I would have expected him to sit in similarly like he did against St Johnstone. With the plan being to nullify their wide threat Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Big Hat Logan said: You are a fucking thick cunt ? You are a happy clapping drone. Gullible as fk. ? Link to comment
Big Hat Logan Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Interesting that the SPFL highlights on YouTube cut where Ramirez celebrates with glass for an extended shot of the crowd instead ??♂️ Link to comment
Big Hat Logan Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 12 minutes ago, fine-n-dandy said: You are a happy clapping drone. Gullible as fk. ? A fucking illiterate thick cunt ?????????? Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Big Hat Logan said: A fucking illiterate thick cunt ?????????? You still haverin Link to comment
Big Hat Logan Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Just now, fine-n-dandy said: You still haverin Thick as fuck ????? Link to comment
Ernie McCracken Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Big Hat Logan said: Interesting that the SPFL highlights on YouTube cut where Ramirez celebrates with glass for an extended shot of the crowd instead ??♂️ They didn't show that on Red TV either. No conspiracy. I guess they have to make quick choices on which camera to cut to and when. Link to comment
Postman Pats Cat Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 So I thought we were OK today. I expected a little more but I thought in general we played well. Having Watkins and hedges back makes such a difference. Makes you wonder if mcinnes was able to keep Watkins, hedges and Wright fit if he would have ever have been sacked. Ojo has not been mentioned much but he played very well today. I can see why glass would keep him. Like in champ manger it's handy to have a player who can play fine in many a position. 1 Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Big Hat Logan said: Thick as fuck ????? You always come away with so much delusions of grandeur over anyone on here that are critical of the team & resort to personal attacks of attempted belittling. Clearly you have a miserable life & all your delusional beliefs of others are a reflection of your own life & low self esteem ? 1 Link to comment
thurso Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 5 hours ago, Ramandu said: FWIW on the radio Willie Miller was asked about our back line in the first half, and said that anyone who saw it as a back 3 needs to go to Specsavers. Well obviously I know more about defending than Willie Miller !!!! Link to comment
Sydney_Red Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 3 hours ago, Postman Pats Cat said: So I thought we were OK today. I expected a little more but I thought in general we played well. Having Watkins and hedges back makes such a difference. Makes you wonder if mcinnes was able to keep Watkins, hedges and Wright fit if he would have ever have been sacked. Ojo has not been mentioned much but he played very well today. I can see why glass would keep him. Like in champ manger it's handy to have a player who can play fine in many a position. Agree with all this. Watkins and hedges make us so much better in the final third. Getting them both fit and playing every week is essential - their injury record is a major worry. Ramsay’s crosses are our number one goal threat and our lack of width would be a disaster without him. Ojo gets more grief than he deserves. He’s a limited footballer and a major problem in the 433, but today I thought he got about the pitch, played a host of different positions and worked his arse off. Credit to Brown as well, looked classy today. 1 Link to comment
Crossbow Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 9 hours ago, minijc said: Just enjoy the win, we as football fans have a habit of getting too carried away with good results then getting far too down about a bad result. If we perform well and come up short against them I'll probably be ok with it, if we put in a shit performance and win, I'll be delighted, shit performance with a shit result will rightly see criticism towards everyone at the club. This is the correct answer. 1 Link to comment
strachanmcgheegoal Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 8 hours ago, Postman Pats Cat said: So I thought we were OK today. I expected a little more but I thought in general we played well. Having Watkins and hedges back makes such a difference. Makes you wonder if mcinnes was able to keep Watkins, hedges and Wright fit if he would have ever have been sacked. It would depend if he still tried to shoe in an unfit apparently disinterested Cosgrove into the mix. My guess is that he would have, fucking it up in the process. Link to comment
RUL Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, strachanmcgheegoal said: It would depend if he still tried to shoe in an unfit apparently disinterested Cosgrove into the mix. My guess is that he would have, fucking it up in the process. Still strange that hendry, hornby and kamberi were seen as good replacements by someone. Link to comment
Tzvetanovs hair Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Decent enough performace, was grinding it out a bit in the second half but Joe Lewis didnt have much to do. Massive change having Watkins as an outlet, decent on the ball and moves things forward. Link to comment
slippers Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Do you think the attendance was below 10k? Looked more…. Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Just now, slippers said: Do you think the attendance was below 10k? Looked more…. Of course it was. The club are taking the piss & just saving staff & fans hassle. Transparent as fuck & nothing will be done about it. Link to comment
Stoneybloke Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 I watched the game "live" on Alba. Very impressed with the commitment and energy shown by the players. They all seemed to be well up for the task in hand. It was a bit frantic at times, and could be difficult to sustain that amount of effort regularly over 90 minutes. Good to see the defence remaining solid. Cormack will be disappointed with the stats - we only had 44% possession. Link to comment
DD1903 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Nice to get a win. Got the game recorded from Alba, so will watch this afternoon. Link to comment
Big Hat Logan Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 11 hours ago, fine-n-dandy said: You always come away with so much delusions of grandeur over anyone on here that are critical of the team & resort to personal attacks of attempted belittling. Clearly you have a miserable life & all your delusional beliefs of others are a reflection of your own life & low self esteem ? Still thick as fuck ??????? Link to comment
DD1903 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 So far, it looks like we were a bit more direct in this game Less sideways passing and more forward balls into space and feet. Anyone that was there confirm this? Hard to tell on the tv Link to comment
Millertime Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Can we just discuss Watkins here? He looks too good for us, what's the story with his career? Maybe his injury record held him back Some of the dribbles both with pace strength and balance were incredible The keepie uppie with mcgregor too, absolutely insane Link to comment
Stoneybloke Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 26 minutes ago, DD1903 said: So far, it looks like we were a bit more direct in this game Less sideways passing and more forward balls into space and feet. Anyone that was there confirm this? Hard to tell on the tv Yes, I'd agree with that, got good coverage on Alba. Link to comment
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