ICTJohnboy Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I actually thought we deserved the win. The first 20 minutes Inverness were well on top but I thought the majority of the rest of the game we were the better team. Good friendly bunch the Inverness fans and for the huge distance they have to travel I thought it was an excellent sized away support Indeed. Some of them come from really far flung places like Maryhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsy Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Lazy C&P from CTO: Depressingly predictable. We closed down better than usual early on and moved the ball about well, but over the piece, there were a few players who simply didn't contribute enough. Vincent again looked a bit lightweight and didn't seem to know where he should be playing. Vigurs showed flashes of his ability with a couple of backheels and incisive passes, but for the most part he strolled about the place, as if he wasn't particularly interested in looking for the ball or getting forward. This was in contrast to Polworth, who worked his socks off looking for the ball in the way that Christie has found himself having to do this season, or Horner, who looked direct and confident going forward. As a relatively senior player with obvious ability and a lot of experience at this level, Vigurs surely has to take more responsibility and look to dictate play more. The substitutions were a bit odd too. Williams for Mutombo was an absolute head-scratcher: Williams was one of our harder-working and more direct players; Mutombo, on the other hand, again looked like a poor signing. He looks utterly unwilling to mix it - despite his height, he was outjumped for every ball he 'contested', and, as I've noticed before, when an opposing player in his proximity has the ball, he has a tendency to skip on the spot before beginning his run to challenge, as if buying the opponent time to get away from him. Maybe this is simply his running style, but it is highly inefficient and someone should be working on it with him. He did make one good run into the box late on, but didn't seem aware of the opportunity for a cut-back, and again, I just don't think his awareness of team mates is good enough to make him an effective player for us. This is maybe the fifth time I've seen him play, and the same concerns are apparent every time. Storey for Sho-Silva was also a strange one, giving how little Vincent was contributing - surely Sho-Silva could have played as a link-man in behind Storey? - but he did look a more promising prospect when he came on, although he had precious few opportunities. He made one excellent challenge for a high ball, and looked quick and direct when trying to break forward;unfortunately, we didn't seem able to find him with anything. Draper for Polworth was more understandable, give how hard Polworth had worked. When Draper is fully fit, though. I'd like to see if both could be accommodated within the team - Polworth deserves to keep his place. Finally, the concession of yet another late goal surely points to the fact that at the moment, something about the tactics and system isn't working. It seems clear that too often, we cede control of the game as soon as we go ahead, rather than trying to increase our advantage. Opposing managers are probably quite relaxed about going behind to us, because they know they'll have the opportunity to start dominating the midfield and pushing us back and forcing us into mistakes. The fact that Fon Williams was one of our best players (despite possibly misjudging the flight of the winner - I'd need to see it again) says a great deal. I think everyone in the away section would have taken a draw - this was ICT at Firhill, after all - but there was almost a feeling of inevitability to that late goal. Given that we don't seem able to compete against almost anyone for a full 90 minutes, we're probably very fucked against Celtic next week. Edited to add: thought Dumbuya was excellent for Partick, btw, but, although I've never seen him before, I was actually a little surprised that he was played as a wing-back throughout, rather than an out-and-out winger: given how much we allowed play onto us in the second half, he could have torn us apart running directly at the defence if he'd been starting from a position further up the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsy Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Indeed. Some of them come from really far flung places like Maryhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMjag Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Doolan's goal The finish reminds me of the one he scored against ICT a couple of years ago, which is one of my favourite ever Thistle goals: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 We can have no complaints with that result. The only surprise was that Partick didn't take advantage of their numerous chances and win by more. They could easily have won that 4 or 5 - 1 were it not for a string of excellent saves from Fon Williams. The save in the first half from a header from Doolan I think was the pick of the bunch for me. Good start for ICT as alternative maryhill mentions. Some nice intricate passing led to the first goal well finished by Storey (seriously get this kid signed up now) and he had another smashing chance to make two but he seemed to just miss a ball that was crossed in from the right. For the rest of game all the chances