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2 minutes ago, Pete the Jakey said:
@bunglebonce do your work! Back three?
3-4-3 probably, with Dhanda and Sims supporting Murray.
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14 hours ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said:
I'll always remember the foul mood you were in after the 0-0 draw at Pittodrie in the second game of 12-13. At times it felt like Adams was playing a back nine in the first half of that season before Lawson and the new signings replaced dynamic players like Russell Duncan and Ross Tokely.
Funny what time does, because now I look back at the start of that season and think that Adams was correct, to just try to collect some clean sheets while the team adjusted to the league. It was the form in November and December, with Lawson barely making the bench, that cost us a European place as much as anything else.
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1 hour ago, Pete the Jakey said:
Who will be the first player on Derek Adams’ naughty step?
It’s had an illustrious past, my favourite was probably Paul Lawson for the cup final vs Dundee Utd.I think that was less naughty step and more Adams showing loyalty to the XI who won the semi. Lawson was injured at the semi-final. Looking back, it's a pity we never saw the quartet of Brittain-Lawson-Kettlewell-Vigurs start the final, having looked so promising at the start of that season and then having a great 2011/12 together. You can't argue against sticking with what got them to the final, however.
Lawson was on the naughty step for four months in late-2012, however. I've said it repeatedly that had we played Lawson rather than persisting with Mark Fotheringham as the holding midfielder during that time, County would have turned a few more losses into draws and finished ahead of either or both of ICT and St Johnstone that season.
The new naughty step is going to be for one of the strikers for sure.
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39 minutes ago, Mackie The Staggie said:
Bringing 'Style and Panache' back to the Scottish Leagues, the County way.
There were times when Adams's teams were good to watch, but let's not forget that his teams could shitfest their way through matches with the worst of them. I do know you posted that playfully, but Adams himself loves to go along with the entertaining football propaganda (as many others have in the past eg Yogi).
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1 hour ago, Savage Henry said:
Was it Slew or Arquin who didn’t even get a press release when they. Signed, so the first thing anyone knew was the new guy starting up front?
Slew. It must have been the first transfer of the window in the UK.
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Just now, kingjoey said:
No idea what the love in for Slew is for. Played 20 games for you and scored 1 goal. And his record elsewhere is very similar. Don't remember him at all, but his one goal was probably against us.
County haven't had a striker who could be a nuisance both with pace and strength since. Again, shame about the goal scoring record, but a diddy team can build a side around those strengths.
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I've missed Slew ever since he left. I thought he was just an extra 5% away from clicking and being a 12-15 goal striker. His finishing ranged from very unlucky to rubbish, however. He's been used by Adams at Morecambe as a left-winger in a 4-2-3-1 which tells a story.
He was signed on loan on 1 January, just in time for the derby in Inverness. County had been toiling for the first half of the season without any presence up front. All of a sudden we had a striker that could occupy two defenders, could play with his back to goal, spin his marker and stretch the pitch. Pity about the finishing. Adams then signed Yoann Arquin which put Slew down the pecking order in that loan spell, but I much preferred Slew. Slew wasn't an affordable option long-term, so I can see why Adams had to plan for not having him.
Songo'o used to be great at pinging low passes into Slew's feet (which was in contrast to the Scott Boyd floaty long ball). There were times when Songo'o looked like a superstar, but he wasn't consistent with it.
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23 minutes ago, Savage Henry said:
The other good thing is he plays a back four.
You could just about fashion a 4-2-3-1 out of this squad, but then all of a sudden there are too many centre-forwards.
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Going by Transfermarkt, Songo'o (32 yrs now) is a defensive midfielder in Morecambe's standard 4-2-3-1, Slew (31) is an inverted left-winger and Max Melbourne is the fringe left-back.
@Savage Henry Graham Carey played his best football as a number 10 at Plymouth under Adams.
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5 hours ago, Pete the Jakey said:
The relationship between Macgregor and Adams was incredibly toxic by the end of his last managerial spell.
Adams snr and Adams jnr were very entrenched by the end. Adams snr sacked jnr, but IIRC that was because Adams snr wouldn't let the chairman speak to the manager and had to go through the director of football for communication.
Maybe enough water has gone under the bridge since...
I don't have a great gut feeling about it, however.
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As an antidote to the last 12 months, I'd prefer to see a team that plays with a bit of ambition middle-to-front. Malky's team stopped doing that over a year ago and Davidson's team never started.
