Lichtie78 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Not really sure about most other teams in the league, but I’m confident that sooner rather than later Tam O’Brien will be appearing on these lists. He’s a class act. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Still reckon Lewis Martin is one of the top left backs in this division, there's none that I'd swap him for. That goes in hand with the fact the options at full back are quite limited this year I think, Smith at Dundee Utd is the standout, outwith that you probably just have a list of competent players. Centre backs are weird, there's no fantastic ones and with Arbroath and Alloa having Andy Graham and O'brien they stand in good stead. For Dunfermline I prefer Murray to Ashcroft. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 I think Tam O'Brien and Andy Graham would be rated higher by most if they weren't playing for part-time sides....or they would have more expectation on them and wouldn't be seen as quite so good. I think our best defender may be Lewis Martin right now, which seems strange considering several indifferent, injury-plagued seasons. If he stays fit, he is still quite young so does have the potential to get better too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 We never should’ve gotten rid of Andy Graham after our promotion in 2016. He might’ve been a bit slow but we then went and signed Conrad Balatoni (even slower) and Daryl Meggat (just shite) instead. We would probably still have gone down but at least we might’ve been able to hold onto Graham for the following season when our defence was awful until January when Steven Bell sorted it out. O’Brien is another one that we apparently inquired about in the summer but he was still under contract with no real desire to go full time. Arbroath have won a watch with him as he’ll likely see out the rest of his career with them when he could quite easily do a job with a mid table Championship side. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Did Ayr not reject a bid for Balatoni from someone that January? I might be mixing that up with another season. He was quite highly rated when Partick won the league tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fae_the_'briggs Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 On 11/08/2019 at 11:45, D'Jaffo said: Adams is a pretty useless midfielder at this level but as a centre back it’s a totally different story. I think he may have started off in that position but prior to last season he’d only played there once or twice for us. FYI I don’t pay much attention to opposition defenders so most of this list is a pure guess. 1. Liam Smith 2. Lee Ashcroft 3. Carl Tremarco 4. Mark Reynolds 5. Josh Meekings 6. Jamie McCart 7. Andy Graham 8. Jamie Adams 9. Callum Semple 10. Coll Donaldson The Callum Semple we had on loan in the first half of last season could easily be in the top half of that list imo, the Callum Semple that came back from Ross County is, to be polite, not in the best shape fitness wise (chunky), possibly not helped by picking up a rib injury in pre-season. If he can get himself back to fitness by losing some pounds he'll hopefully get back to being as good as he was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 I'd say Lewis Martin, Euan Murray and Aaron Comrie are all better than Ashcroft tbh. If you're going by CB's, then Euan Murray should 100% be swapping Ashcroft. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Did Ayr not reject a bid for Balatoni from someone that January? I might be mixing that up with another season. He was quite highly rated when Partick won the league tbf. Yeah and from that point on he was awful. McCall claimed he wasn’t interested in a move but it was as if he just lost interest so his head must’ve been turned. It was only a five figure fee but we should probably have taken it and brought in a half decent striker instead of signing El Alagui a month later. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 All joking aside I think Martin is better than Longridge ever was in the 4 at the back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeeunited83 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Folk with Ashcroft near the top of their lists.Love the boy and he would throw himself under a bus for the team but he is far from the best in the league. On about 5 different occasions in the past two seasons he's made the same mistake of letting the ball bounce over his head (also happened against Dundee now that I think of it) and has been sent off twice/given away penalties for last man challenges.As mentioned already, probably easier to do two FB/CB lists.Full-backs: 1. McGhee2. Comrie3. Penrice4. Robson5. Geggan Centre-backs:1. O'Ware (2016 form)2. Donaldson3. Grant (again 2016 form)4. Graham5. BellFull backs were incredibly hard to pick from, a real shite selection this year.Congrats mate you’ve missed the best full back out in the whole leagueNo Reynolds or Connolly either 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Congrats mate you’ve missed the best full back out in the whole leagueNo Reynolds or Connolly either If you want a list of the worst defenders in the league then you can have Connolly on it. I agree re Liam Smith being the best full back and Reynolds is pretty decent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeeunited83 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 If you want a list of the worst defenders in the league then you can have Connolly on it. I agree re Liam Smith being the best full back and Reynolds is pretty decent. Trust me Connolly wouldn’t be on worst list 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Trust me Connolly wouldn’t be on worst list Absolutely wouldn’t be on the best either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Crawley fans think Tom Dallison is an upgrade on Connolly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 28 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: . I agree re Liam Smith being the best full back He was meaning Lewis Martin m8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parxyz Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 47 minutes ago, dundeeunited83 said: Congrats mate you’ve missed the best full back out in the whole league No Reynolds or Connolly either Aye realised I’d missed Smith out once I’d posted. Never actually seen him play but have heard rave reviews. Connolly though He’s fucking gash. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Congrats mate you’ve missed the best full back out in the whole leagueNo Reynolds or Connolly either Reynolds or Connolly - you're having a giraffe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Connolly is an absolute disaster of a player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Kozma Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Lewis Martin was the best defender on the park today against Celtic. Genuinely strolled through the game and if he keeps his good form going he will be the best left back in the league by some distance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortSideCity Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Did Ayr not reject a bid for Balatoni from someone that January? I might be mixing that up with another season. He was quite highly rated when Partick won the league tbf. Aye, pretty sure it was a bid from a South African team randomly enough 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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