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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Sat 1 Aug 12:24
It’s the first game of the new season and I’m no’ there 😔.
Hope everyone who has travelled up has a great day and cheers the team -on for the rest of us- at the Sarens PSG Stadium.
Mon Pars - bring us back three points and get this campaign under way.
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
Post Edited (Sat 01 Aug 16:50)
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Sat 1 Aug 14:04
Your team today
Oxborough
Tod J
Robinson
Gilmour
Rudden
Shaw
Kearney
Cleall-Harding
Corbally
Tod A
Fraser
Subs:
Terrell
Morrison
Amade
Macleod R
Kane
Bray
Donnelly
McLeod E
Cooper
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
Post Edited (Sat 01 Aug 14:05)
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sat 1 Aug 14:11
Abdulai still absent but a pretty strong squad.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sat 1 Aug 14:51
Danny Devine starts and Joe Chalmers is on the bench for ICT but Paul Allan and David Wotherspoon are not in their squad.
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Topic Originator: MikeyLeonard
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:13
Oooft, some double save from Ox
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Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:18
Our defense give me the fear.
I don`t wanna go down like disco.
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Topic Originator: wetherby
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:22
shocking pass from Kearney
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:25
Raith Rovers 1-1 Stenny
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
Post Edited (Sat 01 Aug 15:37)
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Topic Originator: wetherby
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:26
jeez should have been 1-0 our passing and movement is far too slow
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Topic Originator: WYPar
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:26
Lucky to still be level. The chances they’ve created have been far too easy. Way too much space.
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Topic Originator: MikeyLeonard
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:26
Jeez. . .we`re kinda struggling here. Inverness carving out chances and really should be ahead
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Topic Originator: MikeyLeonard
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:27
Tod skelps the post
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Topic Originator: Bannockburn Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:39
Back 3 not working. Ox has been outstanding
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Topic Originator: WYPar
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:39
Thank god for Ox. That back three is having a poor first half and he’s saved them a few times already.
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Topic Originator: Clapham Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:41
Thank god for Ox or ICT could be 2 up by now.
We keep giving the ball away through poor passing under no pressure or CB`s over running the ball trying to do a Franz Beckenbauer.
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Topic Originator: Lucho_8
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:41
Who is the RCB of the three, J.Tod ?
It’s hard to tell from my picture but if it is, surely we learned he can’t play there.
Whoever it is, is getting absolutely roasted and is slow as a week in the jail. Kearney also no help defensively.
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Topic Originator: xgatespars
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:41
Our defending is horrific. Can`t believe they haven`t scored at least 3. Thank God for the ox. Gotta change it around at the back asap.
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Topic Originator: Jealous Furniture
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:42
Do we need an extra man in the middle? A centre back off for Amade maybe?
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Topic Originator: wetherby
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:42
mdfield is non existent
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Topic Originator: WYPar
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:45
Quote:
Jealous Furniture, Sat 1 Aug 15:42
Do we need an extra man in the middle? A centre back off for Amade maybe?
Worth a try. The back three is terrifying and isn’t doing anything to give us more width from Fraser and Kearney like you’d hope anyway.
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:45
Ayr United 1-0 Arbroath
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: Bannockburn Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:46
Another day Caley are 4 up at halftime….changes needed. John Tod off with Gilmour, both completely missing
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Topic Originator: da_no_1
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:47
Should be 3-0. Carved us open numerous times. Hopefully change the shape at HT as this is brutal stuff.
"Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark"
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Topic Originator: Lucho_8
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:48
Both Tod’s off
Kearney off
Rudden off (as looks injured walking off)
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Topic Originator: SamRockPar
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:48
I genuinely despise back 3`s. Get it fired in to the sea and please never darken our door with this nonsense.
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Topic Originator: Clapham Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:49
Hopefully Rudden`s hip isn`t too bad. His work rate has been one of the few positives from that half eg busting a gut to track Shinnie and put him off his shot near the end of the half.
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Topic Originator: Sacktheref69
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:50
We look bang average at best so far. We`re fortunate Inverness have been so wasteful in front of goal. Can someone please tell them to stop passing it around inside our own box from goal kicks? Massive improvement is needed after that showing.
This is Andy Tod`s world and we are lucky to live in it.
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Topic Originator: Athletico
Date: Sat 1 Aug 15:58
Quote:
Lucho_8, Sat 1 Aug 15:48
Both Tod’s off
Kearney off
Rudden off (as looks injured walking off)
Wild take considering Andy Tod had our best chance off the post, that`s what he brings, chances out of nothing.
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Topic Originator: onandupthepars
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:01
Is Shaw no gettin a sniff?
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Topic Originator: Buster_Brown
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:01
Wow, that was stunningly bad but thankfully we have Ox and they’ve not got their shooting boots on because we could have easily been 3 goals down.
Looked poor in the centre of midfield which has exposed the Defence time and time again, where Robinson has looked really poor. A.Tod hasn’t done enough off the ball as a 10 and Kearney has been wasteful on the right. Can’t believe what I’m seeing.
Keep this up and the 3 points are staying in the highlands.
Loving You, Is In My DNA
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Topic Originator: wulliepar57
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:03
Just in and checking the BBC report of the game , ICT have had 12 attempts to our 3 , looks like we need to buck up a lot in 2nd half
Read the forum also and cannot belive we are so bad ,
Didn,t expect an easy game but i thought we would be up for it as we need a good start to the campaign if we have set the bar on what we want to achieve this season
Cmon ye pars
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Topic Originator: Athletico
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:03
Quote:
onandupthepars, Sat 1 Aug 16:01
Is Shaw no gettin a sniff?
I have a bad feeling Shaw will become a scapegoat at time. He`s an in the box striker, if we can`t get the ball into the box, he`s an empty jersey.
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Topic Originator: onandupthepars
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:06
I`m glad Shaw`s an in-the-box striker. We`ve needed one for ages. Now fix the supply.
Post Edited (Sat 01 Aug 16:08)
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Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:07
Quote:
onandupthepars, Sat 1 Aug 16:06
I`m glad Shaw`s an in the box striker. We`ve needed one for ages. Now fix the supply.
100% this.
I don`t wanna go down like disco.
