All things Dundee FC

[Ludo*1]

7 of our last 10 penalties have been missed. Some stat that.

[Dee Bliss]

The lack of urgency in the 1st half was a worry. Massive difference as soon as Robinson and Jakubiak were on the park. 
 

1st impression of Hannant was good. Whips in a decent cross. No more Kwame please. 
 

Great save at the penalty. 

[Dundee-FC92]

If Maguire and McGhee are the intended midfield partnership going forward it worries me. Both give full effort and never stop but there will be plenty of first half performances of today with them dictating things. Williamson has to start alongside one of them.

Hopefully Robinsons has now built enough fitness to start on Friday and Jakubiak has to be given his chance for McCowan who i'm actually getting sick of. He's not a player who can take us to where we want to be in the top league purely down to his consistency. 

Onto Morton - very tough game due to their caveman tactics. 

Thank you. 

 

[Bigmouth Strikes Again]

20 minutes ago, Dundee-FC92 said:

If Maguire and McGhee are the intended midfield partnership going forward it worries me. Both give full effort and never stop but there will be plenty of first half performances of today with them dictating things. Williamson has to start alongside one of them.

Hopefully Robinsons has now built enough fitness to start on Friday and Jakubiak has to be given his chance for McCowan who i'm actually getting sick of. He's not a player who can take us to where we want to be in the top league purely down to his consistency. 

Onto Morton - very tough game due to their caveman tactics. 

Thank you. 

 

Should be McGhee and Williamson, no brainer. Maguire is no better than Byrne, worse. IMO. The big lump Kwame is no use. Good from Fisher today, looks a player, same with Cameron, no more pens though, Robinson is the taker should've been him.

[K.T]

Others will disagree but I actually think Maguire looked an improvement on Byrne. He was good at covering and he passes forward. Also think Kwame is a good option to have, just a shame no one is on the same wave length as him with the flick ons. Still think McMullan, Jakubiak, Robinson is the strongest three. 

[Juantwothree]

5 minutes ago, K.T said:

Others will disagree but I actually think Maguire looked an improvement on Byrne. He was good at covering and he passes forward. Also think Kwame is a good option to have, just a shame no one is on the same wave length as him with the flick ons. Still think McMullan, Jakubiak, Robinson is the strongest three. 

I'll agree with you, Maguire wins alot more tackles than Byrne imo and I think he's physically stronger aswell. He's been decent since he came in

[K.T]

3 minutes ago, Juantwothree said:

I'll agree with you, Maguire wins alot more tackles than Byrne imo and I think he's physically stronger aswell. He's been decent since he came in

Noticed him screaming for the ball a couple of times when we were fannying around knocking it between CH’s which is good to see as well.

[Juantwothree]

Just now, K.T said:

Noticed him screaming for the ball a couple of times when we were fannying around knocking it between CH’s which is good to see as well.

Yeah that was in the first half and he was demanding the ball from Legzdins but he still threw it out to Ashcroft 

[Louis Litt]

Byrne's a great example of a player who becomes better and better in a fan's head each game he spends sitting on the bench. He had an excellent spell shortly before signing his contract extension but since then hasn't done anything  impressive.  

[Peadar BigDinnerO'Driscoll]

12 minutes ago, Louis Litt said:

Byrne's a great example of a player who becomes better and better in a fan's head each game he spends sitting on the bench. He had an excellent spell shortly before signing his contract extension but since then hasn't done anything  impressive.  

Bowyer clearly doesn't rate him. He can still go out on loan I think. Maybe Dunfermline.

Edited February 12 by Peadar BigDinnerO'Driscoll

[Dundee-FC92]

1 hour ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said:

Should be McGhee and Williamson, no brainer. Maguire is no better than Byrne, worse. IMO. The big lump Kwame is no use. Good from Fisher today, looks a player, same with Cameron, no more pens though, Robinson is the taker should've been him.

Totally agree. Anyone with DeeTV go and watch Maguire in the first half. I'd hazard a guess he gives the ball away twenty times - particularly in the first fifteen minutes.

He put in a couple of meaty challenges in the second half and gets applauded. Pains me sometimes the Dundee fans. Him and McGhee as a pairing will cost us alot of points until the seasons end. Slightly annoys me if we have a chance to get Williamson permanent he'd be well within his rights to tell us to f**k off being dropped for two people only used for 'legs' as opposed to footballing ability. 

As for Kerr today he showed again why he can't be a first team starter for us particularly if we harbour any ambitions of being a successful premiership side. To end on a positive Sweeney and Ashcroft are in a much better place than the first quarter of the season, long may it continue. 

