H_B Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) Still the prospect of Pressley getting sacked before the season starts, so I can go to games again? I'd gladly have given a new manager a free pass this season too, as long as he avoided relegation. Pressley can f**k off though - he's made this bed, so he can lie in it. Edited July 9, 2011 by H_B 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Fitzgerald Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 'Dods caught for pace' for the first goal today apparently. That was my initial first fear with a partnership of Dods and Scobbie. Granted McLean wasn't rapid but didn't seem as stecky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 So... the seaside league. Anything to recommend it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris. Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 That was my initial first fear with a partnership of Dods and Scobbie. Granted McLean wasn't rapid but didn't seem as stecky. We've hardly been blessed with pacey CB's the last few years mind - Scobbie, McLean, Bullen, Milne, Ireland, and now we can add Dods to that list. I'd kill to have Barr back right now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 We've hardly been blessed with pacey CB's the last few years mind - Scobbie, McLean, Bullen, Milne, Ireland, and now we can add Dods to that list. I'd kill to have Barr back right now. I'm amazed Barr wasn't used as a makeweight in Hearts' interest in Flynn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Fitzgerald Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 We've hardly been blessed with pacey CB's the last few years mind - Scobbie, McLean, Bullen, Milne, Ireland, and now we can add Dods to that list. I'd kill to have Barr back right now. They all aren't as immobile as Dods, with the exclusion of Scobbie and Ireland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I'm amazed Barr wasn't used as a makeweight in Hearts' interest in Flynn Why? What possible interest would Barr have in returning to this shambles? Plus his wages would be the equivalent of 8 other first team players. The only way he could return would be on loan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris. Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 They all aren't as immobile as Dods, with the exclusion of Scobbie and Ireland. Indeed, but they were all still slow as f**k anyway. A Dods/Scobbie partnership doesn't fill me with any confidence at all, and that's mainly down to how pish Dods is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Fitzgerald Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Indeed, but they were all still slow as f**k anyway. A Dods/Scobbie partnership doesn't fill me with any confidence at all, and that's mainly down to how pish Dods is. Agreed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I'd be disappointed indeed if Dods isn't better than Scobbie. Even at 43. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanky_ffc Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) To be fair to Dods, he does win most of the balls in the air and has been talking and organising the defence. His lack of pace is frightening though and we seemed to be pushing up and playing quite a high line today and last night. Seems like a recipe for disaster. For the first goal he was out paced and caught up just in time for McAlister to cut inside him and poke it past McGovern. Kingsley was napping for the second. A ball over the top, McAlister ran in from the wing and hit it on the half volley. A really good finish if I'm honest. We were pretty toothless up front today and Tam was getting frustrated at the lack of service. Higinbotham did see a lot of the ball but was too greedy too often. Wallace came on just after half time and Brisbane got a cameo in the last ten. All in all, not too many positives. Edited July 9, 2011 by lanky_ffc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 To be fair to Dods, he does win most of the balls in the air and has been talking and organising the defence. His lack of pace is frightening though and we seemed to be pushing up and playing quite a high line today and last night. Seems like a recipe for disaster. How in the name of all that is holy can Pressley not see that playing a high line with Darren Dods in it is tactical suicide? You play to the strengths of your players, it's basic. We were pretty toothless up front today and Tam was getting frustrated at the lack of service. Higinbotham did see a lot of the ball but was too greedy too often. Wallace came on just after half time and Brisbane got a cameo in the last ten. All in all, not too many positives. It's going to be a very long season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris. Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 How in the name of all that is holy can Pressley not see that playing a high line with Darren Dods in it is tactical suicide? You play to the strengths of your players, it's basic. "steven knows wot he s doing". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 The Facebook page is comedy gold Sets the whole "wummin 'n' football" movement back 10 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffcsam Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 The Facebook page is comedy gold Sets the whole "wummin 'n' football" movement back 10 years. tbf HB, some of the younger fans posting in there are as bad as the "wummin" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanky_ffc Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 The Facebook page is comedy gold Sets the whole "wummin 'n' football" movement back 10 years. Were you tempted for a "do me a favour love" comment? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Were you tempted for a "do me a favour love" comment? It requires a bit of Peter "Silky" Heatherston social commentary 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 On this season, it's going to be incredibly tough to watch. The Academy has never been good enough to supply more than a couple of players at a time to the first team, and even some of them have been ropey. Now we are probably going to have 5 or 6. They aren't good enough yet, and the odds suggest they never will be. Again though, as a "back to reality" season, that is no bad thing. They'll get better and maybe one or two will be good enough in a season's time or so. Which is why it was really important to get a new manager in. Fresh ideas obviously, plus far more importantly it would have rallied the fans round a bit more and cut almost all of our ties with the failures of the past few seasons, now that most of the players responsible will be gone. Which makes the decision to keep Bawjaws even more breathtakingly stupid than it would have been in other circumstances. I don't know where the club go from here. Try and cling on to a dwindling support through this season to keep our heads above water? IT's really sad to watch. And this really is Martin Ritchie's fault. At least I assume that Relegator made the final call to keep Bawjaws on. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a bairn Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Noticed Pressley was slating Jack Compton in the paper this morning. Not a very wise move, eh Elvis? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris. Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 Indeed. I already gave my thoughts on the FB page, can't be arsed typing it all out again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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