BullyWeeClydeFc Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 In Maitlands pre game speech he confirmed Houston’s injury isn’t too serious and nothing is broken. Just out for a couple of weeks due to a excess of swelling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Carrigan Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 Really frustrating game on Saturday, but time to move forward. No doubt this coming weekend will be a difficult trip. You cannot play football on the NDP grass, which may call for a different style of play. Whilst I don't think we should be booming the ball long to Logan for 90 minutes, with the park being the way it is it would make sense to utilise Connell's delivery and Dunachie's general chaos factor. With that in mind I'd probably go with: - Kinnear - - Hynes - Hamilton - McKay - Robson - - Murdoch - Grant - - Connelly - Connell - Redfern - - Dunachie - The Jordan Allan situation is a tricky one - he's never been prolific but the vibes are off, even when he wasn't scoring he usually always seemed dangerous and an absolute hassle for defenders. He looks miles off it at the moment and doesn't seem like scoring. Maybe he just needs a spawny one to get his confidence up and get him going. I think playing Bonnyrigg on Saturday when maybe the game won't suit him has come at the right time to sit him down, hope Dunachie tenderises the defence, get him on in the second half to get that goal. I think the loyalty to last seasons squad has to end here. Scullion isn't a left winger, at a push he's a 10 but he's more of a central midfielder. As much as I love the boy if he's not one of the best options for those positions, he shouldn't be starting. The same with Martin Rennie, not a right winger. He could probably play as a right midfielder, but he's so lackadaisical there's no way he can play as a winger. He's a centre forward and like Scullion, if he's not the best option, don't play him. I still don't understand the thinking behind keeping him on for the full 90 on Saturday there. McCall likes a 4231 and we have the personnel to fill those positions without having to shoehorn in players that served us well in the latter part of the previous season. Hamilton should be back in at centre half. I understand that he's been carrying a knock, but that makes the decision to play him at right back - a position that requires more running, more dynamic movement and a higher likelihood of being on the end of bad tackles - even more baffling. From what I've seen, he's probably the best one-on-one defender in the league. We have a right back in Darren Hynes who's looked totally fine when playing in his natural position. Anyway, it would probably be a stretch to say that I'm 'looking forward' to going to Bonnyrigg, but it's certainly going to be very interesting. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Things could be a lot worse. When everyone is available the goalkeeper and back four pick themselves (or do when you choose between Howie/McKay, which is a win either way). Grant, Murdoch and Cuddihy (before injury) are all on top form. The issue is sorting out the top 3 or 4 positions in the team. In contrast to the above, I'd probably only ever play Rennie and Scullion in wider areas. I'm not sure where Connolly fits in at all. We talk about getting a consistent team but apart from Connell in the last couple, no-one has really put in a performance amounting to more than 45 minutes, so we then make changes regardless. With the players we have though, there is a solution to be found. Fix that area of the team and we will be flying. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde_MM Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Floating an idea, would Rennie up front be a shout? Obvious drawback would be a downgrade in workrate vs Allan/Dunachie but he does offer a physical presence which Allan can't and is a bit more of a refined striker than Dunachie. Did arrive as a striker and arguably the most composed finisher at the club. Would also allow us to play a more natural winger on the right too. I can see why McCall plays him there, he is good at working a yard of space and has a good delivery. Just doesn't cover the ground on the wings enough for me. I wouldn't even say it's a glaring lack of effort, he just seems incapable of reaching a sprint. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macclyde+ Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) We're apparently playing Stenny in a closed door friendly tonight. Hopefully get goals from one or 2 of the strikers! Edited August 20 by macclyde+ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDYFRY Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 1 hour ago, macclyde+ said: We're apparently playing Stenny in a closed door friendly tonight. Hopefully get goals from one or 2 of the strikers! That’s good idea.. hopefully we can use rolling subs and rotate the forward players till McCall sees some semblance of an attack partnership or at least a combination that looks remotely dangerous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Pants Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 23 hours ago, macclyde+ said: We're apparently playing Stenny in a closed door friendly tonight. Hopefully get goals from one or 2 of the strikers! Anyone know the outcome of this friendly? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adolfo Rios Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Clyde won 1-0. Logan Dunachie scored. