Dr Koop Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Pish from Thistle. I'd be less offended if I went out for a meal and watched the waiting staff spit in my food. The boys simply didn't give a shit tonight. Perhaps some heids are too busy with agents and contract meetings. A guess, but there must be a reason for that dire, unimaginative performance. I'm repeating myself but if Alan and Scott can sort out why they put out a dog of a defence on nights like tonight then they might be getting somewhere. They've had the best part of two years to get that act together. Anyhoo. Onwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cicero Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Osman should have saw red nearly decapitated oor Ozzy then nearly snapped his leg. At least the shite Abdul Osman ended up on the winning team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 No idea what game the people who said Booth was decent were watching, I think I would've rather had Carroll there. No way man, he was pretty good. Or at least the best of a bad bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBank Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Football eh! We have played really well in recent games and mostly got f**k all. To-night we played shit and got a result. Maybe not pretty to watch but 3 points was far more important than trying to entertain TV viewers. We also started with 3 players who would not last 90 mins - Thommo who has hardly kicked a ball since last may, Dayton who isn't match fit and Osborne who had been carrying an injury. And we had precious few cavalry on the bench. So get an early goal and defend like your life depended on it. For Buddies it was a great night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeato Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Not pretty to watch? I thought it was a cracking competitive game with end to end football and a great atmosphere. Maybe it was just the pillar in front of me and being rat arsed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I think tonight proves we'd all rather win ugly than lose playing nice football. About time someone realised we aren't good enough to play like Barca at the back. Get Cheesy and Goodwin to leather in the ball to fck when they are in danger and let the midfield battle for 2nd balls, if it goes out for a throw in who cares re-group and start again. Not pretty but I'm sick of us pounding teams and giving away a cheap goal at our end. Well done GT and the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints Bevy Squad Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Wish we could play at Firhill every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 We were absolutely shocking tonight. Worst performance since we came up. I would hate to watch St Mirren every week, but they dealt with us so comfortably. No idea what game the people who said Booth was decent were watching, I think I would've rather had Carroll there. Awful game generally. Only highlights were Osman and Osbourne's battles. That'll be Osbourne out for the rest of the season now, Saints fans are lucky he lasted this long though. Hopefully that'll be the last of the talk about top 6 and we can concentrate on staying up, and maybe trying to string two consecutive results (that aren't losses) together. That's us up to 30 fucking matches on the consecutive outcome thing. No doubt we'll get papped out the cup next week to end that sequence. It would be the Thistle way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeato Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 We should play friday night football every week. At Firhill. In other news, I looked at the table and noticed that we're now 10th! After Saturday, 'well will have a game in and and County will have two. What the hells that all about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 We were absolutely shocking tonight. Worst performance since we came up. I would hate to watch St Mirren every week, but they dealt with us so comfortably. No idea what game the people who said Booth was decent were watching, I think I would've rather had Carroll there. Awful game generally. Only highlights were Osman and Osbourne's battles. That'll be Osbourne out for the rest of the season now, Saints fans are lucky he lasted this long though. Hopefully that'll be the last of the talk about top 6 and we can concentrate on staying up, and maybe trying to string two consecutive results (that aren't losses) together. Saints were poor tonight. But you need to realise, we were the away team and we got the early goal. What did you expect after we went 1 up? The onus wasn't on us to attack the game, the onus was on Thistle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Saints were poor tonight. But you need to realise, we were the away team and we got the early goal. What did you expect after we went 1 up? The onus wasn't on us to attack the game, the onus was on Thistle. Anger came out in that first post because of how shite we were tonight but I actually think that St Mirren had a game plan and stuck to it very, very effectively. I'd hate to watch you every week on the basis of how you've played at Firhill this season, but the credit was in how comfortably you dealt with us, you've been able to beat us twice in the league because you've been able to suss us out very quickly. Seemed to know exactly how we would play, and when we resorted to hoofball, your centre halves looked delighted to sweep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hopefully this Jags performance will encourage BT (and Sky) to keep away from our games, as we clearly forget what it's like to perform even remotely like a top flight team when the TV cameras are on us. We could still be playing right now (with the St Mirren players having long gone home) and still not scored. We're still 7 points ahead of St Mirren with 2 games in hand, but I can't help but feel we might get dragged into this relegation battle again. The last two games have been inexcusably bad: two games in a row where we've abandoned our natural style and played this bizarre 'long ball to small players' game against teams with big defenders who deal with it comfortably. Pascali last week and Goodwin tonight have cruised through these games because we've just made it so easy for them. Well done to St Mirren. Can't fault a team for sitting in when they know it's going to result in a win. I wonder when the next time the home team will win in this fixture. 