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Dom Thomas signs a contract extension until 2025. Our best player and now captain signed up. Brilliant way to cap off the weekend
Now get McKenna, Savoury and Bruce extended contracts please!
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After having the time to reflect on the match, I think it’s fair to say that was a performance which brought an enormous amount of reassurance amongst myself and some of support to suggest in some way that we’ll be no mugs this season. It’s still incredibly early days of course but I was very pleasantly surprised how confident we looked on the ball for around 75 minutes. We passed the ball around the back but there seemed to be a bit more of a realisation to just whack the ball when necessary. We found a great a balance between possession and overall game management. Only criticism would be the Impact of the subs. Healy struggled to keep the ball and Williamson just unfortunately doesn’t look championship ready at this point. Think he needs to get that loan to cove sorted to get the regular game time. It’s clear there’s a fair drop off from the first 11 to the subs
You could pick out almost anyone on their impressive performance but I’ll be giving Jack Spong MOTM. He was so comfortable in possession and got the ball moving all over the pitch. He was available for a pass in any scenario and dealt with the physical aspects of the match with minimal fuss. You can tell he’s been brought up in the Brighton academy, top player.
A massive shout out for Louis Longridge btw. I’ve never been a massive fan of the guy at the best of times but he might of potentially reinvented himself into a very competent full back. Positional sense and energy levels were excellent and was fantastic in possession for the whole game. Even if a new right back is signed for next week, it would be ridiculously harsh to drop Longridge after today.
I was surprised how poor Inverness were. Billy mckay seemed to just fall at almost anything whilst it’s still utterly wild that Luis Longstaff is signed on a 2 year deal at a legitimate championship football club. He was absolutely hopeless and no surprise he was the first one hooked second half. Davidson had his moments going forward but again looked ropey defensively. Seems to be a massive drop from last season and can’t see that team pushing top 4 without some serious reinforcements
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Also Callan McKenna, absolute superstar. Unbelievable at 16 years old. Enjoy him whilst we have him
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Inverness are absolute dug meat. Fully deserved 3 points
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55 minutes ago, Spider Rico said:
Seems to be constant news of other teams in the league strengthening their first team this week.
Our squad looking increasingly light/weak despite all the talk of systems and processes.
To go into the league campaign with no recognised right back is pretty ridiculous in all honesty. I’m fine with not having one signed over the cup games but surely we can’t be waiting until the end of august to get one in
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6 minutes ago, ExiledLichtie said:
I base this on all your management interviews, all full of talk about playing the right way, and proper passing football with good youngsters. Also from watching your team last season. We know how to play against teams that start with a short pass from the keeper to a centre back, then a pass to a full back, then back to the centre back, then back to the full back, gradually trying to pass up the pitch and open up opportunities. We can play deeply, deeply cynical football, and it can work well against teams that play the "right" way. I'm feeling reasonably confident about playing Queens.
That’s fair enough. I don’t doubt that anyone, including the QP support will have question marks on how this style will pan out. I’m incredibly confident it’ll be successful in the long run but I’ll admit that I think we might get off to a rocky start adapting to this style in the championship. You’re potentially going to be playing us at a good time in these double header matches
I’ve no clue how Arbroath will do tbh. Reading on here, there seems to be a massive expectation on Bird being the real deal. His football CV doesn’t exactly scream goals but he might just need regular football, who knows
I think the difference for you guys will still be whether Little, O’brien and Gaston can maintain their incredibly high standards. Little looked like he was slowing down last season whenever I seen him play and I’m curious to see if this will still be the case
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3 hours ago, ExiledLichtie said:
I'd like to think that we know how to play against tippy tappy football by kids from academy who are schooled to play the "right" way by wannabe Pep Guardiolas. I'd like to think that we can absolutely body them.
I mean I get we’re a young side but we’re not entirely a youth side as you seem to be suggesting. Dom Thomas, Ruari Paton, Tommy Robson, Charlie Fox, Jack Thomson, Calum Ferrie, Louis Longridge all play regularly and minus Paton, were all still part of the team that were 1 win away from being in the premiership
Aye we’ve signed some academy guys and it’s anyone’s guess how successful they’ll be but I’m unsure what evidence suggests we’ll get ‘absolutely bodied’ by yourselves
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Week 1 - Falkirk
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12 minutes ago, CoveRangers1922 said:
Daily Record Sport claiming we are hoping to take in Scott Williamson on loan. In L1 he would be a good option for us and would bag goals.
How are you for striking options? If Scott goes out there must be other strikers inbound
Thoughts?