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianiesta8 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 2 hours ago, Adolfo Rios said: Clyde won 1-0. Logan Dunachie scored. Clyde Goal vs Stenny.mp4 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocelot1877 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Saw the Fair Game index is out and it has scored Clyde as the 12th best ran team in the country. Scoring is weighted as 40% financial measures , 30% governance, equality and ethical standards and fan and community engagement 10%. Not sure if it’s an advert for Clyde or a sad indictment for how Scottish football is ran. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right turn Clyde Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 52 minutes ago, Ocelot1877 said: Saw the Fair Game index is out and it has scored Clyde as the 12th best ran team in the country. Scoring is weighted as 40% financial measures , 30% governance, equality and ethical standards and fan and community engagement 10%. Not sure if it’s an advert for Clyde or a sad indictment for how Scottish football is ran. run 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocelot1877 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 6 minutes ago, Right turn Clyde said: run Is that a threat? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Clyde FC Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 On 21/08/2024 at 18:29, Right turn Clyde said: run Where to? How fast? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right turn Clyde Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 14 minutes ago, Bully Wee Clyde FC said: Where to? How fast? To an English speaking class....really quickly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTR Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 (edited) A long way to go, but a terrible result today and a look at Stirling's score is a stark reminder of just how poor it was last week. That's before I've even considered not laying a glove in the same place Edinburgh City are leaving with 3 goals and points. Not quite getting to the panic stations. Although, when do we really start to question the approach here? Edited August 24 by PTR 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilly Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 The Bully Wee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only one David Marsh Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Not good enough abysmal draw against bottom of the league, couldn't beat an awful Stirling team that have been humped 4-0 today and that second half performance capitulating after the red card all that early season optimism gone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
same_ol_g35 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 I'm starting to think the players we got from the division above might not be the transfer coup we thought and more them finding their levels. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Replays Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 I’m not calling for his head but how long until we start asking some serious questions of McCall? Of course we have only played four league games, but three defeats in a row is very concerning. I don’t think he knows what his best team is and it’s becoming a lottery every week with who the forward players will be. Yes, he has a few injuries to players that would improve the side to deal with at the minute but, on paper, that squad should be doing far better than our start has suggested. I appreciate the manager can’t control players picking up two yellow cards in the space of a minute, but despite the final day heroics, we laboured to staying up last season long after he came in. A big reason for that seemed to be a tendency to capitulate the minute the going got tough. Serious concerns over the mental strength of this team remain and we have to improve quickly if we’re harbouring any thoughts of promotion. The manager has been extremely well backed since he’s come in the door and we’ve very little to show for it so far, after some early promise. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde_MM Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 2 hours ago, PTR said: A long way to go, but a terrible result today and a look at Stirling's score is a stark reminder of just how poor it was last week. That's before I've even considered not laying a glove in the same place Edinburgh City are leaving with 3 goals and points. Not quite getting to the panic stations. Although, when do we really start to question the approach here? For me, calls for anything like a sacking are still a way off but the serious questions begin if we fail to win next week. Happy to make excuses for poor performances/outcomes, provided there's evidence of lessons being learned. So far we've had still getting up to speed vs. Forfar, turning things round second half vs. Stranraer, "just one of those days" vs. Stirling and now vs. Bonnyrigg I'd accept that we'd likely have won today if the referee wasn't utterly incompetent (we get our penalty and don't go down to 10), albeit that doesn't excuse meekly falling apart as soon as we faced adversity. I'm struggling to think of a different way to drop points and just write it off. Win next week or we have to accept that things aren't good enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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