Costanza Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 The day Saints go in to a game against Meadowbank thinking we can't win is the day we should pack it in. This. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrutinizer Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Poor display from Livi ,St Johnstone easily the better team. Too many players not turning up, heads dropped at 2-0. Barclay and Holt really need to start playing further up the park, instead of sitting in front of the defence Stryjek 4/10 Jittery Devlin 3/10 Passing, Defending, crosses poor Ambrose 5/10 Good on the ball but Defending poor today. Taylor-Sinclair 3/10 Not very good Longridge 5/10 OK, but takes the easy options Bartley 3/10 No dig in midfield Holt 5/10 Sits to deep Lawson 7/10 The only player with a bit of bite in midfield Pittman 5/10 Poor by his standard Forrest 2/10 Waste of a jersey Robinson 5/10 Plenty running, no support Kabiaat 4/10 Not on ball enough, good at whipping the ball into box Jet 4/10 We know he's got no pace, but good control with the ball, and hold up play, too much fouling 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marly Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Great result! Final is too tight to call IMO.Nah. We're winning that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankChickens1 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I'd have rated Devlin higher than that. I don't think we were great, two set pieces. Fantastic result though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy.1995 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Well done Saints.Enjoy your win.Most Saints fans im sure wont be niave enough to write Livi off.Hopefully we will have our influential players back for Hampden. It will definatly be a lot closer than today was.We ended your impressive run earlier,and yous have returned the favour.Was good while it lasted,just have to start over again, like yous have.We move on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akuram Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Very important win with the results elsewhere. Thought we controlled the game and would have strolled to the end if Stevie May had taken more care. He put us under a lot of pressure very needlessly at the end. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 JET again coming on and linking up play when Robbo is being snuffed out, that's when things started happening for us around their box. Kabia looks good again too, has a knack for getting under opposition players skin, Brown sent off for throwing an arm in his face, another Celtic player did the same but got away with it, and i think it was Rooney today that pushed him on the back of his head as they were walking away from a tussle, and Bartley got involved having a word with him about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy.1995 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 No Guthrie,Serrano,Sibbald,Mullins. Match winners.Saints worthy winners today.Hampden different kettle of fish if these guys are back.?.We'll see. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broon_100 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Did anyone really think Chris Kane would turn around his fortunes at Saints and start putting in these type of performances? I absolutely love being proved wrong - delighted for him as he's taken soo much stick in recent years. Absolute respect. I wonder what's changed? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Just now, Broon_100 said: Did anyone really think Chris Kane would turn around his fortunes at Saints and start putting in these type of performances? I absolutely love being proved wrong - delighted for him as he's taken soo much stick in recent years. Absolute respect. I wonder what's changed? Might be as simple as not having fans constantly on his back at games, he was one of the boo boys’ biggest targets. I imagine having Maclean back at the club and coaching him will have helped and he really suits the two shapes that Davidson has drilled into the players. He’s making himself undroppable with his performances now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 Pretty fair comment from Martindale. Quote "I'm not disappointed with the performance - I'm more disappointed with the manner in which we lost the goals." A dogged performance against an equally dogged St Johnstone, wasn't a lot in it apart from the set pieces, and our defending of them let us down. Esp the 2nd one. With the amount of games we've played and rotating the starting XI, we've done a fantastic job, this being the first game where we failed to get something, would certainly have taken it before January fixtures started. Big challenge now it to bounce back with results against Accies and Utd, then another really tough game against St Mirren before the final. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy.1995 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 TBF.Think we are fortunate to have games coming up against so called weaker teams where on current form youd expect us to be favourable to take points from.Cup final aside,we are there to be shot down.Full streaghth, no problem.. Weve virtually secured survival for another year.Only way is up now.Nearly there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviLion Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 On 04/02/2021 at 17:00, LiviLion said: Reckon whoever wins this loses the cup final. Mon the Saintees. Martindale kens 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptn Hooch Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Scrutinizer said: Poor display from Livi ,St Johnstone easily the better team. Too many players not turning up, heads dropped at 2-0. Barclay and Holt really need to start playing further up the park, instead of sitting in front of the defence Stryjek 4/10 Jittery Devlin 3/10 Passing, Defending, crosses poor Ambrose 5/10 Good on the ball but Defending poor today. Taylor-Sinclair 3/10 Not very good Longridge 5/10 OK, but takes the easy options Bartley 3/10 No dig in midfield Holt 5/10 Sits to deep Lawson 7/10 The only player with a bit of bite in midfield Pittman 5/10 Poor by his standard Forrest 2/10 Waste of a jersey Robinson 5/10 Plenty running, no support Kabiaat 4/10 Not on ball enough, good at whipping the ball into box Jet 4/10 We know he's got no pace, but good control with the ball, and hold up play, too much fouling OAFT...are you Allan Preston in disguise? