SaintJet Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 (edited) Back to the day job and the lads visit Easter road to try and reel in Livingstone for that important 5th place. Hope to see Muzz getting a wee run out at some stage and hopefully some of the fringe players getting game time to keep us all sharp. Edited April 30, 2021 by blueheaven Date edited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny B Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 21 minutes ago, SaintJet said: Back to the day job and the lads visit Easter road to try and reel in Livingstone for that important 5th place. Hope to see Muzz getting a wee run out at some stage and hopefully some of the fringe players getting game time to keep us all sharp. No resting players or giving time to fringe players need to play best team to win, draw or keep goal difference down. Also it could be a cup final rehearsal and a chance to put the frighteners on them Born2Bru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat McGroin Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 37 minutes ago, SaintJet said: Back to the day job and the lads visit Easter road to try and reel in Livingstone for that important 5th place. Hope to see Muzz getting a wee run out at some stage and hopefully some of the fringe players getting game time to keep us all sharp. You’ll find plenty of E’s in Livi but none in the name of the town/football club. Born2Bru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mc Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 Good chance to put a marker down SaintJet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 4 hours ago, Johnny B said: No resting players or giving time to fringe players need to play best team to win, draw or keep goal difference down. Also it could be a cup final rehearsal and a chance to put the frighteners on them That's the dilemma Callum has. I can't honestly say I am not sure which way we go. Full team or rest some. Problem is the 3 guys that might need a rest don't have replacements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny B Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 24 minutes ago, Cagey said: That's the dilemma Callum has. I can't honestly say I am not sure which way we go. Full team or rest some. Problem is the 3 guys that might need a rest don't have replacements. Want to rest Kerr or Gordon play Rooney Centre and MOH wingback want to rest McCann play Bryson want to rest Wotherspoon play Middleton but for me strongest team Clark Kerr Gordon McCart Rooney McCann Craig Booth Wotherspoon Melamed Kane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve McQueen Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 Get your predictions in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooj Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 I'm not sure I see the need to rest players given that it's 8 days til the semi final. Might be different if it was a midweek game. I can see Callum not playing anyone who is carrying a knock or possibly subbing certain individuals earlier than he might otherwise, but better to play a fairly strong team to maintain fitness levels and sharpness. And of course there's still the important matter of wanting 3 points in the quest for 5th place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crieffsaintandy Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 Other issue is Livi are playing an Aberdeen that are rank rotten so may need to match their result if they get one which there is a good chance to give us a decent shot at them in the last game Johnny B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 5 hours ago, crieffsaintandy said: Other issue is Livi are playing an Aberdeen that are rank rotten so may need to match their result if they get one which there is a good chance to give us a decent shot at them in the last game Cant believe weve dropped so many points to Aberdeen and that they are fourth. Theyve been poor this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 Hibs are in the same position as us regarding saving players for the cup incase they get injured of sent off. They have the advantage that they are 6 points in front of Aberdeen by 6 points so I think they may rest a couple. Hopefully the diver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melbourne Saint Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 6 minutes ago, Cagey said: Hibs are in the same position as us regarding saving players for the cup incase they get injured of sent off. They have the advantage that they are 6 points in front of Aberdeen by 6 points so I think they may rest a couple. Hopefully the diver. Agree, if any team was considering not fielding their strongest XI, it would be Hibs. I think we'll play our strongest team. Even so, I'd imagine full use of subs. Aberdeen may have been poor this season, but they'll fight v Livi. Reckon a draw there. Who've Midden got? