fat_tony Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 I certainly don't want to see anyone get injured but it wouldn't be the end of the world if Shaw wasn't fit for Tuesday. He did well to press for the first goal but offered little else again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superwell87 Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 What's it called when you score more goals than the opponent again? I forget. Anyway, delighted with a win today. Trying to sneak a look at my phone when I can at work has been torture at the best of times, but today was worse in a way. Hopefully we will get a wee bounce off of this win going into the next few games. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Slattery on the right of a front three must never be allowed to happen again. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 As others have said, it was a "must win" game (regardless of whether Kettlewell tried to play it down or not) we won by 2 goals so it feels a bit churlish to nit-pick. Take the W and move on. That said, it's really about what he does from here, hopefully with the monkey off his/the team's back and the knowledge that the win gets him to January everyone involved can take a breath and see what we can get in the door during the window. Anyway, on the point of daft team selections and Ketts tying himself in knots here's our form since Gorgeous Georgie Gent and Davor began starting. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 17 minutes ago, capt_oats said: Anyway, on the point of daft team selections and Ketts tying himself in knots here's our form since Gorgeous Georgie Gent and Davor began starting. A trait I've always hated in managers is where they don't play guys that the support are shouting for - it's always been petty and it feels like that with both of these players. Danzaki was a textbook example of someone that (a) hadn't settled and (b) was clearly a mile out his depth and the fact that he wasn't playing (in a winning team) was perfectly understandable - Gent and Davor are clearly not that and from the outside it looks like they've been treated badly. Talking of midfielders - it definitely feels like Wilkinson is getting the Big Hint just as the window opens - he could easily have replaced Shaw or Biereth today but was nowhere to be seen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 (edited) Great win. Yes our performance after 35 minutes was bang average and a better side would have taken advantage. But I am not having this we were lucky today. Comments about still sacking Ketts are wide of the mark and utterly fucking churlish. Right now our goal is to finish 10th. Bair second goal was utterly mesmerising. Kudos to him. Sorry I forgot to mention that I did not know Shaw was actually on the pitch after 45 minutes and I am at the bloody game. What the F has Wilkinson done to be behind him ? Must b injured ! Edited December 30, 2023 by welldaft 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 The only person to have a worse game than Shaw was Slattery but fortunately they weren't on the park at the same time. An all time stinker from him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayWell Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Fair bit of chat today that Wilkinson will be heading in January. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 12 minutes ago, MurrayWell said: Fair bit of chat today that Wilkinson will be heading in January. Wouldn't surprise me. A move that's worked out for nobody, really. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Kirk Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 18 minutes ago, well fan for life said: The only person to have a worse game than Shaw was Slattery but fortunately they weren't on the park at the same time. An all time stinker from him. He was absolutely rotten, worse than a man short. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazylegsjoe_mfc Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 I really don't get how some on the match thread are bent out of shape about the second half performance. We scored three goals, had another disallowed, as well as two or three other good chances before half time. Instances of us having a first half like that and continuing to play with such fluency in the second half must be few and far between. Today was about finding a way to win a game, having not done so for so long, and we did it. It'll be interesting what happens now. Kettlewell has only really had one long good run and one long bad run as manager. I wonder if this will kick off a good run of form, whether we'll revert to the form that we were in or whether we'll finally see us win, draw and lose games in a more equal proportion. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Is that the first half time lead since Hearts? Must be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 On 26/12/2023 at 13:17, ropy said: Mere speculation but I wonder if Wilkinson reckons that things haven’t worked out the way he wanted to and has a move back down south lined up. Kettlewell has proved adept at moving players on. Is that why he hasn’t even featured off the bench the past 2 games? This would create space in the squad for another striker, why not a promising U23 from, say, Spurs. Mere speculation. Is the chat about Wilkinson leaving a bit of ITK or is it from my speculation? If so I will also take the Spurs striker that I made up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazylegsjoe_mfc Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Wilkinson going makes sense. We've got a surplus of strikers and he's probably the most shiftable of them all. He has scored some important goals and has scored a reasonable number of goals in the English lower leagues in the past for a team to probably take a punt on him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayWell Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 23 minutes ago, ropy said: Is the chat about Wilkinson leaving a bit of ITK or is it from my speculation? If so I will also take the Spurs striker that I made up. Was just a bit of the chat around us at the game today mate, maybe someone reading your posts or knows more than we do. Would make sense though, he's fell out of the team completely and doesn't really looked to have settled. Kettlewell also mentioned we have scope for one or two new players and possibly more if anyone moves on, so perhaps it's an opportunity to get a relatively high earner off the wage bill. Suppose it might just be folk putting two and two together. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 2 hours ago, MurrayWell said: Fair bit of chat today that Wilkinson will be heading in January. Was told today from someone there was a deal agreed yesterday for Wilkinson. Dunno what that means or what it involves. Also that Shaw may be leaving too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome_Devil Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 16 minutes ago, Busta Nut said: Was told today from someone there was a deal agreed yesterday for Wilkinson. Dunno what that means or what it involves. Also that Shaw may be leaving too. Getting rid of Shaw would be a real bonus,only heard the Wilkinson story. Not clear whether on loan or permanent but hard not to think cutting losses there a good idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP_81 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Just watching the highlights . Holy f*cking sh*t that 2nd goal of bair's is sublime ! Mrs P certainly picks her days for having 40th birthday parties! Might have to take the kids to Easter road now on Tuesday to see if he can do it again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 2 hours ago, MurrayWell said: Fair bit of chat today that Wilkinson will be heading in January. Heard its already a done deal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 The crowd noise after the Bair's second is killing me, I don't think ever heard a cheer that is as much disbelief vs celebration. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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