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See also: The General Ross County Thread for the last 2.5 years.
Next manager please.
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8 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said:
How about Owen Coyle?
Coyle was sacked as the biggest diddy of the lot.
Derek Adams (first spell) 13 years ago left on his own terms, to be Colin Calderwood's assistant at Hibs.
Jimmy Calderwood's short-term contract wasn't renewed at the end of that 10/11 season (after the short-term Willie McStay disaster).
Yogi's interim contract wasn't renewed before Malky was hired.
Everyone else has been sacked since, I think?
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10 minutes ago, Savage Henry said:
I don't care what anyone says he's done well for Ross County, has a wealth of knowledge regarding players and who to bring in and how to manage them, I think he just got stale, but I want to thank him from the bottom of my heart for what he's done for my club. they have always performed way above what one could expect from such a small club.
An absolutely staggering take.
I was reading that on the new page and wondered if you had changed your tune.
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Technically, they could do a lot worse than Lennon. But I don't like him.
I don't have a preferred candidate, just happy that Malky has left.
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Follow the National Cycle Network route, Stagsby.
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We huffed and puffed without having that little bit of care and attention on the ball. I think that's what was missing.
I think what was missing was a semblance of attacking structure or patterns. Long throws and balls down the touch line for Simon Murray don’t count.
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St Johnstone deserved the three points for producing the only moments of quality in the match (Clark's shot out of nowhere, Carey's hit).
County got what they deserved. Not one meaningful chance from a team lacking ambition, quality, any width whatsoever on the right side. Considering the opposition and the circumstances, that was pound-for-pound one of the more depressing Ross County performances of the last decade.
County were only really missing Brown and Brophy (and Brophy isn't a guaranteed starter), so if this is the best Malky can come up with then he needs to go before the window.
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The tannoy uses the same tone as Invergordon swimming pool.
There’s a belter of a mullet among the home young team.Those are the only highlights I can think of.
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Two passes out of touch by County’s defenders in the first five minutes…
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County with a 5-3-2. Five non-adventurous defenders and a target man up front. Football is going to die a slow death today.
SpoilerWe might be lucky to be treated by Baldwin shuffling into defensive midfield
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I’m sure Henderson did his hamstring recently after Malky was in the press, saying that he was impressed by Henderson’s deliveries and was just getting him up to speed tactically etc like with Dhanda last year.
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@RandomGuy. the danger of watching with bleary eyes. Carey loves to drift inside anyway so I thought nothing of that.
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I saw the second half of last night's match. I think that midfield four isn't bad at all and fits the Levein narrow midfield prototype. However, as solid as McGowan at right-back might be, the team is missing something without an overlapping right-back there. If they had that, I think Phillips as the right-sided midfielder isn't a bad option. Costelloe as a starter there is probably too liberal with his positioning, if Carey is on the other side.
St Johnstone fans have been saying that Kane would make a difference when he returned. I do think he looked a huge improvement last night on what I saw in Dingwall earlier in the season. He's like a competent Zak Rudden.
I expect County will continue with the 4-2-2-2 used recently, but they will be hampered by James Brown's suspension. He has been one of County's best players this season and, presuming Connor Randall covers at right-back, it will be clear how much County rely on Brown to make things happen. I have the fear for the lack of width there might be from that, so they would surely have to start Murray and Brophy together to try to make up for that. However, White returned vs Celtic and was promptly sacrificed, so I can see Malky repaying White with a start again.
Randall moving to right-back frees up a midfield slot, possibly with Loturi dropping deeper beside the increasingly impressive Allardice. That would justify having Dhanda and Turner in the team together again. The loss at Pittodrie showed that you can't really trust a midfield three with Dhanda and Turner together, but if they had two holding midifelders behind them then they can both focus more on what they do best.
TL;DR: this game has a narrow shitfest written all over it.
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Ross County v Kilmarnock (Sat 25th Nov)
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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It was still an improvement on the St Johnstone loss.
I was pretty pleased with how they played in the first half. There were some quick switches in play to the flanks, while the passing through the thirds of the pitch much better than I saw under Malky. Baldwin (in the first half) looked as good as I've seen him. In the second half the team ran out of ideas and there was nothing on the bench to change it. There wasn't enough quality in the final third, but the four Killie centre-backs defended very well.