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviLion Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 9 minutes ago, Cptn Hooch said: OAFT...are you Allan Preston in disguise? If you've read any of their other posts you'd know the answer to that is most likely yes. Don't think they've ever posted anything remotely positive 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akuram Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Did anyone really think Chris Kane would turn around his fortunes at Saints and start putting in these type of performances? I absolutely love being proved wrong - delighted for him as he's taken soo much stick in recent years. Absolute respect. I wonder what's changed?Steven Maclean 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrutinizer Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 4-2-3-1 formation in my opinion, only works if you have you're fullbacks bombing forward, this formation was wrong with this starting 11 as an attacking force.. Longridge and Devlin weren't getting up the wing, and when Devlin eventually managed to get up his final ball was poor. Holt and Barclay were quite happy sitting deep, leaving Pittman and Lawson with all the running, which Lawson done well in the first half. Forrest was hugging the touchline, the game just passing him bye with no appetite to try chase the ball. This game reminded me of the games earlier in the season ,with few chances being created, six defensive type players and 2 good forward midfielders left with to much to do, and a winger in Forrest who is not willing to chase. 4-4-2 would be my formation, if playing, Barclay and Holt need to be playing in the opposition half more on the front foot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptn Hooch Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 10 minutes ago, Scrutinizer said: 4-2-3-1 formation in my opinion, only works if you have you're fullbacks bombing forward, this formation was wrong with this starting 11 as an attacking force.. Longridge and Devlin weren't getting up the wing, and when Devlin eventually managed to get up his final ball was poor. Holt and Barclay were quite happy sitting deep, leaving Pittman and Lawson with all the running, which Lawson done well in the first half. Forrest was hugging the touchline, the game just passing him bye with no appetite to try chase the ball. This game reminded me of the games earlier in the season ,with few chances being created, six defensive type players and 2 good forward midfielders left with to much to do, and a winger in Forrest who is not willing to chase. 4-4-2 would be my formation, if playing, Barclay and Holt need to be playing in the opposition half more on the front foot If you're going to attempt to pass as a genuine Livi supporter then please get the club captain's name right. Forrest was chasing all over the place, even making some important defensive interventions. He struggled up against their man mountain of a RB which nullified the crossfield pass that seemed to be the tactic. Not the game for him today and I think that was a mistake on Martindale's part however I can see why he's picked him with Mullin missing through injury. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Scrutinizer said: 4-2-3-1 formation in my opinion, only works if you have you're fullbacks bombing forward, this formation was wrong with this starting 11 as an attacking force.. Longridge and Devlin weren't getting up the wing, and when Devlin eventually managed to get up his final ball was poor. Holt and Barclay were quite happy sitting deep, leaving Pittman and Lawson with all the running, which Lawson done well in the first half. Forrest was hugging the touchline, the game just passing him bye with no appetite to try chase the ball. This game reminded me of the games earlier in the season ,with few chances being created, six defensive type players and 2 good forward midfielders left with to much to do, and a winger in Forrest who is not willing to chase. 4-4-2 would be my formation, if playing, Barclay and Holt need to be playing in the opposition half more on the front foot Jeezo mate, chill out. If I’ve interpreted this thread correctly then no one would’ve batted an eyelid if 0-0 at HT. ATS has made a mistake for the first and sometimes you just have to acknowledge a quality finish (Tanser). We’ve seen him do that before. Shots were hardly being rained in on Max’s goal for the 90 let alone in 5 mins after HT. Another mistake in the box and we are 2 down, with the absence of Brown and Guthrie telling. The game was frantic and sometimes errors happen at that pace (remember Tuesday was ATS first appearance since August). St Johnstone out battled us today but hardly a reason to pull everyone over the coals. I think the heavy criticism of Forrest in particular Is unwarranted; he chased hard. We struggled to find him in space and that’s credit to robust defending. Edited February 6, 2021 by crispy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthsaint1977 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Interesting to see how Livvy react to this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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