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    The Partick Thistle thread

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

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    I thought Spittal did pretty well. Actually tried to make incisive runs and beat his man. Did plenty of running especially when asked to play in an unfamiliar wing back role.

    At the end of the day, he's essentially replaced Amoo in the squad and did just about as much in 90 minutes as Amoo did in the second half of last season.

     

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    The Partick Thistle thread

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

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    There were a number of problems from yesterday that meant we weren't up to it and to be honest I'm pretty excited sure they'll all be sorted by the league's beginning.

    Firstly, we were being beaten for every high ball that fell in the midfield. Even though I'm sure he tried his best, Edwards wasn't winning the headers and Bannigan won a few but not many. That meant that a lot of the times Cerny kicked clear, it came right back at the defence. That's not to worrying as usually we'Il have Barton and Osman in there which is a physically strong midfield pairing.

    Secondly, the centre midfield seemed to just dissolve. Ryan Edwards ran after every single ball as if he was playing the position he was playing last season which left gaps and I presume Bannigan was told to man-Mark a Livi player because he kept following his man into the defence which left a gaping hole between the attacking midfield and defence which was probably Livi most effective area. This will also hopefully be fixed with Abdul back as his positional awareness is probably his best asset in my opinion.

    Also, we had no cover when James Penrice and Christie Elliott went forward which again exposed our backline. Bannigan dropped in slightly but never really moved away from his man and the communication should have been much better so that cover was in place. Once again, Abdul's return should help this as he's the prime communicator and also tends to fill in the gaps in defence when needed.

    Unfortunately, another issue was Erskine. We can probably put it down to him just having a bad day but he was a bit off it after his goal went in. Before it he looked dangerous but after, he slowed our breaks down. His touch was poor, his passing was slack. The prime example of that was when Blair Spittal made an excellent run in behind his marker and Erskine played it in front of the defender.

    Finally, we had nothing in the bench. This is no one's fault and will probably be fixed through signings but to have five subs and not counting Scully, I doubt they had ten appearances between them. To ask any of those lads to come on and change the game would be ridiculous. Ideally, we'd get a striker or two in before the league starts.

     

    So, to summarise, Abdul Osman for Ballon D'Or.

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    The Partick Thistle thread

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

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    Interesting that Barnsley (of Liam Lindsay fame) bid to buy him a year ago and were knocked back. I assume a fee would therefore be involved.

    Or a loan of some sort? Keown was on trail, so to speak, for a period before we announced the signing so could be a similar situation.
    He only has one year left on his contract, though, so could be a purchase.
    Just curious, where's this information come from?
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