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46 minutes ago, Granny Danger said:
Goodwin in the Courier today saying that he doesn’t expect to add to the squad unless we can offload some players between and that we can find ‘suitable’ options.
That’s good. I was worried we were actively looking for ‘unsuitable’ options
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8 minutes ago, Alan_G said:
away strip as green as expected to be
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12 hours ago, HuttonDressedAsLahm said:
You can add Harrison Ashby to that list. Was West Ham, and now Newcastle (scored against Rangers last week). He has almost no senior experience but at 21, is still on the radar. I suspect a loan, similar to Ramsay, is what he needs.
Also could add another Newcastle right-back to that list in Livramento if Clarke fancied tapping him up.
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1 hour ago, Granny Danger said:
There has been an ongoing debate about Goodwillie and the fact that he has continued to deny his guilt and has shown no contrition. Has Gallagher ever shown any contrition? I’ve seen reports from the time of the trial and at his release and not seen any.
I’m happy to see criminals rehabilitate and get a second chance but contrition should be part of that.
I'm all in favour of rehabilitation and given how Gallagher has rebounded since spending time inside, I'm happy to have him on board.
I once played fitba with a guy who'd just got out of jail for stabbing - top bloke apart from that
Rapists on the other hand
Nah, my sympathies don't extend quite that far.
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9 hours ago, ArabianKnight said:
Wouldn't go as far as saying he was excellent but he done alright.
In his fourth game - his best game thus far - our new captain “done alright”.
I’ll accept that, but the fact remains that Sibbald is the better player and imho a defensive double pivot when playing in the Championship will be ineffective.
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1 hour ago, Steven W said:
Thought Docherty was excellent tonight. His best game so far.
Also proves it's not a one or the other situation when it comes to Sibbald/Docherty - both can be played at the same time.
Just want to bookmark this. Hard disagree.
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We were ok, but Falkirk were probably more influential in us winning that game than we were.
Both commentators were salivating over Cudjoe, but I didn't see it. He's quick and skilful, but is severely lacking in any kind of end product.
I remain unconvinced in Docherty AND in the need for a defensive double-pivot - I' think we'd be far more effective with Sibbald paired with one from Glass/Meekison/Mochrie or with two of them in a trio.
Walton has been consistently decent, so there's that.
Gallagher will be a critical signing if we get him. I'd be pretty content with him and Holt as the starting duo.
Right-back? Grimshaw ain't it so we're stuck with Freeman. Unlike most, I'm happy enough with McMann at this level.
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3 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said:
Of course it's not, but being opposed to hideous imbalance in wealth, yet saying good luck to Mbappe, is directly contradictory.
You don't have to be a Communist to dislike the Tories you know - the world isn't binary.
Absolutely nothing we can do to stop the Saudis throwing their cash at whatever or whoever they want. Mbappe taking their cash won't affect the number of women here subject to the rape clause.
So no point crying about it.
As for some suggesting that players won't be able to cope with the strict rules over there. Anyone who has been to Dubai or the like will recognise that a blind eye is easily turned by the authorities where those with money are concerned.
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Louis Moult in the treatment room already?
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12 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said:
They're not two unrelated things.
Neither are the Uyghur genocide and owning an iPhone, but life is not absolute.
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7 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said:
P&B is weird.
There's an almost universal loathing for the avaricious Tories, yet an enormous tolerance for the most blatant and immoral pursuit of riches.
Almost as if they are two separate things.
I'd move to Riyadh in a heartbeat if they x10 my wages and I simultaneously oppose sending refugees to Rwanda.
You don't have to live on a higher moral plane to have compassion.
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6 minutes ago, craigkillie said:
I wouldn't ever go there myself, but I am much more sympathetic to people like Martin Boyle or Jack Hendry deciding to go there for the sort of money that could genuinely change their life than I am to super rich people who are going from £300k a week to £500k a week or whatever.
£12million a week!
I'm not saying even that should tempt him, but if he's getting offered around six times as much money as even Real Madrid could probably afford to throw at him, it's gonna make him twitch at least.
And if Mbappe goes, wouldn't everyone else begin to follow?
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I remember thinking back when the top footballers started getting paid 20k a week (£1m/year) and not quite comprehending how much money that was.
Now Mbappe is reportedly being offered £600m a year. It's mind-boggling.
He might jokingly say... "nah, unless you play me a billion a year" and they might just end up giving him it!
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Been watching the Newcastle Villa friendly (first half) and he's looked very promising - need to nail this one down sharpish.
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The actual fitba we played today, which included much side to side passing, I can live with. Obviously it needs to be quicker, more quality etc etc
But the last few years isn't really what I would class as passing to create space - it was passing it back as soon as pressed because yer petrified you'll lose the ball, so it goes back until its at the feet of a CB or GK whose only intent is to hoof it.
Very different things.
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18 minutes ago, SGMilne said:
Based on Goodwin's post match, I suspect we're in for a season of reasonably tight football, where it's the dreaded "pass it sideways until there's a space" philosophy. Not great, but if it wins games, so be it.
