Ray Patterson Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Can we dare to dream?!! Spoiler Bookmark this for our inevitable 9th place finish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accent-Unknown Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, ArabAuslander said: Can we dare to dream?!! Reveal hidden contents Bookmark this for our inevitable 9th place finish. Never actually listened to this all the way through and holy shit this is way better than the UCL theme. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabFC Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 More likely to be the new Europa Conference competition if anything, but Scotland gets 5 European spots from next season and the forecasters fancy us thus far 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 13 minutes ago, Accent-Unknown said: Never actually listened to this all the way through and holy shit this is way better than the UCL theme. I actually prefer the Nations League one, it's an absolute banger. 7 minutes ago, ArabFC said: More likely to be the new Europa Conference competition if anything, but Scotland gets 5 European spots from next season and the forecasters fancy us thus far Yeah, probably, only the Cup Winners qualify for the Europa League. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabianKnight Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 I wouldn't mind United getting into the Euro conference. Be interesting to experience the set up and obviously the novelty factor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szamo's_Ammo Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Anyone else unable to sleep due to thinking about Micky Mellon? To think his teams are notorious for having a slow start and finishing strongly. 3 hours ago, ArabAuslander said: Can we dare to dream?!! FTFY. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishtergrolsch Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) You guys are all thinking small. We're going to win the league then win the Champions league. Following this, we will be invited to the English Premiership at which time the entire population of Gorgie will spontaneously combust. Eta I actually think he'd manage to mastermind a win away to Alloa hes that good. Edited August 16, 2020 by mishtergrolsch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arab_joe Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 13 hours ago, Alert Mongoose said: Still to be convinced by Sporle. Sad to talk in monetary terms but I can see Nielsen netting us a tidy sum in a few years. I thought Sporle was excellent yesterday - seems to have the confidence to run at anyone and, unlike other full/wing backs, is happy to cut inside as well as go on the outside. Considering he barely kicked a ball all of last season, he has got up to speed this term very quickly. Lining up without Robson and Smith at full back should have made us very vulnerable - but we handled County extremely well, and Sporle was a big part of that. 12 hours ago, ArabFC said: So, is Pawlett the current leader in the PotY standings? Yes. Well, joint-top with Luke Bolton at least. In my eyes he was one of our best players against St Johnstone, dominated up against Turnbull and Campbell against Motherwell, and yesterday was as good as anyone (perhaps with the exception of Luke Bolton). He seems a lot more aggressive/energetic than last season and is the only midfielder that consistently goes beyond the strikers (whilst Harkes has also started brightly, he shoots from 30+ yards or passes the ball off - and very rarely has got himself beyond Appere) and is unlucky to only have one goal so far. In my likely unpopular opinion, at this present moment he is highlighting a lot of Butcher's weaknesses, i.e. an inability to get on the ball and play positive passes when games are relatively calm (Butcher played well when forced to scrap it out with Gogic against Hibs, but the other games have largely bypassed him) - Mellon was quite right to bring him off yesterday. As I said on this thread before, last season Pawlett showed some glimpses of absolute quality (in 6-2 and 6-0 home wins, admittedly) but was far too inconsistent and looked really lethargic/tired at times. This season is only 4 games old, granted, but thus far looks a completely different player - fully fit and probably benefiting more than anyone else from an absence of groans from the George Fox... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannadeechee Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 2 hours ago, arab_joe said: I thought Sporle was excellent yesterday - seems to have the confidence to run at anyone and, unlike other full/wing backs, is happy to cut inside as well as go on the outside. Considering he barely kicked a ball all of last season, he has got up to speed this term very quickly. Lining up without Robson and Smith at full back should have made us very vulnerable - but we handled County extremely well, and Sporle was a big part of that. Yes. Well, joint-top with Luke Bolton at least. In my eyes he was one of our best players against St Johnstone, dominated up against Turnbull and Campbell against Motherwell, and yesterday was as good as anyone (perhaps with the exception of Luke Bolton). He seems a lot more aggressive/energetic than last season and is the only midfielder that consistently goes beyond the strikers (whilst Harkes