McGuigan1978
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Aye, tiered pricing is pretty cheeky and £24 is too steep in my opinion.
That said, the more expensive games at Stark's Park last season were probably the biggest attendances of the entire campaign, so obviously wasn't that off-putting.
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Bonnyrigg Rose 1 Forfar 0
Elgin 3 Edinburgh 1
Peterhead 2 Clyde 0
Stranraer 1 Stirling Albion 0
Spartans 2 East Fife 1
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2 hours ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said:
I actually watched his Mastermind performance at the time and it was incredible.
You actually got the impression he'd never seen any of the films, it was like he meant to write "Batman" in his form and just messed it up.
His general knowledge was okayish to be fair
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3 hours ago, Varna Rover said:
i hope he gets his hair cut, open to gettng pulled back by those very long locks
What?
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2 minutes ago, CALDERON said:
Well my point was pretty specifically around the Hamilton change being the one that harmed us the most, and the one where we had the least options to do much different.
And you’re right, it did harm us, but as a manager at the sidelines, if I know I absolutely have to bring on an inferior player, which Smith for Hamilton is, I’m not sure I’d swap on another two if I don’t have to.
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Just now, CALDERON said:
When replacing Hamilton with Smith?
I’d have probably suggested when he was replacing Aidan Connolly, so no.
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3 minutes ago, CALDERON said:
The same Ian Murray was also on a BBC podcast this week saying he believed this squad was good enough to win the league, to be fair. He's also been on record several times noting how keen he is on signing midfielders - and our squad is f**king full of them.
Collins didn't get the Mullin change right today, but the one that really harmed us was the Smith for Hamilton change - and I'm not sure what else he could have done given the limited options up top.
He could have brought on a player who seems a good bit better than Lewis Jamieson?
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3 minutes ago, CALDERON said:
If the glaring issue is the squad that Ian Murray assembled (at least partly) it doesn't exactly suggest keeping him around would be any better of a shout.
For 80 minutes, today was miles above anything we'd seen for months. And if we had anyone else in the squad who could even pretend to be a striker to call upon then we would have at least been able to have a genuine out ball.
The problem is the squad, which was largely or at least partly influenced by the previous manager. I'm going to reserve judgment on Collins until hes been able to recruit more, as what he has inherited isn't good enough.
The fact Murray was being critical of recruitment after the game versus Airdrie would suggest to me he wasn’t very happy of the signing policy up until that point
That was roughly six weeks ago, and the squad still isn’t good enough.
When your manager is bringing on players who are making you weaker, who should we be blaming?
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Just now, Ding Dang Doo said:
I think that's unfair on Freeman and Matthews. Both played really well today. Freeman isn't the greatest right back but will give you 100% every match and he did that today.
Getting a centre back in and getting a partnership is massive for us. It makes me even more annoyed for Murray's decision last week and what it left us with. The amount of times Dick should have been heading the ball but let it bounce was ridiculous. It's not his position ultimately and so I'm not sure we can be overly harsh on him.
As soon as it was 3-1 and 15 mins we should have shut up shop. I don't think we have the personnel on the bench to do it but good teams teams find a way to adapt.
I'm more confident about the season post match than pre match but things needs to improve on and off the pitch. I know the board look at these forums as well as twitter etc so surely they can see what we think. Nobody can watch that today and think that Smith and Jamieson coming on improved us and if that's the case they need to back Collins now.
I thought Matthews, and others to be fair, really struggled with their distribution.
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3 minutes ago, raith1974 said:
I don't disagree and last week he got nothing out of the players. For the most part today we were far better then Hamilton.
Maybe he needs to get Dabrowski to stop sorting his hair and believing his hype and get back to keeping the ball out of the net.
Personally although Freeman played well today I don't think him, Matthews, Connolly or Mullen are at the standard we need.
Bryne needs to step up and put in some fight to his game.
We still have to remember we are missing 2 CBs and playing Hanlon on his wrong side. Playing a LB at CH and playing a RB who is just back from injury. We are missing our captain and Stanton from the middle and have Vaughan and Hamilton just back from injury with Vaughan out again.
As said a new RB, hopefully a new CF and add Fordyce, Broonie and Stanton and we instantly become better with better options from the bench.
Do you think we'd get better if Dabrowski changed his hair? I've not noticed him tending to it during a game, but maybe you know better than myself?
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8 minutes ago, Ding Dang Doo said:
By all accounts Murray has mentioned that he was asking the board for players and wasn't getting them. He knew we needed more options up top.
I said before I didn't blame Collins but I think he was almost forced to make some subs and the one that didn't work was Jamieson for Connolly. The squad is very unbalanced and perhaps keeping the same players on, bar Hamilton, might have been the right call.