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Topic Originator: Paralex
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:10
Doesn`t sound like the same team that beat St.Mirren last week and St.Mirren looking great against Falkirk. Hope we can get a bit of belief in the second half because a win would be great.
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Topic Originator: Lucho_8
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:14
Quote:
Athletico, Sat 1 Aug 15:58
Quote:
Lucho_8, Sat 1 Aug 15:48
Both Tod’s off
Kearney off
Rudden off (as looks injured walking off)
Wild take considering Andy Tod had our best chance off the post, that`s what he brings, chances out of nothing.
Well it’s a shame his work rate is pathetic and he give so many cheap, stupid, naive fouls away it’s hard to watch.
Hope he scores though so he can start every week.
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:16
Livvy 1-0 Queens Park
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: wetherby
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:18
Their keeper hasnt had a save yet
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Topic Originator: MikeyLeonard
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:22
Please take Rudden off for Kane. . . .now
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:23
Midfield seems non-existant.
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Topic Originator: MikeyLeonard
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:23
Thank you !
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:25
Substitutions
Chris Kane replaces Zak Rudden.
Aaron Donnelly replaces Luke Robinson.
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: xgatespars
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:30
2nd best everywhere. Can only get better during the season, hopefully. Get anything from this will be a miracle.
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Topic Originator: Jealous Furniture
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:35
A load of subs there, looks like a back 4 now with A Tod, Kane & Morrison as a front 3. Corbally, Amade & Cooper in the middle
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Topic Originator: MikeyLeonard
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:40
Morrison and Cooper both miss great chances
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Topic Originator: Clapham Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:40
Oh wow. How has Cooper not scored there. That might have been our smash and grab.
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Topic Originator: WYPar
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:40
Poor from Cooper. Through one on one and not hitting the target is not good enough.
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Topic Originator: 87Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:40
What a chance he has to score there
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:42
Morton 0-1 PTFC
Ayr 2-0 Arbroath
Livvy 2-0 Queens Park
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:43
Falkirk 0-2 St Mirren (snigger)
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: Rigger Al
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:47
Morrison is terrible
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Topic Originator: wetherby
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:48
Morrison you utter waste of space
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Topic Originator: Clapham Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:49
I`ve yet to see what attributes attracted us to him. He can`t shoot, has no composure, can`t cross, can`t beat a man with pace or a trick.
Hopefully cue him scoring a worldy.
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:50
Quote:
Clapham Par, Sat 1 Aug 16:49
I`ve yet to see what attributes attracted us to him. He can`t shoot, has no composure, can`t cross, can`t beat a man with pace or a trick.
Hopefully cue him scoring a worldy.
I wish you hadn’t said anything about worldy
COYP
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Topic Originator: plainview
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:51
We were way more threatening with Amade on, an actual link between defence and attack rather than a big empty space. Unfortunately Morrison and Cooper had no end product
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Topic Originator: Bertie Paton
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:51
Take the point and learn from this.
Honestly don`t get why Lennon doesn`t start Amade.
Post Edited (Sat 01 Aug 16:52)
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Topic Originator: Bannockburn Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:51
Morrison is utter garbage….We are miles off a league challenge unfortunately. Thistle & Livi will batter us.
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Topic Originator: xgatespars
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:51
A points a point but we gotta be aiming higher than being dominated by caley and scraping a draw. Ox mom by a country Mile.
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Topic Originator: wetherby
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:52
ICT keeper first save on 90th min - we were awful utterly dreadful
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Topic Originator: Sacktheref69
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:52
Not a bad result after that performance... Still plenty of points to play for and still time to get reinforcements in.
This is Andy Tod`s world and we are lucky to live in it.
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Topic Originator: WYPar
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:52
Disappointing performance that. Didn’t force a save did we? Looked a little less terrifying at the back in the second half at least. But if not for Ox, we’d have lost convincingly.
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Topic Originator: MinnesotaAndy
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:52
subs made a difference in the second half
but ICT should have buried this game in the first half
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Topic Originator: d3monstrate
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:53
We will look back and see this as a good point... Sure we might have not played well, but ICT will be competitive this season, only lost 1 goal in the LC group stage, and beat St Johnstone...
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Topic Originator: 87Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:56
Hard watch. Good to get out with a point but we need to have a real good start if we want to be up there. Never got going at all. Amade should start all games. No disrespect to Corbally but he isn`t there yet. Cooper should have scored. Not like him to fluff a chance like that.
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Topic Originator: Indiapar1
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:56
I thought we were poor in midfield today. Not sure how that game ended 0-0. The Ox showed why we need to fill that position. He won us a point today I would say.
We were better when we changed shape. 2nd to the ball alot today. I thought. ICT didn`t let us play.
They look a good side with a bit of pace up front. We were caught a few times by their pace, but their final product was poor like ours. Callum Morrison made a difference up from with JC, but Callum needs to just concentrate a bit on his delivery. He overruns the ball too much. The early ball sometimes gets you better results as forwards have to check their runs.
G Wardrope
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Topic Originator: Kdy Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:57
Quote:
Bertie Paton, Sat 1 Aug 16:51
Take the point and learn from this.
Honestly don`t get why Lennon doesn`t start Amade.
Was a man down when he came on.
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Topic Originator: onandupthepars
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:57
Ref: d3monstrate Sat 1 Aug 16:53
`We will look back and see this as a good point... Sure we might have not played well, but ICT will be competitive this season, only lost 1 goal in the LC group stage, and beat St Johnstone...`
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That`s the way I see it d3monstrate.
Post Edited (Sat 01 Aug 17:00)
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Topic Originator: Ahoy!Ahoy!
Date: Sat 1 Aug 16:59
Shambles of a performance. Up until he went to a back 4 we never looked like creating anything. The amount of times we turned over possession is concerning, we can’t switch the ball and long balls up to Shaw, Rudden and Tod are a complete waste as we never hold it up and retain possession.
Cooper should’ve scored and Morrison is so wasteful and his decision making is terrible.
Take the point but if we play like that against Ayr next week they won’t miss as many chances as Inverness did.
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Topic Originator: desparado
Date: Sat 1 Aug 17:00
Poor performance. Thought midfield was non existent. Gilmour was a shadow of himself. Both Tods looked off it as did Rudden. Certainly better last twenty mins and Cooper should have buried that chance.
