Spider1975

Savoury too, the four of them were, at times, unplayable. I didn't really appreciate it at the time but the work Murray did in stretching and occupying defences left Savoury and Thomas with time and space to create. Connor Shields didn't quite seem to have/give the same aura, (or fear factor) to the opposition.

Hopes for next season. Championship safety, but more importantly, can we beat Morton….even just the once would be nice, everyone else can do it, even ICT, why can’t we?

Well, since I started watching QP as a nipper back in the late-80's when the crowd was pretty much just players' family members/friends, when God forbid anyone shouted, (let alone sing), the atmosphere has come on leaps and bounds. Other than a fit for purpose stadium, the only suggestion I have is to install more of that plastic sheeting around the ground….in the wind it gave a passable ersatz-crowd noise!!!

Don’t feel I’m qualified enough to comment given I’ve only seen QP lose this season, (bar Arbroath), but that’s never stopped me before. A lot will depend upon how Grant Savoury fares when he returns. Would like to see how the Sheridan-Paton axis works with a fit Savoury. I honestly thought we had Josh Scott tied down for longer, so would be amazed if he wasn’t offered an extension, if so that’d likely see Robbo go; likewise Longridge for just being Mr Dependable all season deserves at least another year. Bruce is developing nicely so wouldn’t make sense to let him go. Haven’t seen enough of Carre and Wills. Would be surprised if alls ok with Savoury whether McKinstry would be required at all. Of those under contract, if Savoury comes back, I wonder where in the pecking order Turner is. Before his injury I could see us listening to offers for Fox, (though I’d dearly like him to stay), and I think the summer will show us how happy, or not, Thomson is to playing CB. Whatever happens we need a RB

How are the hang overs people? Two seasons in the Championship and they have been two seasons of complete opposites. The first, hope to just stay in, followed by six months of great football, wins and memorable goals, followed by the painful slipping away of our lead to that weird, weird and ultimately depressing night at Ochilview vs Dundee. This year, hope of another title challenge fell away after two games v Arbroath to the more of a likely relegation. Coaches, Managers, DoF’s and CEO’s all departed along with the grand plan, but up stepped Davidson with some assured signings to get us, eventually to safety. To paraphrase, thank £&#& that’s over with! God knows what’ll happen next year, but given it’s QPFC, I’m sure it won’t be easy!, however we can start with adidas giving us a belter of a kit.

Watched the Airdrie - Utd game on TV last Friday and must say Airdrie were excellent, really good to watch; McCabe's done so well this year and he/they are most definitely worthy of the play-offs - chapeau! I'd be fearful for this one if it wasn't for one thing in that due to work changes I've not made many games this season - about ten or so and in that time have only seen QP win once, vs Arbroath at Lesser. I'll be working again on Friday, which evidently means a QP win! And yes, watching big Dunc be sent to the stands at Annan would be fun.

Well, if our fan base continues to grow at the rate it has done over the past 2-3 years then we should be fine. And if we continue down the route of youth development and continue to find and sell on players like Callun McKenna we should be even finer. Thanks for your concern though.

It's a marathon, (the 'journey'), not a sprint; we have been honking for the vast majority of this season, but for all the jokes about our defence etc, you've shipped almost 80 goals. I'm not, generally speaking, a betting man, but if we go down via the play-offs, as 'interesting' as it would be for you, I'm fairly certain who'd I'd wager will be coming back up soonest.

Beuker had credit in the bank given the promotion to the Championship from L2 and in some of the signings that he was at least part of, (Savoury, Boateng, Thomas, Paton etc), so it was a reasonable assumption that he had done the homework and that we granted a degree of trust in Veldman's ability. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but it does seem mad that we took a youth coach from the continent, gave him an eclectic bunch of kids and asked him to make an assault on the Championship.. You live and learn.

Don't know if anyone noticed but a certain 17yr old, ex QP 'keeper was sat on the bench for Bournemouth at the weekend!

Impossible to say as given ‘the project’, Welsh, Wilson and Sheridan would all have been around 10+ years too old to have even been considered.

I very much doubt Haughey has spent however much he has spent to watch us play Stirling Albion four times a year and would assume that Davidson will be under some pressure to ensure that if we do go down this season, we come straight back up again next year. He should probably be given the opportunity to squad build in the summer so at the very least he lives/dies by his team and not Veldman/Beukers’. What worries me slightly is that obstensibly he’s improved our attacking options with the addition of Sheridan, whilst getting a like for like, if not better screen in front of the defence in Welsh for Spong, but in doing so he’s almost halved the amount of goals scored, (even taking into account the six against Arbroath). We might be hard(er) to beat but if you can’t score you’re always likely to be looking over your shoulder and certainly won’t be troubling the top half of any league table; not ideal if you’re trying to maintain a presence in a very competitive Championship. I worry, given recent performances and throughout his time in Perth, he just might not be able to turn that around…..though will look forward to be proven wrong.