fell to Partick and whilst we enjoyed a comparable share of possession we created so little with it we never deserved to add to our lead. The best chance in the second half for ICT came when Mutumbo broke into the box but shot at a tight angle instead of cutting back to Vincent who would have been well placed to score. Poor defending from us for the Partick equaliser. We seemed to think the initial danger was over but the ball was quickly worked back into the box and it seemed we were caught out somewhat and Doolan finished well into the corner of the net. Second half was more of the same i.e. Partick creating the best chances and Fon Williams largely equal to them. Muirhead and one other Partick player both had efforts saved before the fluke winner from Stevenson. I think that Fon Williams should have done better with the cross but despite it not being meant the three points were no more than Partick deserved. Peculiar that, after largely dominating the opening period, we yet again seemed to sit back and never again regained that same level of dominance in the game. We saw a fair chunk of the ball but we lacked any real creative spark to generate anything of note especially in the second half. The odd nice flick from Vigurs and Mutumbo can't compensate for a complete dearth of attacking chances to get us back into the game and that is very concerning. Contemplating the rest of the season without the flair and creative spark of Christie is troubling. Good away crowd from us however and the steak pie was decent (firm crust, generous filling and no soggy bottom) so there were some positives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Malkmus Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I wouldn't blame OFW for the last goal, a defender should be attacking that. Devine's attempted block for the first goal was pretty gutless. Warren has to come in for him next week. Also, Raven for Horner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakebite Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Missed yesterday, but seen a few folk slagging Amoo consistently on various forums and social media, I must be one of the few who likes him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Amoo is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Thought it was going to be a long afternoon after the first 10 mintes, but was pleasantly surprised by the outcome. Not a great game by any means, but Dumbuya was excellent, as was Booth who has turned into a real asset for us as the season has gone on. Thought Fraser had a good first half before fading slightly as the game wore on. Seaborne didn't have a great game and, goal aside, Doolan was also poor. Happy with the result though. ICT fans are guid cuntos. Proved when they joined in the applause for Brown McMaster. Would like to see a midfield of Osman, Bannigan, Lawless, Amoo, Fraser/Stevenson, for next week. Was going to see it'll be interesting to see who Archie goes with, but he'll drop Fraser for Banzo due to his hard-on for Welsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Sheridan Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Also thought watching two teams of players not throwing themselves to ground every ten seconds was a nice change after some of the theatrics from other clubs recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 'N Yellow Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Also thought watching two teams of players not throwing themselves to ground every ten seconds was a nice change after some of the theatrics from other clubs recently. Was thinking the same. ICT generally keep the ball on the deck and the game yesterday was pretty free flowing. That Nicholson for Hearts a few weeks ago went down every time someone went anywhere near him, none of that yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 The sooner Mr useless p***k gets the sack the better. It's ridiculous that the SCOTTISH CUP CHAMPIONS can turn so pish in less than a year!!!! I just wish Stephen Thompson had payed the compensation for this dud but one thing is for certain, if he signs a new deal then our chairman is also at fault for rewarding failure!!! You refer to him as 'useless', a 'dud' and accuse the chairman offering him a new deal as 'rewarding failure', despite acknowledging the fact that Hughes won the Scottish Cup only months earlier! Sometimes I'm actually starting to wonder if you truly are as thick as you sound or if this is some very well organised trolling operation. Incidentally, I was at the game yesterday and post-match I didn't speak to one ICT fan who even mentioned punting Hughes. Perhaps if you actually attended matches you'd see why... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorogood's destroyers Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 The sooner Mr useless p***k gets the sack the better. It's ridiculous that the SCOTTISH CUP CHAMPIONS can turn so pish in less than a year!!!! I just wish Stephen Thompson had payed the compensation for this dud but one thing is for certain, if he signs a new deal then our chairman is also at fault for rewarding failure!!! What a complete knob end you really are. Every time we lose you shout for the managers head then you get telt off then you come back as someone else then the circle goes on and on. Get a fuckin grip or f**k off you arsehole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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