I think the board are under pressure. We've signed 2 loanees since mid June and that doesn't stack up with Barrowman saying we have plenty money left. They need to back the manager now. Yes getting some injuries back would obviously help but there are areas that we need to improve in regardless including having a proper option to Hamilton.
Next week will be the big one. If we lose badly to a team with our ex manager and 4 ex players in the starting XI, 3 of whom most would not have had near the club at the start of the season, then I fear for the full time reaction.
He wasn't forced to bring on a guy like Jamieson, who has done very little right for us, instead of a boy who was dropped after providing two assists against Ayr and one of our few bright sparks all season. It was baffling.
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17 minutes ago, raith1974 said:
We need to judge Neill Collins when we get our spine to the team back.
Rumours are we are getting a right back in at the start of the week. We need Fordyce back and fit. This allows Hanlon to play left CB his favoured position. Straight away our defence will be more balanced.
Get Broonie back next week adds a defensive element and a drive in midfield and allow NC to also bring in a striker to compete with Hamilton or play alongside should Vaughan be missing for a few weeks.
When Stantons back our midfield with him, Broonie and Pollock will be a formidable 3, I'm sorry I just don't think Byrne has a fight in him and Matthews is the standard we need.
If results are still going against us, if we are still mentally weak then Collins needs to show what he's got.
A new manager should also be getting more out of the players available, otherwise, what was the point of getting rid of the last guy?
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I think the last 15 minutes summed up the squad and potentially the manager, although the jury is still out with the latter.
We were absolutely miles better than Accies, although that doesn't really matter if you can't hold out, but every single substitution Neill Collins made after the injury induced one with Lewis Vaughan, made us so much weaker.
See if you want to bring off Aidan Connolly, why not bring on the right sided player who has been arguably our best player in Lewis Gibson?
To bring on Lewis Jamieson and Callum Smith at the same time, two players who absolutely cannot keep the ball in the opponents final third, which we'd been exceptional at up until that point was infuriating., and to be honest, was pretty obvious we'd concede possession at that point.
Then Mullin came on and offered much of the same, very little. He's supposed to be the experienced head who can help us in those situations. In all honesty, what is he bringing to the table?
There is absolutely nothing so far that suggests huckling Ian Murray out the door was the best decision, and it's impossible not to think the issue was with the squad rather than who the manager was.
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Clyde 1 Elgin 1
East Fife 1 Peterhead 1
Forfar 0 Stranraer 1
Stirling Albion 2 Bonnyrigg 1
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Morton 0 Airdrie 0
Partick Thistle 2 Dunfermline 1
Queen’s Park 0 Ayr United 1
Raith Rovers 1 Hamilton 1
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4 minutes ago, DaveMackay56 said:
We also told you Jamie Walker was good.
And he wasn’t.
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I remember Hearts fans telling us Denis Prychychenko was really good and took great free kicks.
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15 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said:
Desperate move by Collins to change the interview date. He's clearly rattled already.
I’m going to suggest that no-one cares
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1 minute ago, Stardog_champion said:
Beats me, he does love a midfielder in defence. Why the hate. We all have different opinions, you do know it’s allowed….. right??
I do, but to suggest it wasn’t to do with his ability, which was your initial point, suggests it must be for another reason. I just thought you maybe had some insight.
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30 minutes ago, Stardog_champion said:
Erm, Murray didn’t give him a chance, and that had nothing to do with his ability.
Out of interest, if it wasn’t his ability or lack of, why do you think Ian Murray didn’t play him more?
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4 minutes ago, Rover the Moon said:
I thought he was excellent in the first win at East End last season when he stood in for Liam Dick at left-back. I recall a ‘Scott McGill appreciation post’ in the match thread being well received too.
Not advocating for his return but to say he didn’t have a standout performance is very harsh.
I think he played well at East End Park at maybe left back if memory serves, then was rancid the next game against Queen’s Park the next week.
Was quite good against Arbroath in the 5-0 game and there’s an argument he was unlucky not to get more minutes but ultimately it’s because he’s not very good.
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Just now, Stardog_champion said:
Ok doke then, we all see then things differently. You should know I don’t go a long with the usual echo chambers on here.
Fair play, I’ll give you that!
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Just now, Stardog_champion said:
I always thought he did well for us
He didn’t
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Just now, Stardog_champion said:
Erm, Murray didn’t give him a chance, and that had nothing to do with his ability.
He also struggled to get a start in League One for Airdrie, and can’t get a start for Dundalk. A real trend developing. Weird.
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Raith Rovers v The Invincible Falkirk
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Oh aye I completely agree. When Dundee were £24 a couple of seasons ago I patched the second game as I wasn't paying that for a thoroughly unappealing midweek game. Likewise I probably won't go to any away games at Hamilton for £25.