There’s a player and goalscorer there somewhere. Started off last season very promising and looked like he would be able to handful the step up as the season went on. However, his minutes became less and less which at the time was odd considering how awful Johnny Kenny was as 2nd choice striker and ultimately, looking from the outside, it seemed to dent his initial buzz and confidence when he did get limited minutes towards the back end of the season
It’s worth noting he came from Cambuslang Rangers which is a monumental jump to the championship and overall I don’t necessarily think he fared too badly at this level but at this stage of his career, championship might be one level too much. I think he’s got potential to be an excellent goal scorer in league 1 with regular minutes and was really hoping for him to get a loan move somewhere to prove himself
If he does indeed go out on loan, we absolutely need a striker or even 2 in as we simply can’t rely on a single striker all season in Paton. One injury to Paton and we’re in massive trouble
Only thing is, do you think he would get in ahead of megginson or Connell if he does join ?
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43 minutes ago, Skeletar Spider said:
Might be a better fit from a PR perspective, but Coyle's team won 17 league games last season and were a half away from winning the title. Nothing I've seen in the past couple of games (I wasn't at East Fife or Motherwell) suggests we're going to be anything close to that this season.
True but the way we played that last third of the season was beyond dire. He simply could not coach a defence and once we were found out, he had no plan B. All he did was rotate the left winger constantly. I’d genuinely be more concerned had he still been the manager cause I’ve never seen us lose goals in the manner we did, including the amateur era.
That’s not to say I don’t have question marks over this season but I’d bet there’s certainly a lot more tactical analysis compared to last season. It will be an interesting season regardless
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25 minutes ago, Diamond1924 said:
I watched a lot of championship football last season and was totally unimpressed with some of the dross on display. As scrappy as it gets at times so it’s surprising to see other fans’ attitudes.
I can understand that perspective watching from a neutral point of view. The games can indeed sometimes look quite dross in standard and not seeing your own team in the championship, you may tend to think Airdrie could easily do a job but until you actually watch your own team play in these matches, I think you’ll be in for a surprise the difference in standard between league 1 and championship
Thats not to say Airdrie will stink out the championship, they may well do perfectly fine but I don’t think it’s mental for others to predict you for the drop. You’ve not added much to the team and the star signing seems to be a guy released from Dunfermline
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1 hour ago, Derry Alli said:
I think there was a bit of discontent at Arbroath though, rather than being a group of guys at the same level and a unit they tried (and failed) to bring in a higher calibre with Allan.
I can't see that at Airdrie.
You could also use examples of teams who were guff in the cup last year who turned out to have a very decent league campaigns. Ayr probably being the main example. Pretty sure they weren’t too confident about their chances after some poor results and ended up finishing 2nd
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11 minutes ago, Zanetti said:
I rate Ferrie highly and think he will start just because he's still our number one, but even though he made a bad mistake McKenna looks more comfortable on the ball than him IMO (presumably because the young guys have been using this system for longer).
It’s not even solely the distribution factor that’s impressed me with McKenna, he’s also made some genuinely impressive saves. QOTS had a couple of great chances early doors and McKenna dealt with it very well.
I’m a massive fan of Ferrie and I feel he does gets a right hard time off some of our support but his distribution is a weakness (it has significantly improved the last year) and I worry he’d get hung out to dry with this style of play
Even from a financial perspective, McKenna comes in and does well for a season or two, chances are we’d make a fair whack of money considering he’s only 16 and massive. Don’t think I’ve been as confident about a 16 year deal playing in a first team environment since we had Anthony Ralston on loan years ago
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1 minute ago, jagsfan57 said:
On the 2 games I have seen of us so far I would say it is really doubtful that we will make top 4. Also, going by Airdrie’s results, I don’t get folk still making them bottom.
I think it’s because historically, the cup usually has zero resemblance on how the league pans. It’s a completely different level of intensity when playing for 3 points in the league
In the past, we’ve competed and got results against premiership opposition in the cup only to get thumped by Cowdenbeath in the league a month or so later
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And so it begins again..
Despite a disappointing cup campaign, I’m still buzzing to get back into league business again. There’s always a notable increase on the intensity of league matches and I think (or I hope at least) that was the case over the last 4 games
Hopefully Veldman and the players have learnt a few things regarding the style of play they’re trying to implement. We’re just needing to accept that errors will be apparent early doors and it will be incredibly frustrating at points. Hoping this works long term and we see the fruits of the process
Assuming Fox is suspended, the lineup I would go for is
Mckenna
Longridge (hope someone is signed)Tizzard
Bannon
Bruce
Spong
Thomson
Turner
Healy
Thomas
Paton
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Is that fox out for Inverness or would it be for next seasons cup ?
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Even as a Queen’s Park fan, I have no utter clue how we’ll get on. We’ve looked easy one the eye but we look awfully soft from early impressions. Looking at all the other predictions, we certainly seem to be the most moved about team. Some putting us near the bottom, middle or the play off spots
1. Dundee United
2. Partick Thistle
3. Raith
4. Ayr
5. Queen’s Park
6. Morton
7. Dunfermline
8. Inverness
9. Arbroath
10. Airdrie
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Next couple signings will be crucial. Desperately need a right back and although I thought Longridge was decent today, it’s just not going to cut in the championship quite simply.
