jagfox Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 47 minutes ago, Fuctifano said: Quote We haven't beaten Killie at Firhill since promotion (yet have won 3 times down there), good a chance as we'll have. We've managed to get the inability to beat Dundee of our backs this season, so that gives me some hope we can get that elusive home win against Lee Clark's Kilmarnock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4mmy31 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 To all the Killie fans, what's your centre-half situation? Heard you only have one recognised one fit. Correct, Boyle getting booked at Tynie for his 5th of the season means he misses this one.... Your guess is as good as ours as to who plays instead of him, I'm going for Stevie Smith, Taylor to LB and Frizzel in midfield for Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, C4mmy31 said: Correct, Boyle getting booked at Tynie for his 5th of the season means he misses this one.... Your guess is as good as ours as to who plays instead of him, I'm going for Stevie Smith, Taylor to LB and Frizzel in midfield for Smith. Bookings suspensions don't take effect until after the Winter Break, I think? We have Booth and Osman missing our trip to Inverness on the same basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SetPieceSpecialist Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Bookings suspensions don't take effect until after the Winter Break, I think? We have Booth and Osman missing our trip to Inverness on the same basis. Devine is also missing for the Inverness one, wasn't aware of Booth, though. Thought his one last night was just his fourth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 That is one of the best things I've ever seen on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Rip them all down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennysmassiveego Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hope for a draw but in this most erratic and unpredictable "pack" league anything can happen . so ... another away heavy defeat it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
energyzone Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Looking forward to this one. Although Killie will lose it'll be interesting to see if Thistle can rocket up the table and embed themselves fully in the top 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 What's the situation like with suspensions for Thistle? I'd read elsewhere that Osman and Booth had reached the threshold for a ban but I don't know when that kicks-in. A couple of others must be close to that too? If no one is suspended and Lindsay is fine, then the obvious line-up for me seems to be the same as Wednesday: Cerny Devine Barton Lindsay Elliott Booth Edwards Osman Welsh Erskine Doolan Subs: Stuckmann, Gordon, Wilson, McDaid, Amoo, Lawless, Azeez But if Booth and Osman are unavailable, we'll need to shunt things around a bit. Gordon is likely a straight swap for Booth but unless Wilson takes the midfield berth or Archie gets Erskine to drop back, Barton will probably get moved forward and we'd be working off a back four. If it's a back four we're probably looking at a line-up closer to: Cerny Elliott Devine Lindsay Gordon Edwards Barton Welsh Erskine Lawless Doolan Subs: Stuckmann, Syme, Wilson, McDaid, Amoo, Azeez and a Development Squad players. But if Lindsay is also unavailable then things start to get a bit tetchy. Clearly if Booth is still available we have choices as Gordon can slot-in at LCB, but if he's not we probably have to play Barton in the back four and then play Wilson. I guess we could have played something like this if pushed: Cerny Elliott Devine Barton Gordon Amoo Edwards Welsh Lawless Doolan Azeez/Erskine Subs: Stuckmann, Syme, Wilson, McDaid, Erskine/Azeez, and 2 Development Squad players. I think this is one of the reasons why Archie will be very reluctant to allow Lindsay to leave in this transfer window unless he has a very clear and dedicated centre-back replacement lined-up. Until we have Dumbuya and one of Bannigan/Fraser back fit, we aren't as overloaded with defenders and especially midfielders as it appears on the surface. A lot of our excess midfield has emerged because of the move away from having three attacking midfielders in support of the lone striker. Players like Lawless, Amoo, Edwards and Erskine wouldn't previously have been considered as potentially part of the core midfield unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Osman has 7 yellows this season (including a double/red away at Killie), so yeah, that means he'll have hit the suspension threshold. I'm sure I read that the suspension will kick in after the break, though, which means he'll be fine to play against Killie. Booth only has 4, according to Soccerway, so he's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 A home win would seem the smart call. We will revert to form and a point would please me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SetPieceSpecialist Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Devine and Osman hit the threshold against Dundee but the suspension takes place against Inverness on the first league match day of 2017 for us. As mentioned above, I think Booth is only on four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Sheridan Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Shame they can't sit the Formantine game out instead...I think we'll go into this full of confidence, Killie will go in full of fight and it'll be a shitefest. Draw or narrow away win. We don't do three wins in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SetPieceSpecialist Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 We went four in a row last season, who's to say we can't do three at least now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duszek Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Routine win in prospect. Granted, bottom-six teams tend to raise their game when up against top-six outfits. But they invariably fail because, well, they're shit. #top6 #upperechelons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, Duszek said: Routine win in prospect. Granted, bottom-six teams tend to raise their game when up against top-six outfits. But they invariably fail because, well, they're shit. #top6 #upperechelons Unless it's us when in the bottom 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie95 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I would happily take a draw if it was offered. The sooner we get back a fit centre half, the better. I'm going for 1-1, with Doolan and Jones scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duszek Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 1 minute ago, Nightmare said: Unless it's us when in the bottom 6. But those were different times. Simpler times. In a way, I miss them. The world has moved on since we left the bottom 6. There is no going back, even if one wished it. #thegreatdivide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskychimp Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 27 minutes ago, Richie95 said: Jones scoring. I'll sook your boaby if that happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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