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The Thistles of Inverness -vs- The Thistles of Partick - The Battle of the Jags


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17 minutes ago, Thistle_do_nicely said:

Just had a look at the team line-ups, certainly looks like we went with some kind of 3-5-2/5-4-1after all?

Fox in goal

3 central defenders (Saunders, O'Ware, McGinty)

Williamson and Robson wingbacks

Palmer, Bannigan, Zanatta and Cardle in midfield

Miller up front

Something like that. Whatever it was it worked!

Played 4 at the back. O'Ware played in midfield in the 1st half. Dropped back to centre half in the 2nd half with Saunders off at half time.

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11 minutes ago, Highland Capital said:

No wonder we lost today with that godawful "MAKES SOME NOISE FOR THE CALEY THISTLE BOYSSSS!!!" being screamed over the tannoy before each half!  Players must've been cringing.

Did they, aye? Thanks for playing anyway. Always nice to visit the jewel of the highlands.

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24 minutes ago, Highland Capital said:

No wonder we lost today with that godawful "MAKES SOME NOISE FOR THE CALEY THISTLE BOYSSSS!!!" being screamed over the tannoy before each half!  Players must've been cringing.

Caley D apparently has made a sudden appearance at the club again now Rae has left.

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If that had been Caldwell's Partick side I think after we had gotten the equaliser we would have gone on to win but they looked much more organised and resolute under McCall already. The intensity of the midfield press completely swallowed up Vincent and Welsh at times and we missed the creativity of Walsh in the wide areas with McGregor and Storey struggling to really create too much especially in the second half.

Poor defending for the opener. We've seen already this season the huge gap that Rooney leaves in the RB area when he goes forward and Partick ruthlessly exploited that with a smart ball into that area by Bannigan and Zanatta latched on to it and with Donaldson not able to stop him he lashed a low drive past Ridgers into the bottom of the net. Question marks over Ridgers perhaps? Donaldson certainly seemed unhappy with him.

Good equalising header from White after a fine cross by McGregor on the right side after he got past his marker. This is the kind of ball we should be trying to get to White more often. It's been said before he often struggles in some match ups against opposition defenders but yesterday he, at times, had the better of his marker and this was one occasion where he got some reward. Doran and McGregor both passed up great chances to grab a second for ICT. Doran sent a tame shot into the arms of Fox and McGregor blazed over from about 18 yards out. Disappointing to only be going in at half time all square after 45 minutes where we had started poorly but turned it around to really dominate the second part of the first half. That said, if you don't take your chances...

Second half and ICT were slow out the blocks again and Partick capitalised. I don't really know what happened as there seemed to be no danger with McCart in possession then next thing Miller was bursting clear and bearing down on goal. A cool side footed effort easily beat Ridgers and Partick were ahead from seemingly nothing. McCart almost made up for this mistake when he headed over from a corner but he couldn't take advantage of Partick's slack defending. White then had an acrobatic volley fizz wide of goal as we again started to get back on top but were wasteful with our finishing. Sadly I had to leave early but when I got back to my car I heard that Partick had scored again to kill things off.

Up until recently we had bee tight defensively and the back four had looked almost impenetrable so it's disappointing to see them being cut open and gifting goals like they did yesterday and whilst it seemed like we had a fair bit of the ball and perhaps the better chances, especially in the first half, it means nothing if we don't bury the opportunities when they come our way. On the plus side McGregor impressed again but I'm not sure wide right is the best position for him. Hopefully Walsh isn't out for too long though.

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5 hours ago, 9queens said:

When do highlights appear on ICT TV?

They normally appear Monday afternoon although games against Partick have been limited in what they show so we might just get the goals. Something to do with Jagzone perhaps?

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