Food for thought for Lennon.
Today showed that we are really needing a quality center mid player.
Still not convinced about playing a back 3.
We were a man short in centre mid and it showed first half as they cut us open time and again.
What an opportunity we missed in 2014.
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Topic Originator: Never10yairds
Date: Sat 1 Aug 17:00
Very poor performance. Not going to call out individuals at this stage of the season but that was far below the standard of performance I was expecting. We were a total shambles at the back, how Inverness never scored I don’t know.
We need to be so, so much better than that if we want to compete at the top this year. Pretty deflating.
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Topic Originator: Clapham Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 17:00
I can`t remember how many games last season fans (and NL sometimes) commenting that we were honking until we changed it to 4 at the back and then looked more secure and more effective going forward. But then we continually revert to starting with a 3 and here we are again. WTF!
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Topic Originator: Jock Par36
Date: Sat 1 Aug 17:17
As we have a poor record up in the Highlands, I`d say a
draw is a not too bad result
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Topic Originator: Bazzler1981
Date: Sat 1 Aug 17:18
Jeezo some folk need to give their heads a wee wobble, a point away to Inverness first game of the season I’ll take that as a half decent start and a point on the board
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Topic Originator: Berkey
Date: Sat 1 Aug 17:23
Looks like we’re still a week behind….
Guessing Gilmour wasn’t fully fit but plays as without him it’s a struggle. Hopefully the performance today focus’ Lenny’s mind that we still need some quality and soon. Cooper and Morrison may pop up with the odd goal but the general play from a few of them needs to be much better.
Would take the point and run
The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity!
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Topic Originator: Lucho_8
Date: Sat 1 Aug 17:37
We lack creative players and players that can beat a mean.
We badly need wingers in and a change of formation.
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Topic Originator: JohnnyLatics
Date: Sat 1 Aug 17:38
Quote:
Bazzler1981, Sat 1 Aug 17:18
Jeezo some folk need to give their heads a wee wobble, a point away to Inverness first game of the season I’ll take that as a half decent start and a point on the board
Yep.
I blame Andy Rhodes for this!
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Topic Originator: Bucuresti Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 17:42
Decent result, poor performance. 1st half awful, 2nd almost ok. Should have been at least a couple down at half time, not so much happened second half, although 2 glorious chances wasted to steal the points.
Ox was good. Thought Cleall-Harding & Corbally did quite well. Shaw had some really intelligent runs. Kane made a big difference.
Most struggled though. Robinson and J Tod looked very slow, Gilmour totally anonymous, Kearney was woeful going forward (one cross excepted). Rudden runs around a lot but is pretty hopeless, the ball just bounces off him.
Take the point and run indeed.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sat 1 Aug 17:50
Another clean sheet!
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Sat 1 Aug 18:01
Less than a week since we won in Paisley and the heads have fallen off on here already 😂
A draw away to last years League One winners on flag day is acceptable.
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Topic Originator: 87Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 18:04
Quote:
Dave_1885, Sat 1 Aug 18:01
Less than a week since we won in Paisley and the heads have fallen off on here already 😂
A draw away to last years League One winners on flag day is acceptable.
Performance was very questionable. Dont care what day or who`s day it is.
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Topic Originator: Jock Par36
Date: Sat 1 Aug 18:07
Some of you guys are needing to calm doon. We will
get it together soon. New players need to gell in.
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Topic Originator: desparado
Date: Sat 1 Aug 18:07
Topic Originator: Bazzler1981 like
Date: Sat 1 Aug 17:18
Jeezo some folk need to give their heads a wee wobble, a point away to Inverness first game of the season I’ll take that as a half decent start and a point on the board
It is a half decent start. A point away at Inverness will prove to be good as I feel they will be there or thereabouts this season…..however we are entitled to give our opinions of the performance.
Sometimes today it looked as if we were playing 5-2-3. If we are going to persist playing three central defenders then when we are out of possession one of them needs to step up and A Tod needs to drop back. CM was outnumbered first half.
What an opportunity we missed in 2014.
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Topic Originator: Sacktheref69
Date: Sat 1 Aug 18:18
Quote:
87Par, Sat 1 Aug 18:04
Quote:
Dave_1885, Sat 1 Aug 18:01
Less than a week since we won in Paisley and the heads have fallen off on here already 😂
A draw away to last years League One winners on flag day is acceptable.
Performance was very questionable. Dont care what day or who`s day it is.
Good teams find a way to get the results they need to keep moving forward. We`ll find out over the next few weeks whether we`re a good team or not. No league has ever been won on matchday one.
This is Andy Tod`s world and we are lucky to live in it.
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Topic Originator: evo!
Date: Sat 1 Aug 18:24
Draw away and clean sheet...this in a row. Not bad but i dont doubt need to do better of we want to win the league performance wise. If not at out best away point is fine.
BEAST!
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Topic Originator: kozmasrightfoot
Date: Sat 1 Aug 18:35
Morrison appears to be a good example of a player that looks great until they sign a contract, then dial in their performance. What a waste of a decent player. Hopefully he`s just needing a few weeks to warm up, the team can`t afford any passengers.
Pars fan.
Magpies fan.
Mens tennis fan.
Alternative rock fan.
Not a fan of much else.
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Topic Originator: Gaz3822
Date: Sat 1 Aug 18:51
Its the poor performance that`s the worrying bit. We don`t consistently play well, albeit in wee spells.
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Topic Originator: GJS93
Date: Sat 1 Aug 18:59
he wasnt that great for a long time before going to Ireland never mind since then.
"Take the point and learn from this"
Cooper has to score and it would have been a bit of a robbery, only thing id take from today that is new is it cant be that front 3 but most of the other stuff is same **** different season basically.
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Topic Originator: twin par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 18:59
A good point. No goals conceded,so let’s move on to next week.
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Topic Originator: Rusty Shackleford
Date: Sat 1 Aug 19:10
I suspect there won`t be many away clean sheets in the highlands but yeah, not a great performance.
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Topic Originator: Hoolie
Date: Sat 1 Aug 19:36
We were poor but not many teams will come away with a point up there…
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Topic Originator: 1985Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 19:48
I was actually very impressed with Inverness. Looked sharp, fit, moved the ball well. If not for Ox we could have been 3 down at halftime.