Dreaded?
Years of hoof and hope murderball and folk are dreading creating space by passing the fitba?
Wild!
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4 minutes ago, Tannadeechee said:
I'm not sure we can see more from Middleton though. That is my worry. It's been mentioned further back on this thread that he was like that at Saints too. He must look good in training, has ability on the training ground, but then is anonymous in games. He'll one good game in 6 where you think yes, "there is the player we know is there" & then back to normal service.
Obviously it's subjective and we all like to think we're a good judge of player, but I swear I can see some talent there.
I am as aware as anyone else that he just hasn't performed, but the stubbornness in me would keep playing the guy to see if doing so would get hm going - probably wouldn't work, but meh, that's where I am.
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5 minutes ago, Granny Danger said:
Unlike others I am not happy with Ross Graham, not sure he’s good enough and his propensity to grab players will cost us.
Don't know if you saw the game the other day, but Denham had to be dropped after that.
I was happy with the manner in which we played today, but won't take much from it - Peterhead offered nothing.
And passing it about is the only way we can play this season. At the end of the game our midfielders/forwards were... Docherty, SIbbald, Cudjoe, Glass, Fotheringham and MacLeod. If there's been a shorter 'front six' in Scottish fitba history I'd be suprised.
Docherty playing ahead of Sibbald is just going to consistently piss me off.
Grimshaw is very obviously a midfielder who can fill in at right back when required, so not much (if any) improvement on Freeman and third choice of the more defensive midfielders. Certainly grafted but not getting excited by him.
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As much as I won't turn down a penalty, that's harsh as fcuk - got sent off too, for standing his ground.
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3 hours ago, Tannadeechee said:
I'd like the club to just practise throw ins in general & to realise that you can take one quickly before the defence is set. It is an absolutely excruciating watch to watch us get a throw in, slow everything down as the right/left back amble up the pitch, stand with the ball above their head for what feels like an eternity looking for someone to receive the ball, then the inevitable. The throw comes in and it is cleared by the defense, or the receiver hits it first time to the throw taker who misses it and out it goes for an opposition throw.
It has been like that for years, it's a joke. Like the open play on the pitch have some variation. Play fast, play slow, pass, go direct, quick throw,.long throw etc mix it up, as unpredictability stops the ability to be completely nulified by the opposition.
This.
This.
No, seriously, this.
Even amateur teams work on throw-in routines.
For years, I've just sat with my head in my hands as our players stand around waiting for our throw-in taker to spend 10 seconds looking around before the inevitable launch towards the opposition defenders.
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On 18/07/2023 at 21:25, ArabFC said:
I can already sense that a great irritation for me this season will be Docherty getting game time ahead of Sibbald, when the latter is very obviously the better player.
As above.
Pretty much the team I would've picked apart from that.
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10 hours ago, 2426255 said:
Liverpool have strength in depth in their forward positions (Salah, Nunez, Diaz, Jota, Gakpo) so don't see Doak being anywhere near a regular personally and at best 6th choice.
If he’s 6th choice for a front 3, he’s going to get plenty of fitba. He’d probably make the bench most weeks and get some starts in the three cup competitions.
Personally, whatever happens this season, I’m ready to call it already - this kid will be a star.
Sometimes you don’t need to see much - like with Gilmour - it’s obvious almost immediately.
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1 hour ago, Junior_Arab said:
I absolutely hate watching mediocre kids / amateur / Championship / even Premiership teams trying to play the same brand of passing football when they are nowhere near good enough to do so, and are probably playing on a surface resembling a ploughed field. It’s madness. At a certain level it’s perfectly fine, and still “good” football albeit in a different way, to be more direct. When the opposition is as poor as you are, get the ball into their box and let them make the mistake there.
That’s a pretty bleak picture you paint. Professional footballers incapable of passing the ball between themselves.
It’s not true of course and even good amateur teams in this day and age prefer to get the ball down and play. I mean, the most common drill you will see at any football club’s training is the rondo - an exercise designed to improve players ability to resist the press.
Players like Glass, Mochrie, Meekison, Fotheringham, Freeman, Graham, Chalmers et al have spent years getting coached how to do this, then we chuck them in the first team and ask them to play ‘percentage fitba’. Or at least, the fans demand it.
I used to be a launch-it advocate, principally because I wasn’t a technically good player and it suited my game. Then around 10 years ago my club went on a post-season jolly to Spain where we interrupted our drinking to play a friendly against a local amateur team, who basically humiliated us by passing the ball around us. They weren’t player for player better than us - they were just years ahead of us in this country to cottoning on the most effective way of playing the game.
The club with the biggest budget in the division should have no problem finding players capable of playing fitba.
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Boy was raking in £20k a week at Blackburn on a 4 year deal and is now crying about not being able to play part-time. Guess he pissed all that cash away.
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Dundee United 23/24
in Scottish Championship General Chatter
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He can't possibly be on much of a wage?!