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 8 hours ago, Rob said: Cant believe weve dropped so many points to Aberdeen and that they are fourth. Theyve been poor this season. I can see Aberdeen really plummeting down the league next season if they don't improve. Wonder how they'll feel about McInnes going if that happens. Could really do with them getting a good result against Livi tomorrow though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixties saintee Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 9 hours ago, Melbourne Saint said: Agree, if any team was considering not fielding their strongest XI, it would be Hibs. I think we'll play our strongest team. Even so, I'd imagine full use of subs. Aberdeen may have been poor this season, but they'll fight v Livi. Reckon a draw there. Who've Midden got? Midden got Hamilton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintJet Posted April 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Spoony picked up a knock last week but is in the squad for a start. Muzz might be on the bench but by the sounds of it he is still a couple of weeks away before he starts. I suspect Bryson, Conway and Middleton will get a shot this week with the defense picking itself. Sadly looks like Tanser will be out, maybe for the rest of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny B Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Board did a bit of digging the last time we played at Easter Road Clark Rooney Gordon McCart McNamara Craig McCann Tanser O'Halloran Melamed May 2v2 with O'Halloran our man of the match. I will gladly take another 2v2 May be 7 of them at the most start this time round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double deluxe Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Been told there’s some rotation tomorrow dave mc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Game doesn't matter a **** if we win the Cup. Season boils down to 2 games now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Is the loanee Brown still available for Hibs game? If so, I guess he may get a run out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Only important things here are no injuries and some game time for fringe players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny B Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 Reading a number of the comments it sounds like some are willing to play a weaker team and put all our European eggs in the Scottish cup basket. I will be very disappointed if we di not play our strongest team. We need that 5th place as anything can happen in cup ties. Having put ourselves in this dual position to qualify for European football it would be a tragedy if we let ourselves down by resting players and giving fringe players game time. Strongest team and what will be will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, rik2304 said: Only important things here are no injuries and some game time for fringe players. This. League doesn't matter. Getting 5th arguably would be worse than 6th. Your season starts earlier, you've got a huge amount of qualifiers to get near the group stage, and you'll make zero money. Winning the Cup guarantees you £3m, season starts later and you're in the groups regardless. It's the equivalent of finishing 3rd. So we have 3 games left to finish 5th, or 2 games left to finish 3rd. I know what I'd be prioritising. Edited May 1, 2021 by RandomGuy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat McGroin Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 (edited) 28 minutes ago, RandomGuy said: This. League doesn't matter. Getting 5th arguably would be worse than 6th. Your season starts earlier, you've got a huge amount of qualifiers to get near the group stage, and you'll make zero money. Winning the Cup guarantees you £3m, season starts later and you're in the groups regardless. It's the equivalent of finishing 3rd. So we have 3 games left to finish 5th, or 2 games left to finish 3rd. I know what I'd be prioritising. I’d rather finish 5th then win the Cup. Surely that’s the best option? Could end up finishing 6th, losing to Hibs in the final (or St Mirren in the Semi) then ending up with nothing. Edited May 1, 2021 by Pat McGroin Johnny B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Pat McGroin said: I’d rather finish 5th then win the Cup. Surely that’s the best option? Could end up finishing 6th, losing to Hibs in the final (of St Mirren in the Semi) then ending up with nothing. We have the smallest squad in the league, a lot of our players play pretty much non-stop (Wotherspoon/McCann play during International "breaks", Wotherspoon in particular travels huge distances), and injuries could kill us. Tanser is out for the season, so we now have 6 defenders for 5 positions. Murray Davidson still isn't fit so in our 3 man midfield we have 4 options, 5 if you include Gilmour who we still have no idea about. We're about to play 3 games in 7 days so we'll have to prioritise. Some rotation today, then some against Celtic, means we should have a full squad (minus Tanser) all match fit to play the Semi. Winning the Scottish is far more important than 5th. Winning the Scottish is far more important than qualifying for Europe IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny B Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 48 minutes ago, RandomGuy said: So we have 3 games left to finish 5th, or 2 games left to finish 3rd. I know what I'd be prioritising. Both As was said above let 5th in the league go to Livi by saving players for the Scottish cup then lose the final to Hibs. Now we have egg on face and no Europe. We need the belt and braces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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