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Topic Originator: Indiapar1
Date: Mon 6 Oct 19:14
I think reflecting on the first third of the season:
1. We are a much younger team than this time last season
2. We are fielding quite a different team than this time last season
3. We have played some good football and are playing better football than this time last season
4. We have more potential as a squad at this stage than we did last season
5. We have been a bit unlucky in games. For the most part, despite the younger squad, we have competed well.
6. It`s those small breaks that we haven`t had that have cost us points. With a slight change of fortune, I think the results will come between now and Christmas
7. We haven`t helped ourselves in a couple of games. Hopefully, those dips in the road are behind us.
Despite not picking up points, the standard of play has been good, and the football has been a good watch most of the time. We need to turn that into goals over the next 5 or 6 games
I personally remain optimistic. The thing with Poisson distributions is that you can shift them to the right or left. It`s all about people, performances, morale, and professionalism.
G Wardrope
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Topic Originator: RhinoPars
Date: Mon 6 Oct 19:49
Well said India. Yet another well-reasoned post by IMO one of the top posters on here.
We have been a bit unlucky with hitting the bar so often, some great saves by the St Johnstone keeper, Stevenson not being sent off, Not getting the penalty for the pull on Kane`s shirt in the box, and some pretty poor refereeing.
Losing Caceres, Cooper and Rudden hasn`t helped either.
Let`s hope our luck turns. but we will need to get back to upping the tempo and trying to get forward faster and vary our attacks more with with some direct through balls through the middle for players to run on to - rather than over-reliance on crosses from out wide.
With our young squad - we are going to have to be patient. However the skill level of the current squad is much better than recent seasons and the football generally has been more entertaining.
This is work in progress
Let`s hope we rediscover goal scoring form soon.
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Topic Originator: Jealous Furniture
Date: Mon 6 Oct 20:17
We have better players in general, but still too weak in certain areas of the squad to make the most of them. Cacares, Gilmour & Amade are an upgrade but when we`re playing without any genuine strikers it`s hard for them to make an impact.
Fraser & Kearney are our only genuine full backs too, Otoo filled in for Fraser against Ayr and got hooked at HT. KRH isn`t a right back.
Everyone on here has already said it but if Cacares, Gilmour or Amade have to rest then the replacements weaken us far too much
Work in progress is right
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