Zamora Fan Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 What has Conway done to deserve a start over Melamed who has been our most productive player the last two games? I think this is it for me. Bad man management to talk a good game about players having to earn their spot in the team and then putting Conway in there who’s done very little to earn the minutes he’s played this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Just now, The Real Saints said: I look forward to Conway’s crosses into an empty box. I’ve missed them. At least he'll have Rooney and Kerr close by to increase the difficulty of trying to avoid hitting a defender. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Innes Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Gone back to a formation that did not work. I have given CD the benefit of the doubt so far but if this doesn't work fek him! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthsaint1977 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Utterly deflated when I heard the team yesterday. This goes wrong tonight and we go out with a whimper, will put Callum in a tricky situation with the fans. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 21 minutes ago, Widge said: The most harrowing thing about today’s game is that we’ve now found out James Brown has taken the number 99. Sounds a bit Flake-y that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 For this to work Kane has to be getting right into the middle as often as possible and not running around down the lines or whatever. Conway has to repay the manager’s faith tonight - absolutely has to. I guess the reasoning behind it is that there’s a world of difference between this Hibs team (whose front three is as good as you’re likely to see outside the old firm) and Dundee United and St Mirren in the last two games who were barely a threat for long, long periods. I can see an argument for needing people in the team that will more likely be at 100% graft and defensive work the whole time. Melamed has been excellent the last two games but equally he’s not been required to focus on anything bar attacking. That’s unlikely to be the case tonight. But equally, on the other side of it, we’ve looked far more of a threat going forward the last two games and if we don’t score, we can’t win (without a penalty shoot out). Big, big call. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 5 hours ago, tree house tam said: Oh Callum what the f**k are you doing? How can someone who has played the game and at a pretty high level at that, get the basics so wrong? This is it in a nutshell. At last we have found a team that gets the best out of our strikers, and looked a real threat in attack. 3 goals from the 2 of them in the 2 recent matches, and a first win in 11 matches. So we change it. Any manager who chooses not to do the obvious thing simply to show he is more clever that everyone else is a worry. We have a lot of attacking threat on the bench, hopefully we’re not completely out of it by the time we turn to them. Still, come on ye Saints 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 minute ago, perthsaint1977 said: Utterly deflated when I heard the team yesterday. This goes wrong tonight and we go out with a whimper, will put Callum in a tricky situation with the fans. This is what I said to someone. He’s going to find that he’s lost all sympathy and support of the fans by heading back to this disaster formation. The issue is, without fans in the ground he’ll continue totally detached and unaware of the disgruntled fan base, nor will be know how much pressure he’s actually under. Then again it works both ways, without the fans, the board won’t know the dissatisfaction from the support. It’s a really tricky one right now, I hope it works I really do, but I doubt it’s going to. Melamed of all people didn’t deserve to be dropped, let alone for Conway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Just now, Jamie_Beatson said: I guess the reasoning behind it is that there’s a world of difference between this Hibs team (whose front three is as good as you’re likely to see outside the old firm) and Dundee United and St Mirren in the last two games who were barely a threat for long, long periods. I can see an argument for needing people in the team that will more likely be at 100% graft and defensive work the whole time. Melamed has been excellent the last two games but equally he’s not been required to focus on anything bar attacking. That’s unlikely to be the case tonight. It would be a good argument if the 5-2-3 set up didn't leave us absolutely wide open in the centre of the park. Ross County ripped this midfield to bits when we played this up there a few weeks ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibsFan Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 What's the problem with St Johnstone's team then? Melamed on the bench is the only thing that sticks out to me. Still think you'll win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sh*teAndMuck Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Hopefully we’ll win and we all have to hold our hands up at the end... Doubt it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 What's the problem with St Johnstone's team then? Melamed on the bench is the only thing that sticks out to me. Still think you'll win. It’s the same formation which has rendered us absolutely toothless for the entire season. We’d finally seen a positive change in the last couple of week after switching to a front two. Now Callum has decided to revert to the unsuccessful 5-2-3 again. Very bold. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentino Bolognese Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, perthsaint1977 said: Utterly deflated when I heard the team yesterday. This goes wrong tonight and we go out with a whimper, will put Callum in a tricky situation with the fans. He's already defensive in his pre-match interview. I'd be happy enough with that team and formation if it was the 70th minute and we had a 2 goal lead. Not starting a cup semi final. Fingers crossed we've not shat the bed before a ball is kicked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmadrid Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, Steve McQueen said: Were wearing yellow? We have for most of this cup. otherwise it would never get used. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, HibsFan said: What's the problem with St Johnstone's team then? Melamed on the bench is the only thing that sticks out to me. Still think you'll win. Formation leaves us wide open defensively, bad because our keeper is shit. It also simultaneously means we have nobody in the box, but can only build attacks down the wings. If Wotherspoon doesn't have the game of his life then we're unlikely to create a decent chance at all. It's just crazy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternapper Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Was not too bothered but thought this may at least be a competitive match, pay £20 a month for bt sports & it is telling me i need to upgrade to watch this, sorry but will settle for Cheltenham Man City instead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Fortune favours the brave at this stage. I think of the negative teams McInnes picked in 2010 and a year later. Even in 2016, I think TW started with O'Halloran up front and sacrificed a second natural striker. So want to be proved wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek_holmes Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Melamed's been a breath of fresh air the last couple of weeks. I'm not hugely convinced this change makes us any more solid (and it almost certainly won't make us more potent). We shall see - hope we're all laughably wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve McQueen Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 You've got McCoist there but use Stewart as co-comm? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I’m terrified 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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