fafc1885 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 It’s the same thing that has hurt us the last three games, we never learn. A midfield three doesn’t work. I like Slater but since he’s come back we have gone to the midfield three and it kills us in the middle of the park. Bringing Aitken on knackers any forward threat we have, surely another forward should have been a smart idea. It’s the same as last season when we needed a striker and brought nobody in. Ross is much better behind Armour than being out wide. Thomson being out doesn’t help but we have wide players to cover this in Flanagan, McCluskey and Watson who has disappeared into thin air apparently. We have conceded five goals in the last five minutes of games since McKinnon came in, three of those (Bonnyrigg twice, Elgin) meaning we have dropped five points. Switching off like that is something that needs to be sorted and quickly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridie Vision Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Conceding late goals was a Forfar problem before McKinnon. The only positive about that is that under Irvine the late goal usually turned 1 point into 0. With Ray it's 3 points turning into 1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoonsYouthTeam Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Bit of an odd game. First half Bonnyrigg were the better team, targeting our left hand side, but apart from their big dumpling number 4 firing wide when he should have scored I don't think they had many chances. We were poor in the half and were dominated physically yet had 3 great chances; Armour scooping one over the bar right at the start, Munro with a header he should've scored and Seb Ross getting it all wrong after Flanagan broke down the left. Second half we played better but didn't create much, our brightest spell of 10-15 minutes came after Stef replaced the ineffectual Moore and we got the penalty after some excellent play from Docherty, great strike from Armour. Last 15 Bonnyrigg put the pressure on and got the equaliser when a cross from a free kick was bundled in, nobody taking charge from our perspective. Overall I think a point each was fair. I'd be surprised if Bonnyrigg didn't finish bottom now. They'll bully a few teams, but they don't have enough good footballers. For us, we need to ditch the 3 man midfield and get an actual wide man on the right. Ben Armour put in a good shift and won a number of balls he shouldn't have. Flanagan is tricky but his passing is woeful, Seb Ross shouldn't be our wide, Moore isn't good enough. Defensively solid enough but we just don't have enough threat, I think that's why we'll ultimately fall short of the top 4 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terracingtam Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 1 hour ago, TheClosingArguement said: Chronic. Wish McKinnon would stop subbing on Aitken, ruins any chance of pressing the opposition & we're immediately on the back foot. Strikers don't grow on trees I know but surely there must be someone available who can give some presence up front or even stay on there feet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_titz Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 pretty shite game . We should just write this season off and build towards next year , not good enough to be going up. What’s happened to Darren Watson? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwh Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 13 minutes ago, C_titz said: pretty shite game . We should just write this season off and build towards next year , not good enough to be going up. What’s happened to Darren Watson? Write it off? We’re still unbeaten in 7, we’ve still only lost once under McKinnon and we’re a point off the play offs with a game in hand 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 7 hours ago, C_titz said: pretty shite game . We should just write this season off and build towards next year , not good enough to be going up. What’s happened to Darren Watson? Two weeks ago you were chanting Choo Choo on every thread 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_titz Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, The Moonster said: Two weeks ago you were chanting Choo Choo on every thread The choo choo has turned into a toy train . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeezebox-son Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 12 hours ago, terracingtam said: Strikers don't grow on trees I know but surely there must be someone available who can give some presence up front or even stay on there feet. You only need to look around our league and to a lesser extent the league above to see there aren't many out there at the moment. Slightly concerns me that prem teams don't have young boys to loan out to teams in our league. Maybe the structure of the cups etc and things have meant they don't need to go out to get that experience or maybe there is a genuine lack. We signed Gemmell pre season and Stranraer signed Malcolm, those kind of things show there ain't much going around at this level. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafc1885 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 7 minutes ago, squeezebox-son said: You only need to look around our league and to a lesser extent the league above to see there aren't many out there at the moment. Slightly concerns me that prem teams don't have young boys to loan out to teams in our league. Maybe the structure of the cups etc and things have meant they don't need to go out to get that experience or maybe there is a genuine lack. We signed Gemmell pre season and Stranraer signed Malcolm, those kind of things show there ain't much going around at this level. So what you’re saying here is we need to go and bring Jim Lister back to Station Park? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 37 minutes ago, fafc1885 said: So what you’re saying here is we need to go and bring Jim Lister back to Station Park? Don't you dare. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terracingtam Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 35 minutes ago, fafc1885 said: So what you’re saying here is we need to go and bring Jim Lister back to Station Park? A Jim Lister/Big Sanny lookalike would certainly create more of a threat in the box than we have just now. Andy appears to be the only player to look to against the opposition giants in corner situations. Hight is not the be all and end all for strikers as Baird, Hilson have proved but in Div. 2 nice passing has to have an end result. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoonsYouthTeam Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 52 minutes ago, fafc1885 said: So what you’re saying here is we need to go and bring Jim Lister back to Station Park? Yes please 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeezebox-son Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, fafc1885 said: So what you’re saying here is we need to go and bring Jim Lister back to Station Park? I mean, is it the worst option? I have no idea what big Jim got upto after he moved on from you guys or if he has played since. His best spell/season came with us arguably. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridie Vision Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Jim retired after he left Forfar. I imagine Jim would be as effective as Matty Aitken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwh Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Wtf is Hutton doing for the equaliser. If he so much as looks in the direction of the ball he clears it easily 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridie Vision Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Highlights https://youtu.be/qMOD7kBSRIE 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoonsYouthTeam Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 The defending for the goal is even worse than I realised. Really professional highlights package and good commentary too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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