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Topic Originator: Jeffery
Date: Sat 1 Aug 19:50
I didn`t see the game but the stats and the comments here are concerning.
I thought before today that we lack strength in midfield and at least one player to push Morrison for his place. Some pace would be nice too.
Top 3 in the league Patrick, Ayr and Livi maybe not too far off how it will look in May.
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Topic Originator: gegganpar
Date: Sat 1 Aug 20:13
We have the ` Real OX ` celtic have the crap one.....
J angus blacklaws
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Topic Originator: Bannockburn Par
Date: Sat 1 Aug 20:16
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Jeffery, Sat 1 Aug 19:50
I didn`t see the game but the stats and the comments here are concerning.
I thought before today that we lack strength in midfield and at least one player to push Morrison for his place. Some pace would be nice too.
Top 3 in the league Patrick, Ayr and Livi maybe not too far off how it will look in May.
Completely agree.
We still have players to come in and desperately need a quality CM in the door. We currently Lack the quality experienced players to win the league. 4th place at best if we don’t bring quality into the squad .
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Topic Originator: Gaz3822
Date: Sat 1 Aug 20:17
I was actually very impressed with Inverness. Looked sharp, fit, moved the ball well. If not for Ox we could have been 3 down at halftime.
Is this not where we should be at ? After where we finished off last season surely we expected this from the team...or am I way off the mark here ?
Certainly didn`t expect them to be so disjointed.
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Topic Originator: Berry
Date: Sat 1 Aug 20:24
Playing a newly promoted team first game of the season on their own patch was always going to be really difficult.
I’m not long back and that first half was worrying, if it wasn’t for Oxborough we could’ve been two/three down. Defensively we were poor first half, they got through us far too easily.
Thought we were poor throughout to be honest, Gilmour wasn’t at it, Kearney had a bit of a stinker, Rudden did nothing of note, bar the shot off the post A.Tod looked passive (and has been for a long time in my view).
We looked better when we made the changes, Kane in particular. I think I’ve concluded on Morrison, he’s just not good enough.
Ironically despite the pressure ICT had, we should’ve won it at the end, how Cooper didn’t score is beyond me, didn’t even hit the target - can only think he had a little too much time to think about it - would’ve been one of the biggest robberies I’ve witnessed.
A good point in the end which still feels a bit of a robbery in itself, not many teams will win up there so we take it and move onto Ayr.
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Topic Originator: RhinoPars
Date: Sat 1 Aug 20:43
Amazing the game finished 0-0. Andy Tod`s would have been a cracker of a goal had it gone in and not hit the post. Morrison and Cooper missed good chances but Cooper at least made the run and has scored a few recently as super-sub. Their keeper did well coming out quickly to narrow the angle. Ox was clearly our man of the match with some great saves. ICT were also very wasteful given all the chances they created. Credit to ICT as they worked really hard and their relentless pressing caused us to give the ball away quite often. Didn`t help that the ref let them get away with some professional fouls early on.
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Topic Originator: Hoolie
Date: Sat 1 Aug 20:54
I think we can all conclude Morrison I an impact player for the last 5 mins.. can’t hold the ball up..shits out of a tackle and strolls about… Lennon will want rid of this!
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sat 1 Aug 21:06
Are you suggesting NL sanctioned the purchase of a player without knowing his capabilities?
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Topic Originator: Hoolie
Date: Sat 1 Aug 21:28
Here we go wee Eck with his usual trying to wind posters up…we were brutal today but hope to see the team back for next weeks game…how is that post for you?? All good now fek off you idiot!😡
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Topic Originator: SamRockPar
Date: Sat 1 Aug 21:31
Morrison is clearly suffering from confidence issues and a lack of form.
He gives us another option and I`m sure NL will look to get the best out of him in the coming weeks.
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Topic Originator: Westies squint kicks
Date: Sat 1 Aug 21:36
Worrying how with three centre backs we can look so open. Yes the result is adequate but the 1st half performance was a shocker.
J.Tod looked lost and left SCH exposed too often. Robinson on the other side resorted to channel balls, a lot of the time because that’s all he had. Kearney I’ve yet to see what he brings, he gets himself in space and ultimately turns back into trouble.
I’ve mentioned before this 3 centre backs leaves you light in the middle of the park, or when at home we end up playing horseshoe football with little options in attack. How many times are we going to start games with 3 x CB’s and finish with 2 before it sinks in the 3x CB’s isn’t effective in this league.
Gilmour had no help ( much like the East Kilbride game), Corbally is he a centre midfielder, from his highlights I thought we’d signed an attacking type who might link the midfield and attack?
On a day when the forwards were trying to feed off scraps we might just have to accept A.Tod is going to go missing in games and then produce something of quality.
On a positive we’ve secured ourselves a top keeper for this league we’ve waited a while but he’s proven his worth and got us the point today.
Given last season’s efforts expectations are high and ultimately why a lot are disappointed with that performance today.
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Topic Originator: Higgys Mohawk
Date: Sat 1 Aug 22:05
Looks like Inverness will be a tough place to go this season. They really should have been a couple of goals up at half time.
Felt as though distribution from the back was pretty poor from Tod and Robinson, and Gilmour didn’t look his usual self in midfield so we struggled to get the ball forward and create anything. I did think Corbally looked alright again in possession.
Andy Tod didn’t really do anything (other than almost score what would’ve been our goal of the season) - I think he’ll have games like this where he won’t do much but be involved in a goal or an assist.
Kearney doesn’t go past his man often enough to be playing as a wing back, he always takes a touch then moves it inside - if he’s in a crossing position he can put in a decent ball, but I’d like to see him going past the full back more often.
We looked better when we went to 442 and moved the ball wide. Cooper and Morrison had chances to win it. Particularly Cooper, expected him to score. Not sure what’s going on with Morrison, he had that spell where he scored 4 games in a row, got injured and since then has looked miles off. Perhaps a confidence player.
Oxborough was brilliant in goal and easily our MOTM.
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Topic Originator: Buster_Brown
Date: Sat 1 Aug 22:28
Not long home.
As has already been said, that was a hard watch, but I’ll take the point because other teams will drop more than that against ICT this season.
