Pull My Strings
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6 minutes ago, Staggie52 said:
Never heard this, but when he came to us I looked at what the fans in England said. It was basically that he’d put in the effort in midfield but don’t expect him to be creative. I’d go along with that.
Sounds perfect. He'll be cover for the guys doing the uglier jobs in there.
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17 minutes ago, Sarto Mutiny said:
I must admit I don't know anything about the guy, but it's a position we need to cover. So fine.
Seems to have been a regular starter for County, albeit County have been absolutely brutal. Less brutal than us though and it's a league down. Should be good cover/competition for Docherty, Sibbald and Glass and should mean we won't have to move Grimshaw to midfield.
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Surely Sean Kelly. Can't see them allowing Stephen Kelly to leave.
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Does this lassie sit in the ET stand, directly behind the singing section? Seems an odd choice of seat if so. She could instead be up in the top deck of the GF, with earprotectors, for example, and that would probably be less overwhelming (although more expensive, which might be an issue).
More generally, I wonder if there might be merit in creating a quiet(er) space in the unused portion of the Jerry Kerr, or perhaps giving over a couple of the executive boxes for fans who have sensory sensitivities.
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24 minutes ago, Mybitchunderprotest said:
A midfield lacking in McCabe, Frizzell and to a lesser extent Telfer compounded with losing the dynamism in the middle of McMaster after 4 minutes and our play would have to change slightly. Come to the next return match in Airdrie and see if you still have the same opinion.
I can only comment on the game I watched, mate. I'm aware that Airdrie scored a load of goals last season so maybe yesterday was an outlier.
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12 minutes ago, diamond_for_life said:
As for Pull My Strings you are right in a sense that we were far more patient than usual in our build up play. That was as simply because Dundee Utd sat deep second half and played on the break. You’re also criticising the 2 teams that have given you the harder games of the 4 played. Shite times wont go crazy in attack and let you carve them open for an easy 3 or 4 goal romp every week ain’t it.
Most games we have played this season we have had some touch and go moments with the potential of losing goals at the back with our style of play and teams closing us down with a higher press (a tactic I’m all too happy with despite the odd shit yourself moment from us). What it did do was create space though for us in the middle of the park to exploit. Yesterday United were happy to give us 2/3 of the park and never pressed. They remained solid and resolute and that takes huge concentration and patience not to go charging in and break your formation. I dare say a strong tactic that Goodwin will drum in to his teams and one that will see you potentially concede very little throughout the season. Dunfermline were a defensive masterclass last season and I see you guys doing the same.
I don’t want Dundee Utd fans taking this the wrong way as I think their tactics were spot on and they still created plenty chances and got the job done with little issue. I Just expected us to have our back against the wall yesterday having hee haw possession and having to defend deep. Yesterday I thought we would see very little of the ball and it felt beforehand like a cup tie in terms of club stature rather than a league game where we were up against a giant (in Scottish football terms). Maybe my fault for not knowing your style of play (if indeed it’s like that most weeks) but I think it will have been a frustrating one for yous yesterday despite the win.
What it did do again is show what we’ve missed for years and I am glad we have yous in the league for big games like that. Terrible for you guys but was so much more happy it was yous and Partick last year and not County and say a St Johnstone.
Edited to add i absolutely loved Tannadice and how compact it feels. Haven’t been for years and actually much preferred being behind the goals.
Och mate, don't get me wrong, I haven't suggested at any point that Airdrie or Dunfermline are bad teams (or at least that wasn't my intention). Simply offering an alternative view to those gushing about the style of play. As a fan of an opposing team, I found it strange that Airdrie didn't look to be trying to get back into game, and didn't look to have a Plan B when Plan A was so obviously not working. If the intention was to go away with a one goal defeat then it almost worked but that seems like a strange objective when there was a chance to open up and try to snatch a point or three.
To Airdrie's credit - and I think I made this point yesterday - they did manage to kill the game. United sussed that the only danger came from overpressing high up the park and so were content to sit back and let the clock run down whilst Airdrie went backwards and sideways. We then weren't able to raise the tempo when the ball was given back. It didn't make for much of a spectacle but it's job done, clean sheet, three points.
I'm not sure there's a great deal of distance between us in terms of interpreting how the game went - Airdrie kept the ball well but not in dangerous areas and didn't threaten; United sat back for much of the second half and that was tactically the right play, if also incredibly dull.
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46 minutes ago, Aufc said:
It’s really strange that every United fan opinion I’ve read so far has been complimenting airdrie and saying we looked good. Then you are the only one to say otherwise. So either everyone is wrong or you are?
The fact you then commented that airdrie will get lots of 0-0’s kinda confirms that you don’t have a clue. Given we are favourites to go down then that would probably be a good idea to be like that but McCabe can’t do that.
I am sure I speak for all airdrie fans when I say that our aim is to avoid the relegation play offs. Any promotion play offs are not even in our sights.
