john.w Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 WTF is wrong wie their heads chance to go 2nd and balls it up I'm pussy seek sixties saintee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 An awful, cowardly display. No desire yo get forward at any point Havana Saint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gas Monkey Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Results like this and Killie really just confirm that we are never likely to challenge for these top positions in the league. Not really a criticism but we will always be a couple of quality players short of maintaining a high league challenge over a whole season. Onwards to Tynie..... Oldmuirton and AthensSaint 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broon Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Ooft. We were awful there. Paton pass marks, nobody else really. Maybe MacLean. Thistle very very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17May Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Badly needing someone that is a goal scoring threat, kane and cummins are not good enough! David123 and Havana Saint 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Results like this and Killie really just confirm that we are never likely to challenge for these top positions in the league. Not really a criticism but we will always be a couple of quality players short of maintaining a high league challenge over a whole season. Onwards to Tynie..... Doesn't help when the manager drops your two best players from the previous game and plays two central midfielders who absolutely shit themselves in the opponents half. A horrible line up today Norsaint, Cagey, cristo and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Is this what it was like to be a Dundee United fan a few seasons ago? Archibald seems to have the measure of Tommy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Mick Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Badly needing someone that is a goal scoring threat, kane and cummins are not good enough! A striker is only as good as supply they get and they got none Cagey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broon Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Not sure why Alston was dropped but the formation was poor. Too narrow with Swanson in behind the strikers and left us with no width to get crosses in for Cummins. Also missed Millar to match the runs of edwards who just ran through us at will. Neither central defender handles Azeez either, who looked excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The ghost of Jim Morton Posted October 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Not often I leave before full time but that was shite today. A terrible game, more hoofball than football. WTF is the manager doing with team selection? Cummings can get to ****. I am more of a footballer than he is. I am not happy.. not because we lost, but because of the manner of that loss. Too much negative stuff today, too many sideways passes, too many misplaced passes and not nearly enough passion for me. The manager for me has to take most of the blame though with his starting 11. If Chris Millar is fit he should be on the park, if not he should NOT be on the bench. WTF did Alston not start?? Me thinks that TW sets his team up thinking far too much about the opposition rather than letting them worry about us. I could rant all ****ing night about that display but I am told it aint good for my heart so I will leave it at that... john.w, sixties saintee, Norsaint and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBored Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Dreadful. Hope the manager doesn't try and 'sugar coat' that performance. No positives at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broon Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Dreadful. Hope the manager doesn't try and 'sugar coat' that performance. No positives at all. Wotherspoons assist for MacLean was outstanding. Only thing he did in the game mind but it was enough to merit a positive for me! Oldermoresensiblepack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The ghost of Jim Morton Posted October 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Manager post match interview bingo... I will go for... Didn't deserve to lose. Very Unlucky. Penalty not given. Character. Nothing in it. I would like to hear. Poor decision making. Poor team selection by me. To ponderous on the ball. Not nearly hard working enough. Got what we deserved... Norsaint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 First half was so-so, second we were dugshite poor. Blair Alston finally gets going, has his best game for us so far by a mile and his confidence must be sky high. So he's dropped to the bench. Chris Kane also put in a good shift midweek. And we drop the pair of them for Spoony and Cummins who have both been badly out of form. (Great skill by Spoony for our goal though). Chris Millar also was very good, but maybe him dropped is understandable with his injury record. We're not good enough to mess around with squad rotation, our best team at the time should start every game. Liam Craig as our shoe-in starting central midfielder is bizarre. Another average at best performance capped off by selling the game in the last minute. Paul Paton had an okay first half but started to annoy me in the second with his love of a big loopy cross-field switch of play which bounces up and puts a team mate under pressure. The ball doesn't have to go sideways or backwards every single time; all he does is put pressure on others to play it forwards from a worse position, so it looks like he isn't the one giving the ball away. Well done Thistle, good week for them. Any other bottom six dross fancy 3 points?? Get yourselves along to McDiarmid, we're absolutely giving them away. Indicator, nickyg and Abernethy Saint 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyg Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Very disappointed no urgency and sat far too deep. Only one corner and match stats very poor. No width either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldmuirton Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Absolutely