On reflection, I’m struggling to remember a poorer performance under Lennon since the early part of last season. We were fortunate not to be three or four down by Half Time. Ox was unbelievable and was definitely my Man of the Match.
Morrison has quite rightly taken a bit of flak, and I have to admit I’m struggling with him. I’ve said it before, but you see flashes of what he can offer, yet all too often he overdoes it or the end product just isn’t there. He certainly wasn’t the only one today. Kearney, Corbally, A. Tod, Rudden and Shaw were all below par as well, although Tod could have scored an absolute screamer in the First Half. We’ve got to be demanding more from those players.
Once again, things changed when Kane came on. He’s such an important player for us, even now. He led the line superbly, and I can’t help but think that with A. Tod up front and Corbally in the No. 10 role, Kane would bring out the best in both of them.
It’s late and pretty much everything has already been said, so I’ll just finish by saying I hope the fan who needed the ambulance is okay. At the time, where I was, it looked like it was the steward who had taken unwell, but I believe it was actually one of our supporters. It goes without saying, but I really hope it’s nothing too serious.
Loving You, Is In My DNA
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Sat 1 Aug 22:35
Thank god for Ox. That double save was outstanding. He was excellent today.
Morrison really needs to start delivering more. The number of times he`ll complain at a team mate for not giving him the ball, while not having any end product himself is starting to p*** me off. Fix the latter point, and earn the right to do the former.
I think today was a great example of how the physicality of some players bailed us out of some back 3 performances last year. I don`t think we will ride the same luck this season and this needs to be addressed quickly.
Amade was solid when he came on I thought.
And I hope Kane has a niggle. Otherwise I will never be able to work out why Rudden starts ahead of him.
Referee had an interesting game.
Well done to the travelling fans today....some treck.
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Topic Originator: Buster_Brown
Date: Sat 1 Aug 23:20
Spot on IpswichPar, just a couple of things though. Your point on Morrison, there was 2 counter attacks where Corbally never gave him the ball when he was the most obvious player to give it too and Morrison was mouthing off at him. I said to my son that I thought Corbally never gave him it because he didn’t have faith in him doing the right thing. Might be wrong, it’s just the way it looked.
Kane - Remember Kane was injured for a big part of pre-season and not in the friendly, EK or Dumbarton squads, so he MIGHT be slightly behind the rest of the squad with his fitness. For me, a fully fit Kane starts.
Loving You, Is In My DNA
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Topic Originator: nick_dafc1
Date: Sun 2 Aug 00:04
Think John Tod gets a lot of a pass on here because of his name. He`s been a liability in a lot of games this season playing on that right side.
Ox made some comfortable saves but poor poor finishing let Inverness down today.
Harding and Donelly be a good pairing and go with a back four but Lennon prefers the five unfortunately.
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Topic Originator: Stanza
Date: Sun 2 Aug 01:40
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Buster_Brown
It’s late and pretty much everything has already been said, so I’ll just finish by saying I hope the fan who needed the ambulance is okay. At the time, where I was, it looked like it was the steward who had taken unwell, but I believe it was actually one of our supporters. It goes without saying, but I really hope it’s nothing too serious.
A young man a couple of rows in front of me, who was with several of his mates, appeared to have an epileptic seizure, which was quite distressing for those with him. The First Aid folk were there reasonably quickly, and they managed to lay him down and cushion his head etc, which is about all they could do until the seizure stopped. Unfortunately, once he was on the ground between the seats it was extremely difficult to get him out comfortably (I thought they might need to unbolt the seats!), but eventually they managed it and he was taken away on a stretcher.
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Sun 2 Aug 06:40
I agree Buster about the potential lack of trust. I noticed it a few times last season too. I love players with confidence and passion, and he always seems a tiny bit away from having a massive impact which must be really frustrating for him. I`ve lost count of the number of attempts he`s had that have gone just the wrong side of the post. Hopefully he gets a wee bit better rub of the green and we can see the true him if he gets his head switched on.
Completely with you on that Stanza..... hopefully the young fan got home ok and recovers quickly. Hopefully he hasn`t ended up with too much facial damage as I can imagine having a seizure between those seats was bloody awful.
And if his mates are on here, and were distressed then here is a decent place to start learning more
https://www.epilepsyscotland.org.uk/about-epilepsy/our-publications/safety-and-first-aid/
It is bloody awful that the only thing you want to do is step in and try and help your mate but, ironically,, it is probably the worst thing you can do. Hopefully in this case Richard Ashcroft is wrong and the drugs do work.
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Topic Originator: Indiapar1
Date: Sun 2 Aug 08:10
As has been said. We were lucky to come away with a point. At times we were really disjointed in midfield. We couldn`t hold the ball, passing was off, and ball control at times was poor. ICT played well, and had pace and purpose going forward. I thought we struggled to deal with their pace through the midfield and forward line. Our passing was poor at times, amd that only served to put our defence under more pressure.
Ox definately won us a point. I personally think that Callum Morrison just needs to look up a bit more, or be more aware of players around him/look for an early pass. He creates space but tries to do too much and overruns the ball. When you have two or three players around you, we will have players in space so there should be passing options. There are times however when forward players aren`t up with play and so he doesn`t have passing options.
I also thought we were very static up front for most of the game.
G Wardrope
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Topic Originator: Sacktheref69
Date: Sun 2 Aug 08:21
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ipswichpar, Sun 2 Aug 06:40
I agree Buster about the potential lack of trust. I noticed it a few times last season too. I love players with confidence and passion, and he always seems a tiny bit away from having a massive impact which must be really frustrating for him. I`ve lost count of the number of attempts he`s had that have gone just the wrong side of the post. Hopefully he gets a wee bit better rub of the green and we can see the true him if he gets his head switched on.
Completely with you on that Stanza..... hopefully the young fan got home ok and recovers quickly. Hopefully he hasn`t ended up with too much facial damage as I can imagine having a seizure between those seats was bloody awful.
And if his mates are on here, and were distressed then here is a decent place to start learning more
https://www.epilepsyscotland.org.uk/about-epilepsy/our-publications/safety-and-first-aid/
It is bloody awful that the only thing you want to do is step in and try and help your mate but, ironically,, it is probably the worst thing you can do. Hopefully in this case Richard Ashcroft is wrong and the drugs do work.