11 games and counting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeato Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 7 points between Saints and County, 7 points between Saints and Thistle. We absolutely have to start looking up and believing we can catch other teams in the bottom six if we're to stay out of this mess. Simply passing Motherwell is not an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Insanity Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Saints got a lucky early goal, but after that they did what any team would do, defended their position and did it well. We had a spell in the first half where we were good and looked like we would get back into the game (without creating much) but St Mirren weathered that (relative) storm and the less said about our second half performance the better. On that basis we deserved nothing from the game. St Mirren dealt so comfortably with our crap direct football and held the ball relatively well themselves. Only re-affirmed by belief that they will not finish in the bottom 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMjag Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Horrible game and horrible performance from us. I've always worried that our tactical inflexibility would keep us down at the bottom and it was painfully obvious today. We started poorly and were a bit of a mess when St Mirren ran at us. The defending at the corner was a shambles, and hence the goal. Our 'game plan' (I'm not convinced we even have one for particular games) was knackered after six minutes as all St Mirren had to do for the rest of the game was close down our space in the final third, which they did with great success. We just have no idea how to take the game to a defending team, and tonight underlined that. There were a lot of individual disappointments, but Bannigan stood out for me. We needed urgency being 1-0 down at home in an important game, and his tendency to pass it square slowed us down when we needed to move it onto the wide players quicker. That said I do like him, but I don't think we'll really see the best of him when Stevenson is playing anywhere other than up front. I'd either like to see him play in Lawless' left-sided position, or better, in front of Osman and Fraser in a more advanced midfield role where he is almost forced into running with the ball and being creative. I know it was against Ross County, but that was his role in the first game of the season and I think it was a model performance that we haven't really tried to exploit. Consolation prize is that losing our next game would mean consecutive results which is, of course, impossible. So we should at least be in the hat for the quarter final draw in the Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby_F Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Think that was our worst footballing performance of the season. BUT... team spirit, hard work, a good defensive display, a bit of luck (or at least no bad luck), and a ref not getting involved in any meaningful way - and it's a win and a clean sheet. We played far better against Dundee and Well, but got nothing out of those games. Football eh! What are the chances our next game will see the first home win too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Jittery nerves round Maryhill. I still think you have enough quality to be safe. Buhbye St Mirren, BuhBye. Your hatred is blinkering you, you fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 BOOOOOOOO Why did Osman get far more verbal abuse from the Saints fans than other Thistle players involved in tussles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcat1990 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 We're still 7 points ahead of St Mirren with 2 games in hand, but I can't help but feel we might get dragged into this relegation battle again. The last two games have been inexcusably bad: two games in a row where we've abandoned our natural style and played this bizarre 'long ball to small players' game against teams with big defenders who deal with it comfortably. Pascali last week and Goodwin tonight have cruised through these games because we've just made it so easy for them. The attempted long balls over the defence worked in one game and one game only. Our first game against Ross County. Every single person can see launching high to a fucking dwarf like Lawless and Doolan isn't going to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 BOOOOOOOO Why did Osman get far more verbal abuse from the Saints fans than other Thistle players involved in tussles? Because of the tackle on Osbourne. There was no abuse of Osman until then whatsoever, as has been said their physical battle was pretty damn entertaining until Osman finished his game (and knowing big Isaac, his season). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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