has also started brightly, he shoots from 30+ yards or passes the ball off - and very rarely has got himself beyond Appere) and is unlucky to only have one goal so far. In my likely unpopular opinion, at this present moment he is highlighting a lot of Butcher's weaknesses, i.e. an inability to get on the ball and play positive passes when games are relatively calm (Butcher played well when forced to scrap it out with Gogic against Hibs, but the other games have largely bypassed him) - Mellon was quite right to bring him off yesterday. As I said on this thread before, last season Pawlett showed some glimpses of absolute quality (in 6-2 and 6-0 home wins, admittedly) but was far too inconsistent and looked really lethargic/tired at times. This season is only 4 games old, granted, but thus far looks a completely different player - fully fit and probably benefiting more than anyone else from an absence of groans from the George Fox... Isn't it amazing what happens when players are actually allowed to get over injuries rather than having to take injections before every game, being rushed back early from injury etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppola Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Still early days but it really does feel like Ann Budge has done us a massive favour. MM just seems to be getting more from a lot of these guys than Neilson ever could. I mean Logan Chalmers couldn't get a game on loan at Arbroath last year and there he is playing 90 minutes yesterday and going past a couple of players in the lead up to the winning goal. His passion is infectious as well. Happy as f**k with how this last couple of weeks has gone. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fife Saint Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Still early days but it really does feel like Ann Budge has done us a massive favour. MM just seems to be getting more from a lot of these guys than Neilson ever could. I mean Logan Chalmers couldn't get a game on loan at Arbroath last year and there he is playing 90 minutes yesterday and going past a couple of players in the lead up to the winning goal. His passion is infectious as well. Happy as f**k with how this last couple of weeks has gone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, coppola said: Still early days but it really does feel like Ann Budge has done us a massive favour. MM just seems to be getting more from a lot of these guys than Neilson ever could. I mean Logan Chalmers couldn't get a game on loan at Arbroath last year and there he is playing 90 minutes yesterday and going past a couple of players in the lead up to the winning goal. His passion is infectious as well. Happy as f**k with how this last couple of weeks has gone. Neilson was/is fucking useless. He should have been binned even if Budge hadn’t offered him the Hearts gig, though he wouldn’t have been. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabFC Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Granny Danger said: Neilson was/is fucking useless. He should have been binned even if Budge hadn’t offered him the Hearts gig, though he wouldn’t have been. I never liked Neilson even when we were winning. That said you can't sack a manager who just won you the league. I wonder how we'd have been getting on right now if Dutch Steve had taken the gig. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Tannadeechee said: Isn't it amazing what happens when players are actually allowed to get over injuries rather than having to take injections before every game, being rushed back early from injury etc. Our previous manager would have probably rushed Shankland back for the Hibs game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 13 hours ago, ArabFC said: More likely to be the new Europa Conference competition if anything, but Scotland gets 5 European spots from next season and the forecasters fancy us thus far If! Motherwell keep Turnbull there’s no way they will finish 3rd bottom. They were the better side at Easter road yesterday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 26 minutes ago, big al said: If! Motherwell keep Turnbull there’s no way they will finish 3rd bottom. They were the better side at Easter road yesterday. I would agree. I do still think the top 6 will be Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hibs, Motherwell and A N Other. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 hour ago, big al said: If! Motherwell keep Turnbull there’s no way they will finish 3rd bottom. Its more important they keep Gallagher fit IMO. A dreadful defence can easily relegate you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishtergrolsch Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 31 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Its more important they keep Gallagher fit IMO. A dreadful defence can easily relegate you. We know...we know... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven W Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 3 hours ago, ArabFC said: I wonder how we'd have been getting on right now if Dutch Steve had taken the gig. It was a great show of ambition from the club, but at this point I'm glad he turned us down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 You're apparently signing Jamie Murphy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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