He had a one on one, I think it was against Cove, and I said to my dad I was never confident he`d score. If that chance had fallen to Tod or Shaw, I`d have felt the complete opposite. He still has to earn his place at the moment, and I can`t see Lenny keeping him in and around the team if the performances don`t improve soon.
This is Andy Tod`s world and we are lucky to live in it.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sun 2 Aug 09:00
Morrison does seem to attract a lot of criticism and yet he was only on the park for the last 20 minutes or so which, by all accounts, was our best spell in the match. I`ve always thought we would get more from him if we played him out wide rather than as a support for the main striker. That`s where he seemed to be most effective for Falkirk. I think he`s a `confidence` player and his confidence is low at the moment.
NL didn`t seem as despondent about the performance as some fans and, like most managers, draws some positives from the game. For instance, Ox`s performance just proved the wisdom of signing him and strengthened our defence compared with last season!
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Topic Originator: Buster_Brown
Date: Sun 2 Aug 09:22
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Stanza, Sun 2 Aug 01:40
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Buster_Brown
It’s late and pretty much everything has already been said, so I’ll just finish by saying I hope the fan who needed the ambulance is okay. At the time, where I was, it looked like it was the steward who had taken unwell, but I believe it was actually one of our supporters. It goes without saying, but I really hope it’s nothing too serious.
A young man a couple of rows in front of me, who was with several of his mates, appeared to have an epileptic seizure, which was quite distressing for those with him. The First Aid folk were there reasonably quickly, and they managed to lay him down and cushion his head etc, which is about all they could do until the seizure stopped. Unfortunately, once he was on the ground between the seats it was extremely difficult to get him out comfortably (I thought they might need to unbolt the seats!), but eventually they managed it and he was taken away on a stretcher.
Thank you for the update Stanza, glad to read the lad is well and I wish him a speedy recovery.
Loving You, Is In My DNA
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Topic Originator: BigTpar1986
Date: Sun 2 Aug 09:43
Saying someone is a confidence player is bit of a null statement that needs to go away. Who is good when they lack confidence??
It’s as early in a season as you can get to have these concerns but the general consensus seems to be to agree the team isn’t quite set up to what looks right from a fans point of view.
The starting team yesterday, which isn’t far off being the managers first choice of what’s available - don’t understand 3-4-3. If everyone on the pitch doesn’t work hard off the ball there will be problems! On the turn over after an attack breaking down the back 3 are constantly flat and the attacking centre is normally pressed to high up the park unless the players in the CF rotation at the time are Rudden or Kane.
Teams like Thistlle, Livi and Ayr will have a field day with our CM being so exposed and a very imbalanced right side with Kearney and John Tod.
There has to be some sort of argument where we play a 3-5-2 to have Gilmour and Amade on the park at the same time or at least start as 4-4-2 and sacrifice a striker.
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Topic Originator: desparado
Date: Sun 2 Aug 09:50
Perfectly summed up BigTpar.
Be interesting to see the team line up/ set up
against Ayr.
What an opportunity we missed in 2014.
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Topic Originator: Ianoappar
Date: Sun 2 Aug 09:54
I look back to the Arbroath game where J Tod got a roasting by Dow in that position,and it was much of the same yesterday playing in the right of a three,defensively we lacked pace and thankfully the OX saved us from a doing.
A great point at the end of the day but a very disappointing performance.
Post Edited (Sun 02 Aug 17:21)
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Topic Originator: Indiapar1
Date: Sun 2 Aug 10:05
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wee eck, Sun 2 Aug 09:00
Morrison does seem to attract a lot of criticism and yet he was only on the park for the last 20 minutes or so which, by all accounts, was our best spell in the match. I`ve always thought we would get more from him if we played him out wide rather than as a support for the main striker. That`s where he seemed to be most effective for Falkirk. I think he`s a `confidence` player and his confidence is low at the moment.
NL didn`t seem as despondent about the performance as some fans and, like most managers, draws some positives from the game. For instance, Ox`s performance just proved the wisdom of signing him and strengthened our defence compared with last season!
Wee Eck - I am sure Callum Morrison will come on to his game. He has good movement and either creates space for himself or others. Sometimes for me he just tries to do a little too much and would be a real asset if he could play an earlier ball or find a quicker pass. That of course is very much dependent on whether our other forwards are up with the play. There are times when they are not.
I dont think that Ollie Shaw or Zack Rudden played particularly well, and I agree our best spell was when CM and CK came on.
G Wardrope
Post Edited (Sun 02 Aug 10:08)
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sun 2 Aug 10:08
I`m not a great fan of playing with 3 CBs mainly because it requires two exceptional players capable of attacking and defending in wide areas and such players are rare. However, it seems to be NL`s favoured way of playing and it can`t be that bad considering the overall improvement in performance achieved under his management so I suspect we`re stuck with it. He`s tweaked it in the past when required and I`m sure he`ll do so again.
`If everyone on the pitch doesn`t work hard off the ball there will be problems` seems a bit of a `null statement` to me.
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Topic Originator: Berry
Date: Sun 2 Aug 10:34
Morrison doesn’t play like he’s devoid of confidence, he just always tries to do too much and makes the wrong decisions.
We looked better when he was on because as someone mentioned above Kearney never took on a player or pushed up the park.
It was Kane who made the biggest difference led the forward line very well and Amade held his own when Gilmour went off.
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Sun 2 Aug 10:38
Could it be that sometimes it’s better to play 3 at the back and sometimes it’s better to play 4 depending on the opponent and how they’re set up and their players individual strengths and weaknesses?
First league game of the season. ICT played us off the park in the first half but once we got a handle on the game we should have won it? We’ve got a good squad (that we might still add to) but we’re not light years in front of everyone else so we still need to set up right and perform to the best of our ability. ICT almost caught us out but we’ve still been able to nick a point.
COYP
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Topic Originator: Higgys Mohawk
Date: Sun 2 Aug 11:08
I think yesterday showed that we need to add at least a couple if we’re wanting to go up. I still think we need a player to play RWB that has the power to go beyond the fullback. And another combative CM, we struggled in there and I’m not sure Gilmour was 100%.