Extremely happy for him, given the season he’s had.

Jury out for me. For the defence, the QP team that got so close last year lost its spine (literally). Murray going allowed defences to get on top of the other two standout front men in Thomas and Savoury who’s was instrumental and who we’ve been unable to replace. Behind them I thought initially we had a decent replacement for Boateng in midfield in Spong but for whatever reason he left shortly after Davidson arrived. I don’t think we realised at the time what we lost when we let Kilday go either. We were (with hindsight) always going to struggle with those players missing. He has signed a decent replacement for Spong/Boateng in Welsh and pulled another rabbit out of the hat with Sheridan to at least give Paton some restbite, who, IMHO, we’ve done a disservice to with the lack of service he’s been provided. That said, we’ve never found a full time right back, and instead of signing one in January, to allow us to play with a RWB, we brought in another left back which has ousted Robson either to CB or the bench. We signed a proven CB but then rather than using him to assist the younger less experienced CB’s to allow the addition of another player either in midfield or attack, we’ve used him in a back three, usually alongside a midfielder. He also seems unwilling to ditch ‘his’ system which has seen a reduction in goals scored and none scored in the last 6 hours of play. That in itself has not been helped by a belligerence not to play Turner in his best position and a reliance on a very over confident and under performing McKinstry, (though I appreaciate he showed improvement today) Hes been dealt a shitty hand that much is true but I do worry he might start running out of excuses.

How was the undroppable McKinstry today?

We need a win therefore (duh) we need goals. We've ostensibly signed an experienced CB in Danny Wilson, who's played at a high level therefore I see no reason why he needs two other CB's beside him especially when one (Thomson) is a midfielder and the other (Robson) is a far better attacking LB. Statistically, since Davidson has been in place he's shored up the defence, but also stunted somewhat our attacking threat, (DU and Arbroath games somewhat anomalous). Would love to see him being a bit more aggressive and go four at the back, which would allow Thomson to return to midfield, put Turner further forward, put Thomas in his best position (in front of Robson) and take some of the pressure off of Longridge at RB. Sure he'll stick with the three though.

Huge favour granted last night, (payback for the 6 points we've gifted Rovers from winnable positions this year?). Time to see if we really do have Championship level players, playing under a Championship level manager, regardless of DT playing or not.

Think the QPSA missed a trick there; swapping out 'Goal of the Season', for 'Save of the Season'.

Callum Ferrie makes the PFA Championship Team of the Year.....Morton fans will be ragin'!

There's some truth in that. Our scoring rate is very similar under Davidson as it was under Veldman, (1.28 goals per game vs 1.2), however the pessimism comes from the fact that since Dom Thomas' injury, we've not managed to score at all.

Ok, I'll correct myself, he was playing on the right of Tizzard, not the left, which is where Wilson was. Was referring to the 'dutch' model of a back four with a sweeper, (or latterly three at the back), had the central defender of the 5 (3) in a roaming role, with licence to get forward, create play and become an 'extra' in midfield, or even attack, which I assumed was the point in putting a ball carrying, progressive midfielder (Thomson) in central defence in CD's 3, (rather than RV's lack of trust when he played a back four). Point I was getting at was it still seems a waste to play a [central] midfielder in defence unless you're playing them in that role. If you just want a CB that can progress the ball forwards, (in the knowledge you've got some cover behind), then Charlie Fox, I'd argue, is your man. Alternatively, (most likely), I've read far too much 'Inverting the Pyramid'. Just for clarity, I'm not advocating that he's anything other than genuinely injured and am more than aware he's put a hell of a shift in over the course of the season. He's our best player by far, (especially given the continued absence of Grant Savoury). I do hope that the club don't repeat the mistakes of last summer, (by replacing experience with more youth) and try to cash in on him now and/or that CD can convince him to stay; given how this year has gone, I'm sure that someone of his talent and profile doesn't fancy another relegation battle at the bottom of the Championship next year. I'm sure he wouldn't be short of offers. Either way I shall get back in my box forthwith.

Felt for the guy tbh - he wasn't given much of an opportunity to make any kind of an impact.

These are, potentially, the most depressing three words in the English language

I'd have hoped that as Club Captain this wouldn't be the case as the things we are desperately needing at the moment; leadership, creativity and attacking threat, tend to come from him. All that said, the silence from the club as to what the injury is and how long he'll be out for has been deafening. With a year left on his contract it'll be interesting to see if he's still around in August