Need another option up top. I wasn’t able to make the Elgin match but I’ve been really unconvinced with Paton’s link up play. Looks very sloppy on occasions and almost single handedly cost us a goal with a dire pass in the middle of the park which was fortunately ruled offside. Combined with the penalty miss, I think he forgot he wasn’t playing for QOTS today
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Just me that’s slightly apprehensive about the season ?
Another unconvincing performance where we looked powderpuff and lightweight defensively
A couple punts down the channel from QOTS and we’re all at sea. Bannon was unfortunate to slip which resulted in the Fox red card but he didn’t help himself with a difficult back pass to McKenna. Losing those goals are really painful to watch and I’m worried this may be a common trend
Despite his error, I’m still all for McKenna starting at Inverness next week. Supreme confidence on the ball and made some great saves. With the style of play we’re trying to implement, whoever the keeper is may have to deal with a couple errors.
Also Healy starts for me. Looked incredibly positive every time he’s been on the pitch and scored a cracking goal. Would have him over Hepburn who’s looked fairly lightweight so far
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50 minutes ago, TheHitman said:
I watched RV’s post match interview and it stuck me just how different he is to OC. He said they have analysed QotS and will look at the right game plan. Seems a world a way from OC’s usual ‘it’ll be a tough game, but they all are at this level’ patter.
I had to stop watching Coyle’s interviews towards the end of the season as I found it Infuriating how delusional he was at times. We could be comfortably beaten with 1 shot all game and Coyle would come out and say we should have scored 4 or 5. No wonder his interviews became a meme amongst opposition fans throughout the league
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3 hours ago, Spider1975 said:
Didn't make the game last night, (probably for the best as the last two I attended were 1-0 losses). Cam Bruce has started the Livvy, Motherwell and Elgin games, (cant remember re East Fife). Is this him getting increased game time pre season or has Robson fallen down the pecking order?
I think it’s really important that Robson has genuine competition for the left back slot as I felt his game went a wee bit downhill once he got the captaincy last season, yet we had nobody to come in for him. I remember at firhill in the playoffs, we had to play marcel oakley at left back.
Even the opening game against east fife, I thought Robson looked miles off it. Genuinely hasn’t surprised me at all that he’s been sub the last couple matches
Bruce has been highly touted by rangers and Celtic and clubs down south prior to signing his professional contract at the start of last season. Pretty sure I even read an article that we had turned down a couple bids around that time. I want to see him up against QOTS to see how he copes before thinking of playing him against Inverness first day of the league campaign
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2 hours ago, mcjameos said:
Could be reading more into this than there is. The squad appears to have been updated on the website with photos in the new strip, except Williamson.
In terms of Williamson’s own development, I would say one of the worst things for him was actually us getting promoted to the championship. Considering the level he came from, he’d of probably been guaranteed more game time in league 1 and developed some confidence there
He started off really well last season, particularly in a front 2 with Murray, however, once Murray left and our style of football became a case of hit it up the park at any opportunity, he looked a bit of a lost wee boy up top and really struggled with the physical side of things which is natural considering the level he came from.
I think there’s definitely a really decent goal scorer in Williamson but at this stage in his career, the championship might be one league too high for now. Would love to see him loaned out in league 1 to see what he’s made of
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Interesting. No doubt even at 37 that McGeady will still be an asset at this level but the injuries are a genuine concern. Knee and hamstring injuries last season would set alarm bells off for any player, never mind someone who is 37.
Murphy and McGeady a bit of a risk as your wingers? No doubt they’ve had excellent careers and will still contribute but we’ve seen this with a lot players, even like Chris Maguire last season for you guys that not playing much at the latter stages of your career and dropping down at a level, the lack of sharpness can still be very apparent
Obviously if they are genuinely fit they may well be stars but that’s a massive if regards to maintaining it and not breaking down
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Just now, ICTChris said:
https://ictfc.com/luis-longstaff-signs-for-ictfc/
Cove reunion with Gilmour.
My least favourite loan of all time at QP. Heart of a mouse and very little ability. Seemed to have done semi okay at cove but giving him a 2 year deal is wild in my eyes, particularly for a side who have aspirations of the promotion play offs
All Ready for Longstaff and Davidson to now tear us apart first day of the league campaign now
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The Big Queen's Park FC Thread
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That was my concern also. Don’t think you could replace a player like Thomas at this level tbh(or at least find it incredibly difficult to replace). Still stand by when he’s on top of his game, he’s absolutely in the question for best player in league. Hopefully we just get the consistency even more this season as it seems to be the one thing that’s held him back from making a career in the premiership
Like Murray, I think he’ll thrive with the captaincy. Talks brilliantly in interviews and on the tv when he’s done bits of punditry work