Overall though, it’s not a bad point. Another clean sheet and could’ve nicked it, so it’s not the worst start.
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Sun 2 Aug 12:04
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Higgys Mohawk, Sun 2 Aug 11:08
I think yesterday showed that we need to add at least a couple if we’re wanting to go up. I still think we need a player to play RWB that has the power to go beyond the fullback. And another combative CM, we struggled in there and I’m not sure Gilmour was 100%.
Overall though, it’s not a bad point. Another clean sheet and could’ve nicked it, so it’s not the worst start.
Given its early season I’m pretty much of this thinking as well. Good points imo
COYP
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Topic Originator: GJS93
Date: Sun 2 Aug 12:08
^^ a quick, strong forward who gives an option/threat of running in behind would be useful.
"It was Kane who made the biggest difference led the forward line very well"
which wasnt difficult in comparison to the other forwards, the change of shape helped in some ways but if nothing sticks up front and you keep picking wrong options in midfield and out wide, it doesnt matter what shape you use.
"How many times are we going to start games with 3 x CB’s and finish with 2 before it sinks in the 3x CB’s isn’t effective in this league."
yet there were games they started with a back 4 and had to change it to a 3 which worked better. something is wrong though when it gets changed so many times though, its not as if the opposition arent scouted and analysed etc.
"Be interesting to see the team line up/ set up
against Ayr."
probably Donnelly for Robinson then either J.Tod or Morrison depending if they change to a 4 from the start, the rest will be the same. id go Amade over Corbally but id be surprised if that happened.
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Topic Originator: Jeffery
Date: Sun 2 Aug 12:16
Quite a few posts here (including my own) about needing a more physical/combative option in midfield.
How about trying a loan for Findlay Marshall from Aberdeen? He looked good against us on loan at Arbroath last season. I thought he was surprisingly robust despite being quite young.
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Topic Originator: BigTpar1986
Date: Sun 2 Aug 12:25
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wee eck, Sun 2 Aug 10:08
I`m not a great fan of playing with 3 CBs mainly because it requires two exceptional players capable of attacking and defending in wide areas and such players are rare. However, it seems to be NL`s favoured way of playing and it can`t be that bad considering the overall improvement in performance achieved under his management so I suspect we`re stuck with it. He`s tweaked it in the past when required and I`m sure he`ll do so again.
`If everyone on the pitch doesn`t work hard off the ball there will be problems` seems a bit of a `null statement` to me.
Lil Eric in Miss the point shocker.
A LB doesn’t have to work as hard off the ball as LWB, A traditional CB doesn’t have to work as hard RCB. A traditional CF doesn’t have to work as hard off the ball as CF in a 3-4-3.
You must be a confidence poster.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sun 2 Aug 12:31
And maybe you`re not very good at putting your point across. Keep practising.
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Topic Originator: BigTpar1986
Date: Sun 2 Aug 12:36
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wee eck, Sun 2 Aug 12:31
And maybe you`re not very good at putting your point across. Keep practising.
It’s a you problem Eric
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sun 2 Aug 12:42
Why do you feel the need to call fellow-posters names? That suggests to me that you have some kind of problem.
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Topic Originator: BigTpar1986
Date: Sun 2 Aug 12:55
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wee eck, Sun 2 Aug 12:42
Why do you feel the need to call fellow-posters names? That suggests to me that you have some kind of problem.
That also sounds like a you problem.
Passive aggressive posting is the name of your game and you go unchecked for it.
I wish more people were calling you names or even better calling you out for being a pretentious little man. But again, if me using a different term of endearment for you is causing you that much stress, that’ll do for me.
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Topic Originator: Sacktheref69
Date: Sun 2 Aug 13:16
Another post turning into playground name calling. No prizes in guessing who`s involved.....
This is Andy Tod`s world and we are lucky to live in it.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sun 2 Aug 13:23
So, I`m `passive aggressive` but you say you enjoy causing me stress? What does that say about you?
I can`t believe somebody can get so worked up about innocuous, anonymous posts on a provincial football club`s forum. I`ve never come across name-calling since I left primary school and that was usually from folk who had run out of sensible arguments. I have noticed that you don`t confine your personal comments to me though, so I suspect it`s a `you` problem.
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Topic Originator: BigTpar1986
Date: Sun 2 Aug 13:26
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wee eck, Sun 2 Aug 13:23
So, I`m `passive aggressive` but you say you enjoy causing me stress? What does that say about you?
I can`t believe somebody can get so worked up about innocuous, anonymous posts on a provincial football club`s forum. I`ve never come across name-calling since I left primary school and that was usually from folk who had run out of sensible arguments. I have noticed that you don`t confine your personal comments to me though, so I suspect it`s a `you` problem.
The name I refer to you as only became a problem once your passive aggressive reply was batted away.
Don’t let the facts get in the way of your wee narrative that you’re just a random poster who people unduly take umbrage with though Eric.
Cheerio
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Topic Originator: Indiapar1
Date: Sun 2 Aug 15:23
We will have games like this no doubt through the season where we dont play well in areas of the park. A year or two ago we would have lost 3-0 but we picked up a point. The league will be tough and tight this year so the important thing is on days like this we still pick up something from the game.
G Wardrope
Post Edited (Sun 02 Aug 15:31)
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Sun 2 Aug 21:41
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BigTpar1986,
I wish more people were calling you names or even better calling you out for being a pretentious little man. But again, if me using a different term of endearment for you is causing you that much stress, that’ll do for me.
Deary me, there are some sad acts on here, but this character takes the biscuit
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Topic Originator: BlackLight
Date: Sun 2 Aug 22:31
I don`t think the problem was having three at the back. I think the problem was having three up front without having the ability to compete for the ball in midfield or complete a pass to the attacking three.
It seemed pretty obvious at the match that we were being overrun in midfield. I think Gilmour is a great player, but there`s a limit to what he can do when there`s not enough bodies around him.
Rudden and Shaw were both a waste of a jersey, because no one could give them the ball. He should have had one of them off and Amade on instead.
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Topic Originator: Berry
Date: Sun 2 Aug 23:06
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BlackLight, Sun 2 Aug 22:31
I don`t think the problem was having three at the back. I think the problem was having three up front without having the ability to compete for the ball in midfield or complete a pass to the attacking three.