Tbf, the every other United fan commenting positively on here is quite a small sample size and those guys are mostly just being nice or have mistaken playing incredibly slowly for playing nice football. They and the numerous offended Airdrie and Dunfermline fans are entitled to your opinions though and I respect those opinions. It's an aesthetic judgement and if that's what rock your boat then that's fine.
Fwiw, I don't see anyone currently predicting Airdrie to get relegated, other than some posters on here who are clearly on the wind up.
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17 minutes ago, David Fernández said:
I've been to the last 6 games between Airdrie and Dunfermline, I respect posters on here can have different opinions but you cannot be more wrong.
Whilst Dunfermline are a very frustrating team to play against as they are very good defensively, the games between ourselves in recent times have been very entertaining with goals, drama, comebacks and red cards etc.
That's smashing, bud. I appreciate your respect, as paper thin as it may be. I trust you'll equally appreciate my opinion that two teams with such negative styles of play may struggle to do anything worthwhile at a higher level. Sounds like you both had a rare old time in the Seasides though. So that's nice.
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5 hours ago, SGMilne said:
While today wasn't exactly the most exciting performance - after the fan incident that led to the long pause in play I thought we lost our groove - I thought the reactions from the crowd today were way over the top.
I've tweeted and put on this forum that I think Freeman is a player who plays like he's got PTSD (and to the conversation above, I think it's ok to criticise players performances online unless you're being personal or worse, tagging them) and I really don't think the way large sections of the crowd reacted to him making the slightest mistake was on. Similarly when United decided to shore up and let Airdrie play across their back four, the boos seemed a bit much.#
For me, we never looked remotely threatened, we kept a clean sheet and we're top of the league. We aren't going to win every game at a canter, and there is room to express disappointment or feel a player is underperforming without resorting to booing.
Maybe I'm just getting old
Anyway, I hope the person who had a health issue is ok.
I'm not sure what the booing was about. Part, at least from where I was sitting, seemed to be booing Airdrie for the awful, negative, boring play.
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39 minutes ago, Cardle is Magic said:
Difficult to imagine a take more incorrect than this? Airdrie are probably the side least likely to get a goalless draw in the entire division.
I was thinking just how negative a game would be between Airdrie and Dunfermline. One constantly passing the ball side to side in their own half whilst the other refuses to send anyone forward to put any sort of press on. The mega anschluss.
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Just now, Steven W said:
As I've said in my own post, I think United (and Goodwin) got it right. The idea is that you 'take the bait' and press them and then ultimately get caught on the sucker punch (it happened once when Glass got excited and got sucked in and Airdrie got a chance from it). By refusing to get drawn in, I thought we dealt with it perfectly. Granted it didn't make for much excitement, but from a tactical point of view, I thought it was fascinating. (Maybe just me!)
I mean, they've got an unusual style of play for this level and they certainly stuck to their game plan. I think we just differ in whether we think its creditable, interesting or worthwhile. I can see Airdrie getting lots of nil nil draws as they suck the tempo and atmosphere out of a game but they're so easy to defend against I just can't see them winning enough games to be challenging for the play offs.
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6 minutes ago, Steven W said:
Given they've just come up from the league below, I thought Airdrie were very decent and credit to McCabe for forming a team who play like that. It became a game of cat and mouse. Or chess even. And it very nearly worked.
I thought the way United dealt with it, although to much of the fans' frustrations, was spot on. Glass got sucked in once, and sure enough Airdrie got the break and created a chance. But by just standing off and waiting on Airdrie making their move, it became a bizarre, but justifiable, spectacle. Personally I really enjoyed it. Tactics were certainly to the forefront today.
As above, credit to Rhys McCabe. Clearly a man with a big future in the management game.
Ach well, each to their own.
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1 hour ago, ??? said:
I felt that we should have brought Todorov on sooner and just went a bit more direct to try and get a 2nd ball or cause some chaos in their defence. As you say they were quite happy with the men behind the ball and preventing us from having space. Having said that, at times it was frustrating that no1 was showing for the ball when we had it with Rae for what seemed like a minute at a time!
You could call it getting men behind the ball but the Airdrie strategy is so basic - side to side, backwards, side-to-side, hope the opposition gets frustrated and overpress then a long ball forward. It's doesn't take a tactical genius to say, "let them get on with it, they aren't going anywhere ". I can see how it might work when your team are ahead but when you're already behind it just kills the game.
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Airdrie weren't the worst team I've seen this season but they were by far the slowest and most boring. We were promised a team which would play out from the back and attack but in truth we got a team which just passed back and forward among the centre halves and keeper before launching it long into the channels (mostly straight to Walton or out of the park). For a team which was behind for all bar the first four minutes, the lack of urgency was terrible. You could call it patient but that implies a plan of action; this was just pointless side to side passing, going nowhere.
