Mayos Noun Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Was Gillespie injured? Seemed a bit odd taking him off unless he was gassed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 1 minute ago, Mayos Noun said: Was Gillespie injured? Seemed a bit odd taking him off unless he was gassed. Twitter said he was receiving treatment then was subbed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayos Noun Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 1 minute ago, AyrshireTon said: Twitter said he was receiving treatment then was subbed. That’s all we need! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayos Noun Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Lost Gillespie and lost the game the way it stands. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Well that’s annoying given how in control of things we were. Should still wrap second up but that’s a real opportunity missed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Dougie just patching the fans again? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Just now, TheGoon said: Dougie just patching the fans again? Something definitely up! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Toon Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 17 minutes ago, Scosha said: Something definitely up! Like what? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkboy Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, Mr Toon said: Like what? The sky -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 We were great in the opening 45 minutes and really should have been 2 or 3 up given the chances we missed. Gillespie’s injury just exposed how thin our squad is as with Blues covering at RB we just lost all control in the midfield. Thought Waters was our MOTM, an excellent performance from him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Should have had that game buried at half-time, and can't blame anyone else for losing it. Second half was flat as f**k and being played like a friendly at 1-0, conceded from a set-piece out of nowhere then lost the game through a flick on from a goal kick. For all it was a makeshift defence, those are the sort of basic goals you just shouldn't concede even against a team from a higher division. It's been a good effort at the group stage overall and we're still hanging in for a best second place finish with a team with Sam Ramsbottom in goal to come if we need to run up the goal difference, but that was a real missed opportunity there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty-RCFC Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 (edited) Stumbled to the three points there today, but ultimately I don’t think performances matter at this stage - would far rather just get through. We look in a decent position now to get through as one of the seeded teams, so hopefully a favourable draw in next round too. ETA: absolutely no disrespect to EC and Kelty with my comments above. Cliché I know, we ‘should’ be beating them on paper and I’d be disappointed if we couldn’t get the job done from here. Edited July 22, 2023 by Matty-RCFC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Don't think that RC were convincing for the win but as stated above it doesn't really matter. They'll get through the group and produced two excellent, clinical finishes for the goals. As for us, we got what we deserved - the winning goal is criminal defending that deserves to lose any professional football game. For the first hour of the game we were excellent, with Blues doing a terrific job as a completely makeshift right back. While I expected us to struggle to maintain our energy in the latter stages, the crucial turning point for me was Gillespie going off injured. Replacing him with McGrattan - who was garbage incidentally - left us without a serious central midfield. Taking Oakley off instead of Muirhead was also costly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Words can't convey how much I've missed "jordan white is shite" from our FB das. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydeTon Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Asking mainly for RC supporters who were at the end of the pitch in question, was the equaliser offside - as the linesman indicated at first - or not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torean Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 1 hour ago, ClydeTon said: Asking mainly for RC supporters who were at the end of the pitch in question, was the equaliser offside - as the linesman indicated at first - or not? Didn't think the equaliser was offside as Murray was not involved in play but to me it appeared that Simon Murray was offside for the winner, I looked at the linesman when Murray broke away but he was yards behind play so couldn't see. I wasn't impressed by the officials today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydeTon Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Officials were shocking, quite a few small decisions that had knock-on effects, plus the first of two freekicks we had near the end, total pisstake from the ref. Rather than doing 10 steps (which as R. Muirhead demonstrated, would have him in line with the Linesman) he did 8/9 and cut a couple of yards in the distance. Really poor. Couldn't really tell if the Murray goal was offside or not from where i was. If it was offside then I suppose it excuses - to a degree, not entirely - the poor defending before it but it was still abysmal at that moment. I would argue undeserved win for county, with us having been in charge for most of the first half, and the first 20 or so of the second being quite balanced. The goal absolutely changed it, though, regardless. Well done on winning the group, I suppose. (Unless our old friend Michael Tidser, and that pr*ck O'Ware, stop you) Can't complain with coming 2nd behind the Prem' team, either way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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forkboy Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 13 hours ago, Matty-RCFC said: Stumbled to the three points there today, but ultimately I don’t think performances matter at this stage - would far rather just get through. We look in a decent position now to get through as one of the seeded teams, so hopefully a favourable draw in next round too. Aye, it's always a weird time with competitive games that are sort of in a no man's land place between friendlies and competitive games. Players may not all be at full match fitness yet, new players clearly haven't gotten embedded in yet, all that. So ultimately results and just getting through to the knock out rounds is more important than the performances. Win is a win. And honestly, if this was last season and we went a goal behind I'm not sure I'd have expected us to come back and win, even against a Championship team, so that's something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 It’s an absolutely class finish by Henderson. I heard he looked like he’d rather be anywhere else during a couple of the friendlies, but it was a goal of some quality. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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