Black and White Tragic Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I can't believe that there is so much despondency on here. We've lost tight games with the best teams this league has to offer, without being embarrassed. While not picking up many points, we're still above the bottom two. Okay, just. This quarter we now have the stronger sides at home. A win against Hibs may just be the turning point this season? I have to disagree with anyone slating Ryan, his confidence is not what it was at the beginning of last season. Agreed, he's pulled out of 50/50s, but can't help thinking his injury last season was more than just a physical one. He needs support from the terraces, not the flak he's been getting of late. Survival in the Championship is the key this season and we're only 9 games in. If we were detached at the foot then there may be cause for panic, but not yet. Keep the faith. Go a goal behind on Saturday, keep singing, do not falter. This team is energised from what comes from the stands, don't let it be negative. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black and White Tragic Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 He's still banned... not that's its stopped us before. Thought his ban was up, as it was reduced? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Could play Geggan in a defensive midfield role and Higginbotham sitting off Clark and El Alagui? Recipe for disaster tbh. What about the boy Duthie? Is he not a defensive midfielder? McCabe is just a total charlatan. Someone else deserves a shot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Recall Spence? Made little sense to send him on loan, even though it was before Herron was injured. Mccabe has been shyte consistently and I'd have started Spence ahead of him anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I'm despondent because I can't see a way we can resolve the glaring problems in our side with the injuries. If we start McCabe and Geggan against McGinn or if Hibs target Williamson then its game over. -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 We get it regarding Williamson. You don't have to keep mentioning it in every post. Incidentally how did Hibs get on against him at Easter Road? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_no_1 Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Spence would be as well jacking it. Pumped out on loan while McCabe keeps a place in the side. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 We get it regarding Williamson. You don't have to keep mentioning it in every post. Incidentally how did Hibs get on against him at Easter Road? Hibs play quite narrow so Williamson was fine, he had a large part to play in our goal though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMessiah Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 On 10/20/2016 at 10:33, ayrmad said: At least you're not obsessed with us. I genuinely don't think anyone is tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Worst performance in the second half since JJ or st mirren away last year. No ideas, no fight and no tactics. Will be interesting if AJ will trot out the same lines again. We need to cut out the mistakes, we are miles better than that. Fix it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMessiah Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 1 hour ago, D.A.F.C said: Worst performance in the second half since JJ or st mirren away last year. No ideas, no fight and no tactics. Will be interesting if AJ will trot out the same lines again. We need to cut out the mistakes, we are miles better than that. Fix it! Been hearing that for about 2/3 months now, the second part of your statement does not appear to be true. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Yep, several players just out of their depth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMessiah Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 5 minutes ago, D.A.F.C said: Yep, several players just out of their depth. A lack of guts, mettle and fight, seems the midfield is the focal point of most of the issues tbh, Geggan needs to playing a much more basic role like he was last season, McCabe needs to find another profession and we need Jo back at full tilt. Think our best team at the moment, as much as it pains me to agree with D.A.F.C. is Murdoch Williamson Ashcroft Martin Talbot Geggan Paton Cardle Higgy Farid Clark 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Higgy is an absolute charlatan. I wish he was close to as good as he thinks he is. Paton also had a disaster. Shock that dropping Williamson didn't fix everything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 We'd get torn apart, our biggest problem this year has been the total lack of protection offered to our defence. Murdoch Martin Ashcroft BRE Talbot ----------Wedderburn-Geggan-------------------- McCabe McMullan-------------------Cardle --------------------Farid Issue is AJ has fucked up recruitment big time, where exactly does Higginbothom fit in? He's not a winger, is he meant to be played behind the striker, if so why have we spent so much on Reilly, Farid and Clarke? Reilly in particular is just a massive drain in resources. He's just bought players without any real thought as to how to fit them into a system, we have so many wingers, Cardle, Paton, McMullan as well as Higginbothom being played as one, yet we one one right back, one left back and two competent centre backs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Our squad ballance is definitely well out.BRE was reasonably solid today, not 100% on our strongest back 4 but it's basically a question of where Martin plays. If mcmillan was to join and suddenly be the player he was pre - ban that would sort that out, lots of ifs there tho. Geggan and wederburn would be a reasonable shield in front of the defence, a few options who would play in front but higginbotham, herron, mcmillan, hopkirk and possibly even moff could all play centrally with cardle and Paton out wide. Farid up top. Seems no desire from AJ to deviate from 4-4-2 tho. Also 1 injury and we would have to reshuffle. Still at least the penalty curse seems to have been broken. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Said that at the time about Higginbotham @Grant228, and when he was signed along with Wedderburn I assumed we were moving to a 4-2-3-1 or something where he could play in a free role with big Nat and Geggan as the shield in front of the back 4. The fact that we didn't go for that sort of system today when Hibs were playing 3-5-2 and had acres of space in the middle, or that AJ didn't change things in a proactive rather than reactive way is just baffling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 We can try any formation you like but the players need to show a bit of guts. I usually laugh at fans that make this argument but our current team seem almost cowardly when they concede a goal. The heads go down and there's no hunger to fight back. It's all a bit pathetic. I don't know if that's AJ's fault but he needs to address it very quickly. It's hard to justify paying decent money to support a group of players who don't seem to capable of the challenge in front of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Our squad is a mess, dropping Williamson or mccabe geggan whatever we're in deep shit. We do have a half decent eleven but with the injuries and bad management we might never see it. AJ is out his depth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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