Cardle is Magic Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Injuries are just a disaster tbh. We only had a small chance of competing for Top 4 at full strength and some fan expectations will have to be seriously dialled back. Squad is small anyway and we are missing our entire spine. Thought MOH looked good at Tannadice but was not impressive at all vs Raith. Maybe he won’t work out but seems folk are writing him off to an extent already, which is wild. If Breen isn’t available either tomorrow then really have no choice but to go back four, unless you played Fisher, Otoo and Hamilton? Allen could then sit beside Chalmers in midfield. I’d quite like to see McCann partnered with Jakubiak, even though I find the Wighton disrespect a little OTT at times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 3 hours ago, Chubbychops said: Yeah, left Jakubiak out due to thinking he wasn't ready to start. O'Halloran has been very poor from what I've seen. Apparently was the same for the 9 games games played for Cove Rangers last season. He was subbed before half time when we cuffed Cove 6-1 last season. Really pish. Ineffective in the Derby as well considering you’s had plenty of the ball. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwanyouknowme Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 I’d like to see Wighton play 10 behind Jakubiak 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, obiwanyouknowme said: I’d like to see Wighton play 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_no_1 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 How many players do you think we need to have injured before we look pisher than Ayr? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrpar Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Dread to think where we will be at then of first round of games - bottom two ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 52 minutes ago, Ayrpar said: Dread to think where we will be at then of first round of games - bottom two ? Why? We've still plenty of games to play, including against the worst teams in the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Ayrpar said: Dread to think where we will be at then of first round of games - bottom two ? That's the spirit! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbychops Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Ayrpar said: Dread to think where we will be at then of first round of games - bottom two ? I would be lying if I said I hadn't thought about us ending up fighting down there. I think we have recruited a couple too many young players and lacking a couple established players who know this league. Bene's injury is a fine example, where we're left with no experienced centre halves because of one injury. Chalmers is the only experiened midfielder, he gets an injury it will be the same. I think it was great getting Matty Todd, KRH and Otoo signed up but I thought after that , there would be some older players to suppliment that. Not having Andy Tod and Taylor Sutherland on the bench. Personally think they need to go out on loan and gain experience in the lower leagues first. I'm not writing us off as relegation candidates yet. I have a lot of confidence in the management teams ability and if they think this group is good enough to compete at this level then great. It's still very early and these boys talent may well be at a level that supersedes having older players with experience. I just have a nagging feeling that we have misjudged our recruitment slightly by not bringing in another couple older heads in defence and midfield. Edited September 16, 2023 by Chubbychops 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Aye, I agree with @Chubbychopstbh. Like when we were rumoured to be in for Murray folk were saying that we didn't need another experienced centre half. But that would have allowed for injuries, allowed Otoo to play in midfield, would have meant not having to play our first choice centre halves in the Challenge Cup, etc. Thought Byrne or McInroy could have been brought into midfield and we've had to rely on Allan, Andy Tod etc where they've been a little overrun in some games. These are guys who were clearly available and would be in our ballpark wages wise so it's not like we couldn't have got these guys in. Don't know if it's our relative good luck with injuries or how far ahead of Falkirm we finished or what but think we've placed a bit too much faith in guys who did well last season and hoped the younger guys could plug any gaps we had. @DA Baracus, we've played the team at the bottom and got a late equaliser... I'd guess you're meaning Arbroath and Ayr? Thought Ayr were OK in spells last night actually and had they scored at 1-0 when they had a lot of possession and Sneddon made some good saves for Thistle then maybe they'd have got something. Certainly won't be a pushover. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 I guess that's the difficulty of being a manager, when there is a chance to get KRH and Otoo in permanently, club like ours are usually going to put alot of cash into doing that on the hope that they continue to progress and impress and leave for a decent fee in a year or 2. Balancing that budget with say bringing in Murray over Otoo I think long term is the wrong decision however long term planning has to account for not getting relegated. McPake seems to prefer a smaller squad and I think that could be the undoing rather than who he has brought in although maybe having someone like McGowan would have been enough to bring a calmness to the centre of the pitch. Also not great to have first choice keeper and defender out at the same time but not sure many clubs can afford to mitigate against that level of bad luck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Any team with their 4 best players from the previous season missing through injury is going to struggle so will definitely cut them a lot of slack if things do start getting a bit hairy but on the face of if I don't think we've recruited particularly well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Having Jakubiak as your main man up top would just be asking for trouble. Needs to be the number 10 or out wide as part of a trio of attackers to be most effective. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Just now, Ludo*1 said: Having Jakubiak as your main man up top would just be asking for trouble. Needs to be the number 10 or out wide as part of a trio of attackers to be most effective. Full strength he would be part of a front 3/4 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaton Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 https://twitter.com/_JeffKinyanjui/status/1702743087523701102?t=N8DiByeOMJVrz2pUhrPKrw&s=19 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 We have now conceded just 25 goals in 41 league games under McPake. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallumPar Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Cardle is Magic said: We have now conceded just 25 goals in 41 league games under McPake. Genuinely excellent record. Never looked like increasing that figure today at all. Pleased with our performance. Never thought I’d see a back 3 with O’Halloran at RWB, but thought he did everything that could be expected of him today, along with all other players involved. Summers and McCann were both really dangerous for us, constantly getting into space in good areas. Some of the movement and play from Summers was truly excellent to watch, but McCann’s goals (particularly that sublime free kick) mean that he’s my man of the match. Great run and then pass from Summers for the first goal too. Sharp didn’t have much to do, but dealt with everything no bother. Back 3 were solid. Edwards and O’Halloran at wing back did well. Hamilton was decent and Chalmers was his usual self. Jakubiak looked decent enough when he came on and Moffat had an excellent run through 2/3 players and looked like he might have scored late on. A lot of positives today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Hope we can sign McCann up on a longer deal, folk will be taking notice I'm sure. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 How many of this team will go to forge a career in the top flight? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, 101 said: Hope we can sign McCann up on a longer deal, folk will be taking notice I'm sure. He won't sign another contract at us IMO, he'll be sold when he has 12 months left of his contract, is that next summer? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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