Thank you. 

[Dee Bliss]

I’ve liked what I’ve saw of Maguire so far. He’d be the guy who plays in front of the 2 centrehalfs with the rest of the midfielder’s battling out for the other 2 positions. I’d like it to be Williamson and Cameron on current form. It’s not by coincidence that we’ve hardly conceded any opportunities against us the games Maguire’s played in. You’d think Motherwell could do with him in their current predicament. 
 

I’m looking for a guy in his position to win headers, win tackles, break up play, cover for others dragged out of position and to pass forward early. That’s what he’s been doing. I’m not looking for him to be opening teams up. 

 

Edited February 12 by Yenitit

[Juantwothree]

19 minutes ago, Dundee-FC92 said:

Totally agree. Anyone with DeeTV go and watch Maguire in the first half. I'd hazard a guess he gives the ball away twenty times - particularly in the first fifteen minutes.

He put in a couple of meaty challenges in the second half and gets applauded. Pains me sometimes the Dundee fans. Him and McGhee as a pairing will cost us alot of points until the seasons end. Slightly annoys me if we have a chance to get Williamson permanent he'd be well within his rights to tell us to f**k off being dropped for two people only used for 'legs' as opposed to footballing ability. 

As for Kerr today he showed again why he can't be a first team starter for us particularly if we harbour any ambitions of being a successful premiership side. To end on a positive Sweeney and Ashcroft are in a much better place than the first quarter of the season, long may it continue. 

Thank you. 

There's still a place for mcghee in the starting 11 imo, even have him are RB in place of kerr and if hes fit start Clampin at LB

[K.T]

McCall sacked by Partick today is reminiscent of the way we sacked McPake

[Ludo*1]

23 minutes ago, K.T said:

McCall sacked by Partick today is reminiscent of the way we sacked McPake

Agreed. Probably the right thing to do in the long term but could be catastrophic in the short term.

[Derry Alli]

Would happily remain in the Championship to verbally abuse Ian McCall and his derby record next season, if he rocks up at Tannadice.

[DieDee]

McGhee is at his level, not overly impressive but just seems to do enough. We need a good, sound holding midfielder and McGuire was pretty garbage 1st half, although he had, to be fair, some really good moments.  Williamson should start, and with him, McGuire has a good out ball and it's maybe worth giving this pair a run to see if it develops. I'd still prefer to see McGowan doing the main holding midfielder role but will he ever return?

Reading back, I see the Cammy haters are piping up again. Once again he is the least of our problems but some just can't seem to help themselves. 

[Liam899]

Cammy Kerr is having an excellent season. 

[Pens_Dark]

To be fair, I'm not getting the hate on Maguire - I think he's overall an improvement on Byrne. A large section of Dee's seem to forget Byrne was louping for a good spell. I just didn't really agree with his treatment from Bowyer but I actually trust his judgement.

The starting line up definitely felt like a 'B' team with our stronger team starting the 2nd half. I feel like Bowyer is giving McCowan as much opportunity as possible and he isn't grabbing it. Like a lot on here I am getting more and more frustrated with him. 

The partnership with Jakubiak and Robinson looks to be promising so lets try and get them on the pitch together more and more. 

The boy Hannant looks decent from his short cameo yesterday so excited to see more of him.

[Shadow Play]

1 hour ago, Pens_Dark said:

To be fair, I'm not getting the hate on Maguire - I think he's overall an improvement on Byrne. A large section of Dee's seem to forget Byrne was louping for a good spell. I just didn't really agree with his treatment from Bowyer but I actually trust his judgement.

The starting line up definitely felt like a 'B' team with our stronger team starting the 2nd half. I feel like Bowyer is giving McCowan as much opportunity as possible and he isn't grabbing it. Like a lot on here I am getting more and more frustrated with him. 

The partnership with Jakubiak and Robinson looks to be promising so lets try and get them on the pitch together more and more. 

The boy Hannant looks decent from his short cameo yesterday so excited to see more of him.

Totally agree regarding Maguire.  I think he’s definitely improved the team and I think he will continue to improve as a player.  Not sure what more we can realistically expect.

Again, I agree regarding Jakubiak and Robinson.  I definitely think they are the best attacking pairing.  I don’t want to be down on the lad as I think he puts in a real effort but I’m just not convinced about Thomas.  Too slow to anticipate to be an effective striker for what I’ve seen so far.  As I’ve said before I don’t think Tolaj is ready or good / strong enough to assist us in any way for the 3-4 months he is here.