To their credit, they managed to draw any tempo out of the game and United rather succumbed to the general torpor in the second half, which didn't make for much of a spectacle. United, of course, were already ahead so they were only wasting their own time. Noticeable that they upped the tempo after going two down. Too little, too late. The idiotic second goal was just desserts for all the fannying about by the keeper throughout the game. Technically competent tiki taka is bad enough but this sort of shite will be the death of football.
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1 hour ago, Granny Danger said:
No we’re not but he’ll likely be our top scorer and if he’s out for any length of time I’d want someone more suited to his role than Watt to come in for him.
Sure, I'd rather we had better cover for Moult too but there's a distance between "I'd rather" and "we're fucked".
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35 minutes ago, skinny arab said:
You dont think Smith and Jakubiak would be better options off of the bench than Freeman and McLeod?
Smith yes, Jakubiak no.
1 hour ago, Granny Danger said:Watt is not a natural finisher, not even close. If he’s going to be the back up and Moult is injured for any length of time then we’re fucked.
Well, we're only fucked if we're relying on Moult to score all the goals. Which I don't think we are.
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You guys ken that the window doesn't close until tonight?
Anyway, I reckon Smith has probably signed or agreed to sign already. Free agent so doesn't need to be done today. I've seen references to his legs having gone but he played 39 times for Hearts last season, starting and finishing most games. It's possible that he's fallen off a cliff since then but I wouldn't assume that's the case.
Another striker would be good but I presume that Watt's the back-up option should Moult be missing and there's plenty of guys can cover for the position Watt's currently playing.
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42 minutes ago, MulsonFFC said:
Is he decent?
We were desperate for a RB as we have no natural option there. We have a converted midfielder who is coping well enough and a stand-in centre-half (who is bad enough in his normal position) as cover.He's apparently well regarded but he's never played for the first team and I can't recall him ever making the bench.
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3 minutes ago, stewartyftd1 said:
Should we look to get Nicky Clark back?
Not for me. Decent squad option but not a target man. We need someone to cover for and compete with Moult rather than a partner, imo.
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5 minutes ago, diamond_for_life said:
The £25 for an adult is very pricey but I could just about accept that. Today I realise for me and 2 boys (both 13) I’m expected to fork out £75. Can get that to f**k though. Surely it should be an under 16 gate at the very least.
3 minutes ago, Gibby82 said:You'll be £55 no? 25 quid for you and 15 each for two concessions. Still pricy of course, at that age I'd be buying them a couple of under 12 tickets.
Yeah, the kids will be concessions.
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I'm not sure how excited I can get about the scandalous ticket prices. Everything is now ridiculously expensive and it's just the way of the world, sadly. Relative to inflation elsewhere in the economy the price of tickets hasn't gone up by an unusual amount. Of course you can argue that the starting price was too high already (it was) and that football is a luxury which some consumers (forgive me) might choose to forego, in a way which they might not be able to when compared with other expenses (which is probably true as well). But, when my weekly food shop has gone up by £20 - £30 and my fuel costs by £10 - £15, it seems a bit overblown to be getting upset about about an extra couple of quid getting into a game of football.
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2 minutes ago, ++Ammo - Airdrie++ said:
I'll echo this, please
You should probably check the Council website as there are new parking restrictions around Tannadice on match days and they're being enforced quite rigorously. There's plenty of on street parking just don't get too close to the ground.
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43 minutes ago, UtdFan said:
Something I’ve never quite understood happened in the Utd game yesterday.
Utd went 2-0 up with 60 mins gone and I believe it was one way traffic. Surely you then just put all the young boys on for at least 25 mins?
Four were brought on at different stages during the last 18 mins with Mochrie coming on in the 89th minute.
Why not just throw them all on at the 65 min mark? The risk of drawing or losing at that point is surely extremely extremely low?
Clearly football managers up and the country know much better than me why they do this - is it just because of that VERY outside chance of a come back?
It stops being a very outside chance when you take your foot off the gas and start messing about with a winning team.
Mochrie came on at the end to replace Glass. When was the last time Glass got 89 minutes for United? I'm not sure it's ever happened before. Cudjoe played the whole game. Meekison, Fotheringham and Macleod all got decent minutes.
Let's say Goodwin makes wholesale changes after 65 minutes and as result Ayr start to get a foothold in the game and grab a goal. You've gone from a comfortable win to hanging on all for the sake of giving a few more minutes to some guys. It's a ridiculous idea, frankly.
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1 hour ago, Richey Edwards said:
This Dundee team looks capable of being a real force this season tbh.
That one's probably better suited to the old BBC 6-0-6 message boards.
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Dundee United 23/24
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Yeah, good luck to him. He'll make a pretty penny and will get to be involved in their TV show. Always put in a shift and was one of the few to come out of last season with any credit. That said, he couldn't finish a bag of chips so everyone's a winner here.