DA Baracus Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 5 hours ago, DAFC. said: No winter break for us. This will test us if we are cut out for getting a play-off place or if it's a continuation of mid-table mediocrity. There's never been a winter break in the Championship, or First Division before that. Got the fear that after tonight and last weekend we're going on one of those shite losing streaks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbychops Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Thought we did well to respond to a couple15-20 minute spells of pressure in that game. As a team we were well organised but a little short on quality, which is understandable against an established Premier league team Thought Watson and Murray were much better and the central midfield did well. Wilson and Mayo good subs. Thought Crawford had a good game apart from randomly having Watson taking the first penalty. On the downside... OFW could've saved either the second or fourth penalties. Really don't rate the guy overall. Struggled badly with keepers for a while now. I also think O'Hara is not a scapegoat, he just not a very good footballer. First touch is so poor. We are crying out for an option up front who can control the ball, shield it and bring other into play. McManus is not good at this either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) Dunno, McManus did a great job of doing this with Nicky Clark a few seasons back. Ran the channels. Resign Moffat. (Kidding) edit not really. Edited December 15, 2020 by D.A.F.C 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Needing a good batch of regens through. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 On 14/12/2020 at 22:39, smpar said: Dundee (A) Win Arbroath (H) Win Inverness (A) Draw Raith (H) Win Hearts (A) Lose That's how I think we should fair if we are going to be gunning for second however not impossible that we lose/ draw the lot such is Dunfermlines way. I would like to see us bring in a striker in January other than that the squad is pretty balanced OFW will be fine for the remainder of the season but we will need a better keeper next year and if I'm honest Gill should be left to find another club as I feel he's not going to develop sat on the bench and if we did have to rely on him he wouldn't be up to the job of a top 4 finish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 That's how I think we should fair if we are going to be gunning for second however not impossible that we lose/ draw the lot such is Dunfermlines way. I would like to see us bring in a striker in January other than that the squad is pretty balanced OFW will be fine for the remainder of the season but we will need a better keeper next year and if I'm honest Gill should be left to find another club as I feel he's not going to develop sat on the bench and if we did have to rely on him he wouldn't be up to the job of a top 4 finish.10 points from that lot of games would be fantastic but it’s just not going to happen. As you say, only taking a point or two seems more likely, and I agree with DA Baracus that I get the fear we’re about to go on one of our frustrating runs of picking up almost f**k all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoo61 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I was pleased with our recruitment upfront before the season began, on paper it should work but it doesn't. We need another option and McCann probably isn't it but I'd certainly give him some minutes. I fear the worst and its justified. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 10 minutes ago, smpar said: 10 points from that lot of games would be fantastic but it’s just not going to happen. As you say, only taking a point or two seems more likely, and I agree with DA Baracus that I get the fear we’re about to go on one of our frustrating runs of picking up almost f**k all. The end of the 1st third was always where I was going to take stock and it's been a cracking start. If Crawford wants to try what he did last night against Dundee then I would play Dow and Thomas as the wide men with Turner as the ACM and Wilson & McInroy as the central pair. I think we would be far more balanced and be a lot quicker on the attack and allow Turner to defend far higher up the park. The back 5 speak for themselves until Martin is back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_no_1 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I kinda see where you are coming from but surely we can be reasonably confident about getting something from all those games except Hearts & maybe Inverness? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Stranger things have happened. Win the home matches and a point or two away would be tremendous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
par-adise Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 50 minutes ago, 101 said: The end of the 1st third was always where I was going to take stock and it's been a cracking start. If Crawford wants to try what he did last night against Dundee then I would play Dow and Thomas as the wide men with Turner as the ACM and Wilson & McInroy as the central pair. I think we would be far more balanced and be a lot quicker on the attack and allow Turner to defend far higher up the park. The back 5 speak for themselves until Martin is back. Agree entirely with this. That would seem to be our best team atm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 No idea how we will go now and its a massive test for Crawford to turn it around.We should be top four. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 When did we play in the Spanish leagues? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish's Passenger Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 When did we play in the Spanish leagues? It was season 2014/2015. We left our U15s in Scotland and they finished an incredible 7th in League 1, while we cruised up and down the Costas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrpar Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Be very pleasantly surprised if we pick up more than 7 points from our next 5 league games: Dundee Away -lose Arbroath Home -win Inverness Away -draw Raith Home -win Hearts Away-lose 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I can’t be the only Pars fan that’s absolutely gutted to have lost the shootout against St Johnstone now that Rangers have been knocked out? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Aye a little bit, but hindsight is such an easy thing to use. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Aye a little bit, but hindsight is such an easy thing to use. Absolutely. I was disappointed, obviously, to lose on penalties on Tuesday night, but I just assumed that Rangers were going to obliterate any of the remaining teams (apart from Hibs), I was even mildly relieved that we wouldn’t have to play them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 My mentality in the cups is that if we're playing higher league opposition, as long as we give them a tough game and show some promise I'll be fairly content most of the time. I always demand we beat lower league teams. Obviously it won't always work out like that, but that's my general feeling. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_no_1 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 12 hours ago, D.A.F.C said: No idea how we will go now and its a massive test for Crawford to turn it around. We should be top four. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-championship/table 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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