hellish. Why were we set up so defensively? Paton and Craig hardly crossed the halfway line all game. And we are absolutely desperate for a goalscorer. How bad are Coulson and Gormley that they can't get into this team? Even Danny and Spoony had an off day so we were left with no midfield at all to support our powder puff front line. Every time we get the chance to put ourselves in a position to consolidate ourselves near the top of the league we find a way to bottle it. Time to call in a psychologist? Or maybe just show some balls. Good goal though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byebyedundee Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Instead of 21 points were now just 3 games from bottom WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Rumour is Gormley has gone so we're back to 3 strikers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Jenkins Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 That falls squarely at the managers door! Hideous midfield selection, sat and watched them play for 90 mins sat so deep it was practically an 8 man defence. Absolutely no plan b! Fairly obvious Paton was contributing nothing along with spoon and Craig yet the first sub as always is one of the front two. Even then after spending 80 mins being totally dominated in midfield every sub like for like. As much as I am raging at the complete bottle job I have just witnessed, I can't say I am in any way surprised. From the lack of boos at the end I don't think I'm alone. Killie and that today is utterly criminal! Oldmuirton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyg Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 First half was so-so, second we were dugshite poor. Blair Alston finally gets going, has his best game for us so far by a mile and his confidence must be sky high. So he's dropped to the bench. Chris Kane also put in a good shift midweek. And we drop the pair of them for Spoony and Cummins who have both been badly out of form. (Great skill by Spoony for our goal though). Chris Millar also was very good, but maybe him dropped is understandable with his injury record. We're not good enough to mess around with squad rotation, our best team at the time should start every game. Liam Craig as our shoe-in starting central midfielder is bizarre. Another average at best performance capped off by selling the game in the last minute. Paul Paton had an okay first half but started to annoy me in the second with his love of a big loopy cross-field switch of play which bounces up and puts a team mate under pressure. The ball doesn't have to go sideways or backwards every single time; all he does is put pressure on others to play it forwards from a worse position, so it looks like he isn't the one giving the ball away. Well done Thistle, good week for them. Any other bottom six dross fancy 3 points?? Get yourselves along to McDiarmid, we're absolutely giving them away. Pretty accurate assessment thought Craig was very average at best today Norsaint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Gormley is gone, he's already back in Ireland and won't return. Anyone any idea why Ando started a slanging match with a fan after the final whistle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlickDT Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 I think that Thistle side looked very good compared to their league position. They are disciplined and we're quite fluent in changing between 3-5-2 and 4-4-2 depending on whether they were defending or attacking. The lad Edwards was a stand-out on the park for me, as soon as they pushed him further forward in the second half our central midfield struggled. The big black lad they had upfront was also a total handful and we were lucky the quality of his final pass/finish isn't great as we could of found ourselves really hurt by him. As for us, that's what happens when you play a central midfield pairing of Craig and Paton. I thought Paton had a good first half- but was a huge part to play in our midfield becoming very scrappy. Craig had a big part to play in both the goals we conceded and overall I thought he was weak. Cummins was dreadful today and if it hadn't been for his fantastic assist Weatherspoon would of been in the "did nowt camp". I'm going to assume Alston and Millar weren't fully fit for the game, because if not I can't really see what Tommy was thinking. When Edwards moved forward into the hole and Erskine came on it was clear to me the game was crying out for Millar to come into the centre of the park and shore us up, but I think we didn't react to their changes. I also don't think it's a good idea to take off your most creative player who can score goals out of nothing- off the pitch (even if he has been poor) when your sides struggling to create anything of note. Dissapointing team selection and a real lack of quality. PauloPerth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennistoun Saint Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 We're a victim of our own success. With the exception of Celtic, anyone can beat anyone else in this league and Thistle thoroughly deserved their win today. A blip in otherwise great times to be a Saintee. On to the next game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Jenkins Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 (edited) Anyone any idea why Ando started a slanging match with a fan after the final whistle? Probably because some home truths were being told to him about the state of that team performance. If Tommy hadn't practically run up the tunnel the second the whistle went he would of had the same from me. I'm very rarely that angry but yes my head is completely gone! Edited October 29, 2016 by Shaggy Jenkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Very frustrating day. Shocking performance. Baffled that Alston would be dropped after his midweek performance. Paton was excellent imo. Always found a team mate. Great passing. Apart from the goal Macca and Wotherspoon were dreadful. Cummins has regressed badly after his early showings last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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