It seemed pretty obvious at the match that we were being overrun in midfield. I think Gilmour is a great player, but there`s a limit to what he can do when there`s not enough bodies around him.
Rudden and Shaw were both a waste of a jersey, because no one could give them the ball. He should have had one of them off and Amade on instead.
I agree Shaw had no bearing on the game, thought Rudden though had opportunities with the ball but was just outmuscled so easily - we need to be better at playing the dirtier side to the game, hard tackling and being more physical.
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Topic Originator: Jealous Furniture
Date: Mon 3 Aug 00:54
I still haven`t got my head around the 5-2-3 kind of formation yet, even though we`ve used it in big games, like the 3-0 win over Aberdeen. It does leave us looking light in midfield on paper, but then it has got us some great results...
The only game I can remember where we played an extra man in the middle, like a more normal 5-3-2, was the 2-0 loss at Starks Park early last season, and we were hopeless that day.
Amade & Gilmour playing deep with Corbally ahead of them makes sense in theory. But not sure where Andy Tod fits in that system.
We do sometimes look ok in a 4-4-2, but it still only leaves us with 2 centre mids, and we don`t have a real left winger.
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Topic Originator: Sacktheref69
Date: Mon 3 Aug 07:03
I can think of about three occasions when Rudden had the ball in or around the box with nobody within 20 yards of him to help out.
I don`t think playing three at the back is the problem. We just had too many players who had an off day. If we can play that badly and still pick up a point, it could prove to be a valuable one come the end of the season.
It`s obvious we still need a few positions addressed, and it`s good to hear Lennon agrees. We still have plenty of time to rectify that, so I definitely wouldn`t start panicking after the first match of the season.
This is Andy Tod`s world and we are lucky to live in it.
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Topic Originator: Geordiepar
Date: Mon 3 Aug 08:29
Didn’t we play a back four against East Kilbride…..look how that went.
Back 4 doesn’t necessarily mean we play 4-4-2, could easily play a 4-2-3-1 which seems to be the formation a lot of teams use.
Perhaps when we get Abdulai back now we’ve signed Donnelly then perhaps a back four is a better option than it was. Both Fraser and Kearney seem better suited to a back five where they play as wing backs rather than full backs.
I like Corbally when he has the ball but without the ball I think he is often the wrong side of the play which leaves us exposed.
The positive thing is that Lennon will change the formation normally if it’s not working, whether that is going from a back five to a back four or the other way.
Post Edited (Mon 03 Aug 08:42)
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Topic Originator: TAFKA_Super_Petrie
Date: Mon 3 Aug 08:48
Kane is the only effective striker we have in terms of an `out` ball to hold it up and allow us to get up the park and take the pressure off.
Even if he doesn`t win his header he is cute and experienced enough to back into his centre back, niggle, put them off balance etc.
For all Tod`s good attributes this is where i reckon he needs to improve on massively, especially with the reality that Kane isn`t always going to be playing.
Morrison aint a striker and definitely cannot play with his back to goal and the jury is still out on Rudden. Hopefully Shaw will step up and taken some of that burden from Kane.
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Topic Originator: Indiapar1
Date: Mon 3 Aug 09:18
If you play 3 at the back they need to have a bit of pace to recover. Either that or very good positional sense and spacial awareness. We were caught out at least twice with through balls that we struggled to recover from. One of KN`s and MT's strengths was their pace and ability to recover or cut off through balls. The midfield on Saturday was disjointed at times and that compounded the problem together with the lack of ball control in the forward positions.
I think it will come together the more games we play, but early doors teams like PT may take points off us.
G Wardrope
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Topic Originator: GJS93
Date: Mon 3 Aug 12:45
seeing as the official site seems to no longer putting up the post match "media" interview and only the dafc live version....
"In response to being asked about momentum Caley had, following their title success last term, he countered: "We had momentum as well.
"We were (Scottish) cup finalists, we finished well in the table last year, and we`ve added quality to the squad.
"We just looked leggy at times today, our recovery runs. We looked very open on the counter-attack first half, which didn`t please me at all, but it came from us giving away cheap ball in the first place.
"The pitch is beautiful. There`s no excuse. There`s a little bit rain on it, it`s perfect, and we just kept turning over the ball, and that`s something we did in the first half, last week, against St Mirren.
"It`s got to be better. The ball`s got to stick a lot more in the final third, and our quality of play has to be better, but it will do.
"We drew nil nil at Morton last year, we`ve drawn nil nil here, but I`m looking for a run of games now where we put two halves together, and performances together."
"Just our passing, lack of bravery on the ball, we were in a rush," Lennon, who signed a new contract with the club on Friday, said.
"I don`t know where that comes from because it doesn`t from us.
"We`ve been working all the time on our play in general, but, I`m the manager, so you accept responsibility for the performance.
"We have to look to improve, which we will.
"The game could`ve went either way.
"Obviously, we had to rely on Aston to make a couple of great saves first half.
"I thought we always looked a threat, but we had too many unforced errors on the ball. Our quality on the ball wasn`t what it should be.
"We looked a little bit leggy first half. Second half, we were better, and then we could`ve won the game.
"We had three, well, two, great one-on-one chances to win it. Whether we deserved it or not, on chances, you would probably say no.
"So, we`ll take the point, clean sheet, but a lot of work in terms of mentality, in terms of our quality on the ball, which wasn`t there, and our physicality at times as well.
"It`s about mentality for me.
"You go to St Mirren last week, you play ever so well, and then, first half today, we were a pale imitation of the team that played last week.
"Then, second half, we were better, and the subs gave us energy. Chris Kane did a great job for us, as did (Josh) Cooper. Callumn (Morrison) maybe should`ve wrapped it up for us.
"I`m not unhappy, but I`m not happy either, if you know what I mean."
He added: "I thought Sam (Cleall-Harding) was outstanding.
"I felt Kian (Corbally) grew into the game, Robbie (Fraser) got better as we went on, and then the subs gave us real energy and life.
"We should`ve scored. I`m sure Scott will say they should`ve scored as well, which they should`ve done, so, we`ll just have to accept the point and move on to the next game.
"There`s obviously a lot of work that needs to be done in
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