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Robertson has never played as a CH. One of the key problems would be he's absolutely shite in the air. He's not as physically strong as Tierney who has also played CH on multiple occasions.
If you want play Tierney lwb, fine. You drop Robertson
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5 minutes ago, Baptiste Bourgeois said:
I'd like to play
Hendry - Hanley - Robertson
O'Donnell - Jack - McTominay - Tierney
McGinn - Armstrong
Adams
Tierney needs to be playing LWB. Whoever plays there is going to be pretty isolated at times, and with no wingers in the team is going to have to create their own openings down the flank. That suits Tierney perfectly, his role at Arsensm is about roasting the opposing full-back for pace on the outside and drilling crosses front post or cut backs into the penalty spot area. He is perfectly suited to that role. Robertson is not, and has honestly looked lost at times playing it.
Robertson at left CH is a bold, some would say mental, call
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36 minutes ago, forameus said:
It gets said a lot but "calling players up to get a look at them"...is that such a big thing nowadays? It used to be that it was the only real way to get a proper look at players you'd only had a scout report on, but I'd imagine Clarke could watch every moment Gauld played in, and get all kinds of reports. Do we really need to see how a professional footballer does in a squad? Or do we just concentrate on getting the best players into the squad?
You'd want to see them in training to see how they fit your style of play, how they implement your gameplan, which is clearly not the same for every team and see who they work well with or not, plus get a feeling for whether they're good for the squad or an arse.
Don't think you can see any that from a video.
I would have called him and Turnbull up over Fleck, but they're aiming for the second strongest part of the team
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1 minute ago, G51 said:
Rangers play 60 games a season. Patterson isn’t ready for that kind of physical load at 19 - Celtic nearly ruined Tierneys career by doing that.
Good point and part of the reason why I don't think he's ready now. Rangers could have rotated Tavernier out far more often with the lead they've had if Patterson was really chapping at the door.
Clearly a talented boy so fingers crossed for him
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2 minutes ago, BingMcCrosby said:
If Tavernier was Scottish he would walk into our team.
So he's being kept out by a guy who would easily be our best right back.
Yeah, and he'll be a reserve for a significant period so we've actually no much to go on as to whether he's actually any good and might well not get to see him as a regular player for years. I didn't think he had a good game against Slavia, he was all over the place first half. He's also never played rwb, which isn't the same as playing rb.
I hope he does kick on, cause we need all the players we can get but if he'd had 6 league games for Hibs he'd not be getting a look in
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1 hour ago, The Moonster said:
Billy Gilmour has about 8 but I don't think anyone would've grumbled had he been called up. I reckon Clarke is showing a bit of loyalty to the likes of Palmer for helping us get to the Euros but I expect after that Patterson will come into the picture.
I'd have moaned if Gilmour was called up tbh. He's not played anywhere near enough this season. It's also a strong area of the team.
But Gilmour is at a far better team and has been excellent for u21s etc generally. He's not a reserve rb who'll be back out the team as soon as Tavernier is fit
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7 hours ago, Baz Chuckle said:
Gareth Bale made his debut for Wales 40 days after his Southampton debut.
Norman Whiteside was an ever present as he helped Northern Ireland reach the World Cup quarter final in 1982 after just 1 appearance for Man United.
Stephen Crainey and Maurice Ross are a pretty strong counter argument
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5 minutes ago, ilostmyself said:
It's not a winning formula though, we lost our last 2 games in the Nations league against beatable opposition, failed to create many chances and ultimately didn't win the group.
Obviously not wanting to detract from the achievement of getting to the Euros but I want to get to the world cup too and we'll need a big improvement from the Slovakia and Israel games.Obviously we lost those two games, so improvement is needed but we created more clear chances in both than you should need to win a game. Slovakia we should really have won comfortably and Israel scored completely against the run of play.
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2 hours ago, DAFC. said:
If Clarke is shifting McTominay in to midfield, could that be an indication of a change in formation? A la dropping the 5 at the back to a 4?
Can't see it. He'll want Tierney in and that needs a back 3 or to drop Robertson. I think he'll likely try Hendry or more likely Hanley at RCB.
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Gordon has made about a dozen wonder saves this season, including against the two premier league clubs we've played.
He also played very well against Slovakia in November
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Absolutely miles away unless we've lost the run of ourselves. A decent prospect and nothing else at this stage
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3 points closer to closing this sorry charade and getting back to playing shite in the top league
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Quite enjoyed the game tbh, could easily have been 4 or 5 goals. Probably should have.
Good halftime footage here as well
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2 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said:
Has there been a BBC Fri night game this season that hasnt been utter horseshit in the 1st half?
Hearts dundee was decent
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Some impeccable finishing on display here
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We were good till the, incredibly thick, penalty then world have had zero complaint if we had managed to f**k it from there.
A bit of everything in the game, goals, shots off the bar, a moronic penalty, a terrible dive, a horror tackle for the red card, some excellent goalkeeping and a contender for miss of the decade.
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3 minutes ago, craigkillie said:
The rule was introduced specifically for VAR though.
I'll take your word for that but that would be disallowed here as well. Assuming the ref saw it right enough
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3 hours ago, Coventry Saint said:
Did you see the Fulham 'handball'? Utter joke. That could literally send them down.
While I agree it is a joke the goal is disallowed, that's the rule, not VAR's fault.
I also hate VAR tbf
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1 hour ago, RossBFaeDundee said:
I'm enjoying how many of those on Jambos Kickback are shitting it against us. In the last three games, you have an average of 15 shots on goal per game. If you get even a fifth of those on target against our leaky defence, which is the 3rd worst in the league, I reckon you'll score at absolute minimum 2 goals. I'm predicting a 3-1 loss, and am currently in the process of accepting this.
We have had plenty shots, but we've only scored 3 and one of those was a penalty. Our shite finishing is slightly less of a concern than our awful defending but both are trending in the wrong direction.
We should win comfortably, but we should win every game comfortably and yet here we are .
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Cummings to score anytime is cash in the bank
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The template to beat Hearts is just keep your players in the vague vicinity of our back 4 and wait for them to make a catastrophic mistake.
There can't be another team in the country who've gifted so many goals from so few attacks.
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Friday night football should be banned imo.
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A battling 4-3 victory for whichever team's defence plays slightly less shite
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33 minutes ago, lennyzer0 said:
Be fair - having Pereira in goals literally means pretty much every shot on target is a goal (there is no other keeper I can think of *ever* for whom that is more true). You don't need to look like scoring to score against that absolute imposter.
It's one of the main reasons this team is better obviously- although we are still conceding a ridiculous amount of goals from the first shot teams have on goal. Not Gordon's fault in any way but teams don't have to work hard to score against us
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Body analysis aside, I'm struggling to see any upside to having Robertson as a CH. His strengths are almost all going forward.
Tierney is really only at CH as a way to shoehorn him into the team somewhere, he's not particularly good at it either. He has at least played there before at club level though.
Bite the bullet and pick one or the other if you ask me. Rotate them if you like.